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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Jennifer Nettles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Daniel Capron (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 156,990 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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. Sponsored by truck stop chain Pilot Flying J, the game was known as the Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol.