Jay Graham's season was bleak and getting no better. Peyton Manning was having his worst day of the season. Tennessee and Alabama were staring overtime in the face.

In a blink, everything changed.Graham ripped through the line and raced 79 yards with 2:17 left to play Saturday to lift the sixth-ranked Volunteers to a 20-13 victory over the seventh-ranked Crimson Tide.

"This win is the biggest thing in the world to me, to beat them in my senior year," Graham said. "We had some great blocking by the offensive line. I hit the corner and ran as fast as I could to get to the checkered end zone. It felt good."

After Graham's run, Alabama drove to the Tennessee 11, but three incompletions and a sack ended the threat. And the Vols (5-1, 3-1 SEC) had their second straight win over Alabama (7-1, 4-1) and first at home since 1984.

Graham had 11 games of more than 100 yards last season, but had just one this year. After nearly 58 minutes against Alabama's SEC-leading defense, he had 49 yards in 13 carries.

But on a second-and-12 from the Vols 21, he followed blocks by fullback Eric Lane and guard Spencer Riley and broke into the clear.

Graham juked past Alabama safety Kelvin Sigler and raced down the right sideline for the longest run from scrimmage against the Tide defense this season. His second TD run capped a comeback from a 13-0 deficit in the third quarter.

Dennis Riddle had a career-high 184 yards on 38 carries to help Alabama build a 327-296 advantage in total offense. But the Vols intercepted three passes by Freddie Kitchens and held the Tide without a point after Alabama recovered a fumble at the Tennessee 3, with Leonard Little blocking a short field goal attempt.

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Manning was just 12-of-25 for 176 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. He was sacked four times and his receivers dropped several catchable balls.

It was the first time Manning had completed less than 50 percent of his passes since the Memphis game his freshman season, 21 games ago.

"Ever since the Florida game, everybody's been kind of disappointed," Manning said. "You beat Ole Miss, you beat Georgia you're happy, but anytime you can beat Alabama it gives you a good feeling.

"It was our plan to play four quarters of football, and we did that. The defense played well and we hung in there. In the fourth quarter we got our chance and Jay put it away."

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