Crimson Tide Makes It 11 Straight Over Volunteers
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Make it 11 in a row! In the 100th meeting between the two SEC foes, the No. 1 University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team smacked Butch Jones and his Tennessee Volunteers in the face on Saturday afternoon at Bryant-Denny Stadium, and punched stronger as the game rolled on into the second half. UA outgained UT 604 yards to just 108 yards in the 45-7 blowout, advancing the Tide to 8-0 overall, 5-0 in the Southeastern Conference, while the Vols dropped to 3-4, 0-4 SEC. Saturday's game is the third this season that the Alabama offense laid over 600 yards of offense on an opponent. Alabama (8-0, 5-0 SEC) won its 11th straight game over the Volunteers (3-4, 0-4 SEC) in the 100th meeting between the two programs.
Eight different Bama ball carriers ran for 272 rushing yards as opposed to just 64 for the Volunteers. Tide junior running back Damien Harris led the young men from Bama with a game-high 72 yards and a touchdown, while junior running back Bo Scarbrough finished the game with two rushing touchdowns himself. In the air game, sophomore quarterback Jalen Hurts went 13-of-21 for 198 yards and one touchdown, while junior wide receiver Calvin Ridley led all receivers with a game-high eight receptions for 82 yards.
Tide junior defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs paced the defense with a team-high seven tackles, while senior defensive back Levi Wallace contributed a career-high two sacks as well as a career-high six tackles. Senior defensive back Hootie Jones tied a career-high with six tackles in yesterday's contest, and senior linebacker Rashaan Evans had six tackles, including a sack and two tackles-for-loss.
Alabama has an open week this next Saturday, but will then host the LSU Tigers at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday, November 4th. Kickoff time has yet to be announced.
| Game Stats | UT | UA |
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| Total Yards | 108 | 604 |
| Pass Yards | 44 | 332 |
| Rushing Yards | 64 | 272 |
| Penalty Yards | 9-81 | 7-56 |
| 1st Downs | 7 | 35 |
| 3rd Downs | 1-12 | 7-13 |
| 4th Downs | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| TOP | 25:09 | 34:51 |
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Nick Saban Press Conference
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Associated Press College Football Poll
Once again the University of Alabama CRIMSON TIDE sits atop the Associated Press College football poll. Besides Alabama, the Georgia Bulldogs represents the Southeastern Conference in this week's Top 10, coming in at No. 3 in the nation. Only two other SEC teams made the poll, Auburn coming in at No. 19 and LSU at No. 23.
Here is a look at the AP Top 25:
1 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
2 Penn State
3 Georgia
4 TCU
5 Wisconsin
6 Ohio State
7 Clemson
8 Miami
9 Notre Dame
10 Oklahoma
11 Oklahoma State
12 Washington
13 Virginia Tech
14 North Carolina State
15 Washington State
16 Michigan State
17 South Florida
18 UCF
19 Auburn
20 Stanford
21 USC
22 West Virginia
23 LSU
24 Memphis
25 Iowa State
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Southeastern Conference Football Scores
1 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE 45 Tennessee 7
21 Auburn 52 Arkansas 20
24 LSU 40 Ole Miss 24
Kentucky 7 Mississippi State 45
Missouri 68 Idaho 21
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Tide Men's Tennis Completes Day 3
At ITA Southern Regionals
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - On Saturday, the University of Alabama men's tennis team completed day three at the ITA Southern Regional play being held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Crimson Tide sophomore duo of Thibault Cancel and Alexy Nesterov defeated Auburn's Edward and Olle Thestrup 8-6 in the Doubles Main Draw, while sophomores Edson Ortiz and Zhe Zhou also advanced.
Today at 1 p.m. CT, Cancel and Nesterov will take on Nikola Samardzic and Julian
Saborio of LSU and Ortiz and Zhou will compete against Hamish Stewart
and Tim Reutzel of Tulane in the Round of 16.
Turning to the Singles Main Draw, Zhou lost to Tim Dollman of UAB 7-5, 6-3, while Cancel dropped his first match of the tournament to Stefan Gonzalez of UAB 6-2, 6-1.
In his first match against Charles Sarrio of Auburn, Nesterov fell 7-5, 6-4, while Ortiz fell to No. 77 Ewan Moore of Tulane 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Cancel defeated Diego Chavarria of Auburn in the Main Draw Consolation 6-1, 6-3 and Nesterov defeated Tim Reutzel of Tulane 6-1,
7-5.
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Alabama Rowing Wins Club 4+ On Saturday,
Club 8+ Places Seventh At Head Of The Charles
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Following yesterday's competition, Crimson Tide rowing head coach Larry Davis said, "I'm extremely pleased with both crews. Two top-10 finishes including our first gold medal at the Charles is a good indication that the team is doing what they need to be doing this fall. We're looking forward to an even greater performance at the Head of the Hooch at the beginning of November."
It has now been two-consecutive weeks that Bama has earned a gold medal with its top 4+ crew. Today's finish not only marks Alabama rowing's first event win at the Head of the Charles in any race but it is a course record as well in the 4+. The Tide Club 4+ finished over 20 seconds ahead of second place Penn as well as third place SEC rival Tennessee with a time of 18:02.402.
The Crimson Tide's Alabama's Club 8+ followed with a seventh-place finish in its race, crossing the line in 17:03.774. Only eight seconds separated the boat from Syracuse and Northeastern in a tight grouping.
Next up for Bama will be a return trip to Chattanooga for the Head of the Hooch scheduled for November 4-5. The Tide will wind up its fall season on the following Saturday, November 11th hosting UCF.
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Time Change For Alabama Soccer Today
Due To Expected Inclement Weather
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The Crimson Tide (10-6-1, 2-5-1 SEC) is riding a two-game win streak, having defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs in double overtime by a single goal, 3-2 back on October 10th and then shutting out the Arkansas Razorbacks on the road 1-0 on October 19th.
Today's match with the Missouri Tigers will be the fifth meeting between the two, with Bama trailing in the series 1-3. Just over a year ago the Tide fell to Mizzou 2-0. The UA victory came back on October 19, 2014 in Columbia, Missouri by a score of 1-0.
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2017 SEC Volleyball Standings
1 Kentucky
2 Florida
3 LSU
4 Missouri
5 Arkansas
6 Georgia
7 Auburn
8 Ole Miss
9 South Carolina
10 Tennessee
11 Texas A&M
12 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
13 Mississippi State
*Vanderbilt does not participate in volleyball
