Tennessee will host Pittsburgh in the Johnny Majors Classic Saturday at Neyland Stadium (noon EDT, ESPN).
Former Tennessee player Johnny Majors served as Pittsburgh’s head coach from 1973-76 and 1993-96, winning the 1976 national championship.
He left Pittsburgh following the 1976 national championship season, returning to Tennessee as the Vols’ head coach. Majors won three Southeastern Conference championships during his tenure as the Vols’ head coach from 1977-92.
Majors was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987. He was an All-American tailback for the Vols in 1956 and a two-time Southeastern Conference MVP in 1955-56.
Majors died in June 2020.
Ahead of Saturday’s Johnny Majors Classic, the University of Pittsburgh provided memorable quotes from Majors in a press release of his head coaching career with the Panthers.
Below are quotes from Majors.