Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Admin

Neyland Stadium

Shield-Watkins Field

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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AT NEYLAND STADIUM