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Coaching Staff ......................................................... 2

Athletic Department Directory ................................. 2

2011 Schedule and Results ...................................... 2

Quick Facts ............................................................. 3

Athletics Communications Personnel ....................... 3

The University of Alabama ....................................4-5

Director of Athletics Mal Moore ............................... 6

Senior Support Staff ................................................ 6

President Dr. Robert E. Witt .................................... 7

ON THE GRIDIRON

2011 Roster ..........................................................8-9

Depth Chart ............................................................10

THE CRIMSON TIDE

Player Bios ........................................................11-35

COACHING PERSONNEL

Head Coach Nick Saban ...................................36-43

Coaching Staff ..................................................44-55

Support Staff....................................................56-58

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BOWL NOTES

Bowl Notes .......................................................59-72

2011 SEASON IN REVIEW

Stats ................................................................73-90

Game Recaps ................................................... 91-96

BOWL HISTORY

Bowl History ....................................................97-99

Bowl Records ................................................100-108

Bowl Recaps .................................................109-128

TABLE OF CONTENTSNick Saban (Kent State, 1973) Head CoachBurton Burns (Nebraska, 1976) Associate Head Coach/Running BacksMike Groh (Virginia, 1995) Receivers/Recruiting CoordinatorJim McElwain (Eastern Washington, 1984) Off ensive Coordinator/QuarterbacksJeremy Pruitt (West Alabama, 2001) SecondaryChris Rumph (South Carolina, 1994) Defensive LineKirby Smart (Georgia, 1999) Defensive CoordinatorJeff Stoutland (Southern Connecticut State, 1984) Off ensive LineSal Sunseri (Pittsburgh, 1981) Assistant Head Coach/LinebackersBobby Williams (Purdue, 1982) Tight Ends/Special Teams

UNDRA Billingsley AndreXZAVIER Dickson X-zay-vee-ehrPhillip ELY E-leeMalcolm FACIANE Fay-shonJERRELL Harris Juh-rellDONT’A Hightower Don-tayARIE KOUANDJIO R-ee Kwon-JoeCyrus KOUANDJIO Kwon-JoeIsaac LUATUA Lew-uh-too-uhMARQUIS Maze Mar-kweesDee MILLINER MILL-nerTANA Patrick Ta - NAYBradley SYLVE SilveWilliam VLACHOS Vlay-hosBrian VOGLER VO-glur

Sept. 3 Kent State (SEC Network) W, 48-7Sept. 10 at No. 23/20 Penn State (ABC) W, 27-11Sept. 17 North Texas (FS South) W, 41-0Sept. 24 *No. 14/12 Arkansas (CBS) W, 38-14Oct. 1 *at No. 12/12 Florida (CBS) W, 38-10Oct. 8 *Vanderbilt (ESPNU) W, 34-0Oct. 15 *at Mississippi (ESPN2) W, 52-7Oct. 22 *Tennessee (ESPN2) W, 37-6Nov. 5 *No. 1/1 LSU (CBS) L, 6-9 (OT)Nov. 12 *at Mississippi State (ESPN) W, 24-7Nov. 19 Georgia Southern (PPV) W, 45-21Nov. 26 *at Auburn (CBS) W, 42-14 Jan. 9 No. 1/1 LSU (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. CT*SEC Game

2011 ALABAMA COACHING STAFF

Athletics Director Mal MooreSenior Associate Athletics Director Finus GastonDeputy Director of Athletics Shane LyonsSenior Associate Athletics Director/Technology Advancement Milton OvertonAssociate Athletics Director/Support Services Kevin AlmondAssistant Athletics Director/Ticket Offi ce and Tide Pride Chris BesanceneyAssistant Athletics Director/Student Services Jon DeverFaculty Athletics Representative Dr. Kevin WhitackerDirector of Football Operations Joe PannunzioAssociate Athletics Director/Business Carol ParkAssociate Athletics Director/Football Communications Jeff PurintonAssociate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator Marie RobbinsAssociate Athletics Director/Development Ronny RobertsonAssociate Athletics Director/Athletics Communications Doug Walker

2011 ALABAMA FOOTBALL DIRECTORY

2011 ALABAMA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

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Location ...........................................Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Enrollment ....................................................... 31,747

Founded ................................................ April 12, 1831

Conference ............................... Southeastern (West)

Colors ..........................................Crimson and White

Nickname ..............................................Crimson Tide

President ........................................Dr. Robert E. Witt

Faculty Athletics Representative .. Dr. Kevin Whitaker

First Year of Football ..........................................1892

Overall Football Record ..................813-320-43 (.710)

.................................... 1,176 games over 117 seasons

SEC Record ...................................358-163-20 (.680)

....................................... 541 games over 79 seasons

National Championships .........................................13

......... 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965,

..................................... 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009

SEC Championships .............................................. 22

.........1933, 1934, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1961, 1964, 1965,

.. 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979,

..................................... 1981, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2009

First-Team All-Americans ........ 104 players, 121 times

First-Team All-Conference ..... 214 players, 285 times

Bowl Appearances .............................................. 58*

Bowls Record ............................................. 32*-22-3

2011 Overall Record ..............................................11-1

2011 SEC Record ...................................................7-1

*NCAA Record

CREDITS: The 2011 University of Alabama Football Bowl Media Guide was produced by the staff of the UA Athletics Communications Offi ce. The publication was written and edited by Jeff Purinton, Josh Maxson, Doug Walker, Jessica Paré and Skip Powers. Photography by UA Athletics Director of Photography Kent Gidley and his student assistants. Special thanks to the Crimson Tide coaching staff, Crimson Tide Production for the cover and page de-signs, to the teams of the NFL for their photography assistance and the staff of the SEC offi ce. Copyright 2011 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama. “Roll Tide”, “Crimson Tide”, “Bama” and the primary and secondary logos are registered trade-marks of The University of Alabama.

QUICK FACTSAthletics Communications Phone: 348-6084Athletics Communications Fax: 348-8841

Associate Athletic Director for Football Communications: Jeff Purinton (Football) Office: 348-3631 e-mail: [email protected]

Associate Athletic Director for Athletics Communications: Doug Walker (Football) Office: 348-7245 e-mail: [email protected] Associate Director of Athletics Communications: Josh Maxson (Football Player Interviews) Office: 348-7496 e-mail: [email protected]

Assistant Director of Athletics Communications: Skip Powers (Football Player Interviews) Office: 348-6734 e-mail: [email protected]

ALABAMA ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Assistant Director of Athletics Communications: Jessica Paré (Football Game Notes) Office: 348-3673 e-mail: [email protected]

Associate Director of Athletics Communications: Ty Patton Office: 348-5401 e-mail: [email protected]

Associate Director of Athletics Communications: Roots Woodruff Office: 348-2088 e-mail: [email protected]

Assistant Director of Athletics Communications: Rich Davi Office: 348-3550 e-mail: [email protected]

SNAPSHOTS

Dont’a Hightower is one of the central figures in the Crimson Tide’s top-ranked defense. He was a finalist for the Lombardi, Butkus and Bednarik Awards as well as the Lott Trophy.

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Life on Th e University of Alabama campus is defi ned by opportunities. If you want to get involved, join one of more than 300 student organizations, help plan concerts and speaker series, participate in intramural teams or run for student government.

If you enjoy the arts, you can take advantage of a rich and varied schedule of musical, dance and theatre perfor-mances, art galleries and exhibitions, lectures and read-ings by writers, poets and experts on every topic imag-inable. You can enrich your knowledge of the state and University’s history by visiting one of UA’s fi ne museums, which house countless historical artifacts and off er hands-on exploration opportunities.

From the architecture on campus to the landscaping, Th e University of Alabama campus is one of the most beauti-ful places in the state of Alabama.

Th e Ferguson Center, completed in 1973, was named for Hill Ferguson, a member of the Board of Trustees. Plans at the time called for the building to be constructed over Woods Hall, but it was built just to the north thanks to a student campaign to save the art building.

Th e Ferguson Center Game Room located on the fi rst fl oor is the perfect place to unwind, test your skill at a video game, play a friendly game of pool or ping-pong, or enter a campus tournament. With seven pool tables, video games, a ping-pong table, computer gaming and televisions, the Game Room off ers a fun escape to the daily pressures of college life.

Th e University of Alabama off ers a complete educational, cultural and social experience. Whatever your interests, you’ll fi nd a group, an organization, an activity or a pro-gram that will appeal to you at UA.

Th e newly expanded Student Recreation Center off ers fi rst-class recreation facilities to students, faculty and staff . It includes two multi-use gyms, nine multi-purpose courts, weight machines, 1/8-mile jogging track, exten-sive cardio area, locker rooms, indoor swimming pool, dry and steam saunas, 12 lighted tennis courts, four aero-bics rooms, eight racquetball courts and a squash court—together encompassing more than 200,000 square feet. Th e facility’s outdoor aquatic area, which opened in the summer of 2003, features a lazy river, lap swim, large water-park-type slide and lots of deck space.

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Ranked among the top 50 public universities in the nation in U.S. News and World Report’s annual college rankings for more than a decade, UA ranked 31st among public universities, its highest ranking ever, in the 2012 rankings. UA’s latest college rankings in-clude: • Th e School of Law is ranked 35th among all law schools in the nation, spring 2011. • Th e Manderson Graduate School of Business ranks 32nd among public universities and 63rd among all universities, spring 2011.• Th e School of Library and Information Studies is ranked 22nd nationally, spring 2009.

Enrollment at Th e University of Alabama reached a record high of 31,747 for fall 2011. Th e entering freshman class, at 5,772 students, is the largest in UA history and includes 1,614 students who had a 4.0 or higher high school grade point average.

Th e University of Alabama’s fall 2010 freshman class ranked 6th in the nation among public universities in the enrollment of National Merit Scholars. While rankings for the 2011 freshman class are not yet available, 182 National Merit Scholars are enrolled in this fall’s freshman class, up by more than 50 over last year’s 128.

Th e University of Alabama has produced a total of 15 Rhodes Scholars. And, in the past 25 years, UA has produced 34 Goldwa-ter Scholars, 21 Hollings Scholars and seven Truman Scholars. UA scored a perfect four out of four with Goldwater Scholars in 2011 as all four UA students who applied were named recipients of the elite academic award.

Th e University of Alabama led the nation with a record 10 students named to USA Today’s 2010 All-USA College Academic Team. UA has had great success in placing students on this national team that honors the “best of the best” undergraduate academic all-stars from across the nation, having placed 46 students on the team since 2003. In addition to this year, UA also had the most students on the list in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 and tied for the top spot in 2007.

PRWeek Magazine has recognized the public relations program in Th e University of Alabama’s College of Communication and In-formation Sciences as one of the top fi ve programs in the nation each of the last three years.

University of Alabama students are committed to community ser-vice: In the 2009-2010 academic year, some 15,100 UA students completed more than 710,000 hours of community service with more than 120 community partners. Additionally, 120 UA faculty members off ered service-learning courses, and an estimated 5,300 students participated in them.

Th e University of Alabama has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Cor-poration for National and Community Service. Th e Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service learning and civic engage-ment.

Life at Th e Capstone is full of opportunities ...

from athletic events and cultural experiences ...

to Greek life and everything in between.

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MAL M. MOOREA T H L E T I C S D I R E C T O R

Th e University of Alabama’s Director of Athlet-ics since 1999, Mal Moore has made an indelible mark on one of the nation’s most storied athletic programs, leading a department that has enjoyed tremendous success athletically and academi-cally while enjoying an unprecedented period of growth during his tenure.

Th rough his guidance, Alabama’s athletic depart-ment remains focused on his vision of having all Crimson Tide athletic teams and student-ath-letes competitive at the highest level nationally while continuing to elevate athletic facilities at the Capstone to premier status nationally for all sports.

During his tenure as Director of Athletics, Moore has overseen more than $200 million of capital improvements to University of Alabama athletic fa-cilities. Th ose projects have encompassed the entire scope of all Crimson Tide athletic programs and have benefi tted every Alabama student-athlete, coach, and administrator.

Th roughout his multi-faceted career, Moore has worked with a diversifi ed fi eld of constituents, from fellow coaches and former players, to fans and the business community. All of those experiences and relationships - in addition to his ability to unify those many constituents - have made him the ideal person to lead Alabama athletics in the 21st century.

His leadership has been crucial in helping guide Alabama through a pe-riod that has been, at times, extremely challenging. His guidance and eff ort helped Alabama athletics weather the storm, while continuing to move in a positive direction toward a future that holds great promise.

Moore’s dedication to, and love of, the University of Alabama was recog-nized on March 28, 2007, when as a permanent tribute to his lifelong con-tributions to Th e University of Alabama, the Board of Trustees of Th e Uni-versity of Alabama System offi cially dedicated the facility formerly known as Th e Football Building as the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility.

Under Moore’s direction, Alabama’s athletic teams have produced three national championships – the 2009 football title and the 2002 and 2011 NCAA gymnastics championships – as well as several Southeastern Confer-ence championships, winning titles in football, gymnastics, men’s basketball, women’s golf, men’s golf, men’s cross country, baseball and softball; taking SEC tournament titles in both baseball and softball. Alabama athletes have earned some of the highest honors the SEC and NCAA have to off er, in-cluding SEC Athlete of the Year, SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, NCAA Top VIII, NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships and NCAA Sportsperson of the Year. Th ese honors are over and above the individual conference and na-tional titles that Alabama athletes continue to bring home to the Capstone on a regular basis.

In addition to making his mark on Alabama, Moore has also had a national impact as a key member of several prestigious NCAA and college football committees. Moore has served on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee, the SEC Athletic Directors Bowl Advisory Committee and the Big Six Conferences Minority Coaches Forum.

Moore’s distinguished record of service to UA began more than 50 years ago when he joined the Crimson Tide football squad as a scholarship player for Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant from 1958-62. Moore has the distinction of being a part of eight national championship teams (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992 and 2009) with the fi rst coming as a player, the next six dur-ing his coaching career and the most recent during his tenure as director of athletics. As a player and coach, he was also part of 14 SEC championships and 27 bowl trips. He is the only individual connected with the Alabama program to be a part of eight national championships.

During a coaching career that spanned 31 years, Moore spent 22 of those at Alabama with stops at Montana State, Notre Dame and the NFL’s St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals. At Alabama, Moore started as a graduate assis-tant under Coach Bryant in 1964, then as defensive backfi eld coach for six seasons (1965-70) before becoming quarterbacks coach from 1971-82, serv-ing as the Tide’s fi rst off ensive coordinator starting in 1975. He would go on to coordinate all of the off ensive plays for several of Alabama’s national championship football teams.

A 1963 graduate of Th e University of Alabama, Moore holds both an un-dergraduate degree in sociology and a 1964 Master’s degree in secondary education from the Capstone. Moore was born December 19, 1939, in Dozier, Ala. He and the late Mrs. Charlotte Moore have one daughter, Mrs. Steve (Heather) Cook of Scottsdale, Ariz., a granddaughter, Anna Lee, and a grandson, Charles Cannon.

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As president of Th e University of Alabama, Dr. Robert E. Witt has committed the University to an ambitious plan for academic growth and achievement.

His goals include increasing enrollment by recruiting aca-demically talented students from Alabama and across the country, stimulating signifi cant growth in research and strongly supporting the state’s economic development ef-forts. Under his leadership, enrollment has reached record levels and now numbers more than 30,000.

Academic quality and scholarship opportunities for deserv-ing students have increased signifi cantly. Th e University ranks 6th nationally among public universities in the enroll-

ment of National Merit Scholars and leads the nation in the number of students named to USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Teams.

Since its inception in 2003, the University’s Honors College has grown exponentially, and currently enrolls more than 1,300 freshmen each year. UA’s loyal alumni and friends continue to provide a high level of support to the University, with private giving having an important impact on the University’s ability to fund scholarships, faculty support and construction projects.

Prior to joining Th e University of Alabama in 2003, Dr. Witt spent 35 years as a fac-ulty member and administrator in the University of Texas System. He received his B.A. in economics from Bates College, his M.B.A. from Tuck School at Dartmouth Col-lege, and his Ph.D. from Penn State University. He serves on the boards of directors of the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce, the Black Warrior Council Boy Scouts of America, and the American Cast Iron Pipe Company. He is a member of the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority. Dr. Witt and his wife, Sandee, have fi ve grandchildren.

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No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown/Last School 19 Jonathan Atchison LB Soph. 6-3 240 SQ Atlanta, Ga./Douglass34 John Baites TE Sr. 6-1 231 SQ Hendersonville, Tenn./Beech4 Mark Barron DB Sr. 6-2 218 3L Mobile, Ala./St. Paul’s13 Diege Barry DB Jr. 5-10 180 SQ Mobile, Ala. (St. Paul’s)7 Kenny Bell WR Soph. 6-1 175 1L Rayville, La./Rayville 31 Jerrod Bierbower DB Fr. 6-1 180 HS Dublin, Ohio/Coff man86 Undra Billingsley DL Jr. 6-2 288 1L Birmingham, Ala./Woodlawn69 David Blalock OL Sr. 6-5 261 SQ Charlotte, N.C./Providence93 Chris Bonds DL Soph. 6-4 269 SQ Columbia, S.C./Richland Northeast67 John Michael Boswell OL Sr. 6-5 300 3L Northport, Ala./Tuscaloosa County81 Hardie Buck WR Jr. 5-9 190 1L Birmingham, Ala./Vestavia Hills21 Brent Calloway RB Fr. 6-1 217 HS Russellville, Ala./Russellville20 Nate Carlson TE Jr. 6-4 236 TR Birmingham, Ala./Air Force25 Caleb Castille DB Fr. 5-11 170 RS Birmingham, Ala./Briarwood Christian99 Josh Chapman DL Sr. 6-1 310 3L Hoover, Ala./Hoover6 Ha Ha Clinton-Dix DB Fr. 6-1 203 HS Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips18 Levi Cook DB Jr. 5-10 190 SQ Decatur, Ala./Decatur33 Trey DePriest LB Fr. 6-2 242 HS Springfi eld, Ohio/Springfi eld90 Quinton Dial DL Jr. 6-6 294 JC Pinson, Ala./East Mississippi CC55 Josh Dickerson LB Fr. 6-1 235 RS Evans, Ga./Lakeside47 Xzavier Dickson LB Fr. 6-3 240 HS Griffi n, Ga./Griffi n40 DeMarcus DuBose LB Sr. 6-1 240 SQ Montgomery, Ala./Jeff erson Davis12 Phillip Ely QB Fr. 6-1 187 HS Tampa, Fla./Plant85 Malcolm Faciane TE Fr. 6-5 259 HS Picayune, Miss./Picayune Memorial44 LaMichael Fanning DL Fr. 6-7 275 HS Hamilton, Ga./Harris County76 D.J. Fluker OL Soph. 6-6 335 1L Foley, Ala./Foley43 Cade Foster PK Soph. 6-1 216 1L Southlake, Texas/Southlake Carroll 45 Jalston Fowler RB Soph. 6-1 246 1L Mobile, Ala./Vigor10 John Fulton DB Soph. 6-0 187 1L Manning, S.C./Manning58 Nick Gentry DL Sr. 6-1 284 3L Prattville, Ala./Prattville11 Brandon Gibson WR Sr. 6-2 194 2L Mobile, Ala./UMS-Wright15 Darius Hanks WR Sr. 6-0 185 3L Norcross, Ga./Norcross48 Rowdy Harrell LB Sr. 6-0 219 SQ Moundville, Ala./Hale County5 Jerrell Harris LB Sr. 6-3 242 3L Gadsden, Ala./Gadsden City30 Dont’a Hightower LB Jr. 6-4 260 3L Lewisburg, Tenn./Marshall County32 Ben Howell RB Jr. 5-9 202 SQ Gordo, Ala./Gordo42 Adrian Hubbard LB Fr. 6-6 237 RS Lawrenceville, Ga./Norcross62 Brandon Ivory DL Fr. 6-4 308 RS Memphis, Tenn./East31 Kelly Johnson SN Sr. 6-3 230 SQ Bluff ton, S.C./Providence Day35 Nico Johnson LB Jr. 6-3 245 2L Andalusia, Ala./Andalusia57 Aaron Joiner OL Jr. 6-2 275 SQ Florence, Ala./Florence75 Barrett Jones OL Jr. 6-5 311 2L Germantown, Tenn./Evangelical Christian22 Christion Jones WR Fr. 5-11 175 HS Adamsville, Ala./Minor82 Harrison Jones TE Fr. 6-4 248 RS Germantown, Tenn./Evangelical Christian9 Phelon Jones DB Sr. 5-11 194 1L Mobile, Ala. /McGill-Toolen/LSU36 Chris Jordan LB Sr. 6-3 240 3L Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy43 Sam Kearns DB Sr. 5-7 155 SQ Mobile, Ala./McGill-Toolen70 Ryan Kelly OL Fr. 6-5 281 HS West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West48 Tommy Keys FB Fr. 6-2 230 HS West Point, Miss./West Point21 Dre Kirkpatrick DB Jr. 6-3 192 2L Gadsden, Ala./Gadsden City71 Cyrus Kouandjio OL Fr. 6-6 322 HS Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic59 Arie Kouandjio OL Fr. 6-5 309 RS Beltsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic 42 Eddie Lacy RB Soph. 6-0 220 1L Geismar, La./Dutchtown37 Robert Lester DB Jr. 6-2 210 2L Foley, Ala./Foley95 Brandon Lewis TE Jr. 6-3 288 RS Pleasant Grove, Ala./East Mississippi CC

No. Name Pos.2 Tana Patrick LB2 DeAndrew White WR 3 Trent Richardson RB3 Vinnie Sunseri DB4 Mark Barron DB4 Marquis Maze WR5 Jerrell Harris LB6 Ha Ha Clinton-Dix DB6 Blake Sims ATH7 Kenny Bell WR8 Jeoff rey Pagan DL9 Phelon Jones DB9 Nick Williams WR10 AJ McCarron QB10 John Fulton DB11 Brandon Gibson WR11 Ranzell Watkins DB12 Phillip Ely QB13 Diege Barry DB14 Phillip Sims QB15 Darius Hanks WR16 Bradley Sylve WR17 Brad Smelley TE18 Levi Cook DB18 Morgan Ogilvie QB19 Jonathan Atchison LB20 Nate Carlson TE20 Jarrick Williams DB21 Brent Calloway RB21 Dre Kirkpatrick DB22 Christion Jones WR24 Nathan McAlister WR24 DeQuan Menzie DB25 Caleb Castille DB25 Danny Woodson, Jr. WR26 Nick Tinker RB26 Jabriel Washington DB27 Nick Perry DB28 Dee Milliner DB29 Will Lowery DB29 Cody Mandell P30 Dont’a Hightower LB31 Jerrod Bierbower DB31 Kelly Johnson SN32 Ben Howell RB32 C.J. Mosley LB33 Trey DePriest LB34 John Baites TE35 Nico Johnson LB36 Chris Jordan LB37 Robert Lester DB40 DeMarcus DuBose LB41 Courtney Upshaw LB42 Adrian Hubbard LB42 Eddie Lacy RB

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No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown/Last School 78 Chad Lindsay OL Fr. 6-2 287 RS Th e Woodlands, Texas/Th e Woodlands72 Tyler Love OL Jr. 6-6 307 2L Mountain Brook, Ala./Mountain Brook51 Wilson Love DL Fr. 6-3 276 HS Mountain Brook, Ala./Mountain Brook29 Will Lowery DB Jr. 5-10 180 1L Hoover, Ala./Hoover68 Isaac Luatua OL Fr. 6-2 299 HS La Mirada, Calif./La Mirada29 Cody Mandell P Soph. 6-4 202 1L Lafayette, La./Acadiana4 Marquis Maze WR Sr. 5-10 180 3L Birmingham, Ala./Tarrant24 Nathan McAlister WR Soph. 5-11 165 SQ Russellville, Ala./Russellville10 AJ McCarron QB Soph. 6-4 205 1L Mobile, Ala./Saint Paul’s Episcopal School52 Alfred McCullough OL Sr. 6-2 311 2L Athens, Ala./Athens24 DeQuan Menzie DB Sr. 6-0 198 1L Columbus, Ga./Copiah-Lincoln JC28 Dee Milliner DB Soph. 6-1 196 1L Millbrook, Ala./Stanhope Elmore56 William Ming DL Soph. 6-3 283 SQ Athens, Ala./Athens32 C.J. Mosley LB Soph. 6-2 234 1L Th eodore, Ala./Th eodore83 Kevin Norwood WR Soph. 6-2 193 1L D’Iberville, Miss./D’Iberville 18 Morgan Ogilvie QB Jr. 6-0 198 RS Mountain Brook, Ala./Mountain Brook53 Anthony Orr DL Fr. 6-4 258 RS Madison, Ala./Sparkman8 Jeoff rey Pagan DL Fr. 6-4 272 HS Asheville, N.C./Asheville2 Tana Patrick LB Soph. 6-3 236 1L Bridgeport, Ala./North Jackson27 Nick Perry DB Soph. 6-1 205 1L Prattville, Ala./Prattville57 D.J. Pettway DL Fr. 6-2 272 HS Pensacola, Fla./Pensacola Catholic54 Russell Raines OL Soph. 6-2 281 SQ Satsuma, Ala./Satsuma3 Trent Richardson RB Jr. 5-11 224 2L Pensacola, Fla./Escambia 90 Jeremy Shelley PK Jr. 5-10 165 1L Raleigh, N.C./Broughton79 Austin Shepherd OL Fr. 6-5 321 RS Buford, Ga./North Gwinnett80 Marvin Shinn WR Fr. 6-3 193 HS Prichard, Ala./Vigor6 Blake Sims ATH Fr. 6-0 212 RS Gainesville, Ga./Gainesville14 Phillip Sims QB Fr. 6-2 217 RS Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith74 Allen Skelton OL Jr. 6-1 267 SQ Coker, Ala./Tuscaloosa County17 Brad Smelley TE Sr. 6-3 229 3L Tuscaloosa, Ala./American Christian92 Damion Square DL Jr. 6-3 285 2L Houston, Texas/Yates61 Anthony Steen OL Soph. 6-3 303 1L Lambert, Miss./Lee Academy94 Parker Stinnett KP Sr. 5-10 172 SQ Enterprise, Ala./Enterprise49 Ed Stinson DL Soph. 6-4 279 1L Homestead, Fla./South Dade46 William Strickland WR Sr. 6-0 191 SQ Tuscaloosa, Ala./Northridge3 Vinnie Sunseri DB Fr. 6-0 217 HS Tuscaloosa, Ala./Northridge16 Bradley Sylve WR Fr. 5-11 170 HS Port Sulphur, La./South Palquemines51 Carson Tinker SN Jr. 6-1 220 1L Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale26 Nick Tinker RB Soph. 5-10 207 SQ Ralph, Ala./Tuscaloosa County87 Chris Underwood TE Sr. 6-4 243 3L Vestavia Hills, Ala./Vestavia Hills41 Courtney Upshaw LB Sr. 6-2 265 3L Eufaula, Ala./Eufaula73 William Vlachos OL Sr. 6-1 294 3L Mountain Brook, Ala./Mountain Brook84 Brian Vogler TE Fr. 6-7 252 RS Columbus, Ga./Brookstone65 Chance Warmack OL Jr. 6-3 320 2L Atlanta, Ga./Westlake 26 Jabriel Washington DB Fr. 5-11 165 HS Jackson, Tenn./Trinity Christian Academy91 Alex Watkins LB Sr. 6-3 240 1L Brownsville, Tenn./Haywood11 Ranzell Watkins DB Soph. 5-9 170 SQ Charlotte, N.C./Independence2 DeAndrew White WR Fr. 6-0 181 RS Houston, Texas/North Shore20 Jarrick Williams DB Soph. 6-1 210 1L Mobile, Ala./Blount44 Jay Williams P Fr. 6-3 221 RS Th omasville, Ala./Th omasville54 Jesse Williams DL Jr. 6-4 319 JC Brisbane, Australia/Western Arizona CC63 Kellen Williams OL Soph. 6-3 305 SQ Lawrenceville, Ga./Brookwood89 Michael Williams TE Jr. 6-6 269 2L Reform, Ala./Pickens County9 Nick Williams WR Soph. 5-10 185 SQ Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Th omas Aquinas25 Danny Woodson Jr. WR Fr. 6-1 205 HS Mobile, Ala./LeFlore

No. Name Pos.43 Cade Foster PK43 Sam Kearns DB44 LaMichael Fanning DL44 Jay Williams P45 Jalston Fowler RB46 William Strickland WR47 Xzavier Dickson LB48 Rowdy Harrell LB48 Tommy Keys FB49 Ed Stinson DL51 Wilson Love DL51 Carson Tinker SN52 Alfred McCullough OL53 Anthony Orr DL54 Russell Raines OL54 Jesse Williams DL55 Josh Dickerson LB56 William Ming DL57 Aaron Joiner OL57 D.J. Pettway DL58 Nick Gentry DL59 Arie Kouandjio OL61 Anthony Steen OL62 Brandon Ivory DL63 Kellen Williams OL65 Chance Warmack OL67 John Michael Boswell OL68 Isaac Luatua OL69 David Blalock OL70 Ryan Kelly OL71 Cyrus Kouandjio OL72 Tyler Love OL73 William Vlachos OL74 Allen Skelton OL75 Barrett Jones OL76 D.J. Fluker OL78 Chad Lindsay OL79 Austin Shepherd OL80 Marvin Shinn WR81 Hardie Buck WR82 Harrison Jones TE83 Kevin Norwood WR84 Brian Vogler TE85 Malcolm Faciane TE86 Undra Billingsley DL87 Chris Underwood TE89 Michael Williams TE90 Quinton Dial DL90 Jeremy Shelley PK91 Alex Watkins LB92 Damion Square DL93 Chris Bonds DL94 Parker Stinnett PK95 Brandon Lewis TE99 Josh Chapman DL

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LT 75 Barrett Jones 6-5 311 Jr. 52 Alfred McCullough 6-2 311 Sr.

LG 65 Chance Warmack 6-6 320 Jr. 52 Alfred McCullough 6-2 311 Sr.

C 73 William Vlachos 6-1 294 Sr. 63 Kellen Williams 6-3 305 So. 78 Chad Lindsay 6-2 287 Fr.

RG 52 Alfred McCullough 6-2 311 Sr. OR 61 Anthony Steen 6-3 303 So. 67 John Michael Boswell 6-5 300 Sr.

RT 76 D.J. Fluker 6-6 335 Soph. 79 Austin Shepherd 6-5 321 Fr.

TE 89 Michael Williams 6-6 269 Jr. 87 Chris Underwood 6-4 243 Sr. 84 Brian Vogler 6-7 252 Fr.

TE 17 Brad Smelley 6-3 229 Sr. 82 Harrison Jones 6-4 248 Fr.

QB 10 AJ McCarron 6-4 205 Soph. 14 Phillip Sims 6-2 217 Fr. 12 Phillip Ely 6-1 187 Fr.

RB 3 Trent Richardson 5-11 224 Jr. 42 Eddie Lacy 6-0 220 Soph. 45 Jalston Fowler 6-1 246 Soph. OR 6 Blake Sims 6-0 212 Fr.

WR 4 Marquis Maze 5-10 180 Sr. 11 Brandon Gibson 6-2 194 Sr. 83 Kevin Norwood 6-2 193 Soph. OR 22 Christion Jones 5-11 175 Fr.

WR 15 Darius Hanks 6-0 185 Sr. 7 Kenny Bell 6-0 175 Soph. OR 2 DeAndrew White 6-0 181 Fr.

DE 54 Jesse Williams 6-4 319 Jr. 90 Quinton Dial 6-6 294 Jr. OR 86 Undra Billingsley 6-2 288 Jr.

NG 99 Josh Chapman 6-1 310 Sr. 58 Nick Gentry 6-1 284 Sr. OR 54 Jesse Williams 6-4 319 Jr.

DE 92 Damion Square 6-3 285 Jr. 49 Ed Stinson 6-4 279 Soph.

SAM 5 Jerrell Harris 6-3 242 Sr. 42 Adrian Hubbard 6-6 237 Fr.

MIKE 30 Dont’a Hightower 6-4 260 Jr. 33 Trey DePriest 6-2 242 Fr. OR 36 Chris Jordan 6-3 240 Sr.

WILL 35 Nico Johnson 6-3 245 Jr. OR 32 C.J. Mosley 6-2 234 Soph. 2 Tana Patrick 6-3 236 Soph.

JACK 41 Courtney Upshaw 6-2 265 Sr. 42 Adrian Hubbard 6-6 237 Fr. OR 47 Xzavier Dickson 6-3 240 Fr.

CB 24 DeQuan Menzie 6-0 198 Sr. 28 Dee Milliner 6-1 196 Soph. 10 John Fulton 6-0 187 Soph.

CB 21 Dre Kirkpatrick 6-3 192 Jr. 9 Phelon Jones 5-11 194 Sr.

SS 37 Robert Lester 6-2 210 Jr. 3 Vinnie Sunseri 6-0 217 Fr. OR 20 Jarrick Williams 6-1 210 Soph.

FS 4 Mark Barron 6-2 218 Sr. 27 Nick Perry 6-1 205 Soph. 6 Ha Ha Clinton-Dix 6-1 203 Fr.

PK 90 Jeremy Shelley 5-10 165 Jr. OR 43 Cade Foster 6-1 216 Soph.

KO 43 Cade Foster 6-1 216 Soph. 90 Jeremy Shelley 5-10 165 Jr.

H 10 AJ McCarron 6-4 205 Soph. 81 Hardie Buck 5-9 190 Jr.

P 29 Cody Mandell 6-4 202 Soph. 44 Jay Williams 6-3 221 Fr.

SN 51 Carson Tinker 6-1 220 Jr. 31 Kelly Johnson 6-3 230 Sr.

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SPECIAL TEAMS

PR 4 Marquis Maze 5-10 180 Sr. 7 Kenny Bell 6-0 175 Soph. OR 2 DeAndrew White 6-0 181 Fr.

KR 4 Marquis Maze 5-10 180 Sr. 3 Trent Richardson 5-11 224 Jr. 15 Darius Hanks 6-0 185 Sr. 28 Dee Milliner 6-1 196 Soph.

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fensive Player of the Week honors. Auburn: Started but an injury limited him to situation-al duty as the game progressed ... made one solo tackle and helped limit the Tigers to just 140 total yards and just 44 yards through three quarters.

BARRON’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles

Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH QBS FF FR PBU IntYear G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH QBS FF FR PBU Int

2008 14-0 18 9 9 1.5-11 0 1.5-11 0 0 0 0-0

2009 14-14 76 43 33 3.5-18 4 0.5-2 0 0 11 7-125

2010 12-12 75 54 21 3.0-19 2 2.0-15 1 0 6 3-6

2011 12-12 66 42 24 4.0-7 1 0-0 0 1 5 2-14

TOTAL 50-38 235 148 87 12.0-55 7 4.0-28 1 1 22 12-145

BARRON’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 11 vs. Florida and Miss. State, 2010 & Miss. State, 2011 Tackles For Loss: 2.0 vs. Mississippi, 2011Yards Lost: 8 vs. Florida, 2010Quarterback Sacks: 1.5 vs. Arkansas, 2008Yards Lost: 11 vs. Arkansas, 2008Interceptions: 1 (12 Times) Last vs. LSU, 2011Return Yards 77 vs. South Carolina, 2009Passes Broken Up: 2 (6 Times) Last vs. Vanderbilt, 2011Quarterback Pressures: 2 vs. Chattanooga, 2009Forced Fumbles: 1 vs. Penn State, 2010Fumble Recovery: 1 vs. Penn State, 2011

2011 (SOPHOMORE):Kenny Bell has earned an expanded role in the Alabama passing game as a sophomore ... the speedy wide out has played in all 12 games and made four starts ... has caught 16 passes this season for 229 yards and nine fi rst downs ... two receiving touchdowns ... one a 39-yard strike vs. Tennessee and the second on a 41-yard fl ea-fl icker in the Iron Bowl ... has six explosive receptions of 15 yards or more ... averaging 14.3 yards per reception. Penn State: Earned his fi rst career start ... hauled in his fi rst pass of the season with a 14-yard grab that resulted in a fi rst down. North Texas: Had a career-best game to date with four receptions for 55 yards ... two of his receptions went for fi rst downs. Arkansas: Made his second career start ... caught one pass for eight yards, com-ing up a yard short of the fi rst-down marker. Florida: Caught one pass for seven yards in the Crimson Tide win ... earned his third start of the year. Vanderbilt: Started but did not have a catch. Mississippi: Did not start but caught three passes for 31 yards ... had a 17-yard grab that converted an important Crimson Tide fi rst down. Tennessee: Had three grabs for 52 yards and his fi rst career touchdown ... two of his three receptions went for Alabama fi rst downs ... had one explosive play of 39 yards for a score, which is his longest catch to date in his career. Mississippi State: Hauled in one pass

league coaches ... started 38 career games and is now in his third season as the Tide’s starting safety ... has 66 tackles on the season, includ-ing 42 solo stops, 4.0 tackles for loss (-7), one quarterback hurry, fi ve pass break ups and a fumble recovery ... recorded two interceptions for the season — the 11th and 12th of his career, which ranks tied for eighth in school history ... leader of a defense that ranks No. 1 nationally in total defense (191.3 ypg), scoring defense (8.8 ppg), rushing defense (74.9 ypg) and pass effi ciency defense (83.9) and pass de-fense (116.3) ... named the Jim Th orpe Na-tional Defensive Back of the Week following the Penn State game where he also garnered SEC Defensive Player of the Week accolades ... a seven-time UA Defensive Player of the Week. Kent State: Registered two solo tackles and broke up a pass in reduced action as the Tide went on for a 48-7 victory. Penn State: Logged seven tackles with fi ve solo stops ... in-tercepted his fi rst pass of the season to thwart a Nittany Lion scoring drive ... earned Jim Th orpe, SEC and UA Defensive Player of the Week honors. North Texas: Recorded seven tackles in a 41-0 shutout of the Mean Green ... had four solo stops ... named a Defensive Player of the Week by UA coaches. Arkansas: Had six tackles with fi ve solo stops as the Tide defense and secondary shutdown the Hogs’ high-powered off ense, holding them 291 yards below their season average ... also had a pass breakup. Florida: Registered two tackles as the Crimson Tide held the Gators to just 16 yards rushing. Vanderbilt: Earned Defensive Player of the Week honors from the Alabama coach-ing staff after recording a team-high six tack-les with 1.5 tackles for loss (-2 yards) and two pass breakups. Mississippi: Recorded fi ve solo tackles and a career-best two tackles for loss (-4 yards) ... led a secondary that surrendered just 141 total yards and just 113 passing yards ... also had his fi rst quarterback hurry of the season. Tennessee: Had fi ve solo takles and a pass breakup ... led a defense that limited the Volunteers to 63 passing yards and just 155 total yards. LSU: Made six tackles with half of a tackle for loss … notched his second in-terception of the season and returned it inside the fi ve-yard line only to see it brought back to the 35-yard line on a block in the back. Mis-sissippi State: Equaled his career high with 11 tackles — fi ve solo stops ... earned Alabama Defensive Player of the Week honors for his play ... made several impressive open fi eld tackles while limiting MSU to just 131 yards of total off ense. Georgia Southern: Led the team with eight tackles in a 45-21 victory over the Eagles rarely seen and diffi cult to defend triple-option off ense ... garnered Alabama De-

• Veteran leader of the Crimson Tide’s secondary with 38 career starts at safety• Unanimous First-Team All-America (AFCA, AP, FWAA, Sporting News, Walter Camp, ESPN.com, SI.com, Pro Football Weekly & Rivals.com) • Finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award• Semifi nalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award• First-team All-SEC (AP & Coaches)• Consensus midseason fi rst-team All-American • Secondary ranks No. 1 nationally in pass defense (116.3 ypg) & pass effi ciency defense (83.9)• Defense also ranks No. 1 in scoring defense (8.8 ppg) & total defense (191.3 ypg)• Lott Trophy watch list• Jim Thorpe Defensive Back of the Week (Penn St.)• Returning fi rst-team All-American and All-SEC• Has 12 career interceptions that ranks eighth in Alabama history as well as 235 tackles and 34 passes defended• Seven-time Alabama Defensive Player of the Week

2011 (SENIOR):Mark Barron bypassed the NFL Draft to re-turn for his senior season ... the leader of the Crimson Tide secondary and a fi nalist for the Jim Th orpe Award ... a fi rst-team All-Ameri-can a season ago, Barron is a unanimous All-America in 2011, earning fi rst-team accolades from the AFCA, Associated Press, FWAA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, ESPN.com, SI.com, Rivals.com and Pro Football Weekly ... fi rst-team All-SEC by the Associated Press and

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2011 (JUNIOR):Hardie Buck is a special teams standout for the Crimson Tide ... a two-year starter on the kickoff coverage unit as well as the punt re-turn team ... Buck has eight tackles this sea-son and 17 in his career. Kent State: Logged two assisted tackles on the kickoff coverage unit. Tennessee: Was named one of the Spe-cial Teams Players of the Week by the Ala-bama coaching staff ... recorded a solo tackle on special teams against the Volunteers. LSU: Was named one of the Special Teams Players of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... tallied two tackles against the Tigers. Georgia Southern: Assisted on two tackles on kickoff coverage. Auburn: Assisted on one tackle against rival Auburn.

BUCK’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2010 12-0 9 4 5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

2011 12-0 8 2 6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

TOTAL 25-0 17 6 11 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

BUCK’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 3 vs. Duke, 2010

• Honorable Mention All-American (Pro Football Weekly)• Second-Team All-SEC by AP and league coaches

2011 (SENIOR):Josh Chapman is the anchor to the Ala-bama defense ... the senior nose guard regu-larly takes on multiple blockers and is a key to the Crimson Tide’s run-stuffi ng ability ... has started 11 Alabama games at nose guard and 25 during his career while playing in 53 games ... honorable mention All-American by Pro Football Weekly ... second-team All-SEC by league coaches and the Associated Press ... was on the cover of Sports Illustrated follow-ing Alabama’s win at Florida ... has 22 tackles on the season while helping the Tide lead the

for 16 yards and a fi rst down. Auburn: Caught his second career touchdown on a 41-yard fl ea-fl icker from AJ McCarron to open the scoring ... fi nished with two grabs for 46 yards.

BELL’S CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving

Year G-S No. Yards Avg. TD LPYear G-S No. Yards Avg. TD LP

2010 10-0 2 26 13.0 0 18

2011 12-4 16 229 14.3 1 39

TOTAL 22-4 18 255 14.2 1 39

BELL’S CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 4 vs. North Texas, 2011Yards: 55 vs. North Texas, 2011Long Play: 41 vs. Auburn, 2011Touchdown: 1 vs. Tennessee & Auburn, 2011

2011 (JUNIOR):Undra Billingsley is back on the defensive line after splitting time between the defensive front and tight end over the past couple of years ... has played in 12 games this season as a reserve defensive end and on special teams ... has four tackles. Kent State: Had one quarter-back hurry against the Golden Flashes. North Texas: Made one solo tackle as a reserve de-fensive lineman. Mississippi: Assisted on two tackles and was credited with a tackle for a loss of four yards and a half a sack. Georgia Southern: Assisted on one tackle in the win against the Eagles.

BILLINGSLEY’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles FumblesYear G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH QBS FF FR PBU IntYear G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH QBS FF FR PBU Int

2010 13-0 2 2 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-02010 13-0 2 2 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

2011 12-0 4 1 3 1-4 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-02011 12-0 4 1 3 1-4 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

TOTAL 25-0 6 3 3 1-4 1 0.5-4 0 0-0 0 0-0TOTAL 25-0 6 3 3 1-4 1 0.5-4 0 0-0 0 0-0

BILLINGSLEY’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 1 (three times) Last vs. North Texas, 2011Quarterback Hurries: 1 vs. Kent State, 2011

2011 (SENIOR):John Michael Boswell is the Crimson Tide’s backup right guard ... also a regular contribu-tor on special teams on the extra point and fi eld goal teams ... has played in nine games.

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nation in rushing yards allowed with just 74.9 yards per game and 191.3 yards of total of-fense allowed ... has 3.5 tackles for loss (-9) and one sack (-3) ... will contend for fi rst-team All-SEC honors along the defensive front and possible All-America accolades ...missed the Georgia Southern game to rest his injured knee. Kent State: Started and made one solo tackle as he led a UA defensive front that held the Golden Flashes to -9 yards rushing in a 48-7 win. Penn State: Made four total tackles with two solo stops as the Tide posted a dom-inating-road win against the No. 23 Nittany Lions. North Texas: Had two tackles with one assist as UA limited the Mean Green to 68 yards rushing. Arkansas: Started and helped Alabama hold the Razorbacks to a series-low 17 yards rushing, more than 150 yards below their season average. Florida: Recorded three tackles with one solo stop in a 38-10 win over the No. 12 Gators ... helped hold UF to 15 rushing yards ... made his fi rst tackle for loss of the year for a loss of four yards and batted down two UF passes. Vanderbilt: Helped UA record its second shutout of the year against the Commodores ... had one assisted sack of VU quarterback Larry Smith, stopping him on fourth down and knocking him out of the game. Mississippi: Did not have a tackle but helped limit the Rebels to just 28 yards rush-ing. Tennessee: Clogged the middle of the defensive front as the Vols managed only 155 yards of total off ense and just 92 on the ground ... made two tackles with one tackle for loss (-2 yards). LSU: Equaled his season high with four tackles ... made two solo stops and shared a tackle for loss ... helped limit the top-ranked Tigers to 239 yards of total off ense. Missis-sippi State: Recorded three assisted tackles with half of a sack (-2 yards) ... helped limit the Bulldogs to just 12 yards rushing and 131 total yards. Auburn: Returned to the starting lineup and anchored the middle of the UA defense ... made two tackles and limited AU to just 140 total yards ... Tigers had just 44 yards – 25 rushing – through three quarters and gained the rest after Alabama had already locked up the win in the fourth.

CHAPMAN’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2007 3-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02007 3-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2008 13-2 16 9 7 4.0-7 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02008 13-2 16 9 7 4.0-7 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2009 13-0 17 6 11 2.5-2 0 0.5-1 0 0-0 0 0-02009 13-0 17 6 11 2.5-2 0 0.5-1 0 0-0 0 0-0

2010 13-12 31 18 13 3.5-16 0 1.0-12 0 0-0 2 0-02010 13-12 31 18 13 3.5-16 0 1.0-12 0 0-0 2 0-0

2011 11-11 22 10 12 3.5-9 0 1-3 0 0-0 2 0-0

TOTAL 53-25 87 43 44 13.5-34 1 2.5-16 0 0-0 4 0-0

CHAPMAN’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 8 vs. LSU, 2010Tackles For Loss: 1 (9 Times) Last vs. Florida, 2011Yards Lost: 12 vs. LSU, 2010Quarterback Sacks: 1.0 vs. LSU, 2010Yards Lost: 12 vs. LSU, 2010Passes Broken Up: 2 vs. Florida, 2011

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mike linebacker. Kent State: Led the team with 10 tackles while announcing his pres-ence on several occasions with jarring hits heard throughout the stadium ... SEC Fresh-man of the Week ... also notched half of a sack from his backup mike linebacker spot ... had three solo tackles and a pass breakup ... selected as one of the Special Teams Players of the Week by the UA coaching staff . Penn State: Made two tackles on special teams with one solo stop in the Tide’s 27-11 win in Happy Valley ... selected as one of the Special Teams Players of the Week by the UA coach-ing staff . North Texas: Had one tackle on the kickoff coverage team and three total tackles ... saw action as a backup mike linebacker. Arkansas: Assisted on one tackle in the win over the Razorbacks. Florida: Made one tack-le for a loss of a yard in the win at the Swamp. Vanderbilt: Totaled two tackles, including a solo stop in the shutout win against the Com-modores. Mississippi: Tallied one solo tackle on kickoff coverage. Tennessee: Assisted on a tackle on kickoff coverage. LSU: Made one solo tackle on kickoff coverage against the Tigers. Mississippi State: Assisted on one tackle on kickoff coverage.

DEPRIEST’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2011 12-0 22 9 13 1.5-10 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

TOTAL 12-0 22 9 13 1.5-10 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

DEPRIEST’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 10 vs. Kent State, 2011Tackles For Loss: 1 vs. Florida, 2011Quarterback Hurry: 1 vs. Kent State, 2011

2011 (JUNIOR):Quinton Dial has arrived from East Mis-sissippi Community College and made an immediate impact along the Crimson Tide’s defensive line ... provides Alabama with an excellent pass-rushing end ... has tallied one sack for a loss of nine yards ... has 24 total tackles with 10 solo stops. Kent State: Re-corded his fi rst career sack against the Gold-en Flashes. Penn State: Registered a career-best fi ve tackles — two solo — against the Nittany Lions in a 27-11 road win in State College. North Texas: Had two assisted tack-les in the Tide’s shutout win ... also recorded a quarterback hurry. Arkansas: Tallied two tackles, including one solo stop and a half a

tackle for a loss of a yard. Mississippi: Re-corded one solo tackle on the road against the Rebels. Mississippi State: Assisted on three tackles, including half a tackle for a loss of a yard. Georgia Southern: Had a career game against the Eagles ... recorded eight tackles, including three solo stops ... tallied one tack-le for a loss of four yards. Auburn: Recorded two solo tackles against the rival Tigers.

DIAL’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2011 11-0 24 10 14 3.0-15 1 1.0-9 0 0 0 0-0

TOTAL 11-0 24 10 14 3.0-15 1 1.0-9 0 0 0 0-0

DIAL’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 8 vs. Georgia Southern, 2011Tackles For Loss: 1 vs. Kent State & Georgia Southern, 2011Yards Lost: 9 vs. Kent State, 2011Quarterback Sacks: 1.0 vs. Kent State, 2011Yards Lost: 9 vs. Kent State, 2011Quarterback Hurries: 1 vs. North Texas, 2011

2011 (FRESHMAN):Xzaiver Dickson is one of seven true fresh-men and nine total newcomers to see action during his initial season at the Capstone ... played in six games ... has two tackles and one and a half tackles for a loss. North Texas: Saw signifi cant action as a reserve on the de-fensive front ... made one solo tackle, which resulted in a loss of two yards. Mississippi: Tallied half a sack for a loss of fi ve yards.

DICKSON’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2011 6-0 2 1 1 1.5-7 0 0.5-5 0 0 0 0-0

TOTAL 6-0 2 1 1 1.5-7 0 0.5-5 0 0 0 0-0

DICKSON’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 1 vs. North Texas, 2011Tackles For Loss: 1.0 vs. North Texas, 2011

2011 (FRESHMAN):Ha Ha Clinton-Dix is one of nine new-comers and seven true freshman that have earned playing time during their fi rst year at Alabama ... has 11 tackles with fi ve solo stops and two pass breakups as a backup safety ... also contributes on special teams. Kent State: Assisted on one tackle on kickoff coverage against the Golden Flashes. Penn State: Made a solo stop as a reserve safety against the No. 23 Nittany Lions while also seeing action on speical teams. North Texas: Had two assisted tackles in the Tide’s shutout win over the Mean Green ... also broke up a pass. Arkansas: Assisted on a tackle in the win over the Razorbacks. Florida: Recorded one solo stop at Florida. Vanderbilt: Totaled two tackles, including a solo stop in the shutout win against the Commodores. Mississippi: Tallied one solo tackle against the Rebels. Tennessee: Recorded a solo tackle in the win against the Volunteers. Auburn: Assisted on one tackle against rival Auburn.

CLINTON-DIX’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2011 12-0 11 5 6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 2 0-0

TOTAL 12-0 11 5 6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 2 0-0

CLINTON-DIX’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 2 vs. North Texas and Vanderbilt, 2011Passes Broken Up: 1 vs. Kent State & North Texas, 2011

2011 (FRESHMAN):Trey DePriest has quickly made a name for himself as a big hitter on the Alabama spe-cial teams ... the true freshman has tallied 23 tackles through 12 games with 13 of those stops coming on the kickoff coverage team ... UA coaching staff Special Teams Player of the Week in weeks one and two ... also has one and half tackles for a loss and a quarter-back hurry ... backs up Dont’a Hightower at

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2011 (SOPHOMORE):Cade Foster is the Crimson Tide’s starting kicker on kickoff s and place-kicker on fi eld goals longer than 40 yards ... is averaging 63.0 yards on 75 kickoff s this season and is 2-for-9 on fi eld goals, hitting from 45 yards against Tennessee and 46 yards against LSU. Kent State: Averaged 64.4 yards on nine kickoff s in the Crimson Tide’s 48-7 victory ... also missed on a 53-yard fi eld goal against the Golden Flashes. Penn State: Kicked off six times for 372 yards, an average of 62.0 yards per kick. North Texas: Averaged 64.0 yards on eight kickoff s against the Mean Green. Arkansas: Kicked off seven times for 430 yards, averaging 61.4 yards per kick with one touchback. Florida: Kicked off seven times for 450 yards, averaging 64.3 per kick. Vanderbilt: Was named the Special Teams Player of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... recorded fi ve kickoff s for 316 yards ... averaged 63.2 per kick. Mississippi: Tallied three kickoff s for 197 yards for an average of 65.7 per kick ... missed a 53-yard fi eld goal at-tempt. Tennessee: Was named one of the Spe-cial Teams Players of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... connected on his fi rst fi eld goal of the season when he hit from 45 yards in the win against the Volunteers ... kicked off eight times, recording one touchback and averaging 65.4 per kick. LSU: Connected on one fi eld goal for 46 yards against the Tigers ... was 1-for-4 on the evening ... kicked off three times for an average of 63 yards. Mississippi State: Kicked off four times for 231 yards for

2011 (SOPHOMORE):D.J. Fluker has started all 12 games for the Crimson Tide at right tackle ... helps Ala-bama rank 15th nationally running the foot-ball with an average of 219.8 yards per game while ranking 16th nationally in scoring of-fense with 36.0 points per game and 31st in total off ense (433.4 ypg) ... ranks 28th na-tionally in sacks allowed at 1.25 per game ... the Tide has scored 33 rushing touchdowns to rank tied for ninth nationally ... has 21 ca-reer starts at right tackle ... has blocked for 14 100-yard rushers in his career, including 10 this season. Kent State: Helped clear the way for 183 yards rushing, including 134 rush-ing and receiving yards from Eddie Lacy and Trent Richardson’s three rushing touchdowns. Penn State: Blocked for 196 rushing yards while not allowing a sack to the talented Nit-tany Lion front seven ... helped Richardson account for 111 yards and two touchdowns. North Texas: Opened holes for a season-high 347 rushing yards including 100-yard games from Trent Richardson(167) and Eddie Lacy (161) ... Richardson found the end zone three times while Lacy scored twice ... at quarter-back, AJ McCarron had time to complete 71.4 percent of his passes. Arkansas: Was a force on the right side of the line, paving the way for Trent Richardson to rush for 126 yards and the team to compile 197 rushing yards ... provided the time for AJ McCarron to pass for an effi cient 15-of-20 for 200 yards and two touchdowns. Florida: Cleared a path for 226 rushing yards in the 38-10 win over the Gators as Richardson went for a career-best 181 yards and two touchdowns ... also helped the Tide not surrender a sack. Vander-bilt: Opened holes for Richardson’s fi fth 100-yard rushing game and 419 yards of to-tal off ense ... provided time for McCarron to throw four touchdowns. Mississippi: Paved the way for Alabama to amass 389 yards on the ground ... provided the holes for two 100-yard rushers in Trent Richardson (183 yards) and Jalston Fowler (125 yards). Tennessee: Helped Alabama compile 437 yards of total off ense in the win against the Volunteers ... provided the time for quarterback AJ Mc-Carron to throw for a career-high 284 yards.

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Foley, Ala.

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Place Kicker

6-1 • 216 • Soph.

Southlake, Texas

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an average of 57.8 per kick ... went 0-1 on fi eld goals. Georgia Southern: Kicked off seven times for an average of 63.9 per kick ... recorded one touchback. Auburn: Kicked off eight times for an average of 60.5 yards ... tied a career high with two touchbacks.

FOSTER’S CAREER STATISTICS Extra Points Field Goals Extra Points Field Goals

Year G-S XP-A Pct. FG-A Pct. Lng Pts. Year G-S XP-A Pct. FG-A Pct. Lng Pts.

2010 13-0 7-7 100.0 7-9 77.8 49 28

2011 12-0 0-0 .000 2-9 22.2 46 6

TOTAL 25-0 7-7 100.0 9-18 50.0 49 34

FG BreakdownFG Breakdown

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+

2010 0-0 2-2 0-0 5-6 0-1

2011 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-5 0-4

TOTAL 0-0 2-2 0-0 7-11 0-5

KickoffsKickoffs

No. Yards Avg. TB OB No. Yards Avg. TB OB

2010 84 5,476 65.2 10 1

2011 75 4,728 63.0 5 1

TOTAL 159 10,204 64.2 15 2

FOSTER’S CAREER HIGHSPAT Made: 2 vs. San Jose State and Duke, 2010PAT Attempts: 2 vs. San Jose State and Duke, 2010FG Made: 2 vs. (3 Times) Last vs. Mississippi, 2010FG Attempts: 4 vs. LSU, 2011Long: 49 vs. Mississippi, 2010Points: 8 vs. San Jose State and Duke, 2010Kickoff s: 10 vs. Duke and Georgia State, 2010Yards: 633 vs. Georgia State, 2010Average: 69.2 vs. South Carolina, 2010Touchbacks: 2 vs. South Carolina & Auburn, 2010, 2011Tackles 2 vs. Arkansas, 2010

2011 (SOPHOMORE):Jalston Fowler has given the Crimson Tide a nice lift off the bench at running back in 2011 ... comes in behind Trent Richardson and Eddie Lacy and in short-yardage and goal-line situations ... has 385 yards on 56 carries with four touchdowns in 12 games this season ... averaging 6.9 yards per carry this year ... has converted 16 fi rst downs rushing the football this season. Kent State: Went for a career-best 69 yards on just four carries for a 17.3 yards per carry average ... scored his fi rst touchdown of the season on a 49-yard burst off the right side of the line of scrimmage. Penn State: Came into the game in a couple of goal-line situations against the Nittany Lions ... did not have a carry. North Texas: Ran three times for 20 yards ... rushed for one fi rst down. Arkansas: Carried the ball four times for 11 yards in the win against the Razorbacks. Florida: Totaled fi ve carries for 19 yards in the win at the Swamp. Vander-bilt: Recorded a career-high 13 carries against the Commodores ... totaled 58 yards with a

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Mobile, Ala.

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2011 (SENIOR):Nick Gentry gives the Crimson Tide an excellent interior pass rush along the de-fensive front ... backs up at nose guard and sees most of his action in passing situations ... has played in 11 games and registered 20 tackles, including 3.5 sacks for 28 yards and fi ve tackles for loss (-33 yards). Kent State: Recorded an assisted sack for his only tackle of the game ... combined to drop the KSU quarterback for a loss of three yards. Penn State: Made two assisted tackles off the bench in Alabama’s 27-11 win over the No. 23 Nittany Lions in Happy Valley. North Texas: Had one solo tackle in a 41-0 shutout of the Mean Green ... did a good job of af-fecting the quarterback. Arkansas: Registered two solo tackles, including a sack for a loss of 10 yards ... was also credited with a quarter-back hurry. Florida: Tallied two quarterback hurries and sacked the quarterback for a loss of eight yards. Vanderbilt: Registered three solo tackles, including one for a loss of four yards. Mississippi: Assisted on two tackles on the road against the Rebels. Tennessee: As-sisted on one tackle in the win against the Vol-unteers. LSU: Recorded three assisted tackles while helping limit the No. 1 Tigers to just 239 yards and nine points. Mississippi State: Made a season-high four tackles ... had a sack for a loss of seven yards and 1.5 tackles for loss (-8 yards).

GENTRY’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2007 1-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2008 9-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2009 4-0 7 0 7 0 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2010 13-0 14 4 10 1-7 2 1-7 0 0-0 0 0-0

2011 11-0 20 8 12 5-33 3 3.5-28 0 0-0 0 0-0

TOTAL 38-0 41 12 29 6-40 6 4.5-35 0 0-0 0 0-0

GENTRY’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 5 vs. North Texas, 2009Tackles For Loss: 1 three timesYards Lost: 10 vs. Arkansas, 2011Sacks: 1 (four times); Last vs. Mississippi State, 2011Yards Lost: 10 vs. Arkansas, 2011Quarterback Pressures: 2 at Florida, 2011

2011 (SENIOR):Brandon Gibson brings senior leadership and toughness to the Tide wide receiver corps ... has seen action in all 12 games this season, earning two starts ... has 14 catches for 140 yards and a 10.0 yards per catch aver-age with a touchdown ... caught seven passes for fi rst downs ... also a valuable special teams performer, starting on kickoff and punt re-turn ... has seven special teams tackles. Kent State: Caught one pass for 18 yards and a fi rst down. Penn State: Converted his sec-ond fi rst down of the season on a fi ve-yard reception ... also had one assisted tackle on kickoff coverage. North Texas: Equaled his career-best with three receptions for 35 yards, which set a career high ... long grab of 19 yards ... two of his three catches went for fi rst downs. Arkansas: Was named a spe-cial team player of the week by the Alabama coaching staff ... caught one pass on a wide receiver screen for a loss of two yards ... as-sisted on three tackles on kickoff coverage. Florida: Recorded a solo tackle on kickoff coverage. Vanderbilt: Caught one pass for 12 yards. Mississippi: Hauled in his fi rst career touchdown reception on a 10 yard play ... tal-lied one solo tackle on special teams. Tennes-see: Made one tackle on special teams ... saw signifi cant action at receiver but did not have a catch. Georgia Southern: Was named one of the Off ensive Players of the Week by the Ala-bama coaching staff ... caught a career high four passes for 49 yards, including a long of 23. Auburn: Started at wide receiver for the second straight game ... caught two passes for 13 yards.

GIBSON’S CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2008 3-0 0 0 0.0 0 0

2009 4-0 2 25 12.5 0 21

2010 12-0 4 39 9.8 0 18

2011 12-2 14 140 10.0 1 23

TOTAL 31-2 20 204 10.2 1 23

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GIBSON’S CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 4 vs. Georgia Southern, 2011Yards: 49 vs. Georgia Southern, 2011Long Play: 23 vs. Georgia Southern, 2009Touchdown: 1 at Mississippi, 2011

long rush of 10 yards. Mississippi: Ran for a career-high 125 yards on just nine carries ... tallied two touchdowns, including a long run to paydirt of 69 yards. Tennessee: Carried the ball nine times for 27 yards. Georgia South-ern: Rushed eight times for 41 yards, includ-ing a long run of 22 yards. Auburn: Ran the ball once for a 15 yard touchdown.

FOWLER’S CAREER STATISTICS Rushing Receiving Rushing Receiving

Year G-S Att Yds Avg. TD LP No. Yds Avg. TD LPYear G-S Att Yds Avg. TD LP No. Yds Avg. TD LP

2010 11-0 14 111 7.9 1 36 0 0 0 0 0

2011 12-0 56 385 6.9 4 69 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 23-0 70 496 7.1 5 69 0 0 0 0 0

Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2010 11-0 2 2 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

2011 12-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

TOTAL 23-0 3 3 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

FOWLER’S CAREER HIGHSRushes: 13 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011Yards: 125 at Mississippi, 2011Touchdowns: 2 at Mississippi, 2011Long Play: 69 at Mississippi, 2011Tackles: 1 vs. San Jose State and Duke 2010

2011 (SOPHOMORE):John Fulton has provided the Tide with great depth in the defensive backfi eld while play-ing well on special teams ... has played in 12 games and has fi ve tackles with two solo stops ... four of his tackles have come on kickoff coverage. Kent State: Had one solo tackle in the 48-7 win. North Texas: Registered two assisted tackles on kickoff coverage. Arkan-sas: Assisted on a tackle on kickoff coverage. Vanderbilt: Broke up one pass in the shutout win against the Commodores. Mississippi State: Recorded one solo tackle on kickoff coverage.

FULTON’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2010 13-0 5 3 2 0.5-4 0 0.5-4 0 0 2 0-02010 13-0 5 3 2 0.5-4 0 0.5-4 0 0 2 0-0

2011 12-0 5 2 3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0-0

TOTAL 25-0 10 5 5 0.5-4 0 0.5-4 0 0 3 0-0

FULTON’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 3 vs. Duke, 2010Tackles For Loss: 0.5 vs. Duke, 2010Yards Lost: 4 vs. Duke, 2010Quarterback Sacks: 0.5 vs. Duke, 2010Yards Lost: 4 vs. Duke, 2010Passes Broken Up: 1 three times

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6-2 • 194 • Sr.

Mobile, Ala.

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HANKS’ CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 5 vs. Auburn, 2010 & Vanderblit, 2011Yards: 66 vs. San Jose State, 2010Long Play: 51 vs. South Carolina, 2010Touchdowns: 1 (7 Times) Last vs. Vanderbilt, 2011

2011 (SENIOR):Jerrell Harris is the Crimson Tide’s starting sam linebacker ... has played in all 12 games this season ... has recorded fi ve starts due to off ensive formations ... has 22 tackles on the season with 12 solo stops and 2.5 tackles for loss of three yards. Kent State: Made two tackles with one solo stop as the Tide handled the Golden Flashes 48-7. Penn State: Played in the Tide’s base 3-4 defense and on special teams ... had on solo tackle and two total stops. North Texas: Had an assisted tackle in limited action as the Mean Green employed a quick-pass approach that saw UNT get the ball out quick and throw 31 passes. Arkan-sas: Did not start as the Tide opened in a dime formation ... made two assisted tackles with one tackle for loss of -1 yard ... provided good pressure on the quarterback. Florida: Registered two solo tackles against the Gators. Vanderbilt: Totaled three solo tackles, includ-ing one for a loss of two yards ... also recorded a quarterback hurry. Mississippi: Earned the start and assisted on one tackled ... recorded a quarterback hurry. Tennessee: Registered two tackles, including a solo stop in the win against the Volunteers. LSU: Made a season-high fi ve tackles with two solo stops ... also had half of a tackle for loss. Mississippi State: Started and made one solo tackle as the Tide limited the Bulldogs to just 12 rushing yards. Georgia Southern: Played but did not re-cord any statistics. Auburn: Did not start but played and recorded one solo tackle ... helped limited the Tigers to just 140 total yards ... AU had just 44 yards -— 25 rushing — through three quarters and gained the rest after the Tide had already locked up the win in the fourth quarter.

HARRIS’ CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2008 10-0 3 1 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02008 10-0 3 1 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2009 6-0 3 1 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02009 6-0 3 1 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2010 10-3 27 17 7 1-1 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02010 10-3 27 17 7 1-1 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2011 12-5 22 12 10 2.5-3 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02011 12-5 22 12 10 2.5-3 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

TOTAL 38-8 55 31 21 3.5-4 4 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2011 (SENIOR):Darius Hanks is one of the Tide’s most expe-rienced and valuable wide receivers ... missed the fi rst two games of the season due to a NCAA redshirt suspension, resulting from playing in one game during his true fresh-man season ... returned to action against North Texas and started eight straight games at wide receiver before missing the Georgia Southern game with a sprained ankle ... re-turned at Auburn but did not start ... has 21 receptions on the year for 270 yards and one touchdown ... 15 of his 21 catches have gone for fi rst downs and fi ve of his six catches on third down have converted a fi rst down ... has seven explosive plays of 15 yards or more. North Texas: Caught two passes for 20 yards ... both receptions went for Alabama fi rst downs in a 41-0 victory. Arkansas: Hauled in two more passes against the Razorbacks, including an eight-yard slant across the mid-dle for the fi rst down in the second half of the 38-14 win. Florida: Had two receptions for 19 yards, including a 13-yard grab that converted a fi rst down. Vanderblit: Reg-istered his best game to date with a career-high-tying fi ve receptions for 60 ... hauled in his fi rst touchdown reception of the sea-son on a 17-yard pass on third down and seven in the fourth quarter ... three of his fi ve catches went for fi rst downs. Missis-sippi: Caught four passes for 63 yards ... had one explosive play of 36 yards ... three of his four receptions went for fi rst downs. Ten-nessee: Recorded another solid game with three grabs for 21 yards against the Vols ... all three receptions were good for fi rst downs, including one on third down ... had a long catch of 21 yards. LSU: Hauled in two 19-yard receptions against the No. 1 Tigers ... both catches converted two fi rst downs. Mis-sissippi State: Sprained an ankle in the fi rst quarter and did not return ... had one catch for two yards.

HANKS’ CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2007 1-0 1 6 6.0 0 6

2008 8-0 8 88 11.0 0 18

2009 14-7 17 272 16.0 3 45

2010 13-13 32 456 14.2 3 51

2011 9-8 21 270 12.9 1 36

TOTAL 45-28 79 1,092 13.8 7 51

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Norcross, Ga.

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6-3 • 242 • Sr.

Gadsden, Ala.

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HARRIS’ CAREER HIGHSTackles: 7 vs. Penn State, 2010Tackles For Loss: 1, Th ree TimesYards Lost: 2 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011

• Ringleader of the nation’s No. 1 defense respon-sible for play calls and checks• Consensus fi rst-team All-American (AFCA, AP, Walter Camp, Rivals.com, Pro Football Weekly)• Finalist for the Lombardi Award• Finalist for the Butkus Award• Finalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award• Finalist for the Lott Trophy• Midseason All-American by CBSsports.com• Defense ranks No. 1 in scoring defense (8.8 ppg), rush defense (74.9 ypg) & total defense (191.3 ypg)• Lott IMPACT National Player of the Week and SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Tennessee)• SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Miss. State)• Has 230 career tackles with 19.5 tackles for loss and 25 quarterback hurries while starting 41 career games• Eight-time Alabama Defensive Player of the Week • Leads the team with a career-high 81 tackles, including 9.5 TFL, three sacks, one interception, three pass breakups, an interception and a blocked fi eld goal

2011 (JUNIOR):Dont’a Hightower is a returning captain and a leader of the Crimson Tide’s vaunted defense that ranks No. 1 nationally in all fi ve major categories ... UA leads the country in scoring defense (8.8 ppg), fi rst in total defense (191.3 ypg), fi rst in rushing defense (74.9 ypg), fi rst in pass effi ciency defense (83.9 ypg) and fi rst in pass defense (116.3 ypg) ... a consensus fi rst-team All-American by the Associated Press, AFCA and Walter Camp as well as Rivals.com and Pro Football Weekly ... a fi nalist for the Lombardi Award, Chuck Bednarik Award, the Butkus Award and the Lott Trophy ... a leading candidate for fi rst-team All-America honors ... leads the team with a career-best 81 tack-les, including 37 solo stops ... has three sacks (-16 yards) and 9.5 tackles for loss (-35 yards) ... also has eight quarterback hurries, one in-terception, one blocked fi eld goal and three pass breakups ... started all 12 games at mike linebacker and 41 during his Crimson Tide career ... can also move to the outside on pass-ing downs to rush the passer ... an eight-time UA coaching staff player of the week and the SEC Defensive Player of the Week following

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out. Arkansas: Registered a solo tackle and a quarterback hurry in the win against the Razor-backs. Florida: Came off the bench to record two tackles, including a solo stop. Vanderbilt: Registered two tackles, including one for a loss of four yards. Mississippi: Assisted on one tackle and was credited with half a tackle for a loss of one yard. Tennessee: Assisted on one tackle in the win against the Volunteers. LSU: Assisted on one tackle against the Tigers.

HUBBARDS’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2011 8-0 9 3 6 1.5-5 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02011 8-0 9 3 6 1.5-5 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

TOTAL 8-0 9 3 6 1.5-5 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-08-0 9 3 6 1.5-5 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2011 (FRESHMAN):Brandon Ivory has played in four games as a reserve defensive lineman ... he has found time in four games, recording at least one tackle in three of the four contests. Kent State: Record-ed his fi rst career tackle in the season opener. Vanderbilt: Assisted on a tackle in the win against the Commodores. Georgia Southern: Made his biggest contribution of the season, tallying three tackles against the Eagles.

