45 days until football time in Tennessee

Tennessee will kick off its 2024 Football Season in 45 days.

The Vols will open their upcoming campaign on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is set for 12:45 pm EDT and the SEC Network will televise the contest.

2024 will be Tennessee’s fourth season under head coach Josh Heupel. In his first three seasons, Heupel is 27-12 and has led the Vols to three bowl games.

The Vols finished 9-4 (4-4 SEC) last season.

With 45 days until the start of the 2024 football season, Vols Wire remembers the Tennessee student-athletes who used No. 45.

The number was retired in honor of tailback Johnny Majors, who played for coaches Harvey Robinson It is Bowden Wyatt in Knoxville. The number was officially retired in 2012 and removed from circulation after 2014.

Majors played for the Vols from 1954-56.

He was a unanimous All-America selection and runner-up for the Heisman Memorial Trophy in 1956.

All-time players will wear number 45 at Tennessee

Jack Whitehead (1939)

Joe Newman (1941)

Artur Brandau (1942)

Russ Dobelstein (1944-45)

Ronald Schuler (1946)

Ray Elkas (1948-49)

Edwin Morgan (1950-52)

Rogério Urbano (1953)

Johnny Majors (1954-1956)

George Canale (1960-62)

Jackie Cotton (1963)

Ron Jarvis (1964-67)

Marty Shuford (1969)

Steve Poole (1973-75)

Carlton Gunn (1979)

Carlos Zander (1982-84)

Darrin Miller (1986-87)

Shon Walker (1988-91)

Nick Jester (1993-96)

Jonathan Sweet (1998)

Will Bartholomew (1998-2001)

William Revil (2002-03)

Cory Anderson (2005-06)

Kevin Cooper (2008-10)

AJ Johnson (2011-14)

Austin Bolen (2011-13)

Joe Stubbs (2014)

*Source: 2023 Tennessee Football Media Guide

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