University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee Announces 2006 Football Schedule
February 03, 2004 | Football
Feb. 3, 2004
FUTURE UT FOOTBALL SCHEDULES | 2006 SCHEDULE
The return of a Pacific-10 Conference opponent and home games against Florida, Alabama and LSU highlight the 2006 Tennessee football schedule, released Tuesday by UT Director of Athletics Mike Hamilton.
California opens the slate with a Sept. 2 visit to Neyland Stadium, marking the Golden Bears' third appearance in Knoxville. Tennessee defeated Cal 38-12 in 1987 after dropping a 27-17 decision in 1977. The 2006 game is part of a two-year contract that finds UT making a return trip to Berkeley, Calif., the following season.
"With a number of our players from California, as well as being a key recruiting area, we look forward to this series against a quality Pac-10 opponent," Hamilton said. "I know our fans will enjoy visiting the Bay Area in 2007."
The Vols originally were scheduled to play a two-game series against Boston College, but a change was necessary after last year's conference realignments.
"Openings in the 2006 and 2007 seasons became available upon Boston College's entrance into the ACC," Hamilton said. "We talked to a number of institutions, but the games with Cal seemed to make a great deal of sense."
Tennessee last faced a Pac-10 foe in a 1997 win at UCLA.
The 2006 SEC Championship Game takes place Dec. 2 in Atlanta.
| Date | Opponent | Place | Time/TV |
| Sept. 2 | CALIFORNIA | KNOXVILLE | TBA |
| Sept. 16 | FLORIDA | KNOXVILLE | TBA |
| Sept. 23 | MARSHALL | KNOXVILLE | TBA |
| Sept. 30 | at Memphis | Memphis | TBA |
| Oct. 7 | at Georgia | Athens | TBA |
| Oct. 21 | ALABAMA | KNOXVILLE | TBA |
| Oct. 28 | at South Carolina | Columbia | TBA |
| Nov. 4 | LSU | KNOXVILLE | TBA |
| Nov. 11 | at Arkansas | Fayetteville | TBA |
| Nov. 18 | at Vanderbilt | Nashville | TBA |
| Nov. 25 | KENTUCKY | KNOXVILLE | TBA |
| Dec. 2 | SEC Championship | Atlanta | TBA |
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