IVORY’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2011 4-0 5 0 5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

TOTAL 4-0 5 0 5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0

2011 (SENIOR):Kelly Johnson has made an impact on special teams, primarily on kickoff coverage ... has played in nine games and recorded fi ve tackles, including three solo stops. Arkansas: Assisted on one tackle on special teams. Florida: Tal-lied a solo stop on kickoff coverage against the Gators. Georgia Southern: Was named one of the Specialists of the Week by the UA coaching staff ... registered a career-high three tackles, in-cluding two solo stops all on kickoff coverage.

of the Week and the SEC Defensive Player of the Week after his showing against the Volun-teers ... had eight tackles with a sack ... also in-tercepted a UT pass and returned in 29 yards inside the Vols’ 10-yard line ... recorded three quarterback hurries and broke up two passes as his defense helped limit his home-state Vol-unteers to just 155 total yards in a 37-6 win. LSU: Made seven tackles and recorded two quarterback hurries ... had four solo stops as the Tide limited the Tigers off ense to just 239 yards of off ense ... selected as the UA Defensive Player of the Week. Mississippi State: Equaled his career high with 11 tackles while helping to limit the Bulldogs to 131 total yards and just 12 yards rushing ... had a career-best 2.5 tackles for loss (-10 yards) and a career-high 1.5 sacks (-9 yards) ... also broke up a pass and earned SEC and Alabama Defensive Player of the Week accolades. Georgia Southern: Blocked the fi rst fi eld goal of the year, which was returned for a touchdown ... made six tackles while starting his 40 career game. Au-burn: Recorded nine tackles with one tackle for a loss of three yards ... had a season-high six solo stops ... helped limited the Tigers to just 140 total yards ... AU had just 44 yards -— 25 rushing — through three quarters and gained the rest after the Tide had already locked up the win in the fourth quarter.

HIGHTOWER’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2008 14-12 64 26 38 2.5-6 6 0-0 1 2-0 0 0-02008 14-12 64 26 38 2.5-6 6 0-0 1 2-0 0 0-0

2009 4-4 16 5 11 4-7 2 1-4 0 0-0 1 0-02009 4-4 16 5 11 4-7 2 1-4 0 0-0 1 0-0

2010 13-13 69 30 39 3.5-8 9 0-0 0 0-0 3 0-02010 13-13 69 30 39 3.5-8 9 0-0 0 0-0 3 0-0

2011 12-12 81 37 44 9.5-35 8 3-16 0 0-0 3 1-292011 12-12 81 37 44 9.5-35 8 3-16 0 0-0 3 1-29

TOTAL 43-41 230 98 132 19.5-56 25 4-0 1 2-0 7 1-29

HIGHTOWER’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 11 vs. LSU, 2008 & Miss. State, 2011Tackles For Loss: 2.5 vs. Florida International, 2009 & Miss. State, 2011Yards Lost: 10 vs. Miss. State, 2011Quarterback Sacks: 1.5 vs. Miss. State, 2011Yards Lost: 9 vs. Miss. State, 2011Forced Fumble: 1 vs. Clemson and Tulane, 2008Quarterback Pressures: 3 vs. Tennessee, 2011Passes Broken Up: 2 vs. Tennessee, 2011Blocked Field Goal: 1 vs. Georgia Southern, 2011

2011 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):Adrian Hubbard gives the Crimson Tide a dangerous threat off the edge as a reserve jack linebacker ... has played in eight games ... has nine tackles, including one and a half for a loss of fi ve yards. North Texas: Made his fi rst career tackle with an assisted stop in the 41-0 shut-

the Tennessee and Mississippi State games ... named the Lott IMPACT National Player of the Week for his performance against the Vols ... has at least fi ve tackles in 11 of 12 games this season ... has 41 tackles in the last fi ve games with 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. Kent State: Second on the team in tackles with seven ... had four solo tackles and half of a sack for minus-four yards ... registered one quarterback hurry in the Tide’s 48-7 win. Penn State: Had four tackles in the Tide’s win over the No. 23 Nittany Lions ... was credited with an addi-tional quarterback hurry in the coach’s tape. North Texas: Had fi ve tackles with three solo stops in the 41-0 shutout of the Mean Green ... had a season-best two tackles for loss (-6 yards) and one quarterback hurry as the Tide limit-ed UNT to 169 total yards and just 68 yards rushing ... earned Defensive Player of the Week honors from the UA coaching staff . Arkansas: Registered a team-best nine tackles ... had two tackles for loss for the second straight game, dropping the Hogs behind the line of scrim-mage for a total of eight yards ... helped hold the Razorbacks to just 17 yards rushing and 291 yards below their season average entering the game. Florida: Made fi ve tackles with three solo stops as the Tide held the powerful Gator rushing attack to just 15 yards. Vanderbilt: For the second straight game made fi ve tackles with two solo stops this time ... held Vandy to just 190 total yards, including just 41 on the ground. Mississippi: Recorded fi ve tackles and half of a tackle for loss (-1 yard) against the Rebels ... helped UA record 14 tackles for loss as a team ... had his third quarterback hurry of the season as the Tide held UM to 141 total yards and just 28 rushing yards. Tennessee: Selected as the Lott IMPACT National Player

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2011 (JUNIOR):Nico Johnson is the Crimson Tide’s starting will linebacker in the base 3-4 defense ... one of the nation’s better run-stopping lineback-ers ... has started six games based on off ensive formations ... has seen action in all 12 con-tests ... fourth on the team with 43 tackles on the season, including 23 solo stops, 5.5 tack-les for loss (-16 yards), one sack (-5 yards), a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, an inter-ception and three pass breakups... named the UA Defensive Player of the Week in three consecutive games, Mississippi, Tennessee and LSU. Kent State: Did not have a tackle, but played in running downs for the Tide. Penn State: Recorded one tackle and broke up a Nittany Lion pass. North Texas: Had two solo tackles in the Tide’s 41-0 shutout of the Mean Green ... tallied one tackle for loss of -2 yards as Alabama limited UNT to 68 yards rushing. Arkansas: Was not sched-uled to see extended action vs. the Hogs due to their passing attack, but an injury to C.J. Mosley in the fi rst quarter gave him an expanded opportunity to make plays ... fi n-ished with one solo tackle in the Tide’s con-ference-opening win. Florida: Made his fi rst start of the season at will linebacker ... had four tackles with a fumble recovery in the Tide’s 38-10 win ... helped limit the Gators to just 15 yards rushing. Vanderbilt: Started and recorded his second career interception and his fi rst of the season ... made three tackles with half of a tackle for loss. Mis-sissippi: Made a career-best two tackles for loss (-9 yards) and recorded his second-career sack (15 yards) ... helped limit the Rebels to 141 total yards and just 28 yards on the ground — mostly on quarterback scrambles ... his seven tackles were a team high and the second-highest total of his career ... garnered Defensive Player of the Week honors for his eff orts vs. the Rebels. Tennessee: Earned UA Defensive Player of the Week honors after registering six tackles with three solo stops ... forced a fumble in the second half and defl ected a pass that was intercepted by Dont’a Hightower ... helped limit UT to just 155 total yards and six points. LSU: Had a career-best 11 tackles, including three solo

stops ... helped limit the No. 1 Tigers to 239 yards and just nine points ... the 11 tackles is the most by an Alabama player this season ... named the UA Coaches’ Defensive Player of the Week for the third straight week. Mis-sissippi State: Started at will linebacker but did not have a tackle. Georgia Southern: Recorded the second-most tackles on the team with six ... broke up one of seven Eagles passes. Auburn: Did not start but recorded two solo tackles for loss of -3 yards ... helped limit the Tigers to just 140 total yards ... AU had just 44 yards -— 25 rushing — through three quarters and gained the rest after the Tide had already locked up the win in the fourth quarter.

JOHNSON’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2009 12-2 28 17 11 4.5-18 0 1-15 1 0-0 2 0-02009 12-2 28 17 11 4.5-18 0 1-15 1 0-0 2 0-0

2010 13-6 33 22 11 3.5-7 1 0-0 0 0-0 1 1-02010 13-6 33 22 11 3.5-7 1 0-0 0 0-0 1 1-0

2011 12-6 43 23 20 5.5-16 0 1-5 2 1-0 3 1-22011 12-6 43 23 20 5.5-16 0 1-5 2 1-0 3 1-2

TOTAL 36-14 104 62 42 13.5-41 1 2-20 3 1-0 6 2-2

JOHNSON’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 11 vs. LSU, 2011Tackles For Loss: 2.0 vs. Mississippi & Auburn, 2011Yards Lost: 15 vs. LSU, 2009Quarterback Sacks: 1 vs. LSU, 2009 & vs. Mississippi, 2011Yards Lost: 15 vs. LSU, 2009Interceptions: 1 vs. Florida, 2010 & Vanderbilt, 2011Fumbles Forced: 1 (three times); Last vs. Tennessee, 2011Passes Broken Up: 1 (6 Times) Last vs. Georgia Southern, 2011

• Veteran leader of the Tide’s Offensive Line• Outland Trophy Winner• Captued the ARA Sportsmanship Award and the Wuerffel Trophy• Unanimous First-Team All-American (AFCA, AP, Walter Camp, FWAA, Sporting News, ESPN.com, SI.com, Rivals.com and CBSsports.com)• First-Team All-SEC (AP & Coaches)• Awarded Jacobs Blocking Trophy (top offensive lineman in the SEC)• Semifi nalist for the Lombardi Award • Consensus midseason All-American• Clears a path for Heisman Trophy fi nalist Trent Richardson, who leads the SEC with 1,583 yards and 23 total touchdowns• Has graded out fi rst or second on the Alabama offensive line in nine of 10 games• Has faced seven of the nation’s top-50 defenses • Has started 10 games at left tackle• Has played four positions along the offensive line this season, including center• Only position he hasn’t played is right guard, where he started 25 games during the last two years• Blocked for 25 100-yard rushing games during his career, including nine this season

• Has graded out at 90 percent or better in four games • Has only nine missed assignments in 587 snaps (98.5 percent on assignments)• Has been 100 percent on assignments in four games this season• Allowed just three sacks all season• Started 35 career games at right guard (25) and left tackle (10 in 2011)• SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week (Arkansas)• Two-time UA Offensive Player of the Week

2011 (JUNIOR):Barrett Jones is one of the most talented and versatile off ensive linemen in the nation ... cap-tured the Outland Trophy, which goes to the nation’s best interior lineman, and is the third Alabama player to win the award ... a semifi -nalist for the Lombardi Award ... unanimous All-American by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, Wal-ter Camp, Sporting News, ESPN.com, SI.com, CBSsports.com and Rivals.com ... fi rst-team All-SEC by the coaches and the Associated Press ... named the winner of the Jacobs Blocking Tro-phy, which goes to the top off ensive lineman in the SEC ... also won the Wuerff el Trophy and the ARA Sportsmanship Award ... started 10 games for the Crimson Tide at left tackle and 35 games in his UA career (25 at right guard) ... missed the Mississippi State and Georgia Southern games after spraining his ankle ... has also seen action at left guard, right tackle and center this season ... helps Alabama rank 15th nationally running the football with an average of 219.8 yards per game while rank-ing 16th nationally in scoring off ense with 36.0 points per game and 30th in total off ense (433.4 ypg) ... ranks 28th nationally in sacks allowed at 1.25 per game ... the Tide has scored 33 rushing touchdowns to rank tied for ninth nationally ... Jones has blocked for 25 100-yard rushers in his career, including nine this season ... earned SEC Off ensive Lineman of the Week honors following the Arkansas win ... a two-time Off ensive Player of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... faced seven de-fenses ranked in the top 50 nationally ... only missed nine assignments in 587 snaps this year. Kent State: Helped clear the way for 183 yards rushing, including 134 rushing and receiving yards from Eddie Lacy and Trent Richardson’s three rushing touchdowns ... graded out at 90 percent with two pancake blocks ... did not al-low a sack ... earned UA Off ensive Player of the Week honors for his work. Penn State: Blocked for 196 rushing yards while not al-lowing a sack to the talented Nittany Lion front seven ... helped Richardson account for 111 yards and two touchdowns. North Texas: Opened holes for a season-high 347 rushing yards including 100-yard games from Trent

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Tigers 42-14 ... cleared a path for 203 rushing yards for Richardson ... did not miss an assign-ment ... graded out at 90 percent.

2011 (FRESHMAN):Christion Jones is one of the true freshman making an impact for Alabama in 2011 ... developed a niche at wide receiver ... also a backup punt returner ... has three catches for 49 yards ... returned two punts for 18 yards ... has played in all 12 games. Kent State: Hauled in his fi rst career catch with an eight-yard grab against the Golden Flashes ... also returned a punt 18 yards while making one solo tackle on special teams. Penn State: Saw his fi rst action on the road as a reserve wide receiver. North Texas: Made his most signifi -cant contribution to date with two receptions for 41 yards, including a 30 yard-catch that he took inside the 5-yard line ... returned one punt for no gain.

JONES’ CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2011 11-0 3 49 16.3 0 41

TOTAL 11-0 3 49 16.3 0 41

Punt ReturnsPunt Returns


2011 10-0 2 18 9.0 0 18

TOTAL 10-0 2 18 9.0 0 18

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JONES’ CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 2 vs. North Texas, 2011Receiving Yards: 41 vs. North Texas, 2011Long Play: 30 vs. North Texas, 2011Punt Returns: 1 vs. Kent State & North Texas, 2011Punt Return Yards: 18 vs. Kent State, 2011Long Punt Return: 18 vs. Kent State, 2011

2011 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):Harrison Jones has seen action in eight games as a reserve h-back ... has one catch on the season. Vanderbilt: Recorded his fi rst career reception as it went for fi ve yards.

JONES’ CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2011 8-0 1 5 5.0 0 0

TOTAL 8-0 1 5 5.0 0 0

2011 (SENIOR):Phelon Jones gives the Tide great depth in the defensive backfi eld ... has played in nine games ... has four tackles and one intercep-tion. Kent State: Registered his fi rst career interception in the Tide’s 48-7 win ... also logged three tackles and helped limit KSU to 98-yards passing. Mississippi: Recorded one solo tackle on the road against the Rebels.

JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


*2008 9-2 15 8 7 0-0 3 1 0 0-0 0 0-0*2008 9-2 15 8 7 0-0 3 1 0 0-0 0 0-0

2009 Transfer2009 Transfer

2010 9-2 17 11 6 1-4 0 0 0 0-0 1 0-02010 9-2 17 11 6 1-4 0 0 0 0-0 1 0-0

2011 9-0 4 2 2 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1-02011 9-0 4 2 2 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1-0

at UA 18-2 21 13 8 1-4 0 0 0 0-0 1 1-0

TOTAL 27-4 36 21 15 1-4 3 1 0 0-0 1 1-0

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JONES’ CAREER HIGHSTackles: 5 vs. Duke, 2010Tackles For Loss: 1 at Tennessee, 2010Passes Broken Up: 1 vs. Duke, 2010Interceptions: 1 vs. Kent State, 2011

2011 (JUNIOR):Chris Jordan saw his fi rst action of the season at Mississippi after missing the fi rst six games due to injury. Has played in fi ve games on the season. Mississippi: Assisted on one solo tackle and was credited with half a tackle for a loss of two yards. Tennessee: Assisted on two tackles in the win against the Volunteers.

JORDAN’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2008 10-0 3 0 3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02008 10-0 3 0 3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2009 14-0 12 10 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02009 14-0 12 10 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2010 10-0 15 8 7 2-10 0 1-9 0 0-0 0 1-252010 10-0 15 8 7 2-10 0 1-9 0 0-0 0 1-25

2011 5-0 3 0 3 0.5-2 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02011 5-0 3 0 3 0.5-2 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

TOTAL 39-0 33 18 15 2.5-12 0 1-9 0 0-0 0 1-25

JORDAN’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 6 vs. North Texas, 2009 and Penn State, 2010Tackles For Loss: 2 vs. Georgia State, 2010Yards Lost: 10 vs. Georgia State, 2010Sacks: 1 vs. Georgia State, 2010Yards Lost: 9 vs. Georgia State, 2010Interceptions: 1 vs. Georgia State, 2010Return Yards: 25 vs. Georgia State, 2010

Richardson (167) and Eddie Lacy (161) ... Richardson found the end zone three times while Lacy scored twice ... at quarterback, AJ McCarron had time to complete 71.4 percent of his passes. Arkansas: Was named the SEC Off ensive Lineman of the Week following his eff orts in a 38-14 win over the Hogs ... helped the Tide account for 197 yards on the ground, including 126 from Richardson, and 397 to-tal yards ... graded out at 88 percent. Florida: Graded out at 90 percent and was 100 percent on his assignments ... cleared a path for 226 rushing yards in the 38-10 win over the Ga-tors as Richardson went for a career-best 181 yards and two touchdowns ... also protected McCarron’s blideside as the Tide did not sur-render a sack. Vanderbilt: Made his sixth start at left tackle ... opened holes for Richardson’s fi fth 100-yard rushing game and 419 yards of total off ense ... provided time for McCar-ron to throw four touchdowns. Mississippi: Helped open holes for two 100-yard rushers — Richardson (183 yards and four touch-downs) and Jalston Folwer (124 yards and two touchdowns) ... graded out at a season-high 93 percent with four pancake blocks ... blocked for 389 rushing yards while providing time for 226 yards through the air for a season-best 615 yards of total off ense ... did not allow a sack. Tennessee: Led an off ensive line that al-lowed just one coverage sack while McCarron threw for a career-high 284 yards with one touchdown ... opened holes for 157 yards on the ground and three scores in a 37-6 win over the Volunteers. LSU: Battled through an ankle sprain suff ered early in the game and fi nished the game ... helped Alabama account for 295 yards of off ense against one of the nation’s best defenses, including 169 yards from scrimmage for Richardson. Auburn: Returned to the starting lineup and helped the Tide beat the

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their total off ense average. Florida: Had three solo tackles as Alabama beat the Gators 38-10. Vanderbilt: Made two solo stops and helped limt the Commodores to just 149 passing yards. Mississippi: Made four total tackles with three solo stops ... had his fi rst assisted tackle of the year ... helped limit the Rebels to just 113 yards passing ... named the Special Teams Player of the Week by the UA coach-ing staff . Tennessee: Had just one tackle with the Volunteers not testing his side of the fi eld ... helped limit UT to just 63 passing yards and 15 yards of total off ense in a 37-6 win. LSU: Recorded four tackles as the Crimson Tide limited the top-ranked Tigers to just 91 yards passing. Mississippi State: Made one solo tackle as the Tide limited the Bulldogs to just 131 total yards while posting a 18.8 third-down conversion percentage. Georgia South-ern: Made two solo tackles as the Tide held the Eagles to just 39 yards passing ... returned a blocked fi eld goal 55 yards for a score. Au-burn: Broke up and defl ected the only ball thrown in his direction ... helped the Crimson Tide limit the Tigers to just 44 yards through three quarters and 140 total yards.

KIRKPATRICK’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2009 12-0 8 3 5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02009 12-0 8 3 5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2010 13-12 53 39 14 4-17 1 0-0 1 1-0 10 3-302010 13-12 53 39 14 4-17 1 0-0 1 1-0 10 3-30

2011 12-12 26 23 3 2-4 0 0-0 2 0-0 9 0-02011 12-12 26 23 3 2-4 0 0-0 2 0-0 9 0-0

TOTAL 37-24 87 65 22 6-21 1 0-0 3 1-0 19 3-30

KIRKPATRICK’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 9 vs. Arkansas, 2010Tackles For Loss: 1.0 (6 Times) Last vs. Mississippi, 2011Yards Lost: 8 vs. Arkansas, 2010Interceptions: 1 (3 Times) Last vs. Florida, 2010Return Yards: 21 vs. Duke, 2010Passes Broken Up: 3 vs. Kent State & Arkansas, 2011Forced Fumbles: 2 vs. Penn State, 2011Fumble Recoveries: 1 vs. Auburn, 2010Quarterback Pressures: 1 vs. Michigan State, 2010

2011 (SOPHOMORE):Eddie Lacy has been the fi rst running back off the bench for Alabama in 2011 ... second on the team with 631 yards on 84 carries ... ... ranks 11th in the SEC and just outside the top 100 nationally with 57.4 yards per game ... has 16 rushes of 12 yards or longer ... has 23 fi rst down rushes along with six fi rst downs receiving ... has seven rushing touch-downs ... caught 11 passes for 131 yards ... has been the Off ensive Player of the Week three times this season by the UA coaching staff . Kent State: Ran eight times for 58 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown run ... averaged 7.25 yards per carry ... caught three passes for 76 yards with a long of 48. Penn State: Averaged 7.73 yards per carry on 11 totes vs. the No. 23 Nittany Lions for 85 yards in the 27-11 victory ... caught one pass for six yards. North Texas: Recorded his second career 100-yard rushing game with a career-best 161 yards on nine carries for an impressive 17.89 yards per carry ... broke free for runs of 67, 43 and 35 yards with the 67- and 43-yard runs going for touchdowns. Arkansas: Equaled his career high with 13 carries ... rushed for 61 yards and one touch-down ... converted two fi rst downs on the ground ... caught one pass for four yards in the Tide’s 38-14 win. Florida: Saw limited action with a foot injury ... carried the ball fi ve times vs. the Gators for 32 yards and a touchdown ... long carry was 20 yards in the Tide win. Vanderbilt: Missed the game against the Commodores to rest an injured foot. Mississippi: Returned to the fi eld but only got fi ve carries in the Crimson Tide’s big win ... ran for 22 yards with a long rush of 15 yards. Tennessee: Rushed seven times for 46 yards with a long of 19 yards ... had two carries for fi rst downs ... also caught two passes for 14 yards with one fi rst down. LSU: Carried the ball fi ve times for 19 yards ... long rush was a 20-yard burst for a fi rst down ... also caught one pass for 11 yards. Mississippi State: One of the Alabama Of-fensive Players of the Week following his 96-yard, two-touchdown performance against the Bulldogs ... converted three fi rst downs and had three runs of more than 12 yards ...

• Lock-down cornerback on the outside for the Tide• First-team All-American (FWAA, CBSsports.com & Pro Football Weekly)• Second-team All-SEC (AP and Coaches)• Finalist for the Thorpe Award• First-team midseason All-American by CBSs-ports.com and Sporting News• Secondary ranks No. 1 nationally in pass defense (116.3 ypg) & pass effi ciency defense (83.9)• Defense also ranks No. 1 in scoring defense (8.8 ppg) & total defense (191.3 ypg)• Started 12 games in 2011 and 24 in his career• Has 26 tackles with two forced fumbles and nine pass breakups

2011 (JUNIOR):Dre Kirkpatrick developed into a shut-down corner and a leader in the Crimson Tide sec-ondary ... a fi rst-team All-American by the FWAA, CBSsports.com and Pro Football Weekly ... second-team Associated Press All-American ... second-team All-SEC by both the AP and the league coaches ... has 26 tackles with 23 solo stops while defenses continue to throw away from him ... also has a nine pass break-ups ... returned a blocked fi eld goal 55 yards for a touchdown ... has two forced fumbles and two tackles for loss (-4 yards) ... part of a defense that leads the nation in pass defense (116.3 ypg) and pass effi ciency defense (83.9) ... two-time Defensive Player of the Week by the UA coaching staff . Kent State: Did not have a pass completed in his direction and broke up three passes as the Golden Flashes could only manage 98 passing yards on while completing only 42.5 percent of their passes. Penn State: Forced two Nittany Lions’ fum-bles while making two solo tackles and break-ing up one pass in the 27-11 road win over No. 23 Penn State ... Defensive Player of the Week by the UA coaching staff . North Texas: Made one solo tackle and broke up a pass as the Mean Green completed only 41.9 percent of their passes. Arkansas: Matched his season and career best with three pass breakups ... had a season-high six tackles — all solo ... had two devastating hits that upended Arkansas receivers ... recorded his fi rst tackle for loss of the season (-3 yards) ... helped limit the Hogs to over 150 yards below their season average throwing the football and 291 yards below

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had touchdown runs of two and 32 yards ... averaged 8.7 yards per carry. Georgia South-ern: Ran six times for 45 yards for 7.5 yards per carry ... caught one pass for 13 yards ... had two explosive runs of 12 yards or more ... converted two fi rst downs rushing and one receiving. Auburn: Rushed four times for six yards ... caught one pass for four yards.

LACY’S CAREER STATISTICS Rushing Receiving Rushing Receiving


2010 12-0 56 406 7.2 6 62 2 18 9.0 0 15

2011 11-0 84 625 7.5 7 67 11 131 11.9 0 48

TOTAL 23-0 140 1,037 7.4 13 67 13 149 11.5 0 48

LACY’S CAREER HIGHSRushes: 13 vs. Arkansas, 2011Yards: 161 vs. North Texas, 2011Long Play: 67 vs. North Texas, 2011Touchdowns: 2 (3 times) Last vs. North Texas, 2011Receptions: 3 vs. Kent State, 2011Yards: 76 vs. Kent State, 2011Long Play: 48 vs. Kent State, 2011

2011 (JUNIOR):A honorable mention All-American by SI.com after earning second-team Walter Camp All-American in 2010, Robert Lester started all 12 games at strong safety ... has 36 tackles on the season with three pass break-ups, a forced fumble, one tackle for loss and a blocked fi eld goal ... intercepted his fi rst pass of the season at Mississippi and returned it 30 yards and then notched his second pick against LSU ... named the UA coaching staff Defensive Player of the Week after his per-formance against North Texas. Kent State: Broke up a pass while the Golden Flashes could only manage 98 passing yards, while completing only 42.5 percent of their passes. Penn State: Knocked down his second pass of the year while making two tackles in the Tide’s win as PSU only fi red on 30 percent of its passes. North Texas: Earned Defen-sive Player of the Week honors from the UA coaching staff ... made two tackles, one solo ... blocked a North Texas fi eld goal attempt. Arkansas: Made a season-high fi ve tackles with three solo stops as the Tide held the Hogs 291 yard below their season average for total off ense ... added one pass breakup. Florida: Recorded one solo tackle and one assisted stop ... limited UF to 222 total yards. Vanderbilt: Had four total tackles with two solo stops. Mississippi: Registered his fi rst interception of the year ... got credit for a 30-

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2011 (SOPHOMORE):Cody Mandell once again has taken the reins of the punting duties in 2011 ... Mandell has punted 36 times for 1,401 yards with an av-erage of 38.9 yards per punt ... has recorded 11 punts inside the 20. Kent State: Punted three times for 127 yards for an average of 42.3 ... tallied a long of 47 yards and nailed one inside the 20. Penn State: Recorded six punts for 223 yards for an average of 37.2 ... tallied a long punt of 44 yards. North Texas: Punted only once for 35 yards. Arkansas: Punted six times for 225 yards for an average of 37.5 ... tallied a long off 44 yards. Florida: Punted fi ve times for 199 yards, averaging 39.8 per kick ... drilled all fi ve punts inside the 20. Vanderbilt: Punted three times for 118 yards for an average of 39.3 per kick ... booted one punt over 50 yards. Mississippi: Punted once for 44 yards on the road against the Rebels. Tennessee: Punted twice for 81 yards for an average of 40.5. LSU: Placed both punts inside the 20 against the Tigers ... averaged 39.5 yards per kick. Mississippi State: Punted four times for an average of 37.2 yards per kick ... placed one punt inside the 20. Auburn: Was named one of the Spe-cialists of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... punted three times for an average of 40.3 yards per punt ... nailed one punt inside the 20.

MANDELL’S CAREER STATISTICSPunting In Ret. Net NetPunting In Ret. Net Net

Year G-S No. Yds Avg. Lng 20 50+ Blk Yds Yds Avg.Year G-S No. Yds Avg. Lng 20 50+ Blk Yds Yds Avg.

2010 13-13 41 1,607 39.2 59 13 9 0 64 1,523 37.1

2011 11-11 36 1,401 38.9 50 11 1 0 50 1,081 37.3

TOTAL 24-24 77 3,008 39.1 59 24 10 0 114 2,604 37.2

MANDELL’S CAREER HIGHSPunts: 6 (three times); last vs. Arkansas, 2011Yards: 246 vs. LSU, 2010Long: 59 vs. Arkansas, 2010Average: 47.0 vs. Tennessee, 2010Inside 20: 5 at Florida, 201150+ Yards: 2 vs. San Jose State, 2010

yard return after a holding penalty negated a return inside the Rebels’ fi ve-yard line ... also had two total tackles with a solo top as the Tide limited UM to 141 total yards. Tennes-see: Equaled his seaosn high with fi ve tackles, including two solo stops ... helped limit UT to just 63 passing yards and 155 total yards. LSU: Picked off a Jarrett Lee pass ... made three tackles, including two solo stops as the Tide limited the No. 1 Tigers to just 239 total yards. Mississippi State: Made four tackles with two solo stops ... helped limit the Bulldogs to just 131 total yards. Georgia Southern: Forced a fumble and made three total tackles .. had one tackle for a loss of two yards ... helped limit the Eagles to just 39 yards passing. Auburn: Registered four solo tackles as the Crimson Tide limit the Tigers to just 44 yards through three quarters and 140 total yards.

LESTER’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2009 8-0 8 6 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02009 8-0 8 6 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2010 13-13 52 29 23 1.5-10 2 1-9 0 1-89 4 8-1022010 13-13 52 29 23 1.5-10 2 1-9 0 1-89 4 8-102

2011 12-12 36 21 15 1-2 0 0-0 1 0-0 3 2-302011 12-12 36 21 15 1-2 0 0-0 1 0-0 3 2-30

TOTAL 33-25 96 56 40 2.5-12 2 1-9 1 1-89 7 10-132

LESTER’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 7 vs. Arkansas, 2010Tackles For Loss: 1 vs. San Jose State, 2010Yards Lost: 9 vs. San Jose State, 2010Quarterback Sacks: 1 vs. San Jose State, 2010Yards Lost: 9 vs. San Jose State, 2010Interceptions: 2 vs. Arkansas and Mississippi State, 2010Return Yards: 33 vs. Arkansas, 2010Pass Breakups: 1 (7 Times) Last vs. Arkansas, 2011Forced Fumble: 1 vs. Georgia Southern, 2011Quarterback Pressures: 1 vs. Mississippi and Auburn, 2010Fumble Return Yards: 89 vs. Penn State, 2010Blocked kick: 1 vs. North Texas, 2011

2011 (JUNIOR):Brandon Lewis made the move to tight end/h-back right before the start of the season ... has played in seven games ... has done an ex-cellent job in short-yardage situations.

LEWIS’ CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


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• One of the nation’s best all-purpose athletes• Second-team All-SEC at wide receiver and return specialist (Coaches)• Candidate for the Paul Horning Award• Leads team with 56 receptions, which ranks third in the SEC• Ranks 10th nationally and third in the SEC with 12.39 yards per punt return• Has two 100-yard receiving games on the season

2011 (SENIOR):Marquis Maze is the Crimson Tide’s most ex-perienced wide receiver with 53 career games and 34 starts ... second-team All-SEC wide receiver and return specalist by the league coaches ... an explosive player with a team-high 56 receptions on the season, which ranks third in the SEC with 4.67 catches per game and tied for 87th nationally ... has 627 receiving yards and one touchdown ... has two 100-yard receiving games on the season ... ranks third in the league and 10th nation-ally in punt returns with a 12.39 average ... has 31 returns for 384 yards and one touch-down on a weaving 83-yard return against Arkansas ... 70th nationally and fourth in the SEC in all-purpose yards with 1,347 (112.3 yards per game) ... four-time coaches’ Special Teams Player of the Week and an Off ensive Player of the Week after Vanderbilt and Ten-nessee ... 30 of his 56 receptions (53.6 per-cent) have gone for fi rst downs and he has 18 explosive receptions of 15 yards or more as well as 10 punt returns and 11 kickoff re-turns of 15 yards or longer ... has accounted for at least 100 all-purpose yards in six games this season. Kent State: Etched his name in the UA record books with a game-high tying eight punt returns ... also had a career-high 118 receiving yards on a career-high eight receptions ... had 96 punt return yards with a long of 27 yards ... returned one kickoff a career-best 39 yards ... fi nished with a career-high 253 all-purpose yards. Penn State: Led all Alabama receivers with four catches for 42 yards ... hauled in a long of 29 yards ... returned a career-long 44-yard punt against the No. 23 Nittany Lions. North Texas: Caught three passes for 26 yards in the Tide’s shutout win ... also ran one time for six yards ... returned one punt for 20 yards and had

fi ve punt returns for 56 yards with a long of 28 for 108 all-purpose yards. Arkansas: Returned his fi rst career punt for a touch-down on an amazing 83-yard return against the Hogs ... fi nished with 125 punt return yards on four returns (31.25 per return), which equals his career high (Mississippi, 2010) and ties him for the third-best single game in school history ... fi nished with 165 yards of total off ense with an additional fi ve receptions for 40 yards and three fi rst-down catches. Florida: Returned three kickoff s for 123 yards, including a career-long 70-yarder that setup an Alabama score ... also caught two passes for 36 yards ... totaled 159 all-purpose yards to earn Special Teams Player of the Week honors from the Alabama coaches. Vanderbilt: Registered another outstanidng game with 93 yards receiving on a career-high nine receptions ... returned three punts and had one carry rushing ... named an Of-fensive Player of the Week by the UA coach-ing staff . Mississippi: Hauled in three passes for 21 yards with a long of 10 yards ... con-verted one fi rst down ... returned one kick-off for 27 yards and one punt for 12 yards. Tennessee: Caught fi ve passes for 106 yards ... his second 100-yard receiving game of the season ... hauled in a season-long 69 yards ... three of his fi ve receptions went for fi rst down. LSU: Made six receptions for 61 yards ... converted two fi rst downs ... had a long grab of 19 yards ... also ran once for -6 yards ... returned one kickoff 26 yards to total 81 all-purpose yards. Mississippi State: Caught four passes for 22 yards ... converted two fi rst downs ... returned two punts for 21 yards, including a long return of 18 yards, which is his longest return in the last fi ve games ... also returned one kickoff for 23 yards ... fi nished with 66 all-purose yards. Georgia Southern: Caught three passes for 44 yards, inlcuding a long of 24 yards ... converted two fi rst downs ... returned one punt for four yards and two kickoff s for 55 yards ... fi nished with 103 all-purpose yards. Auburn: Recorded four receptions for 18 yards ... ran one time for one yard ... returned two punts for 21 yards with a long of 16 yards.

MAZE’S CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2008 13-4 11 137 12.5 2 34

2009 14-11 31 523 16.9 2 80

2010 13-7 38 557 14.7 3 48

2011 12-11 56 627 11.2 1 69

TOTAL 53-33 136 1,844 13.6 8 80

Rushing Rushing


2008 14-4 1 1 1.0 0 1

2009 14-11 4 7 1.8 0 7

2010 13-6 3 15 5.0 0 7

2011 12-11 6 -6 -1.0 0 6

TOTAL 53-33 14 23 1.2 0 7

Kickoff ReturnsKickoff Returns

Year No. Yards Avg. TD LPYear No. Yards Avg. TD LP

2008 1 19 19.0 0 19

2009 0 0 0.0 0 0

2010 8 189 23.6 0 31

2011 12 342 28.5 0 70

TOTAL 23 550 26.2 0 70

Punt ReturnsPunt Returns


2008 2 8 4.0 0 5

2009 0 0 0.0 0 0

2010 21 267 12.7 0 37

2011 31 384 12.4 1 83

TOTAL 54 659 12.2 1 83

MAZE’S CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 9 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011Yards: 118 vs. Kent State, 2011Long Play: 80 vs. Arkansas, 2009Touchdown: 1 (8 Times) Last vs. Kent State, 2011Rushes: 1 (10 Times) Last vs. North Texas, 2011Yards: 7 vs. Mississippi State, 2009 and Penn State, 2010Punt Returns: 8 vs. Kent State, 2011Yards: 125 vs. Arkansas, 2011Touchdowns: 1 vs. Arkansas, 2011Long 83 vs. Arkansas, 2011Kickoff Returns: 3 vs. LSU, 2010 & Vanderbilt, 2011Yards: 123 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011Long: 70 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011All-Purpose Yards: 253 vs. Kent State, 2011

2011 (SOPHOMORE):AJ McCarron has started all 12 of the Crim-son Tide’s games in 2011 at quarterback ... he has shown poise, confi dence and excellent decision-making while leading the Alabama off ense ... has a 11-1 record and a No. 2 na-tional ranking as the starting quarterback ... has completed 66.7 percent of his passes for 2,400 yards and 16 touchdowns ... has thrown fi ve interceptions ... went a span of 152 pass attempts without an interception from the end of the Kent State game to the fi rst drive of the Tennessee game, which was the third-longest streak in school his-tory and longer than any of Greg McElroy’s streaks ... 20th nationally and second in the SEC in passing effi ciency at 149.8 ... ranks third in the league in total off ense per game at 197.3 ypg ... leads an off ense that ranks 30th nationally in total off ense (433.4 ypg) and 16th in scoring off ense (36.0 ppg). Kent State: Completed 61 percent of his passes for a career-best 226 yards and one touchdown ... did throw two interceptions, the second of which hit a receivers hands and was picked off on the defl ection ... did split time with Phillip Sims. Penn State: Was poised in his fi rst road start, coming at the legendary Bea-ver Stadium ... completed a career-high 19 passes in a career-best 31 attempts for 163 yards and a touchdown. North Texas: Precise in his execution, throwing for 190 yards on

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2011 (SENIOR):Alfred McCullough is an important reserve along Alabama’s off ensive front ... very ver-satile lineman that can play guard or tackle ... started the Tennessee, LSU and Auburn games at right guard and the Mississippi State, Georgia Southern games at left tackle ... also backs up Chance Warmack at left guard and Barrett Jones at left tackle ... also starts along the off ensive line on fi eld goal and extra point attempts ... has played in all 12 games this season. Tennessee: Earned the start against Tennessee at right guard ... was named the Off ensive Player of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff for his play along the line against the Volunteers. LSU: Made his second straight start at right guard against the Tigers. Mississippi State: Started at left tackle against the Bulldogs ... helped pave the way for the Crimson Tide to total 223 yards on the ground, including a 133 yard performance by Trent Richardson and a 96 yard performance from Eddie Lacy. Geor-gia Southern: Earned the start at left tackle against the Eagles ... helped pave the way for the Crimson Tide to rush for 272 yards, in-cluding 175 by Trent Richardson ... was part of the the off ensive line unit that did not al-low a sack. Auburn: Earned his fi fth straight start, this time at right guard ... helped pave the way for Richardson to rush for 203 yards and provided the time for AJ McCarron to complete 78 percent of his passes and three scores.

• A talented and versatile corner that can lock down on the outside and also move inside to the nickel back with equal ability• First-team All-American by the AFCA• A very physical player with excellent cover skills• First-team midseason All-American by ESPN.com• Secondary ranks No. 1 nationally in pass defense

(116.3 ypg) & pass effi ciency defense (83.9)• Defense also ranks No. 1 in scoring defense (8.8 ppg) & total defense (191.3 ypg)• Tied for fi fth in the SEC and 42nd nationally with 1.0 passes defended per game• Started 12 games in 2011 and 18 in his career• Has 37 tackles that leads all Tide corners with 11 pass breakups, three TFLs and 1.5 sacks• Returned his only interception of the year 25 yards for a touchdown against Arkansas

2011 (SENIOR):DeQuan Menzie is the Tide’s starting corner-back opposite Dre Kirkpatrick ... he moves inside to the ‘star’ or nickel back in passing situations ... very versatile and physical corner with outstanding cover skills while showing the ability to blitz off the corner and bring a toughness to the run support ... a fi rst-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association ... a fi rst-team midseason All-American by ESPN.com ... his play has earned him consideration for the Jim Th orpe Award, which goes to the nation’s best de-fensive back ... has 12 starts this year and 37 total tackles ... made 3.0 tackles for loss (-15 yards) with 1.5 sacks and a team-high 11 pass breakups ... recorded his fi rst-career intercep-tion against Arkansas and returned it for a touchdown ... ranks tied for 42nd nationally and tied for fi fth in the SEC with 1.0 passes defended per game ... part of a defense that leads the nation in pass defense (116.3 ypg) and pass effi ciency defense (83.9) ... earned Defensive Player of the Week honors from the UA coaching staff following the season opener and was the coaches’ Special Teams Player of the Week after Vanderbilt. Kent State: Made six tackles and was a regular presence in the Golden Flashes’ backfi eld with 1.5 tackles for loss (-9 yards) and half of a sack (-4 yards) ... earned Defensive Player of the Week honors for his play. Penn State: Recovered a fumble and logged fi ve tackles in the Tide’s 27-11 win at the No. 23 Nittany Lions. North Texas: Broke up a career-best three passes while making two solo tackles and an assisted stop in the UA’s 41-0 shutout of UNT. Arkansas: Intercepted his fi rst career pass and returned it 25 yards for a game-changing touchdown in the Tide’s 38-14 win over No. 14 Arkan-sas ... helped limit the Hogs to just 226 yards of total off ense, 291 yards below their season average ... had one solo tackle and one pass breakup. Florida: Broke up two Gator passes and made two solo tackles as the Tide limited the UF off ense to just 222 yards. Vanderbilt: Was the UA Special Teams Player of the Week ... had two total tackles and helped limit the Commodores to just 149 passing yards and

15 completions ... connected on 71.4 per-cent of his passes ... averaged 12.7 yards per completion while splitting time with Sims. Arkansas: Completed 75 percent of his pass-es for 200 yards and a career-best two touch-downs ... hit his career-best pass to this point with a 61-yard hookup with Trent Richard-son. Florida: Made all of the right decisions while leading the Alabama off ense to a 38-10 win over the No. 12 Gators in the Swamp ... threw for 140 yards on 12 completions ... scored his fi rst career rushing touchdown on a one-yard sneak. Vanderbilt: Registered his best game to date with a then-career-best 237 yards on 23-of-30 passing ... had a career-high four touchdown passes, which is the second-best total in school history. Mississippi: Connected on 79.2 percent of his passes (19-of-24) for 224 yards and one touchdown ... named the Off ensive Player of the Week by the Crimson Tide coaching staff ... connected with senior Brandon Gibson on an 11-yard scoring strike in the third quarter, his fi nal drive of the game ... long connection was a 36-yard hookup with Darius Hanks. Tennessee: Hit 17-of-26 passes for a career-best 284 yards and a touchdown ... did throw his fi rst interception in a span of 152 passes going back to the season opener vs. Kent State ... connected on his longest pass of the season to date, a 69-yard strike to Marquis Maze. LSU: Completed 16-of-28 passes for 199 yards and one interception ... suff ered his fi rst loss of the season. Mississippi State: Connected on 14-of-24 passes for 163 yards ... threw one interception ... completed a long of 38 yards. Georgia Southern: Th rew for three touchdowns ... completed 14-of-19 passes for 190 yards ... ran three times for a career-high 11 yards. Auburn: Turned in possibly his most complete game to date in the 42-14 win over the Tigers ... complet-ed 18-of-23 passes (78.3 percent) for 184 yards and three scores ... did not attempt a pass after the third quarter ... connected on touchdown passes of 41, 35 and fi ve yards ... posted a quarterback rating of 188.5.

MCCARRON’S CAREER STATISTICS Passing RushingPassing Rushing

Year G-S C-A-I Pct. Yds TD LP No. Yds Avg. TD LPYear G-S C-A-I Pct. Yds TD LP No. Yds Avg. TD LP

2010 13-0 30-48-0 62.5 389 3 47 6 -10 -1.7 0 4

2011 12-12 196-294-5 66.7 2,216 16 69 26 -33 -1.3 2 6

TOTAL 25-12 226-342-5 66.1 2,605 19 69 32 -43 -1.3 2 6

MCCARRON’S CAREER HIGHSAttempts: 31 vs. Penn State, 2011Completions: 23 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011Yards: 284 vs. Tennessee, 2011Touchdowns: 4 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011Interceptions: 2 vs. Kent State, 2011Long: 61 vs. Arkansas, 2011Rushes: 5 vs. Arkansas, 2011Yards: 11 vs. Georgia Southern, 2011Long: 4 (3 times) Last vs. Mississippi, 2011Rushing Touchdowns: 1 vs. Florida & Tennessee, 2011Total Touchdowns: 4 vs. Arkansas, 2011

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190 total yards. Mississippi: Sacked Rebels’ quarterback Randall Mackey for a loss of fi ve yards ... fi nished with two total tackles while breaking up one pass as the Tide held UM to 113 yards passing and 141 total yards. Ten-nessee: Flashed his skill set once again with an outstanding eff ort agianst the Vols ... made three tackes and broke up a pass while help-ing limit UT to just 63 passing yards and 155 total yards. LSU: Registered a career-best eight tackles, including fi ve solo stops vs. the No. 1 Tigers ... had half of a tackle for loss (-1 yard) and helped limit LSU to just 91 passing yards. Mississippi State: Made fi ve tackles with three solo stops vs. the Bulldogs ... helped limit MSU to just 131 total yards while breaking up two passes and recording one quarterback hurry. Georgia Southern: Did not have a tackle, but defl ected one of just seven passes by the Eagles, holding them to just 39 yards passing. Auburn: Started his 12th game of the season, but didn’t have any statistics ... helped limited the Tigers to just 140 total yards ... AU had just 44 yards -— 25 rushing — through three quarters and gained the rest after the Tide had already locked up the win in the fourth quarter.

MENZIE’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2010 11-6 33 26 7 3-4 2 1-1 0 0-0 4 0-02010 11-6 33 26 7 3-4 2 1-1 0 0-0 4 0-0

2011 12-12 37 23 14 3.0-15 1 1.5-9 0 1-0 11 1-252011 12-12 37 23 14 3.0-15 1 1.5-9 0 1-0 11 1-25

TOTAL 23-18 70 49 21 8.0-32 3 2.5-10 0 1-0 15 1-25

MENZIE’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 8 vs. LSU, 2011Tackles For Loss: 2.0 vs. Mississippi State, 2010Yards Lost: 9 vs. Kent State, 2011Quarterback Sacks: 1 vs. Mississippi State, 2010 & Mississippi, 2011Yards Lost: 5 vs. Mississippi, 2011Interceptions: 1 vs. Arkansas, 2011Touchdowns: 1 vs. Arkansas, 2011Passes Broken Up: 3 vs. North Texas, 2011Quarterback Pressures: 1 vs. Mississippi, 2010

2011 (SOPHOMORE):Dee Milliner has started six games of the 2011 season and played in all 12 contests ... he is currently listed as the Crimson Tide’s third cornerback, but starts in all nickel or dime situations ... plays on the outside with De-Quan Menzie moving inside to the ‘star’ ... has 26 tackles on the season with 13 solo stops and one tackle for loss (-7 yards) ... second on the team with nine pass breakups while lead-ing the team with three interceptions that he has returned for 72 yards ... returned his third interception of the season against Auburn for 35 yards and a touchdown to seal the victory ... tied for 42nd nationally with 1.0 passes de-fended per game ... also a standout on special teams, starting on the kickoff coverage team ... has seven solo tackles on special teams ... while returning one punt for 21 yards ... was the UA coaches’ Special Teams Player of the Week fol-lowing the Kent State game and a Defensive Player of the Week following the Auburn win. Kent State: Made four assisted tackles while helping the Crimson Tide defense limit the Golden Flashes to 90 total yards ... also broke up a pass. Penn State: Broke up a career best three passes in the Tide’s 27-11 win at the No. 23 Nittany Lions ... had two solo tackles and an assist ... returned his fi rst career punt for 21 yards. North Texas: Registered four tack-

les with two solo stops ... broke up two more passes as the Mean Green managed just 101 yards through the air. Arkansas: Had two tackles with one solo stop ... intercepted his fi rst pass of the season ... had one tackle for loss of seven yards, blowing up Joe Adams on a reverse. Florida: Did not start but played extensively and made one solo tackle. Vander-bilt: Picked off his second pass of the season in the fourth quarter and returned it 37 yards to setup an Alabama touchdown. Mississippi: Made two tackles with two solo stops and one on special teams ... did not start but played in all nickel and dime situtations. Tennessee: Started and made two tackles and broke up a pass as the Tide allowed just 63 yards through the air and kept the Vols out of the end zone. LSU: Played but did not reocrd any statis-tics in a loss to the No. 1 Tigers. Mississippi State: Came off the bench in nickle and dime situations ... had one tackle on special teams. Georgia Southern: Came off the bench to make one solo tackle. Auburn: Earned Ala-bama Defensive Player of the Week honors for his Iron Bowl performance ... intercepted his third pass of the season early in the fourth quarter and returned it 35 yards for a game-clinching score ... made a season-high six tackles with four solo stops ... helped limit the Tigers to just 140 total yards ... AU had just 44 yards -— 25 rushing — through three quarters and gained the rest after the Tide had already locked up the win in the fourth quarter.

MILLINER’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2010 13-11 55 41 14 4-12 1 0-0 1 0-0 7 1-02010 13-11 55 41 14 4-12 1 0-0 1 0-0 7 1-0

2011 12-6 26 13 13 1-7 0 0-0 0 0-0 9 3-722011 12-6 26 13 13 1-7 0 0-0 0 0-0 9 3-72

TOTAL 25-17 81 54 27 5-19 1 0-0 1 0-0 16 4-72

MILLINER’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 9 vs. Auburn, 2010Tackles For Loss: 2.0 vs. Georgia State, 2010Yards Lost: 7 vs. Arkansas, 2011Passes Broken Up: 3 vs. Penn State, 2011Quarterback Pressures: 1 vs. Mississippi, 2010Interceptions: 1 (4 times) last vs. Auburn, 2011Forced Fumbles: 1 vs. Tennessee, 2010Touchdowns 1 by INT return vs. Auburn, 2011

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MOSLEY’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2010 13-3 67 30 37 1.5-4 2 0.5-3 0 0-0 10 2-762010 13-3 67 30 37 1.5-4 2 0.5-3 0 0-0 10 2-76

2011 10-6 36 16 20 3.5-17 0 2-15 0 0-0 2 0-02011 10-6 36 16 20 3.5-17 0 2-15 0 0-0 2 0-0

TOTAL 22-9 103 46 57 5-21 2 2.5-18 0 0-0 12 2-76

MOSLEY’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 12 vs. Mississippi State, 2010Tackles for Loss: 1 (three times); last vs. Penn State, 2011Yards Lost: 7 vs. Kent State, 2011Quarterback Sacks: 1 vs. Kent State, 2011Yards Lost: 7 vs. Kent State, 2011Passes Broken Up: 3 vs. San Jose State, 2010Quarterback Pressures: 1 vs. Duke & Georgia State, 2010Interceptions: 1 vs. Florida and Georgia State, 2010Yards: 41 vs. Georgia State, 2010Touchdowns: 1 vs. Florida and Georgia State, 2010

2011 (SOPHOMORE):Kevin Norwood is one of the Crimson Tide’s top wide receivers off the bench ... a regular in the rotation ... has played in 10 games this season ... has seven receptions for 112 yards ... six of his seven catches have converted fi rst downs for the Alabama off ense. Kent State: Caught one pass for fi ve yards. Penn State: Once again turned in an impressive perfor-mance against the No. 23 Nittany Lions ... had three catches that all went for fi rst downs ... accounted for 30 receiving yards in 2011 af-ter hauling in his fi rst touchdown a year ago in Tuscaloosa against PSU. North Texas: Sat out due to injury. Mississippi State: Was named one of the Off ensive Players of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... hauled in two passes for a career-high 60 yards with a long reception of 38 yards. Georgia Southern: Caught one pass for 22 yards.

NORWOOD’S CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2010 12-0 3 56 18.7 1 36

2011 9-0 6 90 15.0 0 38

TOTAL 21-0 9 146 16.2 1 38

NORWOOD’S CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 3 vs. Penn State, 2011Yards: 60 at Mississippi State, 2011Touchdowns: 1 vs. Penn State, 2010Long Play: 38 at Mississippi State, 2011

2011 (FRESHMAN):Jeoff rey Pagan is one of several true freshmen contributing for Alabama in 2011 ... has played in six games ... has assisted on four tackles as a reserve along the defensive line.

PAGAN’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2011 6-0 4 0 4 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02011 6-0 4 0 4 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

TOTAL 6-0 4 0 4 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

PAGAN’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 2 vs. Kent State, 2011

2011 (SOPHOMORE):Tana Patrick has seen action in 10 games as a reserve middle linebacker ... notched seven tackles on the season with two solo stops. Kent State: Recorded a career-best four tack-les against the Golden Flashes with two solo stops. North Texas: Came in off the bench to an assisted tackle. Tennessee: Assisted on two tackles in the win against the Volunteers.

PATRICK’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2010 6-0 4 3 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02010 6-0 4 3 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2011 10-0 7 2 5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02011 10-0 7 2 5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

TOTAL 16-0 1 5 6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

PATRICK’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 4 vs. Kent State, 2011

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PERRY’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2010 6-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02010 6-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2011 9-0 2 1 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02011 9-0 2 1 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

TOTAL 15-0 3 2 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

PERRY’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 1 vs. Georgia State, 2010 & Kent State, Tennessee 2011

• Winner of the Doak Walker Award• Finalist for the Heisman Trophy (fi nished third)• Finalist for the Maxwell Award• Finalists for Walter Camp Player of the Year• Unanimous fi rst-team All-American (AFCA, FWAA, Sporting News, AP, Walter Camp, ESPN.com, SI.com, Rivals.com, Pro Football Weekly)• SEC Offensive Player of the Year (AP & Coaches)• Unanimous First-Team All-SEC (AP & Coaches)• Consensus midseason All-American• Richardson has faced eight teams ranked among the top 51 nationally in total defense — no other Heis-man Trophy contender has played more than fi ve• Average rank of defenses Richardson has faced is 41.4 – no other Heisman Trophy contender’s average rank is better than 76.8• Has faced fi ve total defenses that rank in the top 20 nationally• Joins Tim Tebow and Cam Newton as the only play-ers in SEC history to rush for 20 touchdowns• Accounted for 169 yards from scrimmage against No. 1 LSU’s second-ranked defense, 54 more yards than his closest competition, Oregon’s LaMichael James (115 yards from scrimmage)• Averages 142 all-purpose and 105 rush yards per game vs. fi ve top-20 total defenses• An impressive 49.7 percent of his rushing yards this season have come after contact (787 of 1,583)• His 1,910 yards from scrimmage accounts for 36.7 percent of the Alabama offense in 2011• Has nine 100-yard rushing games — tied for the

most in Alabama history — Mark Ingram, 2009• Lost just one fumble in 614 career touches • Has not lost a fumble in his last 550 touches• Ranks fi rst in the SEC and fi fth nationally in rushing with 1,583 yards• Ranks fi rst in the SEC and fi fth nationally with 20 rushing touchdowns, the most in UA history• Has 23 total touchdowns, which is tied for the second most in SEC history — Tim Tebow, 2007• Accounted for 104 fi rst downs or touchdowns• Has 46 explosive plays of 12-yards or more• Get stronger as the game progresses with 59.3 percent of his rushing yards coming after the half• Averages 6.0 yards per carry and scores a touch-down every 12.6 touches• Ranks fi rst in the SEC and seventh nationally with 164.7 all-purpose yards per game — second-highest average in UA history• Ranks fi rst in the SEC and fi fth nationally in scoring at 11.5 points per game• His 1,583 yards is the second-best total in a single-season at Alabama while his 1,976 all-purpose yards is third• Walter Camp National Player of the Week (Auburn)• Three-time SEC Offensive Player of the Week• Eight-time Alabama Offensive Player of the Week

2011 (JUNIOR):Trent Richardson won the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running back ... a fi nalist for the Heisman Trophy, fi nish-ing third in the voting ... a fi nalist for the Maxwell Award and the Walter Camp Player of the Year ... a fi rst-team All-American the AFCA, FWAA, Walter Camp, Associated Press, Sporting News, ESPN.com, SI.com, CBSsports.com, Rivals.com and Pro Foot-ball Weekly ... SEC Off ensive Player of the Year by the league coaches and the Associ-ated Press ... unanimous fi rst-team All-SEC ... averaging 131.9 yards per game to rank fi fth nationally and fi rst in the SEC ... his 1,583 rushing yards is fi fth nationally and the second most in Alabama history ... fi fth nationally and fi rst in the SEC in scoring at 11.5 points per game ... has a school-record 20 rushing touchdowns and three receiving ... equaled his previous season high in rush-ing touchdowns in the fi rst four games ... 20 rushing touchdowns is tied for the second most in SEC history (Tim Tebow, 23; Cam Newton, 20) ... his 23 total touchdowns is the second-most in school and SEC history and more than Mark Ingram had in the 2009 season when he won his Heisman Trophy ... has carried the ball 263 times for an average of 6.0 yards per carry ... his 1,976 yards from scrimmage accounts for 36.7 percent of the Alabama off ense in 2011 ... gets strong in the second half where he has accounted for 59.3 percent of his rushing yards (938 yards) ... 90 of his carries have gone for a fi rst down

or a touchdown while 14 receptions have converted fi rst downs with two receiving touchdown ... has 34 rushes of 12 yards or more, including touchdown bursts of 76, 71, 57 and 58 yards ... has 12 receptions of 12 yards or more ... has nine 100-yard rushing games on the season, which equals Mark Ingram’s school record (2009) ... has 13 in his career, which is the second most in UA history ... had six straight 100-yard rushing games this year that equaled Shaun Alexander’s school record ... also caught 27 passes for 327 yards and three touchdowns, including a 61-yard strike ... returned three kickoff s for 66 yards ... averaging 164.7 all-purpose yards per game to lead the SEC and rank seventh nationally ... Off ensive Player of the Week by the UA coaching staff fol-lowing the North Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, LSU, Mississippi State, Geor-gia Southern and Auburn games ... also the SEC Off ensive Player of the Week following a 38-14 win over Arkansas, a 52-7 victory at Mississippi and his 203-yard game at Au-burn ... has averaged 142.0 rushing yards per game and 198.4 all-purpose yards per game against fi ve top-25 opponents with six total touchdowns ... averages 105 rush yards per game and 142 all-purpose yards per game against fi ve top-20 total defenses ... averages 136.4 ypg with 11 scores while accounting for 178.4 all-purpose yards per game in SEC play with 12 total touchdowns ... ball secu-rity is also a key component of Richardson’s success, losing only one fumble in 614 career touches ... he has not lost a fumble since the sixth game of his freshman season, a span of 550 touches ... has moved into fi fth place on Alabama career rushing list with 3,034 yards ... has faced eight of the nation’s top 51 de-fenses this season — no other running back in the top 10 nationally has faced more than fi ve ... his 34 career rushing touchdowns are third at UA, behind Ingram (42) and Al-exander (41). Kent State: Scored a career-high three touchdowns to propel the Tide to a 48-7 victory ... caught one pass for 16 yards. Penn State: Cracked the century mark for the fi rst time this season with 111-hard-earned yards against a physical Nittany Lion defense ... scored two rushing touchdowns and caught four passes for 19 yards ... also returned on kickoff for 19 yards to total 149 all-purpose yards ... set a career-high with 26 carries. North Texas: Set a then-career high with 167 yards on just 11 carries for 15.2 yards per carry average ... matched his career high with three touchdowns ... broke free on touchdown runs of 71 (career long) and 58 yards ... caught one pass and fi nished with

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total touchdowns ... his two rushing scores broke Alexander’s previous school record of 19 rushing scores ... caught one touchdown pass from four yards out. Auburn: Turned in a career day to help the Crimson Tide secure an opportunity to play for a national championship ... rushed for a career-best 203 yards on 27 carries for a 7.5 yards per carry average ... caught one pass — a fi ve-yard touchdown ... converted seven fi rst downs rushing ... four explosive runs of 12 yards or more, including a 57- and a 35-yard burst ... fi nished with 208 all-purpose yards ... Walter Camp National Player of the Week ... SEC and Alabama Off ensive Player of the Week.

RICHARDSON’S CAREER STATISTICS Rushing ReceivingRushing Receiving


2009 14-0 145 751 5.2 8 52 16 126 7.9 0 17

2010 11-2 112 700 6.2 6 65 23 266 11.6 4 85

2011 12-12 263 1583 6.0 20 76 27 327 12.1 3 61

TOTAL 37-14 520 3034 5.8 34 76 66 719 10.9 7 85

Kickoff ReturnsKickoff Returns


2009 1 20 20.0 0 20

2010 24 634 26.4 1 91

2011 3 66 22.0 0 24

TOTAL 28 720 25.7 1 91

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RICHARDSON’S CAREER HIGHSRushes: 32 vs. Mississippi State & Georgia Southern, 2011Yards: 203 vs. Auburn, 2011Long Rush: 76 vs. Mississippi, 2011Touchdowns: 4 vs. Mississippi, 2011Receptions: 5 vs. Mississippi, 2010 & LSU, 2011Yards: 101 vs. Mississippi, 2010Long Play: 85 vs. Mississippi, 2010Touchdowns: 1 (7 Times) Last vs. Auburn, 2011Kickoff Returns: 6 vs. South Carolina, 2010Yards: 214 vs. Duke, 2010Touchdowns: 1 vs. Duke, 2010All-Purpose Yards: 235 vs. Arkansas, 2011Tackles: 2 vs. Arkansas, 2010

2011 (JUNIOR):Jeremy Shelley is Alabama’s starting place-kicker on fi eld goal attempts from 40 yards and in and extra points ... is a second-year starter ... has accounted for 100 points in 12 games this season ... is 16-of-20 on fi eld goals (80 percent) and 52-of-53 on extra points ... is 16-of-18 from inside 40 yards ... ranks third among kickers in the SEC in scoring at 8.3 points per game and fourth among all players ... also ranks 29th nationally in scoring. Kent State: Hit on fi eld goals from 36 and 32 yards while knocking through six extra points ... set a career high with 12 total points. Penn State: Connected on three extra points ... was 2-of-2 on fi eld goals, hitting from 22 and 18 yards.

168 all-purpose yards. Arkansas: Registered a career-best 235 all-purpose yards with 126 yards on the ground, 85 receiving and 24 kickoff return yards ... recorded his third straight 100-yard rushing game ... had three receptions for 85 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown reception ... had four fi rst-down rushes while all three of his catches moved the chains for the Crimson Tide ... had four runs of 12 yards or more. Florida: Set a ca-reer high for the second time this season with 181 yards and two scores against the No. 12 Gators ... carried the ball a career-best 29 times with a long run of 36 yards ... caught two passes for 22 yards ... fi nished with 208 all-purpose yards ... averaged 7.71 yards per touch at the Swamp. Vanderbilt: Recorded his fi fth straight 100-yard rushing game with 107 yards on 19 carries with a touchdown ... caught two passes. Mississippi: Worked over the Rebels’ defense to the tune of 183 yards on just 17 carries and a career-high four touchdowns ... had 10 fi rst-down car-ries while averaging 10.8 yards per carry and leaving the game midway through the third quarter ... caught two passes for 30 yards and fi nished with 213 all-purpose yards ... scored on runs of 8, 7, 8 and 76 yards ... the 76-yard run was one the most memorable of his career with numerous broken tackles and a start-stop juke move that left UM defend-

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ers grasping for air. Tennessee: Snapped his string of 100-yard rushing games with 77 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries ... had fi ve fi rst-down rushes and two fi rst-down receptions ... caught three passes for 33 yards, including a long of 22 yards ... totaled 110 all-purpose yards. LSU: Richardson was impressive against one of the nation’s best defenses with 169 yards from scrimmage ... rushed for 89 yards on 23 carries and broke numerous tackles ... had seven runs that con-verted fi rst downs ... equaled his career high with fi ve receptions while accounting for 80 receiving yards ... returned one kickoff from fi ve-yards deep in the end zone for 23 yards ... fi nished with 192 all-purpose yards. Mis-sissippi State: Continued to punish defend-ers with 127 hard-earned yards in a 24-7 vic-tory over the Bulldogs ... had a career-high 32 carries ... ran for 88 yards in the second half and 71 in the fourth quarter ... had 10 fi rst-down rushes and scored his 18th rushing touchdown of the season ... caught two passes for 26 yards and a fi rst down ... closed out the game in the fourth quarter in the Tide’s wildcat package, carrying the ball nine straight times while accounting for 28 yards and three fi rst downs on a touchdown drive. Georgia Southern: Carried the Crim-son Tide to its 10th win of the season ... ac-counted for 175 yards rushing ... scored three

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North Texas: Made fi ve more extra points and scored 11 points in a 41-0 shutout of UNT ... was 2-for-4 on fi eld goals ... made from 26 and 37 while missing from 42 and 36. Ar-kansas: Nailed a 20 yard fi eld goal and was a perfect 5-of-5 on extra points attempts ... recorded eight points in the win against the Razorbacks. Florida: Connected on a 32 yard fi eld goal and was 5-for-5 in extra point attempts. Vanderbilt: Went 4-for-5 on extra points and kicked off once for 55 yards. Mis-sissippi: Hit on his only fi eld goal attempt which was from 24 yards ... equaled a career high with seven extra points made ... kicked off six times for 337 yards for an average of 56.2 yards. Tennessee: Connected on two fi eld goals to remain perfect on tries during SEC play ... hit a 26 yarder in the fi rst quar-ter and added a 29-yarder in the beginning of the second quarter ... was a perfect 4-for-4 on extra point tries. LSU: Connected on a 34 yards fi eld goal and had one blocked, going 1-for-2 on the evening. Mississippi State: Went 1-for-2 on fi eld goal attempts, con-necting from 24 yards ... was a perfect 3-for-3 on extra points. Georgia Southern: Hit his only fi eld goal, a 32-yard attempt ... kicked off once for 42 yards. Auburn: Was a perfect 2-for-2 on fi eld goals, hitting from 30 yards and 28 yards ... nailed all four PAT attempts.

SHELLEY’S CAREER STATISTICS Extra Points Field Goals Extra Points Field Goals

Year G-S XP-A Pct. FG-A Pct. Lng Pts. Year G-S XP-A Pct. FG-A Pct. Lng Pts.

2009 1-0 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 0 1

2010 13-13 50-51 97.7 12-16 75.0 42 86

2011 12-12 52-53 98.1 16-20 80.0 37 100

TOTAL 25-25 103-105 98.1 28-37 75.7 42 187

FG BreakdownFG Breakdown

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+

2009 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

2010 1-1 3-5 7-8 1-2 0-0

2011 1-1 8-8 7-9 0-2 0-0

TOTAL 2-2 11-13 14-17 1-5 0-0

SHELLEY’S CAREER HIGHSPAT Made: 7 vs. Michigan State, 2010 & at Mississippi, 2011PAT Attempts: 7 vs. Michigan State, 2010 & at Mississippi, 2011FG Made: 2 (6 Times) Last vs. Penn State, 2011FG Attempts: 3 vs. South Carolina and Tennessee, 2010Long: 42 vs. Tennessee, 2010Points: 12 vs. Kent State, 2011

2011 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):Austin Shepherd is the Crimson Tide’s back-up right tackle ... has seen action in seven games against Kent State, North Texas, Flor-ida, Vanderbilt, Mississippi, Tennessee and Mississippi State.

2011 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):Blake Sims has settled into his role at running back for the Crimson Tide ... seen action in fi ve games ... has carried the ball 22 times for 107 yards and ran for six fi rst downs ... av-eraging 4.9 yards per carry. Kent State: Saw his fi rst career action and carried the ball six times for 16 yards. North Texas: Broke free with a 15-yard burst against UNT ... rushed three times for 13 yards. Vanderbilt: Carried the ball eight times for four yards ... caught two passes for 18 yards. Mississippi: Carried the ball fi ve times for 74 yards with a long run of 45 yards.

SIMS’ CAREER STATISTICS Rushing Receiving Rushing Receiving


2011 5-0 22 107 4.9 0 45 2 18 9.0 0 10

TOTAL 5-0 22 107 4.9 0 45 2 18 9.0 0 10

SIMS’ CAREER HIGHSRushes: 8 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011Yards: 74 at Mississippi, 2011Long: 45 at Mississippi, 2011

2011 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):Phillip Sims, the talented signal-caller has split time with AJ McCarron at quarterback ... seen action in eight games and completed 64 percent of his passes for 163 yards ... has thrown two interceptions. Kent State: Came off the bench in the fourth series ... complet-ed 7-of-14 passes for 73 yards and two picks ... also rushed three times with a long run of 15 yards. Penn State: Took over on the fi nal drive of the game as the Tide closed out the No. 23 Nittany Lions in Happy Valley, 27-11. North Texas: Connected on 6-of-8 pass-es for 49 yards, coming off the bench in the game’s fourth series ... completed his longest pass to date with a 19-yard strike that moved the chains for the Crimson Tide. Arkansas: Came off the bench to fi nish the game in the win against the Razorbacks. Vanderbilt: Was

a perfect 3-for-3 off the bench, throwing for 29 yards. Mississippi: Came off the bench to complete one pass on one attempt for two yards. Tennessee: Came off the bench and was 1-for-2 for 10 yards against the Volun-teers.

SIMS’ CAREER STATISTICS Passing RushingPassing Rushing

Year G-S C-A-I Pct. Yds TD LP No. Yds Avg. TD LPYear G-S C-A-I Pct. Yds TD LP No. Yds Avg. TD LP

2011 8-0 18-28-2 64.3 163 0 19 5 -10 -2.0 0 15

TOTAL 8-0 18-28-2 64.3 163 0 19 5 -10 -2.0 0 15

SIMS’ CAREER HIGHSAttempts: 14 vs. Kent State, 2011Completions: 7 vs. Kent State, 2011Yards: 73 vs. Kent State, 2011Passing Touchdowns: NoneLong: 19 vs. North Texas, 2011Rushes: 3 vs. Kent State, 2011Yards: 3 vs. Kent State, 2011Rushing Touchdowns NoneLong: 15 vs. Kent State, 2011Total Touchdowns: None

2011 (SENIOR):Brad Smelley has taken over at h-back for Alabama as a senior ... has been produc-tive with 27 catches for 317 yards and four touchdowns ... 21 of his 27 catches (77.8 percent) have helped the Crimson Tide of-fense convert a fi rst down ... tied for second on the Tide squad with 27 receptions ... also has one rushing fi rst down on a fake punt ... has started nine games while playing in all 12 ... averaging 11.7 yards per reception ... also helps the Tide on special teams, starting on the kickoff team and the fi eld goal and extra point teams ... has 10 receptions for 144 yards and three touchdowns in the last two games. Kent State: Caught one pass for eight yards in the Tide’s 48-7 win in the season opener. Penn State: Executed a fake punt for a criti-cal fi rst down early in the Tide’s 27-11 win at the No. 23 Nittany Lions ... also caught two passes for 18 yards. North Texas: Hauled in a career-best four receptions that matched his career high in receiving yards with 46 ... long catch was a 20-yard grab. Arkansas: Recorded one catch for 15 yards in the win against the Razorbacks. Florida: Did not start but caught one pass for 16 yards that gave the Crimson Tide a fi rst down ... also helped block for 226 rushing yards. Vanderbilt: Caught his fi rst ca-reer touchdown on a fi rst-quarter strike from AJ McCarron ... fi nished with three receptions for 19 yards. Mississippi: Started for the fi rst

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2011 (SOPHOMORE):Anthony Steen started the fi rst seven games of the 2011 season at right guard before missing the Tennessee game due to injury ... has nine starts this year ... returned to start against Mississippi State ... helps Alabama rank 15th nationally running the football with an average of 219.8 yards per game while ranking 16th nationally in scoring off ense with 36.0 points per game and 30th in total off ense (433.4 ypg) ... ranks 28th nationally in sacks allowed at 1.25 per game ... the Tide has scored 33 rushing touchdowns to rank tied for ninth nationally. Kent State: Helped clear the way for 183 yards rushing, including 134 rushing and receiving yards from Eddie Lacy and Trent Richardson’s three rushing touch-downs. Penn State: Blocked for 196 rush-ing yards while not allowing a sack to the talented Nittany Lion front seven ... helped Richardson account for 111 yards and two touchdowns. North Texas: Opened holes for a season-high 347 rushing yards including 100-yard games from Trent Richardson(167) and Eddie Lacy (161) ... Richardson found the end zone three times while Lacy scored twice ... at quarterback, AJ McCarron had time to complete 71.4 percent of his passes. Arkansas: Helped create the holes for Trent Richardson to record his third-straight 100 yard performance on the ground ... helped provide the time for AJ McCarron to throw for an effi cient 15-of-20 for 200 yards and two scores. Florida: Cleared a path for 226 rushing yards in the 38-10 win over the Ga-tors as Richardson went for a career-best 181 yards and two touchdowns ... also helped the Tide not surrender a sack. Vanderbilt: Opened holes for Richardson’s fi fth 100-yard rushing game and 419 yards of total off ense ... provided time for McCarron to throw four touchdowns. Mississippi: Paved the way for Alabama to amass 389 yards on the ground ... provided the holes for two 100-yard rushers in Trent Richardson (183 yards) and Jalston Fowler (125 yards). LSU: Steen played but did not start. Mississippi State: Returned to his starting role after missing a game due to injury ... helped pave the way for the Tide to rush for 223 yards ... blocked for another 100

two assisted tackles in a 41-0 shutout of the Mean Green as Alabama held UNT to 169 total yards. Arkansas: Started and helped the Tide harass Hogs’ quarterback Tyler Wilson all game ... helped limit the Razorbacks to just 226 total yards, 291 yards below their season average entering the game. Florida: Made a season-best three tackles with a solo stop ... had one tackle for loss for one yard. Vanderbilt: Started but did not have a tackle as the Tide posted a 34-0 shutout. Missis-sippi: Matched his season high with three tackles ... had 1.5 of Alabama’s 14 tackles for loss ... accounted for minus-3 yards as the Tide held the Rebels to seven points, 28 yards rushing and 141 total yards. Tennessee: Had two total tackles with one solo stop as the Tide kept the Vols out of the end zone and limited them to just 155 total yards. LSU: Recorded his best game of the season with a career-best six tackles ... had 1.5 tackles for loss and registered one quarterback hurry as the Tide limited the top-ranked Tigers to just 239 yards and nine points. Mississippi State: Made three tackles with one solo tack-le for loss (-1 yard) ... had one quarterback hurry and helped limit the Bulldogs to just 12 yards rushing and 131 total yards. Geor-gia Southern: Registered fi ve tackles with three solo stops ... had one tackle for loss of three yards. Auburn: Recorded his fi rst sack of the season (-5 yards) ... fi nished with four total tackles, including one solo stop ... helped limited the Tigers to just 140 total yards ... AU had just 44 yards -— 25 rushing — through three quarters and gained the rest after the Tide had already locked up the win in the fourth quarter.

