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Tennessee football is back in action Saturday afternoon as they face Arkansas in a SEC showdown at Neyland Stadium. Dave Neal, Fozzy Whittaker and Morgan Uber are on the call for the SEC Network. Kickoff is at 4:15 p.m. ET.
It’s the Vols’ fourth game in the afternoon slot this season including matchups against ETSU, Georgia and Mississippi State. Tennessee’s matchups against Syracuse and UAB were both noon ET kickoffs. It’s the second game this season that the Neal, Whittaker and Uber crew has called. They were in Starkville two weeks ago for Tennessee’s overtime win at Mississippi State.
With Arkansas’ struggles in the month of September, this matchup is not one of the SEC’s largest this week. Auburn hosts Georgia in the ABC primetime slot while Texas-Oklahoma resumes its rivalry at the Texas State Fair at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. Missouri hosts Alabama in a top 15 matchup at noon ET on ABC.
Florida-Texas A&M and South Carolina-LSU are the two other SEC games that were given the night slot over Tennessee’s home matchup with Arkansas.
Tennessee is off to a 4-1 (1-1 SEC) start to the season with power five wins over Syracuse and Mississippi State and a home loss against Georgia. Both of the Vols’ first two SEC games have gone to overtime with Tennessee falling against Georgia and earning a key road win in Starkville.
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The Vols are looking to avenge their upset loss against Arkansas last season and to pick up a necessary SEC win before heading to Tuscaloosa for the Third Saturday in October.
It’s been an underwhelming start to the season for Arkansas with the Razorbacks off to a 2-3 (0-1 SEC) start with losses against Ole Miss, Memphis and Notre Dame. Arkansas fired head coach Sam Pittman following the Notre Dame loss with interim head hog Bobby Petrino leading the Razorbacks into Knoxville this week.
Tennessee football opened as 13.5-point favorites over Arkansas according to the FanDuel Sportsbook. The over/under is set at 69.5. Kickoff from Neyland Stadium. The line has not moved after opening up just shy of two touchdowns on Sunday morning.
The Vols hold a 13-7 advantage against Arkansas all time, but the Razorbacks have won the last four games in the series dating back to 2011. Tennessee is 10-7 against the Razorbacks since Arkansas joined the SEC in the 1992 season. The Vols last win over Arkansas was a 34-13 victory at Neyland Stadium back in 2007.
