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Posted on June 8th, 2009 by Admin

Neyland Stadium

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Neyland Stadium

Shield-Watkins Field

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NEYLAND STADIUM

Philip Fulmer Way

Knoxville, Tennessee  37996

Phone:  (615) 974-0953

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee

Tenants: Tennessee Volunteers  (1921 to present)

Date Completed : March 1921

Surface: Grass

Ownership: State of Tennessee  (University of Tennessee)

First game as Shields-Watkins Field: Sept. 24, 1921 – Tennessee 27, Emory & Henry 0

Capacity: 102,037

  • Largest football stadium in the South
  • Third largest college stadium in the United States

STADIUM RECORD ATTENDANCE: 109,061 – Sept. 18, 2004 – Tennessee 30, Florida 28

FIRST NIGHT GAME AT NEYLAND STADIUM: Sept. 16, 1972 – Tennessee 28, Penn State 21

  • First game on artificial turf: Sept. 14, 1968 – Tennessee 17, Georgia 17
  • Final game on artificial turf: Nov. 27, 1993 – Tennessee 62, Vanderbilt 14.

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LARGEST CROWDS

AT NEYLAND STADIUM

Rank Date Opponent Attendance
1. Sept. 18, 2004 Florida 109,061
2. Sept. 16, 2000 Florida 108,768
3. Sept. 21, 2002 Florida 108,722
4. Sept. 6, 2004 UNLV 108,625
5. Sept. 29, 2001 LSU 108,472
6. Oct. 8, 2005 Georgia 108,470
7. Sept. 2, 2000 Southern Mississippi 108,064
8. Oct. 2, 2004 Auburn 107,828
9. Sept. 1, 2001 Syracuse 107,725
10. Oct. 21, 2000 Alabama 107,709