SQUARE’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2009 2-0 1 0 1 0.5-1 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02009 2-0 1 0 1 0.5-1 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2010 13-6 27 20 7 7-27 1 3-16 0 0-0 0 0-02010 13-6 27 20 7 7-27 1 3-16 0 0-0 0 0-0

2011 12-12 30 12 18 7.0-15 3 1-5 0 0-0 1 0-02011 12-12 30 12 18 7.0-15 3 1-5 0 0-0 1 0-0

TOTAL 27-18 58 32 26 17.5-43 5 4-21 0 0-0 1 0-0

SQUARE’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 4 vs. South Carolina, 2010Tackles For Loss: 2 vs. Mississippi State, 2010Yards Lost: 15 vs. Mississippi State, 2010Quarterback Sacks: 2 vs. Mississippi State, 2010Yards Lost: 15 vs. Mississippi State, 2010Passes Broken Up: 1 vs. North Texas, 2011

time in two games ... made two catches for nine yards ... long of six yards converted a Crimson Tide fi rst down. Tennessee: Hauled in two receptions for 34 yards ... both were 17-yard catches that converted Alabama fi rst downs in a 37-6 win over the Volunteers. LSU: Caught one pass for eight yards in his seventh start of the year. Mississippi State: Had an excellent game blocking on the edge for Trent Richardson and Eddie Lacy in the running game ... did not have a catch and did not start. Georgia Southern: Turned in the best game of his career with highs in recep-tions (4), yards (58) and touchdowns (2) ... converted two fi rst downs ... highlight was a one-handed touchdown grab ... was named one of the Off ensive Players of the Week by the UA coaching staff . Auburn: Produced a career-best game in his fi nal Iron Bowl ... ca-reer a career-best six passes for a career-high 86 yards ... hauled in a 35-yard touchdown reception in the Tide’s 42-14 win ... shared Alabama Off ensive Player of the Week hon-ors with Trent Richardson.

SMELLEY’S CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2008 8-0 7 98 14.0 0 37

2009 13-2 7 50 7.1 0 10

2010 12-0 6 55 9.2 0 13

2011 12-9 27 317 11.7 3 34

TOTAL 45-11 47 520 11.1 4 37

SMELLEY’S CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 6 vs. Auburn, 2011Yards: 86 vs. Auburn, 2011Touchdowns: 2 vs. Georiga Southern, 2011Long Play: 37 vs. Mississippi State, 2008

2011 (JUNIOR):Damion Square has started all 12 games for the Crimson Tide at defensive end ... has 30 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss (-15 yards), one sack (-5 yards), three quarterback hurries and a pass breakup ... production has increased late in the season with 18 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack in the last four games. Kent State: Had one solo tackle and a quar-terback hurry in the Alabama win ... helped the Alabama defense limited the Golden Flashes to 90 total yards and minus-8 yards rushing. Penn State: Helped put regular pressure on the Nittany Lions’ quarterback ... batted down his fi rst pass of the season had one assisted tackle. North Texas: Had

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2011 12-0 31 18 3 0-0 1 0-0 1 1-0 1 0-02011 12-0 31 18 3 0-0 1 0-0 1 1-0 1 0-0

TOTAL 12-0 31 18 3 0-0 1 0-0 1 1-0 1 0-012-0 31 18 3 0-0 1 0-0 1 1-0 1 0-0

SUNSERI’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 6 vs. Kent State & North Texas, 2011Passes Broken Up: 1 vs. North Texas, 2011

2011 (JUNIOR):Carson Tinker is in his second season as the Crimson Tide starting long snapper ... ac-cepted the Disney Spirit Award for the 2011 Alabama football team for the eff orts follow-ing the April 27, 2011, tornado that deves-tated Tuscaloosa ... handles both fi eld goal/extra point snaps and longer punt snaps ... is perfect on the season on 83 short snaps and 36 long snaps ... recorded a solo tackle on punt coverage against Arkansas.

2011 (SENIOR):Chris Underwood has seen an expanded role at tight end as a senior as well as continu-ing his vital role on special teams ... played in all 12 games at tight end and earned his fi rst career start against LSU ... does not have a catch on the season ... plays on the fi eld goal, kickoff return and punt return teams. Returned a punt seven yards against Tennes-see. LSU: Earned his fi rst career start, playing signifi cant time against the Tigers.

UNDERWOOD’S CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2008 8-0 0 0 0 0 O

2009 9-0 0 0 0 0 0

2010 13-0 3 36 12.0 1 28

2011 12-1 0 0 0.0 0 0

TOTAL 42-1 3 36 12.0 1 28

UNDERWOOD’S CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 1 vs. Duke, Georgia St. and Michigan St., 2010Long Reception: 28 yards vs. Duke, 2010

2011 (FRESHMAN):Vinnie Sunseri has been a special teams de-mon and is developing a role on the Crimson Tide defense as a safety in passing situations ... SEC All-Freshman team ... second on the team with 11 special teams tackles, all coming on kickoff coverage ... he has 31 total tackles to rank eighth on the team ... also plays on the punt return team and has recorded several attention-grabbing blocks ... a fi ve-time Spe-cial Teams Player of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... son of assistant head coach and linebackers coach Sal Sunseri. Kent State: Set a career-high with six tackles, including three solo stops ... along with fellow freshman Trey DePriest, registered several big hits on kickoff coverage ... also saw time at safety in the 48-7 win ... selected as the coaches’ Spe-cial Teams Player of the Week. Penn State: Did not have a tackle but was named a Spe-cial Teams Player of the Week with excellent coverage on the kickoff team and blocking on punt return ... posted a highlight reel block against the No. 23 Nittany Lions by leaving his feet to complete a block that sprung Mar-quis Maze on a 43-yard punt return. North Texas: Recorded another big tackle night with six stops split between special teams and safety ... had three solo tackles. Arkansas: As-sisted on two tackles in the win against the Razorbacks. Florida: Named a Special Teams Player of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... recorded two solo tackles and forced a fumble. Mississippi: Was once again named a Special Teams Player of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... totaled six tackles, including four solo stops. Tennessee: Totaled two tackles, including a solo stop ... recovered his fi rst career fumble in the win against the Volunteers. Georgia Southern: Was named one of the Alabama coaching staff ’s Special Teams Players of the Week ... recorded one solo tackle on kickoff coverage. Auburn: Tied a career high with six tackles, including four solo stops ... recorded a quarterback hurry ... played signifi cant time at safety in the second half against the Tigers.

yard rusher as Trent Richardson tallied 133 yards on the ground ... Eddie Lacy chipped in with 96 yards as well. Georgia Southern: Helped the Tide amass 272 yards rushing while Richardson went 175 yards and two scores ... did not allow a sack.

2011 (SOPHOMORE):Ed Stinson has been in the Crimson Tide’s ro-tation along the defensive line ... has 17 tack-les in 12 games, including fi ve for a loss of 12 yards with a pass breakup, forced fumble and a sack ... gives Alabama a consistent run-stopper and a good pass rusher. Kent State: Came off the bench to record an solo tackle as Alabama limited the Golden Flashes to 90 total yards and minus-8 yards rushing. Penn State: Made two tackles with a solo stop at Happy Valley. North Texas: Notched thee tackles and knocked down a Mean Green pass in the UA shutout. Arkansas: Recorded three tackles, including 1.5 for a loss of four yards. Florida: Recorded three solo tackles that all went for a loss ... tallied his fi rst career sack in the win. Vanderbilt: Tallied one solo stop in the shutout win against the Commo-dores. Mississippi: Assisted on one tackle for a loss of a yard and recovered a fumble. Mis-sissippi State: Assisted on two tackles in the win against the Bulldogs. Auburn: Forced a fumble against rival Auburn and tallied one solo tackle in the win.

STINSON’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2010 9-2 14 8 6 0-0 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02010 9-2 14 8 6 0-0 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2011 12-0 17 9 8 5-12 0 1-3 1 1-0 1 0-02011 12-0 17 9 8 5-12 0 1-3 1 1-0 1 0-0

TOTAL 21-2 31 17 14 5-12 2 1-3 1 1-0 1 0-0

STINSON’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 9 vs. Penn State, 2010Quarterback Hurries: 2 vs. Penn State, 2010Passes Broken Up: 1 vs. North Texas, 2011Tackles For Loss: 3 at Florida, 2011Quarterback Sacks: 1 at Florida, 2011

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Vestavia Hills, Ala.

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Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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Eufaula41• One of the nation’s most feared pass rushers• First-team All-American (FWAA, Sporting News, SI.com, ESPN.com & Pro Football Weekly)• First-Team All-SEC (AP & Coaches)

• Finalist for the Lombardi Award

• Finalist for the Butkus Award

• Semifi nalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award

• Midseason All-American by SI.com, Sporting

News, CBSsports.com, ESPN.com and Phil Steele

• Second in the SEC and tied for 14th nationally

with 17 tackles for loss (-85 yards)

• Leads Alabama with 8.5 sacks (-57 yards) and

has a team-best 11 quarterback hurries

• Defense ranks No. 1 in scoring defense (8.8 ppg),

rush defense (74.9 ypg) & total defense (191.3 ypg)

• Has at least one sack in fi ve of the last seven games

• Returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown

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2011 (SENIOR):Courtney Upshaw is one of the premier pass-rushing outside linebackers in college football ... fi rst-team All-American by the FWAA, Sporting News, CBSsports.com, SI.com and ESPN.com ... second-team All-American by Walter Camp and the Associated Press ... fi nalist for the Lombardi Award, which goes

to the nation’s best linebacker or interior lineman and the Butkus Award, which goes to the nation’s best linebacker ... semifi nal-ist for the Chuck Bednarik Award ... ranks second in the SEC and tied for 14th nation-ally with 17 tackles for loss (-85 yards) ... has a team-best 8.5 sacks (-57) yards, which ranks tied for fourth in the SEC and tied for 18th nationally ... has 16.5 career sacks and is a fi rst-team midseason All-American by SI.com, Sporting News and ESPN.com while CBSsports.com and Phil Steele listed him as a second-team midseason All-American ... was a preseason fi rst-team All-SEC selection ... has 45 tackles in 11 starts and a team-high 11 quarterback hurries ... a forced fumble on a sack in back-to-back weeks vs. Mississippi and Tennessee ... has multiple-sack games vs. Mississippi and Auburn ... has posted at least one sack in fi ve of his last seven games ... fi ve-time Defensive Player of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff . Kent State: Had 1.5 tackles for loss and half of a sack as the Crim-son Tide defense held KSU to just 90 yards of total off ense and minus-8 yards rushing ... totaled seven tackles with four solo stops. Penn State: Helped harass the Nittany Lion quarterback all game ... fi nished with one as-sisted tackle in a 27-11 win at No. 23 PSU. North Texas: Registered three tackles for loss (-6 yards) and four solo tackles in the Tide’s fi rst shutout since the 2009 season ... also had a career-best three quarterback hurries. Arkansas: Harassed Hogs’ quarterback Tyler Wilson with two quarterback hurries and several other hits after the ball left his hand ... helped limit the Razorbacks to just 226 total yards, 291 yards below their season av-erage entering the game. Florida: Was a one-

man wrecking crew in the Swamp against the No. 12 Gators ... had four solo tackles with three coming behind the line of scrimmage for a loss of 21 yards ... also had one sack (-10 yards) ... intercepted a John Brantley screen pass and returned it 45 yards for a touchdown ... also had one quarterback hurry. Mississip-pi: Did not start and sat out the fi rst quarter due to disciplinary reasons ... came back to notch a season-high two sacks for a loss of 15 yards ... had another quarterback hurry and forced a fumble on his fi rst sack that led to Jalston Fowler’s fi rst touchdown run of the night. Tennessee: Had one sack (-6 yards) and six tackles — three solo — while earning Alabama Defensive Player of the Week hon-ors ... also forced his second fumble of the season on the sack as the Tide limited UT to just 155 total yards. LSU: Recorded one sack and made six tackles ... had two solo stops ... harassed the Tigers with two quarterback hurries ... helped limit the top-ranked Tigers to just 239 total yards. Mississippi State: Notched a sack for the fourth straight week ... had 1.5 tackles for loss (-9 yards) and made three total tackles ... helped limit the Bulldogs to just 131 total yards and just 12 yards rushing. Georgia Southern: Recorded four total tackles in a 24-point win over the Eagles ... also notched his 10th quarterback hurry of the season. Auburn: Equaled his season-high with two sacks and three tack-les for loss ... accounted for 19 lost rushing yards ... totaled six tackles with fi ve solo stops ... notched one quarterback hurry ... helped limit the Tigers to just 140 total yards ... AU had just 44 yards -— 25 rushing — through three quarters and gained the rest after the Tide had already locked up the win in the fourth quarter.

UPSHAW’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2008 13-0 22 12 10 3.0-3 1 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-02008 13-0 22 12 10 3.0-3 1 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-0

2009 14-1 15 7 8 1.0-1 4 1.0-1 0 2-45 0 0-02009 14-1 15 7 8 1.0-1 4 1.0-1 0 2-45 0 0-0

2010 13-11 52 32 20 14.5-69 2 7.0-40 4 1-0 2 0-02010 13-11 52 32 20 14.5-69 2 7.0-40 4 1-0 2 0-0

2011 12-11 45 31 14 17.0-85 11 8.5-57 2 0-0 0 1-452011 12-11 45 31 14 17.0-85 11 8.5-57 2 0-0 0 1-45

TOTAL 52-23 134 82 52 35.5-158 18 16.5-98 6 3-45 4 1-45

UPSHAW’S CAREER HIGHSTackles: 10 vs. Auburn, 2010Tackles For Loss: 4 vs. Florida, 2010Yards Lost: 29 vs. Michigan State, 2010Quarterback Sacks: 3 vs. Auburn, 2010Yards Lost: 19 vs. Auburn, 2010Quarterback Hurries: 3 vs. North Texas, 2011Passes Broken Up: 2 vs. Florida, 2009Forced Fumbles: 2 vs. Auburn, 2010 Fumble Recoveries: 1 (3 Times) Last vs. Florida, 2010Yards: 45 vs. Kentucky, 2009Interceptions: 1 vs. Florida, 2011Yards: 45 vs. Florida, 2011Touchdowns: 1 vs. Kentucky, 2009 & Florida, 2011

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ron to throw four touchdowns. Mississippi: Graded out at a team-best 91 percent ... helped open holes for two 100-yard rushers — Richardson (183 yards and four touch-downs) and Jalston Folwer (124 yards and two touchdowns) ... blocked for 389 rush-ing yards while providing time for 226 yards through the air for a season-best 615 yards of total off ense ... did not allow a sack. Ten-nessee: Opened holes for 143 yards on the ground while providing time for 437 yards of total off ense in a 37-6 win ... did not allow a sack as the Tide threw for 294 yards through the air, including a career-best 284 yards by AJ McCarron. LSU: Helped Alabama ac-count for 295 yards of off ense against one of the nation’s best defenses, including 169 yards from scrimmage for Richardson. Mis-sissippi State: Graded out at 90 percent with two pancake blocks ... turned in an outstand-ing game on the off ensive front as the Tide was missing All-American Barrett Jones ... helped block for 223 rushing yards, includ-ing 127 from Richardson and 96 from Lacy ... did not allow a sack. Georgia Southern: Graded out above 90 percent for the sixth time this season ... helped the Tide amass 272 yards rushing while Richardson went 175 yards and two scores ... did not allow a sack. Auburn: Was selected as the SEC Of-fensive Lineman of the Week following the Iron Bowl win ... graded out at a season-high 97 percent to lead the team ... helped Rich-ardson acocunt for a career-best 203 yards and a receiving touchdown ... also named Alabama Off ensive Player of the Week.

... two-time SEC Off ensive Lineman of the Week (Florida and Auburn). Kent State: Helped clear the way for 183 yards rushing, including 134 rushing and receiving yards from Eddie Lacy and Trent Richardson’s three rushing touchdowns. Penn State: Blocked for 196 rushing yards while not allowing a sack to the talented Nittany Lion front seven ... graded out a team-best 91 percent ... helped Richardson account for 111 yards and two touchdowns ... earned Off ensive Player of the Week honors from the Alabama coaching staff . North Texas: Opened holes for a season-high 347 rushing yards including 100-yard games from Trent Richardson(167) and Eddie Lacy (161) ... Richardson found the end zone three times while Lacy scored twice ... at quar-terback, AJ McCarron had time to complete 71.4 percent of his passes. Arkansas: Led the way for Richardson to record his third straight 100-yard rushing game with 126 yards while the team pounded out 197 rushing yards ... provided time for McCarron to complete 75 percent of his passes (15-of-20). Florida: Was named the SEC Off ensive Lineman of the Week and a the UA coaches Off ensive Player of the Week ... graded out at at team-best 91 percent with a season-best six pancake blocks ... cleared a path for 226 rushing yards in the 38-10 win over the Gators as Richard-son went for a career-best 181 yards and two touchdowns ... also protected McCarron’s blideside as the Tide did not surrender a sack. Vanderbilt: Opened holes for Richardson’s fi fth 100-yard rushing game and 419 yards of total off ense ... provided time for McCar-

• Veteran leader of the Tide’s Offensive Line

• Second-team Walter Camp All-American

• Finalist for the Rimington Trophy

• Watch list for the Outland Trophy

• Second-Team Midseason All-American by SI.com

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• Clears a path for Heisman Trophy candidate Trent

Richardson, who leads the SEC with 1,583 yards and

23 total touchdowns

• Has graded out fi rst or second on the Alabama

offensive line in all 12 games games

• Has graded out at better than 90 percent in six

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• Has faced seven of the nation’s top-50 defenses

• Has only eight missed assignments in 733 snaps

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• Has been 100 percent on assignments in six games

this season

• Started 39 straight career games at center

• Blocked for 27 100-yard rushers in his career,

including 11 this season

• Masterful knowledge of the Tide offense

• Makes all identifi cations and calls for the front

• Helps the Tide rank 15th nationally in rushing and

fi rst in the SEC (219.8)

• Two-time SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week

(Florida & Auburn)

2011 (SENIOR):William Vlachos is in his third year as Ala-bama’s starting center ... a veteran that pro-vides excellent leadership and has a masterful knowledge of the Crimson Tide off ense, mak-ing all of the off ensive line identifi cations and calls ... a fi nalist for the Rimington Award, which goes to the nation’s top center ... sec-ond-team All-American by Walter Camp ... second-team midseason All-American by SI.com and Phil Steele ... has started all 12 games this season and 39 straight contests ... helps Alabama rank 15th nationally running the football with an average of 219.8 yards per game while ranking 16th nationally in scoring off ense with 36.0 points per game and 30th in total off ense (433.4 ypg) ... ranks 28th na-tionally in sacks allowed at 1.25 per game ... the Tide has scored 33 rushing touchdowns to rank tied for seventh nationally ... Vlachos has blocked for 27 100-yard rushers in his ca-reer, including 11 this season ... missed only eight assignments in 733 plays this season ... 100 percent of assignments in six games

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2011 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):Brian Vogler has played in nine games as a backup tight end for the Crimson Tide ... has one catch for six yards. Kent State: Caught his fi rst career pass in his fi rst career game with a six yard grab vs. the Golden Flashes ... the six-yard reception also converted a fi rst down for the Tide.

VOGLER’S CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2011 9-0 1 6 6.0 0 6

TOTAL 9-0 1 6 6.0 0 6

VOGLER’S CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 1 vs. Kent State, 2011Yards: 6 vs. Kent State, 2011Long: 6 vs. Kent State, 2011

2011 (JUNIOR):Chance Warmack is in his second year as Alabama’s starting left guard ... has started all 12 games this season and 25 straight contests ... honorable mention All-American by Pro Football Weekly ... second-team All-SEC by the league coaches ... has cleared a path for Alabama, ranking 15th nationally running the football with an average of 219.8 yards per game while ranking 16th nationally in scoring off ense with 36.0 points per game and 30th in total off ense (433.4 ypg) ... ranks 28th na-tionally in sacks allowed at 1.25 per game ... the Tide has scored 33 rushing touchdowns to rank tied for ninth nationally ... Warmack has blocked for 16 100-yard rushers in his career, including 11 this season. Kent State: Helped clear the way for 183 yards rushing, including 134 rushing and receiving yards from Eddie Lacy and Trent Richardson’s three rushing touchdowns. Penn State: Blocked for 196 rushing yards while not allowing a sack to the talented Nittany Lion front seven ... helped Richardson account for 111 yards and two touchdowns. North Texas: Opened holes for

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Brownsville, Tenn.

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a season-high 347 rushing yards including 100-yard games from Trent Richardson(167) and Eddie Lacy (161) ... Richardson found the end zone three times while Lacy scored twice ... at quarterback, AJ McCarron had time to complete 71.4 percent of his passes. Arkansas: Once again provided the blocks for a 100 yard rusher (Richardson, 126) ... also provided the time for AJ McCarron to throw for an effi cient 15-of-20 for 200 yards and two touchdowns. Florida: Was named one of the Off ensive Player’s of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... cleared a path for 226 rushing yards in the 38-10 win over the Gators as Richardson went for a career-best 181 yards and two touchdowns ... also helped the Tide not surrender a sack. Vanderbilt: Opened holes for Richardson’s fi fth 100-yard rushing game and 419 yards of total off ense ... provided time for McCar-ron to throw four touchdowns. Mississippi: Was named one of the Off ensive Players of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff ... helped pave the way for Alabama to amass 389 yards on the ground ... provided the holes for two 100-yard rushers in Trent Richardson (183 yards) and Jalston Fowler (125 yards). Tennessee: Opened holes for 143 yards on the ground while providing time for 437 yards of total off ense in the win over the Vol-unteers ... did not allow a sack as the Tide threw for 294 yards through the air, includ-ing a career-best 284 yards by AJ McCarron. LSU: Helped Alabama account for 295 yards of off ense against one of the nation’s best de-fenses, including 169 yards from scrimmage for Richardson. Mississippi State: Was named one of the Alabama Off ensive Play-ers of the Week after his performance vs. the Bulldogs ... cleared a path of Richardson 127 yards and Lacy’s 96 yards. Georgia Southern: Graded out well ... helped the Tide amass 272 yards rushing while Richardson went for 175 yards and two scores ... did not allow a sack. Auburn: Had three pancake blocks and helped open holes for 203 rushing yards for Richardson ... did not miss an assignment in the Tide’s 42-14 win in the Iron Bowl.

2011 (SENIOR):Alex Watkins gives the Crimson Tide a little extra pass rush in long-yardage situations ... has played in all 12 with one start and has tallied 17 tackles ... broke his arm vs. Ten-nessee but returned after the bye week to play after never missing a practice ... also a standout on special teams ... plays on kickoff return and kickoff coverage, where eight of his tackles this season have taken place. Kent State: Recorded one solo tackle in a 48-7 win over the Golden Flashes. Penn State: Made season-best two solo stops at Beaver Stadium against the No. 23 Nittany Lions. Arkansas: Was named one of the special teams players of the week by the Alabama coaching staff ... recorded three tackles on special teams in the win against the Razorbacks. Florida: Was named on of the Defensive Player’s of the week by the Alabama coaching staff ... tallied a sack for 12 yards and forced a fumble in the win against the Gators. Vanderbilt: Assisted on two tackles in the shutout win against the Commodores. Mississippi: Totaled two tackles, including a solo stop on the road against the Rebels ... recorded a quarterback hurry. Tennessee: Registered a tackle for loss and two total tackles before breaking his ar-min the fi rst half vs. the Vols. LSU: Due to the broken arm, was limited in what he was able to do at defensive end ... earned UA Spe-cial Teams Player of the Week for his coverage and return duties. Mississippi State: Totaled two tackles on kickoff coverage against the Bulldogs. Georgia Southern: Recorded his second quarterback hurry of the season. Au-burn: Was named one of the Special Teams Players of the Week by the UA coaching staff ... tallied two solo tackles in the win against the rival Tigers.

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2009 3-0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-02009 3-0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2010 12-0 16 9 7 2.5-22 2 2.5-22 0 0-0 0 0-02010 12-0 16 9 7 2.5-22 2 2.5-22 0 0-0 0 0-0

2011 12-1 17 9 8 2.0-13 2 1.0-12 1 0-0 0 0-02011 12-1 17 9 8 2.0-13 2 1.0-12 1 0-0 0 0-0

TOTAL 28-1 34 18 16 4.5-35 4 2.5-22 1 0-0 0 0-0

WATKINS’ CAREER HIGHSTackles: 4 vs. Michigan State, 2010Tackles For Loss: 1.0 (four times); Last vs. Tennessee, 2011Yards Lost: 12 at Florida, 2011Quarterback Sacks: 1.0 Th ree timesYards Lost: 12 at Florida, 2011Quarterback Pressures: 1 (Four Times) Last vs. Georgia Southern, 2011

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Columbus, Ga.

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Atlanta, Ga.

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2011 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):DeAndrew White is a redshirt freshman wide receiver that gives the Crimson Tide an ex-plosive threat down the fi eld ... has 14 recep-tions for 151 yards with two touchdowns ... six of his 14 catches have resulted in Alabama fi rst downs ... has three receptions of 15 yards or more ... played in 11 games, making two starts ... helps UA in the kicking game, re-turning both kickoff s and backing up Mar-quis Maze at punt returner ... has returned one kickoff in 2011 for 24 yards and two punts for 34 yards. Kent State: Began his Alabama career with an outstanding perfor-mance in the season opener ... started and caught four passes for 44 yards ... three of the catches went for fi rst downs ... also returned two punts for 34 yards with a long of 20 ... ran back one kickoff for 24 yards ... fi nished the game with 101 all-purpose yards. North Texas: Hauled in one pass for fi ve yards in the Tide shutout. Vanderbilt: Had a career game ... caught two touchdowns which were the fi rst of his career ... totaled three catches for 58 yards, including a 39 yards touch-down. Mississippi: Caught three passes for 23 yards ... had a long of 15 yards that re-sulted in a Crimson Tide fi rst down. Missis-sippi State: Caught three passes for 21 yards.

WHITE’S CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2011 11-2 14 151 10.8 2 39

TOTAL 11-2 14 151 10.8 2 39

WHITE’S CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 4 vs. Kent State, 2011Yards: 58 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011Touchdowns: 2 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011Long Play: 39 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011Kickoff Returns: 1 vs. Kent State, 2011Kickoff Return Yards: 24 vs. Kent State, 2011Long Play: 24 vs. Kent State, 2011Punt Returns: 2 vs. Kent State, 2011Punt Return Yards: 34 vs. Kent State, 2011Long Play: 20 vs. Kent State, 2011

2011 (FRESHMAN):Jarrick Williams gives Alabama great depth at safety ... an excellent athlete that has played in six games this season and 10 in his career ... also helps the Tide on special teams ... has four tackles, including three solo stops.

WILLIAMS’ CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2010 4-0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-02010 4-0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-0

2011 6-0 4 3 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-02011 6-0 4 3 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-0

TOTAL 10-0 5 3 2 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-0

WILLIAMS’ CAREER HIGHSTackles: 2 at Mississippi, 2011

2011 (JUNIOR):Jesse Williams hails from Australia but has quickly found a comfort level in the front lines of the Alabama defense ... the junior college transfer, who didn’t begin playing football until he was 15 years old found his footing after just one spring on campus and earned the starting job at the 5-technique defensive end while moving inside to tackle in passing downs in a four-man front ... has started all 12 games and done a great job of stopping the run (UA leads the nation allow-ing just 74.9 ypg) and pushing the pocket ... has 22 tackles with 4.0 tackles for loss (-10 yards), three quarterback hurries and one pass defection. Kent State: Started his fi rst game at the Capstone ... recorded one quar-terback hurry. Penn State: Registered two tackles with one solo stop in UA’s win at No. 23 PSU ... also batted down a pass. North Texas: Had one assisted tackle as the Tide limited the Mean Green to 169 total yards and recorded the team’s fi rst shutout since 2009. Arkansas: Played easily his most pro-ductive game to date with a career-best fi ve tackles and two tackles for loss ... made four solo stops ... dropped Hog running backs be-

hind the line of scrimmage two times for a loss of seven yards ... helped the Tide limit the Razorbacks to a series-low 17 yards rush-ing. Florida: In his fi rst SEC road start made two solo tackles and helped limit the Gators to 15 yards rushing. Vanderbilt: Had one assisted tackle, which was a sack that went for a loss of one yard. Mississippi: Notched one solo tackle for loss as the Crimson Tide allowed just 28 yards rushing and 141 total yards. Tennessee: Started and helped limit the Vols to 155 total yards. LSU: Started and made fi ve assisted tackles to help limit the No. 1 Tigers to just 239 total yards and nine points. Mississippi State: Made two early tackles before leaving the game in the second quarter with a shoulder injury. Geor-gia Southern: Rehabbed his shoulder hard to get back for the game vs. the Eagles only to fall victim to food poisoning, which limted his snaps ... did start and make three tackles, one solo before going to the bench. Auburn: Notched a quarterback hurry and was very eff ective at holding the line of scrimmage in the 42-14 win in the Iron Bowl ... helped limited the Tigers to just 140 total yards ... AU had just 44 yards -— 25 rushing — through three quarters and gained the rest after the Tide had already locked up the win in the fourth quarter.

WILLIAMS’ CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles Tackles Fumbles


2011 12-12 22 10 12 4.0-10 3 0.5-1 0 0-0 1 0-02011 12-12 22 10 12 4.0-10 3 0.5-1 0 0-0 1 0-0

TOTAL 12-12 22 10 12 4.0-10 3 0.5-1 0 0-0 1 0-012-12 22 10 12 4.0-10 3 0.5-1 0 0-0 1 0-0

WILLIAMS’ CAREER HIGHSTackles: 5 vs. Arkansas, 2011Tackles for Loss: 2.0 vs. Arkansas, 2011Lost Yards: 7 vs. Arkansas, 2011Passes Broken Up: 1 vs. Kent State, 2011Quarterback Hurries: 1 vs. Kent State, North Texas & Auburn, 2011

2011 (SOPHOMORE):Kellen Williams has appeared in fi ve games for the Crimson Tide this season in a backup role ... Played against North Texas, Florida, Vanderbilt, Mississippi and Tennessee.

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Houston, Texas

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Mobile, Ala.

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Brisbane, Australia

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6-3 • 305 • Soph.

Lawrenceville, Ga.

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Pickens County892011 (JUNIOR):Michael Williams is a steady force for Ala-bama ... a two-year starter at tight end with 26 career starts and 12 this season ... has caught 14 passes for 181 yards for a 12.9 yards per catch average has two receiving touchdowns and a two-point conversion catch ... tremen-dous blocking tight end on the edge of the Crimson Tide off ense ... has played a key role in Alabama’s 15th ranked rushing off ense that is averaging 219.8 yards per game ... UA Off ensive Player of the Week following the Penn State game where he showed he could also be a play-maker ... also helps the Tide on special teams, starting on the kickoff return unit and the fi eld goal team ... seven of his 12 receptions have went for fi rst downs with fi ve counting as explosive plays of 15 yards or more. Kent State: Started and helped the Tide roll up 482 yards of total off ense. Penn State: Produced one of the best games of his career with three catches for 34 yards and a touchdown ... hauled in a bullet from AJ Mc-Carron from seven yards out. North Texas: Caught one pass for 10 yards and a fi rst down ... helped the Tide run for a season-best 347 yards. Arkansas: Hauled in a career-long 37-yard touchdown pass on a fake punt on the opening drive of the game against the Razorbacks ... cleared a path for 197 yards rushing. Florida: Equaled a season-high with three catches ... had 32 yards receiving ... long grab of 22 yards. Vanderbilt: Started but did not catch a pass for only the second time this season. Mississippi: Again proved to be a big-play threat with a 34-yard recep-tion that moved the chains for the Crimson Tide ... blocked for two 100-yard rushers as the Tide accounted for a season-high 389 rushing yards ... fi nished with two receptions for a career-high 39 yards. Tennessee: Started but did not have a catch. LSU: Caught one pass for one yard vs. the top-ranked Tigers. Mississippi State: Made his 10th start of the season as the Tide opened in a three-wide for-mation ... caught one pass for 16 yards and a fi rst down. Georgia Southern: Started but did not have a catch ... helped clear a path for 272 yards rushing. Auburn: Caught two passes for 12 yards ... caught a two-point

conversion in the fourth quarter to help put away the Tigers 42-14.

WILLIAMS’ CAREER STATISTICSReceivingReceiving


2009 14-3 3 29 9.7 0 14

2010 13-11 8 100 12.5 1 32

2011 12-12 14 181 12.9 2 37

TOTAL 39-26 25 310 12.4 3 37

WILLIAMS’ CAREER HIGHSReceptions: 3 vs. Penn State & Florida, 2011Yards: 39 vs. Mississippi, 2011Long Play: 37 vs. Arkansas, 2011Touchdowns: 1 (three times); Last Arkansas, 2011

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Now in his fi fth season in Tuscaloosa, his uncompromising dedication to excellence in every phase of the program has already resulted in the school’s 13th national championship and the foundation has been set to yield long-term success for the Crimson Tide. A three-time National Coach of the Year, Saban has achieved resounding success as a head coach and has earned a reputation as an outstanding tactician, leader, organizer and motivator. Th ose quali-ties have sparked impressive turnarounds at every stop of his career. Saban’s consistent approach and disciplined leadership are the reasons his teams are known for exhibiting grit, determination and resilience, often overcoming adversity to achieve victory.

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Saban has compiled a 140-54-1 (.721) record as a college head coach and has gone 47-6 (.887) in his last four seasons in Tuscaloosa, which includes a 28-4 mark in regular-season conference play. With a win against Georgia Southern on November 19 of this year, the Tide reached the 10-win milestone for the fourth consecutive season under Saban, tying Ala-bama with Oklahoma for the most 10-win seasons in college football (32). His 2011 senior class has also done something no other Tide class has done, win-ning a school-record 47 games over the past four sea-sons. Th ey will have a chance for their 48th victory in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game, which would tie the SEC record for wins over a four-year period. In addition, Alabama has extended a streak of consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25 to 63 weeks, the longest since the mid 1990s when UA was ranked in 71 straight polls. Seven members of the Crimson Tide (including fi ve on defense) were recognized as fi rst-team All-Americans by major media out-lets, while Barrett Jones took home Alabama’s third Outland Trophy and Heisman Trophy fi nalist Trent

Richardson received UA’s fi rst Doak Walker Award. Th e team was also recognized with the Disney Spirit Award, which was presented to Carson Tinker, for the team’s response to the community following the tornado that devastated Tuscaloosa on April 27.

Despite a young roster that listed only eight scholar-ship seniors, the 2010 Alabama team fi nished with its third straight 10-win season following a domi-nating 49-7 win over Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl. Five players were named fi rst team All-SEC by either the AP or the league coaches, while six more earned second-team All-SEC honors. Most impressively, two players (Greg McElroy and Bar-rett Jones) were named fi rst-team ESPN Academic All-Americans which meant in each of the last two years, Alabama boasted two of the three ESPN Academic All-Americans in the SEC. McElroy, the ESPN Academic All-American of the Year, was an NFF National-Scholar-Athlete as a fi nalist for the prestigious Campbell Trophy.

Th e 2009 season at Alabama turned out to be one of the most memorable in program history as the Tide put together a perfect 14-0 mark and won the 2009 BCS National Championship after defeating Texas by a score of 37-21 in the Rose Bowl. Ala-bama earned a spot in the title game with a resound-ing 32-13 win over defending National Champion Florida in the SEC Championship Game as the Tide moved to No. 1 in both major polls. Th e SEC Championship was the program’s 22nd – by far the most in league history.

On December 12, 2009, more history was made for both Alabama and Saban when run¬ning back Mark Ingram became the fi rst Heisman Trophy winner for both. Saban’s 2009 squad was well-represented when it came to other honors as well as Rolando McClain received the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker and six players earned fi rst-team AP All-American status – a record-high in college football.

After the perfect season concluded, Saban was pre-sented with the fi rst Bobby Bowden National Coach of the Year Award. In addition to the on-fi eld suc-cess, the 2009 Tide active roster featured a nation’s best 13 players who had already graduated. Th at number increased to 22 players with degrees for the bowl game.

Saban’s fi rst UA team fi nished 7-6 in 2007, but the 2008 season saw a diff erent Alabama squad take the fi eld. Saban’s infl uence had taken hold in Tuscaloosa and, behind a small and united senior class along with a talented group of newcomers, the Tide re-turned to national prominence. Alabama developed a reputation as the most physical football team in the country and methodically dominated the com-petition. Saban produced the largest win increase from year one to year two in school history as the Tide went from a seven-win team in 2007 to 12 wins in 2008. Alabama swept through the regular season schedule with a 12-0 record, moving to No. 1 in all of the polls and capturing the SEC Western Division Championship before falling late to Flor-ida in a hard-fought SEC Championship Game. Th e team’s eff orts earned them a trip to the Allstate Sugar Bowl for the 13th time in school history. Sa-ban was named the 2008 Home Depot Coach of the Year at the ESPN Awards Show in Orlando and won several other national coach of the year honors including the FWAA/Eddie Robinson, Associated Press, Sporting News, Walter Camp Football Foun-dation, and Liberty Mutual.

Lessons learned from the 2007 season, which was capped with a win over Colorado in the Indepen-dence Bowl, no doubt carried into spring and sum-mer preparations for the 2008 run. Th e win also continued an impressive streak for Saban as he has never had a losing season as a college head coach. Of the six losses in 2007, none was by more than seven points. In addition to an improvement in the win-loss column from the year prior, the 2008 sign-ing class was rated by many analysts as the best in the country.

Coach Team Record Pct.Bob Stoops Oklahoma 137-34 .801Gary Patterson TCU 108-30 .783Mark Richt Georgia 106-37 .741Steve Spurrier South Carolina 196-75-2 .722Nick Saban Alabama 140-54-1 .721Minimum 10 years at Division 1-A head coach; record at four-year school only; bowl games included

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Off the fi eld, the focus on academics by Saban and his staff made an immediate impact as the 2007 team put together one of the fi nest fall semesters in school history. Th e freshman class set a solid foundation for their future at UA as they led the way with an impressive combined GPA of 3.098 in the fall.

Before arriving in Tuscaloosa, Saban’s most recent col-lege head coaching stint was a fi ve-season run at LSU which produced a record of 48-16 (.750), one national championship (2003), two Southeastern Conference championships, three SEC West Division champion-ships, and a 3-2 record in bowl games, including two Sugar Bowl victories and a Peach Bowl win. Th e Tigers constructed a 28-12 (.700) record against SEC oppo-nents under Saban’s guidance. He was named the 2003 National Coach of the Year by the Associated Press and earned both the Paul W. “Bear” Bryant National Coach of the Year Award and the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award by the Football Writers Association of America. Saban was named SEC Coach of the Year twice (by Th e Birmingham News in 2001 and by the Associ-ated Press in 2003).

Saban took over the Alabama program after serving two seasons at the helm of the Miami Dolphins. Saban’s teams showed marked improvement over the unit he in-

herited. Taking over a team that fi nished 4-12 in 2004, Saban led the 2005 Dolphins to a 9-7 record, the third-biggest turnaround in the NFL that season and the sec-ond-highest victory turnaround for a Dolphins team in any nonstrike season. Most impressively, the Dolphins fi nished 2005 on a six-game winning streak, the longest streak in the NFL that season.

Prior to his stint at Miami, Saban’s impact on the LSU program transcended the success on the fi eld. His com-mitment to building the total program, placing educa-tion fi rst, instilling discipline and responsibility on and off the fi eld transformed the Tigers into a force on the national stage. LSU produced 84 Academic All- SEC honorees in Saban’s fi ve seasons, including 25 mem-bers of the 2003 national championship squad. LSU’s graduation rate for football players improved dramati-cally under his watch and two players, off ensive tackle Rodney Reed (2002 and 2003) and off ensive lineman Rudy Niswanger (2004) earned fi rst-team Academic All-America honors. Linebacker Bradie James earned a postgraduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation in 2003.

Saban also spearheaded a $15 million fundraising eff ort to fund a new academic center for student-athletes at LSU, and he and his players were active in community

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involvement in the Baton Rouge area, taking part in community service projects, visiting schools to men-tor children and taking time to visit local hospitals on a regular basis. More than 50 of Saban’s LSU players earned their college degrees, in addition to 28 who were selected in the NFL draft, including seven in both 2004 and 2006.

Named head coach at LSU on November 30, 1999, Sa-ban led an immediate turnaround of a program that had suff ered through seven losing seasons during the 1990s. His 48 victories over fi ve seasons were the third-most among Division I-A head coaches during that time. Saban, Paul Dietzel and current LSU head coach Les Miles are the only coaches in the program’s history to post multiple 10-win seasons. In addition, Saban, Diet-zel and Bernie Moore are the only head coaches in Tiger history to win two SEC championships.

Saban’s 2000 Tigers rebounded from two straight los-ing seasons to post an 8-4 season, capped by a 31-20 win over 15th-ranked Georgia Tech in the Peach Bowl. Home victories over Tennessee, Mississippi State and Alabama highlighted the season, along with a key road win at Mississippi.

Th e 2001 Tigers improved to 10-3 overall and won the program’s fi rst outright SEC title since 1986 with a 31-20 win over second-ranked Tennessee in the SEC Championship game. An impressive second half against

the Volunteers was a trademark of Saban’s coaching acu-men as the Tigers outscored UT, 21-3, in the fi nal half to erase a 17-10 defi cit. Th e Tigers won the game despite the absence of starting quarterback Rohan Davey and running back LaBrandon Toefi eld.

Sparked by one of the most prolifi c off enses in the na-tion, a unit that averaged 451.5 yards per game, the Ti-gers capped the season with a 47-34 defeat of Big Ten champion Illinois in the Sugar Bowl, LSU’s fi rst victory in a New Year’s Day bowl game since 1968.

Stifl ing defense was the trademark of the 2002 Tigers. LSU posted an 8-5 record and a second consecutive New Year’s Day bowl appearance. Th e Tigers, who faced Texas in the Cotton Bowl, held opponents to less than 275 yards per game through the season’s fi rst six games and scored a school-record 30 or more points in six straight games that season. Th e Tigers barely missed winning a second consecutive SEC West Division title as a last-minute comeback by Arkansas in the regular season fi nale prevented LSU from another appearance in the SEC Championship game. Th at LSU team over-came the mid-season loss of starting quarterback Matt Mauck, free safety Damien James and Toefi eld in suc-cessive weeks to make a run at an SEC Western Division title.

Saban’s philosophy of “out of yourself and into the team” paid huge dividends in 2003. Th e Tigers pro-

duced a 13-1 record, won their second SEC champion-ship and earned the school’s second national champi-onship with a squad that was among the nation’s most dominant on both sides of the line of scrimmage. Th e LSU off ense scored a school-record 475 points (33.9 points per game) while holding 13 of 14 opponents to less than 20 points. LSU’s defense ranked fi rst nation-ally in points allowed per game (11.0) and total defense (252.0 yards per game). After a 7-1 start, LSU ended the season with six dominating victories by an average mar-gin of 35-10. An impressive 34-13 victory over Georgia in the SEC title game paved LSU’s way to an appearance in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Championship Game against top-ranked Oklahoma. Th e Tigers pro-duced a dominant defensive eff ort against the Sooners in the Sugar Bowl, limiting OU to 154 yards of total off ense in a 21-14 victory.

His fi nal LSU team in 2004 overcame the loss of 13 players from the 2003 team who went on to NFL ros-ters, posting a 9-3 record while producing the SEC’s best rushing off ense (200.7 yards per game). Th e Tiger de-fense ranked third nationally during the regular season in total defense (249.9 yards per game) and passing de-fense (145.4 yards per game), allowing only 15.9 points per contest.

Over the last six games, the Tiger defense allowed only 12 points in the second half on the way to a berth in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando against Iowa. LSU’s

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fourth consecutive January bowl berth, a fi rst for the Tiger program.

Saban served as head coach at Michigan State from 1995-99, his second stint at the East Lansing school as he also spent 1983-87 as the Spartans’ defensive coor-dinator/secondary coach. After playing in just one bowl game in the previous four years, Michigan State made four postseason appearances in Saban’s fi ve years at the helm. Saban led MSU to a 34-24-1 (.585) record.

In 1999, Saban led his fi nal Spartans team to a No. 7 national ranking as MSU fi nished in a tie for second place in the Big Ten. Th e Spartans defeated Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State in the same year for the fi rst time since 1965 and recorded six wins at home for the fi rst time since the 1912 season. Th e Spartans’ performance that year landed them a spot in the Citrus Bowl. Th e Spartans led the Big Ten in rushing defense (77.0 yards per game) and total defense (299.0 yards per game) while ranking fi fth nationally in rushing defense and 11th in total defense. Th e Spartans of¬fense averaged 31.0 points per game.

Saban was the fi rst coach in school history to put the Spartans in postseason bowl games in each of his fi rst three seasons as he led the Spartans to the Independence Bowl in 1995, the Sun Bowl in 1996 and the Aloha Bowl in 1997.

Before joining the Spartans, Saban spent four sea¬sons (1991-94) as defensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns under head coach Bill Belichick. Th e Browns went from allowing the most points (462) in the NFL prior to Saban’s arrival to allowing the fewest points (204) in the league in 1994, the sixth-fewest points sur-rendered in NFL history at the time. In each of Saban’s four years guiding the Browns’ defense, they never per-mitted an average of more than 19.2 points per game. He built a reputation as one of the fi nest defensive coaches in the league and also was heavily involved in the team’s player personnel and scouting process.

“I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE

THE ATTITUDE THAT WE’RE WORKING

TO BE A CHAMPION, THAT WE WANT

TO BE A CHAMPION IN EVERYTHING

THAT WE DO. EVERY CHOICE, EVERY

DECISION, EVERYTHING THAT WE

DO EVERY DAY, WE WANT TO BE A

CHAMPION.”

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RECORD AS A COLLEGE HEAD COACH (140-54-1)

YEAR SCHOOL RECORD POSTSEASON BOWL OR FINISH1990 Toledo 9-2 Finished 1st in the Mid-American Conference

1995 Michigan State 6-5-1 Independence Bowl1996 Michigan State 6-6 Sun Bowl1997 Michigan State 7-5 Aloha Bowl1998 Michigan State 6-6 --1999 Michigan State 9-2 Invited to Citrus Bowl^

2000 LSU 8-4 Peach Bowl2001 LSU 10-3 Sugar Bowl2002 LSU 8-5 Cotton Bowl2003 LSU 13-1 Sugar Bowl*2004 LSU 9-3 Capital One Bowl

2007 Alabama 7-6 (2-6 after NCAA ruling) Independence Bowl2008 Alabama 12-2 Sugar Bowl2009 Alabama 14-0 BCS National Championship*2010 Alabama 10-3 Capital One Bowl2011 Alabama 11-1 To Play in BCS National Championship

*Won a National Championship ^Saban did not coach in the bowl game

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Saban’s fi rst head coaching position came at the Uni-versity of Toledo in 1990, as he guided the Rockets to a record of 9-2 that year, fi nishing as co-champions of the Mid-American Conference. Th e Rockets ranked among the NCAA leaders in both total defense (12th at 284.8 yards) and scoring defense (16th at 16.2 points), and missed posting an undefeated record by a mere fi ve points.

Saban joined Toledo after serving as secondary coach with the Houston Oilers for two seasons under Jerry Glanville (1988-89), his fi rst NFL coaching position. He quickly made an impact on the Oilers’ defense, as the team’s secondary tied for fourth in the AFC in 1988 with 21 interceptions and tied for second in the confer-ence in 1989 with 22.

In his fi rst stint at Michigan State, Saban served as sec-ondary coach and defensive coordinator under George Perles from 1983 through 1987. Saban played an in-tegral part in helping the Spartans to three postseason bowl appearances, including a Big Ten championship in 1987 and a 20-17 victory over Southern California in the 1988 Rose Bowl. Michigan State led the nation in rushing defense in 1987, allowing only 61.2 yards per game, and ranked second in scoring defense, permitting just 12.4 points.

A native of Fairmont, W.Va., Saban is a 1973 graduate of Kent State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business. He earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Kent State in 1975. Born October 31, 1951, Saban and his wife, the former Terry Con-stable, have two children, Nicholas and Kristen.

Saban co-authored Tiger Turnaround in 2001, a book documenting his fi rst two years as head coach at LSU, and co-authored How Good Do You Want to Be? in 2005, a book that off ers real-life principles for success at work and at home.

In addition to work as fundraisers for LSU’s Student-Athlete Academic Center, the Sabans supported several charitable and civic projects in Louisiana. Th e largest of those eff orts was with the Children’s Miracle Network, for which Terry and Nick raised more than $100,000 per year for children.

At Michigan State, the Sabans started the Nick’s Kids Fund, which they have continued in Tuscaloosa, a vi-brant example of their continuing concern for disad-vantaged children. Since Nick and Terry arrived in Tuscaloosa, more than $2 million has been distributed to over 150 charities through the Nick’s Kids Fund. In winning the 2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the

Year Award, Saban was awarded a $50,000 gift at the A-Day Game, which he designated for Nick’s Kids, as well as an additional $20,000 gift for the University of Alabama scholarship fund. In June of 2008, the Sabans announced a $1 million gift to benefi t Alabama’s fi rst-generation scholarship program. Th e gift has a special meaning to the Sabans as both Nick and Terry were both fi rst-generation graduates.

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Most recently, Nick and Terry have been involved with Project Team Up in assisting with the rebuild-ing process following the tornado. Th e short-term goal of the project is to bring together several in-dividual donors as well as charitable organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, in building 13 homes in the community.

Terry also plays a vital role in many community out-reach programs. She personally collected money on the Quad before 2007’s A-Day game for the Enter-prise tornado relief fund. Prior to the 2008 A-Day game, Terry helped collect money for the univer-sity’s libraries. In addition, she plays an important role in the planning of many of the events for causes including the Nick’s Kids Fund. Her eagerness to give back and her tireless devotion to help others is what makes Terry Saban one of the most admired members of the Crimson Tide family.

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Burton Burns is in his fi fth year with the Crimson Tide football program as associate head coach and running backs coach. Th e New Orleans native is regarded as one of the best coaches in college football and was named the Football Scoop Running Backs Coach of the Year following the 2008 season.

Few in college football can say they have coached a Heisman Trophy fi nal-ist; however Burns can claim a pair in the past three seasons, including the 2009 recipient Mark Ingram and 2011 fi nalist Trent Richardson.

Under Burns, the 2011 Crimson Tide rushing off ense ranks 15th in the nation, and fi rst in the Southeastern Conference, collecting 219.8 yards per game. In addition to being a Heisman fi nalist, Richardson won the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running back and was named the SEC Off ensive Player of the Year, ranking fi fth in the nation and fi rst in the league with 131.9 yards on the ground per outing. He has collected 20 rushing touchdowns this season, setting the school record, and tying him for second in SEC history. Joining Richardson in the Alabama backfi eld is Eddie Lacy, who comes in at No. 11 in the SEC with 57.4 rushing yards per game and seven total touchdowns.

In 2010, Alabama’s ground game accumulated 2,378 yards rushing to rank 29th in the country. Playing in just 11 games each, Ingram led the way with 875 yards and 13 scores followed by Richardson’s 700 yards with six touchdowns. With two scores against Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl, Ingram set the Alabama career rushing touchdown record at 42. He fi nished his career fourth on the career rushing yardage list with 3,261 yards in three seasons. Both Ingram and Richardson were explosive in the passing game as well. Richardson was fourth on the team with 266 yards on 23 catches (4 TDs), while Ingram has added 21 catches for 282 yards

and a touchdown.

Under Burns’ guidance in 2009, Ingram was awarded Alabama’s fi rst Heisman Trophy and earned unani-mous All-America honors. Ingram set the school’s single-season rushing record with 1,658 yards and 17 touchdowns while adding 32 receptions for 334

yards and three more scores. Richardson, a true fresh-man, was the team’s second-leading rusher (642 yards, 6 TD) and was named a Freshman All-SEC selection. Th e Tide also got some valuable production in 2009, espe-cially on third downs, from senior Roy Upchurch. Up-church earned an invite to the prestigious Senior Bowl at

the conclusion of the season. In the BCS National Cham-pionship Game against Texas, Ingram and Richardson

both rushed for 100-plus yards to help lead Alabama to the school’s 13th title.

Burns also developed one of the nation’s strongest running games in 2008 as Alabama fi nished third in the SEC and 30th nationally with an aver-age of 184.6 rushing yards per game. Glen Coff ee, a fi rst-team All-SEC selection and third round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers, led the way with 1,383 yards on the ground. Th at single-season total then tied for second in school history and was third in the conference. In addition, Ingram was eighth in the SEC in rushing (728 yards), captured Freshman All-SEC honors and set a Tide rookie record with 12 rushing touchdowns.

In his fi rst year at Alabama, Burns helped fi rst-year tailback Terry Grant set school records for rushing yards (891) and touchdowns (8) by a freshman in a season. Grant was a three-time SEC Freshman of the Week honoree, and was named to the SEC All-Freshman team as well as Th e Sporting NewsFreshman All-American team (honorable mention).

An assistant coach at Clemson University for eight seasons before coming to Alabama, Burns was a major factor in producing six of the top 10 of-fenses in Clemson history as running backs coach for the Tigers. Burns tu-tored star runners such as 2005 ACC Rookie of the Year James Davis, 2006 freshman record-setter C.J. Spiller, Reggie Merriweather, Travis Zachery and Duane Coleman at Clemson and former New York Jet Jerald Sowell at Tulane. In 2006, Davis led the Tigers with 1,187 rushing yards on 203 carries and scored 17 touchdowns, while Spiller had 938 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. Th e Tigers averaged 5.7 yards per carry during the ’06 regular season.

Burns spent eight seasons with head coach Tommy Bowden at Clemson after a four-year stint at Tulane that concluded with a 12-0 season in 1998.

Over 14 seasons as a college assistant coach, Burns has regularly produced versatile running backs that have been eff ective in every phase of the game. His players have proven to be equally eff ective as pass catchers, as well as in the running game.

Burns, 58, spent nine seasons as assistant head coach and off ensive co-ordinator at Saint Augustine High School in New Orleans, La., before joining Bowden’s staff at Tulane. Burns helped lead Saint Augustine to dis-trict titles in 1987, 1992 and 1993, his second stint at the school. Burns’ fi rst experience as a coach also was at Saint Augustine, where he served as an assistant from 1977-79 and helped the school win three more district championships on the way to consecutive state titles in 1978-79. Burns also coached at New Orleans’ Booker T. Washington High School in 1980 before a fi ve-year stint as an assistant coach at Southern University in Ba-ton Rouge from 1981-85.

As a player, Burns played fullback (1971-75) at the University of Nebraska under head coach Tom Osborne. A member of three Cornhusker teams that won at least nine games, Burns participated in the Orange Bowl, Cot-ton Bowl and Sugar Bowl as a player. He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Nebraska in 1976. Burns is married to the former Connie Winder. Th e couple has three daughters, Amber, Christy and Erin, and a son, Damon.

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Mike Groh returned to the Alabama staff in February of 2011 serving as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. Groh, a former quarter-back at the University of Virginia, joined the Crimson Tide coaching staff after serving as the quarterbacks coach at Louisville last season. He spent eight years at Virginia (2001-08) with three of those seasons coaching the wide receivers.

In his fi rst season back at Alabama, Groh has had seven wide receivers average 10-plus yards per reception, led by Marquis Maze. Maze, who has recorded 56 catches on the season for 627 yards, earning him second-team All-Southeastern Conference recognition by the league coaches.

Groh spent the 2009 season at Alabama as an off ensive graduate assistant as the Tide recorded a 14-0 record en route to the National Championship. Last year as the quarterbacks coach at Louisville, Groh was instrumental in the development of seniors Adam Froman and Justin Burke. Due to injuries, both players shared the starting role and showed great improve-ment from the previous season. After throwing just nine touchdown passes in 2009, the quarterbacks combined to throw 22 in 2010 with just eight interceptions.

Before his stints at Alabama and Louisville, Groh spent eight seasons as an assistant coach at Virginia including the fi nal three years as the off ensive coordinator for the Cavaliers. Considered one of the greatest quarterbacks in Virginia history, Groh was hired on the Virginia staff in 2001 as the wide receivers coach before he took on the task of coaching the Cavalier quar-terbacks in 2003 along with the receivers. He added the title of recruiting coordinator in 2005.

In his fi rst year working with the quarterbacks at Virginia, Groh coached Matt Schaub, who set a school record with a 69.7 percent completion per-centage, throwing for 2,952 yards and 18 touchdowns. Schaub is currently the starter for the Houston Texans and was named to the Pro Bowl in 2009 after leading the league in passing yards. Marques Hagans transi-tioned from wide receiver to quarterback for the 2004 and 2005 seasons and which culminated with a 358-yard passing performance in the 2005 Music City Bowl to earn game MVP honors. Hagans fi nished his career with 4,877 passing yards, the fi fth-highest total by a Cavalier.

As the wide receivers coach in 2001 and 2002 seasons, Groh helped Billy McMullen become one of the top receivers in the nation. As a senior in 2002, McMullen became the second all-time leading receiver in ACC his-tory with 210 career receptions. Groh also recruited tailback Wali Lundy, who became the all-time touchdown leader in ACC history.

As the starting quarterback at Virginia in 1994-95, Groh became the only quarterback in school history to lead the Cavaliers to nine wins and a bowl victory in consecutive seasons. Groh led the ACC and ranked 13th in the nation in passing in 1994 as the Cavaliers fi nished 9-3 and defeated TCU

20-10 in the Independence Bowl as he earned MVP honors in that game. As a tri-captain in 1995, he helped lead Virginia to a 9-4 record, including a 34-27 victory over Georgia in the Peach Bowl, and a share of the ACC championship. He earned second-team All-ACC honors in 1995 and re-ceived Virginia’s Joe Palumbo Award for self-sacrifi ce.

He played his fi nal season at Virginia as a graduate student after receiving his undergraduate degree in rhetoric and communication studies from Vir-ginia in 1995. He attended the Baltimore Ravens’ training camp as a free agent in 1996 and later played in the World League for the Rhein Fire in 1997. Groh spent the 2000 season as an off ensive assistant/quality control coach for the New York Jets.

Groh is married to the former Elena Montero.

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Jim McElwain was named Alabama’s off ensive coordinator and quarter-backs coach by head coach Nick Saban on January 30, 2008, and his bal-anced off ensive attack has helped the Crimson Tide total 47 victories dur-ing his four seasons at the Capstone. McElwain has directed the three top producing off ensive units in terms of total yardage in school history over the last three years.

Since his arrival in Tuscaloosa, the off ense has averaged 59.6 more yards per game and bettered its scoring by 8.9 points per contest. In 2011, the Tide has produced balanced off ensive numbers, with averages of 219.8 rushing yards and 213.6 yards passing per game. In his fi rst year starting at quarterback, AJ McCarron ranks second in the Southeastern Conference in passing effi ciency (149.8) and third in the league in total off ense with 197.3 yards per game.

Quarterback Greg McElroy set single-season passing records in 2010 with a 70.9 completion percentage, 20 touchdown passes and 2,987 yards. McElroy, who was named the ESPN Academic All-American of the Year, fi nished the year fourth nationally in pass effi ciency with a rating of 168.9. His completion percentage that season was the second-best in SEC his-tory and his career completion percentage of 66.3 was third all-time in the conference.

Th e 2010 off ense averaged more yards from scrimmage (435.6 per game) than all but one team in school history (480.7 in 1973). Th e Tide also scored the second-most points in program history with 464. In addition to McElroy’s record-setting passing season, wide receiver Julio Jones set single-season receiving reception and receiving yardage records. Tailbacks Mark Ingram, Trent Richardson and Jones all ranked among the SEC Top 10 in all-purpose yards.

During the 2009 National Championship season, McElwain’s off ense set a school record with 5,642 yards from scrimmage. Last year’s unit topped that total as the Tide off ense set new school marks for total yards (5,773)

and total passing yards (3,395) in one fewer game than 2009.

Balance was the key for the Crimson Tide in 2009 as the Tide utilized Heisman Trophy winning Ingram in both the run and pass game, including plenty of work from the “wildcat” formation. Alabama ranked 12th nationally in rushing yards per game (215.1) and 22nd in the coun-try in scoring (32.1 ppg). In his fi rst year as a starting quarterback, McElroy was fourth in the SEC and 28th in the country in pass effi ciency (140.6). McElroy, the MVP of the SEC Championship Game against Florida, boasted an impressive touchdown to interception ratio of 17-4 in the 2009 season.

In the 37-21 victory over Texas in the BCS National Championship Game in 2009, McElwain utilized Ingram and Richardson against the Longhorns as both rushed for over 100 yards and scored two touchdowns apiece in the Rose Bowl. Ingram was named the game’s MVP on the off ensive side of the ball.

McElwain’s 2008 off ense proved to be one of the nation’s most effi cient and productive units. Alabama fi nished fi fth in the SEC in scor¬ing off ense (30.1 ppg) and 35th nationally after ranking 64th (seventh in the SEC) in that category in 2007 with an average of 27.1 ppg. In addition, quarter-back John Parker Wilson saw his pass effi ciency rating improve from eighth to fi fth in the SEC and he was named a Johnny Unitas Award fi nalist under McElwain’s guidance. Wilson signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Falcons and earned a roster spot in 2009.

McElwain spent the 2006 season in the NFL as quarterbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders and served as the off ensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Fresno State in 2007. He made an immediate impact, helping lead the Bulldogs to a 9-4 record.

Th e Fresno State off ense under McElwain averaged 419.5 yards per game (38th nationally) and 32.9 points per game (32nd) in 2007. Th at was a signifi cant increase from the 2006 campaign when the Bulldogs averaged 338.2 yards per game in total off ense and 23.0 points per game in terms of scoring off ense. After Fresno State rolled up 571 yards of total off ense and defeated Georgia Tech 40-28 in the Humanitarian Bowl, McElwain moved up to No. 18 in the Rivals.com national power rankings (off ensive coaches). His quarterback, Tom Brandstater, fi nished 2007 with a passing effi ciency rating of 140.5, which ranked 23rd in the country. Brandstater showed remarkable improvement under McElwain’s watch as he had post-ed a pass effi ciency rating of 106.7 (89th) the previous year.

McElwain served as the assistant head coach, receivers coach and special teams coach at Michigan State from 2003-05. Th e 2003 team reached the Alamo Bowl behind a receiving corps that set school records for receptions (312) and yards (3,510). He coached 2004 All-America punter Brandon Fields and kicker Dave Rayner, who led the Big Ten Conference in scoring. In 2005, fi ve Spartan receivers had at least 28 receptions and the group combined to a set another school record with 24 touchdown catches.

Prior to his stint at Michigan State, McElwain spent three seasons (2000-02) at Louisville as the receivers coach and special teams coach as the Car-dinals earned bowl bids in each of those three seasons. He coached four fi rst-team All-Conference USA selections at Louisville and also tutored three of the Cardinals’ all-time leading receivers, including Deion Branch and Arnold Jackson.

From 1995-99, McElwain was the off ensive coordinator, quarterbacks and receivers coach at Montana State. Under his direction, quarterback Rob Compson threw for nearly 7,000 career yards and a school-record 54 touchdowns. McElwain also coached the Bobcats’ all-time leading receiver Chip Hobbs, who caught 144 career passes for 2,060 yards and 18 TDs. Montana State led the Big Sky Conference in scoring in 1998, averaging 31.6 points per game.

McElwain was at Eastern Washington from 1985-94 in a variety of capaci-ties, starting as a graduate assistant and working his way up to quarterbacks and receivers coach. Th e Eagles made two NCAA Division I-AA playoff appearances (1992 and 1995) and earned a share of the Big Sky Champi-onship in 1992. McElwain coached EWU’s all-time leading receiver, Tony Brooks (2,969 career yards), who earned third team AP All-America hon-ors in 1993.

An all-state quarterback at Missoula (Montana) Sentinel High School, McElwain played quarterback at Eastern Washington from 1980-83 and earned his degree in Education from EWU in 1984. He and his wife, Kar-en, have three children, JoHanna, Elizabeth and Jerret.

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Jeremy Pruitt is in his second season on Alabama’s coaching staff after be-ing hired in January of 2010. Pruitt, a former defensive back with the Crimson Tide, coaches the secondary.

Th e 2011 Alabama secondary was one of the best in the nation, boasting a pair of AFCA fi rst-team All-Americans in Mark Barron, who was also a fi nalist for the Th orpe Award, and DeQuan Menzie. Dre Kirkpatrick made it three fi rst-team All-Americans in the secondary when he and Barron received that honor from the FWAA. Dee Milliner also made signifi cant contributions at corner and leads the team with three interceptions on the season. Robert Lester, who starts alongside Barron at safety, has collected 36 total tackles, a pair of interceptions, fi ve passes defended, one forced fumble and a blocked kick this season after leading the team in picks a year ago.

Th e defensive backfi eld had a lot of new faces on the fi eld in 2010 with the loss of starters Javier Arenas (CB), Kareem Jackson (CB) and Justin Wood-all (S) following the 2009 National Championship. Under the tutelage of Pruitt, the young group came together quickly and helped Alabama lead the SEC in total defense, scoring defense and pass effi ciency defense.

Th e 2010 secondary was anchored by Barron, who was named a fi rst-team FWAA All-American. He led the Tide with 75 tackles in 12 games in 2010, missing the Capital One Bowl with a shoulder injury. Lester also had a sig-nifi cant impact at safety earning second-team Walter Camp All-American honors and ranking second nationally with eight interceptions last year. At corner, Kirkpatrick was a second-team All-SEC pick, while Milliner was a Freshman All-American and Freshman All-SEC selection.

Pruitt joined the Alabama staff as Director of Player Development in 2007 after a successful stint as an assistant coach at Hoover (Ala.) High School. At Hoover, he served for three seasons as defensive backs coach with the fi nal two as the defensive coordinator. He tutored a defense that helped the Bucs reach the Class 6A State Championship in 2004, 2005 and 2006, winning titles in 2004 and 2005. Pruitt served as an assistant coach under his father, Dale Pruitt, at Fort Payne High School from 2001-03.

Pruitt began his coaching career as a student assistant coach at Alabama during the 1997 season, where he worked under defensive backs coach Curley Hallman. After one year on the UA staff , Pruitt joined his father’s staff at Plainview High School as defensive backs coach and defensive co-ordinator in 1998 and 2000. He spent one season as defensive backs coach at the University of West Alabama, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1999.

During his collegiate career, Pruitt played at both Middle Tennessee and Alabama. He began his career at Middle Tennessee under legendary coach Boots Donnelly, where he was a two-year starter at safety and cornerback for the Blue Raiders.

After his sophomore season, Pruitt transferred to Alabama where he played two seasons under Gene Stallings. As a junior, Pruitt played in nine games and recorded seven tackles. As a senior, Pruitt played in seven games as a backup defensive back and was a member of Alabama’s 1996 SEC Western Division Championship team that beat Michigan 17-13 in the Outback Bowl in Tampa.

A two-time All-State defensive back, Pruitt helped Plainview High School to a 48-8 record during his four-year career. He earned All-State honors in both 1991 and 1992.

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The newest member of the Alabama defensive coaching staff, Chris Rumph, is in his first season with the Crimson Tide. Rumph, a four-year letterman during his playing days at South Carolina, joined Ala-bama’s staff after five years as the defensive ends coach at Clemson.

Rumph’s defensive line has been stellar in 2011 helping the Crimson Tide to a nation ranking of No. 1 in rushing defense, allowing just 74.9 points per game. Josh Chapman has anchored the line from his nose guard position, earning second-team All-SEC honors this season. In 2011, Chapman has collected 22 total tackles, including 3.5 for loss, one sack and a pair of pass breakups. Alabama leads the nation in all five major defensive categories heading into the National Cham-pionship Game.

In Rumph’s tenure at Clemson, the Tigers ranked among the top 25 nationally in scoring defense and total defense in each of those five seasons. The 2010 defense was 19th in total defense (320.3 ypg) and 13th in scoring defense (18.8 ppg). Clemson appeared in bowl games to conclude each of those five seasons and won the ACC Atlantic Di-vision Title in 2009. Rumph coached 2010 All-American Da’Quan Bowers, who led the nation in sacks (15.5) and was tied for first in the NCAA in tackles for loss (26.0). He also coached defensive end Phillip Merling, who was the No. 32 overall pick by the Miami Dolphins in the 2008 NFL Draft.

Prior to his stint at Clemson, Rumph was the outside linebackers coach at Memphis for three years (2003-05). Memphis appeared in bowl games in each of his three seasons and won a total of 24 games during that time. Memphis beat SEC rival Mississippi in 2003 and

2004 and the Tigers were ninth in the nation in total defense in 2003. In 2005, the Memphis defense finished 23rd in the

nation in turnover margin and led the conference in rush defense (125.6 ypg), which was good for 27th in the

NCAA.

Rumph was the defensive backs coach at South Carolina State in 2002 following a five-year stint as head coach at Calhoun County (SC) High School. He also served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks/run-ning backs coach there.

Rumph was born December 21, 1971, in Orangeburg, South Carolina and played high school football at Calhoun County High School in St. Matthews, S.C. Rumph signed with South Carolina and played line-backer from 1991-94, earning his B.S. degree in 1994. He helped the Gamecocks record their first bowl victory in the 1995 Carquest Bowl. He and his wife, Kila, are the proud parents of two sons, Christopher and Elijah.

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Kirby Smart, the 2009 Broyles Award winner, is in his fi fth season with the Alabama football staff and fourth as defensive coordinator. A former stand-out defensive back and scholar-athlete at Georgia, Smart brings an impres-sive blend of college and pro coaching experience to the Crimson Tide.

Under Smart’s tutelage, the 2011 defense leads the nation in all fi ve ma-jor categories including total defense (191.25 ypg), scoring defense (8.83 ppg), rushing defense (74.92 ypg), passing defense (116.33 ypg) and pass effi ciency defense (83.97 rating). Linebacker Dont’a Hightower, a fi nalist for the Lombardi Award, the Lott Trophy, the Butkus Award and the Bed-narik Award, has led the team in total tackles this season with 81. Th e fi rst-team All-SEC selection has also recorded 9.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, eight quarterback hurries, one interception and a blocked kick.

Smart’s rebuilding job in 2010 was impressive as the Tide remained one of the nation’s elite defensive units while replacing nearly the entire defense (nine starters). Alabama led the SEC and ranked third nationally in scor-ing defense (13.5 ppg) and fi fth nationally in total defense (286.4 ypg). UA also ranked fi rst in the SEC (sixth in the NCAA) in pass effi ciency defense. Safety Mark Barron and defensive lineman Marcell Dareus earned fi rst-team All-SEC honors while Hightower, safety Robert Lester and cor-nerback Dre Kirkpatrick were second-team All-SEC selections.

Th e 2009 season was a special one for Smart as he not only helped lead UA to the National Championship, but also took home the Broyles Award as the top assistant coach in the country. Th e Alabama defense was again re-garded as one of the top units in the country in 2009, leading the SEC and ranking second nationally in scoring defense (11.7 ppg), pass effi ciency defense (87.7), rush defense (78.1 ypg) and total defense (244.1 ypg).

In the BCS National Championship Game against Texas, the Tide record-ed four interceptions and scored a defensive touchdown. Th ree players on Smart’s defense earned fi rst-team All-America honors – Rolando McClain, Javier Arenas, Terrence Cody – while Barron was a third-team Associated Press All-American. McClain captured the Butkus Award and Cody was a fi nalist for several national awards as well.

