Vol fans will be able to end their Labor Day weekend by cheering on the Big Orange!
Tennessee's football season opener will be against Georgia Tech in the 2017 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta on Sept. 4. ESPN announced Thursday that the game would kick off at 8:00 p.m.
It's been thirty years since the Vols played the Yellow Jackets. In the last meeting on Oct. 24, 1987 in Neyland Stadium, UT won the game 29-15. Tennessee is 24-17-2 all-time against Georgia Tech.
The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, with its Monday-night slot, marks the third time in the last four years that Tennessee will open the season on a non-Saturday.
The Vols are 12-11-1 all-time on Monday night, last playing a regular season game on Monday when they opened the 2008 season at UCLA.
Times and television channels for the remainder of UT's 2017 football games will be announced at a later date.