Tennessee Football to 'Orange Out' Neyland Stadium for Saturday's Alabama game
Tennessee Football announced on Monday that it will ‘Orange Out’ Neyland Stadium for Saturday afternoon’s game against Alabama. The game is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time start on ESPN.
The Vols also had an ‘Orange Out’ for the 52-49 win over Alabama in 2022. Tennessee checker boarded Neyland last week in the 23-17 overtime win over rival Florida.
Sean McDonough will be on the call for ABC, with Greg McElroy as the analyst and Molly McGrath as the sideline reporter. Tennessee as of Monday was a 2.5-point home underdog against the Crimson Tide.
Alabama (5-1, 2-1 SEC) held on to win 27-25 at home against South Carolina last week, after losing 40-35 at Vanderbilt on October 5. Tennessee (5-1, 2-1) lost 19-14 at Arkansas before rallying from down 10-0 in the second half Saturday to beat Florida in overtime.
Tennessee is 4-2 against the spread this season, failing to cover as a 14-point road favorite at Arkansas in the 19-14 loss last week and again as a 14.5-point favorite in the win over Florida Saturday night. The Vols are 2-1 against the spread in home games.
Alabama is 3-3 against the spread overall and 1-1 against the spread on the road. The Crimson Tide are 2-3 as favorite and 1-0 as an underdog.
Tennessee vs Alabama: How To Watch
Kickoff Time: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ABC
Streaming: ESPN App
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
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The Third Saturday in October
Alabama leads the ‘Third Saturday in October’ rivalry 59-39-7. Tennessee won the last game in Knoxville, the 52-49 thriller in 2022 that ended with Chase McGrath’s walk-off 40-yard field goal as time expired. Hendon Hooker threw five touchdown passes to Jalin Hyatt in the win, with Hyatt finishing with six catches for 207 yards.
Tennessee built a 20-7 lead at halftime in Tuscaloosa last season, before the Crimson Tide answered with 27 straight points in the second half to win 34-20. Squirrel White caught a 39-yard touchdown pass, Charles Campbell kicked to field goals and McCallan Castlescaught a 6-yard touchdown pass to build the first-half lead.
Alabama scored 41 seconds into the second half and had three touchdowns in the first nine minutes of the third quarter to regain control and take the lead.
Tennessee’s win in 2022 snapped a streak of 15 straight Alabama wins in the series. The Vols won seven in a row between 1995 and 2001 and 10 of 12 between 1995 and 2006.
