Last season, Alabama played its worst game of the year in Neyland Stadium. It was a team-wide dysfunction:
- The Crimson Tide’s solid secondary was torched all night with the same splits play that the Kansas City Chiefs have made famous. Jaylin Hyatt single-handedly won the Biletnikoff exploiting Demarcco Hellams’ lack of elite speed. Hyatt only had six throws his way, but five of them were for scores (a quite dubious record).
- The Tide front four that had averaged allowing just 112 yards per game and under 4 YPC was positively smoked: The Vols rushed for nearly 200 yards and two scores, with every back (including Hooker) hitting over 4 YPC.