Tennessee and Cal have split their two meetings
Tennessee's 2006 football season-opener against California Saturday, Sept. 2, is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. ET and will be televised nationally on ESPN, the network announced Monday. This marks the ninth time in the last 10 years that the Vols have had their season-opener televised nationally on the ESPN family of networks. Last season's lidlifter against UAB is the lone exception. Since 1989, Tennessee has made at least two appearances on ESPN or ESPN2. The Vols own a 26-13-2 (.659) all-time record on ESPN.
Tennessee and Cal have split their only two meetings which were played in Knoxville. The Bears took the inaugural meeting, 27-17, in the 1977 season-opener during Johnny Majors' first season as head coach. The 10th-ranked Vols got their revenge in 1987 when they thumped Cal 38-12.
Tennessee has played against five Pac 10 teams, going 7-4-2 vs. UCLA, 4-1 vs. Washington State, 1-0-1 vs. Oregon State, 1-1 vs. Cal and 0-4 vs. USC. The Vols last played a Pac 10 team in 1997 when they defeated UCLA 30-24 in Pasadena. Since 1989, UT is 5-1 against the Pac 10 conference.
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