Neyland Stadium Throwback

#51
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volfan_89 said:
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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I am 100% in harmony with what you just said. Do you realize that if we ever see the double stripe again, it'll be a "retro" game??? Arrgh.. now I sound like a Bama fan. They couldn't convince their fans to get their numbers off the helmets and now they are stuck with that.

Personally, I always liked the little white "cuff" around the biceps. Pretty simple, but really made those old Jersey's in the early 70's look good. Simple can be good. Not "Penn State" simple though, just simple.
 
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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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OK, maybe I'm giving misinformation.
Says here:
Doug Dickey - Tennessee's Hall of Fame
that the first time UT ran through the T was the week after that army game. I honestly don't remember how they came on the field. The played Auburn the next week on the 25th.

So I might need to revise my statement. I was at the last game they didn't run through the T!
 
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AF_VOL said:
For someone who has watched this program for so long, how does this current down swing in success compare to other tough times in the program?
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Struggled throughout the 70's into early 80's. Majors started the turnaround mid 80's. It was about a decade of $h1t but from 85 through 2004 only bad year was 88.
I attended my 1st game in 1972 against Wake Forest winning 45-6 with a sell out of 66,000. :)
The 73 team started the decline until 85.

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Tennesseeduke
 
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ptcarter said:
OK, maybe I'm giving misinformation.
Says here:
Doug Dickey - Tennessee's Hall of Fame
that the first time UT ran through the T was the week after that army game. I honestly don't remember how they came on the field. The played Auburn the next week on the 25th.

So I might need to revise my statement. I was at the last game they didn't run through the T!
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This article says I was at the game where they ran through the T after all. UT-Army, 1965, not Auburn.

Tennessee Football Traditions

I'm should stick to this, don't you think?
 
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ptcarter said:
OK, maybe I'm giving misinformation.
Says here:
Doug Dickey - Tennessee's Hall of Fame
that the first time UT ran through the T was the week after that army game. I honestly don't remember how they came on the field. The played Auburn the next week on the 25th.

So I might need to revise my statement. I was at the last game they didn't run through the T!
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Per Wiki:
The T

The Pride of the Southland is in formation while the UT team runs the T.

5 min video of the opening sequence of a football game
The "T" appears in two special places in Vol history and tradition. Coach Doug Dickey added the familiar block letter T onto the side of the helmets in his first year in 1964; a rounded T came in 1968. Johnny Majors modified the famous orange helmet stripe to a thicker stripe in 1977.

The Vols also run through the T. This T is formed by the Pride of the Southland marching band with its base at the entrance to the Tennessee locker room in the north endzone with team personnel holding the state flag and the UT flag, Smokey running in on the field, and the entire UT team storming in to loud cheers and applause from the 100,000-plus Vols fans in Neyland. When Coach Dickey brought this unique and now-famous tradition to UT in 1965, the Vols' locker room was underneath the East stands. The Vols would run through the T and simply turn back to return to their sideline. However, beginning in 1983, the team would make the famous left turn inside the T and run toward their former bench on the east sideline when the locker room was moved from the east sideline to the north endzone. It was announced on January 24, 2010 that the Vols would switch their sideline from the east sideline to the west sideline for all home games from then on. This resulted in the Vols making a right out of the T instead of a left. This change took effect with Tennessee's first home game of the 2010 season against UT-Martin.

:loco:

Tennesseeduke
 
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tennesseeduke said:
Per Wiki:
The T

The Pride of the Southland is in formation while the UT team runs the T.

5 min video of the opening sequence of a football game
The "T" appears in two special places in Vol history and tradition. Coach Doug Dickey added the familiar block letter T onto the side of the helmets in his first year in 1964; a rounded T came in 1968. Johnny Majors modified the famous orange helmet stripe to a thicker stripe in 1977.

