Volunteers 1982

[Row 34]

For those of you to young to remember. Tennessee had gone through a decade of humiliation at the hands of Pawl Bear Bryant and the taterdiggers and their wishbone offense. It was a beautiful fall day with Johnny Majors at the helm of teh 1982 Vols. The tiders thought they were number 1 but clearly they were number 2. We flushed the tiders like the crimson turds they are. No one believed, but the Vols in orange and in the stands. Go back and watch this game on youtube. You cannot imagine the relief of the volnation. We tore down the goalpost back when you could and should. We marched through the town. We humiliated the tiders and sent them back to their benighted state where they belong the cesspool of the south. I think it eventually killed Bryant. He sucked and so do the tiders. It was one of the greatest days to be a volunteer. GBO.

 

[TAF]

I was there...and helped carry the goalpost down to the Old College Inn...

'82 World's Fair next door as well! (*girls at the Australian pavilion FTW!)

 

[ATC_VOL]

Both my parents were seniors at UT that year. I grew up listening to stories about this game.

 

[volmanbill]

1. Tennessee 35, Alabama 28
Oct. 16, 1982
There’s an iconic picture of former Tennessee coach Johnny Majors leaning down to shake Bear Bryant’s hand as Majors was being carried off the field by his players. His unranked Vols, who lost to both Duke and Vanderbilt that season, had just upset the No. 2 Crimson Tide, snapping an 11-game losing streak in the series. It was Bryant’s final game in the rivalry. He retired after the season and died less than a month later. Bryant finished his coaching career 16-7-2 against Tennessee. Alabama quarterback Walter Lewis lofted a fourth-down pass into the end zone that was intercepted by Mike Terry with 17 seconds remaining. Legendary "Voice of the Vols" John Ward exclaimed, “The crowd goes bee-zerk,” and within minutes, the goal posts at Neyland Stadium came crashing down in a wild scene on Rocky Top.

Reliving the best moments from the Tennessee-Alabama rivalry - SEC Blog- ESPN

 

[volboy81]

One of the best days EVER!! About 80,000 at the Worlds Fair & 80,000 at the game! We celebrated late into the night!

 

[Chilmonty]

My Freshman Year at UTK!! What a game and What a party on the Strip Afterwords!! :rock:

I believe drinking age then was 18 or 19, strip was LOADED with great bars then!

Oh to be young again! :cray::cray:



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[PEPPERJAX]

My dad told me that it was one his best scalping days in the entire decade.

 

[Boca Vol]

One of the best days EVER!! About 80,000 at the Worlds Fair & 80,000 at the game! We celebrated late into the night!

Neyland held about 95,000 back then.

 

[YorkVol]

Me and a couple of friends at the pre-game pep ralley. I'm in the blue jacket.

 

[WillieGault]

I was there as well! A great day to be a VOL and was the start of many good years to come!

 

[txbo]

Craziest night in Knoxville ever. Never seen anything like it.