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SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967, 1998 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS » 49 BOWL GAMES » 89 ALL-AMERICANS » 45 NFL 1ST-ROUND PICKS

TENNESSEE (0-0) vs. UTAH STATE (0-0)

2014 » SCHEDULE & RECORD

AT FIRST GLANCE

THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE

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® THE BASICS 2013 RECORD 5-7, 2-6 SEC Final 2013 Rank: NR Points/Game: 23.8 Rush Yds/Game: 188.4 Rushing TDs: 18 Pass Yds/Game: 164.9 Passing TDs: 12 Total Off./Game: 353.3 Total Def./Game: 418.4

2013 RECORD 9-5, 7-1 MWC Final 2013 Rank: NR/RV Points/Game: 31.8 Rush Yds/Game: 178.1 Rushing TDs: 18 Pass Yds/Game: 233.4 Passing TDs: 30 Total Off./Game: 411.5 Total Def./Game: 330.9

RETURNING LEADERS RUSHING RUSHING #15 Marlin Lane #32 Joe Hill (101-534, 4 TD, 48.5 ypg) (53-252, 1 TD, 50.4 ypg) PASSING PASSING #14 Justin Worley # 16 Chuckie Keeton (109-196, 55.6%, 10 TD, (136-196, 69.4%, 18 TD, 8 INT, 154.9 ypg) 2 INT, 231.3 ypg) RECEIVING RECEIVING #2 Alton Howard #9 JoJo Natson (44-388, 3 TD, 35.3 ypg) (59-395, 2 TD, 28.2 ypg) DEFENSE #45 A.J. Johnson (106 tkls, 8.5 TFL, 1 FR)

DEFENSE #53 Zach Vigil (124 tkls, 12.5 TFL, 2 FR)

INSIDE THE UTAH STATE SERIES Overall: First meeting Knoxville: N/A Logan, Utah: N/A Neutral: N/A UT All-Time Record: 804-361-53 (.682)

UT in August: 7-0-1 UT vs. current MWC: 15-1 (4-0 vs. Colorado State, 2-0 vs. Air Force, 2-0 vs. New Mexico, 2-0 vs. Hawaii, 2-0 vs. UNLV, 2-1 vs. Wyoming, 1-0 vs. Fresno State)

TEAM 118

¢ The Tennessee Vols begin their 118th season with a 7 p.m. kickoff on Sunday, Aug. 31 vs. Utah State at Neyland Stadium in their debut on the SEC Network. ¢ 2014 marks the second season at UT for Butch Jones, who is 4-3 in season openers as a head coach. In seven seasons as a head coach overall, Jones is 55-34 (.618) with four conference titles.

THE UTAH STATE GAME

¢ Sunday marks the first-ever meeting between Tennessee and Utah State. UT is 15-1 all-time vs. current Mountain West schools, with the last game vs. a MWC school resulting in the only loss (13-7 to Wyoming in ‘08). ¢ The Vols have opened a season vs. a current MWC school seven times and are 7-0 in those meetings (‘86 vs. New Mexico; ‘89 vs. Colorado State; ‘96 and ‘04 vs. UNLV; ‘99 and ‘02 vs. Wyoming; and ‘03 vs. Fresno State).

SEASON/HOME OPENERS

¢ The Vols have won five consecutive and 17 of their last 19 season openers since 1995. UT is 87-24-6 (.769) in season openers dating back to 1891. ¢ UT is 25-3-2 (.867) in its last 30 season openers. ¢ Tennessee is 93-18-5 (.823) in home openers, with 19 consecutive wins in home openers since 1995 dating to a 27-7 win over East Carolina (9/2/1995). ¢ Aug. 31 represents the third consecutive August opener for the Vols. It also marks the first time in history that UT has began its campaign on the same date for three consecutive seasons. ¢ The Vols are 7-0-1 all-time in August and 4-0 all-time on Aug. 31. ¢ UT has won six consecutive August games: Austin Peay (45-0, 8/31/13) NC State (35-21, 8/31/12) Fresno State (24-6, 8/30/03)

Wyoming (47-7, 8/31/02) Texas Tech (52-17, 8/30/97) UNLV (62-3, 8/31/96)

SUNDAY STORY

¢ The season opener vs. Utah State marks the seventh game on Sunday for Tennessee. It is the first since a 42-17 win over UNLV to open the 2004 season. ¢ The Vols are 3-2-1 all-time on Sundays. ¢ The Vols played two Sunday matchups in the Kickoff Classic, including win over Wisconsin in 1981 (23-21) and Iowa in 1987 (23-22), both in East Rutherford, N.J. UT also played Colorado to a 31-31 tie on Sunday in the 1990 Pigskin Classic in Anaheim. ¢ Tennessee lost to Nebraska on Sunday on 1/2/2000 in the Fiesta Bowl and also lost in 1905 to Grant (5-0), now known as Chattanooga, also on Sunday.

A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...

Represent the sixth consecutive win in a season opener and the 20th consecutive victory in a home opener since 1995. A win would be the 18th in the last 20 season openers since 1985, with the only losses happening at Cal in 2007 (45-31) and at UCLA in 2008 (27-24, OT). Improve UT to 88-24-6 (.771) in season openers, 8-0-1 in August, 4-2-1 on Sundays, and 94-18-5 (.825) in home openers. Give Tennessee its 805th win in program history while also marking the 12th consecutive win at Neyland Stadium vs. non-conference opponents.

THE RECORD

AUG. 31, 2014 » NEYLAND STADIUM » KNOXVILLE, TENN.

OVERALL RECORD:

SEC 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 HOME 0-0 AWAY 0-0 NEUTRAL 0-0

THE SCHEDULE DATE Aug. 31 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Dec. 6

Email: JimmyStanton@utk.edu Email: JYellin@utk.edu Email: MJBurns@utk.edu Email: MaryCarter@utk.edu Email: JButler@utk.edu

UTSPORTS.COM/FOOTBALL /// YOUTUBE.COM/UTSPORTSTVFOOTBALL

OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT Utah State (SECN) 7:00 p.m. Arkansas State (SECN) 12:00 p.m. at Oklahoma (TBA^) 8:00 p.m. at Georgia* TBA Florida* TBA Chattanooga TBA at Ole Miss* TBA Alabama* TBA at South Carolina* TBA Kentucky* TBA Missouri TBA at Vanderbilt* TBA SEC Championship (CBS) TBA

* Southeastern Conference game All times Eastern ^-Game on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2

ON THE AIR TELEVISION

 SEC Network  Joe Tessitore (play-by-play)  Brock Huard (color analyst)  Shannon Spake (sideline)  Jim Zirolli (producer)

RADIO

 Vol Network  Bob Kesling (play-by-play)  Tim Priest (color analyst)  Andy Kelly (sideline)  John Wilkerson (studio host)

SATELLITE RADIO

 Sirius Premier Channel 91  XM Channel 91

ONLINE

 www.WatchESPN.com

TENNESSEE FOOTBALL MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Jimmy Stanton Senior Associate AD - Communications Cell: 865.306.2052 Jason Yellin Assistant AD - Media Relations Cell: 865.314.0273 MJ Burns Assistant Media Relations Director Cell: 713.419.4583 Mary-Carter Kniffen Assistant Media Relations Director Cell: 804.516.6337 Jessie Butler Graduate Assistant Cell: 623.399.7240

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