Neyland Stadium Throwback

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No idea the year here. Please comment if you know.

I ask my sons, "Why is there an offensive tackle? Who is he going to tackle?"

Maybe this is lost on this generation, but back in the days when these pictures were made, there was a substitution rule. I'm not sure the details, but basically if someone came out, they couldn't go back in, at least for a while.

Everybody played both sides. A tackle was just "a tackle".

 
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This looks like Bama kicking a field goal in the south endzone. Guessing the '50s. Notice the farm like fence in the south endzone.

Old farts, like me, love to see the orange jerseys in these old pictures. That's why I (and I can only speak for myself) am not adapting too well to the "Smoky Gray".


 
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I took this picture. I was a high school student, interested in photography. My dream was to get a sideline pass and shoot a game elbow to elbow with the press guys. Never happened, so I had to take my shots from the stands.

UT/Clemson, Oct. 26, 1974.

 
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ptcarter said:
I took this picture. I was a high school student, interested in photography. My dream was to get a sideline pass and shoot a game elbow to elbow with the press guys. Never happened, so I had to take my shots from the stands.

UT/Clemson, Oct. 26, 1974.

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Wow! I remember those big panels over the end zone stands spelling out V O L S ! I had completely forgotten about them until you posted this photo.

Our Pop Warner team won the county/league championship, and the reward was a trip for the whole team to a Vols game in Neyland...that's when I saw those V O L S panels.

It's a real blast when memories come rushing back that way.

Thanks for that, and all the photos, PT!
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Wow! I remember those big panels over the end zone stands spelling out V O L S ! I had completely forgotten about them until you posted this photo.

Our Pop Warner team won the county/league championship, and the reward was a trip for the whole team to a Vols game in Neyland...that's when I saw those V O L S panels.

It's a real blast when memories come rushing back that way.

Thanks for that, and all the photos, PT!
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You are quite welcome. .Feel like I've hijacked this thread. I sure hope some others dig up some stuff. I love looking at the evolution of the VOLS!!
 
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This is an amazing thread.

The older pics beg the question: When did the fans begin wearing orange to home games? Looks like most people wore white back then. I'm guessing that orange clothing was exceptionally rare before the late 1960s...which would have made the jerseys even more eyepopping.
 
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Aesius said:
This is an amazing thread.

The older pics beg the question: When did the fans begin wearing orange to home games? Looks like most people wore white back then. I'm guessing that orange clothing was exceptionally rare before the late 1960s...which would have made the jerseys even more eyepopping.
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That is an excellent question. I've thought the same thing. You could get a jersey back then, but the fan merchandise was pretty lame. I think it was the '80s when it really people really thought that they needed to wear school colors to a game. Please chime in if you remember better than me!
 
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Thanks for the pics. Didn't know about the defense going one way and the offense going the other when they ran through the T. What year did the Vols run through the T the first time? Getting a jersey was difficult in the 60's. I got one from a mail order ad in the Commercial A
ppeal. Must have been the late 60's and I was the only kid at my school with any kind of a jersey including NCAA or NFL.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
That's why the fireworks are shot now, right? Now that the stadium is a full double decker bowl, you wouldn't see the cannon anyway, so they shoot fireworks instead.
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Another Infrared shot. Wish it wasn't, looks washed out.
The Canon was up on the hill. The flagpole was about where the UT (concrete) was, and the canon was up there too, under those trees, close to the UT.

 
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3holenones said:
Thanks for the pics. Didn't know about the defense going one way and the offense going the other when they ran through the T. What year did the Vols run through the T the first time? Getting a jersey was difficult in the 60's. I got one from a mail order ad in the Commercial A
ppeal. Must have been the late 60's and I was the only kid at my school with any kind of a jersey including NCAA or NFL.
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I was reading the history on UTSPORTS.COM one day. I just looked for it but couldn't find it. Anyway.. it said that Doug Dickey started tradition of running through the T in 1965 (I think). The game was UT/Army, and when I read it, I remembered.. dang that was the game my Dad took me to, with my brother, and it was my first game. Remembered we sat in the south endzone, section K.

I can find that game in the record books. Season home opener, Sept. 18, 1965 (I was 8 yrs old).
 
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ptcarter said:
Another shot I took during that Clemson game (which was epic - the game, not my shot).
This looks like a TD to me! Often wondered where the other 21 players were? Looks like he came out to practice early!

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I love this photo and the others you've posted pt. This photo also shows my biggest gripe with the new uniforms, which isn't the smokey greys or changing of the helmet stripe (the latter of which I'm not overly fond of but I'll give it a chance to grow on me) but the switching of the pants stripe. I love the double stripe. I loved when they brought it back a few years ago. If given the choice I'd rather have no stripe than the single one we used for a while. I'll try and give the new cheggerboard one a chance but so far I don't care for it.
 
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ptcarter said:
I was reading the history on UTSPORTS.COM one day. I just looked for it but couldn't find it. Anyway.. it said that Doug Dickey started tradition of running through the T in 1965 (I think). The game was UT/Army, and when I read it, I remembered.. dang that was the game my Dad took me to, with my brother, and it was my first game. Remembered we sat in the south endzone, section K.

I can find that game in the record books. Season home opener, Sept. 18, 1965 (I was 8 yrs old).
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Awesome thanks
 
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