When You're Strange: A rare trip to Oxford

Tennessee and Ole Miss were charter members of the SEC in 1933. They've met 62 times on a football field. But only three times have the Vols journeyed to Oxford, Miss., to play the Rebels in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Saturday will be No. 4.

Ole Miss has done things a little differently than most. It wasn't until the past 20 years that the Rebels began to fully enjoy the benefits of a steady diet of home games in the truest sense.

Of the 62 meetings with Tennessee, 29 were in Knoxville. The Rebels came to Knoxville eight consecutive years from 1927-34 to get a taste of Robert Neyland.

Continue reading at Mike Strange's "When You're Strange" blog.

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