The first national championship was in 1974.

The first national championship was in 1978.

The first national championship won by the Lady Vols in basketball was the NCAA championship in 1987 under Coach Pat Summitt. This was also the first NCAA national championship won by the Lady Vols.

On February 25, 2008, the two major national polls ranked the UT Basketball Team number 1, following its victory over number 1 ranked University of Memphis on February 23. The Vols were ranked number 2 in the preceding polls. They played Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt the following Tuesday (February 26) and lost by 3 points.

The 1919–20 men’s basketball team was the first intercollegiate team invited to a national tournament when it participated in the National A.A.N. Basket Ball Tournament held in Atlanta in 1920.

In 1979 TRZ sports televised the Lady Vols’ basketball game from Knoxville.

The Lady Vols participated in the first NCAA Women’s Final Four in the Old Dominion Fieldhouse in Norfolk, Virginia. Louisiana Tech beat UT 69-46 in the semifinal. UT hosted the NCAA Final Four in 1990. Although Tennessee did not make it to the final four in 1990, new NCAA attendance records were set.

The NCAA established the Woman of the Year award in 1991 to recognize student athletes who had also excelled in academics and service. In 1992 Catherine Byrne, UT swimmer (backstroke), received the award.

The first night football game at Neyland Stadium was September 16, 1972. Tennessee defeated Penn State 28-21.

In 1922 President Morgan proclaimed in the Orange and White that “even the Deans of the University are forbidden to smoke in the buildings.” This rule had to do with fear of fire, but the use of cigarettes was not generally regarded with favor. It was not until 1935 that one could purchase cigarettes in … Continued