🏈 Which Tennessee win(s) means the most to you?

[TUSKtimes]

There have been a few. But I guess circumstance always have a place in our heart that makes some games more memorable than others. Even in this heated rivalry.

1986 - We had gone through a 4-year dry spell and I was seriously wondering if this Ray Perkin's idea was all that great, even if coach Bryant had given his blessings. So Mike Shula, Bobby Humphrey, Gene Jelks take the 6-0, 2nd ranked Crimson Tide to Knoxville to meet Johnny Major's Tennessee team. When the dust settled, Bama went over, through, and around the overmatched volunteers, 56-28. I loved watching Bobby Humphrey run the ball. It would be 9 more years and a new vols coach before they would see another win against the Tide in 1995. ROLL TIDE!!!

1986 Bama 56-28 vols

 

[rick4bama]

Alabama scored on the first play from scrimmage as Gary Rutledge fired an 80-yard TD pass to Wayne Wheeler setting the stage for the Tides three touchdown win. This was also the first time Alabama game against UT and Auburn was on TV the the same year.



It began when Alabama’s head trainer, Jim Goostree, handed out cigars to the team after they defeated Tennessee in 1961. The Crimson Tide had won just once in 13 years and that victory called for a bigger celebration.

@TerryP this may give you a laugh. Right now I only watch Bama play if on regular TV. I was marry that year, we were living in Wedowee,Al. At that time no cable for this town, I had no antennae either. But, I when to my folks house to watch the game ,as I knew my parent were out visiting.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Rick, 1973 game had been the highest ranked both teams have ever been going into this rivalry. In '93' the year we came back and tied them with Deuce Palmer, Bama was #2 and the vols #10 also. So this Saturday is a new highest ranked in 98 years.

The highest ranked game ever

 

[Che Boludo]

The next one.

 

[bama alum]

'92 because I got to go to that game in Obknoxiusville. Someone had gone through the place where Bama fans/students had previously purchased tickets and placed red sheets with a large black 7 on them because we were going for our seventh straight win over them. The difference in how hospitable the UTurd fans were before and after the game was palpable. A few students invited us into their house, and we sat and drank beer and watched some other game. After the game, we walked back to where our car was parked. They...wouldn't even look at us after we thanked them again.

 

[PhillyGirl]

The next one.

 

[footballer]

ALL

 

[TUSKtimes]

'92 because I got to go to that game in Obknoxiusville. Someone had gone through the place where Bama fans/students had previously purchased tickets and placed red sheets with a large black 7 on them because we were going for our seventh straight win over them. The difference in how hospitable the UTurd fans were before and after the game was palpable. A few students invited us into their house, and we sat and drank beer and watched some other game. After the game, we walked back to where our car was parked. They...wouldn't even look at us after we thanked them again.

See, I would have thought that was a trap. In the "90" game my brother-in-law and I almost had to swim back. We may have brought some of that on ourselves.

 

[252BAMA]

There have been a few. But I guess circumstance always have a place in our heart that makes some games more memorable than others. Even in this heated rivalry.

1986 - We had gone through a 4-year dry spell and I was seriously wondering if this Ray Perkin's idea was all that great, even if coach Bryant had given his blessings. So Mike Shula, Bobby Humphrey, Gene Jelks take the 6-0, 2nd ranked Crimson Tide to Knoxville to meet Johnny Major's Tennessee team. When the dust settled, Bama went over, through, and around the overmatched volunteers, 56-28. I loved watching Bobby Humphrey run the ball. It would be 9 more years and a new vols coach before they would see another win against the Tide in 1995. ROLL TIDE!!!

1986 Bama 56-28 vols

The 4 straight losses were the only losses in a TWENTY FOUR YEAR period! 1971-1994. Made the mistake of scheduling Penn State on the Second Saturday in October in those 4 years.


Individual Game Results of Alabama (vs Tennessee), 1971-1994

http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/...eam2=Tennessee

 

[bamascw]

It is hard to beat the '09 game...it did give us this video after all


:rolf:

 

[bamachine]

^Met BVD in Knoxville a few years ago, generally laid back dude irl.

 

[bamachine]

Removed losses and ties, game number, date, location, result...all these mean the most to me.

2 November 26, 1903 Birmingham, AL Alabama 24–0

4 November 30, 1905 Birmingham, AL Alabama 29–0
5 November 29, 1906 Birmingham, AL Alabama 51–0
6 November 28, 1907 Birmingham, AL Alabama 5–0
7 November 26, 1908 Birmingham, AL Alabama 4–0
8 November 13, 1909 Knoxville, TN Alabama 10–0
9 November 28, 1912 Birmingham, AL Alabama 7–0
10 November 14, 1913 Tuscaloosa, AL Alabama 6–0

14 October 18, 1930 Tuscaloosa, AL Alabama 18–6

17 October 21, 1933 Knoxville, TN Alabama 12–6
18 October 20, 1934 Birmingham, AL Alabama 13–6
19 October 19, 1935 Knoxville, TN Alabama 25–0

