Looking back at Tennessee head coaches first game since Neyland

[Titans Fan]

Pruitt will be the first head coach to debut outside of Knoxville.

Vols' head coaching debuts since Neyland

 

[VetVol]

That was interesting to see the local newspaper headlines through the years. Check out the photo from 1935 and look at what Neyland Stadium looked like! Wow. (was it even Neyland Stadium yet?)

W.H. Britton — 1935: Tennessee 20 Southwestern 0 (Knoxville)

Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sept. 29, 1935

 

[FlyFishnVol]

Ok...........lets move to the future now. My first encounter with UT Football..............Bill Battle football camp(70 and 71)..........dang he is tall =)............good guy, gave us a lot of tools to take back to our teams, met some future UT players, that is when I was hooked.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Vols are 10-3 in new head coach openers from the Neyland era to today. Unfortunately, we are 0-3 in openers against Power 5 opponents (one loss to Cal, and two to Miss St).

• Jeremy - West Virginia (TBD)
• Butch - Austin Peay (W)
• Dooley - UT Martin (W)
• Kiffin - Western Ky (W)
• Fulmer - La Tech (W)
• Majors - California (L)
• Battle - SMU (W)
• Dickey - UT Chattanooga (W)
• McDonald - Richmond (W)
• Wyatt - Mississippi State (L)
• Robinson - Mississippi State (L)
• Barnhill - Furman (W)
• Britton - Southwestern (W)
• Neyland - Carson-Newman (W)

Here's hoping we extend the winning streak and break the Power 5 career opener losing streak, all in this one game vs the Mountaineers.

Go Vols!