See Neyland Stadium.

In February 1927 the Athletics Department first adopted a policy of ticket distribution. The tickets (number, location, desirability) were allocated on the basis of seniority to annual subscribers. Seniority was determined by the number of consecutive, paid-up annual subscriptions credited to an individual. A “nonactive” subscription ($3) was offered to allow individuals to hold and … Continued

The football ticket lottery system was implemented during the 1998 football season to eliminate the need for students to camp out overnight to be in line for good tickets for popular games. Instead of camping out, students lined up to scan their identification cards, a process that assigned them a lottery number. Winning numbers were … Continued

For fall 2009 student ticket distribution for football games was online, with students purchasing the tickets online and printing them from their computers. The new system did not allow purchase of season tickets, both to allow a variety of students the opportunity to attend and to avoid the empty seats that had resulted from the … Continued

Beginning in the 1960s, UT offered two tickets and a parking pass to state legislators, state officials, and members of the Tennessee congressional delegation. In 1975 Rep. Tommy Burnett (D, Jamestown) introduced a bill, which was subsequently passed and signed into law, designed to prevent the distribution of free tickets to members of the legislature. … Continued

The ticket allocation policy adopted by the Athletics Department in 2004 required that, beginning with the 2006 football season, all sideline seats would require a minimum donation to the Volunteer Student Athletic Fund (VASF), with the amount being set by the desirability of the seats. Effective for the 2004 football season, grandfathered sideline ticket holders … Continued

In March 2008 Interim Chancellor Jan Simek informed the vice chancellor for student affairs and SGA officers that the Athletics Department would be charging students for tickets effective in fall 2008. The charges had been approved by Chancellor Simek as part of an overall plan to avoid a shortfall in the Athletics Department’s budget. The … Continued

In 1975 the UT football team scored its 500th win by defeating the University of Kentucky. UT first played football against Kentucky in 1893. In 1920 the Kentucky football game was the last to be played on Wait Field (site of Walters Life Sciences Building).

“Footnotes” was a note-taking project of the Student Government Association begun in fall 1975. The service paid note takers, who were not enrolled in the class for which they took notes, $2 an hour to take the notes, paid for a typist, and used special paper that could not be copied. By spring 1976 the … Continued

For The Kids @ UTK began as the UT Dance Marathon, first held in February 1996. UT’s program was modeled after a similar event that began in 1973 at Penn State University. Completely run by students, its first effort involved about 50 students and raised $5,000 for the Hematology and Oncology Clinic at East Tennessee … Continued