How To Watch: No. 6 Tennessee at No. 15 Oklahoma
The non-conference tuneups are over for both teams. Now it’s time for an SEC showdown to open the conference schedule with No. 6 Tennessee going to No. 15 Oklahoma on Saturday night. The game will kickoff a 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman and will be televised by ABC.
The Vols (3-0) are off to a blistering start with a 69-3 win over Chattanooga, a 51-10 win over North Carolina State in Charlotte and a 71-0 win over Kent State.
Oklahoma (3-0) is home for a fourth straight game after beating Tulane 34-19 on Saturday, Houston 16-12 last week and Temple 51-3 on August 29.
The Sooners opened as a 5.5-point favorite over the Vols in early betting lines released during the offseason, but Tennessee flipped to a 2.5-point road favorite last week. The line had moved to Tennessee -7.5 by Sunday morning.
The game marks Josh Heupel’s return to Norman. The Tennessee head coach starred for the Sooners at quarterback in 1999 and 2000, leading the program to its seventh national championship with a perfect 13-0 record in 2000. He was All-American and finished as Heisman Trophy runner-up.
Heupel coached at Oklahoma for nine years, rising from graduate assistant to co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, before being fired by Bob Stoops following the 2014 season.
No. 6 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.
