Overview

• Tennessee fell 37-20 in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 18 after Alabama’s Zabien Brown returned a goal-line interception 99 yards on the final play of the first half to turn a potential one-score game into a 23-7 deficit.
• An intentional-grounding safety earlier in the second quarter followed heavy pressure, with Alabama’s Yhonzae Pierre recording multiple sacks and collapsing the pocket off Tennessee’s right side.
• Four of Tennessee’s five first-half possessions were undone by penalties, sacks, or miscues, and two of those sequences directly produced Crimson Tide points.
• Quarterback Joey Aguilar finished 28-of-44 for 268 yards with one touchdown and one interception, extending his streak of 200-plus passing yards to 31 consecutive Division I starts.
• Heupel said the issues were shared across the offense even as he faulted the execution on the pick-six, and the defeat extended Tennessee’s skid against Alabama to 17 losses in the past 19 meetings, including 11 straight in Tuscaloosa.