Live Updates: No. 6 Alabama Football vs. No. 11 Tennessee

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The No. 6 Alabama Crimson Tide returns to Bryant-Denny Stadium to take on the No. 11 Tennessee Volunteers on the Third Saturday in October. The Crimson Tide is riding a five-game winning streak, but faces its fourth straight ranked opponent this week.

The Crimson Tide lost last season to the Volunteers 24-17 in Knoxville, but haven't lost this rivalry matchup in Tuscaloosa since 2003. Alabama's already avenged one of its losses from 2024, by deafeating Vanderbilt, and look to make it two with a win today.

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Second Half

Fourth Quarter

Tennessee once again moves into the red zone and a Domani Jackson pass interference sets the Volunteers up from inside the 5-yard line. Alabama defense holds strong and keeps Tennessee out of the end zone. Final score - Alabama 37, Tennessee 20

Alabama goes three and out on its drive and punts the ball back to Joey Aguilar and the Volunteers. Tennessee takes over amid the thick smoke of Bryant-Denny Stadium with 1:57 left to play.

Alabama's defense buckles down after a Zay Mincey pass interception penalty gifts the Volunteers a first down deep in Crimson Tide territory. Tennessee fails to convert a fourth and long. Alabama ball with 3:09 left to play.

Tennessee is moving the ball well in response to the Alabama touchdown. Volunteers already within striking distance of the endzone at the Crimson Tide 26-yard line.

A familiar haze begins to fill Bryant-Denny Stadium as the Volunteers take over at their own 25-yard line. Alabama fans have seemingly begun to light their victory cigars with just over 5:00 left to play.

Touchdown Alabama. Daniel Hill follows Will Sanders around the left side for the Crimson Tide's second rushing touchdown of the night. Conor Talty makes the extra point. Alabama leads 37-20 with 5:49 to play.

Alabama goes for it on fourth-and-two from the 11-yard line. Ty Simpson scrambles and gets it to move the Crimson Tide inside the 8-yard line, making it first-and-goal. Tennessee late hit penalty moves the ball to the 4-yard line.

Daniel Hill pounds forward for another first down for Alabama and the Crimson Tide is finally getting moving on the ground.

Ty Simpson launches a ball deep to Lotzier Brooks, and gets another pass interference call and a new set of downs.

Daniel Hill takes a toss to the left for Alabama's longest gain by a Crimson Tide running back at 10 yards.

Ty Simpson gives Ryan Williams a chance down the sideline but Tennessee holds him and gives the Crimson Tide a new set of downs.

Alabama opens with a rush for no gain and a Ty Simpson throw-away. The Crimson Tide faces a third-and-ten to stay on the field.

Alabama opens its next drive from the 25-yard line looking to melt clock and extend the lead.

Touchdown Tennessee. DeSean Bishop scores from a few yards away after the Vols hammer the middle of Alabama's defense. The extra point is good. Alabama leads 30-20 with 10:51 to play.

Tennessee gets another first down after a review and now faces first-and-10 from the Alabama 12-yard line.

DeSean Bishop keeps ripping big runs and Tennessee enters Alabama's redzone as the Vols try to stay in the game.

Joey Aguilar opens the fourth quarter with an incompletion to Miles Kitsleman. Tennessee is going for it on fourth down.

Third Quarter

Red Morgan makes a nice tackle to open the next drive and we're heading to the fourth quarter.

Touchdown Alabama. Ty Simpson rolls out and finds Rico Scott for a 12-yard touchdown to stretch the Crimson Tide lead. Conor Talty makes the extra point. Alabama 30, Tennessee 13. 25 seconds left in the third quarter.

Germie Bernard puts Alabama on his back by taking a swing pass for a nice gain. Alabama has it first-and-10 from the Tennessee 12-yard line. Can the Crimson Tid cap off a 99-yard drive with a touchdown?

