The University of Tennessee announced Tuesday the dates for seven future home football games. All seven games will be contested at Neyland Stadium.
Home meetings with UTEP (2018), UT-Chattanooga (2019), UAB (2019), Charlotte (2020), Bowling Green (2021), Ball State (2022) and Army (2022) have all been added to the future games list.
With the addition of UTEP, Tennessee's 2018 non-conference slate is now complete.
The Vols meet UTEP for the third time when they welcome the Miners to Neyland Stadium on Sept. 15, 2018. That date marks, to the day, the 28th anniversary of UT and UTEP's last meeting -- a 56-0 victory on Sept. 15, 1990.
Highlighted by a neutral site contest against West Virginia at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, the 2018 schedule also features home contests against Charlotte and in-state foe East Tennessee State.
In 2019, Tennessee plays host to both UT-Chattanooga and UAB. The contest against the Mocs marks the 43rd all-time meeting between the in-state programs and will also be the second meeting of the decade as UTC last visited Neyland Stadium in 2014.
The Vols are 4-0 all-time against UAB and will be facing the Blazers for the first time since 2010.
The 2019 season begins on Aug. 31 against Georgia State at Neyland Stadium.
Charlotte becomes the first Tennessee opponent listed on the 2020 football schedule with the 49ers set to make a return trip to Knoxville just two years after their initial visit in 2018. Charlotte played its inaugural football season in 2013 as an FCS member and has since transitioned to the FBS level where it competes in Conference USA.
Bowling Green's addition brings the 2021 non-conference schedule into focus. The Vols face the Falcons for the second time in program history after picking up a 59-30 win over BGSU in 2015.
It will be the Bowling Green's first visit to Neyland Stadium after last year's neutral site contest at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. The Vols are also set to face Pittsburgh and South Alabama in home games that season.
Ball State and Army West Point round out Tennessee's known opponents on the 2022 non-league schedule. The Vols and Cardinals meet for the first time in the season opener on Sept. 3 while Tennessee and Army renew a series on Sept. 17 whose last installment came in 1986. The Vols are 5-2-1 all-time against the Black Knights.
In between those two games, UT will make its first ever trip to the state of Pennsylvania to face Pitt on Sept. 10, 2022.
Future Games:
2017
Sept. 4 -- vs. Georgia Tech at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
Sept. 9 -- Indiana State
Sept. 23 -- Massachusetts
Nov. 4 -- Southern Mississippi
2018
Sept. 1 -- vs. West Virginia at Bank Of America Stadium, Charlotte
Sept. 8 -- East Tennessee State
Sept. 15 -- Texas-El Paso
Nov. 3 -- Charlotte
2019
Aug. 31 -- Georgia State
Sept. 14 -- UT-Chattanooga
Nov. 2 -- Alabama-Birmingham
2020
Sept. 5 -- Charlotte
2021
Sept. 4 -- Bowling Green
Sept. 11 -- Pittsburgh
Sept. 18 -- South Alabama
2022
Sept. 3 -- Ball State
Sept. 10 -- at Pittsburgh
Sept. 17 -- Army
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