Regular season ·

Alabama beat Tennessee

Tennessee4-424
No. 4 Alabama7-152Final
Sat, Oct 23 · Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala. · Crowd 100,077 · 72°, clearESPN

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

No. 4 Alabama beat Tennessee by 28 points.

How the game turned

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Q2 2:34 Alabama 21, Tennessee 14

Alabama 94% to win

Young 6-yd TD pass to Metchie, Alabama goes ahead 21-14

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 8:05 · Alabama 7, Tennessee 0Alabama's win chance rose from 94% to 96%.Robinson 8-yd TD run, Alabama goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q1 0:26 · Alabama 7, Tennessee 14Alabama's win chance fell from 88% to 83%.Hooker 57-yd TD pass to Payton, Tennessee goes ahead 14-7
  3. 3Q2 2:34 · Alabama 21, Tennessee 14Alabama's win chance rose from 88% to 94%.Young 6-yd TD pass to Metchie, Alabama goes ahead 21-14
  4. 4Q4 12:42 · Alabama 38, Tennessee 24Alabama's win chance rose from 87% to 97%.Robinson 15-yd TD run, Alabama leads 38-24

Alabama was never below a 77 percent chance to win. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

How the lead changed

Alabama took the lead for good with 2:34 left in the 2nd quarter, Alabama 21, Tennessee 14.

What happened next

  1. Alabama's next game: W 20-14 vs LSU, Nov 6

    14 days later

  2. Tennessee's next game: W 45-42 at Kentucky, Nov 6

    14 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Oct 23, 2021: Tennessee 52, Alabama 49, Oct 15, 2022

    about 12 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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