Th e Alabama defense was rated among the nation’s best in 2008. Th e Tide fi nished third in total defense (263.5 ypg) and seventh in scoring defense (14.3 ppg) in the fi nal NCAA stats. Senior captain Rashad Johnson earned fi rst-team All-America honors as well as fi rst-team All-SEC recognition after intercepting fi ve passes, including that were returned for touchdowns. Alabama recorded 15 interceptions in 2008 and brought back four of those for scores.

Under Smart’s guidance in 2007, Johnson led the SEC with six intercep-tions and earned fi rst-team All-SEC honors along with cornerback Simeon Castille. A third member of the Alabama secondary, Kareem Jackson, was honored at the end of the season as a second-team Sporting News Freshman All-American.

Smart joined the Tide after spending the 2006 season as safeties coach with head coach Nick Saban and the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. Prior to his stint with the Dolphins, Smart spent six years on the collegiate level with Geor-gia (1999 and 2005), LSU (2004), Florida State (2002-03), and Valdosta State (2000-01).

As the running backs coach at Georgia in 2005, the Bulldogs averaged 162.2 yards per game, the third-best mark in the SEC. Smart spent the 2004 season as defensive backs coach under Saban at LSU, where he tu-tored two NFL draft picks: Corey Webster (2nd round, New York Giants) and Travis Daniels (4th round, Miami Dolphins). Th at season, the Tigers allowed 157.2 passing yards per game, which ranked second in the SEC and fi fth nationally.

Smart was a graduate assistant coach under Bobby Bowden and Mickey Andrews at Florida State in 2002-03, having served as defensive coordina-tor/linebackers coach (2001) and defensive backs (2000) coach at Valdosta State the two previous seasons. He began his coaching career as an admin-istrative assistant at Georgia in 1999.

As a player, Smart was a four-year lettermen at defensive back for the Bull-dogs, where he was a fi rst-team All-SEC pick as a senior. He fi nished his career with 13 interceptions, fourth in Georgia annals, and led the Bull-dogs with six interceptions in 1997 and fi ve in 1998. A four-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, Smart earned his undergraduate degree in fi nance from Georgia and his master’s degree from Florida State in 2003.

A native of Bainbridge, Ga., Smart is married to the former Mary Beth Lycett of McDonough, Ga. Th e couple became the proud parents of twins, Weston and Julia, on February 8, 2008.

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One of the nation’s most respected off ensive line coaches, Jeff Stout-land is completing hirs fi rst season at Alabama after serving as the off ensive line coach at Miami from 2007-10. Stoutland, who was the interim head coach for the Hurricanes in the 2010 Sun Bowl, has spent the last 14 years as an assistant coach at Miami, Michigan State and Syracuse.

In 2011, Stoutland’s off ensive line helped pave the way for Heisman Trophy fi nalist Trent Richardson, while allowing the second fewest sacks in the Southeastern Conference, giving up just 15 all season. Th e veteran duo of Barrett Jones and William Vlachos, who were both named First-Team All-SEC, has combined for 74 starts in their Crim-son Tide careers. Jones was awarded the Outland Trophy, becoming the third to receive the award in program history, while Vlachos was one of six fi nalists for the Rimington Award, presented to the nation’s best center. Jones was a fi rst-team Walter Camp All-American while Vlachos earned second-team recognition. Also honored for his perfor-mance on the off ensive line this season was Chance Warmack, who was named a second-team All-SEC selection by league coaches.

As a member of the Hurricanes coaching staff , Stoutland helped Mi-ami to lead the ACC in total off ense (421.3 ypg) and fi nish third in rushing (182.5 ypg). Brandon Washington was a fi rst-team All-ACC selection at guard and tackle Orlando Franklin was a second-team honoree. In 2009, tackle Jason Fox earned fi rst-team all-conference honors and was selected by the Detroit Lions in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft.

Before heading to Miami, Stoutland spent the previous seven seasons (2000-06) at Michigan State. He produced six All-Big Ten selections during his tenure and in addition, seven Spartans earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. In 2005, the Michigan State line paved the way for the nation’s No. 5 off ense, No. 11 pass off ense and No. 20 rush off ense.

Th e 2004 MSU off ense ranked second in the Big Ten and No. 10 in the NCAA in rushing, with eight 200-yard rushing games.

Th at line also led the Big Ten in fewest sacks allowed (eight). Th e Michigan State line helped running back T.J. Duckett produce back-to-back 1,000-yard rush-ing seasons in 2000 and 2011.

Stoutland was an assistant at Syracuse (1997-99) for three years under Paul Pasqualoni, where he coached the tight ends for two years before tak-ing over the off ensive line in 1999. In addition to

his coaching duties, he also served as the recruiting coordinator for all three seasons and Syracuse played in bowl games in each of those years. In 1999, he coached fi rst-team All-Big East off ensive tackle

Mark Baniewicz, who also earned the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award and GTE Academic

All-America honors. During his stint as tight ends coach, Stoutland helped produce two NFL players,

including Roland Williams (Oakland Raiders) and Kaseem Sinceno (Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago

Bears).

Prior to that, Stoutland spent fi ve years as off ensive line coach at Cor-nell (1992-96). He guided center Greg Bloedorn to fi rst-team All-Ivy League honors in 1995 and a three-year stint with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks (1997-99).

His full-time coaching credits include two stints at his alma mater, Southern Connecticut State, where he served as off ensive coordinator for fi ve years (1988-92) and coached inside linebackers for two seasons (1984-85). Th e New York City native also served as a graduate assistant for Dick MacPherson for two years at Syracuse (1986-87), working primarily with the off ensive line.

Stoutland was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at inside linebacker at Southern Connecticut State (1980-83), where he was a team captain as a senior. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1984 and added a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the school in 1986. He and his wife, Allison, who is a published children’s author, have two children, Jake and Madison.

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Sal Sunseri, a former All-American linebacker at Pittsburgh, joined the Alabama coaching staff in January of 2009 after serving as the defensive line coach with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. As a member of the Crim-son Tide staff , he holds the title of assistant head coach for defense and coaches the outside linebackers.

Th e 2011 outside linebackers under Sunseri have played a big role in the overall success of the defense, thanks in large part to Courtney Upshaw, who has recorded 8.5 sacks on the season and 17.0 tackles for loss. Th ose numbers rank the Lombardi and Butkus Award fi nalist fourth in the Southeastern Conference and second in the league, respectively in terms of sacks and TFL. Sunseri was also recognized individually for his contributions to the coaching staff , being named a fi nalist for the Bro-yles Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top assistant coach.

In 2010, Sunseri continued to build on his solid foundation from the National Championship season. Th e defensive unit ranked third in the country in scoring defense and fi fth in total defense. Sophomore linebacker Dont’a Hightower played a number of roles in 2010 and garnered second-team All-SEC honors with 69 tackles (second on the team) and nine quarterback hurries. Upshaw led the Tide from his jack linebacker spot with 14.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks. He was named the MVP of the Capital One Bowl after recording fi ve tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks in the 49-7 win over No. 7 Michigan State.

In Sunseri’s fi rst season at Alabama, he helped guide the Tide to the National Championship behind a dominant defense that ranked second nationally in four major categories – rushing defense, pass effi ciency de-fense, total defense and scoring defense. Sunseri’s NFL experience with the pass rush helped Alabama greatly increase production in that area. UA totaled 32 sacks in 2009 and 98 tackles for loss, despite losing one of its best pass rushers in Hightower early in the season to injury. Ala-bama was also well-represented on the AP All-America team with three defenders earning fi rst-team honors, including Butkus winner Rolando McClain.

Sunseri’s defensive line with the Panthers was regarded as one of the best in the NFL. Defensive end Julius Peppers, defensive end Mike Rucker and defensive tackle Kris Jenkins earned Pro Bowl honors during Sun-seri’s tenure. He produced at least one Pro Bowl defensive lineman in fi ve of six seasons as defensive line coach. Th e Panthers were among the top 10 in the NFL in terms of fewest yards allowed in four of his seven seasons and made three playoff appearances.

Sunseri came to Carolina as a defensive assistant in 2002 and took over as defensive line coach in 2003. It was a seamless transition as the Pan-thers defensive line remained one of the best in the NFL in 2003 under Sunseri. Carolina ranked eighth in overall defense, 11th against the run and seventh in sacks per pass play. Th e defensive line accounted for 32.5 of the team’s 40 total sacks and also produced a pair of Pro Bowl players in Jenkins and Rucker.

Th e Panthers’ defensive line has provided more than its share of superla-tives. In 2006, the Panthers ranked seventh in yards allowed and sev-enth in sacks per play as two members of the starting unit, Peppers and Jenkins, were selected to the NFC Pro Bowl squad. In 2005, Carolina fi nished third in yards allowed, fourth against the rush and fi fth in sacks per pass play. In 2008, Carolina ranked ninth in the NFL and fi fth in the NFC in sacks (37.0) while also ranking 12th in the NFL and sixth in the NFC in scoring defense (20.6 ppg). Peppers earned his fourth trip to the Pro Bowl and established a new career-high with 14.5 sacks.

Prior to his time at Carolina, Sunseri worked as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Michigan State in 2001 after spend-ing 2000 at Louisiana State under head coach Nick Saban in the same capacity. He coached at Alabama A&M in 1998 and 1999 as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach following three seasons from 1995-97 at the University of Louisville as linebackers coach.

Working his way up the coaching ladder, Sunseri spent one year each at Illinois State as defensive coordinator in 1994 and Iowa Wesleyan as assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and special teams coach in 1993. He broke into coaching at his alma mater, Pittsburgh, in 1985 and coached the defensive line and linebackers before being named as-sistant head coach in 1992.

Sunseri began his career at the University of Pittsburgh in 1978 as a walk-on and ended it as a team captain and consensus All-American as a senior in 1981. A three-year starter at linebacker, he helped the Pan-thers to a combined record of 33-3 and anchored a defensive unit that led the NCAA in total defense in 1980 and 1981. He was the defensive MVP in the 1982 Senior Bowl and was drafted in the 10th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers but had his pro career cut short by a knee injury in training camp. He received a bachelor’s degree in communications from Pittsburgh in 1982.

Sunseri is married to the former Roxann Evans, who was a varsity gym-nast at Pittsburgh. Th e couple has two daughters, Jaclyn and Ashlyn, and two sons, Santino (a quarterback at Pittsburgh) and Vinnie (a de-fensive back at Alabama).

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Bobby Williams is in his fourth season in Tuscaloosa after being hired as Alabama’s tight ends coach and special teams coordinator in January of 2008. A veteran coach with both college and NFL experience, Williams is a member of Nick Saban’s coaching staff for the fourth time in his career as they have worked together previously at Michigan State, LSU and the Miami Dolphins.

In 2011, Williams’ tight end duo of Brad Smelley and Michael Williams have combined for 41 receptions resulting in 498 yards for the Crimson Tide. Smelley has recorded a team-best four receiving touchdowns, while Williams has tacked on another two scores this season. On special teams, Marquis Maze ranks 10th in the nation and third in the Southeastern Con-ference, averaging 12.4 yards per punt return with one touchdown. Th ose numbers earned Maze a spot on the All-SEC second team as a specialist. As a team, Alabama ranks 24th in the nation in kickoff returns with 23.7 yards per game. In addition, the Tide has allowed just 10 punts to be re-turned this season for a total of 50 yards.

Williams was instrumental in the development of Preston Dial in 2010 as the senior had a breakout season under his tutelage. On top of his ex-ceptional blocking abilities, Dial hauled in a career-best 25 passes for 264 yards and three scores. Michael Williams also had an outstanding season as a dominating blocker on the edge in the UA running game while catching eight passes for 100 yards and a touchdown. Williams returns for 2011, but Dial’s departure opens up an opportunity for some of the younger players at the position this spring.

Th e veteran coach had to replace both kickers in 2010 with the losses of Leigh Tiffi n and P.J. Fitzgerald. Two freshmen earned the kicking duties for the Tide in 2010. Newcomer Cody Mandell won the punting duties as a true freshman and averaged 39.2 yards per kick, knocking 13 inside

the 20. Fellow freshman Cade Foster split fi eld goal duties with sopho-more Jeremy Shelley. Foster drilled seven fi eld goals, including

fi ve over 40 yards while Shelley handled the closer attempts. Trent Richardson ranked 29th nationally in kickoff returns

and Marquis Maze was 16th in punt returns.

During the National Championship season in 2009, Williams had to replace a pair of senior tight ends from the 2008 roster. Th e Alabama off ense did not miss a beat as Colin Peek emerged as one of the team’s top targets,

earning second-team Associated Press All-SEC honors with 26 catches for 313 yards and three touch-

downs.

Williams also oversaw 2009 Lou Groza fi nalist Leigh Tiffi n at

place-kicker, who earned fi rst-team AP All-America status,

as well as Javier Arenas, who set the SEC career record punt return yards and touchdowns. Punter P.J. Fitzgerald had a career

season for the Tide by averaging 41.5 yards per kick with 19 inside the 20-yard line.

Th e special teams in 2008 were a big weapon for the Tide under Williams. Arenas broke two punt returns for touchdowns, Tiffi n was a Groza Award semifi nalist and connected on 20-of-29 on fi eld goals while P.J. Fitzgerald had a then-career-best average of 41.1 yards per punt with 15 inside the 20. In addition, tight ends Nick Walker and Travis McCall combined for 23 starts had the best seasons of their career in terms of production.

Williams spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons as the running backs coach with the Dolphins. In his fi rst season, Miami averaged 118.6 yards rushing per contest, the second-best fi gure by the team over the previous 21 years (1985-05).

In 2004, Williams served as the associate head coach/wide receivers coach at LSU where he coached a pair of future NFL fi rst round picks in Craig Davis and Dwayne Bowe. Both Davis and Bowe ranked in the top ten in the SEC in both receptions per game and receiving yards per game that season. Prior to LSU, he had a one-year stint with the Detroit Lions as wide receivers coach in 2003.

Williams followed Saban as the head coach at Michigan State, and served in that post from 2000-02. He led the Spartans to a victory over Florida in the 2000 Citrus Bowl after the 1999 season, in his fi rst game as the school’s head coach. He also guided Michigan State to a 7-5 mark in 2001, his second full season as the team’s head coach, one which culminated with a victory over Fresno State in the Silicon Valley Football Classic, as he be-came the fi rst coach in Michigan State history to lead his team to victories in his fi rst two bowl appearances.

He previously was an assistant on the Spartans staff from 1990-99, during which time he tutored the running backs under Saban. Spartan backs pro-duced nine individual 1,000- yard rushing seasons in Williams’ ten years in that post, a list which includes T.J. Duckett, Atlanta’s fi rst-round draft choice in 2002.

Williams got his start in the coaching profession as running backs/defen-sive backs coach at Ball State from 1983-84. He followed that with a fi ve-year stop (1985-89) as off ensive backfi eld coach at Eastern Michigan.

Williams is a 1982 graduate of Purdue where he earned his degree in gen-eral management and was a four-year letterman for the Boilermakers. He started his career at running back before moving to the secondary and starting in his fi nal three seasons. A tri-captain as a senior in 1981, Wil-liams was a part of three bowl teams as a player. He then served one year (1982) as a graduate assistant at his alma mater.

A native of St. Louis, Mo., Williams and his wife, Sheila, have a daughter, Nataly, and a son, Nicholas, a wide receiver for the Crimson Tide.

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Th e booming voice you hear leading a pre-practice stretch or encourag-ing a Crimson Tide player to fi nish a workout session strong is that of Director of Strength and Conditioning Scott Cochran. Th e high-energy coach joined the Alabama staff in 2007 after spending three seasons with the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA as an assistant strength coach. Cochran has been on Nick Saban’s staff for both national titles, as he served as an assistant at LSU in 2003.

Cochran is nationally regarded as one of the best in the area of strength and conditioning and the performances of Alabama’s players on the fi eld prove that to be true. He received one of the highest honors in his fi eld when he was named the 2008 Samson Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year as featured in American Football Quarterly.

Prior to the start of spring drills, Cochran implements head coach Nick Saban’s off season workout plan, which includes the well-known “Fourth Quarter Program” – a very important step in helping UA players develop physically and prepare for the upcoming practices. It is no coincidence that through improvements off the fi eld in strength and conditioning, Alabama is known as one of the most physically dominant teams in the country. Th e main goal of the program is to win the fourth quarter and wear down the opponent as the game goes on. On the way to the 2009 National Championship, Alabama did just that as they won the fourth quarter by an astounding margin of 121-32. Th e Tide has continued the trend of fi nishing as it has once again dominated the fourth quarter this year by a margin of 105-18.

While in the NBA with the Hornets, Cochran’s duties included assisting with the exercise and strength conditioning programs to help players achieve and maintain optimal fi tness throughout the NBA season. With the Hornets, he coached NBA standouts Chris Paul, Baron Davis, Da-vid West and Tyson Chandler.

Prior to joining the Hornets staff , Cochran worked for his alma mater, Louisiana State, as an assistant strength coach in 2003 (13-1, BCS Na-tional Champions) and 2004 (9-3, Capital One Bowl). He was a gradu-ate assistant in Baton Rouge from 2001-03. Cochran returned to LSU after starting his career in the strength and conditioning fi eld at Univer-sity Laboratory High School in Baton Rouge, La. He held that position from 1998-2001 before returning to LSU as a graduate assistant for all sports from 2001-03. Cochran was then hired on to the full-time staff for the 2003-04 season.

A native of New Orleans, Cochran received a bachelor’s degree in kinesi-ology from LSU in 2001 and added a master’s degree in sports manage-ment from LSU in 2003. Cochran was born on March 21, 1979, and is married to the former Cissy Schepens. Th ey have a son, Beau, and a daughter, Savannah.

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Ed Marynowitz joined the Alabama staff in December of 2008 as the Di-rector of Player Personnel. He joined the Crimson Tide after one season as a scouting assistant for the Miami Dolphins.

Marynowitz directs Alabama football’s recruiting eff orts. In addition to those duties, he assists with camps, clinics and other football-related events. Marynowitz also serves as the liaison between Alabama and the NFL scouts and assists with the day to day administration and operation of the football program.

With the Dolphins, Marynowitz worked under general manager Jeff Ire-land and executive vice president of football operations Bill Parcells. He worked in both the pro and college scouting departments where he assisted with the advance scouting of opponents, evaluation of both draft eligible college prospects and NFL free-agents, the execution of free-agent work-outs, the monitoring of daily league transactions, and the maintenance of Miami’s scouting databases.

Prior to his time with the Dolphins, Marynowitz spent two years on staff at the University of Central Florida under George O’Leary. He served as a graduate assistant during the 2006 season, working primarily with football operations before joining the staff on a full-time basis for the 2007 season as the Knights’ recruiting administrator. In that role for UCF, Marynowitz directed the on-campus recruiting eff orts in addition to assisting with day-to-day operations of the program.

He began his collegiate playing career as a two-year starter at La Salle Uni-versity in Philadelphia where he threw for 4,896 yards and 24 touchdowns as a freshman and sophomore. Marynowitz earned honorable mention All-American honors in 2003 as a sophomore and holds a number of the school’s passing records. He fi nished his playing career at UCF as a reserve quarterback on the 2005 Hawaii Bowl team.

Marynowitz completed his B.A. degree in business management in the spring of 2006 at the University of Central Florida. He fi nished his mas-ter’s in business administration in December of 2007 and then a second master’s degree in sports business management from UCF’s DeVos Sport Business Management Program in May of 2008.

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Joe Pannunzio is in his fi rst year at Alabama, joining the Crimson Tide coaching staff as director of football operations in February, 2011.

Pannunzio brings nearly three decades of college football experience to the Capstone. He spent the last fi ve years at the University of Miami (Fla.) and was the head coach at Murray State the previous six seasons. His primary role at UA will be to oversee the administration and operation of the foot-ball program.

Pannunzio served as the tight ends/special teams coordinator at Miami from 2006-10. Th e Hurricanes made four bowl appearances in his fi ve years in Coral Gables, including trips to the 2006 MPC Computers Bowl, the 2008 Emerald Bowl, the 2009 Champs Sports Bowl and the 2010 Sun Bowl.

During his tenure in Coral Gables, Pannunzio coached the likes of Greg Olsen, a fi rst-round NFL Draft pick of the Chicago Bears. He also tu-tored Jimmy Graham, a third-round pick of the New Orleans Saints, and Dedrick Epps, who was selected in the seventh round by the San Diego Chargers.

While the head coach at Murray State from 2000-05, Pannunzio led the Racers to the 2002 Ohio Valley Championship, joining Mike Gottfried, Frank Beamer and Houston Nutt as one of the four coaches to win a con-ference title at the school. Pannunzio also led Murray State to the 2002 NCAA Championship Subdivision playoff s.

Prior to becoming a head coach for the Racers, Pannunzio spent fi ve years working for Tommy Tuberville at Mississippi and Auburn. Before that, he spent four years under Jim Wacker at TCU and Minnesota. He also coached for seven years at Mesa (Colo.) College, where the team appeared in the NAIA national championship game twice and led the nation in total off ense and scoring one time. His two stints at Mesa wrapped around two years at Kansas, where he worked under Mike Gottfried.

Th e Pueblo, Colo., native was a standout quarterback at Southern Colo-rado, where he graduated with a degree in physical education in 1982. He was named honorable mention all-conference in 1980 and led his team to a No. 9 ranking in NAIA Division I.

He and his wife, Rita, have two daughters, Angela and Nico, and one son, Mario.

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Director of Sports Medicine Jeff Allen is in his fi fth year as head football athletic trainer at Th e University of Alabama. Before joining the Crimson Tide, Allen was the head athletic trainer at Th e University of Central Florida. He was responsible for all of the sports medicine needs for the entire department.

Prior to his post at UCF, Allen was head athletic trainer at Tennessee-Chattanooga from 2000-04 where he oversaw the athletic training operations for 16 varsity sports while handling all of the duties associated with the football program.

Allen was an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Kentucky from 1997-2000 and served as an assistant athletic trainer at Valdosta (Ga.) State from 1995-97 where he was head athletic trainer for the football and baseball teams. He earned his master’s degree in Health and Physical Education from Valdo-sta State University in 1995 while also serving as a graduate assistant for two years.

One of the most well-respected athletic trainers in the country, Allen has had several articles published and is a regular speaker at national and state athletic training conferences. He has had his work published by Th e Journal of Athletic Training and Athletic Th erapy Today. Allen has served as a featured speaker at conferences held by the National Athletic Trainers Association and the Southeast Athletic Trainers As-sociation, as well as state meetings in Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee.

A 1993 graduate of Georgia Southern University with a bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Educa-tion, Allen and his wife, Mary, have one daughter, Makennah.

Th e all-important role of Athletic Equipment Director was fi lled this season by Jeff Springer, who joined the Alabama football staff in March of this year. Springer joins the Crimson Tide staff after serving for four years (2007-10) as the head athletic equipment manager at Louisiana Tech.

Prior to his time at Louisiana Tech, Springer held the same position at Th e Citadel in South Carolina from 2006-07.

A native of Slidell, La., Springer spent three years (2003-05) as the fi rst assistant equipment manager at Louisiana State University. He worked primarily with LSU’s football program, while also managing women’s soccer, women’s gymnastics, cheerleading, track and fi eld/cross country, and swimming and diving.

In the summer of 2001, Springer interned with the Miami Dolphins. He spent the next two seasons working as an intern at LSU and Tulane University.

Springer earned a kinesiology degree from LSU in 2001. He is a member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association and the American Football Coaches Association.

Springer is married to the former Anna Bannister and the couple has one daughter, Bailey.

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Kevin Sherrer was hired by Alabama head coach Nick Saban as Director of Player Development on March 1, 2010. In this role, Sherrer focuses on the off -the-fi led activities of Alabama’s football student-athletes and will serve as an important resource in balancing the demands of academics, athletics, com-munity outreach, and their personal lives. Sherrer will also assist with the strength and conditioning program, as well as the peer intervention group.

Sherrer played tight end at Alabama from 1993-95 and earned a letter in 1995. After graduating from UA in 1996, he spent two seasons at Tuscaloosa County High School as an assistant coach, which included a state title in 1997.

In 1998, Sherrer returned to UA as a graduate assistant on defense for a three-year stint. Th e Crimson Tide won the Music City Bowl in 1998 and won the SEC Championship in 1999, resulting in a trip to the Orange Bowl. Sherrer earned his master’s degree in higher education from the University of Alabama in 2000.

From Alabama, Sherrer spent four years at Spain Park High School (2001-2004) as an assistant coach on de¬fense. He then served for fi ve seasons at Hoover High School – two as a defensive assistant (2005-06) and three as defensive coordinator (2007-09). Hoover won a pair of state championships during Sherrer’s stay (2005 and 2009).

Sherrer and his wife, Carrie, are the parents of twin nine-year old boys, Kaleb and Kyle.

Willie Carl Martin joined the Alabama football staff as Director of Player Development (Academics/Strength & Conditioning) in March of 2007 after serving as head football coach at Benjamin Russell High School in Alex¬ander City since 2001.

Martin’s role at Alabama is to help in the personal development of each student-athlete and see to it that they reach their full potential from an academic and physical standpoint.

Martin compiled a 52-24 record in six seasons as head coach at Benjamin Russell. Previously an assistant coach for the school, where he coached Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens, Martin served 24 years in the Alexander City School System as a coach, teacher and administrator. A native of Alexander City, Martin joined the school system there in 1983 as a teacher and coach for Alexander Middle School. In 1985, he moved on to Benjamin Russell High School in a similar capacity and was elevated to head football coach in 2001. He led the Wildcats to the state championship in 2001 and was an assistant during the 1997 and 2000 seasons when they fi nished as runners-up. For the last four years, Martin has served on the Central Board of Control for the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA).

A 1975 graduate of Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla., Martin was inducted into the NSU Athletic Hall of Fame in February 2007. He was a four-year letterman (1969-72) in football for NSU as an off ensive lineman and earned All-America and All-Oklahoma Collegiate Conference First Team honors as a senior in 1972. After graduation, the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL) drafted Martin. However, he chose to compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) where his 10-year career featured stops in Edmonton and Winnipeg. Martin was named All-Pro in eight of his 10 seasons in the CFL, participated in six Grey Cup games and won two championships.

Martin and his wife, Leslie Ruth, have two daughters, Carla and Kizzy, and one grandson, Malik.

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13 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 22 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

104 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS • 58 BOWL APPEARANCES • 32 BOWL VICTORIES

ALABAMAALABAMAFOOTBALLFOOTBALL

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Sept. 3 No. 3/3 Oregon (ABC) W, 40-27Sept. 10 Northwestern State (PPV) W, 49-3Sept. 15 *at No. 25/25 Mississippi St. (ESPN) W, 19-6Sept. 24 at No. 16/16 West Virginia (ABC) W, 47-21Oct. 1 *Kentucky (SEC Network) W 35-7Oct. 8 *No. 17/18 Florida (CBS) W, 41-11 Oct. 15 *Tennessee (CBS) W, 38-7Oct. 22 *No. 19/23 Auburn (CBS) W, 45-10Nov. 5 *at No. 2/2 Alabama (CBS) W, 9-6 (OT)Nov. 12 Western Kentucky W, 42-9Nov. 19 *at Mississippi W, 52-3 Nov. 25 *No. 3/3 Arkansas (CBS) W, 41-17Dec. 3 No. 12/14 Georgia (CBS) W, 42-10Jan. 9 No. 2/2 Alabama (ESPN) 7:30 p.m.*SEC Game

TELEVISIONTELEVISIONESPNPlay-by-Play: Brent MusburgerColor Analyst: Kirk HerbstreitSideline: Tom Rinaldi and Erin Andrews

RADIORADIOCrimson Tide Sports NetworkPlay-by-Play: Eli GoldColor Analyst: Phil SavageSideline: Chris Stewart

SATELLITE RADIOSATELLITE RADIOCTSN on XM: 84CTSN on Sirius: 84

NATIONAL RADIONATIONAL RADIOESPN

Sept. 3 Kent State (SEC Network) W, 48-7Sept. 10 at No. 23/20 Penn State (ABC) W, 27-11Sept. 17 North Texas (FS South) W, 41-0Sept. 24 *No. 14/12 Arkansas (CBS) W, 38-14Oct. 1 *at No. 12/12 Florida (CBS) W, 38-10Oct. 8 *Vanderbilt (ESPNU) W, 34-0Oct. 15 *at Mississippi (ESPN2) W, 52-7Oct. 22 *Tennessee (ESPN2) W, 37-6Nov. 5 *No. 1/1 LSU (CBS) L, 6-9 (OT)Nov. 12 *at Mississippi State (ESPN) W, 24-7Nov. 19 Georgia Southern (PPV) W, 45-21Nov. 26 *at Auburn (CBS) W, 42-14Jan. 9 No. 1/1 LSU (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. *SEC Game

No. 2/2 ALABAMA (11-1, 7-1 SEC)

NO. 1/1 LSU (13-0, 8-0 SEC)

THE GAME: Th e Alabama Crimson Tide will face the LSU Tigers in the 2012 BCS National Champi-onship Game on Monday, January 9, 2012, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La. Th e Tide will be making its second appearance in the BCS National Championship Game, while the Tigers are making the trip for the third time. Most recently, Alabama defeated Texas, 37-21, in the 2010 con-test, while LSU was a 38-24 winner over Ohio State in the 2008 game also played in New Orleans. Th e game will be televised on ESPN with Brent Musburger on play-by-play, Kirk Herbstreit as the color ana-lyst and Tom Rinaldi and Erin Andrews reporting from the sideline. Eli Gold and Phil Savage will handle the radio call on the Crimson Tide Sports Network, with Chris Stewart serving as sideline reporter.

HEAD COACH NICK SABAN: Alabama head coach Nick Saban (Kent State, 1973) is in his fi fth season with the Crimson Tide. Named the school’s 27th head coach on January 3, 2007, Saban has com-piled a 49-12 record (54-12 not including fi ve vacated wins in 2007) at Alabama while leading the Tide to two SEC Western Division championships, one conference title and one national championship. Sa-ban holds a career record of 140-54-1 (145-54-1) as a collegiate head coach, while also serving at Toledo, Michigan State and LSU. Saban won his fi rst national championship as head coach of the LSU Tigers in 2003, guiding the Tigers to a 13-1 record that season. Overall, Saban has coached four conference championship teams (1990 Mid-American, 2001 SEC, 2003 SEC and 2009 SEC) and now his 12th of 15 teams will be playing in a postseason bowl game with the Tide appearing in a bowl game each year under Saban’s direction. Saban is also the only active coach to win two BCS National Championships and the fi rst to accomplish the feat at two diff erent schools.

RANKINGS: In the latest polls released on December 4, Alabama stands at No. 2 in the Associated Press rankings and the USA Today Coaches’ poll, as well as the Harris Poll and the Bowl Championship Series standings. LSU is fi rst on all four surveys.

LSU SERIES: Th is will be the 76th meeting between the Crimson Tide and Tigers and second of the season. Th e Tide and Tigers met earlier this season, on November 5 in Tuscaloosa, with LSU taking a 9-6 verdict over Alabama in a game that needed an overtime period to decide a victor. Overall, the Tide leads the Tigers in the series 45-25-5 with the two teams splitting the last four meetings, including a 27-21 overtime victory in 2008 and a 24-15 win in 2009.

ONE OF THE WINNINGEST CLASSES OF ALL TIME: Alabama’s 2011 senior class has won a school-record 47 games over the past four seasons while losing only six contests. The 47 wins is among the most in college football history and the second-best four-year total in Southeastern Conference history (Florida won 48 games from 2006-09). Nebraska holds the record for senior class wins among BCS schools with the 1997 class posting a 49-2 record with three national championships. Oklahoma (2003), USC (2005 & 2006) and Florida (2009) accumulated 48 wins. Oklahoma’s 2004 senior class was 47-7 with Miami next, going 46-4 from 2000-03. Alabama’s 1994 senior class won 45 games, although officially that total is 37 because of NCAA sanctions. The previous Alabama record was 44 wins for the 1980 senior class that captured national titles in 1978 and 1979. Among non-BCS schools, Boise State’s 2009 senior class shares the record with a 49-4 mark, while the Broncos’ 2010 senior class was 48-5. The 2011 class stands at 49-3. TCU’s current senior class has 46 wins over the last four years.

Most Wins by a Senior Class Among BCS SchoolsTeam Year Record National TitlesNebraska 1997 49-2 3Oklahoma 2003 48-6 1USC 2005 48-4 2USC 2006 48-4 2Florida 2009 48-7 2Alabama 2011 47-6 1

GAME 13: ALABAMA (11-1, 7-1 SEC) VS. LSU (13-0, 8-0 SEC)

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2011 • 7:30 P.M. CT • ESPNMERCEDES-BENZ SUPERDOME (73,208) • NEW ORLEANS, LA.

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Most Wins by a Senior Class Among Non-BCS SchoolsTeam Year Record National TitlesBoise State 2011 49-3 0Boise State 2009 49-4 0Boise State 2010 48-5 0TCU 2011 46-5 0 Boise State 2006 46-6 0Boise State 2005 45-7 0

ALABAMA DEGREES: Alabama’s success on the field under the direction of head coach Nick Saban has also coincided with the Crimson Tide’s success in the classroom. The 2011 Crimson Tide began the season with 11 players that already have degrees in hand and following December graduation Alabama will have 22 players with their degrees, including Brandon Gibson, who has completed both this undergraduate (Dec. 2010) and graduate (Dec. 2011) degrees. Undra Billing-sley (Dec. 2011), John Michael Boswell (Dec. 2011), Hardie Buck (Aug. 2011), Josh Chapman (May 2011), Nick Gentry (Dec. 2010), Jerrell Harris (Dec. 2011), Dont’a Hightower (Dec. 2011), Barrett Jones (Aug. 2011), Chris Jordan (Dec. 2011), Phelon Jones (May 2011), Darius Hanks (Dec. 2011), Robert Lester (Dec. 2011), Brandon Lewis (Dec. 2011), Marquis Maze (Dec. 2011)Alfred McCullough (May 2011), DeQuan Menzie (Dec. 2011), Morgan Ogilvie (Aug. 2011), Chris Underwood (May 2011), Courtney Upshaw (Dec. 2011), William Vlachos (May 2011) and Alex Watkins (Dec. 2010). Over the past four seasons (2008-11) the Crimson Tide has seen 54 players compete after having already graduated.

10-WIN SEASONS: With a win against Georgia Southern on Nov. 19, Alabama reached the 10-win milestone for the fourth consecutive season. The Tide now has 32 10-win seasons in 117 sea-sons, tying Oklahoma for the most 10-win seasons in college football. Alabama has had six 10-win season since the 2002 season (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010). Tide head coach Nick Saban is the 11th coach in school history to lead his team to a 10-win season. In addition, Saban is the fifth coach in school history to have more than one 10-win season.

ANOTHER 11-WIN SEASON FOR THE TIDE: Alabama’s victory in the Iron Bowl was the Crimson Tide’s 15th 11-win season in the program’s illustrious history. It marked the third time in the last four years the Tide has won at least 11 games (12 in 2008 and 14 in 2009) in a season. The 15 11-win seasons is the second-most in college football history behind Oklahoma’s 20. Nebraska is third on the list with 12 11-win seasons with its last coming in 2001.

SUCCESS AGAINST THE BEST: Like former teammate Mark Ingram when he won the Heis-man Trophy in 2009, junior tailback Trent Richardson has made his mark by playing his best against the Crimson Tide’s top competition. He has rushed for an average of 126.8 yards in four games against top-25 competition. Richardson has faced eight of the nation’s top 50 defenses in 11 games this season, accounting for 13 total touchdowns, 855 rushing yards and 1,062 yards from scrimmage. He has only played one defense ranked below 75th nationally in rushing. No other Heisman Trophy contender has played more than four games against defenses ranked in the top 50. The average rank in total defense Richardson has faced is 39.4, while no other Heisman Trophy contender has an average rank of better than 61.2 and three of the players average rank is in the 80s out of 120 teams.

MOVING UP THE SEC CHARTS: Trent Richardson broke the Alabama single-season rushing touchdown record against Georgia Southern on Nov. 19, with his 19th and 20th rushing scores of the season (Shaun Alexander, 19). It also moved him into a tie for second in SEC history with Auburn’s 2010 Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton (20 rushing touchdowns in 14 games). Rich-ardson only trails 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, who scored 23 rushing touchdowns that year. That tops UA’s Alexander (19), Georgia’s Garrison Hearst (19), LSU’s LaBrandon Toefield (19), Georgia’s Herschel Walker (18) and LSU’s Charles Scott (18). Mark Ingram had 17 rushing touchdowns when he won the Heisman in 2009, while Auburn’s Bo Jackson had 17 rushing touch-downs in 1985 when he won the award. Richardson now has 34 rushing touchdowns and 41 total touchdowns in his Alabama career, which he shares third place on both lists with Bobby Humphrey.

SEC Rushing Touchdown LeadersName (School) Rushing Touchdowns1. Tim Tebow (Florida) 232. Trent Richardson (Alabama) 20 Cam Newton (Auburn) 204. Shaun Alexander (Alabama) 19 Garrison Hearst (Georgia) 19 LaBrandon Toefield (LSU) 197. Herschel Walker (Georgia) 18 Charles Scott (LSU) 18

FINISHING STRONG: Alabama has finished games strong this season. The Crimson Tide has outscored its opponents 336-69 in the final three quarters of games this season after holding a 96-37 edge in the first quarter. The disparity has grown wider over the past 10 games where Alabama owns

ALABAMA FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS

Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.Enrollment: 31,747

Founded: April 12, 1831Conference: Southeastern (West)Colors: Crimson and WhiteNickname: Crimson TidePresident: Dr. Robert E. WittAthletic Director: Mal M. MooreFaculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Kevin Whitaker

FOOTBALL HISTORYFirst Season: 1892All-Time Record: 813-320-43 (.710)All-Time SEC Record: 358-163-20 (.680)National Championships: 13 SEC Championships: 22First Team All-Americans: 104 players, 121 timesFirst Team All-Conference: 214 players, 285 timesBowl Appearances: 58Bowl Victories: 32

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Nick SabanAlma Mater: Kent State, 1973 Collegiate Career Record (Years): 140-54-1 (16)Alabama Record (Years): 49-12 (5)Offensive Coordinator: Jim McElwainAlma Mater: Eastern Washington, 1984 Defensive Coordinator: Kirby SmartAlma Mater: Georgia, 1999

TEAM INFORMATION2010 Overall Record: 10-32010 SEC Record/Finish: 5-3/4th (West)2010 Bowl: Capital One BowlBowl Result: Alabama 49, Michigan State 7 Final Ranking: No. 10 Associated Press No. 11 USA TODAY Coaches’

2011 SEC STANDINGSEastern Division

School Overall SEC *Georgia 10-3 7-1

South Carolina 10-2 6-2

Florida 6-6 3-5

Vanderbilt 6-6 2-6

Kentucky 5-7 2-6

Tennessee 5-7 1-7 *Eastern Division Champion

Western Division School Overall SEC *LSU 13-0 8-0LSU 13-0 8-0

ALABAMA 11-1 7-1ALABAMA 11-1 7-1

Arkansas 10-2 6-2 Arkansas 10-2 6-2

Auburn 7-5 4-4 Auburn 7-5 4-4

Mississippi State 6-6 2-6 Mississippi State 6-6 2-6

Mississippi 2-10 0-8 Mississippi 2-10 0-8 *Western Division Champion

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JOSH CHAPMANSecond-Team All –SEC CoachesSecond-Team All –SEC AP

TREY DEPRIESTSEC Freshman of the Week (Kent State)

BRANDON GIBSONCapital One Academic All-District

DARIUS HANKSBiletnikoff Award Watch ListPony Express Award Watch List

DONT’A HIGHTOWERLombardi Award FinalistButkus Award FinalistChuck Bednarik Award FinalistLott Trophy FinalistConsensus First-Team All-AmericanSEC Coaches All-SEC (First Team)Consensus Midseason All-AmericanSEC Defensive Player of the Week (Tennessee)SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Kent State)Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List

NICO JOHNSONButkus Award Watch List

BARRETT JONESOutland Trophy WinnerWuerffel Trophy WinnerJacobs Blocking Trophy WinnerARA Sportsmanship Award winnerLombardi Award Semifi nalistCapital One Academic First-Team All-AmericanUnanimous First-Team All-AmericanFirst-Team All-SEC (Coaches and AP)Consensus Midseason All-AmericanSEC Offensive Lineman of the Week (Arkansas)

DRE KIRKPATRICKJim Thorpe Award FinalistAP All-America Team (Second Team)SI.com All-America Team (Honorable Mention)Pro Football Weekly All-America Team (First Team)CBSSports.com All-America Team (First Team)FWAA All-America Team (First Team)Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches and AP)Midseason All-AmericanBednarik Award Watch ListBronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List

CYRUS KOUANDJIO Freshman All-SEC (Coaches)

ROBERT LESTERSI.com All-American (Honorable Mention)Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch ListJim Thorpe Award Watch ListWalter Camp Award Watch List

MARQUIS MAZESecond-Team All-SEC (Coaches)Biletnikoff Award Watch ListPaul Hornung Award Watch ListPony Express Award Watch List

DEQUAN MENZIEAFCA FBS Coaches’ All-America Team (First Team)Jim Thorpe Award Watch ListMidseason All-American

TRENT RICHARDSONDoak Walker Award WinnerHeisman Trophy Finalists (Third)SEC Offensive Player of the Year (Coaches and AP)Maxwell Award FinalistWalter Camp Player of the Year FinalistUnanimous First-Team All-AmericanFirst-Team All-SEC (Coaches and AP)Consensus Midseason All-AmericanSEC Offensive Player of the Week (Arkansas)SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Mississippi)SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Kent State)Paul Hornung Award Watch List

BRAD SMELLEYCapital One Academic All-District

VINNIE SUNSERI Freshman All-SEC (Coaches)

CARSON TINKERDisney Spirit Award

COURTNEY UPSHAWLombardi Award FinalistButkus Award FinalistChuck Bednarik Award Semifi nalistFWAA All-America Team (First Team)Sporting News All-America Team (First Team)SI.com All-America Team (First Team)ESPN.com’s All-America Team (First Team)AP All-America Team (Second Team)CBSSports.com All-America Team (First Team)Pro Football Weekly All-America Team (First Team)Walter Camp All-America Team (Second Team)Yahoo! Sports All-America Team (Second Team)First-Team All-SEC (Coaches and AP)Midseason All-AmericanBronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List

WILLIAM VLACHOSRimington Trophy FinalistsWalter Camp All-America Team (Second Team)SI.com All-America Team (Honorable Mention)First-Team All-SEC (Coaches and AP)Second-Team Midseason All-AmericanSEC Offensive Lineman of the Week (Florida)SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week (Kent State)Outland Trophy Watch ListRotary Lombardi Award Watch List

CHANCE WARMACKPro Football Weekly All-American (Hon. Mention)Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches)

JESSE WILLIAMSCapital One Academic All-District

a 68-34 scoring edge in the first quarter and a 289-54 edge in the final three quarters. Alabama has outscored its opposition in the second half of the last 10 games by a score of 201-34. Ala-bama held Mississippi State scoreless until the final quarter, while the Tide and and LSU both had three second half points before the Tigers kicked a field goal in overtime to win it. Prior to the LSU game, the Tide had not allowed a point in the second half since the Arkansas game in week four.

OVER THE LAST 12 GAMES VS. FBS OPPONENTS: Over the last 12 games against op-ponents from the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, dating back to the 2011 Capital One Bowl against Michigan State, the Alabama defense has allowed only 45.8 rushing yards per game or 549 total rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. The Crimson Tide has allowed 28 rushing yards or less in six of those 12 games, including two games of negative rushing yards (Michigan State, -48 and Kent State, -9). Only Penn State (107) and LSU (148) have rushed for more than 100 yards. Conversely, Alabama has rushed for 2,641 yards (462 carries) and 37 touchdowns in those 12 games, averaging 220.1 yards per game and 5.72 yards per carry while scoring a touchdown on the ground every 12.5 rushes. Trent Richardson has led the way over that span with 1,450 rushing yards and 19 rushing touchdowns on 241 carries for 6.0 yards per tote. Eddie Lacy has carried 83 times for 672 yards (in 11 games) and nine touchdowns while averaging 8.1 yards per carry.

DISCIPLINE SHOWS: Alabama’s disciplined approach to football is evident in its ability to play a clean football game. The Crimson Tide ranks third nationally in fewest penalties per game, being flagged an average of 4.00 times per game. The Tide also ranks fourth in fewest penalty yards in the country, averaging 33.67 per contest. UA leads the SEC in fewest penalties per game and in penalty yards per game.

ALABAMA CONTINUES SUCCESS ON THE ROAD: Alabama’s win at Auburn continued a trend of road success by the Crimson Tide in recent seasons. Including the win over the Tigers, Alabama has a 16-2 mark in true road games since 2008. The Tide posted a 3-2 mark last season on the heels of identical 4-0 records in 2008 and 2009. In 25 games away from Tuscaloosa since 2008, Alabama is 21-4, including an 11-4 mark against ranked opponents.

FINISHING IN THE FOURTH QUARTER: The Crimson Tide has outscored its 11 oppo-nents by a margin of 84 points (105-21) in the fourth quarter while outgaining its opposition 1,048 yards to just 320 yards on the ground, a difference of 728 yards. The Tide offense has only had to throw 29 passes – completing 20 – while opponents have only completed 47.5 percent of their passes with five interceptions and averaged only 3.0 yards per rush and 3.5 yards per play.

4th Quarter Comparison Alabama OpponentsScoring 105 21Total Yards 1,234 643Plays 180 186Yards Per Play 6.9 3.5Rushing Yards 1,048 320Carries 151 106Touchdowns 11 1Yards Per Carry 6.9 3.0Passing Attempts 29 80Completions 20 38 Completion %: 69.0 47.5Passing Yards 186 322Touchdowns 2 1Interceptions 0 5

RICHARDSON/INGRAM COMPARISON: Junior running back Trent Richardson has had a solid season running the ball in 2011 with 1,583 yards on the ground through 12 games. Th rough 12 games during Mark Ingram’s Heisman Trophy winning season in 2009, he had 1,429 rush-ing yards. In addition, Richardson has had 263 carries and 20 touchdowns on the ground, while Ingram had 221 carries and 12 touchdowns after 12 games.

ALABAMA RANKED 63 STRAIGHT WEEKS BY AP: Alabama has been ranked in the last 63 consecutive Associated Press polls, the longest streak in the nation. The streak began with the first poll of the 2008 season. Boise State holds the next longest streak with 59 straight mentions.

TIDE NO. 2 IN BCS STANDINGS: Alabama ranks No. 2 in the latest Bowl Championship Series standings, .0581 behind No. 1 LSU. The Tigers boast a BCS average of 1.0000 with Ala-bama at .9419. Oklahoma State comes in at No. 3 with a .9333 average, .0086 behind the Tide. Stanford came in at No. 4 (.8476), while Oregon moved up to fifth (.7901). Finishing out the top 10 is Arkansas (.7687), Boise State (.7408), Kansas State (.6827), South Carolina (.6553) and Wisconsin (.6374).

TIDE STANDS AT NO. 2 IN THE HARRIS POLL: Alabama ranks No. 2 in the Harris interactive College Football Poll, which was released on Sunday, December 4. The Harris Poll is comprised of former coaches, players and administrators along with current and former media members. It is a component of the BCS rankings along with the coaches poll and six computer rankings. The Crimson Tide garnered 2,723 points. LSU is ranked first with 115 first-place votes and 2,875 total points, while Oklahoma State is third with 2,654 points. Stanford, Oregon, Boi-se State, Arkansas, Wisconsin, South Carolina and Kansas State complete the rest of the top 10.

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TOUGH SLATE: Alabama boasts one of the most difficult schedules in the nation with four games against teams ranked in the USA TODAY Coaches’ Poll Top 25. The Tide faced then-No. 20 Penn State (27-11 win), then-No. 12 Arkansas (38-14 win), and then-No. 12 Florida (38-10 win). The Tide fell, 9-6, in overtime against No. 1 LSU (Nov. 5).

ALABAMA HAS SECOND MOST WINS SINCE 2008: Alabama has won 47 games dating back to the start of the 2008 season, the second most in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Crimson Tide won 12 games in 2008, followed that with a perfect 14-0 record in 2009 and a 10-3 mark in 2010. Alabama is two wins back of Boise State, with 49 wins. The Tide has the most victories of any team that plays in a BCS conference.

Total Wins (Since 2008)Team Wins 2008+2009+2010+2011Boise State 49 12+14+12+11ALABAMA 47 12+14+10+11TCU 46 11+12+13+10Oregon 43 10+10+12+11Oklahoma 41 12+8+12+9

BEATING THE BEST: Alabama is 17-6 against the Associated Press Top 25 over the past four seasons and is 9-4 against AP top 10 teams. The Crimson Tide is 3-1 vs. top 25 teams in 2011. Alabama went 5-3 against the AP Top 25 last season.

Alabama vs. AP Top 25 Opponents (since the start of the 2008 season)Date Team Opp. Rank ResultAug. 30, 2008 vs. Clemson (at Atlanta, Ga.) 9 W, 34-10Sept. 27, 2008 at Georgia 3 W, 41-30Nov. 8, 2008 at LSU 15 W, 27-21 (OT)Dec. 6, 2008 vs. Florida (at Atlanta, Ga.) 2 L, 20-31Jan. 2, 2009 vs. Utah (at New Orleans, La.) 7 L, 17-31Sept. 5, 2009 vs. Virginia Tech (at Atlanta, Ga.) 7 W, 34-24Oct. 10, 2009 at Mississippi 20 W, 22-3Oct. 17, 2009 South Carolina 22 W, 20-6Nov. 6, 2009 LSU 9 W, 24-15Dec. 5, 2009 vs. Florida (at Atlanta, Ga.) 1 W, 32-13 Jan. 7, 2010 vs. Texas (at Pasadena, Calif.) 2 W, 37-21Sept. 11, 2010 Penn State 18 W, 24-3Sept. 25, 2010 at Arkansas 10 W, 24-20Oct. 2, 2010 Florida 7 W, 31-6Oct. 9, 2010 at South Carolina 19 L, 21-35Nov. 6, 2010 at LSU 11 L, 21-24Nov. 13, 2010 Mississippi State 17 W, 30-10Nov. 26, 2010 Auburn 2 L, 27-28 Jan. 1, 2011 vs. Michigan State (at Orlando, Fla.) 7 W, 49-7Sept. 10, 2011 at Penn State 23 W, 27-11Sept. 24, 2011 Arkansas 14 W, 38-14Oct. 1, 2011 at Florida 12 W, 38-10Nov. 5, 2011 LSU 1 L, 6-9 (OT)

SABAN AMONG THE BEST: Head coach Nick Saban’s arrival in Tuscaloosa led to the Crim-son Tide’s rapid rise up the national rankings. That success in such a short period of time im-pacted the Tide’s record book. Saban produced the largest win increase from year one to year two in school history as Alabama went from seven wins in 2007 to 12 wins in 2008. He is one of two coaches (with Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops) in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) to have coached 10 years and never suffered through a losing season. Saban achieved more firsts in 2009 with back-to-back 10-win seasons and his first undefeated campaign. He followed that up with 10-win seasons in 2010 and 2011. Saban is currently fifth in winning percentage (72.1 percent) among active coaches who have coached at least 10 years of FBS football. He is also the only active coach, and one of only two coaches (with former Florida head coach Urban Meyer) to win two BCS National Championships and the first to accomplish the feat at two different schools.

HELMET DECALS: The Alabama football team is sporting more than crimson on its helmets in 2011. The Crimson Tide is wearing a houndstooth pattern decal and a number 77 decal on helmets this season. The houndstooth decal represents the memory of the devastation created by the tornado that hit the Tuscaloosa community on April 27 and the 77 decal is in memory of the late Aaron Douglas, a Tide offensive lineman who passed away in May.

NFL DRAFT: The Crimson Tide saw five UA players selected in the 2011 NFL Draft, including first round picks Marcell Dareus (third overall to the Buffalo Bills), Julio Jones (sixth overall to the Atlanta Falcons), James Carpenter (25th overall to the Seattle Seahawks) and Mark Ingram (28th overall to the New Orleans Saints). Greg McElroy rounded out the Alabama draft picks by being selected in the seventh round (208th overall) by the New York Jets.

NFL IMPACT: Alabama has been a feeder system for the National Football League in recent years and the start of the 2011 NFL campaign proved no different. All four Crimson Tide first round picks (Marcell Dareus, Julio Jones, Mark Ingram and James Carpenter) earned the start in week one for their respective teams. The four rookie starters were second among all schools as Wisconsin had five former players start in their pro debuts. In all, 12 rookies earned the start in their first game from the Southeastern Conference.

Associated Press Top 25 - Week 15 PreviousRank Team (FPV) Record Points Rank1 LSU (60) 12-0 1,500 12 ALABAMA 11-1 1,440 23 Oklahoma State 10-1 1,286 54 Stanford 11-1 1,283 45 Southern California 10-2 1,179 96 Oregon 11-2 1,170 87 ARKANSAS 10-2 1,148 68 Boise State 11-1 1,107 99 Wisconsin 11-2 1,038 1510 South Carolina 10-2 946 1411 Kansas State 10-2 829 1612 Michigan State 10-3 733 1113 Michigan 10-2 707 1714 Clemson 10-3 663 2115 Baylor 9-3 656 1916 TCU 10-2 632 1817 Virginia Tech 11-2 591 518 Georgia 10-3 566 1219 Oklahoma 9-3 386 1320 Houston 12-1 370 721 Nebraska 9-3 363 2022 Southern Mississippi 11-2 336 2423 West Virginia 9-3 199 2224 PENN STATE 9-3 129 2325 Florida State 8-4 49 25

Others Receiving Votes: Notre Dame 23, Cincinnati 22, Arkansas State 18, Brigham Young 12, Georgia Tech 7, Northern Illinois 7, Missouri 5, Virginia 5, Tulsa 2, Louisville 1.

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ALABAMA IN THE AP POLL

Alabama has been ranked in 675 of the 1,037 Associated Press col-

lege football polls since 1936, according to the AP Poll Archive. The

Crimson Tide owns a 404-121-8 all-time record in games when ranked

in the Associated Press college football poll, including a 46-9 mark

under head coach Nick Saban. The Crimson Tide is also ranked in the

AP poll for the 63rd consecutive week, its longest streak since the

mid 1990s when UA was ranked for 71 consecutive weeks under head

coach Gene Stallings. UA was ranked No. 1 in the AP preseason poll

in 2010 for the fi rst time since 1978 and just the third time in school

history.

SABAN AMONG THE BEST

Bob Stoops Oklahoma (13) 137-34 .801

Gary Patterson TCU (12) 108-30 .783

Mark Richt Georgia (11) 106-37 .741

Steve Spurrier South Carolina (22) 196-75-2 .722

NICK SABAN ALABAMA (16) 140-54-1 .721

TOP WINNING PERCENTAGE (FBS)BY ACTIVE COACHES (10 YEARS)

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ALABAMA WINS DISNEY SPIRIT AWARD: The University of Alabama football team re-ceived the 2011 Disney Spirit Award, given annually by Disney Sports to college football’s most inspirational player or team. Long snapper Carson Tinker will accept the award on behalf of the Crimson Tide squad, which was chosen because of its extraordinary efforts last April to aid tornado victims and help rebuild the Tuscaloosa community, ultimately bringing much needed hope to the area. The Alabama student-athletes immediately reached out to support their community – the same people who have supported them religiously year after year. Line-backer Courtney Upshaw raised nearly $20,000 in relief funds in his hometown of Eufaula, Ala. Offensive lineman Barrett Jones lugged a chain saw around Tuscaloosa to remove debris from homes and yards. The University of Alabama Athletic Department contributed $1 million to the UA Acts of Kindness Fund, which provides relief to faculty, staff, and students of The University of Alabama that are experiencing hardship. Tinker and his teammates become the 16th recipient of the award.

TRENT RICHARDON BECOMES FIRST TIDE PLAYER TO WIN DOAK WALKER: Alabama junior running back Trent Richardson became the first Crimson Tide player in school history to earn the prestigious Doak Walker Award. Richardson earned the honor at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show, held at the Atlantic Dance Hall on the Disney’s Board-walk. Richardson, a native of Pensacola, Fla., was named a Walter Camp All-American just before learning that he was tabbed the top running back in the country. The junior has also been named the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year and a SEC first-team honoree. He also garnered first team AFCA All-American honors. The powerful back is fifth in the na-tion in rushing yards per game, averaging 131.92, and has scored 23 touchdowns this season, ranking him fifth in scoring at 11.5 points per game. This season, Richardson set the Alabama record for rushing touchdowns in a season with 20. That number also ties him for second most in a season in SEC history.

BARRETT JONES WINS OUTLAND TROPHY: Alabama junior offensive tackle Barrett Jones became the third Crimson Tide player in school history to hoist the Outland Trophy. The Germantown, Tenn., native anchors the Alabama offensive line from his left tackle position. He has started 35 career games, including 10 at left tackle in 2011. He has also helped the Tide rank 15th nationally and first in the SEC in rushing (219.83), while blocking for the league’s No. 2 scoring offense at 36.0 points per game. Jones has already been named a Walter Camp and AFCA All-American on top of earning All-SEC first team accolades and the Jacobs Block-ing Trophy. Jones joins former Crimson Tide offensive linemen and National Football League first round picks Chris Samuels (1999) and Andre Smith (2008) as Outland Trophy winners.

BARRETT JONES WINS THE WUERFFEL TROPHY: Junior offensive lineman Barrett Jones was selected as the winner of the 2011 Wuerffel Trophy, given annually to the college football player that best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement. He started 10 games for the Crimson Tide this season at left tackle and 35 games overall on the offensive line. He graduated in three years with a 4.0 gpa in accounting and is cur-rently working on his master’s degree in accouting. He is a two-time Academic All-American. Jones is also well known in the Tuscaloosa community and beyond for his efforts in the com-munity. He was regularly in the community assisting in clean-up efforts following the April 27th tornado and has made trips to Haiti each of the past two spring breaks helping the cleanup following the January 2010 earthquake.

ALABAMA GARNERS SEVEN FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS: With three of the five All-America teams recognized by the NCAA announced at the time the bowl guide went to print, Alabama had already set a school record with seven first team All-Americans. The NCAA recognizes teams from the Football Writers Assocation of America, Walter Camp, the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press and Sporting News. Running back Trent Rich-ardson, offensive tackle Barrett Jones and safety Mark Barron have appearned as first-team selec-tions on the FWAA, AFCA and Walter Camp team. Linebacker Dont’a Hightower was named to the AFCA and Walter Camp teams while fellow linebacker Courtney Upshaw was tabbed by the FWAA and cornerbacks Dre Kirkpatrick (FWAA) and DeQuan Menzie (AFCA) were also recognized. Center William Vlachos was named a second-team Walter Camp All-American.

BARRON A NAGURSKI FINALIST: Alabama safety Mark Barron was selected as one of five finalists for the 2011 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which goes to the Football Writers Association of America National Defensive Player of the Year. Barron was joined by LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne, Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly, Illinois defensive end Whitney Mercilus and Penn State defensive tackle Devon Still. Barron, a senior from Mobile, Ala., is second on the team with 66 total tackles. He has four tackles for loss and is tied for second on the team with two interceptions. Barron has also broken up five passes, recovered a fumble against Penn State and recorded a quarterback hurry. He is the Tide’s active leader in career tackles (237), passes defended (34) and interceptions (12).

RICHARDSON NAMED WALTER CAMP FINALIST: Crimson Tide running back Trent Rich-ardson was one of five finalists for the 2011 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. The five-player list of finalists, include three quarterbacks, one running back and one defensive player. Richardson leads the SEC and ranks second nationally with 1,583 rushing yards. He has 23 total touchdowns to go along with 27 receptions for 327 yards.

USA TODAY Coaches’ Top 25 - Week 15 PreviousRank Team (FPV) Record Points Rank1 LSU (59) 12-0 1,475 12 ALABAMA 11-1 1,411 23 Oklahoma State 11-1 1,367 54 Stanford 11-1 1,286 45 Oregon 11-2 1,232 76 Boise State 11-1 1,128 87 ARKANSAS 10-2 1,112 108 Wisconsin 11-2 1,085 129 South Carolina 10-2 971 1310 Kansas State 10-2 878 1511 Virginia Tech 11-2 835 312 Michigan 10-2 789 1613 Michigan State 10-3 735 914 Clemson 10-3 657 2115 TCU 10-2 631 1716 Baylor 9-3 599 1817 Houston 12-1 542 618 Georgia 10-3 538 1419 Oklahoma 9-3 437 1120 Nebraska 9-3 402 1921 Southern Mississippi 11-2 366 2322 West Virginia 9-3 278 2023 PENN STATE 9-3 189 2224 Cincinnati 9-3 94 2525 Florida State 8-4 68 24

Others Receiving Votes: Northern Illinois 14, Missouri 11, Georgia Tech 10, Arkansas State 9, Notre Dame 9, Virginia 5, Louisiana Tech 2, Rutgers 1.

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ALABAMA IN THE COACHES’ POLL

The Crimson Tide has enjoyed much success in the coaches rankings over

the last half century. The United Press International debuted the coaches

poll in 1950 and ran the poll through the 1990 season. USA TODAY took

over the poll in 1991 and has run the poll for the last 20 seasons. Alabama

was ranked No. 1 in the 2010 preseason coaches’ poll after starting out

the 2009 preseason poll at No. 5. Alabama remained in the top fi ve the

entire season, reaching No. 1 after defeating Florida in the SEC Champi-

onship and holding the position to claim the national championship after

defeating Texas in Pasadena. The Tide has fi ve UPI (1961, 1964, 1973 and

1979) and two USA Today (1992 and 2009) coaches poll national titles.

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HIGHTOWER, UPSHAW WERE FINALISTS FOR LOMBARDI AWARD: Alabama linebackers Dont’a Hightower and Courtney Upshaw were finalists for the 42nd Rotary Lom-bardi Award, which goes to the nation’s top linebacker or interior lineman. Hightower and Upshaw were joined by Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly and Stanford offensive tackle Jonathan Martin as finalists. The selection of two players from the Alabama team marks just the sixth time in the 42-year history of the award there have been two finalists from one team. One of the players from the same school has received the award four of the six times this has occurred. Hightower and Upshaw are the eighth and ninth Crimson Tide players to be named finalists for the Rotary Lombardi Award. They are also the third and fourth Alabama players selected as finalists in the last four years, joining Terrence Cody in 2009 and Andre Smith in 2008. Former All-American linebacker Cornelius Bennett is the only Alabama player to win the Lombardi Award, capturing the honor in 1986.

HIGHTOWER FINALIST FOR LOTT TROPHY: Alabama junior linebacker Dont’a Hightower was one of four players in the country to be named a Lott IMPACT Trophy finalist. Sponsored by The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation in Newport Beach, Calif., the award is given to the player who exhibits the same characteristics Lott embodied during his distinguished career: integrity, maturity, performance, academics, community and tenacity.

SABAN ON BRYANT COACH OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST: Alabama head coach Nick Saban is one of 20 on the initial Bryant Coach of the Year list. The award honors excellence in coaching while also helping to raise funds to fight heart disease.

HIGHTOWER & UPSHAW FINALISTS FOR BUTKUS AWARD: Junior linebacker Dont’a Hightower and senior linebacker Courtney Upshaw were two of six finalists in the run-ning for the 27th annual Butkus Award, which goes to the nation’s top linebacker.

JONES EARNS ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA HONORS; GIBSON & WILLIAMS ACA-DEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones earned his third Capital One Academic All-America honor in 2011, earning first-team honors for the second straight season. Wide receiver Brandon Gibson and defensive lineman Jesse Williams were selected to the Capital One Academic All-District IV team. Jones graduated from the University of Alabama in just three years this past August with a degree in accounting and a 4.0 grade point average. He is a three-time first-team All-District IV selection. He is currently pursuing a mas-ter’s degree in accounting. Gibson, a senior athletically, has already earned his undergraduate degree in public relations and finished his master’s degree in sports administration in Decem-ber of 2011. He was selected to the 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll. Williams joined the Tide program in January of this year and quickly made an impact. He has a 3.66 grade point average in financial planning and is on track to graduate on time. He earned an associate’s degree at Western Arizona Community College in December of 2010.

DEFENSIVE NOTES

DEFENSE MAKES A STATEMENT: Through 12 games, the Crimson Tide has held oppo-nents to an average of 191.3 total yards of offense, ranking Alabama first in the nation in total defense. The Tide also ranks first nationally in the remaining defensive categories, including pass efficiency (83.97 passer efficiency rating), scoring defense (8.8 ppg), rushing defense (74.9 ypg) and pass defense (116.3 ypg).

APPLYING PRESSURE: Senior jack linebacker Courtney Upshaw ranks second in the SEC and is tied for 14th nationally with 1.42 tackles for loss per game or 17 for losses of 85 yards. Upshaw is also tied for fourth in the SEC with .71 sacks per game (8.5 for minus-57 yards) while making 45 total tackles with a team-high 11 quarterback hurries. He now has 35.5 career tackles for loss (-158 yards) and 16.5 sacks (-98 yards). His 35.5 TFLs ranks him ninth in school history while his 16.5 sacks ranks him ninth. Alabama is third in the SEC in tackles for loss (7.08 per game) and third in sacks (2.17 per game) while ranking 20th nationally in TFLs. UA has recorded 85 tackles for loss this season (-334 yards) and 26 sacks in 12 games. By comparison, the Crimson Tide had 75 TFLs and 27 sacks in 13 games a year ago.

GAMES WITH AN INTERCEPTION: With an interception against Auburn on Nov. 26, Alabama has recorded at least one interception in nine of its 12 games this season. The Tide recorded an interception in 11 of the 13 games in 2010, putting together a run of 19 games with a pick in its last 25 outings. Eight different Tide players have tallied an interception in 2011, with Dee Milliner leading the way with three.

10 POINTS OR LESS: On Nov. 12 at Mississippi State, Alabama held the Bulldogs to seven points. Under head coach Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide has held opponents to 10 points or less 32 times since the start of the 2007 season, including eight times in 12 games this season. Last season, Alabama held opponents to 10 points or less eight times and limited opponents to that mark seven times in 2009 and 2008. In 2007, the Tide posted two games in which it held opponents to that mark.

FIRST HALF DEFENSE: With Auburn scoring just seven points in the first half on Nov. 26, Alabama has allowed seven points or less in 14 of its last 15 first halves of play against oppo-nents from the Football Bowl Subdivision. Over that span, the Crimson Tide has surrendered just three points or less on eight occasions, including five shutouts. UA had a streak of nine straight games before allowing 10 points in the first half to Florida on Oct. 1.

2011 ALABAMA ROSTER BREAKDOWN

CLASS Total CLASS Total

Seniors 20

Juniors 21

Sophomores 23

Redshirt Freshmen 12

Freshmen 21

MOST GAMES PLAYED MOST GAMES PLAYED

Player Total Player Total

Josh Chapman 53

Marquis Maze 53

Mark Barron 53

Courtney Upshaw 53

William Vlachos 47

Darius Hanks 45

Damion Square 45

Dont’a Hightower 43

Chris Jordan 42

CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED

Player Streak Player Streak

Marquis Maze 53

Courtney Upshaw 52

William Vlachos 39

Michael Williams 39

Nico Johnson 34

Brad Smelley 34

Dre Kirkpatrick 30

Robert Lester 30

MOST GAMES STARTEDMOST GAMES STARTED

Player Total Player Total


William Vlachos 39

Mark Barron 38

Barrett Jones 35

Marquis Maze 33

Darius Hanks 28

Michael Williams 25

Josh Chapman 24

CONSECUTIVE GAMES STARTED CONSECUTIVE GAMES STARTED

Player Streak Player Streak

William Vlachos 39

Cade Foster 25


Robert Lester 25

Carson Tinker 25

Chance Warmack 25

CURRENT PLAYERS WHO HAVE NOT MISSED A GAME CURRENT PLAYERS WHO HAVE NOT MISSED A GAME

Player GamesPlayer Games

Marquis Maze 53

Courtney Upshaw 52

Michael Williams 39

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First-Half Points (Last 15 games vs. FBS opponents)3 – at LSU (Nov. 6, 2010)3 – Mississippi State (Nov. 13, 2010)7 – Georgia State (Nov. 18, 2010)7 – Auburn (Nov. 26, 2010) 0 – vs. Michigan State (Jan. 1, 2011)0 – Kent State (Sept. 3, 2011)3 – at Penn State (Sept. 10, 2011)0 – North Texas (Sept. 17, 2011)7 – Arkansas (Sept. 24, 2011)10 – at Florida (Oct. 1, 2011)0 – Vanderbilt (Oct. 8, 2011)7 – at Mississippi (Oct. 15, 2011)6 – Tennessee (Oct. 22, 2011)3 – LSU (Nov. 5, 2011)0 – at Mississippi State (Nov. 12, 2011)7 - at Auburn (Nov. 26, 2011)

NON-OFFENSIVE TDs IN THE SABAN ERA: Dee Milliner’s 35-yard interception return for a touchdown against Auburn on Nov. 26, marked the fifth non-offensive touchdown of the 2011 season and 25th overall since the Nick Saban era began in 2007. Courtney Upshaw’s 45-yard interception return at Florida on October 1, was Alabama’s second interception return of the 2011 season, and the second in two weeks along with DeQuan Menzie’s 25-yard inter-ception return for a score against Arkansas. Since Saban took over as Alabama’s head coach, the Crimson Tide has garnered 11 interception returns, 7 punt returns, 3 kickoff returns, 2 fumble returns and two blocked punt returns for a touchdown.

Non-Offensive TDs In The Saban Era2011 - 3 INT, 0 KOR, 1 PR, 0 FR, 1 BkPR2010 - 2 INT, 1 KOR, 0 PR, 0 FR, 1 BkPR2009 - 2 INT, 2 KOR, 1 PR, 1 FR2008 - 4 INT, 0 KOR, 4 PR, 1 FR2007 - 0 INT, 0 KOR, 1 PR, 0 FRTotals - 11 INT, 2 FR, 3 KOR, 7 PR, 2 BkPR

COMPLETIONS HARD TO COME BY: The Alabama defense has been one of the best in the nation in limiting completions from opposing quarterbacks. The Crimson Tide has held opponents to a meager 48.26 completion percentage through 12 games (153-of-317) to rank first this week. The Tide is also first in the nation in yards per attempt (4.40) and yards per completion (9.12).

YARDS AT A PREMIUM: The Alabama defense is allowing an average of 191.3 yards per game entering this week, which ranks first nationally and leads the SEC. The Tide is also sur-rendering only 3.4 yards per play, which also leads the nation. UA opponents have run 676 plays against the Crimson Tide defense this season and only managed 158 plays – both running and passing – that went for more than five yards, which accounts for just 23.3 percent. On the flip side of that, the Alabama offense has seen 38.6 percent of its plays go for more than five yards (307-of-796). The Tide defense has also given up only 66 plays (9.8 percent) of more than 10 yards and 25 plays of more than 15 yards (3.7 percent). Alabama has allowed only five rushes of more than 20 yards the entire season and only 20 total plays of more than 20 yards (2.9 percent).

HOLDING THEIR GROUND: Crossing midfield against the Crimson Tide defense has not been an easy task in the 2011 season. Alabama opponents have crossed the 50-yard line only 39 times (only counts drives that started in the opponent territory), but of those 39 drives that moved into Alabama territory, the opponent passed the UA 40-yard line 28 times. Of those 28 drives, opponents have managed 78 points (nine touchdowns and five field goals). Opponents are crossing midfield an average of only 3.25 times per game in 2011. Alabama has forced inter-ceptions on three of those drives and punts six other times. The Tide has also blocked two field goals, forced seven turnovers on downs and recovered two fumbles.

HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 300: Alabama limited the Auburn offense to 140 yards of total offense on Nov. 26. In head coach Nick Saban’s 66-game tenure at Alabama, the Crim-son Tide has limited the opposition to less than 300 yards of total offense 39 times, or 59.1 percent of the time.

HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 200: During head coach Nick Saban’s last 52 games at the Capstone, the Crimson Tide defense has held the opposing offense to less than 200 yards of total offense 20 times. Alabama has accomplished the feat seven times thus far this season, limit-ing Kent State to 90 total yards, North Texas to 169 total yards, Vanderbilt to 190 total yards, Mississippi to 141 yards, Tennessee to 155 yards, Mississippi State to 131 yards and Auburn to 140 yards. The 90 yards against Kent State also marked the second time a Saban defense has limited its opponent to less than 100 yards of total offense. Alabama’s best came in 2009 when they held Chattanooga to 84 yards of total offense. The Tide held opponents under 200 yards three times in 2010, four times in 2009 and six times in 2008.

