ESPN reports 2024 dates for Tennessee's games vs. Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama
Oklahoma football will make its debut in the Southeastern Conference next season against Tennessee on September 21 at Memorial Stadium, ESPN’s Chris Low reported on Monday. It will be Josh Heupel’s return to Norman to face the Sooners, where he starred at quarterback and spent nearly a decade as an assistant coach.
Low also reported that Tennessee will face Florida and Alabama in back-to-back weeks at home, with the Gators coming to Knoxville on October 12 followed by the Crimson Tide on October 19.
The SEC in June announced 2024 opponents for SEC teams in the new 16-team league, with the addition of Texas and Oklahoma, but have not yet announced the week-by-week schedule.
A closer look at Tennessee’s 2024 schedule
Tennessee will play road games at Arkansas, Georgia at Vanderbilt, along with the trip to Oklahoma. The Vols will play SEC home games against Alabama, Florida, Kentucky and Mississippi State.
Four dates have already been announced for Tennessee’s 2024 schedule. The Vols open the season against Chattanooga on August 31 at Neyland Stadium, then go to Charlotte to face North Carolina State in a neutral-site game on September 7 at Bank Of America Stadium.
Tennessee returns home to face Kent State on September 14. UTEP will be the homecoming game on November 23.
It was announced in February that Texas and Oklahoma would be a leaving the Big 12 a year early and joining the SEC in 2024.
The Longhorns went 11-1 this season, including a win at Alabama in September, and will play for the Big 12 Championship against Oklahoma State on Saturday. Oklahoma went 10-2, including a win over Texas in the Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Looking back at Josh Heupel’s Oklahoma career
Heupel was an All-American, finished second for the Heisman Trophy and was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2000, when he threw for 3,392 yards and 20 touchdowns, leading the Sooners to a perfect 13-0 season and a BCS National Championship.
He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma in 2004 and was the quarterbacks coach for the Sooners from 2006-10 and added co-offensive coordinator duties from 2011-14.
Bob Stoops fired Heupel as Oklahoma’s co-offensive coordinator in January 2015, leading Heupel to stops at Utah State and Missouri as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
He became a head coach for the first time in 2019 at Central Florida and followed athletic director Danny White to Tennessee in January 2021. Heupel is 26-12 in his third season as the head coach of the Vols.
