Neyland Stadium was ranked as the number one college football stadium by the Sporting News in April 2001, based on four criteria: setting, structure, fans, and history.

At 6:00 a.m. on Monday April 21, 1986, Phil Williams, disc jockey at WIMZ-FM 104, began his quest to sit in each of the 91,249 outside seats in Neyland Stadium, culminating planning with the UT Athletics Department begun in January. The one-man wave had been accomplished previously in Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, and … Continued

The 2009 renovation of the team locker room improved the ability of the coaches and players to interact before and during games and also serves as an important tool for recruiting future players. The facility was named the Peyton Manning Locker Complex in recognition of the contribution Manning made to the athletic facilities campaign.

The Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Flag flew at Neyland Stadium for the first time November 21, 2009, for the Vanderbilt game. Marty Everett, an air force veteran who worked as an usher at the stadium suggested flying the flag. The Athletics Department decided to fly it first at the Vanderbilt game because the Pride … Continued

The Neyland Stadium upper deck and press box addition had been a dream of General Neyland. An engineer, Neyland spent hours drawing up plans to incorporate ideas from upper decks and press boxes from around the country. Work had begun before he died in March 1961, but the addition was not completed until fall 1962 … Continued

The shrubs and chain link fences along the sidelines of the field were removed in time for the start of the 2007 football season, as part of Phase I of the Master Plan renovations.

At the October 1974 meeting of the UT Athletics Board, the results of a $25,000 study to assess the feasibility of roofing Neyland Stadium to provide a basketball venue were presented. The architects proposed achieving a 27,000-seat basketball venue at the south end of the stadium and replacing the north end bleachers with a 4,500-seat … Continued

In fall 1940 a new electric scoreboard was erected on the slope of the Hill next to Alumni Memorial Building. The scoreboard featured an electric clock that provided the playing time remaining in fourths of a minute. Built by Post Sign Company, the scoreboard gave scores, downs, yards to go, and type of penalty. A … Continued

The pennants around the top of Neyland Stadium in the school colors of SEC teams, and with the names of SEC universities, were placed for the 1941 football season at the suggestion of the T Club. The original pennants were about eight feet long and about three-and-one-half-feet wide.

In 1987 the UT Athletics Department completed an expansion project that included 42 skyboxes on two levels of the west side of the stadium. Thirteen years later, 78 east-side skyboxes were completed, split among three floors.