On September 13, 2014, UT played Oklahoma in Memorial Stadium in Norman, and the 82,000 fans in attendance striped the stadium in crimson and cream by wearing the colors in designated seating areas of the stadium. Spencer Barnett, watching on TV, saw the ABC camera sweep of the stadium and envisioned that 102,455 Tennessee fans … Continued

Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek was appointed UT Knoxville’s seventh chancellor in October 2008 and assumed the position in February 2009. Prior to his appointment as chancellor, he served the University of Florida for 34 years, most recently as senior vice president of agricultural and natural resources, which included managing the Institute of Food and Agricultural … Continued

Cheerleading at UT began in 1907 when Professor Robert Clayton “Red” Matthews brought cartwheels and handstands to his one-man cheerleading show on the football field. He ceased to lead the cheers in 1915, and the selection of cheerleaders was put on a competitive basis in 1916. There is a distinction between the cheerleaders who performed … Continued

Prior to 1917 the chemistry curriculum was a sophomore-to-senior course of study. In 1917 general chemistry was first offered to freshmen.

In 1916 when the university was deeded Cherokee Farm by Knox County, it additionally got the private bridge that provided access to it across the Tennessee River. In 1912 William J. Oliver had sought to have the county plank the Cherokee Bridge and open up a way to Atlanta. He promised to open a highway … Continued

Cherokee Farm is a 569-acre tract of land along Alcoa Highway. In 1905 Dean of Agriculture Harcourt A. Morgan (who later became president of the university) asserted to a committee of the Tennessee legislature that the farm was needed for agricultural research, field crop demonstrations, and animal husbandry. J. Oliver had agreed to purchase the … Continued

Dairy research was moved from the present site of the agriculture campus to Cherokee Farm in 1935. A new dairy barn, viewed as a national example of use of electricity in such structures, was built on the Cherokee Farm in 1936. The same year a second barn was built on Cherokee Farm, as well as … Continued

A cornfield on the Cherokee Farm, annually cut for silage around Labor Day, precipitated a dove-hunting controversy that pitted city against county laws in 1985. The dividing line between Knoxville and Knox County was the middle of the river, with dove hunting illegal on the city side and legal on the county side. Residents of … Continued

Student Affairs officials submitted a proposal to the campus master plan committee in November 2000 requesting that the master plan include intramural fields, tennis courts, and softball fields on the Cherokee Farm. The request was bolstered by information that UT was far below its peers in provision of recreational fields and outdoor space. The 2001 … Continued