The White defeated the Orange, 17-14.
Following the contest, third-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel met with media.
“What a beautiful day inside Neyland Stadium for the future of our program,” Heupel said. “Obviously, what we were doing on the field with a lot of things going on this weekend, beautiful day, over 58,000 people showing up here on Rocky Top. Unbelievable turnout from our fan base, absolute best in the country. I thank them for the energy they created outside the stadium with everything we had going on this week. That was hugely important. To our VFLs that showed up, I think we had over 300 former players that were here this week. A great weekend to celebrate what they have done, what they have meant to our program and do mean to our program, and celebrate what’s going on here currently and what we’re going to continue to build together with them. Just a great weekend.
“A lot of fun seeing a lot of our guys compete today. We obviously held some guys out that would’ve had an opportunity to go if it was during the course of the season. It was a great opportunity to see a lot of our young guys show up in front of a crowd like this for the first time and get a chance to see what it’s like inside of Neyland Stadium and the landscape of college football. There are a ton of things we’re going to learn from, but I’m really proud of the effort and energy they showed today and throughout the course of spring ball. These guys have been very intentional the way that they’ve worked since January. They have great comaraderie energy and connection. They care about one another. They compete extremely hard with each other, and that’s showing during 14 days of spring ball that we’ve had up to this point.”