As Nick Saban went to 19-0 against his assistants and the No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide moved to 7-0 on the season, Tennessee football fell to 2-5 with a 35-13 loss on the road. But hey, they covered the spread as a 34.5-point underdog.
In a game that saw both starting quarterbacks, Tua Tagovailoa and Brian Maurer, knocked out due to injury, the Vols kept things close for a while. They only trailed 21-13 with less than five minutes to go in the third quarter, and down 28-13, they were on the Alabama one-yard line in the fourth quarter with a chance to make it a one-score game.