NASHVILLE — The college football season will certainly look different in 2020 and University of Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer provided some insight on what things could look like at Neyland Stadium in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At a press conference in Nashville on Tuesday, Fulmer announced plans to limit seating capacity at Volunteers’ home games to “around 25 percent capacity.”
Neyland Stadium currently holds 102,455 and at one-quarter capacity, seating would be restricted to 25,614.
While the Big Ten and Pac-12 have already canceled its season this fall and have hopes of playing in the spring, the Southeastern Conference is looking to play a conference-only slate starting Sept. 26. The SEC is leaving seating capacity guidelines up to its member schools.
Tennessee’s home schedule this season includes games with Missouri (Oct. 3), Kentucky (Oct. 17), Alabama (Oct. 24), Texas A&M (Nov.14) and Florida (Dec. 5).