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Alabama Crimson Tide © |
Tennessee Volunteers |
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Played October 18, 1986 at Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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PCT |
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| Alabama © | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .636 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Alabama |
21 |
21 |
7 |
7 |
56 |
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Tennessee |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
The 2nd ranked, 6-0 Alabama Crimson Tide of coach Ray Perkins traveled to Knoxville to meet the 2-3 Tennessee Volunteers of coach Johnny Majors. Although Tennessee had defeated Alabama 4 straight times, this was a very inexperienced Volunteers' team that had lost the previous week to Army. The Crimson Tide's All-SEC RB Bobby Humphrey ran for 3 touchdowns while QB Mike Shula threw for 2 touchdowns & rushed for another to lead a 56-28 rout of the young Volunteers. Alabama took a 21-0 lead just 10 minutes into the 1st quarter with RB Bo Wright scoring on a 13-yard touchdown run, Shula connecting with WR Clay Whitehurst on a 34-yard touchdown pass, & Shula scoring on a 1-yard touchdown run. Late in the 1st quarter, Tennessee got a 2-yard touchdown run from RB Keith Davis to break the Crimson Tide's run & QB Jeff Francis hit WR Anthony Miller for a 70-yard touchdown early in the 2nd quarter. Alabama effectively put the game away with three more touchdowns giving the Crimson Tide 6 touchdowns on their first 7 drives. Alabama put together touchdown drives of 74, 62 & 48 yards in the 2nd quarter with RB Gene Jelks finishing the first drive with a 4-yard touchdown run. Humphrey’s first touchdown of the game capped the second drive & Shula threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to TE Angelo Stafford giving the Crimson Tide a 42-14 halftime edge. The touchdown pass to Stafford helped Shula set the Alabama school-record for touchdowns passes in a career at 32. The Volunteers got an 11-yard touchdown pass from Francis to WR Terence Cleveland in the 3rd quarter before Humphrey scored on a 1-yard run in the 3rd quarter & a 7-yard run in the 4th quarter. Tennessee finished the scoring in the final quarter with a 6-yard touchdown pass from QB Moses Collins threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Cleveland. Shula finished with just 78 yards passing with a touchdown while Humphrey rushed for 217 yards with his 3 touchdowns & the Crimson Tide combined for 457 yards rushing while holding the Volunteers to just 68 yards rushing. Francis threw for 309 yards with 2 touchdowns but an interception while Miller had 6 catches for 159 yards with a touchdown. Alabama finished the season 10-3; ranked 9th nationally while the Volunteers finished 7-5. Tennessee would play for The Belt again in 1998.