21 October 16, 1937 Knoxville, TN Alabama 14–7

25 October 18, 1941 Knoxville, TN Alabama 9–2
26 October 17, 1942 Birmingham, AL #4 Alabama 8–0

28 October 20, 1945 Birmingham, AL #6 Alabama 25–7

30 October 18, 1947 Birmingham, AL Alabama 10–0

37 October 16, 1954 Knoxville, TN Alabama 27–0

44 October 21, 1961 Birmingham, AL #5 Alabama 34–3
45 October 20, 1962 Knoxville, TN #2 Alabama 27–7
46 October 19, 1963 Birmingham, AL #9 Alabama 35–0
47 October 17, 1964 Knoxville, TN #3 Alabama 19–8

49 October 15, 1966 Knoxville, TN #3 Alabama 11–10

54 October 16, 1971 Birmingham, AL #4 Alabama 32–15
55 October 21, 1972 Knoxville, TN #3 Alabama 17–10
56 October 20, 1973 Birmingham, AL #2 Alabama 42–21
57 October 19, 1974 Knoxville, TN #4 Alabama 28–6
58 October 18, 1975 Birmingham, AL #6 Alabama 30–7
59 October 16, 1976 Knoxville, TN #20 Alabama 20–13
60 October 15, 1977 Birmingham, AL #4 Alabama 24–10
61 October 21, 1978 Knoxville, TN #4 Alabama 30–17
62 October 20, 1979 Birmingham, AL #1 Alabama 27–17
63 October 18, 1980 Knoxville, TN #1 Alabama 27–0
64 October 17, 1981 Birmingham, AL #15 Alabama 38–19

69 October 18, 1986 Knoxville, TN #2 Alabama 56–28
70 October 17, 1987 Birmingham, AL Alabama 41–22
71 October 15, 1988 Knoxville, TN Alabama 28–20
72 October 21, 1989 Birmingham, AL #10 Alabama 47–30
73 October 20, 1990 Knoxville, TN Alabama 9–6
74 October 19, 1991 Birmingham, AL #14 Alabama 24–19
75 October 17, 1992 Knoxville, TN #4 Alabama 17–10

77 October 15, 1994 Knoxville, TN #10 Alabama 17–13

85 October 26, 2002 Knoxville, TN #19 Alabama 34–14

88 October 22, 2005 Tuscaloosa, AL #5 Alabama 6–3

90 October 20, 2007 Tuscaloosa, AL Alabama 41–17
91 October 25, 2008 Knoxville, TN #2 Alabama 29–9
92 October 24, 2009 Tuscaloosa, AL #1 Alabama 12–10
93 October 23, 2010 Knoxville, TN #7 Alabama 41–10
94 October 22, 2011 Tuscaloosa, AL #2 Alabama 37–6
95 October 20, 2012 Knoxville, TN #1 Alabama 44–13
96 October 26, 2013 Tuscaloosa, AL #1 Alabama 45–10
97 October 25, 2014 Knoxville, TN #4 Alabama 34–20
98 October 24, 2015 Tuscaloosa, AL #8 Alabama 19–14
99 October 15, 2016 Knoxville, TN

 

[JoshB]

2002 was pretty big because that was like 7 straight years of them dominating us but 09 was the most special because of Mt. Cody and the Rocky Block. That was at a time in the year where the team was really beat up too so it was a huge win. 05 and "rocky stop" was pretty huge too.

 

[MunchyOs]

Mt Cody was in Daniel Lincoln's head in 2009!

 

[MunchyOs]

 

[bamachine]

Mt Cody was in Daniel Lincoln's head in 2009!

Wasn't Lincoln's head that was the problem, unless you mean his other head. Dude was out there kicking with a pulled groin. He was kicking it into Cody's armpit.

 

[TUSKtimes]

^Met BVD in Knoxville a few years ago, generally laid back dude irl.

No kidding? Well, he had it right, 'ain't no moral victories.'

 

[MunchyOs]

It is hard to beat the '09 game...it did give us this video after all


:rolf:

What is our OC doing wearing those awful colors?

 

[rick4bama]

What is our OC doing wearing those awful colors?

Now that funny!:rolf:

 

[Bamabww]

Probably the one I have the best memories of is the 1987 game. Bama won 41 -22. It was played at Legion Field and there were three Vile fans sitting a couple of rows behind us. They were talking smack because Memphis State had beaten us the week before 13-10 in Coach Bill Curry's first year. They were very bold prior to kick off, probably because of a surplus of liquid courage consumed during the afternoon. None of us Bama fans sitting around them didn't say much but Bama soon took over the game. The Viles got real quiet and by the middle of the 2nd quarter one of them asked, "what radio station in B'ham carries the World Series?" It got a big laugh and someone told him where to find it.

For the rest of the game he kept us up to date on what was going on between the Twins and the Cardinals. Never said another word about the football game.