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Lenoir City visits Reynolds Field on Fri., Aug. 21, as Campbell and LC start the 2026 football season

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- The Campbell Cougars football team practices in pads beginning Monday, and today, the Orange-n-Blue hits the practice field from 7am until 9:30am.

Next week’s schedule goes like this: Monday-Thursday (July 27th-30th) 7am-9:45am. On Friday, July 31, the Cougars will scrimmage the Eagles at Seymour in a 6pm start.

Saturday, August 1, is Picture Day on The Hill at 9am.

Afternoon practices begin on Monday, August 3, 3:15pm-4:45pm. For Tuesday-Thursday, August 4-6, practice times are 2pm to 4:45pm.

On Friday, August 7, the Cougars venture Barbourville for a 6pm scrimmage with the Knox Central Panthers.

The first full day of classes is Monday, August 10, and practice time will run from 1:45-4:30pm.

August 14, at 6pm, at Burke-Tarr Stadium is when and where the Cougars will have their dress rehearsal jamboree game hosted by Carson-Newman.

Les Martin (play-by-play) and Brent Allen (color) along with former Cougar Jake Miller (sideline) send you the coverage of Cougar Football in the 52nd season over the WLAF-Doyle’s Tire Sports Network which spans ten WLAF media platforms. Watch games live over WLAF TV-1089 on Xfinity, 1450wlaf.com, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch. Listen in over WLAF Radio AM 1450 & FM 100.9 and Amazon Alexa.

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-07/24/2026-6AM)