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The streak has ended at 15. Tennessee beat Alabama for the first time since the 2006 season, coming out on top of Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide for the first time. Their reward? A top three ranking in the new AP Poll and a legitimate pathway to the College Football Playoff.
Tennessee’s 52-49 win over Alabama was a moment of healing for the fanbase, one that’s been beaten down for a decade and a half. It was a wild game, one that nobody would have believed if you predicted it. It truly did come down to who had the ball last.
Multiple records fell on Saturday as the two teams combined for a whopping 101 points and a boatload of offense.
Let’s sort through a few of them — I’m sure I even missed a couple.
Tennessee’s 52 points scored were the most scored against Alabama in over 100 years. Sewanee put up 54 points way back in 1907. Josh Heupel’s Volunteers nearly matched that 115 years later.
.@AlabamaFTBL allowed 52 points vs. Tennessee.
— John Ewing (@johnewing) October 16, 2022
That's the most points Alabama has allowed since 1907 per @ESPNStatsInfo.
Over 67.5 bettors pic.twitter.com/M4X9LOXM78
It was also the most points that Alabama has scored in a loss — ever. That record tops the Iron Bowl outcome back in 2019. I’ll continue to say this, but hats off to Bryce Young. Tennessee had no answer for him, and the Volunteers were fortunate to find a way.
That is the most points Alabama has scored in a loss, topping the 48-45 loss to Auburn in 2019
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownCFB) October 15, 2022
Building off of that last stat....
Alabama is now 132-1 when scoring at least 49 points in a game pic.twitter.com/V1pEscPSuX
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) October 16, 2022
And now for something more specific, but mighty impressive. A 6-0 start with four wins over ranked teams — 30+ points in all six games? One team has done that, ever. 2022 Tennessee.
The Volunteers currently have the best resume in the country, period.
Teams in CFB History to Start 6-0, Beat 4 Top-25 AP Opponents, and score 30+ Points in each of the 1st 6 games in a single-season:
— Greg Harvey (@BetweenTheNums) October 15, 2022
2022 Tennessee
That’s it. pic.twitter.com/vPgtSn0hiC
Jalin Hyatt went bananas against the Alabama secondary, running wild and burning every defensive back Nick Saban threw out there. He ended with six catches for 207 yards and five touchdowns.
The five touchdowns were a school record, and a Nick Saban record.
.@Vol_Football WR Jalin Hyatt:
— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) October 16, 2022
-1st player w/5 rec TD's vs an AP Top-5 team since Torry Holt in 1997 vs No. 3 FSU
⁰-5 rec TD are the most in a game vs any Nick Saban-coached team ever
⁰-1st player since DeVonta Smith in 2019 to have at 200 rec yds & 5 rec TD in a game
Jalin Hyatt vs Alabama:
— NFL Rookie Watch (@NFLRookieWatxh) October 16, 2022
• 6 receptions
• 207 yards
• 5 TD
• Single game record for most TD catches in Tennessee history
The Volunteers WR was UNSTOPPABLE pic.twitter.com/2GzLlgI4tN
Other quick hitters
- Only two quarterbacks have thrown for 350+ and five touchdowns against Nick Saban: Johnny Manziel and Hendon Hooker.
- The game total of 101 is a new record for the Tennessee-Alabama series. It overtakes 2003 (51-43 in OT).
- Alabama set a school record with 17 penalties.
Tennessee gets a timely breather with UT-Martin next week, while Alabama hosts Mississippi State. After such a wild emotional game, it should be interesting to see how they respond going forward.
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