Tennessee vs. Virginia: How to watch, stream, listen to Vols' season opener
The wait is over. Tennessee football’s 2023 season is finally here, with the Vols facing Virginia Saturday at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. The game is scheduled for a Noon Eastern Time start and the game will be televised by ABC.
Tennessee and Virginia are meeting in football for the first time since the 1991 Sugar Bowl, when the Vols won 23-22. The Cavaliers won 16-13 in Knoxville in November 1980. Tennessee won home games against Virginia in December 1940 and October 1927.
Virginia head coach Tony Elliott, entering his second season with the Cavaliers after going 3-7 last season, interviewed with Tennessee athletic director Danny White in 2021, before the Vols hired Josh Heupel as head coach. Elliott ultimately stayed at Clemson as offensive coordinator, before being hired Virginia in December 2021.
Tennessee has an 18-8 record in the first two seasons under Heupel and is coming off an 11-2 season, the first time the Vols have won 11 games in a season since 2001. The home schedule for Tennessee opens September 9 against Austin Peay (5 p.m. ET, SEC Network+/SEC Network+) and the SEC schedule opens at Florida on September 16 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN).
How to watch, stream and listen
Kickoff Time: Noon ET
Location: Nissan Stadium (69,143)
TV: ABC (Joe Tessitore – Play by Play, Jesse Palmer – Color Commentator, Katie George – Sideline Reporter)
Streaming: ESPN App
Radio: WIVK-FM 107.7 and WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast (Bob Kesling – play-by-play – Pat Ryan, analyst – Brent Hubbs, analyst – Jason Swain sideline) can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
Satellite Radio: SiriusXM Channel 135 or Channel 191. SiriusXM App Channel 962.
Tennessee-Virginia at Nissan Stadium sold out
The Nashville Sports Council announced on Tuesday that Saturday’s Tennessee-Virginia game at Nissan Stadium is officially sold out.
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Saturday’s game is Tennessee’s third regular-season home game played at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. The Vols beat Bowling Green 59-30 in 2015 and Wyoming 47-7 in 2002. Virginia last played at the stadium against Minnesota in the 2005 Music City Bowl.
Tennessee drew 69,489 fans in the 2021 Music City Bowl when the Vols faced Purdue in Nashville, a new record for the bowl game.
“(Our) entire team and program are excited to kick off the season here,” Heupel said on Wednesday. “Unique that we get a chance to kick off in a neutral-site game, but it’s in inside of our home state here.
“A lot of our alumni, fans reside over there in Nashville in the mid-state, so excited to have the opportunity to go play a really good Virginia football team over there. And training camp has been really good. The week so far of game prep has been really good. Great energy and focus from our players. Getting close to being time to just go kick it off and see where we’re at.”
