Tennessee’s SEC Matchup Against Oklahoma Has a Date

Tennessee fans won’t have to wait too long for the Vols’ SEC game against Oklahoma next season.

That also means that Josh Heupel won’t have to wait very long to return to his old stomping ground in Norman, Oklahoma.

According to a report from ESPN’s Chris Low on Monday night, the Sooners will host the Vols in an SEC matchup in Norman on September 21, 2024.

September’s matchup will mark Tennessee’s second trip to Memorial Stadium with the first trip being in 2014. Tennessee fell to Oklahoma by a score of 34-10 in that game.

The Vols and the Sooners only have a handful of matchups between them with Oklahoma winning three out of four. Tennessee’s first win came all the way back in 1939 during the Orange Bowl as the Vols blanked the Sooners by a score of 17-0. Oklahoma then came back and won 26-24 in the 1969 Orange Bowl followed by the previously mentioned 2014 contest. Oklahoma also beat Tennessee in a double-overtime thriller in Knoxville during the 2015 season.

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Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel played two collegiate seasons as the quarterback of Oklahoma in 1999 and 2000. Heupel took the Sooners to a National Championship victory over Florida State in the 2001 Orange Bowl, throwing for 214 yards in the 13-2 victory. Heupel led Oklahoma to an undefeated home record (5-0 in 1999, 6-0 in 2000) during the span of his two-year career with the Sooners.

Josh Heupel also finished as the Heisman Trophy runner-up following his senior season in 2000.

ESPN is also reporting two big back-to-back rivalry games for Tennessee in the month of October. The Vols will play Florida on October 12 and Alabama on October 19, both games taking place in Knoxville’s Neyland Stadium.

Tennessee will take on Oklahoma in an SEC matchup in Norman on September 21, 2024.

Stay tuned to Rocky Top Insider for more on Tennessee Football’s 2024 schedule as the information gets released.