Alabama 41, Tennessee 10... Tide blows Vols away with big second half

Despite dominating the first half statistically, Alabama led only 13-10 at halftime, but it struck for three touchdowns in the third quarter to start pulling away. The Tide's big-name players made big plays. Julio Jones made catches of 47, 42 and 38 yards and finished with 12 catches for a single-game school-record 221 yards. Trent Richardson ran 65 yards for a third-quarter touchdown and finished with 119 yards rushing on 12 carries. He also caught a 5-yard pass for the Tide's final touchdown. Mark Ingram ran 42 yards on a second-quarter play, scored two third-quarter touchdowns on 1-yard runs and finished with 88 yards rushing on 14 carries. Greg McElroy completed 21 of 32 passes for 264 yards. The big negative was the fact that Alabama's streak of 41 consecutive games in which it did not allow an individual opponent to rush for 100 or more yards ended. The Vols' Tauren Poole ran 14 times for 117 yards, including a 59-yard touchdown run for the first score of the game.