| Battle at Bristol | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | September 10, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Bristol Motor Speedway | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bristol, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Tennessee by 11.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Jennifer Nettles[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Daniel Capron (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Marching Virginians Pride of the Southland Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 156,990[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Battle at Bristol was an American college football game played at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on Saturday, September 10, 2016, between the University of Tennessee Volunteers and the Virginia Tech Hokies. It holds the record for NCAA football's largest single-game attendance at 156,990.[5] Sponsored by truck stop chain Pilot Flying J, the game was known as the Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol.
- ^ "College football matchups". VegasInsider.com. VegasInsider.com Inc. September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ^ "Jennifer Nettles to sing National Anthem for Battle at Bristol". WVLT-TV. Bristol, Tennessee: Gray Television. September 9, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
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VTUTwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "'Battle at Bristol' draws NCAA-record crowd of 156,990". AP News. September 11, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
- ^ "Attendance Records" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. September 29, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2019.