The first UT flash wave was May 7, 2009.

Gene McEver, halfback, was the first UT football player named to the 11-member consensus All-America team. Nicknamed “the wild bull,” he was a unanimous All-America halfback for three years—1928, 1929, and 1931 (knee surgery kept him sidelined in 1930). He was selected in 1929 after leading the nation in scoring with 130 points, including 33 … Continued

In 1924 Talmadge “Sheriff” Maples and Beattie Feathers were the first All-SEC selections.

Back Bill Newman was the first All-Star selection in 1900. In 1902 end Joey Bean and back T. Nash Buckingham were named.

In 1884 the Chi Delta Crescent reported that a football club had been organized but that another club needed to be organized so that games could be played. Two years later the Crescent deplored that although there was much interest in the sport, the university had never had a regularly organized football team.

The first intercollegiate football game (1891, against Sewanee) was captained and coached by H. K. Denlinger, who directed the athletic program of the YMCA. The first person to be hired specifically as a football coach was J. A. Pierce in 1899.

In 1914 UT won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship.

After the Athletic Association was incorporated in 1908, one of its first projects was to secure and develop an athletics field. The location selected was to the west of the main gate (site of Walters Life Sciences Building), and the field was ready for use on September 25, 1908. It was first named University Field … Continued

When UT began playing intercollegiate football in 1891, the field was 110 yards long and 160 feet wide. Scoring was touchdown, 4; after-goal kick, 2; and safety, 2.

Bill Donaldson, a 150-pound end on the 1906 UT 20-man football team, received UT’s first forward pass in a game against American University in Harriman, Tennessee. Donaldson discussed the events that followed in an article in the November 2, 1968, Daily Beacon. He said that American University fans, who had never seen a forward pass, … Continued