How To Watch: No. 15 Tennessee vs. Chattanooga in 2024 season opener
The wait is over. Tennessee Football season is finally back, with the 15th-ranked Vols hosting Chattanooga on Saturday in the 2024 season opener at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. Eastern Time on SEC Network.
Taylor Zarzour is on the play-by-play call for SEC Network and Matt Stinchcomb is the analyst, with Alyssa Lang as the sideline reporter. SEC Network. A 45-minute ‘SEC Now’ pregame show on SEC Network will broadcast live from Shields-Watkins Field beginning at Noon Eastern Time, hosted by Peter Burns.
Tennessee was ranked 15th in both the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 and the US LBM Coaches Preseason Poll earlier this month.
No. 15 Tennessee vs. Chattanooga: How To Watch
Kickoff Time: Saturday, 12:45 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: SEC Network
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.
Location: Neyland Stadium (101,915)
A Closer Look: The Tennessee-Chattanooga series
Chattanooga is ranked No. 8 in the FCS Coaches Poll and are coming off an 8-5 season in 2023. They advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs, winning 24-21 at Austin Peay in the first round, then falling 26-7 at Furman.
Tennessee is 40-2-2 all time against Chattanooga and has won 10 straight against the Mocs. Saturday’s game will be the third meeting since 2014, when the Vols won 45-10 in Knoxville. It was a 45-0 Tennessee win in 2019.
Chattanooga beat Tennessee 14-6 at Neyland Stadium in November 1958 and won 5-0 in Chattanooga in 1905. The two teams tied in 1909 and 1910. The series dates back to a 16-6 Tennessee win on November 12, 1892.
Neyland Stadium’s Sellout Streak
Tennessee will continue its sellout streak at Neyland Stadium against Chattanooga. Athletic director Danny White announced on social media on Monday morning that the season opener was officially sold out, the 14th straight home sellout for the Vols.
The first six home games of the season are sold out, with limited single-game tickets still available for UTEP on November 23.
Tennessee has sold out its season ticket allotment of 70,500 for a second straight season and has a “season ticket interest list” that, as of April, was greater than 15,000 fans.
Neyland’s 13-game sellout streak entering the season dates back to the 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.
