UT tickets versus North Texas lagging

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Single-game tickets for Tennessee football have been on sale for only two weeks, but the Vols have effectively sold out their two most highly anticipated home games.

According to Chris Fuller, Tennessee's associate athletic director for external operations, the Vols have sold 5,653 single-game tickets for their Sept. 12 home opener at Neyland Stadium against perennial Big 12 power Oklahoma and 5,574 single-game tickets for their Oct. 10 home game against SEC East favorite Georgia.

A single-game ticket for Oklahoma was $105 with Georgia at $90.

The Vols have sold about 64,000 season tickets, Fuller said, and allocated a total of 66,627, including complimentary tickets. They also allocate about 11,000 tickets for students, a varying number of tickets for opponents, player and coach guests, the band and other groups. Fuller said those allocations combined take up about 95,000 seats in 102,455-seat Neyland Stadium, and about 2,000 more are saved for additional season-ticket purchase and other considerations, leaving around 5,700 for single-game tickets.

Tickets are available for the other five games at Neyland Stadium, but they are selling quickly.

So far, Fuller said, 3,831 tickets have been sold for the Sept. 19 home game against Western Carolina. The Vols have sold 3,490 tickets for the Oct. 3 home game against Arkansas and 4,315 for the Nov. 7 game against South Carolina. They have sold 2,032 tickets for the Nov. 28 game against in-state rival Vanderbilt.

The only game that is lagging is the Nov. 14 home game against North Texas, a non-league game against a small-conference opponent deep into the season. Fuller expects ticket sales will pick up, however, because that is the homecoming game, and he believes the rest of the SEC games will be sellouts or close to it.

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