# Alabama's 26-10 Loss to Tennessee > Alabama's 26-10 loss to Tennessee exposes offensive struggles and coaching challenges. - Title: Alabama's 26-10 Loss to Tennessee · Alabama Crimson Tide On SI - Summary: Alabama's 26-10 loss to Tennessee exposes offensive struggles and coaching challenges. Alabama's 26-10 loss to Tennessee reveals offensive weaknesses and… - Keywords: alabama, tennessee, jalen milroe, conor talty, dijon lee, ryan coleman-williams, keelon russell, kalen deboer, neymand stadium, college football, tide up, tide down - Source: Alabama Crimson Tide On SI — https://si.com/college/alabama/football/tide-up-tide-down-alabama-26-10-loss-tennessee - Published: 2026-10-18T01:55:00+00:00 - Read time: 3 min - Topics: alabama, tennessee, jalen milroe, conor talty, dijon lee, ryan coleman-williams, keelon russell, kalen deboer, neymand stadium, college football, tide up, tide down ## Alabama's 26-10 loss to Tennessee No. 6 Alabama was the inferior team for all 60 minutes on the field at Neyland Stadium in its 26-10 loss to No. 14 Tennessee. ## Offensive Struggles The offense looked dreadful. We may as well have been back in 2024, watching Jalen Milroe's complete inability to move the ball downfield. ## Tide Up: Conor Talty Talty hasn't missed a kick in 329 days. His 42-yard field goal before halftime was nice. Oh, he also made an extra point. ## Tide Up: Dijon Lee Lee's name will not show up on the front page of ESPN tomorrow morning, I won't have to dedicate half of my film study on Monday to his poor play, and Kane Wommack won't have… ## Tide Up: Ryan Coleman-Williams Coleman-Williams is the centerpiece of Alabama's offense. The success of Alabama's pass game revolves around the coverage he draws. ## Coleman-Williams' Injury It was reported that Coleman-Williams underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a meniscus injury he's been battling for the past few weeks. ## Tide Down: Keelon Russell Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. That statement is directed at everybody in the college football world who decided to prop up a sophomore quarterback with six career starts as the next Bryce Young, Jayden… ## Russell's Performance Russell did what a young quarterback was supposed to do in this kind of test.He didn't flunk it.His legs were lethal, he tried to find guys downfield, and he still displayed his NFL-level release. ## Tide Down: The Defense Wommack compared his group to Alabama's 2015 defense less than a month ago. That's laughable. ## Defensive Sacks Yhonzae Pierre and Devan Thompkins, both of whom are being discussed as potential first-round draft picks, have combined for two sacks over the last two weeks. ## Defensive Performance Almost nobody is blameless.Caleb Woodson led the team with 11 tackles, he missed one on a nine-yard completion from MacIntyre to Mike Matthews. ## Game-Altering Play Ivan Taylor made a game-altering play with his second-quarter interception that set Alabama up in the red zone for its only touchdown of the day. ## Tide Down: Kalen DeBoer DeBoer is 7-6 in true road games. Alabama has lost multiple regular-season games in three straight years for the first time since 2005-2007. ## Coaching Challenges For the first six games of the season, he was. This week, he wasn't. Plain and simple. ## Upcoming Challenges Alabama has no margin for error. This team will have to beat preseason top-10 Texas A&M, LSU in a bona fide elimination game, likely at night, in Death Valley, Vanderbilt on the road in a… ## Season Outcome One loss, and the season is over. Is Alabama capable of running the table? Absolutely. Is it a likely outcome after what we saw tonight? Absolutely not. ## Key takeaway Alabama's 26-10 loss to Tennessee reveals offensive weaknesses and coaching instability after a poor performance.