What was the first Non-Tennessee college football game you attended?

[Jeff Clark]

What was the first Non-Tennessee college football game that you attended? My first Non-Tennessee college football game i attended was the 1983 Peach Bowl where a 6-5 FSU team beat 8-3 North Carolina 28-3 in frigid temperatures. I went to the game with friends of my family who were big FSU fans. I remember thinking i would freeze into a block of ice watching a totally one-sided game.

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

2013 Liberty Bowl - Mississippi State vs Rice.

Nothing special, MSU blew out Rice. My sister graduated from Mississippi State, so that’s the only reason we went.

 

[GVF]

Been so long ago, can't remember the opponent, but my dad was a UGA system employee. He took me to a game when I was younger. THat was my first.

 

[hog88]

Can't remember the opponent but it was a Va Tech (VPI then) game in the late 70s.

 

[StarRaider]

My sister went to auburn and they were playing UTC when we took her down for her freshman year in 1973.

 

[tbh]

They're D-II, but having lived in the area at the time (and my employer at the time having season tickets), I saw quite a few Valdosta State games back when Coach Hatcher (and afterward, Coach Dean) were there. It was obviously nowhere near the atmosphere of a Vols game, but an afternoon watching football and grilling out was never a bad time when I couldn't make it to Knoxville.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I'm not sure which one but it was definitely a Vandy game back in the 80s, and I'm pretty sure it was a non-conference game. It was back when Vandy had some fans and the stadium was mostly full but you could still get cheap tickets. I went with my friend and his dad because he had access to season tickets. I rooted for the other team.

 

[ButchPlz]

Virginia Tech vs. somebody. I've been to probably a dozen VA Tech games.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Virginia Tech vs. somebody. I've been to probably a dozen VA Tech games.

Similar situation only with Vandy due to being raised in Nashville

 

[wmcovol]

UTC vs La Tech. I think 1968. Bradshaw was qB for LaTech.

 

[VolinMichigan]

I lived in Washington state when I was younger. I got to see a WSU game in Pullman, maybe even during the Ryan Leaf era or right before then. I distinctly remember it raining/sleeting the whole time and being freezing.

 

[Bearkat_Vol]

Baylor vs. Sam Houston

Where is @BUBear?

 

[MAD]

OSU was ranked #1, my first game away from Neyland. Atmosphere didn’t come close to what I was used to in Knoxville.

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[OldandStillaVol]

NC State in the fall of 1978. Can’t remember who they played. I remember coming away thinking the atmosphere was like a high school game compared to Neyland. A few people who cared but mostly a lot of people wandering around looking to find someone to talk to.

 

[SanFranVol]

1969 Liberty Bowl. Colorado beat Alabama 47 - 33.

Loved seeing The Crimson Tide get beat, even at six years old.

 

[Volprofch05]

A loss to Miami my freshman year at Boston College (1993). Ironically, this was one of 15 consecutive losses to the canes from 1985 (post-Flutie-pass) to 2007 (Matt Ryan). It wasn't all bad that year though, since we did upset #1 Notre Dame in South Bend!

 

[andydukey]

Vanderbilt vs South Carolina in Nashville in 1995

 

[Jeff Clark]

OSU was ranked #1, my first game away from Neyland. Atmosphere didn’t come close to what I was used to in Knoxville.

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Good 'Ole Art Schlichter he never saw a football game he didn't want to bet on.

 

[stolitonic]

I went to see a Texas vs Texas Tech game fairly recently in Lubbock. It was the day of the Florida game-the noon game before ours at 3:30. Didn't want to go, but it was a family reunion kind of thing. It was a great game from what I remember. I left at halftime to go prepare for the only important thing of the weekend. Don't really remember much honestly about the morning or what I saw of the game. We had a family tailgate but I kind of stayed off to myself-nervous energy kind of thing Checked VN here and there. I found out (much) later Texas lost

 

[hUTch2002]

As a kid growing up in Atlanta my dad took me to see The Citadel play at GA Tech in 1987. Who knew that 3 years later GT would win a NC?

 

[Gladiator1]

It's been 40 plus years ago but went to a UVA game. Don't remember the game but the coed views were really nice.

 

[fifties fan]

Maryville College vs ??? '50 or '51

 

[stolitonic]

I went to see a Texas vs Texas Tech game fairly recently in Lubbock. It was the day of the Florida game-the noon game before ours at 3:30. Didn't want to go, but it was a family reunion kind of thing. It was a great game from what I remember. I left at halftime to go prepare for the only important thing of the weekend. Don't really remember much honestly about the morning or what I saw of the game. We had a family tailgate but I kind of stayed off to myself-nervous energy kind of thing Checked VN here and there. I found out (much) later Texas lost

And I'm an idiot. For some reason, I had last non TN game stuck in my head-anyway, the above is it.


My first was I guess GT vs the then #1 Virginia Cavaliers in Atlanta sometime in the fall of 1990. I was on my "college trip" that weekend. That game was basically the GT equivalent of Saturdays game in terms of atmosphere. I was sold

 

[onevol74]

My sister went to auburn and they were playing UTC when we took her down for her freshman year in 1973.

Funny, my first non-UT game was Auburn - Chattanooga game in 1967. It was band day at Cliff Hare Stadium and I played in the featured band, The Elmore County Band. We we were actually invited to perform on the field, much like DB did recently at UT. In those days their stadium only held 40,000.

 

[SDV]

Saw SDSU play Utah in SD when Utah had Alex Smith at QB in 2004