Regular season ·

Alabama beat Tennessee

No. 11 Tennessee5-220
No. 6 Alabama6-137Final
Sat, Oct 18 · Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala. · Crowd 100,077 · 82°, cloudyABC

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

No. 6 Alabama beat No. 11 Tennessee by 17 points.

How the game turned

Alabama aheadTennessee ahead
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Q1 6:51 Alabama 7, Tennessee 0

Alabama 89% to win

Simpson 2-yd TD pass to Horton, Alabama goes ahead 7-0

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 6:51 · Alabama 7, Tennessee 0Alabama's win chance rose from 81% to 89%.Simpson 2-yd TD pass to Horton, Alabama goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q2 7:27 · Alabama 9, Tennessee 7Alabama's win chance rose from 74% to 77%.Aguilar sacked for a safety, Alabama goes ahead 9-7
  3. 3Q2 4:05 · Alabama 16, Tennessee 7Alabama's win chance rose from 81% to 91%.Miller 1-yd TD run, Alabama leads 16-7
  4. 4Q2 0:00 · Alabama 23, Tennessee 7Alabama's win chance rose from 86% to 97%.Brown interception return TD, Alabama leads 23-7

Alabama was never below a 64 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 7:27 left in the 2nd quarter, Alabama 9, Tennessee 7.

What happened next

  1. Alabama's next game: W 29-22 at South Carolina, Oct 25

    7 days later

  2. Tennessee's next game: W 56-34 at Kentucky, Oct 25

    7 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Oct 18, 2025: Tennessee 26, Alabama 10, Oct 17, 2026

    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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