When is the game between Alabama and Tennessee?
The leaves are turning, the air is cooling, and Alabama football is preparing for an old-fashioned woodshed thrashing of Tennessee. The game will be played on the third Saturday of the month. The rivalry is lovingly nicknamed in October. The first game in the series was played in 1901 at Birmingham, Alabama. The score was 3 goals against the Volunteers - you know what happened next. There have been 95 games played between these two schools across all sports. The Tide leads the series 53-32-1. These two teams represent the South's two most successful programs of the early 20th century. They were both led by legendary coaches who won more than they lost - John Heisman for Alabama and Muddy Waters for Tennessee. These two programs were always close to reaching or breaking into the top echelon of college football. But when World War II broke out, a lot of players from both schools joined up to fight, and that changed everything. After the war ended, the big boys had grown up and moved on, leaving Alabama and Tennessee as the smallest schools in the conference they were in. Today, they're both members of the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee hasn't beaten Alabama since 1993, and the Vols haven't won any other game against a ranked team. This year's matchup is ranked No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Tennessee. The game will be played at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.