Alabama-Tennessee football -- The 10 most memorable games of the rivalry

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It's been at least two decades, and arguably three, since the Third Saturday in October was engulfed by this much anticipation.

Alabama and Tennessee, two of the SEC's most storied rivals who traditionally meet this weekend of the season, square off Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET in Neyland Stadium in a top-10 matchup that marks the first time since 1989 that both teams have been unbeaten going into the game. For perspective, at that time Nick Saban was still an assistant coach in the NFL… with the Houston Oilers.

It hasn't been much of a rivalry on the field lately, certainly not since Saban arrived at Alabama in 2007. The Crimson Tide have won 15 in a row, by an average margin of 25.9 points, and the Vols have been at least a two-touchdown underdog in every game going back to 2008, when Alabama was a 5-point favorite and left Neyland Stadium with a 29-9 win.

But this year, there's genuine hope on Rocky Top that the Vols, fueled by one of the country's most explosive offenses, may finally be the ones passing out victory cigars in a smoke-filled locker room, another tradition of a rivalry that was first contested in 1901.

Let's take a look back at 10 of the most memorable (and defining) games in the rivalry as well as five worthy of honorable mention.

The smile on former Tennessee coach John Majors' face says it all in the iconic image of him being carried off the field by his players and leaning down to shake Bear Bryant's hand. It was Bryant's final game in the rivalry and one of the biggest upsets. The unranked Vols, who lost to Duke and Vanderbilt that season, snapped an 11-game losing streak against the No. 2 Tide. Chuck Coleman's 34-yard touchdown run was the big blow offensively for Tennessee, and the