Tennessee at Alabama
Saturday, October 20, 1951 Share
No. 2 Tennessee beat Alabama 27–13. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 17–13–3 as played.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 50°FAttendance 44,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 21, 1951, page 39
Read the text
Great Performance By LauriceIIa PAGES Vols 10 Triumph BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Oct. 90 Little Hank Lauricella, triple threat star for unbeaten Tennessee, cracked Alabama resistance with a 76-yard quick kick, passed for q touchdown and ran through Alabama for another score today as Tennessee won. 27–13. Lauricella was hot in whatever he tried-kicking. running or pas sing. For q sellout house Of 45.-
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)
Tennessee 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tennessee–Alabama gameOfficially, Alabama leads 60–41–6; as played, 61–40–7 in 108 meetings, counting the 75 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. Tennessee TechOct. 27, 1951
- SeasonTennessee in 1951
- ProgramTennessee history and records
Alabama
- Next gameat Mississippi StateOct. 27, 1951
- SeasonAlabama in 1951
- ProgramAlabama history and records