What was your first game at Neyland?

#27
#27
My first game was 1999 when Tennessee played Memphis.

Shew!! What a game! I thought for sure with a few minutes they had us beat & was getting ready to walk out mad! But with not much time left Tee Martin throws the deep ball and it was caught and Tennessee won.

Tennessee-17
Memphis-16
 
#28
#28
XtennesseeX said:
My first game was 1999 when Tennessee played Memphis.

Shew!! What a game! I thought for sure with a few minutes they had us beat & was getting ready to walk out mad! But with not much time left Tee Martin throws the deep ball and it was caught and Tennessee won.

Tennessee-17
Memphis-16
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I listened to that freaking game over internet radio; I couldn't make it home to the game and it wasn't on TV. It SUCKED.

Thanks for getting us the win!
 
#29
#29
I'm not 100% sure it was my first game, but I remember the UT vs Rutgers game in 1979 (that was apparently the year, I had to look it up) -- I would have been eight years old and I went with my dad. UT must have scored easily at first, because I remember thinking we were going to blow Rutgers out and feeling sorry for them. Unfortunately, UT (ranked #17 at the time) lost to (unranked) Rutgers 7-13. I still think of that game anytime I begin to think that UT is going to blow another team out.
 
#30
#30
NuclearVol said:
I'm not 100% sure it was my first game, but I remember the UT vs Rutgers game in 1979 (that was apparently the year, I had to look it up) -- I would have been eight years old and I went with my dad. UT must have scored easily at first, because I remember thinking we were going to blow Rutgers out and feeling sorry for them. Unfortunately, UT (ranked #17 at the time) lost to (unranked) Rutgers 7-13. I still think of that game anytime I begin to think that UT is going to blow another team out.
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That was the week before the first game I attended. That year sucked. We lost to 3 unranked teams while we were in the top 20, but we did beat a ranked Notre Dame team.
 
#31
#31
my first game was against Kentucky. not sure the year or anything that happened, but i believe it was the first year of the Tim Kerin food drive. or maybe he had just passed away. anbody know that year?

the first game i remember was the Notre Dame game in, i think, 1990 or 1991. i sat with mom in the ND section close to the top row in section B. we should have won that game.
 
#32
#32
doozer said:
my first game was against Kentucky. not sure the year or anything that happened, but i believe it was the first year of the Tim Kerin food drive. or maybe he had just passed away. anbody know that year?

the first game i remember was the Notre Dame game in, i think, 1990 or 1991. i sat with mom in the ND section close to the top row in section B. we should have won that game.
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The home Notre Dame game was in 1990. I remember those green 4-leaf clovers the players wore in honor of Tim in '92.
 
#33
#33
Was '71 I believe against Ole Miss (homecoming game and Chuck Berry was playing a concert off campus that night) To preface, those were the hippie days and my hair was longer than the average bears. Walked from the concourse into the stands and was in awe of Neyland. There happened to be a couple of Knoxville's finest in the aisle about 10 rows down. They started up toward the exit where I was standing soaking in the scene and as they walked by me one of the boys in blue grabbed me by the arm and said "You're coming with us". Of course I said, What for. They said "you're drunk". Only problem with that is it was a 1:00 game and I hadn't had a drop to drink. Got to miss the game in the drunk tank at the KPD facilities, but got out in time to catch the Chuck Berry concert. Those were the days. :peace2:
 
#35
#35
1970 vs. Kentucky. My Dad and I sat on the top row somewhere around section RR or QQ. The upper deck on the south end zone had not been built at that time. The Vols won the game and got an invitation to play Air Force in the Sugar Bowl.
:)
 
#37
#37
Can't remember exactly but Holloway was the QB..

So growing up, there were lots of games, then every game as a student..

Even since moving away, I've made at least one home game every year since '89, except for '91 (deployed to Iraq).
 
#38
#38
1975 vs Auburn My Dad took me, I was 10 at the time, been hooked on Big Orange football ever since and I haven't missed many games since then.
 
#39
#39
1985 - Auburn and Bo Jackson came in at No. 1 and Tennesse ended up on the cover of SI doing the Tennessee Waltz. The Vols put a big hurt on Bo and he did not even show up for he second half. It was my Freshman year at UT and my blood has run orange ever since.
 
#40
#40
hmanvolfan said:
Was '71 I believe against Ole Miss (homecoming game and Chuck Berry was playing a concert off campus that night) To preface, those were the hippie days and my hair was longer than the average bears. Walked from the concourse into the stands and was in awe of Neyland. There happened to be a couple of Knoxville's finest in the aisle about 10 rows down. They started up toward the exit where I was standing soaking in the scene and as they walked by me one of the boys in blue grabbed me by the arm and said "You're coming with us". Of course I said, What for. They said "you're drunk". Only problem with that is it was a 1:00 game and I hadn't had a drop to drink. Got to miss the game in the drunk tank at the KPD facilities, but got out in time to catch the Chuck Berry concert. Those were the days. :peace2:
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That's what you get for having long hair. I was a student at UT then and knew the skinheads on the KFD's gestapo techniques. (You may have missed seeing Archie Manning. I recall we won and had 4-5 INT's).

BTW, the first game I remember was a come from behind tie with Georgia around '68. UGA had Jake Scott who later became an ALL-PRO safety with the Dolphins.
 
#41
#41
MikeyC Class of 90 said:
1985 - Auburn and Bo Jackson came in at No. 1 and Tennesse ended up on the cover of SI doing the Tennessee Waltz. The Vols put a big hurt on Bo and he did not even show up for he second half. It was my Freshman year at UT and my blood has run orange ever since.
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That was an awesome game.

I believe it was Dale Jones that hit Bo, gave him thigh brsuise and he Bo was done..
 
#44
#44
1985 Game against Wake Forest was my first live game. I was 14 at the time and my older brother was a student at UT. Back then you just had to show your student ID to get in and I got in on his friend's ID by partially obscuring the picture and flashing it quickly. This was a couple of games after the huge win over Auburn and the Wake Forest game turned out to be a little close for comfort. I think we ended up winning by 2.
 
#45
#45
hmanvolfan said:
Was '71 I believe against Ole Miss (homecoming game and Chuck Berry was playing a concert off campus that night) To preface, those were the hippie days and my hair was longer than the average bears. Walked from the concourse into the stands and was in awe of Neyland. There happened to be a couple of Knoxville's finest in the aisle about 10 rows down. They started up toward the exit where I was standing soaking in the scene and as they walked by me one of the boys in blue grabbed me by the arm and said "You're coming with us". Of course I said, What for. They said "you're drunk". Only problem with that is it was a 1:00 game and I hadn't had a drop to drink. Got to miss the game in the drunk tank at the KPD facilities, but got out in time to catch the Chuck Berry concert. Those were the days. :peace2:
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It wasn't you were drinking they were worried about. It was what you were smoking.

Also, at that time they resented being called "Pigs"!
 
#50
#50
Vercingetorix said:
My first game was the 1985 game against then-#1 Auburn and Bo Jackson. Tony Robinson was on the cover of Sports Illustrated the next week. I sat three rows off the top of the stadium with my mom.

To this day, a tiny little irrational sliver of me still thinks that before he got hurt, Tony Robinson in 1985 was the best QB I've ever seen.
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mine was the ucla game in 85 up 16 with 5 minutes left and end up with the tie:sick:
 
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