FIRST DOWN CHAINS TOUGH TO MOVE: Alabama’s defense has surrendered only 126 first downs in 12 games for a an average of 10.5 per contest, which leads the nation. UA has allowed 53 total first downs rushing and 11 have come by penalty. Opposing offenses are con-

2011 ALABAMA COACHING STAFFPLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Th e Alabama coaching staff recognized players of the week each regular season game in 2011. Below is a game-by-game look at the Tide’s players of the week winners.

Kent State (announced September 5)Off ense: Barrett Jones, Eddie LacyDefense: Courtney Upshaw, DeQuan MenzieSpecialists: Marquis Maze, Will Lowery, Trey DePriest, Vinnie Sunseri

Penn State (announced September 12)Off ense: Mike Williams, William VlachosDefense: Mark Barron, C.J. Mosley, Dre KirkpatrickSpecialists: Trey DePriest, Dee Milliner, Alex Watkins, Vinnie Sunseri

North Texas (announced September 19)Off ense: Brad Smelley, Trent Richardson, Eddie LacyDefense: Courtney Upshaw, Dont’a Hightower, Robert Lester, Mark BarronSpecialists: Will Lowery, Jerrell Harris

Arkansas (announced September 26)Off ense: Trent Richardson, Barrett JonesDefense: Mark Barron, Dre Kirkpatrick, Dont’a HightowerSpecialists: Marquis Maze, Brandon Gibson, Alex Watkins

Florida (announced October 3)Off ense: Trent Richardson, William Vlachos, Chance WarmackDefense: Courtney Upshaw, Alex WatkinsSpecialists: Marquis Maze, Vinnie Sunseri, Brad Smelley

Vanderbilt (announced October 10)Off ense: Brad Smelley, Michael Williams, Marquis MazeDefense: Mark Barron, Dont’a HightowerSpecialists: Cade Foster, DeQuan Menzie

Mississippi (announced October 17)Off ense: Trent Richardson, AJ McCarron, Chance WarmackDefense: Mark Barron, Nico JohnsonSpecialists: Dre Kirkpatrick, Vinnie Sunseri

Tennessee (announced October 24)Off ense: Marquis Maze, Alfred McCulloughDefense: Dont’a Hightower, Nico Johnson, Courtney UpshawSpecialists: Hardie Buck, Cade Foster

LSU (announced November 7)Off ense: Trent RichardsonDefense: Dont’a Hightower, Nico JohnsonSpecialists: Hardie Buck, Alex Watkins

Mississippi State (announced November 14)Off ense: Trent Richardson, Eddie Lacy, Kevin Norwood, Chance WarmackDefense: Mark Barron, Dont’a HightowerSpecialists: Marquis Maze, Kelly Johnson, DeQuan Menzie Will Lowery

Georgia Southern (announced November 20)Off ense: Trent Richardson, Brad Smelley, Brandon GibsonDefense: Mark BarronSpecialists: Dont’a Hightower, Kelly Johnson, Vinnie Sunseri

Auburn (announced November 28)Off ense: Trent Richardson, William Vlachos, Brad SmelleyDefense: Dont’a Hightower, Courtney Upshaw, Dee MillinerSpecialists: Cody Mandell, Dee Milliner, Alex Watkins

Player of the Week Leaders:Dont’a Hightower 8Trent Richardson 8Mark Barron 7Marquis Maze 6

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verting 25.0 percent of their third-down attempts against Alabama (43-of-172). The Crimson Tide gave up a season-low six against Kent State and again against Tennessee. The six first downs allowed were the second fewest in the Nick Saban era (2007-pres-ent) as UA gave up just five to Chattanooga in 2009. The Crimson Tide has held op-ponents to nine first downs or less 14 times dating back to the start of the 2008 season and most recently against Auburn on Nov. 26 (nine).

THREE AND OUT: Alabama led the nation in defensive three-and-outs in 2009 with 5.61 per game and then ranked 10th nationally last season with 4.08 per game. The trend continues in 2011 as the Crimson Tide has tallied a nation-best 73 three-and-outs through 12 games or 6.1 per game. The Tide forced Kent State into three-and-outs on 12 of its 17 possessions, marking the most Alabama has forced this season.

GROUND DEFENSE: Limiting opposing running backs to less than 100 yards is nothing new for the Crimson Tide. Alabama has surrendered only 10 individual 100-yard rushing games dating back to the 2005 season (90 games), a mark that leads the nation. Since head coach Nick Saban arrived in 2007 (66 games), Alabama has allowed five players to rush for 100 yards in a game: Georgia Southern’s Dominique Swope (153 yards), Tennessee’s Tauren Poole (117 yards), Mississippi’s BenJarvus Green-Ellis (131 yards), Houston’s Anthony Alridge (100 yards) and Arkansas’ Darren McFadden (195 yards).

Fewest 100-Yard Rushers Allowed (FBS teams since 2005)1. ALABAMA 10 2. Boston College 113. Boise State 134. Ohio State 155. Penn State 21

TOUGH SLEDDING ON THE GROUND: Alabama leads the nation in giving up the fewest rushing touchdowns since the start of the 2005 season, surrendering only 50. Ohio State entered the season leading that category, but has since given up 12 this season. Since head coach Nick Saban arrived in 2007, the Crimson Tide has allowed 32 rushing touchdowns while OSU has allowed 40. In 2010, Alabama surrendered only six rushing touchdowns in 13 games and has given up three this season - one at Penn State, one at Mississippi and one against Georgia Southern.

NOWHERE TO RUN: Alabama held Auburn to 78 rushing yards on 35 carries on Nov. 26. In head coach Nick Saban’s 66-game tenure at Alabama, the Crimson Tide has limited the opposition to less than 100 rushing yards 41 times, or 62.1 percent of the time.

STIFLING DEFENSE: The Alabama defense has stifled opponents in 2011, allow-ing just 12 touchdowns in 12 games to lead the nation with just 1.0 touchdowns per game. A big part of that success can be attributed to allowing just 10.5 first downs per game, which also leads the nation.

TIDE SPENDS EVENING IN MISSISSIPPI BACKFIELD: Alabama registered a season-best 14 tackles for loss and five sacks in a 52-7 SEC win at Mississippi on Oct. 15. The Crimson Tide accounted for minus-52 yards with Nico Johnson and Court-ney Upshaw leading the way with two tackles for loss each. Upshaw recorded a season-best two sacks. It is the most tackles for loss in a single game for Alabama during Nick Saban’s tenure at the Capstone, a span of 65 games. The previous high was 13 against Louisiana-Monroe on Nov. 17, 2007.

SHUTOUT: Alabama’s win over Vanderbilt on October 8, marked the second shutout win for the Crimson Tide in 2011 (with a 41-0 win over North Texas on Sept. 17), and the first SEC shutout victory for the Tide since a 36-0 win over Auburn on Nov. 29, 2008. It also marks Alabama’s first shutout win over Vanderbilt since a 20-0 win on Sept. 11, 1997, and marked the 13th time Alabama has shutout the Commodores in the series.

HIGHTOWER NAMED LOTT IMPACT PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Junior line-backer Dont’a Hightower was recognized for his strong play on the defensive side of the ball in the 37-6 win over rival Tennessee on October 22 as he was named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week. In recognition of Hightower’s performance, the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation, sponsors of the Lott IMPACT Trophy, will make a $1,000 donation to the general scholarship fund at Alabama.

HIGHTOWER EARNS SEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS: In addition to his Lott IMPACT Player of the Week honor following his stellar per-formance against Tennessee on October 22, junior linebacker Dont’a Hightower was named the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Hightower had an overpowering game, recording seven tackles, one sack and three quarterback hurries plus being credited with breaking up two passes. He also tallied his first career intercep-tion, adding a 29-yard return.

BARRON HONORED FOR OUTING AT PENN STATE: Senior safety Mark Bar-ron was named the Jim Thorpe Defensive Back of the Week on September 14. Barron totaled seven tackles with an interception and a fumble recovery and both of his take-aways thwarted Penn State drives inside Crimson Tide territory. The interception ended a Penn State drive at the UA 9-yard line in the third quarter and the fumble recovery stopped the Nittany Lions at the Alabama 35-yard line in the fourth quarter. The interception was the 11th of Barron’s career. He was also named the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts at Penn State.

DePRIEST MAKING AN IMPACT: True freshman linebacker Trey DePriest has started on special teams and seen reserve action at linebacker for the Crimson Tide this season. He was named the co-SEC Freshman of the Week for his efforts against Kent State where he led the team in tackles with 10 while making his presence felt literally throughout the stadium with multiple bone-jarring hits. DePriest has also been twice named a Specialist of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff and is 11th on the team with 23 tackles in 11 games this year.

RETURNING CAPTAINS: Senior safety Mark Barron and junior linebacker Dont’a Hightower are the third set of captains to return to the position for a second season since Alabama first began naming multiple team captains in 1956. In 2002, both Jarret Johnson and Tyler Watts were second-year leaders, while Antoine Caldwell and Rashad Johnson repeated in 2008.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

OFFENSIVE IMPROVEMENT UNDER McELWAIN: Since offensive coordinator Jim McElwain’s arrival in 2008, Alabama has improved in points per game, rushing yards and passing yards. The Crimson Tide is currently averaging 8.9 more points per game in 2011 (36.0 ppg) than it did in 2007 (27.1 ppg) and 59.6 more yards per game in total offense.

Offensive Comparison Since 2007Year Points Per Rushing Passing Total Game (Avg.) Yards (Avg.) Yards (Avg.) Offense (Avg.)2007 352 (27.1) 1,940 (149.2) 2,919 (224.5) 4,859 (373.8)2008 422 (30.1) 2,585 (184.6) 2,396 (171.1) 4,981 (355.8)2009 449 (32.1) 3,011 (215.1) 2,631 (187.9) 5,642 (403.0)2010 464 (35.7) 2,378 (182.9) 3,395 (261.2) 5,773 (440.1)2011 432 (36.0) 2,638 (219.8) 2,563 (213.6) 5,201 (433.4)

BALL PROTECTION: The Alabama offense under coordinator Jim McElwain has protected the football better than any team in the country over the last four years. In 53 games as the offensive coordinator, the Crimson Tide has turned the ball over 57 times (30 fumbles, 27 interceptions) for an average of 1.08 turnovers per game, better the Ohio State’s second best average of 1.16 per game. Since 2009, that mark is even better as the Tide has turned the ball over just 38 times in 39 games (0.97 per game). Individually since 2009, UA starting quarterbacks have thrown an impressively-low 14 interceptions in 932 attempts (1 INT for every 67 attempts). The top two running backs in the rotation dating back to the 2009 season have only lost a fumble three times, including none this season. Over the 53-game span, the Tide’s top two running backs have recorded 1,033 carries, losing the ball just once in every 344 carries.

LONG DRIVES: Alabama ranks second nationally with six drives of 90 yards or lon-ger. Georgia Tech has had seven drives of 90 yards or more to lead the nation. Ala-bama’s first 90-yard drive of the season came on the road at No. 12 Florida when the Tide went 92 yards on a drive that started at the 12:25 mark of the fourth quarter. Trent Richardson finished off the 5:27 drive that lasted 11 plays with a 36-yard touch-down run. UA had a 12-play, 94-yard drive against Vanderbilt that resulted in a one-yard Richardson touchdown. The Mississippi game featured two drives of 90+ yards with Richardson accounting for all 92 yards on two plays, a 16-yard effort on the open-ing play and a 76-yard touchdown run. Later, Jalston Fowler closed out a 98-yard drive in the fourth quarter against the Rebels with a 69-yard run. The Tide’s most recent 90-yard drive came against Georgia Southern last week on Alabama’s final possession of the game. Alabama went 92 yards over 15 plays that ended in a four-yard pass from AJ McCarron to Brad Smelley for a touchdown. Most recently, Fowler capped off a five play, 90-yard drive with a 15-yard rushing touchdown against Auburn on Nov. 26.

IMPRESSIVE GROUND ATTACK: Alabama has scored 33 rushing touchdowns this season, ranking the Crimson Tide tied for seventh nationally and first in the Southeastern Conference in that category. Alabama has scored 54 total touchdowns this season.

RICHARDSON HAVING BIG YEAR: Junior running back Trent Richardson is fourth nationally and leading the Southeastern Conference with 1,583 rushing yards, a total that is second in Crimson Tide history. He is fifth on the Alabama career rush-ing yards list and the fifth player to go for 3,000 yards with 3,034 yards, 227 yards shy of surpassing his former teammate Mark Ingram (3,261) for the No. 4 spot. He is tied for fifth nationally in scoring at 11.5 points per game. Richardson ranks fifth nationally with 131.9 rushing yards per game and 20 rushing touchdowns (23 total

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touchdowns). He is the third player – and first running back – in SEC history to rush for 20 touchdowns in one season (Tim Tebow with 23 in 2007 and Cam Newton with 20 in 2010).

RICHARDSON ON RECORD PACE: Trent Richardson has found the end zone 23 times (20 rushing), the second-highest single-season total in school history behind SEC-record-holder Shaun Alexander (24 in 1999). He opened the year with three touchdowns against Kent State and followed that up with two more at Penn State. Richardson scored three touchdowns against North Texas and added one rushing and one receiving score against Arkansas. With the two scores against Florida, one vs. Vanderbilt, a career-best four at Mississippi, pair against Tennessee, one against Mis-sissippi State, three total touchdowns vs. Georgia Southern and one against Auburn, Richardson pushed his career total to 34 touchdowns on the ground and 42 overall. The 42 touchdowns (34 rushing, 7 receiving, 1 kickoff return) ranks third on the Alabama career list. Shaun Alexander (1996-99) is the Alabama career leader with 50 career touchdowns and Mark Ingram (2008-10) is second with 46.

RICHARDSON SETS CAREER BEST: Trent Richardson has set a career high in rushing four times this season. He first went for 167 yards on 11 carries against North Texas, breaking his previous best of 144 vs. Penn State in 2010. He then rushed for 181 yards on a career-high 29 carries in a win at No. 12 Florida, the most by an Ala-bama back against Florida in the series history, surpassing Billy Jackson’s 147 yards against the Gators in 1978. Richardson then accomplished the feat for a third time with 183 yards on just 17 carries (10.8 ypc) at Mississippi with a career-high four touchdowns. Finally, Richardson posted his first 200-yard effort with 203 yards and a touchdown catch in the Iron Bowl.

RICHARDSON VS. THE TOP 25: Trent Richardson has excelled against the na-tion’s best competition in the 2011 season. He has faced five top 25 teams and is averaging 142.0 rushing yards per game against the likes of then-No. 23 Penn State (111 yards), then-No. 14 Arkansas (126 yards), then-No. 12 Florida (181 yards), No. 1 LSU (89 yards) and No. 24 Auburn (203 yards). Richardson has also netted 216 yards receiving on 16 receptions against top-25 competition this year. He has four rushing and two receiving touchdowns in those games with 992 all-purpose yards, an average of 198.4 yards per game.

BALL SECURITY: Trent Richardson has continued a pattern of Alabama running backs holding onto the football. Richardson has lost one fumble in 614 career touch-es. His only lost fumble came in the sixth game of his freshman season (2009), losing the ball at the end of a seven-yard run against Mississippi. Richardson has not lost a fumble in 550 touches, which spans a portion of the last three seasons. In fact, Alabama’s rotation of its top-two running backs (Ingram/Richardson, 2009-10; Rich-ardson/Lacy, 2011) has lost only three fumbles dating back to the start of the 2009 season, a span of 1,185 touches. The Crimson Tide’s main tandem of running backs has lost just seven fumbles in five years.

RICHARDSON HAMMERS HIS WAY PAST 100: Trent Richardson had a streak of six straight 100-yard rushing games earlier this season and has nine 100-yard efforts in 12 games this year. The nine 100-yard rushing games equals Mark Ingram’s school record. The six straight 100-yard outings equaled Shaun Alexander school record of six consecutive during the 1999 season. Alexander had at least 100 yards in his first six games of the season while Richardson did it in games 2-7 of the 2011 season. Siran Stacy (1989) and Sherman Williams (1993) both had five in a row in 1993. Richardson’s first 100-yard effort came at Happy Valley against No. 23 Penn State, rushing for 111 yards. He followed with a 167-yard, three-touchdown performance against North Texas and a 126-yard effort vs. Arkansas. He totaled 181 yards and two touchdowns at Florida and 107 yards and a score against Vanderbilt. Richardson then set a career-high in rushing yards for the third time this season with 183 yards and a career-best four touchdowns. He got back on track again with 127 yards and a score at Mississippi State, including 88 yards in the second half and 71 yards in the fourth quarter. Richardson had 175 yards and three total scores vs. Georgia Southern before setting a new-career-high with 203 yards at Auburn. He also went over the century mark at Tennessee in 2010 (119 yards), vs. Penn State in 2010 (144 yards), vs. Florida International in 2009 (118 yards) and against Texas in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game (2009 season).

RICHARDSON IMPACTING RUSHING LISTS: With 203 yards rushing in the Iron bowl, junior running back Trent Richardson became just the fifth player in Ala-bama history to crack the 3,000-yard mark. He is also fifth in career rushing yards with 3,034. Richardson is second on the Alabama’s single-season rushing yardage list with, 1,583 yards. Mark Ingram holds the Alabama single-season record with 1,658 yards in 2009, which Richardson trails by just 75 yards.

RICHARDSON MOVING UP IN RUSHES: Trent Richardson is eighth in career rushes at Alabama with 520. He is just 15 carries away from Sherman Williams in seventh place with 535 carries. Shaun Alexander (1996-99) holds the Alabama record with 727 rushing attempts. Richardson’s 236 carries in 2011 is also the fourth most in a single season in school history. Alexander’s 302 carries in 1999 is the school record.

SMELLEY COMES UP BIG ON SENIOR DAY: Senior tight end Brad Smelley had a career night against Georgia Southern on Nov. 19, recording a career-high tying four receptions for a career-best 58 yards. The Tuscaloosa native was also responsible for two of the Crimson Tide’s four offensive touchdowns. He followed that up with an even better performance at Auburn on Nov. 26, with six receptions for 86 yards and one touchdown.

McCARRON MOVES UP COMPLETIONS LIST: Quarterback AJ McCarron moved into the top 10 of the Alabama single-season list for pass completions in the first half against Mississippi State on November 12. McCarron’s 6-yard completion to Marquis Maze in the first quarter, McCarron’s third pass completion of the game, moved him past Freddie Kitchens (152 completions in 1996) into 10th place with 153. McCarron now stands at No. 7 with 196 completions in 2011. John Parker Wilson holds the Alabama record with 255 completions in 2007.

NORWOOD ENJOYS CAREER NIGHT: Sophomore wide receiver Kevin Nor-wood had a career-best receiving yardage night against Mississippi State on November 12, with two catches for 60 yards, including a career-long 38-yard catch in the third quarter. His previous single-game yardage game was a 36-yard outing against Penn State in 2010. His career-high for catches in a game is three, accomplished earlier this season against Penn State.

MAZE MOVES UP CAREER RECEIVING LIST: Senior wide receiver Marquis Maze moved up the career receiving list on the strength of six catches for 61 yards against LSU on Nov. 5. Maze is seventh on the Alabama career receiving yards list with 1,844. He passed David Palmer (1991-93), who had 1,611 yards. D.J. Hall (2004-07) holds the record with 2,923 receiving yards. Maze’s 69-yard reception in the first quarter versus the Tigers was the longest of the season for Maze and the second longest (80, Arkansas, Sept. 26, 2009) of his career.

BELL HAULS IN FIRST CAREER TOUCHDOWN: Sophomore wide receiver Kenny Bell caught his first career touchdown against Tennessee. Bell’s catch came in the third quarter when he snagged a 39-yard pass from AJ McCarron. Bell became the 13th different player to score for the Tide this season and the fifth different UA receiver to do so this year.

McCARRON THROWS FOR CAREER BEST: Sophomore quarterback AJ McCar-ron threw for a career-best 284 yards in Alabama’s win over Tennessee. He finished the night 17-of-26 passing with one passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown. The sophomore ignited the Tide in the second half, throwing for 162 yards on 9-of-11 passing with two scores. McCarron completed his first eight passes of the second half, going a perfect 7-for-7 in the third quarter.

McCARRON’S STREAK ENDS: Sophomore quarterback AJ McCarron threw his first interception against Tennessee on October 22, after compiling a streak of 152 at-tempts since his last miscue. It is the third-longest streak in school history. He went six straight games without a pick. Brodie Croyle holds the school record of 190 consecu-tive passes without an interception with Jay Barker (155) second.

RICHARDSON HONORED BY SEC, AGAIN: Junior running back Trent Rich-ardson earned his third Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week nod on Nov. 28, after rushing for a career-high 203 yards on 27 carries in the Tide’s win at Auburn.

GIBSON CATCHES FIRST CAREER TOUCHDOWN: Alabama senior wide re-ceiver Brandon Gibson caught his first career touchdown in the win over Mississippi on October 15. Gibson became the 12th different player to score for the Crimson Tide in 2011.

ALABAMA AERIAL ATTTACK: Alabama went to the air against Vanderbilt with sophomore quarterback AJ McCarron leading the charge with a career-best game. Mc-Carron completed a career-high 23 passes on a career-best 30 attempts. He also tossed a career high in touchdowns with four. Senior wide receiver Marquis Maze caught a career-best nine balls for 93 yards. Sophomore DeAndrew White also tallied a career-high in touchdowns (2) and yards (52).

McCARRON TOSSES 4 TDs IN A GAME: Sophomore quarterback AJ McCarron threw four touchdowns against Vanderbilt. The four touchdowns in a single game ties Mike Shula (Memphis State, Oct. 26, 1985) and John Parker Wilson (Arkansas, Sept. 15, 2007) for the second most in school history. Gary Hollingsworth threw a school-record five touchdowns at Mississippi on Nov. 4, 1989.

FIVE ROAD STARTS = FIVE ROAD WINS: Making only his second-career start at quarterback, AJ McCarron recorded his first road win and it came at one of the most intimidating venues in college football – Beaver Stadium – against one of the most tra-dition-rich programs – Penn State. McCarron’s initial success on the road followed the footsteps of his predecessor, Greg McElroy, who defeated No. 7 Virginia Tech 34-24 in his first start away from home at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta in 2009. McElroy then won his first true road contest at Kentucky later that season, 38-20. McElroy finished

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his career 11-2 away from Tuscaloosa (includes neutral site games). McCarron also joined McElroy in registering a win over Arkansas in his first SEC start. On October 1, McCarron went into another hostile environment in his first SEC road contest where he guided the Tide to a 38-10 victory at Florida. McCarron, then, directed Alabama to a 52-7 decision at Mississippi, a 24-7 win at Mississippi State and, most recently, a 42-14 victory at Auburn.

SMELLEY, WHITE GRAB FIRST CAREER TOUCHDOWNS: Senior tight end Brad Smelley hauled in his first career touchdown when he caught an AJ McCarron pass for six yards for the first score of the game against Vanderbilt on October 8. Red-shirt freshman receiver DeAndrew White also caught his first career touchdown when he snared a high pass at the back of the end zone late in the second quarter against the Commodores, before catching another in the third quarter. Smelley and White became the ninth and 10th players, respectively, to score this season. Senior Darius Hanks also joined the action against Vanderbilt, recording his first touchdown of the season to become the 11th different player to score in 2011.

MAZE SETS CAREER HIGHS: Alabama senior wide receiver Marquis Maze tallied a career-high nine catches against Vanderbilt. The nine catches were the most by an Alabama player since Julio Jones caught 10 passes against Auburn (Nov. 26, 2010).

MAZE NOMINATED FOR GEICO PLAY OF THE YEAR: Senior Marquis Maze’s 83-yard punt return against Arkansas on September 24, earned a nomination for the GEICO Play of the Year. The punt return for a touchdown was the first of his career and the longest return of his career. The punt return was the first for a touch-down for Alabama since Javier Arenas found the end zone against Chattanooga on Nov. 21, 2009. The return also marked the 10th longest return for a touchdown in Alabama history.

JONES AND RICHARDSON HONORED BY THE SEC: Alabama junior running back Trent Richardson and junior offensive lineman Barrett Jones were named SEC Offensive Player of the Week and SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week, respectively, following the Crimson Tide’s 38-14 victory over Arkansas on September 24. Rich-ardson rushed for a game-high 126 yards on 17 carries, marking his third-straight 100-yard game, and also caught three passes for a game-best 85 yards. Jones received the highest grade on the Alabama offensive line and helped lead a balanced Tide attack that led to 197 rushing yards and 200 passing yards.

DARIUS HANKS RETURNS: Alabama senior wide receiver Darius Hanks returned to the fi eld on September 17, for the fi rst time this season after sitting out two games in compliance with the NCAA redshirt rule. In 2011, he has 21 receptions for 270 yards.

MAZE MAKES A STATEMENT: Senior wide receiver/return specialist Marquis Maze is one of the key components in replacing All-America wide receiver Julio Jones, and Maze has shown his ability. The senior enjoyed a big day in the season opener against Kent State, setting personal single-game bests in receiving and returns. For the game, Maze returned eight punts for 96 yards (12-yard average), returned a kickoff for 39 yards, and caught eight passes for 118 yards for a total of 253 all-purpose yards. The receiving yard total is a single-game high for Maze at Alabama, exceeding his prior high of 96 yards against Florida in 2009. On the season, Maze leads the Crimson Tide in receptions with 56 for 627 yards (11.2 yard average) and one touchdown. He also has 31 punt returns for 384 yards, with an average of 12.4 yards per return, ranking 10th nationally.

BARRETT JONES DOES IT ALL ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE: Junior All-Amer-ican Barrett Jones has started at right guard the past two seasons, but added a few re-sponsibilities to his résumé this spring and fall. He started all nine games this season at left tackle and has also seen snaps at left guard, right tackle and center. A candidate for the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award, Jones has started 35 games at the Capstone.

O-LINE EXPERIENCE A KEY: Alabama has one of the most experienced offensive lines in the nation. The Crimson Tide return four starters from last year’s unit and a combined 139 careers starts. Center William Vlachos leads the line with 39 career starts, making every start dating back to the 2009 season opener. Tackle/guard Barrett Jones is close behind with 35 starts, missing only two games late last season (Georgia State & Auburn) and most recently at Mississippi State and Georgia Southern with a sprained ankle. Chance Warmack has started the last 25 games at left guard and D.J. Fluker started 21 games at right tackle. Anthony Steen has had 11 starts, while he shares the position with Alfred McCullough, who has started eight games.

VLACHOS, RICHARDSON AND UPSHAW HONORED BY THE SEC: Alabama senior center William Vlachos was honored by the SEC as its Offensive Lineman of the Week following the Crimson Tide’s 38-10 victory at Florida on October 1. Vlachos received the highest grade on the line and did not allow a sack or a pressure, making critical line calls in pass protection. In addition to Vlachos, junior running back Trent Richardson and senior linebacker Courtney Upshaw made the Other Outstanding Per-formances list as Richardson tallied a career-best 181 rushing yards on 29 carries and two touchdowns, while Upshaw recorded four tackles, three for losses including a sack, and returned an interception for a touchdown against the Gators.

ALABAMA SCORING OUTPUT: The Crimson Tide’s 52 points scored at Missis-sippi on October 15, marked the most points scored by Alabama in a Southeastern Conference game since Alabama downed Vanderbilt, 59-28, on Sept. 29, 1990.

100-YARD RUSHERS AND RECEIVERS: Thirty-seven times in 34 different games Alabama has had rushers exceed 100 yards, and the Tide has had 15 100-yard receiv-ers in 15 games since head coach Nick Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa. Former running back Mark Ingram recorded 12 100-yard rushing games during his career, while junior Trent Richardson has now reached 13 100-yard rushing efforts, sophomore Eddie Lacy with two and sophomore Jalston Fowler with one. Under Saban, Alabama has gone 33-1 in those 34 games that produced a 100-yard rusher. Marquis Maze (2) and Trent Richardson (1) are the only current players with a 100-yard receiving game. The Ten-nessee game on Oct. 23, 2010, marked the sixth time under Saban that Alabama has had a 100-yard rusher and receiver in the same game.

100-Yard Rushers (33-1)246 by Mark Ingram vs. South Carolina (Oct. 17, 2009) W218 by Glen Coffee vs. Kentucky (Oct. 4, 2008) W203 by Trent Richardson at Auburn (Nov. 26, 2011) W183 by Trent Richardson at Mississippi (Oct. 15, 2011) W181 by Trent Richardson at Florida (Oct. 1, 2011) W175 by Trent Richardson vs. Georgia Southern (Nov. 19, 2011) W173 by Terry Grant at Vanderbilt (Sept. 8, 2007) W172 by Mark Ingram at Mississippi (Oct. 10, 2009) W167 by Trent Richardson vs. North Texas (Sept. 17, 2011) W162 by Glen Coffee at Arkansas (Sept. 20, 2008) W161 by Eddie Lacy vs. North Texas (Sept. 17, 2011) W157 by Mark Ingram at Arkansas (Sept. 25, 2010) W151 by Mark Ingram at Duke (Sept. 18, 2010) W150 by Mark Ingram vs. Virginia Tech (Sept. 5, 2009) W149 by Mark Ingram vs. Mississippi State (Nov. 14, 2009) W144 by Trent Richardson vs. Penn State (Sept. 11, 2010) W144 by Mark Ingram vs. LSU (Nov. 7, 2009) W144 by Glen Coffee vs. Auburn (Nov. 29, 2008) W140 by Mark Ingram at Kentucky (Oct. 3, 2009) W134 by Terry Grant vs. Western Carolina (Sept. 1, 2007) W127 by Trent Richardson at Mississippi State (Nov. 12, 2011) W126 by Glen Coffee at LSU (Nov. 8, 2008) W126 by Trent Richardson vs. Arkansas (Sept. 24, 2011) W125 by Jalston Fowler at Mississippi (Oct. 15, 2011) W121 by Glen Coffee vs. Houston (Oct. 6, 2007) W119 by Trent Richardson at Tennessee (Oct. 23, 2010) W118 by Trent Richardson vs. Florida International (Sept. 12, 2009) W116 by Mark Ingram vs. Texas (Jan. 7, 2010) (BCS) W113 by Mark Ingram vs. Florida (Dec. 5, 2009) (SEC) W113 by Mark Ingram vs. Arkansas State (Nov. 1, 2008) W111 by Trent Richardson at Penn State (Sept. 10, 2011) W111 by Eddie Lacy vs. San Jose State (Sept. 4, 2010) W112 by Glen Coffee vs. Florida (Dec. 6, 2008) (SEC) L109 by Trent Richardson vs. Texas (Jan. 7, 2010) (BCS) W107 by Trent Richardson vs. Vanderbilt (Oct. 8, 2011) W104 by Terry Grant vs. Tennessee (Oct. 20, 2007) W102 by Mark Ingram vs. Chattanooga (Nov. 21, 2009) W

100-Yard Receivers (12-3)221 by Julio Jones at Tennessee (Oct. 23, 2010) W199 by Julio Jones vs. Auburn (Nov. 26, 2010) L185 by D.J. Hall vs. Tennessee (Oct. 20, 2007) W172 by D.J. Hall at Arkansas (Sept. 15, 2007) W140 by D.J. Hall at Mississippi (Oct. 13, 2007) W128 by Julio Jones at LSU (Nov. 8, 2008) W124 by Julio Jones vs. Florida (Dec. 6, 2008) (SEC) L118 by Marquis Maze vs. Kent State (Sept. 4, 2011) W118 by Julio Jones at South Carolina (Oct. 9, 2010) L106 by Marquis Maze vs. Tennessee (Oct. 22, 2011) W106 by Julio Jones at Duke (Sept. 18, 2010) W103 by Julio Jones at Tennessee (Oct. 25, 2008) W102 by Julio Jones vs. LSU (Nov. 7, 2009) W101 by Trent Richardson vs. Mississippi (Oct. 16, 2010) W100 by Mike McCoy vs. Florida International (Sept. 12, 2009) W

100-Yard Rusher/Receiver in Same Game (5-1)Tennessee (Oct. 20, 2007) W 104 by Terry Grant and 185 by D.J. Hall vs. Florida (Dec. 6, 2008 - SEC) L 112 by Glen Coffee and 124 by Julio JonesFlorida Int’l. (Sept. 12, 2009) W 118 by T. Richardson and 100 by Mike McCoyLSU (Nov. 7, 2009) W 144 by Mark Ingram and 102 by Julio Jonesat Duke (Sept. 18, 2010) W 151 by Mark Ingram and 106 by Julio Jonesat Tennessee (Oct. 23, 2010) W 119 by T. Richardson and 221 by Julio Jones

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TIDE RECORDS FIRST BLOCKED FIELD GOAL FOR A TOUCHDOWN SINCE 2003: Junior Dont’a Hightower blocked a Georgia Southern field goal at-tempt on Nov. 19, in the first quarter that was picked up by junior Dre Kirkpatrick and returned for a 55-yard touchdown. The last time Alabama blocked a field goal and returned it for a touchdown was on Nov. 29, 2003, at Hawai’i, with Chris James recording the block and Roman Harper returning the ball 73 yards for the score.

MAZE RETURNS KICKOFF FOR 70 YARDS AT FLORIDA: Alabama senior wide receiver and return specialist Marquis Maze had another stellar special teams performance in the Crimson Tide’s 38-10 win at Florida on October 8. Towards the end of the first quarter, Maze returned a kickoff for 70 yards, his longest kickoff return of the season, setting up an Alabama touchdown to tie the game at 10-10. Maze leads the team with an average of 28.5 yards per kick return.

MAZE’S 83-YARD PUNT RETURN FOR A TD: Alabama senior wide receiver and return specialist Marquis Maze took the first Crimson Tide opportunity of the second half against Arkansas for a touchdown on an 83-yard punt return. The punt return for a touchdown is the first of his career and the longest return of his career. The punt return was the first for a touchdown for Alabama since Javier Arenas found the end zone against Chattanooga on Nov. 21, 2009. The return also marked the 10th longest return for a touchdown in Alabama history.

MAZE SETS PUNT RETURN MARK: Alabama senior wide receiver and return specialist Marquis Maze totaled a career-best 253 all-purpose yards vs. Kent State while also leading all receivers with 118 yards on a career-best eight catches. But he etched his name in the Alabama record book with a game-high tying eight punt returns for 96 yards. The 96 yards was also the seventh-most in a single game in UA history. Maze also added one kickoff return for 39 yards.

SERIES NOTES

THE ALABAMA-LSU SERIES: Alabama leads the series with LSU 45-25-5 in the series that dates back to the 1895 season. Th e second meeting of the 2011 season will be the 76th meeting between these two long-time Southern football rivals. Th e Tigers won the inaugural meeting in Baton Rouge, 12-6, on Nov. 18, 1895. Th e two teams did not meet again until the 1902 season, with LSU prevailing once again. Alabama’s fi rst series win came on Nov. 9, 1903, in Baton Rouge as the Crimson Tide scored a 10-0 victory. From 1919-45, Alabama posted a 12-game unbeaten streak (9-0-3) against LSU. Th e series was resumed during the 1944 season with the Tigers gaining a slight advantage over the next nine meetings, posting a 5-3-1 record from 1946-58. Alabama went 16-2 (.889) against LSU from 1964-81, including a series-long 11-game winning streak from 1971-81. LSU also ended UA’s school record 31-game (30-0-1) unbeaten streak with a 17-13 win at Bryant-Denny Stadium in 1993. Th e Tigers snapped a 15-game winless streak to the Crimson Tide in Tiger Stadium with a 30-28 win in Baton Rouge on Nov. 4, 2000. LSU has won eight of the last 14 meetings, dat-ing back to 1997. Alabama snapped a fi ve-game series skid with the 27-21 overtime win in Baton Rouge in 2008 and followed that with a 24-15 win in Tuscaloosa in 2009. LSU has won the last two games, including a 24-21 victory in Baton Rouge and the 9-6 overtime win in Tuscaloosa earlier this season.

Date Result Site Score TotalNov. 18, 1895 L A 6-12 6-12Nov. 29, 1902 L H 0-11 6-23Nov. 9, 1903 W H 18-0 24-23Dec. 2, 1904 W A 11-0 35-23Nov. 23, 1907 W H* 6-4 41-27Nov. 25, 1909 L H** 6-12 47-39Nov. 15, 1919 W A 23-0 70-39Nov. 13, 1920 W H 21-0 91-39Oct. 29, 1921 T A*** 7-7 98-46Nov. 10, 1922 W H 47-3 135-49Nov. 16, 1923 W H**** 30-3 165-52Oct. 10, 1924 W A 42-0 207-52Oct. 30, 1925 W H 24-0 231-52Oct. 8, 1927 T H** 0-0 231-52Dec. 8, 1928 W H** 13-0 244-52Nov. 15, 1930 W H**** 33-0 277-52Sept. 30, 1944 T A 27-27 304-79Oct. 6, 1945 W A 26-7 330-86Nov. 9, 1946 L A 21-31 351-117Nov. 22, 1947 W H 41-12 392-129Nov. 20, 1948 L A 6-26 398-155Sept. 29, 1951 L H 7-13 405-168Sept. 27, 1952 W A 21-20 426-188Sept. 26, 1953 T H* 7-7 433-195Sept. 25, 1954 W A 12-0 445-195Sept. 28, 1957 L A 0-28 445-223Sept. 27, 1958 L H* 3-13 448-236Nov. 7, 1964 W H** 17-9 465-245Nov. 6, 1965 W A 31-7 496-252Nov. 5, 1966 W H** 21-0 517-252

Nov. 11, 1967 W A 7-6 524-258Nov. 9, 1968 W H** 16-7 540-265Nov. 8, 1969 L A 15-20 555-285Nov. 7, 1970 L H** 9-14 564-299Nov. 6, 1971 W A 14-7 578-306Nov. 11, 1972 W H** 35-21 613-327Nov. 22, 1973 W A 21-7 634-334Nov. 9, 1974 W H** 30-0 664-334Nov. 8, 1975 W A 23-10 687-344Nov. 6, 1976 W H** 28-17 715-361Nov. 5, 1977 W A 24-3 739-364Nov. 11, 1978 W H** 31-10 770-374Nov. 10, 1979 W A 3-0 773-374Nov. 8, 1980 W H 28-7 801-381Sept. 5, 1981 W A 24-7 825-388Nov. 6, 1982 L H** 10-20 835-408Nov. 5, 1983 W A 32-26 867-434Nov. 10, 1984 L H** 14-16 881-450Nov. 9, 1985 T A 14-14 895-464Nov. 8, 1986 L H** 10-14 905-478Nov. 7, 1987 W A 22-10 927-488Nov. 5, 1988 L H 18-19 945-507Nov. 11, 1989 W A 32-16 977-523Nov. 10, 1990 W H 24-3 1001-526Nov. 9, 1991 W A 20-17 1021-543Nov. 7, 1992 W A 31-11 1052-554Nov. 6, 1993 L H 13-17 1065-571Nov. 5, 1994 W A 35-17 1100-588Nov. 4, 1995 W H 10-3 1110-591Nov. 9, 1996 W A 26-0 1136-591Nov. 8, 1997 L H 0-27 1136-618Nov. 7, 1998 W A 22-16 1158-634Nov. 6, 1999 W H 23-17 1181-651Nov. 4, 2000 L A 28-30 1209-681Nov. 3, 2001 L H 21-35 1230-716Nov. 16, 2002 W A 31-0 1261-716Nov. 15, 2003 L H 3-27 1264-743Nov. 13, 2004 L A 10-26 1274-769Nov. 12, 2005 L/OT H 13-16 1287-785 Nov. 11, 2006 L A 14-28 1301-813Nov. 3, 2007 L H 34-41 1335-854Nov. 8, 2008 W/OT A 27-21 1363-875Nov. 7, 2009 W H 24-15 1387-890Nov. 6, 2010 L A 21-24 1409-914Nov. 5, 2011 L/OT H 6-9 1415-923*---Mobile; **---Birmingham; ***---New Orleans; ****---Montgomery

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: Nick Saban, Les Miles, Steve Spurrier and Gene Chizik are the four active SEC coaches to win a national championship. Saban led Alabama to the 2009 BCS National Championship and LSU to a 13-1 record and the BCS National Championship in 2003, while Miles led the Tigers to the BCS National Championship in 2007. Spurrier guided Florida to a 12-1 ledger and the school’s fi rst national title in 1996. Chizik led Auburn to a 14-0 mark and a national title in 2010.

ALABAMA-LSU AT VARIOUS SITES: Th e Alabama-LSU series has been played at six diff erent sites since the initial meeting in 1895. Th e city of Baton Rouge has hosted the most games in the series (35), with Alabama posting a 25-8-2 record on the LSU campus. Only one other Louisiana city has hosted this series, with Alabama and LSU playing to a 7-7 tie in New Orleans in 1921. Four Alabama cities have played host to this rivalry, including Tuscaloosa, Mobile, Montgomery and Birmingham.

ALABAMA-LSU SERIES IS A LONG ONE: Th e LSU series is the fi fth-longest series in school history. Th e two teams began playing in 1895, the 15th game in Crimson Tide history. Only Mississippi State (96), Tennessee (94), Vanderbilt (83) and Auburn (76) have played Alabama more than LSU.

Most Games vs. Opponent (All-Time)Opponent Games First MeetingMississippi State 96 1896Tennessee 94 1901Vanderbilt 84 1903Auburn 76 1892LSU 75 1895

Alabama’s Oldest Football SeriesOpponent First Meeting1. Auburn 18932. Mississippi 18943. Georgia 1895 LSU 18955. Mississippi State 18966. Tennessee 1901

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SABAN VS. LSU: Alabama head coach Nick Saban is 2-4 in his career against LSU, following last year’s 24-21 loss at Tiger Stadium and this season’s 9-6 overtime loss. Prior to that, Alabama had won a pair of games with a 27-21 overtime victory in 2008 and a 24-15 win in 2009. Before his arrival in Tuscaloosa, Saban-coached teams were 0-2 against LSU, losing 46-25 to the Tigers while at Michigan State in the 1995 Independence Bowl in Shreveport and 41-34 in 2007 Tuscaloosa. Saban was the head coach at LSU from 2000-04 and compiled a 48-16 (.750) record, leading the Tigers to the 2003 BCS National Championship and two SEC Championships during his ten-ure. In 2003, Saban led the Tigers to a 13-1 record and a 21-14 win over Oklahoma in the BCS National Championship Game played at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, La.

ALABAMA VS. LOUISIANA SCHOOLS: Alabama owns an 85-41-8 record against teams from the state of Louisiana. Th e Crimson Tide has played 116 of those 134 games against LSU (75) and Tulane (41).

ALABAMA SINGLE-GAME RECORDS VS. LSU: Below is Alabama’s single-game records against the LSU Tigers in the schools’ 75 previous meetings.

Category Record Holder YearRushing Attempts: 35, Kenneth Darby 2004 35, Bobby Humphrey 1987Rushing Yards: 291, Shaun Alexander 1996Rushing TD: 4, Shaun Alexander 1996Most TD Passes: 3, Andrew Zow 1998Longest Pass: 77, Gary Rutledge to Wayne Wheeler 1973Most Receiving Yards: 134, Quincy Jackson 1998Most TD Receptions: 2, Quincy Jackson 1998

BOWL GAME NOTES

BOWLING WITH THE TIDE IN NEW ORLEANS: Alabama has college football’s most storied bowl history. Th e Crimson Tide has posted a 32-22-3 (.588) all-time record in its previous 58 bowl appearances. Alabama owns the NCAA record for most bowl games (58) and most victories (32). Th e Crimson Tide is bowling for the eighth year in a row after playing in the Music City Bowl (2004), Cotton Bowl (2006) and Independence Bowl (2006-07), the Sugar Bowl (2009), BCS National Champion-ship Game (2010) and the Capital One Bowl (2011) the last seven seasons. Alabama’s bowl history dates back to the Jan. 1, 1926, Rose Bowl where coach Wallace Wade’s team upset the Washington Huskies 20-19 to fi nish with the school’s fi rst perfect 10-0 season. Th e landmark win over the Huskies also secured the Crimson Tide the 1925 national championship, the fi rst of 13 titles won by the school. Alabama has played in 17 diff erent bowl games in its storied history, including 13th appearances at the Sugar Bowl, more than any other bowl in school history. It is the Crimson Tide’s second visit to the BCS National Championship Game (in Pasadena, Calif., 2009). Alabama has played bowl games in eight diff erent states, including Arizona, California, Florida, Hawai’i, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. Alabama has played bowl games in 19 diff erent stadiums. Alabama players have garnered 45 “Most Valu-able Player” awards in its 58 previous bowl games. Another 21 players and coaches have been selected to various all-time bowl teams.

ALABAMA SEEKS 14th NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Th e second-ranked Crimson Tide will be playing for its 14th national championship in school history at the 2011 BCS National Championship Game on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 in New Orleans, La. Alabama has won national championships in 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992 and 2009. Th e combined record of the 13 previous national championship teams is 145-6-2.

NO. 1 VERSUS NO. 2 MATCHUPS: Th e 2011 BCS National Championship Game will mark the 46th time since the inception of the Associated Press football poll in 1936 that the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams have met. Alabama is ranked No. 2 in the latest AP poll, while LSU is the unanimous No. 1 team. Alabama and LSU will square off in their second No. 1 vs. No. 2 meeting this season on Jan. 9, 2011, in the Allstate BCS National Championship Game. LSU edged the Crimson Tide in overtime in the Nov. 5 meeting. Th e fi rst of these meetings came on Oct. 9, 1943, when No. 1 Notre Dame defeated No. 2 Michigan, 35-12. Th ere have only been 25 regular-season meet-ings counting the 2008 and 2009 SEC Championship Games between Alabama and Florida. It is the fourth No. 1 vs. No. 2 game for the Crimson Tide in the last four years, gong 2-2 in those matchups Alabama is playing in its eighth No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup. Alabama is 4-3 in its previous seven games matching No. 1 vs. No. 2 with wins over Penn State (1979 Sugar Bowl), Miami (1993 Sugar Bowl), Florida (2009 SEC Championship Game) and Texas (2010 BCS National Championship Game and losses to Nebraska (1972 Orange Bowl), Florida (2008 SEC Championship Game) and LSU (2011 regular season).

NCAA Bowl AppearancesRank Appearances1. ALABAMA 582. Tennessee 503. Texas 49 4. Southern California 48

Nebraska 486. Georgia 477. Oklahoma 45 8. Penn State 44 9. LSU 43 Ohio State 43

NCAA Bowl VictoriesRank Wins1. ALABAMA 32 Southern California 30 3. Penn State 274. Texas 25 Tennessee 256. Georgia 26 Oklahoma 268. Nebraska 259. Florida State 23 Georgia Tech 22

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE BOWL HIGHLIGHTS: Below are some highlights of the Crimson Tide’s storied bowl history that dates back to the 1925 season.

• Alabama made its bowl debut on Jan. 1, 1926, with a 20-19 come-from-behind win over Washington. Th e Crimson Tide erased a 12-0 halftime defi cit with a 20-point third quarter to earn its fi rst bowl win. Pooley Hubert scored the fi rst touchdown in UA bowl history with a 1-yard run in the third quarter. Johnny Mack Brown had two touchdown receptions (59 yards and 27 yards) in the win.

•Th e Tide captured back-to-back national championships with Rose Bowl wins in 1926 and 1927. In fact, the Tide’s fi rst fi ve bowl appearances came at the Rose Bowl. Alabama went 3-1-1 in those games with wins over Washington (1926), Washington State (1931) and Stanford (1935).

• UA great Harry Gilmer rushed for 113 yards in the 1946 Rose Bowl win over South-ern California. Th e 113 rushing yards ranks 15th on the NCAA’s all-time bowl list for quarterback rushing stats. Gilmer had eight straight pass completions, the ninth-highest total in NCAA bowl history.

• Alabama’s Bobby Luna tied the NCAA bowl record with nine extra point attempts (made seven) in the Crimson Tide’s 61-6 win over Syracuse in the 1953 Orange Bowl. Th e Crimson Tide’s 55-point win is the largest margin of victory in NCAA bowl his-tory. Alabama’s 61 points are the second most in bowl history after Nebraska posted a 66-17 win over Northwestern in the 2000 Alamo Bowl.

• All-American and future All-Pro Lee Roy Jordan set a bowl record with 31 tackles in the Crimson Tide’s 17-0 win over Oklahoma in the 1963 Orange Bowl.

• Alabama’s Tim Davis drilled four fi eld goals on a snow-covered Tulane Stadium as Alabama beat Mississippi, 12-7, in the Jan. 1, 1964 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Davis connected on 4-of-5 fi eld goals in the win. Th e four made fi eld goals are tied for the sixth most in NCAA bowl history, while the fi ve attempts equal the fourth-most in history.

• UA quarterback Richard Todd had an excellent game against Penn State in the Dec. 31, 1975 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Todd completed 10-of-12 passes (.833) in the Crimson Tide’s 13-6 win over the Nittany Lions. Todd’s .833 completion percentage is the fi fth-highest in NCAA bowl history.

• Alabama defeated Illinois, 21-15, in Coach Paul Byrant’s fi nal game as head coach of the Crimson Tide on Dec. 29, 1982 at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. On that frigid night, senior Jeremiah Castille recorded an Alabama and Liberty Bowl record three interceptions en route to game MVP honors.

• Alabama captured the school’s 12th national title with a 34-13 win over then-No. 1 Miami in the 1993 Sugar Bowl (1992 season). Derrick Lassic earned MVP honors with 135 yards rushing and two touchdowns.

• Th e Crimson Tide’s most recent national title, the school’s 13th, came in the 2010 Citi BCS National Championship Game following the 2009 season. Th e Tide defeated the Texas Longhorns 37-21. Mark Ingram was named the Off ensive MVP while Mar-cell Dareus was selected as the Defensive MVP.

ALABAMA’S BOWL BREAKDOWN: Alabama has played in 17 diff erent bowl games since its fi rst bowl appearance following the 1925 season (1926 Rose Bowl). Overall, Alabama has made 36 of its 58 bowl appearances in the Cotton, Orange, Rose, Fiesta or Sugar Bowls as well as the BCS National Championship Game. Ala-bama is making its second appearance in the BCS National Championship Game and will be playing in its 14th game at the site of the Sugar Bowl (13 in the Sugar Bowl). Alabama has a .500 or better winning percentage in 14 of the 17 diff erent bowls. Below is the record breakdown at each game in which the Crimson Tide has played.

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Alabama’s Bowl BreakdownBowl (Games) Alabama Record Sugar Bowl (13) 8-5 (.615) Orange Bowl (8) 4-4 (.500) Cotton Bowl (7) 3-4 (.429) Rose Bowl (6) 4-1-1 (.750) Liberty Bowl (4) 2-2 (.500) Sun Bowl (3) 3-0 (1.00) Independence Bowl (3) 2-1 (.667) Gator Bowl (2) 1-1 (.500) Bluebonnet Bowl (2) 0-0-2 (.000)Music City Bowl (2) 0-2 (.000) BCS Championship Game (1) 1-0 (1.00)Aloha Bowl (1) 1-0 (1.00) Blockbuster Bowl (1) 1-0 (1.00) Capital One [Citrus Bowl] (2) 2-0 (1.00) Hall of Fame Bowl (1) 1-0 (1.00) Outback Bowl (1) 1-0 (1.00) Fiesta Bowl (1) 0-1 (.000)

ALL-TIME BOWL OPPONENTS: Alabama has played 36 diff erent opponents in its illustrious bowl history. Th e 2011 Allstate BCS National Championship Game will mark the fi rst time in history that Alabama and LSU have squared off in a bowl game.

CONFERENCE BOWL BREAKDOWN: Alabama has faced teams from 10 diff er-ent conferences and six independents in its bowl history. Taking into consideration all of the expansion and conference realignment, the Crimson Tide has played three previous bowl games against another team from the current Southeastern Conference, but only once was the team in the SEC at the same time. Th e Crimson Tide beat Mis-sissippi 12-7 in the 1964 Sugar Bowl. Alabama also met Arkansas, when they were members of the Southwestern Conference, beating the Razorbacks 10-3 in the 1962 Sugar Bowl to secure a national championship and then again in the 1980 Sugar Bowl, again winning a national title. Th e Tide has also played four bowl games against future SEC foes, Texas A&M and Missouri, posting a 1-1 record against both teams. Alabama has played 24 bowl games against those teams the currently comprise the Big 12, which is the most of any conference for the Tide. Th e Crimson Tide’s most success has come against the Pac-10 Conference, where Alabama has compiled a 7-1-1 (.833) all-time bowl record.

Bowl Record vs. Conferences Conference Alabama Record ACC 1-1 (.500) Big East 1-2 (.333) Big Ten 5-3 (.625) Big 12 10-9-1 (.525)Mountain West 0-1 (.000)Pac-12 7-1-1 (.833) SEC 1-0 (1.000) Independents 5-4 (.556)

SABAN, ALABAMA COACHES BOWL RECORDS: Alabama head coach Nick Saban is the 12th coach in school history to lead the Crimson Tide to a post-season bowl game. Saban made his Alabama bowl debut during the 2007 season with a 30-24 win over Colorado in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. Saban captured the school’s 13th national championship with a win over Texas in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game in Pasadena, Calif. He made his Alabama BCS bowl debut in the 2009 Sugar Bowl with a 31-17 loss to Utah and defeated Michigan State 49-7 in the 2011 Capital One Bowl. He has taken three diff erent teams to bowl games, including Michigan State, LSU and Alabama. He is 6-6 (.500) in his 12 career bowl games. Saban is making his fi fth-career BCS Bowl appearance, including two at LSU and three at Alabama. He led the Tigers to 47-24 win over Illinois in the 2002 Sugar Bowl and then won the BCS National Championship by leading LSU to a 21-14 win over Oklahoma 2004 Sugar Bowl. Saban’s fi rst bowl game as a head coach came on December 29, 1995, when he led Michigan State to a berth in the Independence Bowl. Th e Spartans lost to LSU, 45-36, in Shreveport. He was 0-3 in bowl games at Michigan State. He also led the Spartans to the 2000 Capital One Bowl, but did not coach the game after taking the head coaching position at LSU. Saban was 3-2 (.600) in bowl games at LSU.

Alabama Bowl Records by Coach Coach Wins Overall RecordPaul Bryant 12 12-10-2 (.520)Gene Stallings 5 5-1 (.833) Frank Th omas 4 4-2 (.667) Ray Perkins 3 3-0 (1.00)Nick Saban 3 3-1 (.750)Wallace Wade 2 2-0-1 (.833)Dennis Franchione 1 1-0 (1.00) Mike Shula 1 1-1 (.500) Red Drew 1 1-2 (.333)

Bill Curry 1 1-2 (.333) Mike DuBose 0 0-2 (.000)Joe Kines 0 0-1 (.000)

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

40 NATIONAL TV GAMES IN LAST 51 GAMES: Alabama’s contest at Auburn on Nov. 26, marked the 40th nationally-televised game since the start of the 2008 season for the Crimson Tide. This season Alabama has played on CBS four times, while having one game on ABC, two games on ESPN2 and one game each on ESPN on ESPNU. In 2010, Alabama had five games on CBS, three games on ESPN, two games on ESPN2, one on ABC and one on ESPNU. In 2009, UA played two games on ABC, including the BCS National Championship Game, and six games on CBS while ESPN broadcasted two more Crimson Tide games. In 2008, Alabama had 10 of its 14 games broadcasted nationally, including five games on CBS, three games on ESPN, one on ABC and one on FOX.

TIDE 48-3 UNDER SABAN WHEN LEADING AT THE HALF: The Crimson Tide is 48-3 when leading at halftime under head coach Nick Saban. Alabama had a 28-game winning streak snapped in 2010 against LSU. The first two losses came against LSU with the last loss to Auburn in 2010. In 2007, UA held a 20-17 halftime lead before losing, 41-34, on Nov. 3, 2007, at Bryant-Denny Stadium. In 2010, UA led 10-3 at the half before the Tigers rallied for a 24-20 win at Tiger Stadium. The Tide lost 28-27 to Auburn to close out the 2010 season after leading 24-7 at the half. The Crimson Tide is 3-5 under Saban when trailing at halftime and 3-3 when tied at halftime. The three wins when trailing at the half came in a 34-24 win over No. 7 Virginia Tech on Sept. 5, 2009, in Atlanta; a 24-15 victory over No. 9 LSU on Nov. 7, 2009; and a 24-20 win at Arkansas on Sept. 25, 2010. Alabama’s three wins when tied at halftime came at LSU on Nov. 8, 2008, (a 27-21 victory), at Auburn with a 26-21 win on Nov. 27, 2009 and against Tennessee on Oct. 22, 2011 (37-6 victory).

ALABAMA’S TV RECORD: Alabama has compiled a 190-126-4 (.600) all-time record in 319 televised games. This does not include pay-per-view, tape-delayed or closed circuit telecasts.

OVERTIME RECORD: Alabama is 4-8 (.333) all-time in overtime games. In its last overtime game, the Crimson Tide lost to LSU 9-6 at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Nov. 5, 2011. Alabama has lost seven of its last 10 overtime games. The Crimson Tide is 4-7 (.363) in overtime games against SEC teams. Alabama is 2-5 (.286) in overtime home games. The Crimson Tide is 3-5 (.375) in single-overtime games.

ESPN.com MIDSEASON ALL-AMERICANS: Alabama was well represented on the ESPN.com Midseason All-America team, as compiled by Mark Schlabach. The Crim-son Tide had five players recognized on the list (2 offense, 3 defense), more than any other team in the country. On offense, Trent Richardson earned the nod at running back while Barrett Jones was recognized for his versatility on the offensive line. Defen-sively, Courtney Upshaw, DeQuan Menzie and Mark Barron led the way for the Tide.

HUGE CROWDS: On September 10, at Penn State, Alabama played before the larg-est crowd ever to witness a Crimson Tide football game as 107,846 fans packed Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. The Crimson Tide has played in nine games away from home that saw the attendance figure eclipse 100,000, with all but Saturday’s game be-ing played at Neyland Stadium against Tennessee.

Top 6 Attendance Totals at Alabama Football Games107,846 – at Penn State (Sept. 10, 2011)107,722 – at Tennessee (Oct. 26, 2002)107,709 – at Tennessee (Oct. 21, 2000)107,289 – at Tennessee (Oct. 24, 1998)107,017 – at Tennessee (Oct. 23, 2004)106,700 – at Tennessee (Oct. 26, 1996)

FRESHMAN ACADEMICS: Alabama’s 2010 freshman class did more than just excel on the football field, the Crimson Tide placed 11 rookies on the 2011 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll, by far the highest total in the SEC - more than double the second-place team. Mississippi State was second with five, while Auburn, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee each had four. Florida and Georgia placed three repre-sentatives on the list apiece, and Arkansas, LSU and Vanderbilt all had two members of the honor roll, respectively. Mississippi rounded out the list with one. Alabama freshmen that made the list include: Cade Foster, Jalston Fowler, Corey Grant, Adrian Hubbard, Harrison Jones, Arie Kouandjio, C.J. Mosley, Nick Perry, Brian Vogler, De-Andrew White and Jay Williams. The 2009 freshman class was equally impressive plac-ing 12 on the list, which again was more than double the next-highest SEC institution.

2010-11 SEC First-Year Academic 2009-10 SEC First-Year AcademicHonor Roll Honor RollTeam Total Team Total1. ALABAMA 11 1. ALABAMA 122. Mississippi State 5 2. Mississippi State 63. Auburn 4 3. Mississippi 5

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Kentucky 4 4 Kentucky 4 South Carolina 4 5. Arkansas 3 Tennessee 4 South Carolina 37. Florida 3 Tennessee 3 Georgia 3 8. Florida 29. Arkansas 2 Georgia 2 LSU 2 10. Auburn 1 Vanderbilt 2 Vanderbilt 112. Mississippi 1 12. LSU 0

RETURNING SUCCESS: Alabama returned 19 starters and 51 lettermen from its 2010 squad that went 10-3, finishing the season ranked 10th in the Associated Press poll and 11th in the USA TODAY Coaches’ poll. Much of last year’s preseason talk was about the Tide’s offense, whereas this year it has been much about the defense. Highlighting the list of returnees in the defensive backfield is senior All-American Mark Barron and junior All-American Robert Lester. Barron was the team’s leader in total tackles with 75, while Lester led Alabama in interceptions with eight. Among the Tide’s returnees up front is se-nior Courtney Upshaw and junior Dont’a Hightower, who combined for 121 total tack-les, 18 tackles for loss, seven sacks and five pass breakups. Upshaw was first on the team in tackles for loss with 14.5 and ranked fifth in the SEC with his seven sacks. As a unit, Alabama’s defense finished the 2010 season ranked third nationally in scoring defense (13.54 ppg), fifth in total defense (286.38) and sixth in pass efficiency defense (103.54).

TOP AIDES: Alabama’s coaching staff was ranked No. 1 in the Yahoo! Sports/Rivals.com Top 10 Football Coaching Staffs list. Following the Tide was Oklahoma, TCU, Virginia Tech, Oregon, Iowa, South Carolina, Penn State, Boise State and Wisconsin. Alabama’s leadership on the sidelines and in the booth has a wealth of knowledge across all levels of football. The nine-man staff features a former head coach at the Bowl Sub-division level in Bobby Williams (Michigan State). The staff also has five coaches that have spent time as assistant coaches in the NFL in Mike Groh (Jets), Jim McElwain (Raiders), Kirby Smart (Dolphins), Sal Sunseri (Panthers) and Bobby Williams (Lions and Dolphins).

CRIMSON TIDE PLAYERS ON NFL ROSTERS: The Alabama football program is well represented in the NFL as it starts the 2011 season with former players and coaches dotting league rosters. The Tide has 38 former players and coaches working in the NFL this season. Charlie Peprah is the only Alabama player on the defending Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers. The Crimson Tide has 25 current NFL players. There are 13 former UA players and/or coaches serving as assistant coaches in the NFL this season. Over the last three years, Alabama has had more NFL first round picks than any other school (seven).

2011 NFL RostersPlayer Pos. TeamMark Anderson DE Chicago BearsJavier Arenas DB Kansas City ChiefsAntoine Caldwell C Houston TexansJames Carpenter OL Seattle SeahawksTerrence Cody DT Baltimore RavensMarcell Dareus DT Buffalo BillsBrandon Deaderick DE New England PatriotsWallace Gilberry DL Kansas City ChiefsRoman Harper DB New Orleans SaintsMark Ingram RB New Orleans SaintsKareem Jackson DB Houston TexansJarret Johnson LB Baltimore RavensMarquis Johnson DB St. Louis RamsMike Johnson OL Atlanta FalconsRashad Johnson DB Arizona CardinalsJulio Jones WR Atlanta FalconsEvan Mathis OL Cincinnati BengalsLe’Ron McClain FB Baltimore RavensRolando McClain LB Oakland RaidersGreg McElroy QB New York JetsCharlie Peprah DB Green Bay PackersDeMeco Ryans LB Houston TexansAndre Smith OL Cincinnati BengalsChavis Williams LB Baltimore Ravens John Parker Wilson QB Atlanta Falcons

NFL Coaches:Coach TeamBruce Arians Pittsburgh SteelersSylvester Croom St. Louis RamsJeff Fitzgerald Cincinnati BengalsKent Johnson Cleveland BrownsAmos Jones Pittsburgh SteelersLarry Kirksey Houston TexansFreddie Kitchens Arizona CardinalsJohn Mitchell Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Shula Carolina PanthersMike Solari San Francisco 49ersLance Taylor New York JetsRicky Thomas Indianapolis ColtsDeshea Townsend Arizona Cardinals

NICK’S KIDS: At Michigan State, head coach Nick Saban and his wife, Terry, started the Nick’s Kids Foundation, which the Sabans have continued in Tuscaloosa. Since their arrival at the University of Alabama, the Sabans have helped raise more than $2 million for “Nick’s Kids” that has been distributed to more than 150 charities and organizations throughout the state of Alabama.

FIRST-TIME STARTERS: Seven Alabama players have made their first starts for the Crimson Tide this season: wide receiver Kenny Bell, defensive lineman Quinton Dial, wide receiver Brandon Gibson, quarterback AJ McCarron, linebacker Alex Watkins, wide receiver DeAndrew White and defensive end Jesse Williams.

NEWCOMERS CONTRIBUTE IN 2011: The Crimson Tide has seen 18 of its new-comers (nine redshirt freshmen, seven true freshmen and two junior college transfers) make appearance thus far in the 2011 season. Among the nine redshirt freshmen were TE Harrison Jones, LB Adrian Hubbard, DL Brandon Ivory, OL Chad Lindsay, OL Austin Shepherd, QB Phillip Sims, RB Blake Sims, TE Brian Vogler and WR DeAn-drew White. Alabama’s seven true freshmen included S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, LB Trey DePriest, LB Xzavier Dickson, WR Christion Jones, OL Cyrus Kouandjio, DL Jeof-frey Pagan and DB Vinnie Sunseri. DL Quinton Dial and DL Jesse Williams, who are both junior college transfers, have also contributed for Alabama this season.

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS: Eight Crimson Tide players earned preseason All-America honors from various publications prior to the 2011 season. The list includes Mark Barron, Dont’a Hightower, Barrett Jones, Dre Kirkpatrick, Robert Lester, Trent Richardson, Courtney Upshaw and William Vlachos. Barron was a first-team selection by Phil Steele, Athlon Sports, Lindy’s, Sporting News and Playboy, while Hightower earned first-team honors from Lindy’s, second-team recognition from Phil Steele and third-team distinction from Athlon Sports. Jones was a first-team choice from Phil Steele, Athlon Sports, Lindy’s and Sporting News. Kirkpatrick joined Hightower on the Athlon Sports third team, while Lester made his way to the second team of Phil Steele and Lindy’s. Richardson was a first-team pick on Phil Steele and Playboy and a second-team choice by Athlon Sports, Lindy’s and Sporting News. Upshaw was named to Phil Steele’s third team list as was Vlachos, who also earned third-team recognition from Athlon Sports.

TIDE PLAYERS EARN EARLY ACCOLADES: Twelve Alabama players were named to 14 different preseason awards watch lists heading into the 2011 season. The players were recognized before the start of the 2011 season as potentially the top players at their position nationally. Trent Richardson led the way for the Tide appearing on five of the 14 lists, while Dont’a Hightower and Courtney Upshaw were named to four of the lists. Mark Barron, Dre Kirkpatrick, Robert Lester, Marquis Maze and William Vlachos appeared on three difference lists, and Darius Hanks and Barrett Jones on two. Rounding out the preseason watch nods were Nico Johnson and Michael Wil-liams, making one list apiece. Barron, Hightower, Kirkpatrick and Upshaw were on the watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award (best defensive player) and were joined by Lester on the Bronko Nagurski Award (defensive player of the year) list. Richardson was named to many of the overall player and running back award watch lists an-nounced, including the Doak Walker Award (best running back), the Maxwell Award (most outstanding player) and the Walter Camp Award (player of the year). Lester also appeared on the Walter Camp Award list with Richardson.

TWO TIDE PLAYERS NAMED PLAYBOY ALL-AMERICANS: Alabama landed two players on the 2011 Playboy Magazine annual preseason College Football All-America Team. Mark Barron was selected at safety and Trent Richardson at running back. Alabama has had eight Playboy All-Americans in the last four years after Andre Smith was chosen in 2008, Rolando McClain and Javier Arenas were selected in 2009 and Julio Jones and Mark Ingram in 2010.

NEW HIRES: The Alabama football staff features three new assistants in 2011 with the addition of Mike Groh (wide receivers and recruiting coordinator), Chris Rumph (defensive line) and Jeff Stoutland (offensive line). Groh, a former quarterback at Vir-ginia, joined the Crimson Tide after most recently serving as quarterbacks coach at Louisville. Rumph, a four-year letterman at South Carolina, spent the last five seasons as the defensive ends coach at Clemson, while Stoutland served as Miami’s offensive line coach from 2007-10.

SUNSERI FOOTBALL FAMILY: Alabama assistant head coach Sal Sunseri is joined this season by his youngest son, Vinnie, who has been named one of the Specialists of the Week by the coaching staff five times this season. The Sunseri family tree now spans to two major college football programs as his eldest son, Tino, is in his junior season at Pitts-burgh. Tino is in his second season as the starting quarterback and was named a team captain. Sal left his mark on the field as well, earning consensus All-American honors as a senior team captain at Pittsburgh in 1981. In addition, he anchored a Panther defense that led the NCAA in total defense in 1980 and 1981.

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Date Opponent Result Score Overall SEC Start Time Temp A endSat Sep 03 KENT STATE W 48-7 1-0 — 11:23 p 3:28 96° 101,821Sat Sep 10 at Penn State W 27-11 2-0 — 3:37 P 3:20 77° 107,846Sat Sep 18 NORTH TEXAS W 41-0 3-0 — 6:38 P 3:10 80° 101,821Sat Sep 24 * ARKANSAS W 38-14 4-0 1-0 2:40 P 3:04 80° 101,821Sat Oct 1 * at Florida W 38-10 5-0 2-0 8:11 P 3:21 72° 90,888Sat Oct 8 * VANDERBILT W 34-0 6-0 3-0 6:02 P 2:59 77° 101,821Sat Oct 15 * at Mississippi W 52-7 7-0 4-0 5:00 P 3:03 75° 61,792Sat Oct 22 * TENNESSEE W 37-6 8-0 5-0 6:21 P 3:03 63° 101,821Sat Nov 5 * LSU L 6-9 8-1 5-1 7:14 P 3:21 59° 101,821Sat Nov 12 * at Mississippi State W 24-7 9-1 6-1 6:45 P 3:06 63° 57,871Sat Nov 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 45-21 10-1 — 1:07 P 2:55 63° 101,821Sat Nov 26 * at Auburn W 42-14 11-1 7-1 2:39 P 3:14 70° 87,451* Southeastern Conference game.

