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Neyland Stadium (/ ˈ n iː l ə n d / NEE-lənd) [3] is a sports stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.It serves primarily as the home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, but is also used to host large conventions and has been a site for several National Football League (NFL) exhibition games.
Tennessee also holds the record for the most consecutive quarters opponents held scoreless, with 71. [32] The Vols play at Neyland Stadium, where Tennessee has an all-time winning record of 494 games, the highest home-field total in college football history for any school in the nation at its current home venue. The stadium surrounds Shields ...
The name "Volunteers" also reflects the Tennessee volunteers who came to the assistance of the Texans during Texas's 1836 War for Independence from Mexico. The name became even more prominent in the Mexican-American War of 1846 when Governor Aaron V. Brown issued a call for 2,800 men to battle Santa Ana and some 30,000 Tennesseans volunteered.
Late Tennessee football coach Johnny Majors poses on the field at Neyland Stadium in the 1985 media guide. The "Home of the Vols" sign is pictured in the background on front of the press box.
Tennessee fans tear down the goalpost after the Tennessee defeated Alabama 52-49 at Neyland Stadium on October 15, 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images) (Donald Page ...
The Neyland Stadium renovation will feature something old and something new. A new version of a classic feature will be both for Tennessee football.
However, in 1938, Neyland's Vols began one of the more impressive streaks in NCAA football history. Led by the likes of Tennessee's only three time All-American Bob Suffridge, the 1938 Tennessee Volunteers football team won the school's first National Championship and earned a trip to the Orange Bowl, the team's first major bowl, where they ...
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