In 1894 baseball was the game of choice, and the Athletic Association voted in October 1894 to abandon football. There were no formal teams in 1894 and 1895, but UT’s club team, captained by William B. Stokely, went 2-0-2 in 1894 and 4-2 in 1895. David Chapman was quarterback for the two seasons.

In 1965 Bill Majors (age 26), who had been a standout tailback in 1958–60, and end coach Bob Jones (age 30) were killed instantly when a passenger train hit the car in which they and offensive line coach Charlie Rash were riding to work. Rash died four days later.

In 1968 fees for parking in UT lots during football games were instituted. The fees were $2 for lots closest to the stadium and $1 for more remote lots.

In 2005 fans attending the final home game in Neyland Stadium first received, with the purchase of the Tennessee Playbook souvenir program, a free Vol Network DVD. Set to high-energy music and containing the play-by-play of Voice of the Vols Bob Kesling, the DVD contained music video highlights from the season’s games.

Tennessee has played seven football games on Sundays, four of them pre- or post-season special games, and three regular games. The first and latest two games have been regular season games. On December 3, 1905, UT played Grant College (now UT at Chattanooga) as the finale of the 1905 season. UT lost 5-0. On September … Continued

On September 25, 2004 (Vols 30, Florida 28), the new football locker room under the north stands at Neyland Stadium was dedicated. The “locker room project” of the Athletics Department involved soliciting funds to name lockers after former players, coaches (e.g., Gary Wyant), or those associated with the program (e.g., Tim Kerin and Robert Rubright). … Continued

The numbers of four football players killed in World War II were retired. The numbers of William E. Nowling, fullback and 1943 senior class president (lettered in 1940, 1941, and 1942); Rudolph (Rudy) Klarer, Tennessee’s “Flying Dutchman” of the gridiron (lettered in 1941 and 1942); Willis N. Tucker, who entered the army in 1941 as … Continued

On October 9, 1991, shortly before Tennessee was to play Florida, Jack Sells, who had been fired by UT on June 7 for recruiting violations and lying to NCAA investigators, faxed pages from UT’s football playbook to his friend Ron Zook, the new defensive coordinator for the University of Florida. The pages were faxed from … Continued

Football Coach Butch Jones announced in September that freshman running back Treyvon Paulk had been dismissed from the team following a complaint to the Knox County Sheriff’s Department from Paulk’s girlfriend that he had struck her in the mouth with his fist during an altercation at a party at Quarry Trail Apartments. The victim declined … Continued