Overall .......................................... 11-1Home .............................................. 6-1Away ............................................... 5-0Neutral ........................................... 0-0SEC .................................................. 7-1Non-Conference ............................. 4-0Over me ......................................... 0-1Day .................................................. 5-0Night ............................................... 6-1Televised ....................................... 11-1Non-Televised ................................. 0-0vs Top 25 ......................................... 4-1vs Top 15 ......................................... 2-1vs Top 10 ......................................... 0-1vs Top 5 ........................................... 0-1Scores First ...................................... 7-1Opponent Scores First .................... 4-0Leading a er 1st Qtr ....................... 7-0Trailing a er 1st Qtr ........................ 0-0Tied a er 1st Qtr ............................ 4-1Leading at Half .............................. 10-0Trailing at Half ................................. 0-0Tied at Half ..................................... 1-1Leading a er 3rd Qtr .................... 11-1Trailing a er 3rd Qtr ....................... 0-0Tied a er 3rd Qtr ............................ 0-0Wins Coin Toss ................................ 3-1Loses Coin Toss ............................... 8-0Natural Grass ................................ 10-1Ar fi cial Surface .............................. 1-0

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ALABAMA OPPONENTSCORING .........................................................432 .............................................106 Points Per Game ...........................................36.0 ..............................................8.8FIRST DOWNS .................................................259 .............................................126 Rushing ..........................................................125 ...............................................53 Passing...........................................................123 ...............................................62 Penalty ............................................................11 ...............................................11RUSHING YARDAGE ......................................2638 .............................................899 Yards gained rushing ...................................2863 ...........................................1241 Yards lost rushing ..........................................225 .............................................342 Rushing A empts ..........................................473 .............................................359 Average Per Rush ...........................................5.6 ..............................................2.5 Average Per Game ......................................219.8 ............................................74.9 TDs Rushing .....................................................33 .................................................3PASSING YARDAGE .......................................2563 ...........................................1396 Comp-A -Int....................................... 214-323-8 ................................ 153-317-12 Average Per Pass ............................................7.9 ..............................................4.4 Average Per Catch ........................................12.0 ..............................................9.1 Average Per Game ......................................213.6 ..........................................116.3 TDs Passing ......................................................16 .................................................6TOTAL OFFENSE ............................................5201 ...........................................2295 Total Plays ......................................................796 .............................................676 Average Per Play .............................................6.5 ..............................................3.4 Average Per Game ......................................433.4 ..........................................191.2KICK RETURNS: #-Yards............................. 21-498 ..................................... 78-1696PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards ........................... 36-440 ......................................... 10-50INT RETURNS: #-Yards .............................. 12-217 ......................................... 8-139KICK RETURN AVERAGE .................................23.7 ............................................21.7PUNT RETURN AVERAGE ...............................12.2 ..............................................5.0INT RETURN AVERAGE ...................................18.1 ............................................17.4FUMBLES-LOST ............................................. 12-4 ........................................... 15-6PENALTIES-Yards ....................................... 48-404 ....................................... 54-418 Average Per Game ........................................33.7 ............................................34.8PUNTS-Yards ........................................... 36-1401 ..................................... 81-3447 Average Per Punt ..........................................38.9 ............................................42.6 Net punt average ..........................................36.4 ............................................35.9TIME OF POSSESSION/Game...................... 32:35 ......................................... 27:253RD-DOWN Conversions ........................... 75/153 ....................................... 43/172 3rd-Down Pct ...............................................49% ............................................25%4TH-DOWN Conversions .............................. 7/11 ......................................... 11/25 4th-Down Pct ...............................................64% ............................................44%SACKS BY-Yards ......................................... 26-172 ......................................... 15-88TOUCHDOWNS SCORED ...................................54 ...............................................12FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ............................. 18-29 ........................................... 7-14ON-SIDE KICKS ................................................ 0-0 ............................................. 0-1RED-ZONE SCORES ............................ (48-55) 87% ............................... (10-17) 59%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS ............... (32-55) 58% ................................. (6-17) 35%PAT-ATTEMPTS .................................. (52-53) 98% ............................. (11-11) 100%ATTENDANCE ............................................712747 .......................................405848

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalAlabama 96 101 130 105 0 432Opponents 37 20 28 18 3 106

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Totals 55 48 272 32 24 8 16 3 2 0 0 2 048 of 55 (87.3%)

Total offense avg/gm: 433.4Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf ptsSep 03 KENT STATE 34 40 74 7.0-54 4.0-31 0 0-0 1-0 5 8 0 6-6 0 0 0 48Sep 10 at Penn State 32 28 60 1.0-1 0.0-0 2 2-0 1-0 0 10 0 3-3 0 0 0 27Sep 17 NORTH TEXAS 36 30 66 7.0-16 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 6 8 1 5-5 0 0 0 41Sep 24 ARKANSAS 34 28 62 10.0-41 1.0-10 0 0-0 2-25 4 6 0 5-5 0 0 0 38Oct 1 at Florida 39 10 49 11.0-54 4.0-33 2 1-0 1-45 3 5 0 5-5 0 0 0 38Oct 08 VANDERBILT 27 20 47 7.0-17 1.0-2 0 0-0 2-39 1 3 0 4-5 0 0 0 34Oct 15 at Mississippi 37 22 59 14.0-52 5.0-34 1 1-0 1-30 5 1 0 7-7 0 0 0 52Oct 22 TENNESSEE 28 42 70 4.0-12 2.0-9 2 1-0 1-29 3 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 37Nov 05 LSU 31 46 77 5.0-8 1.0-3 0 0-0 2-14 5 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 6Nov 12 at Mississippi State 27 40 67 9.0-40 5.0-33 0 0-0 0-0 2 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 24Nov 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 29 28 57 3.0-9 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 6-6 0 0 0 4511/26/2 at Auburn 38 18 56 7.0-30 3.0-17 1 1-0 1-35 4 1 0 4-4 0 1 0 42Alabama 392 352 744 85.0-334 26.0-172 9 6-0 12-217 40 55 2 52-53 0 1 0 432Opponents 422 480 902 63.0-205 15.0-88 7 4-4 8-139 15 24 1 11-11 1 0 0 106

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obSep 03 KENT STATE 3 127 42.3 47 0 0 2 0 1 2-3 36 0 9 580 64.4 0 0Sep 10 at Penn State 6 223 37.2 44 0 0 4 0 0 2-2 22 0 6 372 62.0 0 0Sep 17 NORTH TEXAS 1 35 35.0 35 0 0 0 0 1 2-4 37 0 8 512 64.0 0 0Sep 24 ARKANSAS 6 225 37.5 44 0 0 3 0 0 1-1 20 0 7 430 61.4 1 0Oct 1 at Florida 5 199 39.8 49 0 0 2 0 5 1-1 32 0 7 450 64.3 0 1Oct 08 VANDERBILT 3 118 39.3 50 0 1 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 6 371 61.8 0 0Oct 15 at Mississippi 1 44 44.0 44 0 0 1 0 0 1-2 24 0 9 534 59.3 0 0Oct 22 TENNESSEE 2 81 40.5 41 0 0 1 0 0 3-3 45 0 8 523 65.4 1 0Nov 05 LSU 2 79 39.5 41 0 0 0 0 2 2-6 46 1 3 186 62.0 0 0Nov 12 at Mississippi State 4 149 37.2 44 0 1 0 0 1 1-3 24 0 5 293 58.6 0 0Nov 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 32 0 8 489 61.1 1 011/26/2 at Auburn 3 121 40.3 44 0 0 3 0 1 2-2 30 0 8 484 60.5 2 0Alabama 36 1401 38.9 50 0 2 17 1 11 18-29 46 1 84 5224 62.2 5 1Opponents 81 3447 42.6 73 0 5 21 17 18 7-14 52 2 28 1779 63.5 6 0

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offSep 03 KENT STATE 35 183 5 49 21 299 1 48 21-37-4 299 1 48 2 63 0 39 11 148 0 27 482Sep 10 at Penn State 41 196 2 30 19 163 1 29 19-31-0 163 1 29 2 40 0 21 2 43 0 44 359Sep 17 NORTH TEXAS 33 347 5 71 21 239 0 30 21-29-0 239 0 30 1 20 0 20 6 56 0 28 586Sep 24 ARKANSAS 39 197 1 31 15 200 2 61 15-20-0 200 2 61 1 24 0 24 4 125 1 83 397Oct 1 at Florida 43 226 4 36 12 140 0 22 12-25-0 140 0 22 3 123 0 70 2 0 0 0 366Oct 08 VANDERBILT 43 153 1 24 26 266 4 39 26-33-0 266 4 39 1 3 0 3 3 2 0 5 419Oct 15 at Mississippi 42 389 6 76 20 226 1 36 20-25-0 226 1 36 2 43 0 27 2 16 0 12 615Oct 22 TENNESSEE 38 143 3 19 18 294 1 69 18-28-1 294 1 69 3 36 0 20 1 4 0 4 437Nov 05 LSU 31 96 0 24 16 199 0 39 16-29-2 199 0 39 2 49 0 26 0 0 0 0 295Nov 12 at Mississippi State 44 223 3 32 14 163 0 38 14-24-1 163 0 38 1 23 0 23 2 21 0 18 386Nov 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 49 272 2 22 14 190 3 34 14-19-0 190 3 34 3 74 0 36 1 4 0 4 46211/26/2011 at Auburn 35 213 1 57 18 184 3 41 18-23-0 184 3 41 0 0 0 0 2 21 0 16 397Alabama 473 2638 33 76 214 2563 16 69 214-323-8 2563 16 69 21 498 0 70 36 440 1 83 5201Opponents 359 899 3 82 153 1396 6 65 153-317-12 1396 6 65 78 1696 2 95 10 50 0 15 2295

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Totals 17 10 55 6 2 4 4 3 4 0 0 0 010 of 17 (58.8%)

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obSep 03 KENT STATE 12 528 44.0 52 0 0 1 3 1 0-0 0 0 2 136 68.0 0 0Sep 10 at Penn State 6 259 43.2 49 0 2 1 0 0 1-1 43 0 2 134 67.0 0 0Sep 17 NORTH TEXAS 10 443 44.3 54 0 0 2 2 1 0-1 0 1 1 68 68.0 0 0Sep 24 ARKANSAS 8 357 44.6 54 0 0 4 2 1 0-0 0 0 3 210 70.0 2 0Oct 1 at Florida 7 303 43.3 50 0 0 0 1 1 1-2 21 0 3 206 68.7 0 0Oct 08 VANDERBILT 5 206 41.2 54 0 0 1 3 3 0-2 0 0 1 40 40.0 0 0Oct 15 at Mississippi 7 278 39.7 43 0 1 2 0 3 0-0 0 0 2 135 67.5 0 0Oct 22 TENNESSEE 5 200 40.0 46 0 0 3 0 0 2-2 52 0 3 172 57.3 0 0Nov 05 LSU 6 229 38.2 73 0 0 2 1 4 3-3 30 0 2 136 68.0 0 0Nov 12 at Mississippi State 7 299 42.7 57 0 2 3 2 0 0-2 0 0 2 130 65.0 1 0Nov 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 2 95 47.5 49 0 0 1 0 1 0-1 0 1 4 202 50.5 0 0Nov 26 at Auburn 6 250 41.7 54 0 0 1 3 3 0-0 0 0 3 210 70.0 3 0Opponents 81 3447 42.6 73 0 5 21 17 18 7-14 52 2 28 1779 63.5 6 0Alabama 36 1401 38.9 50 0 2 17 1 11 18-29 46 1 84 5224 62.2 5 1

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Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf ptsSep 03 KENT STATE 45 34 79 7.0-28 2.0-12 2 1-4 4-56 1 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 7Sep 10 at Penn State 26 66 92 3.0-11 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 7 0 0-0 1 0 0 11Sep 17 NORTH TEXAS 37 30 67 7.0-26 4.0-19 1 2-0 0-0 1 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 24 ARKANSAS 39 30 69 6.0-13 2.0-8 0 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 14Oct 1 at Florida 36 28 64 4.0-12 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 10Oct 08 VANDERBILT 49 38 87 9.0-31 2.0-15 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 15 at Mississippi 39 28 67 2.0-15 1.0-14 0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 7Oct 22 TENNESSEE 32 36 68 5.0-10 1.0-4 0 0-0 1-19 2 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 6Nov 05 LSU 30 32 62 6.0-26 2.0-6 1 0-0 2-33 2 2 1 0-0 0 0 0 9Nov 12 at Mississippi State 18 78 96 5.0-6 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-31 2 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 7Nov 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 33 56 89 7.0-16 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 3-3 0 0 0 21Nov 26 at Auburn 38 24 62 2.0-11 1.0-10 1 1-0 0-0 0 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 14Opponents 422 480 902 63.0-205 15.0-88 7 4-4 8-139 15 24 1 11-11 1 0 0 106Alabama 391 352 743 84.0-328 25.0-166 9 6-0 12-217 40 55 2 52-53 0 1 0 432

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offSep 03 KENT STATE 23 -9 0 6 20 99 1 13 20-47-1 99 1 13 9 173 0 26 1 5 0 5 90Sep 10 at Penn State 30 107 1 15 12 144 0 27 12-39-1 144 0 27 6 81 0 17 2 24 0 15 251Sep 17 NORTH TEXAS 32 68 0 14 13 101 0 20 13-31-0 101 0 20 8 105 0 17 0 0 0 0 169Sep 24 ARKANSAS 19 17 0 14 24 209 2 39 24-40-2 209 2 39 6 125 0 30 2 6 0 5 226Oct 1 at Florida 29 15 0 31 14 207 1 65 14-23-1 207 1 65 6 160 0 33 2 8 0 8 222Oct 08 VANDERBILT 19 41 0 9 15 149 0 31 15-24-2 149 0 31 6 120 0 33 1 -4 0 0 190Oct 15 at Mississippi 31 28 1 14 10 113 0 59 10-21-1 113 0 59 9 223 0 47 0 0 0 0 141Oct 22 TENNESSEE 32 92 0 15 9 63 0 21 9-18-1 63 0 21 7 149 0 26 1 11 0 11 155Nov 05 LSU 41 148 0 18 9 91 0 34 9-17-2 91 0 34 3 49 0 18 1 0 0 0 239Nov 12 at Mississippi State 29 12 0 14 15 119 1 16 15-30-0 119 1 16 5 138 0 68 0 0 0 0 131Nov 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 39 302 1 82 1 39 1 39 1-7-0 39 1 39 7 190 1 95 0 0 0 0 341Nov 26 at Auburn 35 78 0 12 11 62 0 15 11-20-1 62 0 15 6 183 1 83 0 0 0 0 140Opponents 359 899 3 82 153 1396 6 65 153-317-12 1396 6 65 78 1696 2 95 10 50 0 15 2295Alabama 473 2638 33 76 214 2563 16 69 214-323-8 2563 16 69 21 498 0 70 36 440 1 83 5201

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Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gTrent Richardson 12 263 1640 57 1583 6.0 20 76 131.9Eddie Lacy 11 84 649 18 631 7.5 7 67 57.4Jalston Fowler 12 56 395 10 385 6.9 4 69 32.1Blake Sims 5 22 126 19 107 4.9 0 45 21.4Brad Smelley 12 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1Marquis Maze 12 6 7 13 -6 -1.0 0 6 -0.5Phillip Sims 8 5 15 25 -10 -2.0 0 15 -1.2TEAM 5 10 0 20 -20 -2.0 0 0 -4.0AJ McCarron 12 26 30 63 -33 -1.3 2 6 -2.8Total 12 473 2863 225 2638 5.6 33 76 219.8Opponents 12 359 1241 342 899 2.5 3 82 74.9

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gMarquis Maze 12 56 627 11.2 1 69 52.2Trent Richardson 12 27 327 12.1 3 61 27.2Brad Smelley 12 27 317 11.7 4 35 26.4Darius Hanks 9 21 270 12.9 1 36 30.0Kenny Bell 12 16 229 14.3 2 41 19.1Michael Williams 12 14 181 12.9 2 37 15.1DeAndrew White 11 14 151 10.8 2 39 13.7Brandon Gibson 12 14 140 10.0 1 23 11.7Eddie Lacy 11 11 131 11.9 0 48 11.9Kevin Norwood 10 7 112 16.0 0 38 11.2Christion Jones 11 3 49 16.3 0 30 4.5Blake Sims 5 2 18 9.0 0 10 3.6Brian Vogler 9 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.7Harrison Jones 8 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.6Total 12 214 2563 12.0 16 69 213.6Opponents 12 153 1396 9.1 6 65 116.3

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First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn-Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards OversKENT STATE 48 - 7 24 / 6 10 / 1 14 / 5 0 / 0 35-183 / 23--9 21-37-4 / 20-47-1 299 / 99 72-482 / 70-90 211 / 238 5 / 1Penn State 27 - 11 19 / 16 10 / 6 9 / 8 0 / 2 41-196 / 30-107 19-31-0 / 12-39-1 163 / 144 72-359 / 69-251 83 / 105 0 / 3NORTH TEXAS 41 - 0 25 / 11 9 / 4 14 / 6 2 / 1 33-347 / 32-68 21-29-0 / 13-31-0 239 / 101 62-586 / 63-169 76 / 105 2 / 0ARKANSAS 38 - 14 16 / 14 7 / 2 9 / 10 0 / 2 39-197 / 19-17 15-20-0 / 24-40-2 200 / 209 59-397 / 59-226 174 / 131 0 / 2Florida 38 - 10 21 / 9 14 / 1 6 / 7 1 / 1 43-226 / 29-15 12-25-0 / 14-23-1 140 / 207 68-366 / 52-222 168 / 168 0 / 2VANDERBILT 34 - 0 24 / 8 9 / 0 14 / 8 1 / 0 43-153 / 19-41 26-33-0 / 15-24-2 266 / 149 76-419 / 43-190 44 / 116 0 / 2Mississippi 52 - 7 27 / 9 17 / 6 10 / 3 0 / 0 42-389 / 31-28 20-25-0 / 10-21-1 226 / 113 67-615 / 52-141 89 / 223 0 / 2TENNESSEE 37 - 6 19 / 6 6 / 1 13 / 4 0 / 1 38-143 / 32-92 18-28-1 / 9-18-1 294 / 63 66-437 / 50-155 69 / 179 1 / 2LSU 6 - 9 17 / 15 8 / 9 7 / 4 2 / 2 31-96 / 41-148 16-29-2 / 9-17-2 199 / 91 60-295 / 58-239 63 / 82 2 / 2Mississippi State 24 - 7 20 / 9 12 / 3 7 / 4 1 / 2 44-223 / 29-12 14-24-1 / 15-30-0 163 / 119 68-386 / 59-131 44 / 169 1 / 0GEORGIA SOUTHERN 45 - 21 28 / 14 15 / 13 11 / 1 2 / 0 49-272 / 39-302 14-19-0 / 1-7-0 190 / 39 68-462 / 46-341 78 / 190 0 / 0Auburn 42 - 14 19 / 9 8 / 7 9 / 2 2 / 0 35-213 / 35-78 18-23-0 / 11-20-1 184 / 62 58-397 / 55-140 56 / 183 1 / 2Totals 432 - 106 259 / 126 125 / 53 123 / 62 11 / 11 473-2638 / 359-899 214-323-8 / 153-317-12 2563 / 1396 796-5201 / 676-2295 1155 / 1889 12 / 18

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting PenaltiesOpponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards SacksKENT STATE 2-10 / 4-20 0-0 / 1-4 29:53 / 30:07 -0:14 5.2 / -0.4 8.1 / 2.1 6.7 / 1.3 3-42.3 / 12-44.0 2-10 / 4-36 4 / 2Penn State 8-17 / 8-17 1-1 / 1-1 34:05 / 25:55 8 : 1 0 4.8 / 3.6 5.3 / 3.7 5.0 / 3.6 6-37.2 / 6-43.2 3-35 / 3-25 0 / 0NORTH TEXAS 6-11 / 5-17 0-0 / 0-1 27:47 / 32:13 -4:26 10.5 / 2.1 8.2 / 3.3 9.5 / 2.7 1-35.0 / 10-44.3 2-19 / 8-68 0 / 4ARKANSAS 5-13 / 4-15 1-1 / 1-2 32:51 / 27:09 5 : 4 2 5.1 / 0.9 10.0 / 5.2 6.7 / 3.8 6-37.5 / 8-44.6 5-55 / 3-17 1 / 2Florida 7-13 / 4-14 0-0 / 0-0 34:41 / 25:19 9 : 2 2 5.3 / 0.5 5.6 / 9.0 5.4 / 4.3 5-39.8 / 7-43.3 3-29 / 4-16 4 / 0VANDERBILT 12-17 / 1-10 0-2 / 0-0 36:14 / 23:46 1 2 : 2 8 3.6 / 2.2 8.1 / 6.2 5.5 / 4.4 3-39.3 / 5-41.2 2-15 / 6-46 1 / 2Mississippi 7-11 / 4-14 1-1 / 1-2 33:56 / 26:04 7 : 5 2 9.3 / 0.9 9.0 / 5.4 9.2 / 2.7 1-44.0 / 7-39.7 5-35 / 0-0 5 / 1TENNESSEE 7-14 / 2-14 1-2 / 2-5 32:18 / 27:42 4 : 3 6 3.8 / 2.9 10.5 / 3.5 6.6 / 3.1 2-40.5 / 5-40.0 5-38 / 4-25 2 / 1LSU 5-13 / 3-11 0-0 / 0-0 30:06 / 29:54 0 : 1 2 3.1 / 3.6 6.9 / 5.4 4.9 / 4.1 2-39.5 / 6-38.2 6-73 / 7-56 1 / 2Mississippi State 2-11 / 3-16 1-2 / 1-3 34:50 / 25:10 9 : 4 0 5.1 / 0.4 6.8 / 4.0 5.7 / 2.2 4-37.2 / 7-42.7 6-40 / 6-49 5 / 0GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7-10 / 2-9 1-1 / 2-3 32:37 / 27:23 5 : 1 4 5.6 / 7.7 10.0 / 5.6 6.8 / 7.4 0-0.0 / 2-47.5 6-35 / 5-40 0 / 0Auburn 7-13 / 3-15 1-1 / 2-4 31:38 / 28:22 3 : 1 6 6.1 / 2.2 8.0 / 3.1 6.8 / 2.5 3-40.3 / 6-41.7 3-20 / 4-40 2 / 1Totals 75-153 / 43-172 7-11 / 11-25 390:56 / 329:04 6 1 : 5 2 5.6 / 2.5 7.9 / 4.4 6.5 / 3.4 36-38.9 / 81-42.6 48-404 / 54-418 25 / 15

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gAJ McCarron 12 149.80 196-294-5 66.7 2400 16 69 200.0Phillip Sims 8 98.90 18-28-2 64.3 163 0 19 20.4Marquis Maze 12 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 12 144.30 214-323-8 66.3 2563 16 69 213.6Opponents 12 83.93 153-317-12 48.3 1396 6 65 116.3

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gAJ McCarron 12 320 -33 2400 2367 197.2Trent Richardson 12 263 1583 0 1583 131.9Eddie Lacy 11 84 631 0 631 57.4Jalston Fowler 12 56 385 0 385 32.1Phillip Sims 8 33 -10 163 153 19.1Blake Sims 5 22 107 0 107 21.4Brad Smelley 12 1 1 0 1 0.1Marquis Maze 12 7 -6 0 -6 -0.5TEAM 5 10 -20 0 -20 -4.0Total 12 796 2638 2563 5201 433.4Opponents 12 676 899 1396 2295 191.2

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ALABAMA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSALABAMA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ALL-PURPOSEAll Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gTrent Richardso 12 1583 327 0 66 0 1976 164.7Marquis Maze 12 -6 627 384 342 0 1347 112.2Eddie Lacy 11 631 131 0 0 0 762 69.3Jalston Fowler 12 385 0 0 0 0 385 32.1Brad Smelley 12 1 317 0 0 0 318 26.5Darius Hanks 9 0 270 4 16 0 290 32.2Kenny Bell 12 0 229 0 0 0 229 19.1DeAndrew White 11 0 151 34 24 0 209 19.0Michael Williams 12 0 181 0 22 0 203 16.9Brandon Gibson 12 0 140 0 0 0 140 11.7Blake Sims 5 107 18 0 0 0 125 25.0Kevin Norwood 10 0 112 0 0 0 112 11.2DeMarcus Millin 12 0 0 0 21 72 93 7.8Christion Jones 11 0 49 18 0 0 67 6.1Courtney Upsha 12 0 0 0 0 45 45 3.8Robert Lester 12 0 0 0 0 30 30 2.5Dont'a Hightowe 12 0 0 0 0 29 29 2.4DeQuan Menzie 12 0 0 0 0 25 25 2.1Mark Barron 12 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.2Chris Underwoo 12 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.6Brian Vogler 9 0 6 0 0 0 6 0.7Harrison Jones 8 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.6Nico Johnson 12 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2Phillip Sims 8 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -1.2TEAM 5 -20 0 0 0 0 -20 -4.0AJ McCarron 12 -33 0 0 0 0 -33 -2.8Total 12 2638 2563 440 498 217 6356 529.7Opponents 12 899 1396 50 1696 139 4180 348.3

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkJeremy Shelley 16-20 80.0 1-1 8-8 7-9 0-2 0-0 37 1Cade Foster 2-9 22.2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-5 0-4 46 0

FG Sequence Alabama OpponentsKent State (36),53,(32) -Penn State (22),(18) (43)North Texas (26),(37),36,42 42Arkansas (20) -Florida (32) (21),52Vanderbilt - 47,38Mississippi 53,(24) -Tennessee (26),(29),(45) (40),(52)LSU 44,50,49,(34),(46),52 (19),(30),(25)Mississippi State 49,31,(24) 41,29Georgia Southern (32),47 42Auburn (30),(28) -

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Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkCody Mandell 36 1401 38.9 50 2 17 11 1 0Total 36 1401 38.9 50 2 17 11 1 0Opponents 81 3447 42.6 73 5 21 18 17 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydlnCade Foster 75 4728 63.0 5 1Jeremy Shelley 9 496 55.1 0 0Total 84 5224 62.2 5 1 21.7 40.8 29Opponents 28 1779 63.5 6 0 23.7 41.5 28

PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsTrent Richardson 23 - - - - - - - 138Jeremy Shelley - 16-20 52-53 - - - - - 100Eddie Lacy 7 - - - - - - - 42Jalston Fowler 4 - - - - - - - 24Brad Smelley 4 - - - - - - - 24Michael Williams 2 - - - 1 - - - 14Kenny Bell 2 - - - - - - - 12Marquis Maze 2 - - - - - - - 12AJ McCarron 2 - - - - 1-1 - - 12DeAndrew White 2 - - - - - - - 12Cade Foster - 2-9 - - - - - - 6Dre Kirkpatrick 1 - - - - - - - 6Courtney Upshaw 1 - - - - - - - 6DeMarcus Milliner 1 - - - - - - - 6Darius Hanks 1 - - - - - - - 6Brandon Gibson 1 - - - - - - - 6DeQuan Menzie 1 - - - - - - - 6Total 54 18-29 52-53 - 1 1-1 - - 432Opponents 12 7-14 11-11 1-1 - - - - 106

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgDeMarcus Milliner 3 72 24.0 1 37Mark Barron 2 14 7.0 0 14Robert Lester 2 30 15.0 0 30Dont'a Hightower 1 29 29.0 0 29Phelon Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0DeQuan Menzie 1 25 25.0 1 25Nico Johnson 1 2 2.0 0 2Courtney Upshaw 1 45 45.0 1 45Total 12 217 18.1 3 45Opponents 8 139 17.4 0 37

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgMarquis Maze 31 384 12.4 1 83Christion Jones 2 18 9.0 0 18DeAndrew White 2 34 17.0 0 20Darius Hanks 1 4 4.0 0 4Total 36 440 12.2 1 83Opponents 10 50 5.0 0 15

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgMarquis Maze 12 342 28.5 0 70Trent Richardson 3 66 22.0 0 24Michael Williams 2 22 11.0 0 19Chris Underwood 1 7 7.0 0 7Darius Hanks 1 16 16.0 0 16DeAndrew White 1 24 24.0 0 24DeMarcus Milliner 1 21 21.0 0 21Total 21 498 23.7 0 70Opponents 78 1696 21.7 2 95

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lgDre Kirkpatrick 0 0 0.0 1 0Total 0 0 0.0 1 0Opponents 1 4 4.0 1 4

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# Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf30 Dont'a Hightower 12 37 44 81 9.5-35 3.0-16 1-29 3 8 . . 1 .4A Mark Barron 12 42 24 66 4.0-7 . 2-14 5 1 1-0 . . .41 Courtney Upshaw 12 31 14 45 17.0-85 8.5-57 1-45 . 11 . 2 . .35 Nico Johnson 12 23 20 43 5.5-16 1.0-5 1-2 3 . 1-0 1 . .24 DeQuan Menzie 12 23 14 37 3.0-15 1.5-9 1-25 11 1 1-0 . . .37 Robert Lester 12 21 15 36 1.0-2 . 2-30 3 . . 1 1 .32 C.J. Mosley 10 16 20 36 3.5-17 2.0-15 . 2 . . . . .3A Vinnie Sunseri 12 18 13 31 . . . . 1 1-0 1 . .92 Damion Square 12 12 18 30 7.0-15 1.0-5 . 1 3 . . . .21 Dre Kirkpatrick 12 23 3 26 2.0-4 . . 9 . . 2 . .28 DeMarcus Milliner 12 13 13 26 1.0-7 . 3-72 9 . . . . .9A Quinton Dial 11 10 14 24 3.0-15 1.0-9 . . 1 . . . .33 Trey Depriest 12 9 14 23 1.5-10 . . . 1 . . . .99 Josh Chapman 11 9 13 22 3.5-9 1.0-3 . 2 . . . . .5 Jerrell Harris 12 12 10 22 2.5-3 . . . 2 . . . .54 Jesse Williams 12 10 12 22 4.0-10 0.5-1 . 1 3 . . . .58 Nick Gentry 11 8 12 20 5.0-33 3.5-28 . . 4 . . . .29 Will Lowery 11 14 6 20 0.5-8 . . 2 . . . . .91 Alex Watkins 12 9 8 17 2.0-13 1.0-12 . . 2 . 1 . .49 Ed Stinson 12 9 8 17 5.0-12 1.0-3 . 1 . 2-0 1 . .6A Ha'Seaon Clinton-Dix 12 5 6 11 . . . 2 . . . . .4B Adrian Hubbard 8 3 6 9 1.5-5 . . . 1 . . . .81 Hardie Buck 12 2 6 8 . . . . . . . . .11 Brandon Gibson 12 3 4 7 . . . . . . . . .2 Tana Patrick 10 2 5 7 . . . . . . . . .43 Cade Foster 12 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .62 Brandon Ivory 4 . 5 5 . . . . . . . . .3D Kelly Johnson 9 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .1A John Fulton 12 2 3 5 . . . 1 . . . . .8A Jeoffrey Pagan 6 . 4 4 . . . . . . . . .9 Phelon Jones 9 2 2 4 . . 1-0 . . . . . .86 Undra Billingsley 12 1 3 4 1.0-4 0.5-4 . . 1 . . . .20 Jarrick Williams 6 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .36 Chris Jordan 5 . 3 3 0.5-2 . . . . . . . .47 Xzavier Dickson 6 1 1 2 1.5-7 0.5-5 . . . . . . .17 Brad Smelley 12 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .2A DeAndrew White 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .27 Nick Perry 9 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .42 Eddie Lacy 11 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .3 Trent Richardson 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .89 Michael Williams 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .5C Carson Tinker 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .45 Jalston Fowler 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .76 D.J. Fluker 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .14 Phillip Sims 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .1B Ranzell Watkins 2 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .10 AJ McCarron 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .22 Christion Jones 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

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Name GP/GS KSU PENN ST. N. TEXAS ARK FLA VANDY MISS TENN LSU MISS. ST. GA. SOU. AUB J. Atchison 2/- XXX ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Mark Barron 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START Kenny Bell 12/4 XXX START XXX START START START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX U. Billingsley 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Chris Bonds 1/- XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J. Boswell 9/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX ... ... Michael Bowman 1/- XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Hardie Buck 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Josh Chapman 11/10 START START START XXX START START START START START START ... START H. Clinton-Dix 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Trey Depriest 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Quinton Dial 11/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX Xzavier Dickson 6/- XXX ... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... D.J. Fluker 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START Cade Foster 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Jalston Fowler 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX John Fulton 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Nick Gentry 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX Brandon Gibson 12/2 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START Darius Hanks 9/8 ... ... START START START START START START START START ... XXX Jerrell Harris 12/6 XXX XXX XXX XXX START START START XXX START START START XXX D. Hightower 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START Adrian Hubbard 8/- XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... Brandon Ivory 4/- XXX ... XXX ... ... XXX ... ... ... ... XXX ... Kelly Johnson 9/- XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX Nico Johnson 12/6 XXX XXX XXX XXX START START START XXX START START START XXX Barre Jones 10/10 START START START START START START START START START ... ... START Chris on Jones 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... Harrison Jones 8/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... Phelon Jones 9/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... XXX ... Chris Jordan 5/- ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX Dre Kirkpatrick 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START A. Kouandjio 2/- ... XXX ... XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... C. Kouandjio 8/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... Eddie Lacy 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Robert Lester 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START Brandon Lewis 7/- ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... Chad Lindsay 2/- XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ... ... ... Tyler Love 2/- XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... XXX ... ... ... ... Will Lowery 11/1 XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... Cody Mandell 11/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX Marquis Maze 12/11 START START START START START START START START XXX START START START AJ McCarron 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START A. McCullough 12/5 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START START START START DeQuan Menzie 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START D. Milliner 12/6 START START START START XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX START C.J. Mosley 10/6 START START START START ... ... XXX START XXX XXX XXX START Kevin Norwood 10/- XXX XXX ... ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Jeoff rey Pagan 6/- XXX ... XXX ... ... XXX XXX XXX ... ... XXX ... Tana Patrick 10/- XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX Nick Perry 9/- XXX ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... T. Richardson 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START Jeremy Shelley 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Aus n Shepherd 7/- XXX ... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX ... ... Blake Sims 5/- XXX ... XXX ... ... XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... Phillip Sims 8/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... Brad Smelley 12/9 START START START XXX XXX START START START START XXX START START Damion Square 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START Anthony Steen 12/9 START START START START START START START XXX XXX START START XXX Ed S nson 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Vinnie Sunseri 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Carson Tinker 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Chris Underwood 12/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX Courtney Upshaw 12/11 START START START START START START XXX START START START START START William Vlachos 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START Brian Vogler 9/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... XXX ... Chance Warmack 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START Alex Watkins 12/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Ranzell Watkins 2/- XXX XXX ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... DeAndrew White 11/2 START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START ... XXX J. Williams 6/- XXX ... XXX ... ... XXX XXX ... ... ... XXX XXX Jesse Williams 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START START Kellen Williams 5/- ... ... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... ... ... ... M. Williams 12/11 START START START START START XXX START START START START START START

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RUSHING No-Yds/TD KENT PSU NT AR UF VANDY UM UT LSU MSU GSU AUT. Richardson RB 263-1583/20 13-37/3 26-111/2 11-167/3 17-126/0 29-181/2 19-107/1 17-183/4 17-77/2 23-89/0 32-127/1 32-175/2 27-203/0Eddie Lacy RB 84-631/7 8-58/1 11-85/0 9-161/2 13-61/1 5-32/1 DNP 5-22/0 7-46/0 5-19/0 11-96/2 6-45/0 4-6/0Jalston Fowler RB 56-385/4 4-69/1 - 3-20/0 4-11/0 5-19/0 13-58/0 9-125/2 9-27/0 - - 8-41/0 1-15/1Blake Sims QB 22-107/0 6-16/0 DNP 3-13/0 DNP DNP 8-4/0 5-74/0 - DNP DNP DNP DNPBrad Smelley TE 1-1/0 - 1-1/0 - - - - - - - - - -Marquis Maze WR 6--6/0 - 1--5/0 1-6/0 - - 1--1/0 - 1--1/0 1--6/0 - - 1-1/0Phillip Sims QB 5--10/0 3-3/0 - 1--5/0 - - 1--8/0 - - DNP DNP DNP DNPTEAM 10--20/0 DNP DNP 1--1/0 DNP 3--7/0 DNP 3--6/0 2--4/0 DNP DNP DNP 1--2/0AJ McCarron QB 26--33/2 1-0/0 2-4/0 4--14/0 5--1/0 1-1/1 1--7/0 3--9/0 2--2/1 2--6/0 1-0/0 3-11/0 1--10/0

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD KENT PSU NT AR UF VANDY UM UT LSU MSU GSU AUMarquis Maze WR 56-627/1 8-118/1 4-42/0 3-26/0 5-40/0 2-36/0 9-93/0 3-21/0 5-106/0 6-61/0 4-22/0 3-44/0 4-18/0T. Richardson RB 27-327/3 1-16/0 4-19/0 1-1/0 3-85/1 2-27/0 2-1/0 2-30/0 3-33/0 5-80/0 2-26/0 1-4/1 1-5/1Brad Smelley TE 27-317/4 1-8/0 2-18/0 4-46/0 1-15/0 1-16/0 3-19/1 2-9/0 2-34/0 1-8/0 - 4-58/2 6-86/1Darius Hanks WR 21-270/1 DNP DNP 2-20/0 2-13/0 2-19/0 5-60/1 4-63/0 3-55/0 2-38/0 1-2/0 DNP -Kenny Bell WR 16-229/2 - 1-14/0 4-55/0 1-8/0 1-7/0 - 3-31/0 3-52/1 - 1-16/0 - 2-46/1M. Williams TE 14-181/2 - 3-34/1 1-10/0 1-37/1 3-32/0 - 2-39/0 - 1-1/0 1-16/0 - 2-12/0DeAndrew White WR 14-151/2 4-44/0 - 1-5/0 - - 3-58/2 3-23/0 - - 3-21/0 DNP -Brandon Gibson WR 14-140/1 1-18/0 1-5/0 3-35/0 1--2/0 - 1-12/0 1-10/1 - - - 4-49/0 2-13/0Eddie Lacy RB 11-131/0 3-76/0 1-6/0 - 1-4/0 1-3/0 DNP - 2-14/0 1-11/0 - 1-13/0 1-4/0Kevin Norwood WR 7-112/0 1-5/0 3-25/0 DNP DNP - - - - - 2-60/0 1-22/0 -Christion Jones 3-49/0 1-8/0 - 2-41/0 - - - - - - - - DNPBlake Sims QB 2-18/0 - DNP - DNP DNP 2-18/0 - - DNP DNP DNP DNPBrian Vogler TE 1-6/0 1-6/0 - - - - - - - DNP DNP - DNPHarrison Jones TE 1-5/0 - - - - - 1-5/0 - - DNP DNP DNP DNP

#10 AJ McCarron Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked EfficKent State 14 23 2 60.9 226 1 48 0-0 140.37Penn State 19 31 0 61.3 163 1 29 0-0 116.10North Texas 15 21 0 71.4 190 0 30 3-14 147.43Arkansas 15 20 0 75.0 200 2 61 2-8 192.00Florida 12 25 0 48.0 140 0 22 0-0 95.04Vanderbilt 23 30 0 76.7 237 4 39 1-7 187.03Mississippi 19 24 0 79.2 224 1 36 1-14 171.32Tennessee 17 26 1 65.4 284 1 69 1-4 162.14LSU 16 28 1 57.1 199 0 39 2-6 109.70Mississippi State 14 24 1 58.3 163 0 38 0-0 107.05Georgia Southern 14 19 0 73.7 190 3 34 0-0 209.79Auburn 18 23 0 78.3 184 3 41 1-10 188.50TOTALS 196 294 5 66.7 2400 16 69 11-63 149.80

#14 Phillip Sims Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked EfficKent State 7 14 2 50.0 73 0 18 2-12 65.23North Texas 6 8 0 75.0 49 0 19 1-5 126.45Vanderbilt 3 3 0 100.0 29 0 10 1-8 181.20Mississippi 1 1 0 100.0 2 0 2 0-0 116.80Tennessee 1 2 0 50.0 10 0 10 0-0 92.00TOTALS 18 28 2 64.3 163 0 19 4-25 98.90

#4 Marquis Maze Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked EfficLSU 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 -200.00TOTALS 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 -200.00

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Rushes 32 Trent Richardson at Mississippi State (Nov 12, 2011)32 Trent Richardson vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)

Yards Rushing 203 Trent Richardson at Auburn (Nov 26, 2011)TD Rushes 4 Trent Richardson at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)Long Rush 76 Trent Richardson at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)Pass attempts 31 AJ McCarron at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)Pass completions 23 AJ McCarron vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)Yards Passing 284 AJ McCarron vs Tennessee (Oct 22, 2011)TD Passes 4 AJ McCarron vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)Long Pass 69 AJ McCarron vs Tennessee (Oct 22, 2011)Receptions 9 Marquis Maze vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)Yards Receiving 118 Marquis Maze vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)TD Receptions 2 DeAndrew White vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)

2 Brad Smelley vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Long Reception 69 Marquis Maze vs Tennessee (Oct 22, 2011)Field Goals 2 Jeremy Shelley vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)

2 Jeremy Shelley at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)2 Jeremy Shelley vs North Texas (Sep 17, 2011)2 Jeremy Shelley vs Tennessee (Oct 22, 2011)2 Jeremy Shelley at Auburn (Nov 26, 2011)

Long Field Goal 46 Cade Foster vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)Punts 6 Cody Mandell at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)

6 Cody Mandell vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)Punting Avg 44.0 Cody Mandell at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)Long Punt 50 Cody Mandell vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)Punts inside 20 5 Cody Mandell at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)Long Punt Return 83 Marquis Maze vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)Long Kickoff Return 70 Marquis Maze at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)Tackles 11 Nico Johnson vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)

11 Mark Barron at Mississippi State (Nov 12, 2011)11 Dont'a Hightower at Mississippi State (Nov 12, 2011)

Sacks 2.0 Courtney Upshaw at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)Tackles For Loss 3.0 Courtney Upshaw vs North Texas (Sep 17, 2011)

3.0 Courtney Upshaw at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)3.0 Ed Stinson at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)

Interceptions 1 Phelon Jones vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)1 Mark Barron at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)1 DeQuan Menzie vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)1 DeMarcus Milliner vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)1 Courtney Upshaw at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)1 DeMarcus Milliner vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)1 Nico Johnson vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)1 Robert Lester at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)1 Dont'a Hightower vs Tennessee (Oct 22, 2011)1 Mark Barron vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)1 Robert Lester vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)1 DeMarcus Milliner at Auburn (Nov 26, 2011)

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 49 vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Yards Rushing 389 at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)Yards Per Rush 10.5 vs North Texas (Sep 17, 2011)TD Rushes 6 at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)Pass attempts 37 vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)Pass completions 26 vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)Yards Passing 299 vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)Yards Per Pass 10.5 vs Tennessee (Oct 22, 2011)TD Passes 4 vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)Total Plays 76 vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)Total Offense 615 at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)Yards Per Play 9.5 vs North Texas (Sep 17, 2011)Points 52 at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)Sacks By 5 at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)

5 at Mississippi State (Nov 12, 2011)First Downs 28 vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Penalties 6 vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)

6 at Mississippi State (Nov 12, 2011)6 vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)

Penalty Yards 73 vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)Turnovers 5 vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)Interceptions By 2 vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)

2 vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)2 vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)

Punts 6 at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)6 vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)

Punting Avg 44.0 at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)Long Punt 50 vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)Punts inside 20 5 at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)Long Punt Return 83 vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 22 Redd, Silas, at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)Yards Rushing 153 D. Swope, vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)TD Rushes 1 Redd, Silas, at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)

1 Jeff Scott, at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)1 D. Swope, vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)

Long Rush 82 D. Swope, vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Pass attempts 47 Spencer Keith, vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)Pass completions 22 Tyler Wilson, vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)Yards Passing 190 Brantley,J., at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)TD Passes 2 Tyler Wilson, vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)Long Pass 65 Brantley,J., at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)Receptions 6 Joe Adams, vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)Yards Receiving 90 Debose,A., at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)TD Receptions 1 J. Thompson, vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)

1 Cobi Hamilton, vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)1 Dennis Johnson, vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)1 Debose,A., at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)1 Chris Smith, at Mississippi State (Nov 12, 2011)1 J. Bryant, vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)

Long Reception 65 Debose,A., at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)Field Goals 3 Drew Alleman, vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)Long Field Goal 52 Palardy, M., vs Tennessee (Oct 22, 2011)Punts 12 Matt Rinehart, vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)Punting Avg 47.5 C. Edwards, vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Long Punt 73 Brad Wing, vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)Punts inside 20 4 Brad Wing, vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)Long Punt Return 15 Brown, Justin, at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)Long Kickoff Return 95 L. Scott, vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Tackles 14 D. Stanley, vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Sacks 2.0 Brandon McCoy, vs North Texas (Sep 17, 2011)

2.0 Sam Montgomery, vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)Tackles For Loss 2.0 Roosevelt Nix, vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)

2.0 Mark Fackler, vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)2.0 Brandon McCoy, vs North Texas (Sep 17, 2011)2.0 A. Highsmith, vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)2.0 Tim Fugger, vs Vanderbilt (Oct 08, 2011)2.0 Jackson, Mal., vs Tennessee (Oct 22, 2011)2.0 Sam Montgomery, vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)2.0 Josh Boyd, at Mississippi State (Nov 12, 2011)

Interceptions 1 Josh Pleasant, vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)1 Sidney Saulter, vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)1 Leon Green, vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)1 Norman Wolfe, vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)1 Johnson, Aus., vs Tennessee (Oct 22, 2011)1 Eric Reid, vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)1 Mo. Claiborne, vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)1 C. Lawrence, at Mississippi State (Nov 12, 2011)g

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 41 vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)Yards Rushing 302 vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Yards Per Rush 7.7 vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)TD Rushes 1 at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)

1 at Mississippi (Oct 15, 2011)1 vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)

Pass attempts 47 vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)Pass completions 24 vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)Yards Passing 209 vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)Yards Per Pass 9.0 at Florida (Oct 1, 2011)TD Passes 2 vs Arkansas (Sep 24, 2011)Total Plays 70 vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)Total Offense 341 vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Yards Per Play 7.4 vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Points 21 vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Sacks By 4 vs North Texas (Sep 17, 2011)First Downs 16 at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)Penalties 8 vs North Texas (Sep 17, 2011)Penalty Yards 68 vs North Texas (Sep 17, 2011)Turnovers 3 at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)Interceptions By 4 vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)Punts 12 vs Kent State (Sep 03, 2011)Punting Avg 47.5 vs Georgia Southern (Nov 19, 2011)Long Punt 73 vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)Punts inside 20 4 vs LSU (Nov 05, 2011)Long Punt Return 15 at Penn State (Sep 10, 2011)

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Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st K36 13:51 P u n t K00 10:22 *TOUCHDOWN 8 - 36 3:29 .UA A26 09:14 P u n t K00 08:03 *TOUCHDOWN 4 - 74 1:11UA A21 06:33 P u n t A34 03:44 P u n t 5 - 13 2:49UA K34 01:24 P u n t K00 00:26 *TOUCHDOWN 4 - 34 0:58 .UA 2nd A27 14:43 P u n t A18 13:36 P u n t 3 - (9) 1:07UA A24 10:48 P u n t A46 07:33 P u n t 6 - 22 3:15UA A48 04:38 P u n t A48 04:19 I n t e r c e p t i o n 3 - 0 0:19UA A49 02:32 P u n t K18 01:35 *FIELD GOAL 7 - 33 0:57 .UA A15 00:31 P u n t K36 00:00 Missed FG 3 - 49 0:31UA 3rd A43 15:00 K i c k o f f K29 13:05 I n t e r c e p t i o n 5 - 28 1:55UA A29 10:58 P u n t A35 09:24 I n t e r c e p t i o n 3 - 6 1:34UA A24 09:13 K i c k o f f K00 05:16 *TOUCHDOWN 8 - 76 3:57 .UA K01 04:08 D o w n s K00 04:04 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 1 0:04 .UA K30 00:00 P u n t K27 02:13 F u m b l e 0 - 3 0:00UA A42 01:42 P u n t A42 01:32 I n t e r c e p t i o n 1 - 0 0:10UA 4th A37 14:15 D o w n s K00 13:27 *TOUCHDOWN 2 - 63 0:48UA K40 10:03 D o w n s K15 05:27 *FIELD GOAL 8 - 25 4:36 .UA A24 02:13 I n t e r c e p t i o n A45 00:00 End of half 4 - 21 2:13

KENT STATEKENT STATE

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st A25 07:28 K i c k o f f A28 06:37 P u n t 3 - 3 0:51UA A31 05:16 P u n t P00 00:25 *TOUCHDOWN 11 - 69 4:51 .UA 2nd A44 14:48 P u n t P04 10:08 *FIELD GOAL 10 - 52 4:40 .UA A30 08:24 P u n t A27 06:18 P u n t 3 - (3) 2:06UA A50 04:41 F u m b l e P00 00:35 *TOUCHDOWN 10 - 50 4:06 .UA 3rd A22 14:52 K i c k o f f A28 13:35 P u n t 3 - 6 1:17UA A20 12:00 P u n t A23 10:30 P u n t 3 - 3 1:30UA A49 09:54 P u n t P01 04:50 *FIELD GOAL 11 - 50 5:04 .UA A09 02:18 I n t e r c e p t i o n A34 14:49 P u n t 5 - 25 2:29UA 4th A20 13:01 P u n t A38 10:13 P u n t 5 - 18 2:48UA A35 08:30 F u m b l e P00 06:14 *TOUCHDOWN 5 - 65 2:16 .UA P45 01:52 K i c k o f f P29 00:00 End of half 5 - 16 1:52

PENN STATEPENN STATE

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st A22 15:00 K i c k o f f N09 09:54 *FIELD GOAL 11 - 69 5:06 .UA A42 06:55 P u n t N00 03:39 *TOUCHDOWN 7 - 58 3:16 .UA A24 01:46 P u n t N00 14:14 *TOUCHDOWN 6 - 76 2:32UA 2nd A43 12:25 P u n t N20 08:11 *FIELD GOAL 8 - 37 4:14 .UA N40 05:20 P u n t N39 04:19 P u n t 3 - 1 1:01UA N49 02:36 P u n t N18 00:54 Missed FG 7 - 31 1:42 .UA 3rd A26 11:41 Missed FG N45 10:58 F u m b l e 2 - 29 0:43UA A42 09:50 P u n t N00 09:39 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 58 0:11UA A07 04:11 P u n t N25 14:55 Missed FG 11 - 68 4:16 .UA 4th A29 13:13 P u n t N00 13:01 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 71 0:12UA A33 12:04 P u n t N00 11:49 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 67 0:15UA A35 10:08 P u n t A43 09:17 F u m b l e 2 - 8 0:51UA A03 03:28 D o w n s A36 00:00 End of half 6 - 33 3:28

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Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st A20 15:00 K i c k o f f R00 11:48 *TOUCHDOWN 7 - 80 3:12UA A20 09:21 P u n t A46 06:46 P u n t 4 - 26 2:35UA A20 01:18 K i c k o f f A29 14:51 P u n t 3 - 9 1:27UA 2nd A21 12:53 P u n t R02 05:35 *FIELD GOAL 13 - 77 7:18 .UA R00 04:38 I n t e r c e p t i o n R00 04:38 *TOUCHDOWN 0 - 0 0:00UA A39 02:46 P u n t A40 01:19 P u n t 3 - 1 1:27UA A37 00:26 P u n t A44 00:00 End of half 2 - 7 0:26UA 3rd R00 11:29 P u n t R00 11:29 *TOUCHDOWN 0 - 0 0:00UA A36 10:47 P u n t R00 09:57 *TOUCHDOWN 2 - 64 0:50UA A24 08:54 K i c k o f f A39 05:18 P u n t 6 - 15 3:36UA A44 03:30 D o w n s R00 00:48 *TOUCHDOWN 6 - 56 2:42 .UA 4th A11 14:13 P u n t A30 10:29 P u n t 6 - 19 3:44UA A20 09:24 P u n t A36 06:35 P u n t 4 - 16 2:49UA A08 02:45 I n t e r c e p t i o n A25 00:00 End of half 4 - 17 2:45

ARKANSASARKANSAS

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st A34 14:41 K i c k o f f F14 09:47 *FIELD GOAL 12 - 52 4:54 .UA F29 05:19 K i c k o f f F00 00:52 *TOUCHDOWN 7 - 29 4:27 .UA 2nd F00 12:57 I n t e r c e p t i o n F00 12:57 *TOUCHDOWN 0 - 0 0:00UA A26 10:56 P u n t F47 08:44 P u n t 4 - 27 2:12UA A39 07:36 P u n t F00 03:13 *TOUCHDOWN 10 - 61 4:23 .UA A35 00:05 Missed FG A34 00:00 End of half 1 - (1) 0:05UA 3rd A22 15:00 K i c k o f f A50 11:24 P u n t 7 - 28 3:36UA A47 09:27 P u n t F48 08:20 P u n t 3 - 5 1:07UA A32 07:19 P u n t A37 05:38 P u n t 3 - 5 1:41UA A08 02:52 P u n t F00 12:25 *TOUCHDOWN 11 - 92 5:27UA 4th F46 10:43 F u m b l e F00 08:45 *TOUCHDOWN 4 - 46 1:58 .UA A29 06:34 P u n t A48 02:46 P u n t 5 - 19 3:48UA A42 01:03 P u n t A36 00:00 End of half 2 - (6) 1:03

FLORIDAFLORIDA

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st A33 15:00 K i c k o f f A39 13:23 P u n t 3 - 6 1:37UA A23 12:12 P u n t V00 07:50 *TOUCHDOWN 10 - 77 4:22 .UA A30 03:11 Missed FG A30 01:45 P u n t 3 - 0 1:26UA 2nd A12 13:48 P u n t A50 08:40 P u n t 8 - 38 5:08UA A22 04:18 Missed FG V00 00:21 *TOUCHDOWN 13 - 78 3:57 .UA 3rd A06 12:34 P u n t V00 06:03 *TOUCHDOWN 12 - 94 6:31 .UA A19 05:02 P u n t V00 00:52 *TOUCHDOWN 9 - 81 4:10UA 4th V20 13:23 I n t e r c e p t i o n V00 12:16 *TOUCHDOWN 3 - 20 1:07 .UA V37 10:38 I n t e r c e p t i o n V18 07:05 D o w n s 7 - 19 3:33 .UA V49 04:32 P u n t V32 00:09 D o w n s 8 - 17 4:23

VANDERBILTVANDERBILT

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st A21 12:33 K i c k o f f M00 08:24 *TOUCHDOWN 9 - 79 4:09 .UA A33 07:12 P u n t A20 06:07 P u n t 3 - (13) 1:05UA A38 04:28 P u n t M00 14:11 *TOUCHDOWN 10 - 62 5:17 .UA 2nd A20 11:03 P u n t M36 05:43 Missed FG 11 - 44 5:20UA M41 04:32 I n t e r c e p t i o n M06 01:14 *FIELD GOAL 7 - 35 3:18 .UA A02 00:13 P u n t A03 00:00 End of half 1 - 1 0:13UA 3rd A27 14:53 K i c k o f f M00 12:30 *TOUCHDOWN 6 - 73 2:23 .UA A08 08:25 P u n t M00 07:37 *TOUCHDOWN 2 - 92 0:48UA M15 07:25 F u m b l e M00 06:44 *TOUCHDOWN 2 - 15 0:41 .UA M41 04:26 P u n t M00 02:08 *TOUCHDOWN 5 - 41 2:18 .UA 4th A02 12:52 D o w n s M00 10:08 *TOUCHDOWN 5 - 98 2:44UA A14 05:28 P u n t M23 00:00 End of half 8 - 63 5:28 .

MISSISSIPPIMISSISSIPPI

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st A35 15:00 K i c k o f f A46 12:57 I n t e r c e p t i o n 5 - 11 2:03UA A35 11:42 D o w n s A38 10:35 P u n t 3 - 3 1:07UA A19 03:58 K i c k o f f T09 02:26 *FIELD GOAL 5 - 72 1:32 .UA A40 00:47 P u n t T12 10:55 *FIELD GOAL 10 - 48 4:52 .UA 2nd A20 05:52 K i c k o f f A39 02:12 P u n t 6 - 19 3:40UA A33 00:38 P u n t A32 00:00 End of half 2 - (1) 0:38UA 3rd A25 12:59 P u n t T00 11:08 *TOUCHDOWN 5 - 75 1:51 .UA T39 09:01 D o w n s T00 08:52 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 39 0:09UA A37 06:32 P u n t T00 03:17 *TOUCHDOWN 6 - 63 3:15 .UA A27 01:03 P u n t T27 11:22 *FIELD GOAL 10 - 46 4:41UA 4th T09 10:57 I n t e r c e p t i o n T00 09:27 *TOUCHDOWN 3 - 9 1:30 .UA T38 09:12 F u m b l e T01 03:07 D o w n s 11 - 37 6:05 .UA T08 00:55 D o w n s T12 00:00 End of half 2 - (4) 0:55 .

TENNESSEETENNESSEE

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st A30 15:00 K i c k o f f L27 12:09 Missed FG 6 - 43 2:51UA A05 08:17 P u n t L33 02:17 Missed FG 12 - 62 6:00UA A47 00:38 I n t e r c e p t i o n L31 12:46 Missed FG 7 - 22 2:52UA 2nd A04 08:53 P u n t L17 03:53 *FIELD GOAL 10 - 79 5:00 .UA 3rd A48 10:58 P u n t A45 10:00 P u n t 3 - (3) 0:58UA L35 09:47 I n t e r c e p t i o n L29 07:56 *FIELD GOAL 4 - 6 1:51UA A11 03:15 P u n t A41 01:06 I n t e r c e p t i o n 5 - 30 2:09UA 4th A23 14:13 K i c k o f f L28 11:07 I n t e r c e p t i o n 6 - 49 3:06UA A19 09:00 P u n t A49 04:33 P u n t 7 - 30 4:27UA A20 00:52 P u n t A22 00:00 P o s s e s s i o n 2 - 2 0:52UA OT A25 15:00 P o s s e s s i o n L35 15:00 Missed FG 4 - 40 0:00

LSULSU

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st A20 15:00 K i c k o f f A20 13:12 P u n t 3 - 0 1:48UA A21 11:18 P u n t A25 09:09 P u n t 3 - 4 2:09UA A42 07:28 P u n t M32 04:15 Missed FG 8 - 26 3:13UA M31 01:02 D o w n s M14 14:45 Missed FG 5 - 17 1:17 .UA 2nd A48 13:19 P u n t M00 09:59 *TOUCHDOWN 5 - 52 3:20 .UA A38 08:35 P u n t M46 07:03 P u n t 4 - 16 1:32UA A24 02:50 Missed FG A29 02:18 I n t e r c e p t i o n 2 - 5 0:32UA A20 01:33 Missed FG A31 00:00 End of half 4 - 11 1:33UA 3rd A20 12:37 P u n t M07 07:32 *FIELD GOAL 8 - 73 5:05 .UA A20 06:10 P u n t A50 03:14 D o w n s 6 - 30 2:56UA A47 01:57 D o w n s M00 13:39 *TOUCHDOWN 7 - 53 3:18 .UA 4th A33 11:54 K i c k o f f M44 09:04 P u n t 5 - 23 2:50UA A27 06:26 P u n t M00 01:18 *TOUCHDOWN 11 - 73 5:08

MISSISSIPPI STATEMISSISSIPPI STATE

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st A44 15:00 K i c k o f f G14 11:48 *FIELD GOAL 7 - 42 3:12 .UA A45 05:12 Missed FG A45 05:12 *TOUCHDOWN 0 - 0 0:00UA A29 02:58 P u n t G00 12:56 *TOUCHDOWN 10 - 71 5:02 .UA 2nd A35 12:36 K i c k o f f G00 06:16 *TOUCHDOWN 12 - 65 6:20 .UA A47 00:56 K i c k o f f G30 00:05 Missed FG 7 - 23 0:51UA 3rd A15 11:26 P u n t G00 07:17 *TOUCHDOWN 10 - 85 4:09UA A26 07:03 K i c k o f f G00 02:36 *TOUCHDOWN 9 - 74 4:27 .UA 4th A08 09:20 D o w n s G00 00:44 *TOUCHDOWN 15 - 92 8:36 .

GEORGIA SOUTHERNGEORGIA SOUTHERN

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUA 1st B20 15:00 K i c k o f f B29 13:17 P u n t 3 - 9 1:43UA B19 11:08 P u n t A00 06:33 *TOUCHDOWN 9 - 81 4:35UA A35 04:33 P u n t A00 04:25 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 35 0:08UA B10 00:13 P u n t B00 00:04 F u m b l e 1 - (10) 0:09UA B20 00:04 K i c k o f f A00 09:11 *TOUCHDOWN 12 - 80 5:53 .UA 2nd B36 07:40 P u n t A13 01:44 *FIELD GOAL 12 - 51 5:56 .UA B34 00:00 P u n t B34 00:00 End of half 0 - 0 0:00UA 3rd B20 14:49 K i c k o f f A11 08:47 *FIELD GOAL 10 - 69 6:02 .UA B03 05:27 P u n t B12 03:13 P u n t 3 - 9 2:14UA B48 01:32 D o w n s A47 00:00 P u n t 3 - 5 1:32UA 4th A00 14:38 I n t e r c e p t i o n A00 14:38 *TOUCHDOWN 0 - 0 0:00UA B10 09:34 D o w n s A00 06:40 *TOUCHDOWN 5 - 90 2:54 .UA B32 00:32 F u m b l e B30 00:00 End of half 1 - (2) 0:32

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Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPKENT 1st K11 15:00 K i c k o f f K11 13:51 P u n t 3 - 0 1:09KENT K27 10:22 K i c k o f f K29 09:14 P u n t 3 - 2 1:08KENT K31 08:03 K i c k o f f K35 06:33 P u n t 3 - 4 1:30KENT K21 03:44 P u n t K08 01:24 P u n t 3 - (13) 2:20KENT K27 00:26 K i c k o f f K32 14:43 P u n t 3 - 5 0:43KENT 2nd K40 13:36 P u n t K46 10:48 P u n t 3 - 6 2:48KENT K19 07:33 P u n t K35 04:38 P u n t 6 - 16 2:55KENT K31 04:19 I n t e r c e p t i o n K20 02:32 P u n t 3 - (11) 1:47KENT K34 01:35 K i c k o f f K38 00:31 P u n t 3 - 4 1:04KENT K36 00:00 Missed FG K36 00:00 End of half 0 - 0 0:00KENT 3rd K25 13:05 I n t e r c e p t i o n K38 10:58 P u n t 6 - 13 2:07KENT A03 09:24 I n t e r c e p t i o n A00 09:13 *TOUCHDOWN 2 - 3 0:11 .KENT K25 05:16 K i c k o f f K01 04:08 D o w n s 4 - (24) 1:08KENT K19 04:04 K i c k o f f K13 02:13 P u n t 3 - (6) 1:51KENT K31 02:13 F u m b l e K31 01:42 P u n t 3 - 0 0:31KENT A43 01:32 I n t e r c e p t i o n A37 14:15 D o w n s 4 - 6 2:17KENT 4th K28 13:27 K i c k o f f K40 10:03 D o w n s 9 - 12 3:24KENT K21 05:27 K i c k o f f A42 02:13 I n t e r c e p t i o n 9 - 37 3:14

KENT STATEKENT STATE

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPPSU 1st P20 15:00 K i c k o f f A26 07:34 *FIELD GOAL 16 - 54 7:26PSU P37 06:37 P u n t P31 05:16 P u n t 4 - (6) 1:21PSU P19 00:20 K i c k o f f P20 14:48 P u n t 3 - 1 0:32PSU 2nd P20 10:03 K i c k o f f P25 08:24 P u n t 3 - 5 1:39PSU P29 06:18 P u n t P50 04:41 F u m b l e 6 - 21 1:37PSU P22 00:30 K i c k o f f P29 00:00 End of half 2 - 7 0:30PSU 3rd P38 13:35 P u n t A47 12:00 P u n t 4 - 15 1:35PSU P46 10:30 P u n t P46 09:54 P u n t 3 - 0 0:36PSU P19 04:42 K i c k o f f A41 02:18 I n t e r c e p t i o n 6 - 40 2:24PSU 4th P37 14:49 P u n t A45 13:01 P u n t 4 - 18 1:48PSU P36 10:13 P u n t A34 08:30 F u m b l e 5 - 30 1:43PSU P29 06:08 K i c k o f f A00 01:53 *TOUCHDOWN 14 - 71 4:15 .

PENN STATEPENN STATE

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPNT 1st N25 09:54 K i c k o f f N38 06:55 P u n t 5 - 13 2:59NT N27 03:39 K i c k o f f N29 01:46 P u n t 3 - 2 1:53NT 2nd N11 14:14 K i c k o f f N13 12:25 P u n t 3 - 2 1:49NT N14 08:11 K i c k o f f N06 05:20 P u n t 3 - (8) 2:51NT N04 04:19 P u n t N10 02:36 P u n t 3 - 6 1:43NT N20 00:54 Missed FG N25 00:00 End of half 2 - 5 0:54NT 3rd N21 15:00 K i c k o f f A25 11:41 Missed FG 9 - 54 3:19NT N45 10:58 F u m b l e N46 09:50 P u n t 3 - 1 1:08NT N08 09:39 K i c k o f f N46 04:11 P u n t 10 - 38 5:28NT 4th N25 14:55 Missed FG N23 13:13 P u n t 3 - (2) 1:42NT N20 13:01 K i c k o f f N21 12:04 P u n t 3 - 1 0:57NT N19 11:49 K i c k o f f N15 10:08 P u n t 3 - (4) 1:41NT A43 09:17 F u m b l e A03 03:28 D o w n s 14 - 40 5:49 .

NORTH TEXASNORTH TEXAS

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPAR 1st R37 11:48 K i c k o f f R39 09:21 P u n t 3 - 2 2:27AR R37 06:46 P u n t A00 01:18 *TOUCHDOWN 12 - 63 5:28 .AR 2nd R27 14:51 P u n t R44 12:53 P u n t 4 - 17 1:58AR R20 05:35 K i c k o f f R23 04:38 I n t e r c e p t i o n 3 - 3 0:57AR R20 04:38 K i c k o f f R20 02:46 P u n t 3 - 0 1:52AR R32 01:19 P u n t R29 00:26 P u n t 3 - (3) 0:53AR 3rd R24 15:00 K i c k o f f R41 11:29 P u n t 5 - 17 3:31AR R33 11:29 K i c k o f f R30 10:47 P u n t 3 - (3) 0:42AR R42 09:57 K i c k o f f A00 08:54 *TOUCHDOWN 4 - 58 1:03 .AR R22 05:18 P u n t A44 03:30 D o w n s 5 - 34 1:48AR R29 00:48 K i c k o f f R49 14:13 P u n t 3 - 20 1:35AR 4th R33 10:29 P u n t R32 09:24 P u n t 3 - (1) 1:05AR R26 06:35 P u n t A42 02:45 I n t e r c e p t i o n 8 - 32 3:50

ARKANSASARKANSAS

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUF 1st F40 15:00 K i c k o f f A00 14:41 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 60 0:19UF F41 09:47 K i c k o f f A04 05:19 *FIELD GOAL 10 - 55 4:28 .UF F29 00:52 K i c k o f f F49 12:57 I n t e r c e p t i o n 6 - 20 2:55UF 2nd F29 12:57 K i c k o f f F34 10:56 P u n t 3 - 5 2:01UF F14 08:44 P u n t F13 07:36 P u n t 3 - (1) 1:08UF F33 03:13 K i c k o f f A35 00:05 Missed FG 9 - 32 3:08 .UF 3rd F07 11:24 P u n t F12 09:27 P u n t 3 - 5 1:57UF F16 08:20 P u n t F18 07:19 P u n t 3 - 2 1:01UF F14 05:38 P u n t F45 02:52 P u n t 6 - 31 2:46UF 4th F33 12:25 K i c k o f f F46 10:43 F u m b l e 4 - 13 1:42UF F30 08:45 K i c k o f f F36 06:34 P u n t 3 - 6 2:11UF F12 02:46 P u n t F16 01:03 P u n t 3 - 4 1:43

FLORIDAFLORIDA

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPVANDY 1st V27 13:23 P u n t V29 12:12 P u n t 3 - 2 1:11VANDY V23 07:50 K i c k o f f A30 03:11 Missed FG 8 - 47 4:39VANDY V32 01:45 P u n t A42 13:48 P u n t 6 - 26 2:57VANDY 2nd V20 08:40 P u n t A21 04:18 Missed FG 8 - 59 4:22VANDY V29 00:21 K i c k o f f V27 00:00 End of half 1 - (2) 0:21VANDY 3rd V26 15:00 K i c k o f f V30 12:34 P u n t 3 - 4 2:26VANDY V36 06:03 K i c k o f f V34 05:02 P u n t 3 - (2) 1:01VANDY V31 00:52 K i c k o f f V37 13:23 I n t e r c e p t i o n 4 - 6 2:29VANDY 4th V24 12:16 K i c k o f f V33 10:38 I n t e r c e p t i o n 3 - 9 1:38VANDY V18 07:05 D o w n s V29 04:32 P u n t 5 - 11 2:33VANDY V33 00:09 D o w n s V38 00:00 End of half 1 - 5 0:09

VANDERBILTVANDERBILT

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUM 1st M28 15:00 K i c k o f f A00 12:38 *TOUCHDOWN 5 - 72 2:22 .UM M29 08:18 K i c k o f f M26 07:12 P u n t 3 - (3) 1:06UM M36 06:07 P u n t M31 04:28 P u n t 3 - (5) 1:39UM 2nd A49 14:03 K i c k o f f A37 11:03 P u n t 6 - 12 3:00UM M34 05:43 Missed FG M33 04:32 I n t e r c e p t i o n 3 - (1) 1:11UM A38 01:03 K i c k o f f A41 00:13 P u n t 3 - (3) 0:50UM 3rd M41 12:23 K i c k o f f A46 08:25 P u n t 6 - 13 3:58UM M21 07:32 K i c k o f f M15 07:25 F u m b l e 1 - (6) 0:07UM M14 06:38 K i c k o f f M04 04:26 P u n t 3 - (10) 2:12UM M40 02:01 K i c k o f f A02 12:52 D o w n s 12 - 58 4:09 .UM 4th M33 10:03 K i c k o f f M47 05:28 P u n t 7 - 14 4:35

MISSISSIPPIMISSISSIPPI

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPUT 1st A41 12:57 I n t e r c e p t i o n A35 11:42 D o w n s 4 - 6 1:15UT T33 10:35 P u n t A22 03:58 *FIELD GOAL 12 - 45 6:37UT T28 02:26 K i c k o f f T30 00:47 P u n t 3 - 2 1:39UT 2nd T20 10:55 K i c k o f f A34 05:52 *FIELD GOAL 11 - 46 5:03UT T20 02:12 P u n t T25 00:38 P u n t 3 - 5 1:34UT 3rd T24 15:00 K i c k o f f T30 12:59 P u n t 3 - 6 2:01UT T30 11:08 K i c k o f f T39 09:01 D o w n s 4 - 9 2:07UT T22 08:52 K i c k o f f T29 06:32 P u n t 3 - 7 2:20UT T20 03:17 K i c k o f f T29 01:03 P u n t 3 - 9 2:14UT 4th T29 11:22 K i c k o f f T29 10:57 I n t e r c e p t i o n 1 - 0 0:25UT T36 09:27 K i c k o f f T39 09:12 F u m b l e 1 - 3 0:15UT T01 03:07 D o w n s T08 00:55 D o w n s 4 - 7 2:12

TENNESSEETENNESSEE

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPLSU 1st L27 12:09 Missed FG A42 08:17 P u n t 8 - 31 3:52LSU L33 02:17 Missed FG L35 00:38 I n t e r c e p t i o n 3 - 2 1:39LSU 2nd L26 12:46 Missed FG A39 08:53 P u n t 6 - 35 3:53LSU L24 03:53 K i c k o f f A02 15:00 *FIELD GOAL 11 - 74 3:53 .LSU 3rd L18 15:00 K i c k o f f L30 10:58 P u n t 6 - 12 4:02LSU L17 10:00 P u n t L17 09:47 I n t e r c e p t i o n 1 - 0 0:13LSU L31 07:56 K i c k o f f A38 03:15 P u n t 8 - 31 4:41LSU A15 01:06 I n t e r c e p t i o n A13 14:13 *FIELD GOAL 4 - 2 1:53 .LSU 4th L01 11:07 I n t e r c e p t i o n L09 09:00 P u n t 3 - 8 2:07LSU L05 04:33 P u n t L45 00:52 P u n t 6 - 40 3:41LSU OT A25 15:00 Missed FG A08 15:00 *FIELD GOAL 5 - 17 0:00 .

