Tennessee upsets Alabama in SEC thriller; second loss of season puts Crimson Tide's playoff hopes in jeopardy

The Southeastern Conference showdown betwixt the seventh-ranked Alabama and No. 11 Tennessee was 1 of the astir anticipated games connected the Week 8 assemblage shot slate. 

The matchup lived up to the hype and went down to the wire. But, the Crimson Tide yet suffered a 24-17 defeat. Alabama fell to 5-2 connected the year, which enactment a dent successful their College Football Playoff hopes. 

Alabama's backmost Jalen Milroe and Tennessee awesome caller Nico Iamaleava some got disconnected to sluggish starts. The Volunteers fans and presumably the coaching unit held their corporate breaths erstwhile Iamaleava went down aft helium was tackled hard. But, the redshift freshman returned to enactment aft helium was evaluated successful the aesculapian structure connected the sidelines.

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Nico Iamaleava #8 of the Tennessee Volunteers throws the shot arsenic helium is deed by Que Robinson #34 of the Alabama Crimson Tide during the 2nd 4th astatine Nissan Stadium connected October 19, 2024 successful Nashville, Tennessee. (Butch Dill/Getty Images)

While the quarterback's instrumentality appeared to springiness the Volunteers an instant boost, helium rapidly threw what turned retired to beryllium his lone interception of the day.

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Chris Brazzell II made a diving 16-yard touchdown drawback from Iamaleava midway done the 4th quarter. Volunteers moving backmost Dylan Sampson rushed for 139 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Alabama shot manager Kalen DeBoer during the NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Tennessee connected Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, successful Knoxville. Tenn. (Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Alabama has its enactment chopped retired for them the remainder of the season. Milroe finished the crippled with 239 passing yards, a touchdown and 2 interceptions. Alabama rushed for conscionable 89 yards compared to Tennessee's 214.

Tennessee caput manager Josh Heupel calls the squad implicit aft an interception during a crippled betwixt Tennessee and Alabama astatine Neyland Stadium successful Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Trailing 21-17, Alabama took implicit possession connected its ain 30 with 2:25 near successful regulation. An unsportsmanlike behaviour punishment connected wide receiver Kendrick Law stymied the Crimson Tide's thrust and allowed Tennessee to agelong the pb to 7 with a tract extremity connected its adjacent possession.

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Tennessee overcame 3 turnovers successful the archetypal fractional and trailed 7-0 astatine halftime.

The Volunteers grabbed a 14-10 lead, their archetypal of the game, with 1 infinitesimal near successful the 3rd quarter. Sampson barreled successful from 3 yards aft Iamaleava connected with Dont'e Thornton for 55 yards to the Alabama 3.

Early successful the 4th quarter, Alabama answered the Vols' people with a 7-yard touchdown tally from Justice Haynes to spell up 17-14. Germie Bernard acceptable it up with a 28-yard reception from Milroe.

The Crimson Tide volition look to bounce backmost adjacent week erstwhile they instrumentality to Alabama to host Missouri. Tennessee volition bask a bye week.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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