The Vols also run through the T. This T is formed by the Pride of the Southland marching band with its base at the entrance to the Tennessee locker room in the north endzone with team personnel holding the state flag and the UT flag, Smokey running in on the field, and the entire UT team storming in to loud cheers and applause from the 100,000-plus Vols fans in Neyland. When Coach Dickey brought this unique and now-famous tradition to UT in 1965, the Vols' locker room was underneath the East stands. The Vols would run through the T and simply turn back to return to their sideline. However, beginning in 1983, the team would make the famous left turn inside the T and run toward their former bench on the east sideline when the locker room was moved from the east sideline to the north endzone. It was announced on January 24, 2010 that the Vols would switch their sideline from the east sideline to the west sideline for all home games from then on. This resulted in the Vols making a right out of the T instead of a left. This change took effect with Tennessee's first home game of the 2010 season against UT-Martin.

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Tennesseeduke
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Thanks! Cool.. I was there and didn't even realize the significance of what was going on. At the age of 8, I was probably bugging my dad to go to the restroom or for him to buy me a hot dog.
 
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I started my freshman year in 1966 and remember the North end having a grassy hill, students, people looking in at the fence, and the ROTC cannon firing after every touchdown. My ATO brothers had block seating near the 50 yard line for every game. Those were the days!
 
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ptcarter said:
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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My years were 75-79 and UT merchandise was poor to very poor. Wasn't until I was an alumni that my orange wardrobe was able to improve.
 
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ncvol17 said:
My years were 75-79 and UT merchandise was poor to very poor. Wasn't until I was an alumni that my orange wardrobe was able to improve.
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My years almost exactly. I hung around until Winter Q of '80, only because I wanted to graduate. Didn't on-time, but did.
 
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North end zone, from the 40's.

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Anyone know where the V O L S letters are now? Does someone own these or are they stored somewhere on campus? As a kid(I'm 40 now) the letters were one of my favorite memories of Neyland especially night games. They were so bright and clear. Still gives me chills to think about it. Go VOLS..
 
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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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Call Somebody, WE Have to get the "V,O,L,S" panels replaced !:rock:
 
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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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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 was there at this game. I was 10 years old at the time. So happy to see these pictures. Do you have anymore from the Clemson game in 74?
 
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mad4vols said:
I was there at this game. I was 10 years old at the time. So happy to see these pictures. Do you have anymore from the Clemson game in 74?
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I took a picture of that last play. I was moving around in the stands and I think I was somewhere around Section G.

I'm a little disorganized on my pictures. Trying to find it.

For those who can't off the top of their heads remember that 2 point play.. Holy guacamole.. you are in for a treat.

Here is a recap I found on the web.

link:
College Football Belt - 1974 Clemson at Tennessee

The Tigers a 28-21 lead with 7:16 left. The Volunteers’ response was a grinding, 16-play, 83-yard drive with Morgan scoring on an 8-yard run for his third touchdown of the game. Rather than play for the tie, Coach Battle chose to go for the 2-point conversion. As Holloway was being tackled by two Clemson defenders, he lofted a pass to the end zone where WR Larry Seivers out-jumped the Tigers' defender to making the catch & Tennessee took a 29-28 lead with 1:31 to play. Seivers later said the play was supposed to be a run by Holloway for the conversion.
"Condredge was supposed to roll out to his right and dive into the end zone, like he had so many times. Everybody in the stadium knew it. Clemson knew it. He had told me in the huddle to come across from the far side, because if he wasn’t going to make it, he was going to fumble into the end zone and he wanted me to be there to recover it. Well, he didn’t even get a chance to. He circled and dodged 3 defenders, he had 2 of them hanging on him. I heard him scream for me to go the other way. He threw it up in the air, a perfect pass, I caught it and we won the game by one point." -- Larry Seivers - First Through The Revolving Door, by Steve Kiner, October 29, 2002
 
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ptcarter said:
I took a picture of that last play. I was moving around in the stands and I think I was somewhere around Section G.

I'm a little disorganized on my pictures. Trying to find it.

