5 Things You Didn’t Know: Alabama Football vs Tennessee
By David Wasson
5 Things You Didn’t Know Is Back, the time for the Third Saturday in October as Alabama Football travels to Knoxville to play No. 9 Tennessee.
Welcome back to a new weekly feature here at BamaHammer.com, called 5 Things You Didn’t Know (or 5TYDK) about Alabama Football!
Of course, maybe someone somewhere knows all five of these preview tidbits in advance of every Alabama football game. But we believe in one-stop shopping — which is why we offer them to you.
ICYMI: Last Week’s 5TYDK For Alabama-Arkansas
And because we also like sharing the wealth, there are links at the end to both the Alabama and Tennessee weekly pregame media notes. So you can further impress your friends and family with more things they didn’t know!
Welcome to 5TYDK …
5TYDK No. 1: History Lesson
Alabama and Tennessee will meet for the 99th time in a series that the Crimson Tide leads, 52-38-7 (53-37-8 actual). The rivalry dates back to the 1901 season, when the two teams first met in Birmingham and finished in a 6-6 tie. The Crimson Tide has won the last nine meetings and seeks its 10th straight series win for the first time since an 11-game winning streak from 1971-81. Last season, Alabama defeated the Vols, 19-14, in Tuscaloosa. The Tide and Vols have met every year since 1928, with the exception of the 1943 season when neither school fielded a football team due to World War II.