What happened the two times Tennessee Football opened the season against Syracuse

N ° 24 du Tennessee opens the new season against Syracuse on Saturday at noon, East on ABC during the AFLAC kick-off match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The flights would not be bored that the season takes place as it has done the last two times that they have opened against orange.

September 1, 2001: n ° 8 Tennessee 33, Syracuse 9

Casey Clausen launched a pass of a touchdown of 37 yards to Donation Stall On the first offensive game of Tennessee, but the flights were slow in attack on the path of a 33-9 victory at Stade Neyland.

Clausen completed 14 of the 27 passes for 136 yards and the touch, Stallworth had three captures for 55 yards and Twist Stephens Ran 14 times for 111 yards.

Tennessee led 12-3 late in the third quarter – Constantine Ritzman recorded security and Alex Walls Launched a basket of 24 yards in the second quarter – before classifying three affected in the second period. Stephens had a touch of 4 yards in the third quarter and Corey Velvet Marked on races of 38 and 16 yards in the fourth.

From there, Tennessee would win at Arkansas a week later and beat Lsu the following week in Knoxville. After a home loss of 26-24 against Georgia, thefts would earn seven consecutive to go to the dry championship match as a team No. 2 of the country.

LSU turned upside down the flights 31-20 in Atlanta, ending the Tennessee race in the match for the national title and rather going to the Citrus Bowl for a 45-17 victory against Michigan, capping a season 11-2 during which the team was never classified less than the 11th.

September 5, 1998: n ° 10 of Tennessee 34, n ° 17 Syracuse 33

Jeff Room Launched a basket of 27 yards on the final game of the match and Tennessee n ° 10 launched its race for the BCS national championship and an undefeated season with a 34-33 victory against Syracuse at the Carrier Dome.

Jamal Lewis run 20 times for 143 yards and a touchdown, Tee Martin Completed 9 of the 26 passes for 143 yards and two affected – he added 81 yards on the ground and another hit on the ground on nine attempts – and Outstanding Price caught six passes for 87 yards and two affected.

Donovan Mcnabb Completed 22 of the 28 passes for 300 yards and two affected for Syracuse. The orange run for 191 yards and one touch on 47 team attempts, but could not punctuate the 250 yards on the ground and three affected that the Tennessee took place on 33 attempts.

Tennessee beat Florida 20-17 n ° 2 in extension in Knoxville two weeks later, going to n ° 3 in the ballot boxes, and was classified n ° 1 in mid-November, after a start of 8-0.

After surviving an upset offer from the Invainu Arkansas and the 10th row on November 14, the flights would join in the fourth quarter to beat the Mississippi State during the SEC Championship match, then managed the Florida State 23-16 in the Fiesta Bowl to win the first BCS national title and the first program since 1951.

December 31, 1966: Tennessee 18, Syracuse 12

Tennessee did not start the 1966 season with Syracuse, but finished it with an 18-12 victory against Orange in the Gator Bowl to crown an 8-3 season.

The year started with a victory over Auburn in Birmingham, with other victories over South Carolina, Army, Chattanooga, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. The flights lost 6-3 against Georgia Tech in Atlanta in week 3, then lost against Alabama at home, 11-10, a week later. Ole Miss defeated Tennessee 14-7 in November.

In the Gator Bowl Tennessee, build an advance of 6-0 at half time in two Gary Wright goals in the field and Dewey Warren launched two passes in the second half, sandwiched around a Bill Young interception. The combo of Floyd Little And Larry Csonka ran for 333 combined yards and two affected in the loss. Warren completed 17 of the 29 passes for 244 yards, two affected and an interception.