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Tennessee Football announces uniform combination for the Alabama game

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Tennessee Football be back in its traditional home uniform for the Third Saturday in October. The Vols announced on Thursday they’ll wear white helmets, orange jerseys and white pants against Alabama on Saturday (3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, ABC) at Neyland Stadium.

The Vols (5-1, 2-1 SEC) wore the traditional home uniform last week in the 23-17 overtime win against Florida. It was the first time Tennessee went with orange over white at home this season, after wearing their Smokey Grey alternate and orange jerseys and orange pants in the previous two home games.

Tennessee wore white jerseys and white pants in the 51-10 win over North Carolina State in the Duke’s Mayo Classic on September 7 and the 25-15 win at Oklahoma two weeks later. The Vols wore white jerseys and orange pants in the 19-14 loss at Arkansas on Saturday night.

No. 11 Tennessee vs. No. 7 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.

Tennessee Football’s uniform options

Tennessee opened the season in its Smokey Grey alternate uniform in the 69-3 win over Chattanooga on August 31 and wore orange jerseys and orange pants against Kent State in the 71-0 win on September 14.

The Smokey Grey alternate, part of the Smokey Grey Series, paid tribute to the Volunteer State, with the jersey featuring the Tri-Star logo on the sleeve, Tennessee across the chest and an an altered helmet stripe and pants stripe mimicked the state flag.

Alternate uniforms have been a constant during the Josh Heupel era. The Vols introduced their Dark Mode alternate uniform in 2021, with black pants and black jerseys, with orange numbers and orange pants stripes. An all-black helmet, with an orange Power T and orange helmet stripe, was added in 2022.

Tennessee also debuted an alternate orange helmet for the first time in program history at South Carolina in 2022. The Smokey Grey alternate returned in 2022.

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. The Vols 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.

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.

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