About 200 Vanderbilt University students will board buses on Friday, Sept. 1, to travel overnight to Ann Arbor, Mich., for the nationally televised football season opener between Vanderbilt and Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 2. The game – marking the only regular season meeting between teams from the Southeastern Conference and Big Ten – will be played in the 107,501-capacity Michigan Stadium on the University of Michigan campus. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN, the Commodores’ first appearance on the network since playing Kentucky in 1999. Kickoff is at 11 a.m. CST.
WHAT: About 200 Vanderbilt University students will board buses to travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., for the nationally televised Vanderbilt-Michigan football season opener.
WHERE: Branscomb Quadrangle, located on Vanderbilt Place off of 25th Avenue South on the Vanderbilt University campus.
WHEN: Students are to meet at 8:45 p.m. in front of Branscomb Quadrangle. The buses are scheduled to depart at 9:30 p.m.
Media contact: Princine Lewis, (615) 322-NEWS
Princine.l.lewis@vanderbilt.edu