Tennessee beats Alabama football on last-second field goal for first series win since 2006

Even though Kool-Aid McKinstry didn’t make it to the end zone, the Crimson Tide appeared to be in command. On Saturday, Alabama had a lead and was set to advance the ball far into Tennessee Vols territory.

But hold on. A flag was present. Alabama suffers with pass interference. The play was restarting. Tennessee quickly knotted the game.
At the very last second, Tennessee capitalized on a missed field goal by Alabama to defeat the Tide 52-49 at Neyland Stadium. A 15-year losing run to Alabama was broken by Tennessee.

The game between No. 1 Alabama (6-1, 3-1 SEC) and No. 8 Tennessee yielded the following observations and learnings (6-0, 3-0).

Defense struggles against Hendon Hooker and company, outside of a few turnovers

Alabama was aware of how quickly the Tennessee offense moves. All throughout the week, it was brought up frequently. However, knowing about it was frequently irrelevant.

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The Crimson Tide had trouble slowing Tennessee’s brisk offense. The Vols had already run several plays when you turned around. Because of the fast pace, Alabama was unable to disrupt Hooker, and the Tennessee offense got off to a fast start. In the first quarter, Tennessee had already scored three touchdowns.

Alabama tried to come up with strategies to impede Hooker from operating in a typically clean pocket as he and the receivers continued to identify weak spots in the defense. The Vols enjoyed a lot of offensive success as a result.

After a while, Alabama halted the bleeding and produced a couple standout plays. DeMarcco Hellams became the first defender to intercept Hooker in roughly 11 months after a few fourth-down stops. Dallas Turner scored a touchdown after recovering a fumble as well.

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Even yet, the defense kept allowing plays to go late, especially to Jalin Hyatt. For 207 receiving yards and five touchdowns, he destroyed the Crimson Tide secondary.

The game-winning kick came at the end of Tennessee’s final minute-long field goal drive.

Discipline problems and mistakes put Alabama behind early

Alabama was getting into such a ridiculous amount of foul trouble on one possession in the first quarter.

The holding on the kickoff return came first. The Crimson Tide needed to reply after Tennessee had just grabbed a 14-7 lead. Another holding penalty on the opening offensive play. The Crimson Tide had a false start before Alabama could run another play. From there, the drive just got worse. James Burnip suddenly found himself having to kick the ball out of Alabama’s end zone due to the penalties and a Traeshon Holden drop.

By way of Burnips’ punt, the Crimson Tide accrued seven penalties throughout the contest. The first quarter had more than five minutes left. Alabama committed nine penalties for a total of 71 yards in only the first half.

They presented obstacles for an Alabama team that already faced a difficult situation when it faced a quality Tennessee team at a hostile Neyland Stadium.

As far as errors go, Quandarrius Robinson’s punt return error, where he attempted to pick up a loose ball and Tennessee recovered, was the most egregious. With 11:41 remaining in the first half, the Vols quickly went up 28-10 following the turnover.

Bryce Young’s shoulder is more than fine

Young suffered a recent injury? He didn’t appear to be a player who had recently suffered a shoulder injury.

The current Heisman Trophy winner was back to his old tricks as Alabama’s quarterback after missing the previous week’s game against Texas A&M: making defenders miss, extending plays, and throwing footballs into small windows.

His third-quarter drive, which assisted Alabama in taking its first lead, was sublime. Young used Houdini-like acrobatics and amazing throws to lead a 12-play, 75-yard march. Nothing short of amazing was the ball made to tight end Cameron Latu near the right sideline.

Jahmyr Gibbs continues to be a gamer

The player after Young you would like to have the ball in a crucial situation is Gibbs.

At times, he paralyzed defenders. He demonstrated clutch play when scoring as well. By the end of the third quarter, he had scored three touchdowns on the ground.

Gibbs continued his streak of 100-plus yard rushing days, as he emerged as the top non-Young player in the Alabama offense.