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As Chase McGrath’s game-winning, final second 40-yard subject aim sailed by the uprights, the ocean of orange packed into the stands streamed out onto the sector in celebration.
Orange fireworks went off above the Neyland Stadium, and the 101,915-capacity crowd, some on the pitch and a few nonetheless within the stands, celebrated No.6 Tennessee snapping a 15-game shedding streak towards No.3 Alabama with a 52-49 victory secured within the final second.
The Tennessee Volunteers scored probably the most factors ever within the 105-game collection and a few followers of their celebrations even took down the goalposts.
“That is faculty soccer at its very best,” Tennessee coach Josh Heupel stated, in keeping with ESPN. “We had been the perfect crew on the sector tonight. That’s all we are able to management.”
Not since 2006 had the Vols defeated a High 10 crew or Alabama Crimson Tide, their fiercest rivals, and their victory confirmed their credentials as championship contenders.
Alabama had its personal probability to increase the successful streak however kicker Will Reichard missed a 50-yard subject aim try with simply 15 seconds left.
Within the following play, Vols quarterback Hendon Hooker drove his crew 45 yards in 13 seconds to arrange the successful kick.
Hooker accomplished 21 of 30 passes for 386 yards throughout the sport and threw for a joint career-best 5 touchdowns.
Junior large receiver Jalin Hyatt was on the receiving finish, and recorded 5 touchdowns, tying the varsity file for whole touchdowns in a single sport which was initially set in 1929.
“[This game] simply occurred,” Hyatt stated, per ESPN. “It’s not simply me. It was simply the appears we bought.”
Tennessee had constructed up a 28-10 lead halfway by the second quarter however slipped behind Alabama by the tip of the third thanks to 2 touchdowns from Jahmyr Gibbs and one from Ja’Corey Brooks.
Hyatt’s fourth landing restored the Vols’ lead at the start of the fourth earlier than Cameron Latu and Dallas Turner’s scores for the Tide turned the sport on its head.
Hyatt’s fifth rating tied it at 49 with 3:26 remaining within the fourth quarter, earlier than McGrath’s successful kick.
“We didn’t reply the bell immediately,” Tide coach Nick Saban, who had by no means misplaced to the Vols in his 15-year spell at Alabama, stated per ESPN. “We did too many issues to assist [Tennessee].”
