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Week 7 SEC attendance figures: Not even Manning, former UT stars can help Vols against Alabama
By John Hollis
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Future NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and more than 200 former Tennessee football stars were among the 102,455 faithful to pack Neyland Stadium on Saturday, but not even their presence was enough as the Vols suffered a 49-10 beatdown at the hands of top-ranked Alabama.
Welcome home, Peyton
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— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) October 15, 2016
The former UT stars were greeted with a warm welcome as they ran through the “T” before the game’s start.
The capacity crowd on hand marked the school’s second consecutive home sellout and the sixth time in the past seven games that the Vols had played in front of a crowd of better than 100,000 people.
It also was the largest home crowd in Week 7. Here’s a look:
| Attendance | Game | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102,455 | Alabama at Tennessee | Oct. 15 | Neyland Stadium |
| 102,164 | Southern Mississippi at LSU | Oct. 15 | Tiger Stadium |
| 92,746 | Vanderbilt at Georgia | Oct. 15 | Sanford Stadium |
| 88,825 | Missouri at Florida | Oct. 15 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium |
| 73,786 | Ole Miss at Arkansas | Oct. 15 | Reynolds Razorback Stadium |
| 62,184 | Mississippi State at BYU | Oct. 14 | LaVell Edwards Stadium |
John Hollis is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. He covers Georgia and Florida.
