Knoxville, Tenn.–The University of Tennessee’s plea to the fans to help pay for new goalposts appears to be working.
As of 9 a.m. this morning, $77,808 has been raised, which is 51 percent of the goal. The money was raised with 2002 donors with 14 days left in the fundraising period.
On Sunday, UT officials posted a request on social media for help paying for the goalposts, which were hauled out of the stadium by exhuberant fans after Tennessee beat Alabama Saturday.
In their post, they said: “Y’all remember how we tore the goalposts down, hauled em out of Neyland and dumped em in the Tennessee River?
Yeah that was awesome.
Anywho, turns out that in order to play next week’s game, we need goalposts on our field. Could y’all help us out?”
Athletic Director Danny White also posted:
Help pay the tab for our new goalposts!
“Vols win ✅
Big time cigar party ✅
Rush the field ✅
New goalposts ✅”
–Danny White, Director of Athletics
Big time cigar party ✅
Rush the field ✅
New goalposts ✅”
–Danny White, Director of Athletics
You can donate–or keep tabs on how the fundraising is going–at VOLSTARTER.UTK.EDU
Photo by University of Tennessee.