{"id":534,"date":"2019-10-05T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=534"},"modified":"2022-05-16T09:31:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:31:50","slug":"the-knoxville-football-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=534","title":{"rendered":"The Knoxville Football Riot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the Chattanooga Moccasins came to Knoxville to take on the Tennessee Volunteers in the fall of 1958, Tennessee was looking forward to breaking a losing streak.\u00a0 You see, the Mocs had lost their last 28 games with the Vols, so Chattanooga was seen as an easy pick up.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not what happened, and that led to, well, mayhem on the football field in Knoxville.\u00a0 Today we tell you that story.<\/p>\n<p>The Stories podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Stitcher, Spotify, IHeart Radio, and many other podcast apps.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening and sharing 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