For those who can't off the top of their heads remember that 2 point play.. Holy guacamole.. you are in for a treat.

Here is a recap I found on the web.

link:
College Football Belt - 1974 Clemson at Tennessee

The Tigers a 28-21 lead with 7:16 left. The Volunteers’ response was a grinding, 16-play, 83-yard drive with Morgan scoring on an 8-yard run for his third touchdown of the game. Rather than play for the tie, Coach Battle chose to go for the 2-point conversion. As Holloway was being tackled by two Clemson defenders, he lofted a pass to the end zone where WR Larry Seivers out-jumped the Tigers' defender to making the catch & Tennessee took a 29-28 lead with 1:31 to play. Seivers later said the play was supposed to be a run by Holloway for the conversion.
"Condredge was supposed to roll out to his right and dive into the end zone, like he had so many times. Everybody in the stadium knew it. Clemson knew it. He had told me in the huddle to come across from the far side, because if he wasn’t going to make it, he was going to fumble into the end zone and he wanted me to be there to recover it. Well, he didn’t even get a chance to. He circled and dodged 3 defenders, he had 2 of them hanging on him. I heard him scream for me to go the other way. He threw it up in the air, a perfect pass, I caught it and we won the game by one point." -- Larry Seivers - First Through The Revolving Door, by Steve Kiner, October 29, 2002
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Here's a link to the game for those interested. No audio though.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q1famGje4SQ
 
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Aesius said:
Wow! My grandparents never told me about Neyland's giant disembodied head floating over the stadium back in the early 60s. That must have been intimidating for other teams.
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Just a passing gimmick. Things were very competitive back when American tire companies ruled the world market. On the back of the General's head it said FIRESTONE.

Of course back then, universities were not very market savvy. Otherwise they would have negotiated the obvious deal with General Tire Co. which had no blimp.
 
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ptcarter said:
I took a picture of that last play. I was moving around in the stands and I think I was somewhere around Section G.

I'm a little disorganized on my pictures. Trying to find it.

For those who can't off the top of their heads remember that 2 point play.. Holy guacamole.. you are in for a treat.

Here is a recap I found on the web.

link:
College Football Belt - 1974 Clemson at Tennessee

The Tigers a 28-21 lead with 7:16 left. The Volunteers’ response was a grinding, 16-play, 83-yard drive with Morgan scoring on an 8-yard run for his third touchdown of the game. Rather than play for the tie, Coach Battle chose to go for the 2-point conversion. As Holloway was being tackled by two Clemson defenders, he lofted a pass to the end zone where WR Larry Seivers out-jumped the Tigers' defender to making the catch & Tennessee took a 29-28 lead with 1:31 to play. Seivers later said the play was supposed to be a run by Holloway for the conversion.
"Condredge was supposed to roll out to his right and dive into the end zone, like he had so many times. Everybody in the stadium knew it. Clemson knew it. He had told me in the huddle to come across from the far side, because if he wasn’t going to make it, he was going to fumble into the end zone and he wanted me to be there to recover it. Well, he didn’t even get a chance to. He circled and dodged 3 defenders, he had 2 of them hanging on him. I heard him scream for me to go the other way. He threw it up in the air, a perfect pass, I caught it and we won the game by one point." -- Larry Seivers - First Through The Revolving Door, by Steve Kiner, October 29, 2002
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Great game. I was up in section QQ and had a perfect view of that play.
 
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volfan_89 said:
Here's a link to the game for those interested. No audio though.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q1famGje4SQ
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mad4vols said:
Great game. I was up in section QQ and had a perfect view of that play.
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Thank you volfan_89 for the video. That was an historic game and Condredge at his best.

I found the picture I took of the two point conversion. I was somewhere over in G I think. I spent the day wandering around the stadium taking pics.

Here is the shot I took. You'll see Larry Sievers in the foreground running to my left. Condredge was scrambling, and the pass he caught he was running to my right, so he was scrambling too, in the end zone.

 
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