On September 4th, Tennessee and Georgia Tech will kick off in a Labor Day match up at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on ESPN. The Vols and the Yellow Jackets will be meeting for the first time since 1987, renewing what was once one of the Deep South's oldest rivalries.
There was a time when that team down in Athens was not the only rival out of the Peach State that the Volunteers faced regularly. Prior to the 1964 season, Tennessee faced Georgia Tech annually as conference foes (Georgia Tech withdrew from the SEC and became independent in 1964).