Tennessee at Alabama
Saturday, October 20, 1928 Share
Tennessee beat Alabama 15–13. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 8–3 as played.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 46°FAttendance 8,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1928, page 5 (results column)
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GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are scores of prin- cipal football games played Satur- day afternoon in various parts of the states: oregan 27; University of Wash ington O. California 0; University of Southern California O. Ohio 19; Michigan ‘. Navy 6; Duke 0. Pennsylvania IA; Penn State 0. Army 15; Harvard 0. Minnesota 33; Chicago ‘. Northwestern ‘; Kentucky 0. Wisconsin 19; Purdue 19. Washington State 9; Oregon State ‘. Missouri 2S; Iowa State 19. Dartmouth 21; Columbia ‘. Yale 32; Brown IA. New York University s; Rutgers 0. Princeton 47; Lehigh 0. Colgate 16; Michigan State O.. Georgia Tech 13; Notre Dame O.. Tennessee 15; Alabama 13. West Virginia P; Washington and Lee O..
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Alabama 56% to win. Tennessee won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Tennessee–Alabama gameOfficially, Alabama leads 60–41–6; as played, 61–40–7 in 108 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.
| 2026 | Tennessee 26, Alabama 10 | |
| 2025 | Alabama 37, Tennessee 20 | |
| 2024 | Tennessee 24, Alabama 17 | |
| 2023 | Alabama 34, Tennessee 20 | |
| 2022 | Tennessee 52, Alabama 49 | |
| 2021 | Alabama 52, Tennessee 24 |
Around this game
Tennessee
- Next gamevs. Washington and LeeOct. 27, 1928
- SeasonTennessee in 1928
- ProgramTennessee history and records
Alabama
- Next gamevs. SewaneeOct. 27, 1928
- SeasonAlabama in 1928
- ProgramAlabama history and records

