Texas A&M’s 12th football season in the Southeastern Conference will contain its first trip to a full Neyland Stadium.
A checkerboarded 101,915-seat facility will be the setting Saturday afternoon (3:30 on CBS) when the No. 19 Volunteers look to improve on their 4-1 record that includes a 1-1 mark in SEC contests. Tennessee was off this past weekend, while Texas A&M saw a 17-10 halftime lead against visiting Alabama unravel in a 26-20 loss that lowered the Aggies to 4-2 overall and 2-1 within the league.
This is Tennessee’s only unique SEC opponent this season in what has been an infrequent cross-divisional format that is going away with the 2024 arrivals of Oklahoma and Texas.
“This is a big football game that’s coming up against a really good football team really in all three phases of the game,” Tennessee coach Josh Heupel said Monday in his news conference. “They have scheme and players that can change the way a game is played, and they are playing as well defensively as anybody in the country. Offensively, they have a veteran quarterback and skill players who can make a bunch of plays.
“They’re extremely dangerous on special teams as well.”