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Live Updates, Score, Game Notes: No. 3 Alabama @ No. 6 Tennessee

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A live game thread of Tennessee vs. Alabama live from Neyland Stadium at 3:30 p.m. ET can be seen below. CBS has the broadcast.

Pregame: 

Tennessee's S Jaylen McCollough, WR Cedric Tillman and LB Pack Garland are OUT.

Alabama's QB Bryce Young is expected to play. 

Tennessee will wear orange tops and white bottoms while Alabama will wear white tops with crimson bottoms.

Quarter 1: 

Drive One:

Tennessee defers and Alabama will receive kickoff. Illegal block in the back call on the return for Alabama. They'll start at the eight-yard line. Screen pass goes nowhere on first down. 

Flat to Cameron Latu on 2nd and 10 gets the first down. First and second down runs for Jahmyr Gibbs both go for no gain. Incomplete pass on 3rd down for Latu. Bama will punt. 

12:28/1Q

Drive Two: 

1st down completion to Bru McCoy for an 11-yard gain. Hendon Hooker scrambles on the next play for a 20-yard gain. 

Two plays later Hooker finds Jacob Warren for a 12-yard gain to the 8-yard line. Jabari Small runs for seven yards to the one before punching it in on the next play from one yard out. 

Touchdown call goes under review. Call stands. 

7-0 UT. 10:18/1Q

Drive Three: 

Alabama starts at the 29-yard-line. Short gain for Gibbs on first down. Jeremy Banks nearly sacked Bryce Young, results in an incompletion. 

Young finds an open Ja'Corey Brooks for a big gain to the Tennessee 40. 

Holding call backs up Bama to the 50 before Young finds Bond for a big gain. 

Jahmyr Gibbs gallops in from eight yards out a few plays later. 

UT 7, Alabama 7 // 7:59/1Q

Drive Four: 

Vols to start at their own 25 after a touchback. Hooker avoids a sack on first down but under throws Jalin Hyatt down the sideline. 

Hendon Hooker QB Power does very little on second down. Incompletion to Ramel Keyton on third doesn't matter as Terrion Arnold is called for DPI. Ball at UT 42, first down. 

Hooker finds Jalin Hyatt wide open downfield for a 36-yard score. Hooker threw a dime. 

UT 14, Alabama 7 6:43/1Q

Drive Five: 

Alabama called for holding on the return and the Tide will start at their own 14-yard-line. 

Holding pushes Alabama back to the 7. False start gives them 1st and 20 at the four. Bama up to six penalties. Bad drop by Holden on first down. Young can't corral the snap on second down and throws it incomplete. Delay of game gives Alabama 3rd and 22 and Bryce Young throws it incomplete under pressure. 

UT 14, Bama 7 5:06/1Q

Drive Six:

Tennessee finds the end zone in just a few plays with a 11 yard score to Jalin Hyatt on the cross. Beautfiul fake by Hooker to sell the defender. 

UT 21, Bama 7 // 3:59/1Q

Drive Seven: 

Alabama starts at their own 25. Penalty on Tennessee gives them a first down. Jahmyr Gibbs rumbles for a nine-yard gain to the 46.

Young finds Gibbs for 17 yards and a first down in Tennessee territory. They'll review it. Call overturned. 

Young to Latu gives Alabama a first down inside the 35. Gibbs later shoots out of a cannon to give the Tide first and goal. 

END OF ONE: Tennessee 21, Alabama 7

Quarter Two:

Alabama can't convert third and goal and Reichard nails a field goal. 

UT 21, Bama 10

Drive Eight: 

Tennessee goes three-and-out for the first time on the day. 

UT 21, Alabama 7 // 13:08/2Q

Drive Nine: 

After the returner let the ball bounce, another Alabama special teamer nonchalantly touches the ball, gets shoved over and Vols recover. 

Drive Ten: 

Hooker finds Ramel Keyton to get Tennessee inside the 10. Princeton Fant then gets a fullback carry from two yards out and scores. 

UT 28, Alabama 10

Drive Eleven: 

Poor return gives Alabama the ball at their own 15 to start. 

McClellan gets the ball in space for a big reception to the Bama 40. 

