10 Times the Tennessee vs Alabama Game Meant the Most to Both the Vols and the Tide
Tennessee vs Alabama carries a ton of magnitude for this weekend. Here are 10 other games between the Volunteers and Crimson Tide that meant a lot.
The Tennessee vs Alabama rivalry goes all the way back to 1901, and the schools have played each other 98 times.
Unfortunately, after the SEC split into two divisions, the Third Saturday in October lost a bit of this luster. On top of that, the Vols and Tide have been good at different times, so they’ve never really had the chance to face each other since then in a very meaningful match-up.
Heck, they’re the two winningest programs in SEC history, play in opposite divisions, and still have never met each other in the SEC Championship game.
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That’s what makes this weekend’s game so exciting. Both teams are facing each other ranked in the Top 10 for the first time since 1996. And both enter this game in complete control of their own destiny to win the SEC Championship and get to the College Football Playoff.
Sure, Tennessee would like to have been undefeated going into this game, but the Vols are still in great shape to accomplish everything they want to accomplish.
And it will come down to this game at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, as Butch Jones’s Vols have a great chance to knock off the No. 1 team in the country.
Appreciating the fact that the Tennessee vs Alabama series means something once again, let’s go back in time for a minute and take a look at other times the rivalry game was played at a level of this magnitude. Here are the 10 Tennessee vs Alabama games that meant the most to both teams up to this point.