LSULSU

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPMSU 1st M49 13:12 P u n t M45 11:18 P u n t 3 - (4) 1:54MSU M33 09:09 P u n t M37 07:28 P u n t 3 - 4 1:41MSU M32 04:15 Missed FG M31 01:02 D o w n s 7 - (1) 3:13MSU 2nd M20 14:45 Missed FG M26 13:19 P u n t 3 - 6 1:26MSU M30 09:51 K i c k o f f M30 08:35 P u n t 3 - 0 1:16MSU M14 07:03 P u n t A24 02:50 Missed FG 11 - 62 4:13MSU A04 02:18 I n t e r c e p t i o n A12 01:33 Missed FG 4 - (8) 0:45 .MSU 3rd M29 14:54 K i c k o f f M48 12:37 P u n t 6 - 19 2:17MSU M33 07:25 K i c k o f f M43 06:10 P u n t 4 - 10 1:15MSU M50 03:14 D o w n s A47 01:57 D o w n s 4 - 3 1:17MSU 4th A22 13:24 K i c k o f f A00 12:03 *TOUCHDOWN 3 - 22 1:21 .MSU M20 09:04 P u n t M31 06:26 P u n t 7 - 11 2:38MSU M30 01:12 K i c k o f f M37 00:00 End of half 3 - 7 1:12

MISSISSIPPI STATEMISSISSIPPI STATE

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPGSU 1st G26 11:48 K i c k o f f A25 05:12 Missed FG 9 - 49 6:36 .GSU G27 05:12 K i c k o f f G25 02:58 P u n t 3 - (2) 2:14GSU 2nd G18 12:56 K i c k o f f A00 12:36 *TOUCHDOWN 1 - 82 0:20GSU G20 06:16 K i c k o f f A00 00:56 *TOUCHDOWN 9 - 80 5:20GSU G30 00:05 Missed FG G35 00:00 End of half 1 - 5 0:05GSU 3rd G24 15:00 K i c k o f f G40 11:26 P u n t 7 - 16 3:34GSU A00 07:03 K i c k o f f A00 07:03 *TOUCHDOWN 0 - 0 0:00GSU G21 02:36 K i c k o f f A08 09:20 D o w n s 13 - 71 8:16 .GSU 4th G35 00:44 K i c k o f f A30 00:00 End of half 4 - 35 0:44

GEORGIA SOUTHERNGEORGIA SOUTHERN

Drive Started Drive Ended ConsumedTeam Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How lost Pl - Yds TOPAU 1st A32 13:17 P u n t A34 11:08 P u n t 3 - 2 2:09AU A20 06:33 K i c k o f f A25 04:33 P u n t 3 - 5 2:00AU A30 04:25 K i c k o f f B49 00:13 P u n t 6 - 21 4:12AU B00 00:04 F u m b l e B00 00:04 *TOUCHDOWN 0 - 0 0:00AU 2nd A20 09:11 K i c k o f f A20 07:40 P u n t 3 - 0 1:31AU A23 01:44 K i c k o f f A21 00:00 P u n t 3 - (2) 1:44AU 3rd B00 14:49 K i c k o f f B00 14:49 *TOUCHDOWN 0 - 0 0:00AU A44 08:47 K i c k o f f A43 05:27 P u n t 7 - (1) 3:20AU A44 03:13 P u n t B47 01:32 D o w n s 4 - 9 1:41AU 4th A09 15:00 P u n t A09 14:38 I n t e r c e p t i o n 3 - 0 0:22AU A40 14:38 K i c k o f f B10 09:34 D o w n s 11 - 50 5:04 .AU A22 06:40 K i c k o f f B32 00:32 F u m b l e 12 - 46 6:08

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Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OvertimeSep 03, 2011 KENT STATE W 48-7 2-10 20.0 1-2 50.0 1-5 20.0 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0Sep 10, 2011 at Penn State W 27-11 8-17 47.1 2-4 50.0 4-6 66.7 1-5 20.0 1-2 50.0Sep 17, 2011 NORTH TEXAS W 41-0 6-11 54.5 3-4 75.0 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0Sep 24, 2011 ARKANSAS W 38-14 5-13 38.5 0-3 0.0 1-3 33.3 2-3 66.7 2-4 50.0Oct 1, 2011 at Florida W 38-10 7-13 53.8 1-2 50.0 2-3 66.7 2-5 40.0 2-3 66.7Oct 08, 2011 VANDERBILT W 34-0 12-17 70.6 2-4 50.0 3-4 75.0 4-4 100.0 3-5 60.0Oct 15, 2011 at Mississippi W 52-7 7-11 63.6 2-3 66.7 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 2-3 66.7Oct 22, 2011 TENNESSEE W 37-6 7-14 50.0 1-3 33.3 2-4 50.0 0-0 0.0 4-7 57.1Nov 05, 2011 LSU L 6-9 5-13 38.5 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0Nov 12, 2011 at Mississippi State W 24-7 2-11 18.2 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3Nov 19, 2011 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 45-21 7-10 70.0 0-1 0.0 3-4 75.0 3-3 100.0 1-2 50.0Nov 26, 2011 at Auburn W 42-14 7-13 53.8 2-3 66.7 4-6 66.7 1-4 25.0 0-0 0.0

Alabama 75-153 49.0 16-36 44.4 24-48 50.0 18-36 50.0 17-32 53.1 0-1 0.0Opponents 43-172 25.0 11-40 27.5 7-42 16.7 12-46 26.1 13-44 29.5 0-0 0.0

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Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OvertimeSep 03, 2011 KENT STATE W 48-7 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Sep 10, 2011 at Penn State W 27-11 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Sep 17, 2011 NORTH TEXAS W 41-0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Sep 24, 2011 ARKANSAS W 38-14 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Oct 1, 2011 at Florida W 38-10 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Oct 08, 2011 VANDERBILT W 34-0 0-2 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0Oct 15, 2011 at Mississippi W 52-7 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Oct 22, 2011 TENNESSEE W 37-6 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-2 50.0Nov 05, 2011 LSU L 6-9 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Nov 12, 2011 at Mississippi State W 24-7 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0Nov 19, 2011 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 45-21 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0Nov 26, 2011 at Auburn W 42-14 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

Alabama 7-11 63.6 3-3 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 3-6 50.0 0-0 0.0Opponents 11-25 44.0 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 2-7 28.6 5-12 41.7 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OvertimeSep 03, 2011 KENT STATE W 48-7 29:53 8:27 6:09 7:40 7:37Sep 10, 2011 at Penn State W 27-11 34:05 5:48 10:52 10:17 7:08Sep 17, 2011 NORTH TEXAS W 41-0 27:47 10:08 7:43 5:05 4:51Sep 24, 2011 ARKANSAS W 38-14 32:51 7:05 9:20 7:08 9:18Oct 1, 2011 at Florida W 38-10 34:41 9:21 6:40 9:16 9:24Oct 08, 2011 VANDERBILT W 34-0 36:14 7:25 9:05 10:41 9:03Oct 15, 2011 at Mississippi W 52-7 33:56 9:47 9:40 6:17 8:12Oct 22, 2011 TENNESSEE W 37-6 32:18 5:29 8:23 6:18 12:08Nov 05, 2011 LSU L 6-9 30:06 9:29 7:14 4:58 8:25 0:00Nov 12, 2011 at Mississippi State W 24-7 34:50 8:12 7:12 9:58 9:28Nov 19, 2011 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 45-21 32:37 6:10 9:15 8:36 8:36Nov 26, 2011 at Auburn W 42-14 31:38 6:39 11:45 9:48 3:26

Alabama Total 390:56 94:00 103:18 96:02 97:36 0:00Avg. 32:34 7:50 8:36 8:00 8:08 0:00

Opponents Total 329:04 86:00 76:42 83:58 82:24 0:00Avg. 27:25 7:10 6:23 6:59 6:52 0:00

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20-YARD PLUS PLAYSYds Type Player(s) Opponent

83* PR Marquis Maze Arkansas76* Rush Trent Richardson Mississippi71* Rush Trent Richardson North Texas70 KR Marquis Maze Florida69 Pass Marquis Maze from AJ McCarron Tennessee69* Rush Jalston Fowler Mississippi67* Rush Eddie Lacy North Texas61* Pass Trent Richardson from AJ McCarron Arkansas58* Rush Trent Richardson North Texas57 Rush Trent Richardson Auburn55* FGR Dre Kirkpatrick Georgia Sout49* Rush Jalston Fowler Kent State48 Pass Eddie Lacy from AJ McCarron Kent State45 Rush Blake Sims Mississippi45* INT Courtney Upshaw Florida44 PR Marquis Maze Penn State43* Rush Eddie Lacy North Texas41* Pass Kenny Bell from AJ McCarron Auburn39* Pass DeAndrew White from AJ McCarron Vanderbilt39* Pass Kenny Bell from AJ McCarron Tennessee39 KR Marquis Maze Kent State39 Pass Trent Richardson from AJ McCarron LSU38 Pass Kevin Norwood from AJ McCarron Mississippi St37* Pass Michael Williams from AJ McCarron Arkansas37 INT DeMarcus Milliner Vanderbilt36* Rush Trent Richardson Florida36 Pass Darius Hanks from AJ McCarron Mississippi36 KR Marquis Maze Georgia Sout35* Pass Brad Smelley from AJ McCarron Auburn35* INT DeMarcus Milliner Auburn35 Rush Eddie Lacy North Texas35 Rush Trent Richardson Auburn34* Pass Brad Smelley from AJ McCarron Georgia Sout34 Pass Michael Williams from AJ McCarron Mississippi32* Rush Eddie Lacy Mississippi St31 Rush Trent Richardson Arkansas31 KR Marquis Maze Florida30 Pass Christion Jones from AJ McCarron North Texas30 Rush Eddie Lacy Penn State30 INT Robert Lester Mississippi29 Pass Marquis Maze from AJ McCarron Vanderbilt29 Pass Marquis Maze from AJ McCarron Penn State29 INT Dont'a Hightower Tennessee28 PR Marquis Maze North Texas27 KR Marquis Maze Mississippi27 PR Marquis Maze Kent State26 KR Marquis Maze LSU26 Pass Marquis Maze from AJ McCarron Kent State25* INT DeQuan Menzie Arkansas25 Pass Kenny Bell from AJ McCarron North Texas25 Rush Trent Richardson Mississippi St25 Rush Trent Richardson Arkansas24 KR Trent Richardson Arkansas24 Rush Trent Richardson Vanderbilt24 Pass Marquis Maze from AJ McCarron Georgia Sout24 Rush Trent Richardson LSU24* Pass Marquis Maze from AJ McCarron Kent State24 Pass Michael Williams from AJ McCarron Penn State23 KR Trent Richardson LSU23 Pass Brandon Gibson from AJ McCarron Georgia Sout23 PR Marquis Maze Kent State23 Rush Eddie Lacy Kent State23 KR Marquis Maze Mississippi St22 Pass Kevin Norwood from AJ McCarron Mississippi St22 Rush Jalston Fowler Georgia Sout22 Rush Jalston Fowler Mississippi22 Rush Trent Richardson Penn State22 Pass Michael Williams from AJ McCarron Florida22 Pass Trent Richardson from AJ McCarron Florida22 KR Marquis Maze Florida22 Pass Trent Richardson from AJ McCarron Tennessee22 Pass Trent Richardson from AJ McCarron LSU22 Pass Kevin Norwood from AJ McCarron Georgia Sout21 Rush Eddie Lacy Mississippi St21 KR DeMarcus Milliner Penn State21 Rush Trent Richardson Arkansas

LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERSLong Plays By Yards No. TD100+ 0 090-99 0 080-89 1 170-79 3 260-69 4 350-59 3 240-49 7 430-39 22 820-29 52 3

Long Plays By Type No. TDRushing 31 10Passing 34 8Punt returns 7 1Kick returns 13 0Interceptions 6 3Fumble returns 0 0Other 1 1TOTAL 92 23

20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYERPlayer No. TD R P KR PR IR FRMarquis Maze 24 2 0 8 10 6 0 0Trent Richardson 22 5 15 5 2 0 0 0Eddie Lacy 12 4 11 1 0 0 0 0Jalston Fowler 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0Brad Smelley 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0Michael Williams 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0Kenny Bell 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0DeMarcus Milliner 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0Darius Hanks 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0Kevin Norwood 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0DeAndrew White 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0DeQuan Menzie 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0Courtney Upshaw 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0Dre Kirkpatrick 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1Brandon Gibson 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Dont'a Hightower 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Robert Lester 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Blake Sims 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Christion Jones 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0TOTAL 92 23 31 34 13 7 6 1

LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEARRushing76 Trent Richardson vs Mississippi (10/15/2011)Rushing Touchdown76 Trent Richardson vs Mississippi (10/15/2011)Passing69 Marquis Maze from AJ McCarron

vs Tennessee (10/22/2011)Passing Touchdown61 Trent Richardson from AJ McCarron

vs Arkansas (9/24/2011)Punt Return83 Marquis Maze vs Arkansas (9/24/2011)Kick Return70 Marquis Maze vs Florida (10/1/2011)Interception Return45 Courtney Upshaw vs Florida (10/1/2011)Fumble ReturnNoneField Goal Return55 Dre Kirkpatrick vs Georgia Southern (11/19/2011)Punt50 Cody Mandell vs Vanderbilt (10/8/2011)Field Goal46 Cade Foster vs LSU (11/5/2011)

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Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gTrent Richardson 12 263 1640 57 1583 6.0 20 76 131.9 37 520 3143 109 3034 5.8 34 76 82.0Eddie Lacy 11 84 649 18 631 7.5 7 67 57.4 23 140 1060 23 1037 7.4 13 67 45.1Jalston Fowler 12 56 395 10 385 6.9 4 69 32.1 23 70 507 11 496 7.1 5 69 21.6Blake Sims 5 22 126 19 107 4.9 0 45 21.4 5 22 126 19 107 4.9 0 45 21.4Brad Smelley 12 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 45 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.0Marquis Maze 12 6 7 13 -6 -1.0 0 6 -0.5 52 14 33 16 17 1.2 0 7 0.3Phillip Sims 8 5 15 25 -10 -2.0 0 15 -1.2 8 5 15 25 -10 -2.0 0 15 -1.2TEAM 5 10 0 20 -20 -2.0 0 0 -4.0AJ McCarron 12 26 30 63 -33 -1.3 2 6 -2.8 25 32 40 83 -43 -1.3 2 6 -1.7Total 12 473 2863 225 2638 5.6 33 76 219.8Opponents 12 359 1241 342 899 2.5 3 82 74.9

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gAJ McCarron 12 149.80 196-294-5 66.7 2400 16 69 200.0 25 149.99 226-342-5 66.1 2789 19 69 111.6Phillip Sims 8 98.90 18-28-2 64.3 163 0 19 20.4 8 98.90 18-28-2 64.3 163 0 19 20.4Marquis Maze 12 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 52 194.80 1-2-1 50.0 19 1 19 0.4Total 12 144.30 214-323-8 66.3 2563 16 69 213.6Opponents 12 83.93 153-317-12 48.3 1396 6 65 116.3

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gMarquis Maze 12 56 627 11.2 1 69 52.2 52 136 1844 13.6 8 80 35.5Trent Richardson 12 27 327 12.1 3 61 27.2 37 66 719 10.9 7 85 19.4Brad Smelley 12 27 317 11.7 4 35 26.4 45 47 520 11.1 4 37 11.6Darius Hanks 9 21 270 12.9 1 36 30.0 45 79 1092 13.8 7 51 24.3Kenny Bell 12 16 229 14.3 2 41 19.1 22 18 255 14.2 2 41 11.6Michael Williams 12 14 181 12.9 2 37 15.1 39 25 310 12.4 3 37 7.9DeAndrew White 11 14 151 10.8 2 39 13.7 11 14 151 10.8 2 39 13.7Brandon Gibson 12 14 140 10.0 1 23 11.7 31 20 204 10.2 1 23 6.6Eddie Lacy 11 11 131 11.9 0 48 11.9 23 13 149 11.5 0 48 6.5Kevin Norwood 10 7 112 16.0 0 38 11.2 22 10 168 16.8 1 38 7.6Christion Jones 11 3 49 16.3 0 30 4.5 11 3 49 16.3 0 30 4.5Blake Sims 5 2 18 9.0 0 10 3.6 5 2 18 9.0 0 10 3.6Brian Vogler 9 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.7 9 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.7Harrison Jones 8 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.6 8 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.6Total 12 214 2563 12.0 16 69 213.6Opponents 12 153 1396 9.1 6 65 116.3

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/gAJ McCarron 12 320 -33 2400 2367 197.2 25 374 -43 2789 2746 109.8Trent Richardson 12 263 1583 0 1583 131.9 37 520 3034 0 3034 82.0Eddie Lacy 11 84 631 0 631 57.4 23 140 1037 0 1037 45.1Jalston Fowler 12 56 385 0 385 32.1 23 70 496 0 496 21.6Phillip Sims 8 33 -10 163 153 19.1 8 33 -10 163 153 19.1Blake Sims 5 22 107 0 107 21.4 5 22 107 0 107 21.4Brad Smelley 12 1 1 0 1 0.1 45 1 1 0 1 0.0Marquis Maze 12 7 -6 0 -6 -0.5 52 16 17 19 36 0.7TEAM 5 10 -20 0 -20 -4.0Total 12 796 2638 2563 5201 433.4Opponents 12 676 899 1396 2295 191.2

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PAT PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsTrent Richardson 23 - - - - - - - 138 42 - - 1-1 - - - - 254Jeremy Shelley - 16-20 52-53 - - - - - 100 - 28-37 103-105 - - - - - 187Eddie Lacy 7 - - - - - - - 42 13 - - - - - - - 78Brad Smelley 4 - - - - - - - 24 4 - - - - - - - 24Jalston Fowler 4 - - - - - - - 24 5 - - - - - - - 30Michael Williams 2 - - - 1 - - - 14 3 - - - 1 - - - 20AJ McCarron 2 - - - - 1-1 - - 12 2 - - - - 1-1 - - 12Marquis Maze 2 - - - - - - - 12 9 - - - - - - - 54DeAndrew White 2 - - - - - - - 12 2 - - - - - - - 12Kenny Bell 2 - - - - - - - 12 2 - - - - - - - 12DeQuan Menzie 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6Dre Kirkpatrick 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6Darius Hanks 1 - - - - - - - 6 7 - - - - - - - 42Cade Foster - 2-9 - - - - - - 6 - 9-18 7-7 - - - - - 34DeMarcus Milliner 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6Brandon Gibson 1 - - - - - - - 6 2 - - - - - - - 12Courtney Upshaw 1 - - - - - - - 6 2 - - - - - - - 12Total 54 18-29 52-53 - 1 1-1 - - 432Opponents 12 7-14 11-11 1-1 - - - - 106

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgMarquis Maze 31 384 12.4 1 83 54 659 12.2 1 83DeAndrew White 2 34 17.0 0 20 2 34 17.0 0 20Christion Jones 2 18 9.0 0 18 2 18 9.0 0 18Darius Hanks 1 4 4.0 0 4 2 5 2.5 0 4Total 36 440 12.2 1 83Opponents 10 50 5.0 0 15

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgMarquis Maze 12 342 28.5 0 70 21 550 26.2 0 70Trent Richardson 3 66 22.0 0 24 28 720 25.7 1 91Michael Williams 2 22 11.0 0 19 6 54 9.0 0 19Chris Underwood 1 7 7.0 0 7 1 7 7.0 0 7Darius Hanks 1 16 16.0 0 16 1 16 16.0 0 16DeAndrew White 1 24 24.0 0 24 1 24 24.0 0 24DeMarcus Milliner 1 21 21.0 0 21 1 21 21.0 0 21Total 21 498 23.7 0 70Opponents 78 1696 21.7 2 95

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgDeMarcus Milliner 3 72 24.0 1 37 4 72 18.0 1 37Robert Lester 2 30 15.0 0 30 10 132 13.2 0 33Mark Barron 2 14 7.0 0 14 12 145 12.1 1 77Phelon Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0Nico Johnson 1 2 2.0 0 2 2 2 1.0 0 2Courtney Upshaw 1 45 45.0 1 45 1 45 45.0 1 45Dont'a Hightower 1 29 29.0 0 29 1 29 29.0 0 29DeQuan Menzie 1 25 25.0 1 25 1 25 25.0 1 25Total 12 217 18.1 3 45Opponents 8 139 17.4 0 37

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgDre Kirkpatrick 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0Total 0 0 0.0 1 0Opponents 1 4 4.0 1 4

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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gTrent Richardson 12 1583 327 0 66 0 1976 164.7 37 3034 719 0 720 0 4473 120.9Marquis Maze 12 -6 627 384 342 0 1347 112.2 52 17 1844 659 550 0 3070 59.0Eddie Lacy 11 631 131 0 0 0 762 69.3 23 1037 149 0 0 0 1186 51.6Jalston Fowler 12 385 0 0 0 0 385 32.1 23 496 0 0 0 0 496 21.6Brad Smelley 12 1 317 0 0 0 318 26.5 45 1 520 0 0 0 521 11.6Darius Hanks 9 0 270 4 16 0 290 32.2 45 7 1092 5 16 0 1120 24.9Kenny Bell 12 0 229 0 0 0 229 19.1 22 0 255 0 0 0 255 11.6DeAndrew White 11 0 151 34 24 0 209 19.0 11 0 151 34 24 0 209 19.0Michael Williams 12 0 181 0 22 0 203 16.9 39 0 310 0 54 0 364 9.3Brandon Gibson 12 0 140 0 0 0 140 11.7 31 0 204 22 0 0 226 7.3Blake Sims 5 107 18 0 0 0 125 25.0 5 107 18 0 0 0 125 25.0Kevin Norwood 10 0 112 0 0 0 112 11.2 22 0 168 0 0 0 168 7.6DeMarcus Milline 12 0 0 0 21 72 93 7.8 25 0 0 0 21 72 93 3.7Christion Jones 11 0 49 18 0 0 67 6.1 11 0 49 18 0 0 67 6.1Courtney Upsha 12 0 0 0 0 45 45 3.8 52 0 0 0 0 45 45 0.9Robert Lester 12 0 0 0 0 30 30 2.5 33 0 0 0 0 132 132 4.0Dont'a Hightower 12 0 0 0 0 29 29 2.4 43 0 0 0 0 29 29 0.7DeQuan Menzie 12 0 0 0 0 25 25 2.1 23 0 0 0 0 25 25 1.1Mark Barron 12 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.2 52 0 7 1 0 145 153 2.9Chris Underwood 12 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.6 42 0 36 0 7 0 43 1.0Brian Vogler 9 0 6 0 0 0 6 0.7 9 0 6 0 0 0 6 0.7Harrison Jones 8 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.6 8 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.6Nico Johnson 12 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 36 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1Phillip Sims 8 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -1.2 8 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -1.2TEAM 5 -20 0 0 0 0 -20 -4.0AJ McCarron 12 -33 0 0 0 0 -33 -2.8 25 -43 0 0 0 0 -43 -1.7Total 12 2638 2563 440 498 217 6356 529.7Opponents 12 899 1396 50 1696 139 4180 348.3

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkdJeremy Shelley 20 16 37 1 37 28 42 1Cade Foster 9 2 46 0 18 9 49 0Total 29 18 46 1Opponents 14 7 52 2

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blkCody Mandell 36 1401 38.9 50 0 77 3008 39.1 59 0Total 36 1401 38.9 50 0Opponents 81 3447 42.6 73 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb obCade Foster 75 4728 63.0 5 1 159 10204 64.2 15 2Jeremy Shelley 9 496 55.1 0 0 13 746 57.4 0 0Total 84 5224 62.2 5 1Opponents 28 1779 63.5 6 0


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## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk30 Dont'a Hightower 12 3 7 4 4 8 1 9.5 3 . 0 1 3 . . 1 43 9 8 1 3 2 2 3 0 19.5 4 . 0 1 7 2 1 14A Mark Barron 12 4 2 2 4 6 6 4.0 . 2 5 1 . . 52 1 4 8 8 7 2 3 5 12.0 4 . 0 12 2 2 1 1 .41 Courtney Upshaw 12 3 1 1 4 4 5 17.0 8 . 5 1 . . 2 . 52 8 1 5 2 1 3 3 34.5 1 5 . 5 1 4 3 6 .35 Nico Johnson 12 2 3 2 0 4 3 5.5 1 . 0 1 3 1 1 . 36 6 2 4 2 1 0 4 13.5 2 . 0 2 6 1 2 .24 DeQuan Menzie 12 2 3 1 4 3 7 3.0 1 . 5 1 1 1 1 . . 23 4 9 2 1 7 0 8.0 3 . 5 1 1 5 1 . .37 Robert Lester 12 2 1 1 5 3 6 1.0 . 2 3 . 1 1 33 5 6 4 0 9 6 2.5 1 . 0 10 7 1 1 132 C.J. Mosley 10 1 6 2 0 3 6 3.5 2 . 0 . 2 . . . 23 4 6 5 7 1 0 3 5.0 2 . 5 2 1 2 . . .3A Vinnie Sunseri 12 1 8 1 3 3 1 0.0 . . . 1 1 . 12 1 8 1 3 3 1 0.0 . . . 1 1 .92 Damion Square 12 1 2 1 8 3 0 7.0 1 . 0 . 1 . . . 27 3 2 2 6 5 8 14.5 4 . 0 . 1 . . .28 DeMarcus Milliner 12 1 3 1 3 2 6 1.0 . 3 9 . . . 25 5 4 2 7 8 1 5.0 . 4 1 6 . 1 .21 Dre Kirkpatrick 12 2 3 3 2 6 2.0 . . 9 . 2 . 37 6 5 2 2 8 7 6.0 . 3 1 6 1 3 .9A Quinton Dial 11 1 0 1 4 2 4 3.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 11 1 0 1 4 2 4 3.0 1 . 0 . . . . .33 Trey Depriest 12 9 1 4 2 3 1.5 . . . . . . 12 9 1 4 2 3 1.5 . . . . . .54 Jesse Williams 12 1 0 1 2 2 2 4.0 0 . 5 . 1 . . . 12 1 0 1 2 2 2 4.0 0 . 5 . 1 . . .99 Josh Chapman 11 9 1 3 2 2 3.5 1 . 0 . 2 . . . 53 4 3 4 4 8 7 13.5 2 . 5 . 4 . . .5 Jerrell Harris 12 1 2 1 0 2 2 2.5 . . . . . . 38 3 1 2 1 5 2 3.5 . . . . . .58 Nick Gentry 11 8 1 2 2 0 5.0 3 . 5 . . . . . 38 1 2 2 9 4 1 6.0 4 . 5 . . . . .29 Will Lowery 11 1 4 6 2 0 0.5 . . 2 . . . 24 3 5 1 8 5 3 0.5 . 2 4 . . .49 Ed Stinson 12 9 8 1 7 5.0 1 . 0 . 1 2 1 . 21 1 7 1 4 3 1 5.0 1 . 0 . 1 2 1 .91 Alex Watkins 12 9 8 1 7 2.0 1 . 0 . . . 1 . 28 1 8 1 6 3 4 4.5 3 . 5 . . . 1 .6A Ha'Seaon Clinton-Dix 12 5 6 1 1 0.0 . . 2 . . . 12 5 6 1 1 0.0 . . 2 . . .4B Adrian Hubbard 8 3 6 9 1.5 . . . . . . 8 3 6 9 1.5 . . . . . .81 Hardie Buck 12 2 6 8 0.0 . . . . . . 24 6 1 1 1 7 0.0 . . . . . .11 Brandon Gibson 12 3 4 7 0.0 . . . . . . 31 7 5 1 2 0.0 . . . 1 . .2 Tana Patrick 10 2 5 7 0.0 . . . . . . 14 5 6 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .43 Cade Foster 12 4 2 6 0.0 . . . . . . 25 1 0 5 1 5 0.0 . . . . 1 .3D Kelly Johnson 9 3 2 5 0.0 . . . . . . 9 3 2 5 0.0 . . . . . .1A John Fulton 12 2 3 5 0.0 . . 1 . . . 24 4 4 8 0.5 0 . 5 . 3 . . .62 Brandon Ivory 4 . 5 5 0.0 . . . . . . 4 . 5 5 0.0 . . . . . .86 Undra Billingsley 12 1 3 4 1.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 24 3 3 6 1.0 0 . 5 . . . . .20 Jarrick Williams 6 3 1 4 0.0 . . . . . . 9 3 2 5 0.0 . . . . . .9 Phelon Jones 9 2 2 4 0.0 . 1 . . . . 18 1 3 8 2 1 1.0 . 1 1 . . .8A Jeoffrey Pagan 6 . 4 4 0.0 . . . . . . 6 . 4 4 0.0 . . . . . .36 Chris Jordan 5 . 3 3 0.5 . . . . . . 38 1 8 1 5 3 3 2.5 1 . 0 1 . . . .2A DeAndrew White 11 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . . 11 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . .27 Nick Perry 9 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 13 2 1 3 0.0 . . 1 . . .17 Brad Smelley 12 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 45 1 2 3 0.0 . . . . . .47 Xzavier Dickson 6 1 1 2 1.5 0 . 5 . . . . . 6 1 1 2 1.5 0 . 5 . . . . .1B Ranzell Watkins 2 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 2 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .10 AJ McCarron 12 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 25 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . .22 Christion Jones 11 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 11 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .3 Trent Richardson 12 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 37 1 0 3 1 3 0.0 . . . . . .45 Jalston Fowler 12 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 23 3 . 3 0.0 . . . . . .5C Carson Tinker 12 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 25 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . .89 Michael Williams 12 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 39 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .42 Eddie Lacy 11 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 23 . 5 5 0.0 . . . . . .76 D.J. Fluker 12 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 22 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .14 Phillip Sims 8 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 8 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, Ala.ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: SEC NETWORK

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Trent Richardson ran for three touchdowns and A.J. McCarron threw for 226 yards with a score, as second-ranked Alabama opened the 2011 season with a 48-7 victory over Kent State at Bryant-Denny Stadium.Marquis Maze had eight catches for 118 yards with a touchdown and added 135 return yards for the Crimson Tide (1-0), who have won 10 straight season openers and will take a step up in competition next week with a visit to Penn State. Alabama followed up its national championship season of 2009 with a mark of 10-3 last year, including a Capital One Bowl victory.Th e Tide lost their three top off ensive players from last year, as running back Mark Ingram, wide receiver Julio Jones and quarterback Greg McElroy all moved to the NFL.McCarron, a sophomore, and redshirt freshman Phillip Sims battled all spring and summer for the quarterback job. McCarron got the starting nod and completed 14-of-23 passes with a pair of interceptions, while Sims saw plenty of action in the rout and was also picked off twice while connecting on half of his 14 throws.Richardson ran for just 37 yards on 13 carries, while Eddie Lacy chipped in 58 yards on eight attempts. Lacy also had three catches for 76 yards as the Tide rolled up 482 yards of total off ense.

1 2 3 4 SCOREKent State 0 0 7 0 7 Alabama 21 3 14 10 48

SCORING SUMMARY1st 10:22 UA T. Richardson 1 yd run (Shelley kick), 8-36 3:29, KENT 0 - UA 7 08:03 UA Maze 24 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 4-74 1:11, KENT 0 - UA 14 00:26 UA T. Richardson 9 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 4-34 0:58, KENT 0 - UA 212nd 01:35 UA Jeremy Shelley 36 yd fi eld goal, 7-33 0:57, KENT 0 - UA 243rd 09:13 KENT J. Th ompson 3 yd pass from Keith (Cortez kick), 2-3 0:11, KENT 7 - UA 24 05:16 UA T. Richardson 1 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 8-76 3:57, KENT 7 - UA 31 04:04 UA Eddie Lacy 1 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 1-1 0:04, KENT 7 - UA 384th 13:27 UA Jalston Fowler 49 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 2-63 0:48, KENT 7 - UA 45 05:27 UA Jeremy Shelley 32 yd fi eld goal, 8-25 4:36, KENT 7 - UA 48

KSU UAFIRST DOWNS 6 24RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 23--9 35-183PASSING YDS (NET) 99 299Passes Att-Comp-Int 47-20-1 37-21-4TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 70-90 72-482Fumble Returns-Yards 1-4 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-5 11-148Kickoff Returns-Yards 9-173 2-63Interception Returns-Yards 4-56 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) 12-44.0 3-42.3Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-1Penalties-Yards 4-36 2-10Possession Time 30:07 29:53Th ird-Down Conversions 4 of 20 2 of 10Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 4 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 6-6Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-12 4-31

RUSHING: Jacquise Terry 10-23; Trayion Durham 2-7; Rob Hollomon 2-6;Eric Adeyemi 1-2; Anthony Meray 2-1; Team 1-minus 17; Spencer Keith 5-minus 31.Alabama-Jalston Fowler 4-69; Eddie Lacy 8-58; T. Richardson 13-37; Blake Sims6-16; Phillip Sims 3-3; AJ McCarron 1-0.

PASSING: Spencer Keith 20-47-1-99. Alabama-AJ McCarron 14-23-2-226;Phillip Sims 7-14-2-73.

RECEIVING: J. Th ompson 4-19; Sam Kirkland 4-16; Matt Hurdle 3-24; TimErjavec 3-21; Tyshon Goode 3-15; Trayion Durham 1-7; Eric Adeyemi 1-2; AnthonyMeray 1-minus 5. Alabama-Marquis Maze 8-118; DeAndrew White 4-44; Eddie Lacy3-76; Brandon Gibson 1-18; T. Richardson 1-16; Brad Smelley 1-8; Christion Jones1-8; Brian Vogler 1-6; Kevin Norwood 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Kent State-Norman Wolfe 1-37; Leon Green 1-19; Josh Pleasant 1-0;Sidney Saulter 1-0. Alabama-Phelon Jones 1-0.

FUMBLES: Kent State-None. Alabama-DeAndrew White 2-1; Marquis Maze 1-0; PhillipSims 1-0.

3/2 ALABAMA (2-0) 2723/20 PENN STATE (1-1) 11

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 • BEAVER STADIUM • UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.ATTENDANCE: 107,846 • TV: ABC

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Trent Richardson ran for 111 yards and two touchdowns, as third-ranked Alabama controlled No. 23 Penn State, 27-11, in a battle of historic programs at Beaver Stadium. AJ McCarron passed for 163 yards and a touchdown for the Crimson Tide (2-0), who had beaten Penn State in Tuscaloosa last season by a 24-3 score.Penn State (1-1) gained only 251 yards because of shaky quarterback play. Matt McGloin completed just one of his 10 pass attempts, while Rob Bolden was 11- of-29 for 144 yards and an interception.Silas Redd totaled just 65 yards on 22 carries, and scored the lone touchdown late in the fourth quarter for the Lions, whose 23-game home non- conference winning streak was broken.Even though Penn State's fi rst drive ended up with a 43-yard fi eld goal from Evan Lewis, it was an inauspicious start. With Bolden under center, the Lions burned three timeouts and moved only 54 yards in 7 1/2 minutes. But that was a great success compared to the rest of their drives during the fi rst half. Penn State proved ineff ective three consecutive times, gaining zero net yards, before tight end Andrew Szczerba fumbled at midfi eld to end another possession. Th e clock stopped the Lions' fi nal fi rst-half drive.

1 2 3 4 SCOREAlabama 7 10 3 7 27Penn State 3 0 0 8 11

SCORING SUMMARY1st 07:34 PSU Lewis, Evan 43 yd fi eld goal, 16-54 7:26, UA 0 - PSU 3 00:25 UA Williams 5 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 11-69 4:51, UA 7 - PSU 32nd 10:08 UA Jeremy Shelley 22 yd fi eld goal, 10-52 4:40, UA 10 - PSU 3 00:35 UA T. Richardson 3 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 10-50 4:06, UA 17 - PSU 33rd 04:50 UA Jeremy Shelley 18 yd fi eld goal, 11-50 5:04, UA 20 - PSU 34th 06:14 UA T. Richardson 13 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 5-65 2:16, UA 27 - PSU 3 01:53 PSU Redd, Silas 1 yd run (Bolden, Rob rush), 14-71 4:15, UA 27 - PSU 11

UA PSUFIRST DOWNS 19 16RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 41-196 30-107PASSING YDS (NET) 163 144Passes Att-Comp-Int 31-19-0 39-12-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 72-359 69-251Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-43 2-24Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-40 6-81Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 6-37.2 6-43.2Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2Penalties-Yards 3-35 3-25Possession Time 34:05 25:55Th ird-Down Conversions 8 of 17 8 of 17Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 1-1Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0

RUSHING: Alabama-T. Richardson 26-111; Eddie Lacy 11-85; AJ McCarron 2-4; BradSmelley 1-1; Marquis Maze 1-minus 5. Penn State-Redd, Silas 22-65; Bolden, Rob4-25; Beachum, B. 3-13; Smith, Devon 1-4.

PASSING: Alabama-AJ McCarron 19-31-0-163. Penn State-Bolden, Rob 11-29-1-144;McGloin, Matt 1-10-0-0.

RECEIVING: Alabama-Marquis Maze 4-42; T. Richardson 4-19; M. Williams 3-34;Kevin Norwood 3-25; Brad Smelley 2-18; Kenny Bell 1-14; Eddie Lacy 1-6; BrandonGibson 1-5. Penn State-Moye, Derek 3-51; Brown, Justin 3-40; Redd, Silas 2-2;Kersey, Shawney 1-26; Robinson, Allen 1-12; Szczerba, A. 1-9; Suhey, Joe 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama-Mark Barron 1-0. Penn State-None.

FUMBLES: Alabama-None. Penn State-Smith, Devon 1-1; Szczerba, A. 1-1.

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—/— NORTH TEXAS (0-3) 02/2 ALABAMA (3-0) 41

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, Ala.ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: FOX SPORTS SOUTH

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Trent Richardson rushed for 167 yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries, and Eddie Lacy added 161 yards and two scores on nine carries as No. 2 Alabama rolled over North Texas, 41-0.A.J. McCarron completed 15-of-21 passes for 190 yards for the Crimson Tide (3-0).Derek Th ompson went 11-of-22 through the air for 80 yards for North Texas (0-3). Lance Dunbar caught four passes for 45 yards while James Hamilton ran for 33 yards on seven carries for the Mean Green.McCarron went 4-for-5 on the opening drive of the game to lead Alabama down to the North Texas nine-yard line, but the drive stalled there, resulting in a 26-yard fi eld goal by Jeremy Shelley.After forcing a North Texas punt, Alabama took over at their own 42. Darius Hanks gave the Crimson Tide a fi rst down with a 14-yard catch on a second and 13, and Christion Jones hauled in a 30-yard pass before Richardson rumbled in for a four-yard TD.Lacy broke off a 43-yard run down the right sideline on the second play of the second quarter to put Alabama ahead 17-0.On Alabama's next possession, McCarron was replaced by Phillip Sims at quarterback. Sims led an eight-play drive that included a 19-yard pass to Brandon Gibson and resulted in a 37-yard fi eld goal by Shelley.Sims completed 6-of-8 passes for 49 yards in his time at quarterback.McCarron came back in the game with 2:36 left in the second and led Alabama down the fi eld, but Shelley missed a 36-yard fi eld goal wide right to keep it a 20-0 game at the half.

1 2 3 4 SCORENorth Texas 0 0 0 0 0 Alabama 10 10 7 14 41

SCORING SUMMARY1st 09:54 UA Jeremy Shelley 26 yd fi eld goal, 11-69 5:06, NT 0 - UA 3 03:39 UA T. Richardson 4 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 7-58 3:16, NT 0 - UA 102nd 14:14 UA Eddie Lacy 43 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 6-76 2:32, NT 0 - UA 17 08:11 UA Jeremy Shelley 37 yd fi eld goal, 8-37 4:14, NT 0 - UA 203rd 09:39 UA T. Richardson 58 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 1-58 0:11, NT 0 - UA 274th 13:01 UA T. Richardson 71 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 1-71 0:12, NT 0 - UA 34 11:49 UA Eddie Lacy 67 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 1-67 0:15, NT 0 - UA 41

NT UAFIRST DOWNS 11 25RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-68 33-347PASSING YDS (NET) 101 239Passes Att-Comp-Int 31-13-0 29-21-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 63-169 62-586Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 6-56Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-105 1-20Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 10-44.3 1-35.0Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2Penalties-Yards 8-68 2-19Possession Time 32:13 27:47Th ird-Down Conversions 5 of 17 6 of 11Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 3-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-19 0-0

RUSHING: James Hamilton 7-33; Lance Dunbar 17-16; Brandin Byrd 3-12;B. Chancellor 1-7; Brent Osborn 2-5; Derek Th ompson 1-4; TEAM 1-minus 9.Alabama-T. Richardson 11-167; Eddie Lacy 9-161; Jalston Fowler 3-20; Blake Sims3-13; Marquis Maze 1-6; TEAM 1-minus 1; Phillip Sims 1-minus 5; AJ McCarron4-minus 14.

PASSING: Derek Th ompson 11-22-0-80; Brent Osborn 2-6-0-21; AndrewMcNulty 0-3-0-0. Alabama-AJ McCarron 15-21-0-190; Phillip Sims 6-8-0-49.

RECEIVING: Lance Dunbar 4-45; Michael Outlaw 3-35; B. Chancellor3-6; Willie Taylor 2-10; Chris Bynes 1-5. Alabama-Kenny Bell 4-55; Brad Smelley4-46; Brandon Gibson 3-35; Marquis Maze 3-26; Christion Jones 2-41; Darius Hanks2-20; M. Williams 1-10; DeAndrew White 1-5; T. Richardson 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: North Texas-None. Alabama-None.

FUMBLES: North Texas-TEAM 1-0. Alabama-TEAM 1-1; AJ McCarron 1-1.

14/12 ARKANSAS (3-1, 0-1 SEC) 143/2 ALABAMA (4-0, 1-0 SEC) 38

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, Ala.ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: CBS

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Trent Richardson recorded 126 yards on 17 carries and added 85 yards and a touchdown on three receptions as third-ranked Alabama took a 38-14 victory over No. 14 Arkansas in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.AJ McCarron connected on 15-of-20 passes for 200 yards and two scores in a winning eff ort for Alabama (4-0, 1-0 SEC)Tyler Wilson went 22-for-35 for 185 yards and two touchdowns through the air for Arkansas (3-1, 0-1).Dennis Johnson and Cobi Hamilton caught TD passes for the Razorbacks, who failed to reach 4-0 for the fi rst time since 2003.Alabama took the opening drive of the game 80 yards down the fi eld for the early lead on a 37-yard touchdown pass by McCarron to Michael Williams on a fake fi eld goal. Richardson carried the ball four times for 32 yards on the drive.After trading punts, Wilson led a 12-play, 63-yard drive to tie the game at seven. Ronnie Wingo Jr. had a 26-yard touchdown run called back on a holding call, but Wilson hit Johnson for a 10-yard score four plays later.Th e Crimson Tide took the lead back with under six minutes to go in the second quarter on Jeremy Shelley's 20-yard fi eld goal. Richardson totaled 58 yards of off ense on the 77-yard drive, but the Razorback's defense held on a 1st-and- goal at the one to force the fi eld goal.DeQuan Menzie then intercepted Wilson on a third-down pass attempt and ran it back 25 yards for a score to give Alabama a 17-7 lead at the half.

1 2 3 4 SCOREArkansas 7 0 7 0 14 Alabama 7 10 21 0 38

SCORING SUMMARY1st 11:48 UA M. Williams 37 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 7-80 3:12, AR 0 - UA 7 01:18 AR Johnson 10 yd pass from ilson (Zach Hocker kick), 12-63 5:28, AR 7 - UA 72nd 05:35 UA Jeremy Shelley 20 yd fi eld goal, 13-77 7:18, AR 7 - UA 10 04:38 UA DeQuan Menzie 25 yd interception return (Shelley kick), AR 7 - UA 173rd 11:29 UA Marquis Maze 83 yd punt return (Jeremy Shelley kick), AR 7 - UA 24 09:57 UA Richardson 61 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 2-64 0:50, AR 7 - UA 31 08:54 AR Hamilton 19 yd pass from Wilson (Hocker kick), 4-58 1:03, AR 14 - UA 31 00:48 UA Eddie Lacy 4 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 6-56 2:42, AR 14 - UA 38

AR UAFIRST DOWNS 14 16RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 19-17 39-197PASSING YDS (NET) 209 200Passes Att-Comp-Int 40-24-2 20-15-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 59-226 59-397Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-6 4-125Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-125 1-24Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-25Punts (Number-Avg) 8-44.6 6-37.5Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 3-17 5-55Possession Time 27:09 32:51Th ird-Down Conversions 4 of 15 5 of 13Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 2-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-8 1-10

RUSHING: Arkansas-R. Wingo Jr. 11-35; Tyler Wilson 1-3; Dennis Johnson 3-minus3; Joe Adams 1-minus 7; Bran. Mitchell 3-minus 11. Alabama-T. Richardson 17-126;Eddie Lacy 13-61; Jalston Fowler 4-11; AJ McCarron 5-minus 1.

PASSING: Arkansas-Tyler Wilson 22-35-1-185; Bran. Mitchell 2-5-1-24. Alabama-AJMcCarron 15-20-0-200.

RECEIVING:Arkansas-Joe Adams 6-37; Chris Gragg 4-31; Jarius Wright 4-26; R.Wingo Jr. 3-43; Dennis Johnson 2-21; Greg Childs 2-17; Cobi Hamilton 1-19;Julian Horton 1-9; Marquel Wade 1-6. Alabama-Marquis Maze 5-40; T. Richardson3-85; Darius Hanks 2-13; M. Williams 1-37; Brad Smelley 1-15; Kenny Bell 1-8;Eddie Lacy 1-4; Brandon Gibson 1-minus 2.

INTERCEPTIONS: Arkansas-None. Alabama-DeQuan Menzie 1-25; D. Milliner 1-0.

FUMBLES: Arkansas-None. Alabama-None.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 • BEN HILL GRIFFIN STADIUM • GAINESVILLE, Fla.ATTENDANCE: 90,888 • TV: CBS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Trent Richardson ran for two scores as No. 3 Alabama routed 12th-ranked Florida, 38-10, in an SEC matchup at Th e Swamp.Richardson had a career-high 181 yards on 29 carries while Eddie Lacy and A.J. McCarron added rushing touchdowns for the Crimson Tide (5-0, 2-0 SEC), who have won all of their games by double-digits. McCarron also went 12-for-25 with 140 yards passing.Florida (4-1, 2-1) quarterback John Brantley went 11-for-16 with 190 yards, one score and one interception, but left the game late in the second quarter with a right leg injury after getting sacked.Florida was called for a false start when it lined up for its fi rst play, but that didn't faze Brantley as he took the snap and lofted a deep pass down the left side for Andrew Debose, who caught it in-stride and took the ball in from 65 yards out for a 7-0 lead.Alabama marched down the fi eld and got into the red zone, but had to settle for a 32-yard fi eld goal from Jeremy Shelley with 9:47 left in the fi rst. Two plays prior, Kenny Bell was open near the end zone, but McCarron's pass was a bit off and Bell was unable to hold on to the ball as he fell backwards into the end zone.Th e Gators didn't get a big play on their next drive, but did get three points off a 21-yard fi eld goal from Caleb Sturgis with 5:19 to play in the fi rst. Two plays before the fi eld goal, Debose appeared to have a touchdown as he caught a pass in the right corner of the end zone and dragged his left foot, but a review determined that he didn't have possession of the ball before going out of bounds.Th e Tide got a huge kickoff return from Marquis Maze as he took the ball 70 yards down to the Florida 29. A 3rd-and-14 saw Maze catch a short pass and take it 18 yards down to the one. Following a penalty and incompletion, Richardson took the ball into the end zone to tie the game with 52 seconds left in the fi rst.

1 2 3 4 SCOREAlabama 10 14 0 14 38 Florida 10 0 0 0 10

SCORING SUMMARY1st 14:41 UF Debose,A. 65 yd pass from Brantley,J. (Sturgis kick), 1-60 0:19, UA 0 - UF 7 09:47 UA Jeremy Shelley 32 yd fi eld goal, 12-52 4:54, UA 3 - UF 7 05:19 UF Sturgis,C 21 yd fi eld goal, 10-55 4:28, UA 3 - UF 10 00:52 UA T. Richardson 5 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 7-29 4:27, UA 10 - UF 102nd 12:57 UA Courtney Upshaw 45 yd interception return (Shelley kick), , UA 17 - UF 10 03:13 UA AJ McCarron 1 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 10-61 4:23, UA 24 - UF 104th 12:25 UA T. Richardson 36 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 11-92 5:27, UA 31 - UF 10 08:45 UA Eddie Lacy 20 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 4-46 1:58, UA 38 - UF 10

UA UFFIRST DOWNS 21 9RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 43-226 29-15PASSING YDS (NET) 140 207Passes Att-Comp-Int 25-12-0 23-14-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 68-366 52-222Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-0 2-12Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-123 6-160Interception Returns-Yards 1-45 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 5-39.8 7-43.3Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-1Penalties-Yards 3-29 4-20Possession Time 34:41 25:19Th ird-Down Conversions 7 of 13 4 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 1-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-30 0-0

RUSHING: Alabama-T. Richardson 29-181; Eddie Lacy 5-32; Jalston Fowler 5-19; AJMcCarron 1-1; TEAM 3-minus 7. Florida-Driskel,J. 6-18; Rainey,C. 11-4;Gillislee,M. 3-4; Demps,J. 3-4; Team 2-4; Brantley,J. 4-minus 19.

PASSING: Alabama-AJ McCarron 12-25-0-140. Florida-Brantley,J. 11-16-1-190;Driskel,J. 2-6-0-14; Burton,T. 1-1-0-3.

RECEIVING: Alabama-M. Williams 3-32; Marquis Maze 2-36; T. Richardson 2-27;Darius Hanks 2-19; Brad Smelley 1-16; Kenny Bell 1-7; Eddie Lacy 1-3.Florida-Reed,J. 5-31; Rainey,C. 3-32; Debose,A. 2-90; Th ompson,D. 2-43;Hammond,F. 1-9; Demps,J. 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama-Courtney Upshaw 1-45. Florida-None.

FUMBLES: Alabama-None. Florida-Team 2-1; Patton,S. 1-0; Brantley,J. 1-0.

—/— VANDERBILT (3-2, 1-2 SEC) 02/3 ALABAMA (6-0, 3-0 SEC) 34

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, Ala.ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: ESPNU

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A.J. McCarron had four touchdown passes as No. 2 Alabama mauled Vanderbilt, 34-0, in SEC action.McCarron was 23-for-30 with 237 yards while DeAndrew White caught two touchdown passes for the Crimson Tide (6-0, 3-0 SEC), who have won all of their games by double digits and have posted two shutouts this season.Marquis Maze had nine catches for 93 yards while Trent Richardson added 19 carries for 107 yards and a score to help Alabama defeat Vanderbilt for the 21st straight time.Jordan Rodgers threw for just 104 yards on 11-of-18 passing and was picked off twice for the Commodores (3-2, 1-2), who have dropped their past two games.After an exchange of punts to start the game, Alabama took the lead with a 10- play drive that ended when McCarron and Brad Smelley connected for a six-yard score and a 7-0 lead with 7:50 left in the fi rst.Vanderbilt got into scoring position on its next touch, but Carey Spear missed a 47-yard fi eld goal attempt.Following another missed fi eld goal attempt from Spear in the second quarter, this one from 38 yards away, Alabama got its off ense back on track.A 13-play drive, which included a pass interference call on Vanderbilt and a 29-yard catch from Maze on 3rd-and-14, was capped by a leaping catch in the back of the end zone by White for a fi ve-yard score with 21 seconds left in the half.Th e Tide's fi rst possession of the second half ate up 6 1/2 minutes with 12 plays and 94 yards, ending on a one-yard run from Richardson for a 21-0 lead with 6:03 to play in the third.Another Vanderbilt punt was followed by another Alabama touchdown when McCarron and White hooked up on a 39-yard score. After the extra point was missed, it was a 27-0 game with 52 seconds to play in the third.An interception of Rodgers early in the fourth quarter setup a 17-yarrd touchdown catch by Hanks for a 34-0 lead with 12:16 to play.

1 2 3 4 SCOREVanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 Alabama 7 7 13 7 34

SCORING SUMMARY1st 07:50 UA B. Smelley 6 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 10-77 4:22, VU 0 - UA 72nd 00:21 UA D. White 5 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 13-78 3:57, VU 0 - UA 143rd 06:03 UA T. Richardson 1 yd run (Shelley kick), 12-94 6:31, VU 0 - UA 21 00:52 UA D. White 39 yd pass from McCarron (kick failed), 9-81 4:10, VU 0 - UA 274th 12:16 UA D. Hanks 17 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 3-20 1:07, VU 0 - UA 34

VU UAFIRST DOWNS 8 24RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 19-41 43-153PASSING YDS (NET) 149 266Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-15-2 33-26-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 43-190 76-419Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1--4 3-2Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-120 1-3Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-39Punts (Number-Avg) 5-41.2 3-39.3Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0Penalties-Yards 6-46 2-15Possession Time 23:46 36:14Th ird-Down Conversions 1 of 10 12 of 17Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 4-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-15 0-0

RUSHING: Vanderbilt-Jordan Rodgers 4-23; Jonathan Krause 2-6; Larry Smith 3-5;Micah Powell 1-5; Zac Stacy 4-4; Jerron Seymour 4-0; TEAM 1-minus 2. Alabama-T.Richardson 19-107; Jalston Fowler 13-58; Blake Sims 8-4; Marquis Maze 1-minus 1;AJ McCarron 1-minus 7; Phillip Sims 1-minus 8.

PASSING: Vanderbilt-Jordan Rodgers 11-18-2-104; Larry Smith 4-6-0-45. Alabama-AJMcCarron 23-30-0-237; Phillip Sims 3-3-0-29.

RECEIVING: Vanderbilt-Wesley Tate 3-46; Jerron Seymour 3-45; Zac Stacy 3-minus4; Brandon Barden 2-34; Jonathan Krause 2-8; Fitz Lassing 1-11; Udom Umoh 1-9.Alabama-Marquis Maze 9-93; Darius Hanks 5-60; DeAndrew White 3-58; Brad Smelley3-19; Blake Sims 2-18; T. Richardson 2-1; Brandon Gibson 1-12; Harrison Jones1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Vanderbilt-None. Alabama-D. Milliner 1-37; Nico Johnson 1-2.

FUMBLES: Vanderbilt-Jonathan Krause 1-0. Alabama-Blake Sims 1-0; Harrison Jones1-0.

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2/3 ALABAMA (7-0, 4-0 SEC) 52—/— MISSISSIPPI (2-4, 0-3 SEC) 7

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 • VAUGHT-HEMINGWAY STADIUM • OXFORD, Miss.ATTENDANCE: 61,792 • TV: ESPN2

OXFORD, Miss. — Trent Richardson had a career night on the ground for second-ranked Alabama, rushing for 183 yards and four touchdowns on 17 carries to help the Crimson Tide destroy the Ole Miss Rebels, 52-7.Jalston Fowler carried the ball nine times for a career-high 125 yards and two scores for the Crimson Tide (7-0, 4-0 SEC), who have won all seven of their games thus far by 16 or more points.Th e 52 points scored by Alabama is the most by the Crimson Tide in an SEC game since a 59-28 victory over Vanderbilt on September 29, 1990.From there, Richardson and Alabama took over. Michael Williams and DeAndrew White both made key third down catches on a nine-play, 79-yard march, which Richardson capped with an eight-yard rushing TD.Th e Crimson Tide took the lead for good with a 10-play scoring drive that bridged the fi rst and second quarters. On 4th-and-2 at the Ole Miss 31, Richardson rushed for 10 yards and a fresh set of downs. Richardson capped the drive with a seven-yard touchdown run for a 14-7 edge early in the second stanza.Alabama tried to extend its lead with a 53-yard Cade Foster fi eld goal, but the attempt failed.Th e Crimson Tide turned the game into a laugher in the second half. On the fi rst drive of the third quarter, Darius Hanks caught a 36-yard pass to put the ball at the eight. Richardson fi nished the six-play march with another rushing touchdown.Following an Ole Miss punt, Richardson broke off a career-long 76-yard TD run. Richardson fought through multiple arm tackles on the left side before changing direction. Th e junior running back made a great shake-and-bake move at the 10-yard line before heading into the end zone for a 31-7 lead.Brandon Gibson added a 10-yard TD catch late in the third frame to give the Crimson Tide a 45-7 margin.Fowler had a career-long 69-yard TD run in the fourth quarter to account for the fi nal margin.

1 2 3 4 SCOREAlabama 7 10 28 7 52 Mississippi 7 0 0 0 7

SCORING SUMMARY1st 12:38 UM Scott 1 yd run (Rose kick), 5-72 2:22, UA 0 - UM 7 08:24 UA T. Richardson 8 yd run (Shelley kick), 9-79 4:09, UA 7 - UM 72nd 14:11 UA T. Richardson 7 yd run (Shelley kick), 10-62 5:17, UA 14 - UM 7 01:14 UA Jeremy Shelley 24 yd fi eld goal, 7-35 3:18, UA 17 - UM 73rd 12:30 UA T. Richardson 8 yd run (Shelley kick), 6-73 2:23, UA 24 - UM 7 07:37 UA T. Richardson 76 yd run (Shelley kick), 2-92 0:48, UA 31 - UM 7 06:44 UA Jalston Fowler 8 yd run (Shelley kick), 2-15 0:41, UA 38 - UM 7 02:08 UA Gibson 10 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 5-41 2:18, UA 45 - UM 74th 10:08 UA Fowler 69 yd run (Shelley kick), 5-98 2:44, UA 52 - UM 7

UA UMFIRST DOWNS 27 9RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-389 31-28PASSING YDS (NET) 226 113Passes Att-Comp-Int 25-20-0 21-10-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 67-615 52-141Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-16 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-43 9-223Interception Returns-Yards 1-30 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 1-44.0 7-39.7Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 5-35 0-0Possession Time 33:56 26:04Th ird-Down Conversions 7 of 11 4 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-7 1-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 5-34 1-14

RUSHING: Alabama-T. Richardson 17-183; Jalston Fowler 9-125; Blake Sims 5-74;Eddie Lacy 5-22; TEAM 3-minus 6; AJ McCarron 3-minus 9. Mississippi-Devin Th omas4-12; Jeff Scott 7-11; Randall Mackey 12-6; N. Brassell 1-2; Enrique Davis7-minus 3.

PASSING: Alabama-AJ McCarron 19-24-0-224; Phillip Sims 1-1-0-2.Mississippi-Randall Mackey 10-21-1-113.

RECEIVING: Alabama-Darius Hanks 4-63; Kenny Bell 3-31; DeAndrew White 3-23;Marquis Maze 3-21; M. Williams 2-39; T. Richardson 2-30; Brad Smelley 2-9;Brandon Gibson 1-10. Mississippi-N. Brassell 4-101; Jeff Scott 3-3; Jamal Mosley1-8; Korvic Neat 1-2; Melvin Harris 1-minus 1.

INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama-Robert Lester 1-30. Mississippi-None.

FUMBLES: Alabama-None. Mississippi-Randall Mackey 1-1.

—/— TENNESSEE (3-4, 0-4 SEC) 62/3 ALABAMA (8-0, 5-0 SEC) 37

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, Ala.ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: ESPN2

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — No. 2 Alabama overcame a slow start Saturday to beat Tennessee, 37-6, after A.J. McCarron scrambled for a touchdown in the third quarter and threw a long TD pass just over two minutes later to break the game wide open.Th e Crimson Tide, looking ahead to a meeting with No. 1 LSU in two weeks, went to the locker room tied 6-6 with the Volunteers before breaking away for a modern-era school record ninth straight win by at least 16 points.McCarron threw for a career-high 284 yards, including a 39-yard strike to Kenny Bell in the end zone after the Alabama quarterback had scrambled for a score just moments earlier.Marquis Maze lead all receivers with fi ve catches for 106 yards for the Crimson Tide (8-0, 5-0 SEC) and Trent Richardson rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries.Tennessee (3-4, 0-4) failed to score at least 18 points for the eighth straight game against Alabama, getting only a pair of fi eld goals from Michael Palardy.Th e top-ranked Tigers routed No. 19 Auburn, 45-10, earlier Saturday as their fans chanted "We want 'Bama! We want 'Bama!" at the end of the game.Th e game changed for Saban's team on three plays in the third quarter. Appropriately, one of them came on defense.McCarron scrambled through the line for a two-yard touchdown, diving inside the right pylon with the ball clutched in his left hand to make it 13-6.Tennessee, gambling on an upset, went for it on 4th-and-1 but quarterback Matt Simms was stopped at the line on a close play that was reviewed and upheld.McCarron connected with Bell on a 39-yard score on the next play, dropping in a perfect pass behind the defender to give Alabama a 20-6 lead just 2:16 after the previous touchdown.Th e Crimson Tide quarterback was 17-of-26 with an interception, while Simms went 8-of-17 for just 58 yards and a pick for Tennessee.Alabama scored on each of its next three possessions, going 63 yards in six plays on the fi rst one, which ended when Richardson scored on a 12-yard run to make it 27-6.

1 2 3 4 SCORETennessee 3 3 0 0 6 Alabama 3 3 21 10 37

SCORING SUMMARY1st 03:58 UT Palardy, M. 40 yd fi eld goal, 12-45 6:37, UT 3 - UA 0 02:26 UA Shelley 26 yd fi eld goal, 5-72 1:32, UT 3 - UA 32nd 10:55 UA Shelley 29 yd fi eld goal, 10-48 4:52, UT 3 - UA 6 05:52 UT Palardy, M. 52 yd fi eld goal, 11-46 5:03, UT 6 - UA 63rd 11:08 UA McCarron 2 yd run (Shelley kick), 5-75 1:51, UT 6 - UA 13 08:52 UA Bell 39 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 1-39 0:09, UT 6 - UA 20 03:17 UA Richardson 12 yd run (Shelley kick), 6-63 3:15, UT 6 - UA 274th 11:22 UA Foster 45 yd fi eld goal, 10-46 4:41, UT 6 - UA 30 09:27 UA Richardson 1 yd run (Shelley kick), 3-9 1:30, UT 6 - UA 37

UT UAFIRST DOWNS 6 19RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-92 38-143PASSING YDS (NET) 63 294Passes Att-Comp-Int 18-9-1 28-18-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 50-155 66-437Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-11 1-4Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-149 3-36Interception Returns-Yards 1-19 1-29Punts (Number-Avg) 5-40.0 2-40.5Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0Penalties-Yards 4-25 5-38Possession Time 27:42 32:18Th ird-Down Conversions 2 of 14 7 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 5 1 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 5-7Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 2-9

RUSHING: Tennessee-Poole, T. 19-67; Lane, M. 7-21; Young, D. 1-6; Neal, R. 1-6;Worley, J. 1-0; Simms, M. 3-minus 8. Alabama-Trent Richardson 17-77; Eddie Lacy7-46; Jalston Fowler 9-27; Marquis Maze 1-minus 1; AJ McCarron 2-minus 2; TEAM2-minus 4.

PASSING: Tennessee-Simms, M. 8-17-1-58; Palardy, M. 1-1-0-5. Alabama-AJ McCarron17-26-1-284; Phillip Sims 1-2-0-10.

RECEIVING:Tennessee-Poole, T. 3-10; Rogers, D. 2-32; Rivera, M. 1-13; Anderson,A. 1-5; Young, D. 1-2; Neal, R. 1-1. Alabama-Marquis Maze 5-106; Darius Hanks3-55; Kenny Bell 3-52; Trent Richardson 3-33; Brad Smelley 2-34; Eddie Lacy2-14.

INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee-Johnson, Aus. 1-19. Alabama-Dont'a Hightower 1-29.

FUMBLES: Tennessee-Lane, M. 1-1; Simms, M. 1-0. Alabama-Marquis Maze 1-0.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, Ala.ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: CBS

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Th e most recent edition of the "Game of the Century" was fi ttingly decided in overtime, as the top-ranked LSU Tigers took advantage of Alabama's shaky kicking game to edge the No. 2 Crimson Tide, 9-6.Drew Alleman's 25-yard fi eld goal in the extra session ended college football's fi rst No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in fi ve years, but only after Alabama missed its fourth fi eld goal in the defensive slugfest.Cade Foster was unsuccessful on three kicks, including a 52-yard try after the Tide (8-1, 5-1 SEC) went backwards on the fi rst possession of OT.Michael Ford's 15-yard run set up the game-winner and put the Tigers (9-0, 6-0) in the driver's seat in the SEC West and the BCS national title race.Trent Richardson shouldered the load for Alabama, amassing 169 yards from scrimmage. A.J. McCarron threw for 199 yards with an interception on 16-of-28 attempts in defeat.Th e matchup was the fi rst of its kind in SEC regular season history and was full of suspense despite neither team fi nding the end zone.Th e closest LSU got was at the end of the fi rst half, when an Alabama holding penalty gave the Tigers 1st-and-goal from the two before they settled for a 19-yard Alleman fi eld goal just before intermission.Th e kick came after Jeremy Shelley broke the scoreless tie with a 34-yard fi eld goal with 3:53 showing.Interceptions led to another exchange of fi eld goals in the second half.Foster, after missing two kicks in the fi rst half, was called on again and this time snuck in his 46-yard attempt inside the left upright with 7:56 remaining in the third.Th ree runs netted just two yards for LSU, and Alleman knocked in a 30-yarder on the second play of the fourth to tie it.Richardson's 24-yard jaunt penetrated Tigers territory on the ensuing possession, but a trick play ended in disaster for the Tide. Wide receiver Marquis Maze was lined up in shotgun formation and faked a run before targeting an open Michael Williams near the goal line.Th e tight end had to wait for Maze's lob, allowing safety Eric Reid to make a play on the ball. Williams appeared to make a leaping catch at the one, but Reid stole the ball away before hitting the ground for a pivotal turnover.

1 2 3 4 OT SCORELSU 0 3 0 3 3 9 Alabama 0 3 3 0 0 6

SCORING SUMMARY2nd 03:53 UA Jeremy Shelley 34 yd fi eld goal, 10-79 5:00, LSU 0 - UA 3 00:00 LSU Drew Alleman 19 yd fi eld goal, 11-74 3:53, LSU 3 - UA 33rd 07:56 UA Cade Foster 46 yd fi eld goal, 4-6 1:51, LSU 3 - UA 64th 14:13 LSU Drew Alleman 30 yd fi eld goal, 4-2 1:53, LSU 6 - UA 6OT 15:00 LSU Drew Alleman 25 yd fi eld goal, 5-17 0:00, LSU 9 - UA 6

LSU UAFIRST DOWNS 15 17RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 41-148 31-96PASSING YDS (NET) 91 199Passes Att-Comp-Int 17-9-2 29-16-2TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 58-239 60-295Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-49 2-49Interception Returns-Yards 2-33 2-14Punts (Number-Avg) 6-38.2 2-39.5Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 7-56 6-73Possession Time 29:54 30:06Th ird-Down Conversions 3 of 11 5 of 13Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 1-1Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-6 1-3

RUSHING: LSU-Michael Ford 11-72; Jo. Jeff erson 11-43; Spencer Ware 16-29;Russell Shepard 1-2; Kenny Hilliard 2-2. Alabama-Trent Richardson 23-89; EddieLacy 5-19; AJ McCarron 2-minus 6; Marquis Maze 1-minus 6.

PASSING:LSU-Jo. Jeff erson 6-10-0-67; Jarrett Lee 3-7-2-24. Alabama-AJ McCarron16-28-1-199; Marquis Maze 0-1-1-0.

RECEIVING:LSU-Russell Shepard 2-39; Rueben Randle 2-19; Chase Clement 2-19;Odell Beckham 2-16; De. Peterson 1-minus 2. Alabama-Marquis Maze 6-61; TrentRichardson 5-80; Darius Hanks 2-38; Eddie Lacy 1-11; Brad Smelley 1-8; MichaelWilliams 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: LSU-Mo. Claiborne 1-33; Eric Reid 1-0. Alabama-Mark Barron 1-14;Robert Lester 1-0.

FUMBLES: LSU-None. Alabama-Trent Richardson 1-0.

4/4 ALABAMA (9-1, 6-1 SEC) 24—/— MISSISSIPPI ST. (5-5, 1-5 SEC) 7

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 • DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, Miss.ATTENDANCE: 57,871 • TV: ESPN

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Trent Richardson totaled 127 yards with a touchdown on 32 carries as the fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide rolled to a 24-7 victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs.Eddie Lacy added 11 carries for 96 yards and two touchdowns, while AJ McCarron completed 14-of-24 passes for 163 yards as Alabama (9-1, 6-1 SEC) rebounded from its fi rst loss of the season.Tyler Russell went 13-for-25 through the air for 110 yards and a touchdown for Mississippi State (5-5, 1-5), which had a two-game win streak snapped.Th e Crimson Tide were fi nally able to break the scoreless tie on their next possession. Kevin Norwood's 22-yard reception moved Alabama into Mississippi State territory before a defensive pass interference penalty on the Bulldogs kept the drive alive on a 3rd-and-9. Lacy took a pitch to the left on the next play and leapt over the pylon from two yards out with 9:59 left in the half.It was then Mississippi State's turn to miss a couple of fi eld goals as Derek DePasquale failed to convert a 41-yard kick before a Cameron Lawrence interception preceded Brian Egan's failed attempt to split the uprights from 29 yards out, keeping it a seven-point game at the half.Norwood started Alabama's fi rst touch of the second half with a 38-yard grab and Richardson later hauled in a 19-yard completion, but the nine-play drive stalled inside the Mississippi State 10 and Shelley split the uprights from 24 yards out to make the score 10-0.After each team failed to convert on fourth-down attempts near midfi eld late in the third, Richardson capped a seven-play drive that stretched into the fourth quarter by rumbling into the end zone from two yards out.But the Bulldogs quickly made it a 10-point game again as LaDarius Perkins returned the ensuing kickoff 68 yards down to the Crimson Tide 22 and Russell found Chris Smith for a 12-yard score three plays later.Each team then traded punts before the Crimson Tide took over on off ense with 6:32 left in the fourth. Richardson reeled off nine straight runs to bring the clock under two minutes and Lacy put the game away with a 32-yard run off the left side for a touchdown.

1 2 3 4 SCOREAlabama 0 7 3 14 24 Mississippi State 0 0 0 0 7

SCORING SUMMARY2nd 09:59 UA Lacy 2 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 5-52 3:20, UA 7 - MSU 03rd 07:32 UA Jeremy Shelley 24 yd fi eld goal, 8-73 5:05, UA 10 - MSU 04th 13:39 UA Richardson 2 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 7-53 3:18, UA 17 - MSU 0 12:03 MSU Smith 12 yd pass from Russell (DePasquale kick), 3-22 1:21, UA 17 - MSU 7 01:18 UA Lacy 32 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick), 11-73 5:08, UA 24 - MSU 7

UA MSUFIRST DOWNS 20 9RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 44-223 29-12PASSING YDS (NET) 163 119Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-14-1 30-15-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 68-386 59-131Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-21 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-23 5-138Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-31Punts (Number-Avg) 4-37.2 7-42.7Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 6-40 6-49Possession Time 34:50 25:10Th ird-Down Conversions 2 of 11 3 of 16Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 3Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 1-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 5-33 0-0

RUSHING: Alabama-Trent Richardson 32-127; Eddie Lacy 11-96; AJ McCarron 1-0.Mississippi State-Vick Ballard 9-21; L. Perkins 5-10; Dylan Favre 1-minus 2;Tyler Russell 10-minus 3; Chris Relf 3-minus 3; B. Swedenburg 1-minus 11.

PASSING: Alabama-AJ McCarron 14-24-1-163. Mississippi State-Tyler Russell13-25-0-110; Dylan Favre 2-3-0-9; Chris Relf 0-2-0-0.

RECEIVING: Alabama-Marquis Maze 4-22; DeAndrew White 3-21; Kevin Norwood 2-60;Trent Richardson 2-26; Michael Williams 1-16; Kenny Bell 1-16; Darius Hanks 1-2.Mississippi State-Chris Smith 5-42; Marcus Green 2-22; Chad Bumphis 2-16; ArcetoClark 2-13; Nick Griffi n 1-8; Malcolm Johnson 1-8; Vick Ballard 1-6; BrandonHeavens 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama-None. Mississippi State-C. Lawrence 1-31.

FUMBLES: Alabama-Eddie Lacy 1-0. Mississippi State-B. Swedenburg 1-0.

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—/— GA. SOUTHERN (9-2) 213/3 ALABAMA (10-1) 45

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, Ala.ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: PPV

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — AJ McCarron threw for three touchdowns and Trent Richardson ran for two, leading No. 3 Alabama to a 45-21 victory over Georgia Southern.McCarron completed 14-of-19 passes for 190 yards, while Richardson totaled 175 yards on 32 carries for the Crimson Tide (10-1), who reached 10 victories for the fourth consecutive season.Th ey have won two in a row since dropping a 9-6 overtime decision against LSU, and could fi nd themselves back in the championship mix. While Alabama entered this weekend ranked third in the BCS standings, second-ranked Oklahoma State lost to Iowa State on Friday. LSU is the only undefeated team left from a BCS conference.Dominique Swope ran for 153 yards and a score on 18 carries for the Eagles (9-2), who won the FCS' Southern Conference title this season.Jeremy Shelley kicked a 32-yard fi eld goal on Alabama's fi rst possession, and the Crimson Tide pushed its lead to 10 thanks to a defensive play. On the ensuing possession, Georgia Southern's Adrian Mora lined up for a 42-yard fi eld goal, but Alabama's Dre Kirkpatrick blocked it and returned the ball 55 yards for a touchdown.McCarron's four-yard TD pass to Richardson early in the second quarter gave Alabama a 17-0 advantage, but Swope's 82-yard run on the fi rst play of the Eagles' following drive put Georgia Southern on the board.But Alabama responded with a methodical drive that Richardson closed with fi ve consecutive runs. Th e last was a one-yard plunge into the end zone, making it a 24-7 game with a little more than six minutes left in the half.It put the Crimson Tide ahead by 17 late in the third quarter, and they used another long drive to secure the win. Starting from their own eight-yard line with 9:20 left in the game, the Crimson Tide reached the end zone in 15 plays. McCarron ended the march with a four-yard strike to Smelley with 44 seconds to play.

1 2 3 4 SCOREGeorgia Southern 0 14 7 0 21 Alabama 10 14 14 7 45

SCORING SUMMARY1st 11:48 UA Shelley 32 yd fi eld goal, 7-42 3:12, GSU 0 - UA 3 05:12 UA Kirkpatrick 55 yd blocked FG return (shelley kick), GSU 0 - UA 102nd 12:56 UA Richardson 4 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 10-71 5:02, GSU 0 - UA 17 12:36 GSU D. Swope 82 yd run (A. Mora kick), 1-82 0:20, GSU 7 - UA 17 06:16 UA Richardson 1 yd run (Shelley kick), 12-65 6:20, GSU 7 - UA 24 00:56 GSU J. Bryant 39 yd pass from J. Shaw (A. Mora kick), 9-80 5:20, GSU 14 - UA 243rd 07:17 UA Smelley 34 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 10-85 4:09, GSU 14 - UA 31 07:03 GSU L. Scott 95 yd kickoff return (A. Mora kick), , GSU 21 - UA 31 02:36 UA Richardson 1 yd run (Shelley kick), 9-74 4:27, GSU 21 - UA 384th 00:44 UA Smelley 4 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 15-92 8:36, GSU 21 - UA 45

GSU UAFIRST DOWNS 14 28RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 39-302 49-272PASSING YDS (NET) 39 190Passes Att-Comp-Int 7-1-0 19-14-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 46-341 68-462Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-4Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-190 3-74Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 2-47.5 0-0.0Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 5-40 6-35Possession Time 27:23 32:37Th ird-Down Conversions 2 of 9 7 of 10Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-2 5-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0

RUSHING: GSU-D. Swope 18-153; J. McKinnon 5-48; E. Youyoute 2-35;J. Shaw 8-26; N. Hickey 3-25; D. Robinson 2-15; R. Brown 1-0. Alabama-TrentRichardson 32-175; Eddie Lacy 6-45; Jalston Fowler 8-41; AJ McCarron 3-11.

