How old were you for your 1st game?

[Iam4utalways]

I'm talking about at Neyland.

The reason I ask is my wife wants another Vol, I'm cool with that, but the the range ,of first games, is from 2yrs to 26 yrs, with just 2 games left, time is running out on this year, so what's too young?

Go Vols!

 

[WildTurkey]

9 yrs old. 1990 Tennessee vs bama

 

[triad280]

I have a 14,4,& a 2 yr old.. Ive been taking my 14 yr old son regularly since he was 10.
My two girls(4&2) will have to wait another 5 years for an actual game... They have been to the last 2 O&W games though... I wouldn't take a child younger than 7-8 IMO

I was 12 the 1st time I sat foot in Neyland... That was 28 years ago,geez...

 

[Tnwoodsman]

1958 UT vs Chattanooga I was 17 years old. We lost.

 

[evanuel]

Somewhere between 8 and 11. All I remember was it was Tennessee/South Carolina

 

[SURFSIDEBEACHVOL]

9yrs old. 1969 UT-Ga Tech

 

[Wylo]

1988 Duke.... Effing Spurrier. We lost.

I was 12.

 

[k-town_king]

I was about 4 or five. I don't remember much though. That was 30 years ago.

 

[jakez4ut]

1983, The Citadel, Liberty bowl. i was 9. saw us play Minnesota in the actual Libety Bowl game a few years later.

1990 went to Dallas for the Cotton bowl against Ark, and in 1993 went to Birmingham for the Bama game, we tied.

didn't see them play in Neyland until i was in college in 1994....Florida, 31-0 loss.

 

[utvolpj]

I started going around 6-7yo to the lesser games. Always made the o&w games though. By 10yo I was selling cokes just to get a free ticket (saw the entire 85 season that way)

 

[esarmstrong]

1968 vs. Kentucky. I was 7.

 

[Freak]

I started going around 6-7yo to the lesser games. Always made the o&w games though. By 10yo I was selling comes just to get a free ticket (saw the entire 85 season that way)

I wish I remembered my first game. I'm guessing it was 7-8 for lesser games, like you.

I was 11 for my first "big" game, I know that for sure.

 

[Ty4Vols]

My son's first game at Neyland, Sept 10, 2011 vs. Cincinnati, he was 8 about to turn 9.
Before taking him to Knoxville we attended a couple of high school games the year prior to see if he would remain engaged in the game, his behavior in a crowd and his desire to attend more games.
I feel this was a better technique than what I see some people do at Neyland where their children are not just a distraction for the parents but as well to those around them.
My son has attended about a dozen games since then as recently as last week vs. USC. He is well behaved for the 3 hour car ride, loves the walk to Neyland Stadium, he truly enjoys the game (all 4+ hours) and participates in every cheer. This makes the game not only a ton of fun for him but to myself as well.

 

[stevenrich2003]

mothers belly.

 

[utvolpj]

I wish I remembered my first game. I'm guessing it was 7-8 for lesser games, like you.

I was 11 for my first "big" game, I know that for sure.

Me too. I can remember going as a kid but not sure of the exact first one

 

[Orangesmokey]

'93 LSU. I was 12. Only thing I remember was the rain.

Side note: I took my almost 6 year old to the South Carolina game this past weekend and he had a blast.

 

[Sin City Vol]

My first game I was 8 (1980). That year my dad took me to see the Vols play Georgia (infamous Walker over Bates run) and the Pitt game

 

[Special Ed]

Me at my first home game:



You'll have to ask my dad what game it was.

 

[jakez4ut]

i'm planning on taking my daughters next year. they'll be 9 and 6.
of course, if we go to the Belk Bowl, they'll go this year.....

 

[Creeker]

Was 14. Vols vs Air Force

 

[GoBigOrange_2309]

08 Mississippi State. I remember Eric Berry had a pick 6 and we put it on em pretty good.

Side note: I've got 2 young boys now, what would be the best age to wait til to take them to their first game?

 

[ru4real-really?]

My first game attended at the stadium now called Neyland was before it got its name. It was in 1949 and the game was between the Trojans and the Bobcats. Anybody on here know who the Trojans and Bobcats were? And remember who might have won that game?

 

[VolFanInCzech]

first game i ever went to i was 6 months old '98 Cuse game at the Carrier Dome, first one i remember i was 5, 2003 season opener against Fresno State, whipped dat azz

 

[TN_Transplant]

I was somewheres around 5 - 7

 

[lonelawyer]

16 years old. I sat in the grass on the hill in 1979 to watch Tennessee beat Auburn 35-17. Willie Gault had a return for a TD I believe. Then later I sat in the metal bleachers in the end zone for the win against Notre Dame, 40-18. Two big wins that year but we still just finished 7-5 after losing to Purdue in the Astro Bluebonnet Bowl.

I was able to get a ticket for the Notre Dame game because the week before we had lost the "What's a Rutgers?" game.

1979 was a frustrating season. We lost to a 3-8 Cowbell team, a 4-7 Ole Miss team, Rutgers, and of course Alabama. We should have been 10-1 after the regular season and playing in a much better bowl than the Bluebonnet. That was also the year that we got up on Bama 17-0 before letting them score 27 unanswered points.