Tennessee-NC State Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game Notes

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SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1938, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1967, 1998 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS » 49 BOWL GAMES » 89 ALL-AMERICANS » 43 NFL 1ST-ROUND PICKS

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

2012 » SCHEDULE & RECORD

AT FIRST GLANCE

THE MATCHUP RV/RV TENNESSEE vs RV/RV NC STATE

THE BASICS 2011 RECORD 5-7, 1-7 SEC Final Nat’l Rank: N/A Points/Game: 20.3 Rush Yds/Game: 90.1 Rushing TDs: 11 Pass Yds/Game: 242.6 Passing TDs: 18 Total Off./Game: 332.7 Total Def./Game: 340.5

2011 RECORD 8-5, 4-4 ACC Final Nat’l Rank: N/A Points/Game: 28.2 Rush Yds/Game: 104.8 Rushing TDs: 10 Pass Yds/Game: 240.0 Passing TDs: 32 Total Off./Game: 344.8 Total Def./Game: 354.9

RETURNING LEADERS

¢ Aug. 31 represents the earliest date for a UT season opener since 2003, when the Vols defeated Fresno State 24-6 on Aug. 30. Tennessee has won four consecutive August games, including wins over Fresno State, Wyoming (47-7 on 8/31/02), Texas Tech (52-17 on 8/30/97), and UNLV (62-3 on 8/31/96). ¢ UT is opening the season at a neutral site for the first time since defeating Wyoming on 8/31/02 at LP Field in Nashville in front of a decidedly pro-Tennessee crowd. ¢ UT is 85-24-6 (.765) in season openers dating back to 1891. In the last 28 seasons, Tennessee is 23-3-2 (.857) in season openers. Of those 28 games, 13 were played against teams currently in a BCS conference, and UT is 8-3-2 (.692) in those games. ¢ The Vols are 11-7 all-time in games played on Friday, with the most recent game being a 27-14 loss to Clemson on Friday, Jan. 2, 2004 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. ¢ The Vols are 2-0-1 in opening games on neutral sites. ¢ Tennessee Season Openers at Neutral Sites Year/Site Result/Opponent 2002/Nashville W, 47-7 over Wyoming 1990/Anaheim, Calif. T, 31-31 with Colorado 1987/E. Rutherford, N.J. W, 23-22 over Iowa

THE NC STATE GAME

RUSHING RUSHING #15 Marlin Lane #24 James Washington (75-280, 2 TD, 23.3 ypg) (226-897, 7 TD, 69.0 ypg) PASSING #8 Tyler Bray (147-247, 59.5%, 17 TD, 6 INT, 283.3 ypg)

PASSING #8 Mike Glennon (283-453, 62.5%, 31 TD, 12 INT, 234.9 ypg)

RECEIVING #81 Mychal Rivera (29-344, 1 TD, 28.7 ypg)

RECEIVING #24 James Washington (42-315, 0 TD, 24.2 ypg)

DEFENSE #45 A.J. Johnson (80 tkls, 4.5 TFL, 2 FR)

DEFENSE #27 Earl Wolff (105 tkls, 3.0 TFL, 3 INT)

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: Tied, 1-1 Knoxville: N/A Raleigh: Tied, 1-1 1911 - NC State W, 16-0 1939 - Tennessee W, 13-0 Neutral: N/A

SEASON OPENERS

UT All-Time Record: 794-346-53 (.688) UT in August: 5-0-1 UT on Fridays: 11-7 UT in Georgia Dome: 2-6 UT vs. ACC: 98-58-7 (.623)

¢ Friday’s game is the third-ever scheduled meeting between Tennessee and NC State, and the teams have split the previous two meetings (1911 NC State, 16-0; 1939 UT, 13-0). ¢ Tennessee’s last non-Bowl Friday game was the last game vs. NC State (9/29/39), which was the season-opener that year. UT has played seven games on Friday since 1939, all bowl games, six January bowl games. ¢ A Raleigh newspaper from Nov. 8, 1893 references a game between NC State and Tennessee, won 12-0 by NC State. The game does not appear to have been a regularly-scheduled game and UT does not recognize this as official in the all-time record. ¢ Sam Bartholomew, grandfather of current Vol fullback Ben, had a 79-yard kickoff return to set up UT’s first TD in the 1939 game. ¢ The last UT win over a team that was in the ACC at the time of the game was a 23-6 win over Duke on 11/1/03. The last win for the Vols over a current ACC member was the following week, a 10-6 win over Miami (Fla.) at the Orange Bowl on 11/8/03. The game vs. NC State is the first in the regular season against a current ACC school since the consecutive games vs. Duke and Miami in 2003.

A TENNESSEE WIN WOULD...

THE RECORD

AUG. 31, 2012 » GEORGIA DOME » ATLANTA, GA. » CHICK-FIL-A KICKOFF

OVERALL RECORD:

0-0

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

THE SCHEDULE DATE Aug. 31 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 28 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Dec. 1

OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT NC State (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. Georgia State (PPV) 4 p.m. Florida * (ESPN) 6 p.m. Akron TBA at Georgia * TBA at Mississippi State * TBA Alabama * TBA at South Carolina * TBA Troy TBA Missouri * TBA at Vanderbilt * TBA Kentucky * TBA SEC Championship (CBS) 4 p.m.

* Southeastern Conference game All times Eastern

ON THE AIR TELEVISION

 ESPNU  Dave Neal (play-by-play)  Andre Ware (color analyst)  Holly Rowe (sideline)  Eric Posner (producer)

RADIO

 Vol Network  Bob Kesling (play-by-play)  Tim Priest (color analyst)  Andy Kelly (sideline)  John Wilkerson (studio host)  ESPN Radio  Bill Rosinski (play-by-play)  David Norrie (color analyst)  Joe Schad (sideline)

SATELLITE RADIO

 Sirius Premier Channel 93  XM Channel 199

Improve the Vols to 86-24-6 (.767) in season openers and 6-0-1 in August all-time. Mark the fourth consecutive win in a season opener since 2009 and the 16th win to open the season in the last 18 years since 1995, with the only losses at Cal in 2007 (45-31) and at UCLA in 2008 (27-24, OT). Snap a six-game losing streak in Atlanta and the Georgia Dome dating to 2001 (2009 vs. Va. Tech, Chickfil-A Bowl; 2007 vs. LSU, SEC Champ. Game; 2004 vs. Auburn, SEC Champ. Game; 2003 vs. Clemson, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl; 2002 vs. Maryland, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl; 2001 vs. LSU, SEC Champ. Game). Snap a three-game losing streak to ACC schools, including a two-game losing streak in neutral-site games against the conference.

ONLINE

 www.WatchESPN.com

TELEVISION (Delay)

 MYVLT2  Sunday, Sept. 2 (7 p.m.)

2012 TENNESSEE FOOTBALL MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS Jimmy Stanton Jason Yellin Cameron Harris Betsy Devine

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