Kickoff time set for No. 7 Tennessee at No. 15 Oklahoma
No. 7 Tennessee will be back in primetime at No. 15 Oklahoma on September 22. The SEC announced on Monday that the game will be a 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time start at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman and will be televised by ABC.
The Vols (2-0) had the same time slot on Saturday night against North Carolina State, hammering the Wolfpack 51-10 in the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
Oklahoma (2-0) beat Houston 16-12 at home Saturday night and opened the season two weeks ago with a 51-3 home win over Temple. The Sooners opened as a 3.5-point favorite over the Vols in early betting lines released during the offseason.
Tennessee hosts Kent State (0-2) on Saturday night (7:45 Eastern Time, SEC Network) at Neyland Stadium while Oklahoma has another home game Saturday afternoon against Tulsa.
The Tennessee-Oklahoma game was set as a “flex” game during the offseason by the SEC, meaning kickoff would be either between 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET or 6-8 p.m. ET.
Other flex games on Tennessee’s schedule are at Arkansas (October 5), home games against Florida (October 12) and Alabama (October 19) and at Georgia (November 16).
The home games against Kentucky (November 2) and Mississippi State (November 9) will be night games, kicking off between 6-8 p.m. ET, with exact times to be announced later.
No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Oklahoma: How To Watch
Kickoff Time: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ABC
Streaming: ESPN App
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
The Tennessee-Oklahoma Series
Tennessee and Oklahoma have played just four times dating back to 1939, but played twice in the last 11 years.
The Sooners rallied from down 17-0 at Neyland Stadium in September 2015 to win 31-24 in overtime with quarterback Baker Mayfield leading the comeback.
Tennessee had gone to Oklahoma the season before, losing 34-10 in Norman in the second year under former head coach Butch Jones.
The first two meetings were in the Orange Bowl. Oklahoma won 26-24 on New Year’s Day in 1968 in Miami and Tennessee won 17-0 on January 2, 1939.
The 1939 Orange Bowl win capped a perfect 11-0 season for the Vols, who were named national champions by multiple outlets.
Tennessee gave up just 16 total points over the 11 games and shut out seven of its final eight opponents that season. The Vols didn’t allow a single point during the regular season in 1939, shutting out 15 straight opponents dating back to the 1938 season, before losing to USC 14-0 in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day 1940.
