Tennessee extends Neyland Stadium sellout streak in season opener vs. Chattanooga
Tennessee Football‘s sellout streak at Neyland Stadium will continue on Saturday. The season opener for the 15th-ranked Vols against Chattanooga is officially sold out, athletic director Danny White announced on social media on Monday morning.
Saturday’s game is scheduled for a 12:45 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff and will be televised by SEC Network.
Neyland Stadium has been sold out for 13 straight home games, dating back to a 63-6 win over Akron on September 17, 2022. All seven home games last season were sold out and the final six home games of the 2022 season were capacity crowds.
Tennessee has now sold out six of its seven home games, with limited single-game tickets available for the November 23 home game against UTEP. White announced earlier this month that five games — Kent State, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky and Mississippi State — were already sold out, with limited tickets available for Chattanooga and UTEP.
“Vol Nation, y’all continue to amaze me,” White wrote on social media. “Let’s sell the entire season out again!”
Vols have sold out season tickets two straight years, 15,000+ on season-ticket interest list
Tennessee led the SEC in total home attendance (713,405) and average home attendance (101,915) last season. The Vols were ranked third and fourth nationally in those categories, respectively.
This season marks the third time in 23 years that Tennessee has sold out football season tickets, doing so last May and in August 2016.
It was announced in April that Tennessee had sold out its season-ticket allotment of 70,500 for a second straight season and at the time there was a “season ticket interest list” of 15,000 fans.
‘We’re fortunate at Tennessee to have what I believe to be the best fanbase in sport’
After the season-opener against Chattanooga, Tennessee goes to Charlotte for a neutral-site game against North Carolina State on September 7 (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC) at Bank of America Stadium in the Duke’s Mayo Classic.
The Vols return home to face Kent State on September 14 (7:45 p.m. ET, SEC Network) and will play four straight SEC home games later in the season, against Florida (October 12), Alabama (October 19), Kentucky (November 2) and Mississippi State (November 9), with a open date on October 26 splitting the four-game run.
Tennessee’s home finale is against UTEP on November 23 (1 p.m. ET, SEC Network+/ESPN+).
“People around the country are trying to figure out how to make their stadiums smaller,” White said during the Big Orange Caravan stop in Nashville in April. “We’re 102,000 strong and sold out for the season. We’re fortunate at Tennessee to have what I believe to be the best fanbase in sport.”
