It was close in 2016, but we lost in double OT to TAMU the week before. The last time Tennessee was undefeated going into that game was 1998, but Alabama was 4-2 with losses to Florida and Arkansas.
I was at that TAMU game also...very exciting, hated that we lost such a close game. The injuries to our line and whole team in that game were head shaking...I think it might not be an exaggeration to say an even dozen, with at least half having to leave the game for good
That game marked the peak of the Butch era. All downhill from there. What was surprising was
how fast it went downhill.