Simpson completes a screen to Daniel Hill and the Crimson Tide nears the redzone.

Alabama tries a double pass from Germie Bernard back to Ty Simpson, but Tennessee covered it well. Bernard makes the most of it by rushing for 18-yards and moving the ball to the Tennessee 44.

Alabama keeps the drive going with a 15-yard completion to Josh Cuevas. First-and-10 now at the Crimson Tide 38.

Ty Simpson passes to Ryan Williams to get the Crimson Tide off its own goal line.

Alabama survives its turnover as Mike Matthews drops a pass that would've put Tennessee right at the marker. Alabama gets the ball back but will open its next drive from the Crimson Tide's own 1-yard line.

Tennessee has a funky snap on second down, recovered by the Vols, but now face a third-and-18 from just past midfield.

DeSean Bishop rips off another big run and the Vols are now in Alabama territory.

Turnover. The officials rule Ty Simpson's pass attempt is a fumble. Tennessee recovers the ball and momentum builds for the Vols as they take over on their own 45-yard line.

Ty Simpson has two incompletions bringing up a third-and-10 for the Crimson Tide from the Tennessee 40 yard line.

Germie Bernard hauls in Ty Simpson's third down pass, but the entire game has been on Simpson's shoulders as Alabama's only rushed for 30 yards.

Alabama opens its next drive with a completion to Germie Bernard, but still can't run the football and faces a third-and-one.

Touchdown Tennessee. DeSean Bishop hits Alabama with a 44-yard touchdown run as he weaves through the Crimson Tide defense. Poor run fits opened up the middle of the defense. Alabama's Dijon Lee intercepts the two-point conversion and the score moves to Alabama 23, Tennessee 13 with 11:18 left in the third quarter.

James Smith gets a tackle for a loss at midfield after Tennessee gets two first downs.

Disappointing possession for Alabama out of the halftime break. Two negative rushes and Ty Simpson scrambles on third down, but can't reach the line to gain.

William Sanders opens the half playing left guard.

Alabama is up 16 and has an opportunity for the knockout blow as they get the ball coming out of halftime.

The Crimson Tide squandered opportunities last week to put Missouri away, can they learn from that and step on the Vols' throats?

Halftime

Alabama 23, Tennessee 7

First Half

Second Quarter

TOUCHDOWN ALABAMA. ZABIEN BROWN INTERCEPTS JOEY AGUILAR AND TAKES IT 99 YARDS THE OTHER WAY AS THE CRIMSON TIDE ENDS THE HALF WITH A MONSTER PICK-6. Extra point is good and Alabama goes into halftime with a 23-7 lead.

Tennessee gets stuffed on first down and takes their last timeout. The Vols will likely take one passing play and then have to kick a field goal. Big down for Alabama's defense.

Tennessee runs the same rushing play up the middle back-to-back plays and now has the ball first-and-goal from the Alabama 2-yard line. The Vols have one timeout remaining with 13 seconds left.

Tennessee gets into a power formation and pushes ahead for the first down. The clock's starting to tick down, so the Vols call a timeout with 37-seconds left. The Vols are three-for-three on fourth down in the first half. They'll have a first-and-10 from the Alabama 14 after the short break.

Alabama nearly gets home, but Joey Aguilar scrambles for eight yards. The refs rule that Aguilar is short of the line to gain, brining up another fourth down. The play is under review.

Red Morgan breaks up a pass on first down. The intensity in the stadium is high in this cruicial moment.

Kitsleman catches an out route for a first down to keep Tennessee on the field.

Tennessee runs a middle screen to Miles Kitsleman and it comes up short. Alabama calls a timeout as Tennessee faces a fourth-and-two from the Alabama 31. The Vols will go for it.

Tennessee opens its next drive with a big run. Star Thomas finds a 19-yard seam on the backside of the play. Joey Aguilar scrambles on the next play and James Smith is called for unnecessary roughness, moving the Vols across midfield in two plays.

