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FOOTBALL CENTRAL: #25 Tennessee vs. Bowling Green
August 31, 2015 | Football
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The wait is nearly over. Tennessee kicks off the 2015 season against Bowling Green on Saturday at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Kickoff will take place at 4:01 p.m. ET/3:01 p.m. CT on the SEC Network and Vol Network.
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The game will feature a live SEC Network broadcast with Tom Hart as the play-by-play announcer, Andre Ware providing analysis and Laura Rutledge reporting from the sidelines. Fans can also listen live on their local Vol Network affiliate with Bob Kesling, Tim Priest and Brent Hubbs in the booth and John Brice on the sidelines. Satellite radio listeners can also tune in to Sirius Channel 119 or XM Channel 192.
Tickets for the game can be purchased online at NashvilleSports.com/Vols.
Tennessee and Bowling Green face each other for the first time on Saturday. UT is 5-0 all-time vs. current MAC schools, last beating Akron, 47-26 on 9/22/2012 at Neyland. Butch Jones is 23-4 all-time vs. MAC schools (20-3 at CMU)
The Vols are playing at Nissan Stadium (LP Field/Adelphia Coliseum/The Coliseum) for the fifth time in history. Most recently, the Vols lost the 2010 Music City Bowl to North Carolina, 30-27 in 2 OTs on Dec. 30, 2010. UT opened 2002 with a 47-7 win over Wyoming in Nashville. The Vols also beat Vanderbilt at the facility in 2000 and 2002.
Tennessee is 88-24-6 (.771) all-time in 118 season openers. UT has won six season openers in a row and 18 of the last 20. The Vols have won 20 consecutive season openers played in Tennessee, dating to 1986.
Tennessee In Nashville
Tennessee is 40-20-4 all-time in the capital city. That mark consists primarily of a 37-18-4 mark against Nashville-resident and SEC rival Vanderbilt.
#YouthIsServed
The Vols played a nation-leading 23 true freshmen in 2014. LSU was second with 18.
In his Monday press conference, Butch Jones said the Vols could play up to 22 true freshmen in the opener vs. Bowling Green.
The Vols played a school-record 21 true freshmen in their 2014 opener vs. Utah State.
#RankedVols
The Vols open the 2015 season ranked No. 25 in both the Associated Press and Amway Coaches Polls.
The Vols have not been ranked in the season-opening polls since the 2008 polls at No. 18. The last time the Vols were ranked at all was at No. 23 in the Sept. 12, 2012 AP Poll. The Vols have been ranked in 39 preseason AP polls, including 19 years in a row from 1990-2008.
All-time, the Vols have been ranked in 52 percent of polls, dating to 1936. In being ranked 25th to open the season, the Vols have been ranked at least once in 59 of 80 seasons of the poll, 74 percent.
Tennessee vs. The State of Ohio
UT is 13-1 all-time against teams from the state of Ohio. The Vols lost to Cincinnati, 35-0, on Nov. 16, 1904, in Knoxville.
