Tennessee snaps touchdown streak with incredible interception
By Keith Farner
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It appeared to get especially ugly for Tennessee late in the third quarter against Alabama. Then the Vols got a big play from their defense.
That’s when Tennessee inside linebacker Daniel Bituli picked off Alabama backup quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and returned the ball 97 yards for a touchdown with 6:03 left in the third quarter. It cut the Alabama lead to 28-7.
It was the first touchdown for the Vols since Sept. 23 and the second quarter against UMass, a streak of 12 quarters.
Bituli's 97-yard pick-six:
• 4th-longest in program history
• #Vols' first since Nov. 19, 2016. #GBO pic.twitter.com/RnP3sfqmjA— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) October 21, 2017
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
