Tennessee Football sells out season tickets for 2023

Tennessee Football has officially sold out its season tickets for the 2023 season at Neyland Stadium. The Vols on Thursday announced the season-ticket inventory of 70,500 has been purchased.

Tennessee’s initial goal set by Tennessee athletics director Danny White was to sell 61,00 season tickets in time for the 2023 season. The Vols also announced a 96 percent season-ticket renewal rate and over 9,000 new season tickets sold for the 2023 season.

It’s only the second time in the last 22 seasons that season tickets have been sold out at Neyland. UT also sold its entire season-ticket inventory in August 2016.

“Vol Nation continues to show the entire nation why they are the best fan base in college sports,” White said in a Tennessee press release on Thursday, exactly 100 days before the Vols start the new season against Virginia on September 2 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

“To be sold out of season tickets for the 2023 season is a testament to their unbridled passion and support of Tennessee Football. We can’t wait to see all our loyal fans on Rocky Top this fall!”

Vols looking to build on momentum from 11-win season in 2022

Josh Heupel, the Associated Press SEC Coach of the Year in 2022, led Tennessee to an 11-2 season in his second year in charge of the Vols. The exclamation point was the 31-14 win over Clemson in the Capital One Orange Bowl in December at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. 

Tennessee won 10 games in the regular season for the first time since 2003 and won 11 games in a season for the first time since 2001.

Heupel, who has an 18-8 record in his first two season with the Vols, has breathed life into the football program with his uptempo offense. Tennessee started the season 8-0 and climbed to No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff ranking of the season.

The Vols announced on April 11 that more than 70,000 season tickets had already been sold, surpassing the goal set by White in his ‘Rise Glorious’ campaign.

“In an era of stadium downsizing, Vol Nation continues to send a strong message that its passion is unrivaled with over 70,000 season tickets sold and still five months until kickoff,” White said in a press release at the time.

“We envisioned that goal by year five when we launched Rise Glorious, but Vol Nation’s unwavering support and the excitement surrounding the program allowed us to eclipse that benchmark in year one. We are ecstatic to be on the cusp of selling out our season ticket inventory!”  

‘Rise Glorious’ is Tennessee’s “comprehensive strategic plan” put in place by White and his staff to hit season-ticket goals through the 2026-27 season. Last season, the Vols sold 61,490 season tickets for Neyland Stadium. The initial goal by 2026-27 was to sell more than 70,000 season tickets. 

Tennessee opens season September 2 vs. Virginia in Nashville

After the neutral-site season opener against Virginia September 2 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville — tickets for the Virginia game are on sale now through the Nashville Sports Council — the Vols open the home schedule at Neyland Stadium on September 9 against Austin Peay and go on the road to open the SEC schedule at Florida on September 16.

Tennessee hosts UTSA on September 30 and opens its SEC home schedule against South Carolina on September 30. Texas A&M comes to Knoxville on October 14 and the Vols play back-to-back road games at Alabama on October 21 and Kentucky on October 28. 

The Vols play UConn at home on November 4, go to Missouri on November 11 and host Georgia on November 18, before closing the regular-season schedule against Vanderbilt on November 25. Virginia is ranked No. 83 in the FPI and UConn is No. 120.