What we know so far about Tennessee Football's 2024 schedule

The SEC and ESPN on Tuesday announced kickoff windows for the upcoming season. Eight games on Tennessee Football’s 2024 schedule are set for either early, afternoon, night or flex.

Early games will start between Noon and 1 p.m. Afternoon games are between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. and night games will be between 6 and 8 p.m. Flex games could fall between 3:30-4:30 or 6-8.

Here’s what we know so far about Tennessee’s schedule, including four kickoff times that have already been set:

Chattanooga — 12:45 p.m. ET

Tennessee’s 12:45 p.m. ET season-opener against Chattanooga will be televised by SEC Network. The Vols have a 38-2-2 record against the Mocs dating back to 1899. Tennessee won 45-0 in 2019 and 45-10 in 2014, the most recent games.

N.C. State — 7:30 p.m. ET

The primetime neutral-site game will be televised by ABC. Tennessee is 2-1 against N.C. State. The Vols lost 16-0 in Raleigh in 1911, won 13-0 in Raleigh in 1939 and beat the Wolfpack 35-21 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta in 2012.

Kent State — 7:45 p.m. ET

The 7:45 p.m. ET kickoff between Tennessee and Kent State will be televised by SEC Network. Tennessee has never played Kent State in football. The Golden Flashes went just 1-11 this season, with the lone win coming at home against Central Connecticut State in September.

At Oklahoma — Flex

The two teams have met only four times, with Oklahoma winning the last three. Tennessee beat the Sooner 17-0 in the 1939 Orange Bowl. Oklahoma won 26-24 in the 1968 Orange Bowl, won 34-10 in Norman in 2014 and won 31-24 in overtime at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville in 2016. 

At Arkansas — Flex

Tennessee and Arkansas have played only 19 times dating back to 1907, with the Vols winning 13 times. Arkansas has won three straight and four of the last five going back to 2006.

Florida — Flex

Tennessee lost 29-16 in Gainesville last September. Tennessee’s 38-33 win at Neyland Stadium the previous September snapped a five-game losing streak in the series. The Texas-Oklahoma game on October 12, the same date as Tennessee-Florida, will be a 3:30 p.m. ET start.

Alabama — Flex

The 52-49 win for the in October 2022 at Neyland Stadium broke the Crimson Tide’s streak of 15 straight wins in the series. Tennessee won seven in a row between 1995 and 2001 and won 10 of 12 between 1995 and 2006.

Kentucky — Night

Tennessee has won ten of its last 12 games against Kentucky, dating back to 2012, including the 33-27 win in Lexington in October. The Wildcats won at Neyland Stadium in 2020, their first win in Knoxville since 1984, and in Lexington in 2011 and 2017.

Mississippi State — Night

Tennessee is 29-16-1 in the all-time series against Mississippi State, dating back to 1907. The Vols have won 10 of the last 12, including a 20-10 win at Neyland Stadium in 2019.

At Georgia — Flex

Georgia has won seven straight against Tennessee. The Vols won back-to-back games in the series in 2015 and 2016, winning 38-31 in Knoxville in 2015 and 34-31 in 2016, when Jauan Jennings hauled in the Hail Mary touchdown from Joshua Dobbs on the last play of the game.

UTEP — 1 p.m. ET

The Tennessee-UTEP game will stream on ESPN+ and SEC Network+. The Vols are 3-0 against UTEP, a series that dates back to 1986 and includes a pair of shutouts. The Vols won 24-0 in 2018, 56-0 in 1990 and 26-16 in 1986. 

At Vanderbilt — Early

Tennessee has won five straight in the series after Vanderbilt had a run of five wins in seven years between 2012 and 2018. The Vols won 22 straight between 1983 and 2004.