Touchdown Alabama. Ty Simpson fakes one way and pitches out to Jam Miller to the other. Miller scores from one-yard away to extend Alabama's lead. Conor Talty makes the extra point. Alabama 16, Tennessee 7. 4:05 left in the half.

Simpson finds Lotzier Brooks on a sideline pass for 25-yards and the Crimson Tide moves into the redzone. First-and-10 from the Tennessee 16-yard line.

Ty Simpson finds Germie Bernard on a 28-yard dig on the opening play of the next drive to move the Crimson Tide past midfield. High level read by Simpson.

Safety: Yhonzae Pierre rushes Joey Aguilar in the endzone and Aguilar throws the ball to no one, leading to an intentional grounding call and two-points for the Crimson Tide. Alabama 9, Tennessee 7, 7:27 second quarter. Pierre is now up to three sacks on the game and Alabama will get the ball on a free punt.

Tennessee is called for offensive pass interference on the edge. Braylon Staley was blocking a DB on a forward pass before the ball was caught.

Red Morgan and Domani Jackson check into Alabama's secondary as the Crimson Tide look to sure up the pass defense.

Tennessee starts their next drive from their own 18-yard line with a chance to take a lead.

Ty Simpson tries to force a ball to Lotzier Brooks down the sideline. Brooks is covered nicely and the ball falls incomplete, forcing an Alabama punt. Ugly possession as two straight rush plays go for negative yardage and Simpson forced a ball that never had a chance to Brooks.

Alabama opens the drive with two negative rushing plays and now faces a third-and12.

Tennessee's kickoff goes out of bounds, so Alabama's next drive starts at their own 35-yard line. It's the best field position of the night for the Crimson Tide.

Tennessee hit a few big pass plays on that drive and used tempo to keep Alabama's defense off balanced. The Vols have been effective in the passing game when Joey Aguilar's been able to stay upright.

Touchdown Tennessee. Joey Aguilar finds Braylon Staley in the back of the endzone on third-and-goal from the 2-yard line. Extra point is good and the score is now tied 7-7 with 9:46 in the second quarter

James Smith nearly got a sack, but Joey Aguilar found Braylon Staley for a huge play on third down taking Tennessee down to the three yard line.

Tennessee starts moving down the field after hitting a big pass play to Mike Matthews, but the Vols now face a third-and-eight from the Vols 33-yard line.

Tennessee takes over for its next drive from its own 22 yard line, trailing 7-0

Ty Simpson saw the man coverage presnap and got Lotzier Brooks in a one-on-one across the middle, but Brooks couldn't bring it in and Alabama has to punt.

Jam Miller's carry was reviewed and the Crimson Tide will open the quarter with a first-and-10 from the Alabama 40-yard line.

First Quarter

End of 1. Alabama 7, Tennessee 0. The Crimson Tide will open the second quarter facing a third-and-one from their own 39-yard line.

Ryan Williams with a huge snag on first down moves Alabama to the 29-yard line.

Kam Dewberry at left guard, Wilkin Formby at right tackle, and Daniel Hill at running back check in for Alabama's second series.

The Crimson Tide opens its next drive from its own 10-yard line with a 7-0 lead.

Alabama's Yhonzae Pierre flies in on third down and gets his second sack of the drive. Forcing a fourth-and-long and a Tennessee punt.

Tennessee called for an ineligible man downfield, erasing a first down throw to Chris Brazzell and backing the Vols back to the 50-yard line.

Kitselman took a handoff from a fullback position to get the next first down and stay on the field.

Tennessee overcomes the sack, but falls into another third and long. Former Alabama player tight end Miles Kitselman makes a big reception on third down but appears just short. Tennessee is poised to go for it on fourth and short on the Alabama 47-yard line.

Tennessee is leading the SEC in sacks, but its Alabama's Yhonzea Pierre who gets the game's first sack, bringing down Aguilar to open Tennessee's second drive.

