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A panoramic view of the interior of Bryant-Denny Stadium during an Alabama football game versus the Tennessee Volunteers.Photo: Matthew Tosh, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.
Team stats
Tennessee
Alabama
155
Total yards
437
71
Passing yards
298
92
Rushing yards
143
3.5
Yards per pass
10.5
2.9
Yards per rush
3.8
6
First downs
19
2–14
Third downs
7–14
2–5
Fourth downs
1–2
2
Turnovers
1
4–25
Penalties
5–38
17:02
Possession
19:38
Efficiency
Tennessee
Alabama
0%
Success rate
15%
−0.08
EPA per play
−0.37
0.00
Explosiveness
1.60
−0.08
Rushing EPA
−0.56
0.00
Passing EPA
0.67
0%
Passing-down success
29%
−0.33
First-down EPA
−0.42
−0.09
Second-down EPA
−0.27
−0.02
Third-down EPA
−0.08
8%
Havoc by its defense
20%
From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Alabama 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
Every drive
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Alabama drives left to right, Tennessee right to left. Our source’s drive data for this game doesn’t add up to the final score, so a score may be missing here; the scoring by quarter above is complete.
AlabamaTouchdown run, 3 plays, 100 yards
Q4 TennesseeFumble, 1 play, 0 yards
Q4 AlabamaTurnover on downs, 11 plays, −10 yards
Q4 TennesseeTurnover on downs, 4 plays, 4 yards
Q4 AlabamaEnd of game, 2 plays, −30 yards
Play by play
4th quarter5 drives, then Alabama 37, Tennessee 6
Alabama Touchdown run, 3 plays
9:27
Cade Foster kickoff for 63 yards returned by Marlin Lane for 26 yards to the Tenn 36, ALABAMA penalty 3 yard Offside accepted.
Tennessee Fumble, 1 play
9:12
1st & 10 at own 36
Marlin Lane rush for 3 yards, fumbled, recovered by Alab Vinnie Sunseri at the Tenn 39.
Alabama Turnover on downs, 11 plays
8:40
1st & 10 at opp 38
Jalston Fowler rush for 3 yards to the Tenn 35.
8:20
2nd & 7 at opp 35
Jalston Fowler rush for 1 yard to the Tenn 34.
8:00
3rd & 6 at opp 34
Phillip Sims pass incomplete.
7:40
4th & 6 at opp 34
Phillip Sims pass complete to Kenny Bell for 10 yards to the Tenn 24 for a 1ST down.
7:20
1st & 10 at opp 24
Jalston Fowler rush for a loss of 1 yard to the Tenn 25.
7:00
2nd & 11 at opp 25
Jalston Fowler rush for 5 yards to the Tenn 20.
6:40
3rd & 6 at opp 20
Jalston Fowler rush for 12 yards to the Tenn 8 for a 1ST down.
5:50
1st & goal at opp 8
Jalston Fowler rush for a loss of 1 yard to the Tenn 9.
5:20
2nd & goal at opp 9
Jalston Fowler rush for 4 yards to the Tenn 5.
4:50
3rd & goal at opp 5
Jalston Fowler rush for 3 yards to the Tenn 2.
3:07
4th & goal at opp 2
Jalston Fowler rush for 1 yard to the Tenn 1.
Tennessee Turnover on downs, 4 plays
2:40
1st & 10 at own 1
Justin Worley rush for no gain to the Tenn 1.
2:10
2nd & 10 at own 1
Marlin Lane rush for 1 yard to the Tenn 2.
1:30
3rd & 9 at own 2
Marlin Lane rush for 3 yards to the Tenn 5.
0:55
4th & 6 at own 5
Marlin Lane rush for 3 yards to the Tenn 8.
Alabama End of game, 2 plays
0:40
1st & goal at opp 8
Team rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Tenn 10.
0:00
2nd & goal at opp 10
Team rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Tenn 12.
Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.
RushingTrent Richardson17 carries, 77 yards, 2 TDAlabama
ReceivingMarquis Maze5 catches, 106 yardsAlabama
Tennessee
Alabama