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AKRON ZIPS 9-22 | KNOXVILLE QUICK FACTS
Location: Akron, Ohio Colors: Blue and Gold Stadium: InfoCision Stadium (27,881) Conference: Mid-American (East) Head Coach: Terry Bowden (1st season) Career Record/at UA: 140-62/0-0 Series: 1-0 UT At Knoxville: Same Last Meeting: W, 52-9, 11/11/1989 2011 Overall Record: 1-11 2011 Conf. Record/Finish: 0-8/7th East 2011 Bowl/Final Rank: None Lettermen Ret./Lost: 41/22 Starters Ret./Lost: 14/10
MEDIA INFO
Media Contact: Gregg Bach Phone: (330) 972-6106 Email: gbach@uakron Web Site: gozips.com
2012 SCHEDULE Aug. 30 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 20
UCF at FIU Morgan State at Tennessee Miami (Ohio) Bowling Green at Ohio Northern Illinois at Central Michigan at Kent State Massachusettes at Toledo
GAME NOTES
-Tennessee will play Akron for the second time ever, the lone meeting a 52-9 Tennessee win in 1989. -The Zips mark the fourth Mid-American Conference opponent UT will face in five years. The Vols recently hosted Buffalo (2011), Ohio (2009) and Northern Illinois (2008). -The Vols are 6-0 against current MAC teams all-time. -Terry Bowden, son of legendary Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, enters his first season as Akron’s head coach. Bowden faced the Vols three times as Auburn’s head coach in the 1990s, including the 1997 SEC Championship game and during UT’s 1998 National Championship run. UT is 3-0 when facing a Terry Bowden-coached squad. -Akron’s 1-11 record in 2011 is the worst of any UT 2012 opponent. -The Vols are just Akron’s third SEC opponent since 1997. The Zips lost at LSU, 56-0, on 9/27/1997 and fell at Kentucky, 47-10, on 9/18/2010.
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GEORGIA BULLDOGS 9-29 | ATHENS, GA QUICK FACTS
Location: Athens, Ga. Colors: Red and Black Stadium: Sanford Stadium (92,746) Conference: Southeastern (East) Head Coach: Mark Richt (12th season) Career Record/at UGA: 106-38/Same Series: 21-18-2 UT At Athens: 10-9-1 Last Meeting: L, 12-20, 10/8/2011 2011 Overall Record: 10-4 2011 Conf. Record/Finish: 7-1/1st East 2011 Bowl/Final Rank: Outback (L, 30-33 vs. Mich. St.)/ AP-19, Coaches-20 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 49/18 Starters Ret./Lost: 15/9
MEDIA INFO
Media Contact: Claude Felton Phone: (706) 542-1621 Email: cfelton@sports.uga.edu Web Site: georgiadogs.com
2012 SCHEDULE Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24
Buffalo at Missouri Florida Atlantic Vanderbilt Tennessee at South Carolina at Kentucky Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.) Ole Miss at Auburn Georgia Southern Georgia Tech
GAME NOTES
-UT leads the all-time series, 21-18-2, including a 10-9-1 advantage in Athens. -Georgia has won two straight over the Vols, the first streak in the series since UT won meetings in 2006 and 2007. -The Vols are 5-7 against teams that were the runner-up in the previous year’s SEC Championship game. -Last season’s eight-point win by Georgia was the first game in the series since 2004 that wasn’t decided by double digits. -UT’s 26-point win against Georgia (4519) in 2009 is the Bulldogs’ worst regular-season loss in the last three years. -UT will play Georgia in September (the 29th) for the first time since 1995 and will mark just the ninth time the two schools have played in the month. The Vols are 4-3-1 in those games. -Outside of Neyland Stadium, Georgia’s Sanford Stadium is the largest facility in which the Vols will play this season (92,746). -Justin Hunter notched his first career 100-yard receiving game in his first visit to Athens, leading the Vols with 110 yards.
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MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS 10-13 | STARKVILLE, MS QUICK FACTS
Location: Starkville, Miss. Colors: Maroon and White Stadium: Davis Wade Stadium (55,082) Conference: Southeastern (West) Head Coach: Dan Mullen (3rd Season) Career Record/at MSU: 21-17/Same Series: 28-15-1 UT At Starkville: 5-4 UT Last Meeting: W, 34-3, 10/18/2008 2011 Overall Record: 7-6 2011 Conf. Record/Finish: 2-6/5th West 2011 Bowl/Final Rank: Music City (W, 23-17 vs. Wake Forest)/NR Lettermen Ret./Lost: 54/17 Starters Ret./Lost: 12/12
MEDIA INFO
Media Contact: Joe Galbraith Phone: (662) 325-2703 Email: jgalbraith@athletics.msstate.edu Web Site: hailstate.com
2012 SCHEDULE Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24
Jackson State Auburn at Troy South Alabama at Kentucky Tennessee Middle Tennessee at Alabama Texas A&M at LSU Arkansas at Ole Miss
GAME NOTES
-Tennessee has won the last six meetings, the longest winning streak for either team all-time in the series. Additionally, the Vols have won nine of the last 10 matchups. -During the streak, Tennessee has won by an average of 24.5 points per outing, with the closest game coming in the 1998 SEC Championship Game (24-14). -UT is 28-15-1 against Mississippi State, including a 5-4 mark in Starkville. -Tennessee has won four of the last five in Starkville. -This contest marks the first meeting between the two since 2008, a 34-3 Vols win, and the first in Starkville since 2007, a 33-7 UT victory. -The 31-point win for UT in 2008 is Mississippi State’s second-largest margin of defeat in the last four seasons. -Tennessee has won four of the last five in Starkville.