Alabama's drive nearly didn't get off the ground. The Crimson Tide backed up on third and long on the third play of the drive, but Ty Simpson scrambled, scanned the field and found Josh Cuevas to get moving.

Ryan Williams went up and made that grab down the sideline. The 31-yard reception took advantage of man-to-man coverage.

Germie Bernard's "Field of Dreams" comments come to mind early.

Touchdown Alabama: Ty Simpson finds Isaiah Horton on a whip route from the 2-yard line on third and goal to open the scoring. Horton wins in man coverage on the goal line for an easy score. Extra Point is good. 7-0 Alabama, 6:51 1Q.

Alabama with a reverse to Ryan Williams for another first down to the Tennessee 9-yard line.

Ty Simpson finds Ryan Williams one-on-one dwon the sideline for a 31-yard gain. Alabama nears the redzone after a big play.

Ty Simpson, scrambles to pass, finds Lotzier Brooks for the Crimson Tide's next first down. Play goes for 10 yards as Alabama nears midfield on its opening drive.

The Crimson Tide's opening gets going as Ty Simpson finds Josh Cuevas over the middle on third down. Cuevas takes the reception for 18 yards and moves Alabama to the 24-yard line.

Alabama opens its first drive on its own 9-yard line after a booming Tennessee punt.

Alabama's defense gets an early stop on third down. Deontae Lawson and James Smith stop a third and short to force a Tennessee punt.

Joey Aguilar finds Chris Brazzell for an 8-yard gain to open the game and we are underway in Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Pregame Updates

Alabama wins the coin toss and defers to the second half. Tennessee will receive to open the game.

Massive boos as Tennessee takes the sideline.

The Bryant-Denny Stadium pregame hype video is certainly new. Kalen DeBoer's voice is featured with current highlights.

Ty Simpson got a huge roar as he was announced as a starter.

Alabama announces Dijon Lee as the starting cornerback over Domani Jackson in the stadium. The public address announcer also announces Jaeden Roberts at right guard and Michael Carroll at right tackle as new starters.

Based on the in-stadium clock, Alabama and Tennessee will kick off at approximately 6:44 p.m. CT.

Alabama's starting offensive line in warmups appears like Kadyn Proctor, Geno VanDeMark, Parker Brailsford, Jaeden Roberts and Michael Carroll from left to right.

Alabama tight end Danny Lewis Jr. was listed as a game time decision but doesn't appear to be dressed out during warmups.

The crowd roars as the Alabama offensive and defensive lineman join the team for full warmups with just under 40 minutes until kickoff.

The Alabama centers have joined the skill position players on the field as the running backs, tight ends and wide receivers all run routes for the quarterbacks with 41 minutes on the clock.

Alabama receiver Jaylen Mbakwe is fielding punts and running routes with the rest of the receivers. He was listed as a game time decision, but appears ready to play as he's dressed in full pads.

Alabama's skill position players have returned to the field for warmups fully dressed. Still waiting on the lineman with 58 minutes on the game clock.

The pregame clock has 75 minutes on it, meaning kickoff is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. CT.

The big screens in Bryant-Denny Stadium are featuring Texas A&M-Arkansas and Georgia-Ole Miss as the crowd begins to file in.

The SEC Availability report indicates Alabama wide receiver Jaylen Mbakwe and tight end Danny Lewis Jr. are game time decisions, while running back Jam Miller has been removed completely from the report.

Tuscaloosa has clear skies and temperatures in the mid-80s as both teams make their way onto the field for warmups.

Officials For Alabama-Tennessee

Referee - Jeff Heaser
Umpire - Michael Moten
Head Linesman - Chad Green
Line Judge - Adam Loudin
Back Judge - Tom Fimmen
Field Judge - John Wisnewski
Side Judge - Glen Fucik
Center Judge - Joel Moenkhoff
Replay Official - John Allmond