Alabama moves the ball downfield wall, a great catch by Cameron Latu gives Bama first and 10 from the UT 13. 

Alabama ultimately scores with a Bryce Young pass to Ja'Corey Brooks on the rollout. 

Bama cuts UT's lead to 11. 

Tennessee 28, Alabama 17

Drive Twelve:

Tennessee moves the ball across midfield but stall at the Alabama 35. Tennessee goes for it but Hooker over throws an open Ramel Keyton. 

Drive Thirteen: 

Alabama starts on their own 36 and move the ball at ease downfield. 

Tide ultimately face a 3rd and 15 from the 25 and Bryce Young throws an incompletion. 

Reichard nails a 43-yard field goal. 

Tennessee 28, Alabama 20 // 0:36/2Q

Drive Fourteen: 

Poor use of timeouts from Josh Heupel limits the Vols chances of putting points on the scoreboard before the half. Joe Milton III comes out to sling a Hail Mary in the final seconds of the half, but it falls incomplete. 

HALFTIME: Vols 28, Tide 20

Quarter Three: 

Drive Fifteen: 

Tennessee moves the ball to midfield. Hooker misses a wide open Ramel Keyon high. The Alabama DB fell down and Keyton would have scored. 

Tennessee ultimately cannot convert on 4th and 2 and turn the ball over on downs. Tide will start at their own 41. 

Drive Sixteen:

Bryce Young finds Jermaine Burton for a big gain down the left side of the field, then Jahmyr Gibbs breaks loose for a 26 yard score. 

Alabama converts the 2-point conversion try. Tie game. 

Tennessee 28, Alabama 28

Drive Seventeen: 

Nice run by Jaylen Wright brings Tennessee to the 39. Hooker then hits Hyatt for 60 yards. Massive play as the Vols retake the lead. But Chase McGrath misses the point after. An uncharacteristic shank.

UT 34, Bama 28. 10:16/3Q

Drive Eighteen: 

Alabama gets a first down on the first third down of the drive. Young couldn't connect on a deep pass to Isaiah Bond the play prior. 

Young continues to carve up Tennessee's defense with ample time to make throws. A brilliant throw to Cam Latu sets the Tide up inside the 10. 

Penalty backs up Alabama five yards on first down, and Gibbs gets a modest gain on first down. 

Gibbs corrals a Bryce Young pass for a gain down to the 2-yard line. Massive third down and Tennessee jumps in the neutral zone. Alabama calls TO ahead of the 3rd and goal from the one. 

Holding call backs up Alabama and reverses the McClellan touchdown. 

Delay of game backs up Bama even more, but Vols are called for DPI on the next play. Gives Alabama first and goal from the two-yard-line and Gibbs scores his third touchdown of the day. 

Alabama takes their first lead. 

Bama 35, Tennessee 34 // 4:27/3Q

Drive Nineteen:

Vols face a third down approaching midfield and Hooker slings it too high to an open Bru McCoy and it's picked off. His first pick thrown this season. 

Bama takes over on their own 47. 

Bama 35, UT 34 // 2 mins/3Q

Drive Twenty

Alabama moves across midfield but the drive stalls at the Tennessee 40. Bama faces 4th and 10 to begin 4th quarter. 

END OF THREE: Alabama 35, UT 34

Quarter 4: 

Bama punts. Vols begin the drive at their own six. 

Drive 21:

Hooker finds Jalin Hyatt DEEP for a 78 yard score. Hyatt's fourth touchdown reception sets the school record. 

Tennessee converts on the 2 pt. try with an inside toss to Princeton Fant. 

UT 42, Alabama 35 // 14:01/4Q

Drive 22: 

Alabama converts on third and short on their first set of downs with a 3-yard run from McClellan. 

Bryce Young finds Jahmyr Gibbs in the check down and Gibbs runs all the way to the Tennessee 33. Big play. De'Shawn Rucker was injured on the play.  

Young Is sacked but then finds JoJo Earle for a 42-yard gain to the five-yard-line. First and goal.  

Bama faces 4th and goal from the one after Latu drops a Bryce Young pass. 

Young then connects with Latu a play later on 4th and one for a touchdown. Alabama ties it up. 

Alabama 42, Tennessee 42 // 8:38/4Q

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