PASSING:GSU-J. Shaw 1-5-0-39; E. Youyoute 0-2-0-0. Alabama-AJMcCarron 14-19-0-190.

RECEIVING:GSU-J. Bryant 1-39. Alabama-Brad Smelley 4-58; BrandonGibson 4-49; Marquis Maze 3-44; Kevin Norwood 1-22; Eddie Lacy 1-13; TrentRichardson 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Georgia Southern-None. Alabama-None.

FUMBLES: Georgia Southern-E. Youyoute 1-0. Alabama-None.

2/2 ALABAMA (11-1, 7-1 SEC) 42—/— AUBURN (7-5, 4-4 SEC) 14

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 • JORDAN-HARE STADIUM • AUBURN, Ala.ATTENDANCE: 87,451 • TV: CBS

AUBURN, Ala. — Trent Richardson carried the ball 27 times for a career-high 203 yards and AJ McCarron threw three touchdown passes, as the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide dominated the Auburn Tigers, 42-14, in the annual Iron Bowl.McCarron completed 18-of-23 passes for 184 yards for the Crimson Tide (11-1, 7-1 SEC), who will most likely secure the coveted No. 2 position in the BCS rankings.Brad Smelley caught six passes for 86 yards and a score for Alabama, which has won three in a row since a loss to top-ranked LSU on November 5. Kenny Bell hauled in two passes for 46 yards and a touchdown.Richardson had a fi ve-yard TD catch for the Crimson Tide, who avenged a 28-27 home loss to Auburn last year.Alabama's off ense got going after each team punted once to start the game. Smelley kept the nine-play drive alive twice with some big catches on third down. He hauled in passes of eight and 11 yards to put the ball near midfi eld, and McCarron launched a 41-yard bomb to Bell for a 7-0 lead.After Auburn went three-and-out, the Crimson Tide took over at the Tigers' 35 due to a 10-yard punt. On the fi rst play, McCarron used a play-action pass to fake out the defense, leaving Smelley wide open on the left side of the fi eld for an easy touchdown.Alabama was backed up at its own 10 after forcing another punt by the Tigers. McCarron was sacked from behind by Corey Lemonier and lost control of the football, which Kenneth Carter fell on in the end zone for an Auburn score.Th e Crimson Tide took the momentum right back with a 12-play, 80-yard scoring drive. From there, McCarron rolled to his right and hooked up with Richardson to make it 21-7 with 9:11 left until halftime.Th e Tigers made things a bit interesting early in the second half, when Onterio McCalebb took the opening kickoff back 83 yards for a touchdown.Alabama's defense essentially put the game away on the third play of the fourth quarter. Moseley was intercepted by Dee Milliner, who sprinted 35 yards the other way for a touchdown.Richardson followed with an electrifying 57-yard run to put the ball inside the 20. Jalston Fowler's 15-yard rushing TD made it a 42-14 game with 6:40 to play.

1 2 3 4 SCOREAlabama 14 10 3 15 42 Auburn 7 0 7 0 14

SCORING SUMMARY1st 06:33 UA Bell 41 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 9-81 4:35, UA 7 - AU 0 04:25 UA Smelley 35 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 1-35 0:08, UA 14 - AU 0 00:04 AU K.Carter 0 yd fumble recovery (Parkey kick), , UA 14 - AU 72nd 09:11 UA Richardson 5 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 12-80 5:53, UA 21 - AU 7 01:44 UA Jeremy Shelley 30 yd fi eld goal, 12-51 5:56, UA 24 - AU 73rd 14:49 AU O. McCalebb 83 yd kickoff return (Parkey kick), , UA 24 - AU 14 08:47 UA Jeremy Shelley 28 yd fi eld goal, 10-69 6:02, UA 27 - AU 144th 14:38 UA Milliner 35 yd int. return (M. Williams pass from McCarron), , UA 35 - AU 14 06:40 UA Fowler 15 yd run (Shelley kick), 5-90 2:54, UA 42 - AU 14

UA AUFIRST DOWNS 19 9RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-213 35-78PASSING YDS (NET) 184 62Passes Att-Comp-Int 23-18-0 20-11-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 58-397 55-140Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-21 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 0-0 6-183Interception Returns-Yards 1-35 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 3-40.3 6-41.7Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1Penalties-Yards 3-20 4-40Possession Time 31:38 28:22Th ird-Down Conversions 7 of 13 3 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 4Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 0-1Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-17 1-10

RUSHING: Alabama-Trent Richardson 27-203; Jalston Fowler 1-15; Eddie Lacy 4-6;Marquis Maze 1-1; TEAM 1-minus 2; AJ McCarron 1-minus 10. Auburn-Michael Dyer13-48; Kiehl Frazier 8-28; Tre Mason 3-10; O. McCalebb 5-6; Quan Bray 1-minus 3;Trovon Reed 1-minus 3; Clint Moseley 4-minus 8.

PASSING: Alabama-AJ McCarron 18-23-0-184. Auburn-Clint Moseley 11-18-1-62; KiehlFrazier 0-2-0-0.

RECEIVING: Alabama-Brad Smelley 6-86; Marquis Maze 4-18; Kenny Bell 2-46;Brandon Gibson 2-13; Michael Williams 2-12; Trent Richardson 1-5; Eddie Lacy1-4. Auburn-Quan Bray 5-22; Lutzenkirchen 2-20; O. McCalebb 2-17; Trovon Reed2-3.

INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama-DeMarcus Milliner 1-35. Auburn-None.

FUMBLES: Alabama-AJ McCarron 1-1. Auburn-O. McCalebb 1-0; Clint Moseley 1-1.

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Bowl BoundTOTAL APPEARANCES: 58WINS: *32 LOSSES: 22 TIES: 3

Year Bowl Result1926..........Rose .......................................................... Alabama 20, Washington 191927..........Rose ....................................................................Alabama 7, Stanford 71931..........Rose ....................................................Alabama 24, Washington State 01935..........Rose ................................................................Alabama 29, Stanford 131938..........Rose ................................................................California 13, Alabama 01942..........Cotton ......................................................Alabama 29, Texas A&M 211943..........Orange ..................................................Alabama 37, Boston College 211945..........Sugar ....................................................................Duke 29, Alabama 261946..........Rose .........................................................Alabama 34, Southern Cal 141948..........Sugar ..................................................................... Texas 27, Alabama 71953..........Orange .............................................................. Alabama 61, Syracuse 61954..........Cotton .................................................................... Rice 28, Alabama 61959..........Liberty .............................................................Penn State 7, Alabama 01960..........Bluebonnet .............................................................. Alabama 3, Texas 31962..........Sugar .................................................................Alabama 10, Arkansas 31963..........Orange ...........................................................Alabama 17, Oklahoma 01964..........Sugar ............................................................. Alabama 12, Mississippi 71965..........Orange ................................................................ Texas 21, Alabama 171966..........Orange ...........................................................Alabama 39, Nebraska 281967..........Sugar ................................................................Alabama 34, Nebraska 71968..........Cotton ......................................................Texas A&M 20, Alabama 161968..........Gator ..............................................................Missouri 35, Alabama 101969..........Liberty ...........................................................Colorado 47, Alabama 331970..........Bluebonnet ...................................................Alabama 24, Oklahoma 241972..........Orange .............................................................Nebraska 38, Alabama 61973..........Cotton ................................................................ Texas 17, Alabama 131973..........Sugar ........................................................ Notre Dame 24, Alabama 231975..........Orange ..................................................... Notre Dame 13, Alabama 111975..........Sugar ..............................................................Alabama 13, Penn State 61976..........Liberty .................................................................Alabama 36, UCLA 61978..........Sugar ............................................................. Alabama 35, Ohio State 61979..........Sugar ..............................................................Alabama 14, Penn State 71980..........Sugar .................................................................Alabama 24, Arkansas 91981..........Cotton ................................................................. Alabama 30, Baylor 21982..........Cotton ................................................................ Texas 14, Alabama 121982..........Liberty ...............................................................Alabama 21, Illinois 151983..........Sun ........................................................................Alabama 28, SMU 71985..........Aloha .........................................................Alabama 24, Southern Cal 31986..........Sun ............................................................. Alabama 28, Washington 61988..........Hall of Fame ................................................. Michigan 28, Alabama 241988..........Sun ......................................................................Alabama 29, Army 281990..........Sugar ..................................................................Miami 33, Alabama 251991..........Fiesta ............................................................... Louisville 34, Alabama 71991..........Blockbuster ....................................................Alabama 30, Colorado 251993..........Sugar ..................................................................Alabama 34, Miami 131993..........Gator ................................................... Alabama 24, North Carolina 101995..........Citrus .......................................................... Alabama 24, Ohio State 171997..........Outback ........................................................ Alabama 17, Michigan 141998..........Music City ................................................Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 72000..........Orange ................................................Michigan 35, Alabama 34 (OT)2001..........Independence ...........................................................Alabama 14, Iowa State 132004 .........Music City ...................................................Minnesota 20, Alabama 16*2005 ........Cotton ..........................................................Alabama 13, Texas Tech 102006 .........Independence ....................................... Oklahoma State 34, Alabama 312007 .........Independence ..................................................Alabama 30, Colorado 242009 .........Sugar ......................................................................Utah 31, Alabama 172010 .........BCS National Championship ................................Alabama 37, Texas 212011 .........Capital One ..............................................Alabama 49, Michigan State 72012 .........BCS National Championship .......................................Alabama vs. LSU*Vacated per NCAA ruling

BOWL GAME APPEARANCES (BY GAME): Sugar - 13 Gator - 2 Orange - 8 BCS National Championship Game - 1 Blockbuster - 1 Cotton - 7 Fiesta - 1 Rose - 6 Citrus - 1 Liberty - 4 Hall of Fame - 1 Independence - 3 Aloha - 1 Sun - 3 Outback - 1 Music City - 2 Bluebonnet - 2 Capital One - 1

Rose BowlJohnny Mack Brown (HB), 1926Millard “Dixie” Howell (HB), 1935

Sugar BowlVaughn Mancha (C), 1945Tom Whitley (T), 1948Harry Gilmer (HB), 1945Ray Richeson (G), 1948

Cotton BowlHolt Rast (E), 1942Don Whitmire (T), 1942Jimmy Nelson (HB), 1942Paul Bryant (Coach), 1968, ‘73, ‘81, ‘82

Orange BowlJoe Domnanovich (C), 1943Don Whitmire (T), 1943Lee Roy Jordan (LB), 1963Joe Namath (QB), 1965Ray Perkins (E), 1966Steve Sloan (QB), 1966John Hannah (G), 1972Leroy Cook (E), 1975Mike Washington (CB), 1975

ALABAMA ON ALL-TIME BOWL TEAMS

ALL-TIME BOWL OPPONENTSOpponent Bowl RecordArkansas .............................................................................................................. 2-0Army .................................................................................................................. 1-0Baylor.................................................................................................................. 1-0Boston College .................................................................................................... 1-0California ............................................................................................................ 0-1Colorado ............................................................................................................. 2-1Duke ................................................................................................................... 0-1Illinois ................................................................................................................. 1-0Iowa State ........................................................................................................... 1-0Louisville ............................................................................................................. 0-1Miami ................................................................................................................. 1-1Michigan ............................................................................................................. 1-2Michigan State .................................................................................................... 1-0Missouri .............................................................................................................. 0-1Minnesota ........................................................................................................... 0-1Mississippi ........................................................................................................... 1-0Nebraska ............................................................................................................. 2-1North Carolina ................................................................................................... 1-0Notre Dame ........................................................................................................ 0-2Ohio State ........................................................................................................... 2-0Oklahoma .......................................................................................................1-0-1Oklahoma State .................................................................................................. 0-1Penn State ........................................................................................................... 2-1Rice ..................................................................................................................... 0-1SMU ................................................................................................................... 1-0USC .................................................................................................................... 2-0Stanford ...........................................................................................................1-0-1Syracuse .............................................................................................................. 1-0Texas ................................................................................................................1-4-1Texas A&M ....................................................................................................... 1-1*Texas Tech ........................................................................................................ 1-0Utah .................................................................................................................... 0-1UCLA ................................................................................................................. 1-0Virginia Tech ...................................................................................................... 0-1Washington ....................................................................................................... 2-0Washington State ................................................................................................ 1-0*later vacated per NCAA ruling

BOWL RECORD VS. CONFERENCESConference UA RecordACC .........................................................................................................1-1 (.500)Big East .....................................................................................................1-2 (.333)Big Ten ....................................................................................................... 5-3 (.625)Big 12 ..................................................................................................*9-9-1 (.500)Mountain West .........................................................................................0-1 (.000)Pac 12 .................................................................................................. 7-1-1 (.833)SEC ........................................................................................................1-0 (1.000)Independents.............................................................................................5-4 (.556)*Actual record is 10-9-1. 2006 Cotton Bowl win over Texas Tech was later vacated per NCAA ruling.

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BCS National ChampionshipVarious Sites

Record: Won 1, Lost 0

2010 Alabama 37, Texas 21

Outstanding Player Award2010 Running Back Mark Intram (Offense) Defensive Lineman Marcell Dareus (Defense)

Orange BowlMiami, Florida


1943 Alabama 37, Boston College 211953 Alabama 61, Syracuse 61963 Alabama 17, Oklahoma 01965 Texas 21, Alabama 171966 Alabama 39, Nebraska 281972 Nebraska 38, Alabama 61975 Notre Dame 13, Alabama 112000 Michigan 35, Alabama 34 (OT)

Outstanding Player Award1963 Linebacker Lee Roy Jordan1965 Quarterback Joe Namath1966 Quarterback Steve Sloan1975 End Leroy Cook (Defense)

Cotton BowlDallas, Texas

*Record: Won 2, Lost 4

1942 Alabama 29, Texas A&M 211954 Rice 28, Alabama 61968 Texas A&M 20, Alabama 161973 Texas 17, Alabama 131981 Alabama 30, Baylor 21982 Texas 14, Alabama 12*2006 Alabama 13, Texas Tech 10

*Vacated per NCAA ruling

Outstanding Player Award1942 End Holt Rast, Tackle Don Whitmire, and Halfback Jimmy Nelson1981 Halfback Major Ogilvie and Middle Guard Warren Lyles1982 Linebacker Robbie Jones2006 Quarterback Brodie Croyle (Offense) Linebacker DeMeco Ryans (Defense)

Sugar BowlNew Orleans, LouisianaRecord: Won 8, Lost 5

1945 Duke 29, Alabama 261948 Texas 27, Alabama 71962 Alabama 10, Arkansas 31964 Alabama 12, Mississippi 71967 Alabama 34, Nebraska 71973 Notre Dame 24, Alabama 231975 Alabama 13, Penn State 61978 Alabama 35, Ohio State 61979 Alabama 14, Penn State 71980 Alabama 24, Arkansas 91990 Miami 33, Alabama 251993 Alabama 34, Miami 132009 Utah 31, Alabama 17

Outstanding Player Award1962 Fullback Mike Fracchia1964 Field Goal Kicker Tim Davis1967 Quarterback Ken Stabler1975 Quarterback Richard Todd1978 Quarterback Jeff Rutledge1979 Linebacker Barry Krauss1980 Halfback Major Ogilvie1993 Tailback Derrick Lassic

Rose BowlPasadena, California

Record: Won 4, Lost 1, Tied 1

1926 Alabama 20, Washington 191927 Alabama 7, Stanford 71931 Alabama 24, Washington State 01935 Alabama 29, Stanford 131938 California 13, Alabama 01946 Alabama 34, Southern Cal 14

Outstanding Player Award1926 Back Johnny Mack Brown1927 Tackle Fred Pickhard1931 Back John Campbell1935 Back Millard “Dixie” Howell1946 Back Harry Gilmer

Gator BowlJacksonville, FloridaRecord: Won 1, Lost 1

1968 Missouri 35, Alabama 101993 Alabama 24, North Carolina 10

Outstanding Player Award1993 Quarterback Brian Burgdorf

Blockbuster BowlFt. Lauderdale, FloridaRecord: Won 1, Lost 0

1991 Alabama 30, Colorado 25

Outstanding Player Award1991 Receiver/PR David Palmer

Liberty BowlPhiladelphia & Memphis


1959 Penn State 7, Alabama 01969 Colorado 47, Alabama 331976 Alabama 36, UCLA 61982 Alabama 21, Illinois 15

Outstanding Player Award1976 Linebacker Barry Krauss1982 Defensive Back Jeremiah Castille

Bluebonnet BowlHouston, Texas

Record: Won 0, Lost 0, Tied 2

1960 Alabama 3, Texas 31970 Alabama 24, Oklahoma 24

Outstanding Player Award1960 Linebacker Lee Roy Jordan (Defensive Player)1970 Linebacker Jeff Rouzie (Defensive Player)

Sun BowlEl Paso, Texas


1983 Alabama 28, SMU 71986 Alabama 28, Washington 61988 Alabama 29, Army 28

Outstanding Player Award1983 Quarterback Walter Lewis1983 Center Wes Neighbors1986 Linebacker Cornelius Bennett1988 Quarterback David Smith (Player) Linebacker Derrick Thomas (Lineman)

Aloha BowlHonolulu, Hawaii


1985 Alabama 24, Southern Cal 3

Outstanding Player Award1985 Linebacker Cornelius Bennett (Defense)1985 Halfback Gene Jelks (Offense)

Citrus Bowl/Capital One Bowl

Orlando, FloridaRecord: Won 2, Lost 0

1995 Alabama 24, Ohio State 172011 Alabama 49, Michigan State 7

Outstanding Player Award1995 Tailback Sherman Williams (Offense)2011 Linebacker Courtney Upshaw

Hall of Fame BowlTampa, Florida


1988 Michigan 28, Alabama 24

Fiesta BowlTempe, Arizona


1991 Louisville 34, Alabama 7

Music City BowlNashville, TennesseeRecord: Won 0, Lost 2

1998 Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 72004 Minnesota 20, Alabama 16

The Outback BowlTampa, Florida


1997 Alabama 17, Michigan 14

Outstanding Player Award1997 Linebacker Dwayne Rudd

Independence BowlShreveport, LouisianaRecord: Won 2, Lost 1

2001 Alabama 14, Iowa State 132006 Oklahoma State 34, Alabama 312007 Alabama 30, Colorado 24

Co-Defensive Player Award2001 Strong Safety Waine Bacon

Outstanding Player Award2007 Quarterback John Parker Wilson

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Alabama Bowl RecordsTeam Bests FIRST DOWNS

Most Total First Downs29 ......... vs. Army, 1988 Sun29 ......... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange28 ......... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus28 ......... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame25 ......... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar25 ......... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange25 ......... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

Fewest Total First Downs 1 .......... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 4 .......... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 6 .......... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 7 .......... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar 8 .......... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty

Most First Downs Rushing17 ......... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar17 ......... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty16 ......... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange14 ......... vs. North Carolina, 1993 Gator14 ......... vs. Southern California, 1985 Aloha14 ......... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar14 ......... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange

Fewest First Downs Rushing0 ........... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar0 ........... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton1 ........... vs. Minnesota, 2004 Music City2 ........... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet3 ........... vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar3 ........... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange3 ........... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator

Most First Downs Passing23 ......... vs. Army, 1988 Sun18 ......... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame14 ......... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange13 ......... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence13 ......... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus13 ......... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

Fewest First Downs Passing1 ........... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar1 ........... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar1 ........... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty1 ........... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton2 ........... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator2 ........... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet3 ........... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship3 ........... vs. Southern California, 1985 Aloha3 ........... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar3 ........... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar3 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange

Most First Downs By Penalty4 ........... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty4 ........... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar3 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange3 ........... vs. Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton3 ........... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun

Fewest First Downs By Penalty0 ............19 times – most recent: vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence (Others – vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty; vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet; vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar; vs. Oklahoma, 1963 Orange; vs. Texas, 1965 Orange; vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar; vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange; vs. Texas, 1973 Cotton; vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange; vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar; vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton; vs. Illinois, 1982 Liberty; vs. Michigan, 1988

Hall of Fame; vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster; vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback; vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City; vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange; vs. Iowa State, 2001 Independence; vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence)1 ............15 times 0 – most recent: vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One (Others – vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar; vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator; vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet; vs. Notre Dame, 1973 Sugar; vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar; vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar; vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton; vs. USC, 1985 Aloha; vs. Washington, 1986 Sun; vs. Army, 1988 Sun; vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta; vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar; vs. North Carolina, 1993 Gator; vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence)

TOTAL OFFENSE

Most Total Yards586 ....... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange546 ....... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One521 ....... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus518 ....... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange507 ....... vs. Army, 1988 Sun

Fewest Total Yards23 ......... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator75 ......... vs. Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton98 ......... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose103 ....... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar131 ....... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty

Most Yards Per Play10.6 ...... vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose - 36 plays, 383 yards8.7 ........ vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange - 67 plays, 586 yards8.1 ........ vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One - 67 plays, 546 yards6.5 ........ vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose - 51 plays, 333 yards6.3 ........ vs. Army, 1988 Sun - 88 plays, 507 yards

Fewest Yards Per Play0.4 ........ vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator - 56 plays, 23 yards2.27 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton - 33 plays, 75 yards2.28 ...... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar - 45 plays, 103 yards2.6 ........ vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose - 38 plays, 98 yards2.8 ........ vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta - 68 plays 189 yards2.8 ........ vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty - 47 plays, 131 yards2.8 ........ vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar - 69 plays, 194 yards

RUSHING

Most Rush Attempts68 ......... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar67 ......... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton64 ......... vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster62 ......... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun60 ......... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar60 ......... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar

Fewest Rush Attempts21 ......... vs. Minnesota 2004, Music City26 ......... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange28 ......... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar29 ......... vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar29 ......... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator

Most Yards Rushing293 ....... vs. USC, 1946 Rose286 ....... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange284 ....... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar280 ....... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar268 ....... vs. Illinois, 1982 Liberty268 ....... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty

Fewest Yards Rushing-45 ........ vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator21 ......... vs. Minnesota, 2004 Music City31 ......... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar38 ......... vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar41 ......... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar

Most Yards Per Rush7.3 ........ vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose - 23 rushes, 167 yards6.4 ........ vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange Bowl - 45 rushes, 286 yards6.3 ....... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One - 44 rushes, 275 yards5.9 ........ vs. Boston College, 1943 Orange - 42 rushes, 246 yards5.4 ........ vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar - 53 rushes, 284 yards5.4 ........ vs. Rice, 1954 Cotton - 35 rushes, 188 yards

Fewest Yards Per Rush-1.5 ....... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator - 29 plays, -45 yards0.9 ........ vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar - 33 rushes, 31 yards1.0 ........ vs. Minnesota, 2004 Music City - 21 rushes, 21 yards1.3 ........ vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar - 29 rushes, 38 yards1.5 ........ vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City - 32 rushes, 50 yards1.5 ........ vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar - 28 rushes, 41 yards

Most Touchdowns Rushing6 ........... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One4 ........... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship4 ........... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange3 ........... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange3 ........... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar3 ........... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun3 ........... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton3 ........... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar3 ........... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar3 ........... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty3 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Cotton3 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Sugar

Fewest Touchdowns Rushing0 ........... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar0 ........... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence0 ........... vs. Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton0 ........... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City0 ........... vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster0 ........... vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta0 ........... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar0 ........... vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton0 ........... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange0 ........... vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet0 ........... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator0 ........... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange0 ........... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar0 ........... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet0 ........... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty0 ........... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar0 ........... vs. California, 1938 Rose

PASSING

Most Pass Attempts52 ......... vs. Army, 1988 Sun44 ......... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange43 ......... vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar40 ......... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame37 ......... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus

Fewest Pass Attempts7 ........... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar7 ........... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton8 ........... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty8 ........... vs. Duke, 1945 Sugar10 ......... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar

Most Pass Completions32 ......... vs. Army, 1988 Sun27 ......... vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar23 ......... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame22 ......... vs. Minnesota 2004 Music City22 ......... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange

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Fewest Pass Completions1 ........... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton2 ........... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty3 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange3 ........... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar4 ........... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar4 ........... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar4 ........... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar4 ........... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar4 ........... vs. Southern California, 1946 Rose4 ........... vs. California, 1937 Rose

Highest Completion Percentage(Minimum 10 Completions)83.3 ...... vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar (10 of 12)82.6 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One (19 of 23)76.9 ...... vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose (10 of 13)70.6 ...... vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster (12 of 17)68.9 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange (20 of 29)

Notable Performance:100.0 .... vs. Duke, 1945 Sugar (8 of 8)

Lowest Completion Percentage14.3 ...... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose (1 of 7)14.3 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton (1 of 7)23.1 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange (3 of 13)23.5 ...... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar (4 of 17)25.0 ...... vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose (2 of 8)25.0 ...... vs. California, 1938 Rose (3 of 12)25.0 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty (2 of 8)

Most Passing Yards412 ....... vs. Army, 1988 Sun317 ....... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus300 ....... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange298 ....... vs. Texas, 1966 Orange296 ....... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange

Fewest Passing Yards9 ........... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose16 ......... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton18 ......... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar20 ......... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar22 ......... vs. California, 1938 Rose

Most Touchdown Passes3 ........... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence3 ........... vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster3 ........... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar3 ........... vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet3 ........... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange2 ........... 10 times – last: vs. North Carolina, 1993 Gator

Fewest Touchdown Passes0 ........... 19 times – most recent: vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship

Most Interceptions Thrown3 ........... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City3 ........... vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta3 ........... vs. Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton3 ........... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar2 ........... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar2 ........... vs. Illinois, 1982 Liberty2 ........... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar2 ........... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange2 ........... vs. Texas, 1973 Cotton2 ........... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator2 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar2 ........... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange2 ........... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange2 ........... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar

Fewest Interceptions Thrown0 ........... 23 times – last: vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

PUNTING

Most Punts16 ......... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton13 ......... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose11 ......... vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose10 ......... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar10 ......... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator

Fewest Punts1 ........... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar2 ........... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty2 ........... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One3 ........... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange4 ........... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 4 ........... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence4 ........... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus4 ........... vs. Army, 1988 Sun4 ........... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame4 ........... vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet4 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar

Most Punting Yards581 ....... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton419 ....... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator412 ....... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose412 ....... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun402 ....... vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose

Fewest Punting Yards33 ......... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar53 ......... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty77 ......... vs. USC, 1946 Rose79 ......... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One90 ......... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange

Best Punting Average46.5 ...... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback45.7 ...... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun45.5 ...... vs. Army, 1988 Sun45.2 ...... vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton44.5 ...... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar

Worst Punting Average19.8 ...... vs. USC, 1946 Rose23.0 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar24.0 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus26.5 ...... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty29.0 ...... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City

PUNT RETURNS

Most Punt Returns6 ........... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange6 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange6 ........... vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster5 ........... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange5 ........... vs. Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton5 ........... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange5 ........... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar

Fewest Punt Returns0 ........... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator0 ........... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty0 ........... vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta0 ........... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback0 ........... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence1 ........... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty1 ........... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar1 ........... vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton1 ........... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame1 ........... vs. North Carolina, 1993 Gator1 ........... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City1 ........... vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence1 ........... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar

Most Punt Return Yards168 ....... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange136 ....... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange108 ....... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange86 ......... vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence74 ......... vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster

Fewest Punt Return Yards-3 .......... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City0 ........... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator0 ........... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty0 ........... vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta0 ........... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback0 ........... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence

KICKOFF RETURNS

Most Kickoff Returns8 ........... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty7 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange6 ........... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar6 ........... vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta6 ........... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City6 ........... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar

Fewest Kickoff Returns0 ........... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet0 ........... vs. Oklahoma, 1963 Orange0 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange0 ........... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty1 ........... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar1 ........... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar1 ........... vs, UCLA, 1976 Liberty1 ........... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar1 ........... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar1 ........... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton1 ........... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun1 ........... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun1 ........... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback1 ........... vs. Iowa State, 2001 Independence1 ........... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar1 ........... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

Most Kickoff Return Yards149 ....... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar128 ....... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange127 ....... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty119 ....... vs. Army, 1988 Sun113 ....... vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet

Fewest Kickoff Return Yards0 ........... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty0 ........... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet0 ........... vs. Oklahoma 1963 Orange0 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange5 ........... vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence

FUMBLES

Most Fumbles10 ......... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar7 ........... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty6 ........... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar5 ........... vs. Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton5 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange5 ........... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange5 ........... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton

Fewest Fumbles0 ........... vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose0 ........... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar0 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange0 ........... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha0 ........... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun0 ........... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar0 ........... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar0 ........... vs. Iowa State, 2001 Independence0 ........... vs. Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton



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Alabama Bowl RecordsTeam Bests Most Fumbles Lost4 ........... vs. Rice, 1954 Cotton4 ........... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty3 ........... vs. California, 1938 Rose3 ........... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar3 ........... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar3 ........... vs. Illinois, 1982 Liberty3 ........... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus

Fewest Fumbles Lost0 ........... vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose0 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange0 ........... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty0 ........... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha0 ........... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun0 ........... vs. Army, 1988 Sun0 ........... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar0 ........... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar0 ........... vs. North Carolina, 1993 Gator0 ........... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange0 ........... vs. Iowa State, 2001 Independence0 ........... vs. Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton0 ........... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

PENALTIES

Most Penalties18 ......... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange11 ......... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar10 ......... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha10 ......... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City8 ........... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton8 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange8 ........... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback8 ........... vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence8 ........... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback

Fewest Penalties0 ........... vs. Washington, 1926 Rose0 ........... vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar1 ........... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose1 ........... vs. California, 1938 Rose1 ........... vs. Duke, 1945 Sugar1 ........... vs. Oklahoma, 1963 Orange1 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar1 ........... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator1 ........... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange1 ........... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar1 ........... vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton1 ........... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun1 ........... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange1 ........... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar1 ........... vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton1 ........... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun

Most Penalty Yards132 ....... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange94 ......... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City93 ......... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha89 ......... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton81 ......... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton

Fewest Penalty Yards0 ........... Penn State, 1975 Sugar5 ........... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose5 ........... vs. California, 1938 Rose5 ........... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange5 ........... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar5 ........... vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton

SCORING

Most Points61 ......... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange49 ......... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One39 ......... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange37 ......... vs. Boston College, 1943 Orange37 ......... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship

Fewest Points0 ........... vs. California, 1938 Rose0 ........... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty3 ........... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet6 ........... vs. Rice, 1954 Cotton6 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange

Most Points - Any Quarter24 ......... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship (2nd)22 ......... vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose Bowl (2nd)22 ......... vs. Boston College, 1943 Orange (2nd)21 ......... vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose (2nd)21 ......... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One (2nd)

Most Points – First Quarter20 ......... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence17 ......... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar17 ......... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty14 ......... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar14 ......... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun

Most Points – Second Quarter24 ......... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship22 ......... vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose22 ......... vs. Boston College, 1943 Orange21 ......... vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose21 ......... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

Most Points – Third Quarter20 ......... vs. Washington, 1926 Rose20 ......... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange14 ......... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty14 ......... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun14 ......... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar14 ......... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange14 ......... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

Most Points – Fourth Quarter20 ......... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange15 ......... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame14 ......... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar14 ......... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton14 ......... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha14 ......... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback14 ......... vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence

Most Points - Any Half40 ......... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange (2nd)28 ......... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One (1st)28 ......... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun (1st)27 ......... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence (1st)24 ......... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange (1st)24 ......... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar (1st)24 ......... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty (1st)24 ......... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship (1st)

Most Points – First Half28 ......... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One28 ......... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun27 ......... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence24 ......... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange24 ......... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar24 ......... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty24 ......... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship

Most Points – Second Half40 ......... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange22 ......... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton22 ......... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar

21 ......... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha21 ......... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun21 ......... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame21 ......... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar21 ......... vs. Michigan State 2011 Capital One

Fewest Points in a Win10 ......... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar12 ......... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar13 ......... vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar13 ......... vs. Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton14 ......... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar14 ......... vs. Iowa State, 2001 Independence

Most Points in a Loss34 ......... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange33 ......... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty31 ......... vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence26 ......... vs. Duke, 1945 Sugar25 ......... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar

Most Combined Points (Both Teams)80 ......... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty (CU 47, UA 33)69 ......... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange (UM 35, UA 34)67 ......... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange (UA 61, SU 6)67 ......... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange (UA 39, NU 28)65 ......... vs. Okla. State, 2006 Independence (OSU 34, UA 31)

Fewest Combined Points (Both Teams)6 ........... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet (UA 3, UT 3)7 ........... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty (PSU 7, UA 0)13 ......... vs. California, 1938 Rose (Cal 13, UA 0)13 ......... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar (UA 10, Ark 3)14 ......... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose (UA 7, SU 7)

TOUCHDOWNS

Most Total Touchdowns9 ........... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange7 ........... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One5 ........... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange5 ........... vs. Boston College, 1943 Orange5 ........... vs. USC, 1946 Rose5 ........... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty5 ........... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar5 ........... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange5 ........... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship

FIELD GOALS

Most Field Goal Attempts5 ........... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar

Most Field Goals Made4 ........... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar3 ........... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty3 ........... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton3 ........... vs. Army, 1988 Sun3 ........... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence

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Most Total First Downs29 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty25 ......... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta24 ......... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar23 ......... Iowa State, 2001 Independence23 ......... Minnesota, 2004 Music City23 ......... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence

Fewest Total First Downs3 ........... USC, 1946 Rose7 ........... Arkansas, 1962 Sugar8 ........... Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster9 ........... Mississippi, 1964 Sugar10 ......... Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet10 ......... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange

Most First Downs By Penalty4 ........... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton3 ........... Texas, 1965 Orange3 ........... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship2 ........... Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet2 ........... Notre Dame, 1973 Sugar2 ........... Arkansas, 1980 Sugar2 ........... Baylor, 1981 Cotton2 ........... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar2 ........... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City2 ........... Utah, 2009 Sugar

Fewest First Downs By Penalty0 ........... 17 times – most recent: Colorado, 2007 Independence(Others – California, 1938 Rose; Penn State, 1959 Liberty; Oklahoma, 1963 Orange; Mississippi, 1964 Sugar; Nebraska, 1967 Sugar; Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton; Colorado, 1969 Liberty; Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet; Penn State, 1975 Sugar; UCLA, 1976 Liberty; Ohio State, 1978 Sugar; Penn State, 1979 Sugar; Texas, 1982 Cotton; Illinois, 1982 Liberty; SMU, 1983 Sun; Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster; Colorado, 2007 Independence)1 ........... 21 times – most recent: Michigan State, 2011 Capital One(Others – Arkansas, 1962 Sugar; Nebraska, 1966 Orange; Missouri, 1968 Gator; Nebraska, 1972 Orange; Texas, 1973 Cotton; Notre Dame, 1975 Orange; USC, 1985 Aloha; Washington, 1986 Sun; Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame; Army, 1988 Sun; Louisville, 1991 Fiesta; Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar; North Carolina, 1993 Gator; Ohio State, 1995 Citrus; Michigan, 1997 Outback; Michigan, 2000 Orange; Iowa State, 2001 Independence; Minnesota, 2004 Music City; Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton; Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence)

TOTAL OFFENSE

Most Plays88 ......... Missouri, 1968 Gator86 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty85 ......... Minnesota, 2004 Music City83 ......... Illinois, 1982 Liberty81 ......... Texas A&M 1941 Cotton81 ......... Arkansas, 1980 Sugar

Fewest Plays35 ......... Washington State, 1931 Rose43 ......... Stanford, 1927 Rose43 ......... Nebraska, 1966 Orange44 ......... USC, 1946 Rose48 ......... Arkansas, 1962 Sugar48 ......... Mississippi, 1964 Sugar

Most Total Yards571 ....... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta563 ....... Colorado, 1969 Liberty477 ....... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar456 ....... Iowa State, 2001 Independence444 ....... Illinois, 1982 Liberty

Fewest Total Yards41 ......... USC, 1946 Rose158 ....... Baylor, 1981 Cotton168 ....... Arkansas, 1962 Sugar171 ....... Michigan State, 2011 Capital One182 ....... Penn State, 1979 Sugar

Most Yards Per Play8.8 ........ Nebraska, 1966 Orange - 43 plays, 377 yards7.3 ........ Boston College, 1943 Orange - 55 plays, 402 yards7.3 ........ Louisville, 1991 Fiesta - 78 plays, 571 yards7.1 ........ Stanford, 1927 Rose - 43 plays, 305 yards7.1 ........ Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame - 49 plays, 346 yards

Fewest Yards Per Play0.9 ........ USC, 1946 Rose - 44 plays, 41 yards2.5 ........ Baylor, 1981 Cotton - 62 plays, 158 yards2.7 ........ Penn State, 1979 Sugar - 68 plays, 182 yards 2.8 ........ Notre Dame, 1975 Orange - 74 plays, 204 yards3.0 ........ Michigan State, 2011 Capital One - 57 plays, 171 yards

RUSHING

Most Rush Attempts82 ......... Missouri, 1968 Gator72 ......... Minnesota, 2004 Music City69 ......... Texas, 1973 Cotton66 ......... Penn State, 1959 Liberty64 ......... Duke, 1945 Sugar

Fewest Rush Attempts16 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty18 ......... Washington State, 1931 Rose18 ......... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar23 ......... Michigan, 2000 Orange24 ......... Nebraska, 1966 Orange24 ......... Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton24 ......... Utah, 2009 Sugar

Most Yards Rushing473 ....... Colorado, 1969 Liberty402 ....... Missouri, 1968 Gator379 ....... Rice, 1954 Cotton350 ....... Army, 1988 Sun349 ....... Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet

Fewest Yards Rushing-48 ........ Michigan State, 2011 Capital One-11 ........ Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster6 ........... USC, 1946 Rose13 ......... Utah, 2009 Sugar19 ......... Penn State, 1979 Sugar

Most Yards Per Rush8.7 ........ Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame - 32 rushes, 278 yards7.8 ........ Washington State, 1931 Rose - 18 rushes, 140 yards7.4 ........ Colorado, 1969 Liberty - 64 rushes, 473 yards7.0 ........ Rice, 1954 Cotton - 54 rushes, 379 yards6.3 ........ Boston College, 1943 Orange - 35 rushes, 232 yards

Fewest Yards Per Rush-1.7 ....... Michigan State, 2011 Capital One Bowl - 28 rushes, -48 yards-0.4 ....... Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster - 30 rushes, -11 yards0.2 ........ USC, 1946 Rose - 33 rushes, 6 yards0.5 ........ Utah, 2009 Sugar - 24 rushes, 13 yards0.5 ........ Penn State, 1979 Sugar - 38 rushes, 19 yards

Most Touchdowns Rushing5 ........... Colorado, 1969 Liberty4 ........... Duke, 1945 Sugar4 ........... Rice, 1954 Cotton4 ........... Missouri, 1968 Gator4 ........... Nebraska, 1972 Orange4 ........... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City

Fewest Touchdowns Rushing0 ........... 25 times – most recent: Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

PASSING

Most Pass Attempts58 ......... Illinois, 1982 Liberty56 ......... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar47 ......... Michigan, 2000 Orange43 ......... Washington, 1986 Sun42 ......... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton42 ......... Iowa State, 2001 Independence42 ......... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship

Fewest Pass Attempts6 ........... Missouri, 1968 Gator6 ........... Army, 1988 Sun7 ........... Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet8 ........... Duke, 1945 Sugar8 ........... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange8 ........... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange

Most Pass Completions35 ......... Illinois, 1982 Liberty35 ......... Michigan, 2000 Orange27 ......... Utah, 2009 Sugar25 ......... Iowa State, 2001 Independence24 ......... Colorado, 2007 Independence24 ......... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar

Fewest Pass Completions0 ........... Missouri, 1968 Gator0 ........... Army, 1988 Sun2 ........... California, 1938 Rose2 ........... USC, 1946 Rose2 ........... Arkansas, 1962 Sugar

Highest Completion Percentage(Minimum 10 Completions)75.0 ...... Stanford, 1927 Rose (12 of 16)74.4 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange (35 of 47)63.2 ...... Nebraska, 1966 Sugar (12 of 19)62.9 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar (17 of 27)61.5 ...... USC, 1985 Aloha (16 of 26)

Lowest Completion Percentage0.0 ........ Missouri, 1968 Gator (0 of 6)0.0 ........ Army, 1988 Sun (0 of 6)16.7 ...... Arkansas, 1962 Sugar (2 of 12)18.2 ...... USC, 1946 Rose (2 of 11)18.2 ...... Boston College, 1943 Orange (2 of 11)

Most Passing Yards458 ....... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta423 ....... Illinois, 1982 Liberty369 ....... Michigan, 2000 Orange336 ....... Utah, 2009 Sugar322 ....... Colorado, 2007 Independence

Fewest Passing Yards0 ........... Missouri, 1968 Gator0 ........... Army, 1988 Sun19 ......... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange22 ......... California, 1938 Rose35 ......... USC, 1946 Rose



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Opponent Bowl RecordsTeam Bests Most Touchdown Passes4 ........... Michigan, 2000 Orange3 ........... Nebraska, 1966 Orange3 ........... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar3 ........... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta3 ........... Colorado, 2007 Independence3 ........... Utah, 2009 Sugar

Fewest Touchdown Passes0 ........... 28 times – most recent: Minnesota, 2004 Music City

Most Interceptions Thrown7 ........... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton7 ........... Illinois, 1982 Liberty5 ........... Syracuse, 1953 Orange5 ........... Nebraska, 1967 Sugar4 ........... Stanford, 1935 Rose4 ........... Penn State, 1975 Sugar4 ........... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship

PUNTING

Most Punts12 ......... Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster10 ......... California, 1938 Rose10 ......... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange10 ......... Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton10 ......... Penn State, 1975 Sugar

Fewest Punts2 ........... Colorado, 1969 Liberty2 ........... Texas, 1973 Cotton2 ........... UCLA, 1976 Liberty3 ........... Nebraska, 1966 Orange3 ........... Illinois, Liberty3 ........... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta3 ........... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City

Most Punting Yards492 ....... Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster410 ....... Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton393 ....... California, 1938 Rose387 ....... Penn State, 1979 Sugar366 ....... Washington State, 1931 Rose

Fewest Punting Yards65 ......... UCLA, 1976 Liberty75 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty88 ......... Texas, 1973 Cotton100 ....... Illinois, 1982 Liberty123 ....... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta

Best Punting Average48.5 ...... Penn State, 1975 Sugar47.8 ...... USC, 1946 Rose46.7 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City45.0 ...... Utah, 2009 Sugar44.0 ...... Texas, 1973 Cotton44.0 ...... Mississippi, 1964 Sugar

Worst Punting Average25.1 ...... Rice, 1954 Cotton26.1 ...... Michigan, 1997 Outback29.0 ...... Penn State, 1959 Liberty30.1 ...... North Carolina, 1993 Gator30.3 ...... Stanford, 1927 Rose

PUNT RETURNS

Most Punt Returns7 ........... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta6 ........... Nebraska, 1972 Orange5 ........... Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet

5 ........... Missouri, 1968 Gator5 ........... Washington, 1986 Sun5 ........... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar

Fewest Punt Returns0 ........... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange0 ........... UCLA, 1976 Liberty0 ........... Illinois, 1982 Liberty0 ........... Colorado, 2007 Independence0 ........... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship

Most Punt Return Yards136 ....... Nebraska, 1972 Orange95 ......... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar68 ......... Washington, 1986 Sun68 ......... Michigan, 1997 Outback44 ......... Missouri, 1968 Gator

Fewest Punt Return Yards0 ........... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange0 ........... UCLA, 1976 Liberty0 ........... Illinois, 1982 Liberty0 ........... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence0 ........... Colorado, 2007 Independence0 ........... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship

KICKOFF RETURNS

Most Kickoff Returns8 ........... Syracuse, 1953 Orange8 ........... Colorado, 1969 Liberty8 ........... UCLA, 1976 Liberty7 ........... Nebraska, 1967 Sugar7 ........... Michigan State, 2011 Capital One7 ........... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar

Fewest Kickoff Returns0 ........... Penn State, 1959 Liberty0 ........... Nebraska, 1972 Orange1 ........... Penn State, 1979 Sugar1 ........... Michigan, 1997 Outback1 ........... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City1 ........... Minnesota, 2004 Music City

Most Kickoff Return Yards222 ....... Colorado, 1969 Liberty171 ....... Michigan State 2011 Capital One150 ....... Notre Dame, 1973 Sugar146 ....... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar141 ....... UCLA, 1976 Liberty

Fewest Kickoff Return Yards0 ........... Penn State, 1959 Liberty0 ........... Nebraska, 1972 Orange11 ......... Penn State, 1979 Sugar14 ......... Minnesota, 2004 Music City22 ......... Michigan, 1997 Outback

FUMBLES

Most Fumbles11 ......... Mississippi, 1964 Sugar6 ........... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton6 ........... Duke, 1945 Sugar6 ........... USC, 1946 Rose5 ........... Boston College, 1943 Orange5 ........... Nebraska, 1967 Sugar5 ........... Baylor, 1981 Cotton

Fewest Fumbles0 ........... Syracuse, 1953 Orange0 ........... Texas, 1973 Cotton0 ........... Ohio State, 1978 Sugar0 ........... Texas, 1982 Cotton0 ........... Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame0 ........... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City

Most Fumbles Lost6 ........... Mississippi, 1964 Sugar5 ........... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton4 ........... Washington State, 1931 Rose4 ........... Stanford, 1935 Rose4 ........... Penn State, 1959 Liberty4 ........... Nebraska, 1966 Orange4 ........... Baylor, 1981 Cotton

Fewest Fumbles Lost0 ........... California, 1938 Rose0 ........... Syracuse, 1953 Orange0 ........... Rice, 1954 Cotton0 ........... Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet0 ........... Texas, 1973 Cotton0 ........... Penn State, 1975 Sugar0 ........... Ohio State, 1978 Sugar0 ........... Penn State, 1979 Sugar0 ........... Texas, 1982 Cotton0 ........... Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame0 ........... Army, 1988 Sun0 ........... Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster0 ........... Ohio State, 1995 Citrus0 ........... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City0 ........... Iowa State, 2001 Independence0 ........... Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton0 ........... Colorado, 2007 Independence0 ........... Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

PENALTIES

Most Penalties11 ......... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar11 ......... Minnesota, 2004 Music City10 ......... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta10 ......... Michigan, 2000 Orange10 ......... Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton10 ......... Utah, 2009 Sugar

Fewest Penalties0 ........... Texas, 1973 Cotton1 ........... Washington, 1926 Rose1 ........... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton1 ........... Duke, 1945 Sugar1 ........... Texas, 1948 Sugar1 ........... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange1 ........... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange1 ........... Arkansas, 1980 Sugar1 ........... Washington, 1986 Sun1 ........... Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame1 ........... North Carolina, 1993 Gator

Most Penalty Yards115 ....... Michigan, 2000 Orange94 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty91 ......... Utah, 2009 Sugar89 ......... Rice, 1954 Cotton87 ......... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta

Fewest Penalty Yards0 ........... Texas, 1973 Cotton5 ........... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton5 ........... Duke, 1945 Sugar5 ........... Texas, 1948 Sugar5 ........... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange5 ........... Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame

SCORING

Most Points47 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty38 ......... Nebraska, 1972 Orange38 ......... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City35 ......... Missouri, 1968 Gator35 ......... Michigan, 2000 Orange

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Fewest Points0 ........... Washington State, 1931 Rose0 ........... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange2 ........... Baylor, 1981 Cotton3 ........... Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet3 ........... Arkansas, 1962 Sugar3 ........... USC, 1985 Aloha

Most Points in Any Quarter25 ......... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta (1st)21 ......... Missouri, 1968 Gator (4th)21 ......... Michigan, 2000 Orange (3rd)21 ......... C olorado, 2007 Independence (2nd)21 ......... Utah, 2009 Sugar (1st)

Most Points – First Quarter25 ......... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta21 ......... Utah, 2009 Sugar14 ......... Boston College, 1943 Orange14 ......... Nebraska, 1972 Orange10 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty

Most Points – Second Quarter21 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty17 ......... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence14 ......... Rice, 1954 Cotton14 ......... Texas, 1965 Orange14 ......... Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet14 ......... Nebraska, 1972 Orange14 ......... Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame14 ......... Ohio State, 1995 Citrus14 ......... Colorado, 2007 Independence

Most Points – Third Quarter21 ......... Michigan, 2000 Orange14 ......... Army, 1988 Sun14 ......... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City

Most Points – Fourth Quarter21 ......... Missouri, 1968 Gator16 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty15 ......... Nebraska, 1966 Orange14 ......... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton14 ......... USC, 1946 Rose14 ......... Texas, 1982 Cotton14 ......... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City

Most Points In Any Half31 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty (1st)28 ......... Nebraska, 1972 Orange (1st)28 ......... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City (2nd)25 ......... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta (1st)24 ......... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence (1st)

Most Points – First Half31 ......... Colorado, 1969 Liberty28 ......... Nebraska, 1972 Orange25 ......... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta24 ......... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence21 ......... Boston College, 1943 Orange21 ......... Texas, 1965 Orange21 ......... Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet21 ......... Utah, 2009 Sugar

Most Points – Second Half28 ......... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City21 ......... Nebraska, 1966 Orange21 ......... Missouri, 1968 Gator21 ......... Michigan, 2000 Orange20 ......... Texas, 1948 Sugar

Fewest Points in a Win7 ........... Penn State, 1959 Liberty13 ......... California, 1938 Rose13 ......... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange14 ......... Texas, 1982 Cotton17 ......... Texas, 1973 Cotton

Most Points in a Loss28 ......... Nebraska, 1966 Orange28 ......... Army, 1988 Sun25 ......... Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster24 ......... Colorado, 2007 Independence21 ......... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton21 ......... Boston College, 1943 Orange21 ......... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship

TOUCHDOWNS

Most Total Touchdowns6 ........... Colorado, 1969 Liberty5 ........... Missouri, 1968 Gator5 ........... Nebraska, 1972 Orange5 ........... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar5 ........... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta5 ........... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City5 ........... Michigan, 2000 Orange

FIELD GOALS

Most Field Goals Made2 ........... Penn State, 1975 Sugar2 ........... Washington, 1986 Sun2 ........... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar2 ........... Michigan, 1997 Outback2 ........... Iowa State, 2001 Independence2 ........... Minnesota, 2004 Music City2 ........... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence2 ........... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship

SNAPSHOTS

Crimson Tide stars Jess Richardson (68), Tommy Lewis (42) and Bobby Marlow (32) enjoy the closing minutes of ninth-ranked Alabama’s stun-ning 61-6 rout of 14th-ranked Syracuse in the 1953 Orange Bowl game on January 1, 1953, in Miami.



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Most Rushing Attempts28.........Derrick Lassic vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar28.........Bobby Humphrey vs. Washington, 1986 Sun28.........Ricky Moore vs. SMU, 1983 Sun27......... Sherman Williams vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus27.........Bobby Humphrey vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame27......... Johnny Musso vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet

Most Yards Rushing166....... Sherman Williams vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus161 ...... Shaun Alexander vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange159.......Bobby Humphrey vs. Washington, 1986 Sun149.......Bobby Humphrey vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame138....... Johnny Musso vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet

Most Touchdowns Rushing3........... Shaun Alexander vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange2...........Mark Ingram vs. Texas, 2010 BCS 2...........Trent Richardson vs. Texas, 2010 BCS 2...........Mark Ingram vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One2...........Eddie Lacy vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

Longest Rushing Touchdown67.........Dixie Howell vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose64.........Bobby Humphrey vs. Washington, 1986 Sun62.........Eddie Lacy vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One50......... Shaun Alexander vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange49.........Trent Richardsion vs. Texas, 2010 BCS

PASSING

Most Pass Attempts52.........David Smith vs. Army, 1988 Sun43.........Gary Hollingsworth vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar40......... Jeff Dunn vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame37......... Jay Barker vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus37......... Scott Hunter vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator37......... Joe Namath vs. Texas, 1965 Orange

Most Pass Completions33.........David Smith vs. Army, 1988 Sun27.........Gary Hollingsworth vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar23......... Jeff Dunn vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame

Most Yards Passing412.......David Smith vs. Army, 1988 Sun317....... Jay Barker vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus296....... Steve Sloan vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange269....... Jeff Dunn vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame256....... John Parker Wilson vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence

Best Completion Percentage1.000....Tyler Watts vs. Michigan (6-6), 2000 Orange1.000....Harry Gilmer vs. Duke (8-8), 1945 Sugar.833......Richard Todd vs. Penn State (10-12), 1975 Sugar

Longest Pass Completion61......... Johnny Cain to John Suther vs. Washington, 1931 Rose59.........Dixie Howell to Don Hutson vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose59.........Grant Gillis to Johnny Mack Brown vs. Washington, 1926 Rose55.........Ned Hayden to Griff Langston vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty55.........Richard Todd to Ozzie Newsome vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar

RECEIVING

Most Receptions9...........Marco Battle vs. Army, 1988 Sun9...........Greg Payne vs. Army, 1988 Sun8........... Shaun Alexander vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City8........... Sherman Williams vs., Ohio State, 1995 Citrus8........... Joe Curtis vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange

Most Yards Receiving178.......Ray Perkins vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar155....... Sherman Williams vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus126.......Russ Schamun vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange

Most Touchdowns Receiving2...........Don Hutson vs, Stanford, 1935 Rose2...........Ray Perkins vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS359* ..... Sherman Williams (116 Rush, 155 Rec., 38 KOR) vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus223.......Bobby Humphrey (149 Rush, 34 Rec., 21 KOR) vs. Washington, 1986 Sun207....... Javier Arenas (134 KOR, 73 PR) vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar197.......Bobby Humphrey (159 Rush, 43 Rec., 14 KOR) vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame182....... Shaun Alexander (161 Rush, 21 Rec.) vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange* NCAA Record

TOTAL OFFENSE382.......David Smith (412 Pass, -30 Rush) vs. Army, 1988 Sun315....... Jay Barker (317 Pass, -2 Rush) vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus296....... Steve Sloan (296 Pass, 0 Rush) vs. Nebraska 1966 Orange280....... John Parker Wilson (256 Pass, 24 Rush) vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence261....... Jeff Dunn (269 Pass, -8 Rush) vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame

SCORING

Most Points Scored19.........Bobby Luna vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange (2 TDs, 7 PATs)18......... Shaun Alexander vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange (3 TDs)18.........Bobby Humphrey vs. Washington, 1986 Sun (3 TDs)

KICKOFF RETURNS

Most Kickoff Returns7........... Sherman Williams vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus6........... Steve Williams vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange5........... Javier Arenas vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar

Most Kickoff Return Yards146....... Sherman Williams vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar134....... Javier Arenas vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar122....... Steve Williams vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange

Longest Kickoff Return62......... Lou Ikner vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar61......... Joey Jones vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton

PUNT RETURNS

Most Returns6...........David Palmer vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster5...........David Palmer vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar5...........Willie Shelby vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Sugar4........... Freddie Milons vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange4...........Willie Shelby vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar4...........Robert McKinney vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange

Most Punt Return Yards108....... Freddie Milons vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange (1 TD, 62 yards)86......... Javier Arenas vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence (1 TD, 86 yards)95......... Sherman Williams vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar74.........David Palmer vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster73......... Javier Arenas vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar (1 TD, 73 yards)

Longest Punt Return86......... Javier Arenas (TD) vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence80.........Cecil Ingram (TD) vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange78......... Sherman Williams (TD) vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar73......... Javier Arenas (TD) vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar72......... Jimmie Nelson (TD) vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton

PUNTING

Most Punts10.........Woody Umphrey (388 yards) vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar10......... Frank Mann (419 yards) vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator9........... Patrick Morgan (310 yards) vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange9...........Chris Mohr (412 yards) vs. Washington, 1986 Sun8...........Tank Williamson (322 yards) vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta8...........Bill Smith (306 yards) vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar

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Most Punting Yards419....... Frank Mann (10 punts) vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator412.......Chris Mohr (9 punts) vs. Washington, 1986 Sun388.......Woody Umphrey (10 punts) vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar322.......Tank Williamson (8 punts) vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta

Best Punting Average46.5......Hayden Stockton (6 for 279) vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback46.3......Greg Gantt (6 for 278) vs. Notre Dame, 1973 Sugar45.7......Chris Mohr (9 for 412) vs. Washington, 1986 Sun45.5......Chris Mohr (4 for 182) vs. Army, 1988 Sun45.0...... P.J. Fitzgerald (4 for 180) vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence

FIELD GOALS

Most Field Goal Attempts5...........Tim Davis vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar3........... Leight Tiffi n vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar3........... Leigh Tiffi n vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence3...........Michael Proctor vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus3........... Philip Doyle vs. Army, 1988 Sun3........... Peter Kim vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton

Most Field Goals Made4...........Tim Davis vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar3........... Leigh Tiffi n vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence3........... Philip Doyle vs. Army, 1988 Sun3........... Peter Kim vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton

Longest Field Goal Made52......... Leigh Tiffi n vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar51......... Philip Doyle vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame50.........Greg Gantt vs. Texas, 1973 Cotton48.........Van Tiffi n vs. Southern Cal, 1985 Aloha48.........Tim Davis vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar46.........Tim Davis vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar45......... Philip Doyle vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar43......... Jon Brock vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback42......... Peter Kim vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton41......... Leigh Tiffi n vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence

INTERCEPTIONS

Most Interceptions3........... Jeremiah Castille vs. Illinois, 1982 Liberty2........... Javier Arenas vs. Texas 2010 BCS 2...........Kermit Kendrick vs. Washington, 1986 Sun2 ............Steve Wade vs. Texas, 1973 Cotton

Longest Interception Return88 ..........Dwayne Rudd (TD) vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback75 ..........Hugh Morrow (TD) vs. Duke, 1945 Sugar60 ..........Buster Hill (TD) vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange49 ..........Mark McMillian vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster

SNAPSHOTS

Mark Ingram, the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner, surges through a hole opened by 2011 first-team All-American (75) Barrett Jones and Michael Williams (89) in the 2009 Citi BCS National Championship Game. The Tide beat Texas 37-31 for the school’s 13th national championship.



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Opponent Bowl RecordsIndividual BestsRushingAttempts37..............Marion Barber III, Minnesota (2004 Music City)35..............Bob Anderson, Colorado (1969 Liberty)32..............Vic Bottari, California (1938 Rose)29..............Laurence Maroney, Minnesota (2004 Music City)28..............Jim Grisham, Oklahoma (1963 Orange)

Rushing Yards265............Dicky Moegle, Rice (1954 Cotton)254............Bob Anderson, Colorado (1969 Liberty)234............Jamie Morris, Michigan (1988 Hall of Fame)187............Marion Barber III, Minnesota (2004 Music City)179............Greg Cook, Missouri (1968 Gator)177............Ben Barnett, Army (1988 Sun)157............Mike Holovak, Boston College (1943 Orange)134............George Wilson, Washington (1926 Rose)133............Ernie Koy, Texas (1965 Orange)130............Vic Bottari, California (1938 Rose)

Rushing Touchdowns3................Mike Holovak, Boston College (1943 Orange)3................Dicky Moegle, Rice (1954 Cotton)3................Terry McMillan, Missouri (1968 Gator)2................George Clark, Duke (1945 Sugar)2................Ernie Koy, Texas (1965 Orange)2................Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma (1970 Bluebonnet)2................Alan Lowry, Texas (1973 Cotton)2................Lamont Pegues, Virginia Tech (1998 Music City)2 ...............Marion Barber III, Minnesota (2004 Music City)2................Keith Toston, Oklahoma State (2006 Independence)

PassingAttempts56..............Gino Torretta, Miami (Fla.) (1993 Sugar)55..............Tony Eason, Illinois (1982 Liberty)46..............Tom Brady, Michigan (2000 Orange)43..............Chris Chandler, Washington (1986 Sun)42..............Seneca Wallace, Iowa State (2001 Independence)

Completions35..............Tony Eason, Illinois (1982 Liberty)34 .............Tom Brady, Michigan (2000 Orange)27 .............Brian Johnson, Utah (2009 Sugar)25..............Seneca Wallace, Iowa State (2001 Independence)24..............Gino Torretta, Miami (Fla.) (1993 Sugar)24..............Cody Hawkins, Colorado (2007 Independence)

Passing Yards451............Browning Nagle, Louisville (1991 Fiesta)423............Tony Eason, Illinois (1982 Liberty)369 ...........Tom Brady, Michigan (2000 Orange)336 ...........Brian Johnson, Utah (2009 Sugar)322 ...........Cody Hawkins, Colorado (2007 Independence)287............Brian Griese, Michigan (1997 Outback)284............Seneca Wallace, Iowa State (2001 Independence)278............Gino Torretta, Miami (Fla.) (1993 Sugar)250............Craig Erickson, Miami (Fla.) (1990 Sugar)245............Kevin Scanlon, Arkansas (1980 Sugar)

Touchdown Passes4 ...............Tom Brady, Michigan (2000 Orange)3................Bob Churchich, Nebraska (1966 Orange)3................Craig Erickson, Miami (Fla.) (1990 Sugar)3 ...............Cody Hawkins, Colorado (2007 Independence)3 ...............Brian Johnson, Utah (2009 Sugar)

Interceptions Thrown5................Derace Moser, Texas A&M (1942 Cotton)4................Tony Eason, Illinois (1982 Liberty)4................Garret Gilbert, Texas (2010 BCS National Championship)3................Kris Jenner, Illinois (1982 Liberty)

3................Browning Nagle, Louisville (1991 Fiesta)3................Gino Torretta, Miami (Fla.) (1993 Sugar)

ReceivingReceptions12..............Freddie Brown, Utah (2009 Sugar)10..............David Terrell, Michigan (2000 Orange)10..............Jordan Shipley, Texas (2010 BCS National Championship)9................Corey Holliday, North Carolina (1993 Gator)9................Tyson DeVree, Colorado (2007 Independence)

Receiving Yards150............David Terrell, Michigan (2000 Orange)146............Joey Galloway, Ohio State (1995 Citrus)142............James Sterling, Texas A&M (1942 Cotton)127............Mike Martin, Illinois (1982 Liberty)125............Corey Holliday, North Carolina (1993 Gator)125 ...........Freddie Brown, Utah (2009 Sugar)122............Jordan Shipley, Texas (2010 BCS National Championship)113............Clarence Williams, Michigan (1997 Outback)110............Ken McKay, Louisville (1991 Fiesta)109............Craig Campbell, Iowa State (2001 Independence)

Receiving Touchdowns3................David Terrell, Michigan (2000 Orange)2................Tony Jeter, Nebraska (1966 Orange)2................Joey Galloway, Ohio State (1995 Citrus)2................Tyson DeVree, Colorado (2007 Independence)2 ...............Jordan Shipley, Texas (2010 BCS National Championship)

SNAPSHOTSAlabama defeated Miami, 34-13, in the 1993 Sugar Bowl with the help of George Teague to win the 1992 national championship.

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1926 ROSE BOWL

Alabama 20, Washington 19

PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1926) — Trailing 12-0 at half-time, Coach Wallace Wade’s Alabama team battled back in the second half to capture a thrilling 20-19 win over Washington in the Crimson Tide’s fi rst bowl outing. It was a game that was long remembered as one of the best contests in Rose Bowl histo-ry and Alabama’s victory brought new and permanent national respect for Southern football.

Washington’s great halfback, George Wilson, lived up to his pre-game billing. He rushed for 134 yards and completed fi ve passes for 77 yards and two touchdowns. But injuries put him out of the game for 22 minutes. It was during those 22 minutes that the Crimson Tide scored all of its points.

During the 38 minutes that Wilson was healthy and on the fi eld, the Huskies scored three touchdowns and gained 300 yards. During the 22 minutes he was on the sidelines nursing an injury, Washington gained just 17 yards and failed to score, giving up all three scores that Alabama would need to win in the third quarter in what many considered the greatest Rose Bowl game played to that point.

“As George Wilson went, so went Washington,” wrote famed sportswriter Damon Runyan. “If there was ever a one-man foot-ball team, George was it. When Wilson was on the fi eld it was a ball game.”

Wilson was named the game’s most outstanding player, but his greatness was not enough to prevent an Alabama victory. Ala-bama had some stars of its own as quarterback “Pooley” Hubert and halfback Johnny Mack Brown wreaked havoc on the Wash-ington defense, especially when Wilson was not on the fi eld.

“He is a great football player, this George Wilson – one of the very greatest,” Runyan wrote. “His brief absence probably made a big diff erence to Washington, but, still ‘Pooley’ Hubert was always on hand for Alabama. It was a great team that the South sent to California to take its part in the Tournament of Roses, probably the greatest that ever came out of the South.”

Wilson missed the third quarter, and that’s when Alabama scored its 20 points, all in seven minutes. First it was Hubert scoring from the one with Bill Buckler kicking the point after. After holding Washington and forcing a punt, Grant Gillis fad-ed back from his own 41 and found Johnny Mack Brown at the Husky 25, who eluded one tackler and continued untouched on a 59-yard touchdown pass and run.

A fumble gave Alabama another chance at the Washington 30. On fi rst down Hubert told Brown to run as fast as he could for the goal. “When I reached the three, I looked around,” said Brown. “Sure enough, the ball was coming down over my shoulder. I took it in stride, used my stiff arm on one man and went over carrying somebody. Th e place was really in an uproar.”

Washington scored a fi nal time in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t overcome the Alabama lead.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 0 20 0 - 20Washington 6 6 0 7 - 19Attendance: 55,000 (capacity: 57,000).

1927 ROSE BOWL

Alabama 7, Stanford 7

PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1927) — Alabama head coach Wallace Wade’s Crimson Tide was invited to return for the 1927 renewal after another perfect season. His great backs of 1925 were gone and he was not wealthy in reserves. But it was a team wealthy with colorful nicknames: “Lovely” Barnes, “Goofy” Bowdoin, “Snake” Vines and “Rosy” Caldwell.

Th e game matched two of college football’s legendary coaches: Wallace Wade of Alabama and Glenn “Pop” Warner of Stanford. As usual, the Rose Bowl stadium was packed with record crowd of 57,417. Gross receipts were $218,047 – the highest ever. Ap-proximately $100,000 was refunded.

Both teams entered the game undefeated and would end the game there, as well, with Stanford fi nishing 10-0-1 and Ala-bama 9-0-1 and sharing the national championship. Stanford was the No. 1 team in the nation under the Dickinson System, and awarded the Rissman Trophy, while Alabama was No. 1 in the Helms System (Th e Associated Press poll would not begin until 1936).

For Stanford, it was All-American Ted Shipkey doing most of the damage against the Crimson Tide. Stanford dominated the game statistically (305 total yards to 98) but played “stale” as one writer described it throughout. Fumbles were frequent and Stanford missed on two chances to score inside the 10-yard line. Stanford scored fi rst on a 20-yard pass play from George Bogue to end Ed Walker, who ran the fi nal 15 yards for the touchdown. Bogue, who had missed an 18-yard fi eld goal earlier in the fi rst period, then kicked the point-after and Stanford had a 7-0 lead that would last until the game’s fi nal moments.

After scoreless second and third quarters, it appeared Stan-ford was on its way to a shutout but Alabama center Clarke “Babe” Pearce blocked a punt by Stanford’s Frankie Wilton, giv-ing Alabama the ball on the 14-yard line. Into the game went 170-pound Jimmy Johnston at halfback. A dislocated shoulder had prevented him from playing much that season, but he had been regarded as one of the fi nest backs in the South prior to the injury.

Wu Winslett started the march with a run for three yards, then Johnson raced forward for seven to the Stanford four-yard line. Winslett smashed for three yards to the one. Th en Johnson banged into right guard, the resistance crumpling under his charge. It was 7-6 now and a ruse was coming up next.

As the teams lined up for the crucial extra point attempt with the crowd respectfully hushed, captain Emile Barnes barked sig-nals. Suddenly, someone shouted “signals off .” Stanford’s line stood at ease in anticipation of another signal sequence. At that moment center Gordon Holmes snapped the ball to Winslett, who touched it down. Unrushed and with plenty of time, Her-schel Caldwell smoothly kicked it through the posts and over the bar.

Th e 7-7 game ended three plays later.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 0 0 7 - 7Stanford 7 0 0 0 - 7Attendance: 57,417 (capacity: 57,000).

1931 ROSE BOWL

Alabama 24, Washington State 0

PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1931) — Head Coach Wallace Wade’s last Alabama team before he left for Duke typifi ed the personality of the coldly effi cient strategist. Alabama crushed Washington State, 24-0, before a crowd of 60,000. Wade an-nounced on New Year’s Eve that he planned to start his second team. Th e sportswriters were incredulous. But Wade, who felt Alabama was two touchdowns better, meant it and, in fact, did open with his second unit.

Th e Cougars entered the fi eld dressed completely in red from head to toe. Th eir helmets, jerseys, pants, socks and shoes were red. Th e ploy seemed to work early on, as the Cougars held the upper hand most of the fi rst quarter but didn’t come close to scoring.

Late in the period Wade inserted his fi rst string and things began to pop. Th e Crimson Tide rushed for 21 points in the second quarter – much like its 20-point third quarter in 1926 that spelled defeat for a stunned Washington team – and another fi eld goal in the third to win, 24-0. Much of the damage was done in a wild, six-minute stretch.

After 13 straight plays on the ground, from its own 39, Alabama left end Jimmy Moore returned and sped into his own backfi eld when the march reached the WSU 43-yard line. He received the ball from fullback Johnny Cain, took a few steps and spiraled a long pass downfi eld. Left halfback John “Flash” Suther gathered it in full stride on the Washington State 22 and raced untouched to the end zone to complete the 43-yard scoring play.

Crimson Tide center Jess Eberdt intercepted a Cougar pass on the WSU 47. From the WSU 41, Moore again passed, hitting end Ben Smith on the Cougar one where he outfought three Cougar defenders to make the catch. “Monk” Campbell pow-ered in for the score from a yard out on the next play.

Lightning struck quickly the next time Alabama got the ball. Campbell, on a beautifully setup fake to Moore, shot through left guard, wriggled free of a State man’s clutches and bolted 43 yards to score. In that quick stretch, the Crimson Tide had settled the issue for the day.

Wade’s second team was on the fi eld in the third quarter when the fi nal points were registered. Guard J. B. “Ears” Whitworth, later head coach at Alabama, kicked a 30-yard fi eld goal for the game’s fi nal points.

It was a dominant victory for the Crimson Tide. Alabama ran for 232 yards and passed for 101 for a total of 333 yards of total off ense. Washington State only mustered 204 total yards and only once seriously threatened to score, fumbling its only real scoring chance on the Alabama 1-yard line.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 21 3 0 - 24Washington State 0 0 0 0 - 0Attendance: 60,000 (capacity: 83,000).



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1935 ROSE BOWL

Alabama 29, Stanford 13

PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1935) — “Dixie Howell, the hu-man howitzer from Hartford, Ala., blasted the Rose Bowl dreams of Stanford today with one of the greatest all-around exhibitions football has ever known,” was the lead written by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice. Alabama blasted Stanford, 29-13, with Howell teaming with the incomparable pass catching end, Don Hutson, to electrify the crowd of 84,474 with a 22-point second quarter explosion.

Stanford’s “Vow Boys,” named for their vow as freshmen to never lose again to USC after a loss to the freshman team in 1932, were now juniors. Th ere was nothing tricky about Alabama’s game this day – the Crimson Tide relied on the lethal, immortal connection of Howell and Hutson to pass for 214 yards.

In the entire calendar year of 1934 – including the 1934 Rose Bowl game – this Stanford team had given up a total of 21 points. In the 13 minutes before halftime in the 1935 Rose Bowl game, Alabama scored 22. In those 15 minutes, Alabama completed eight-of-nine passes for 150 yards and gained another 106 yards on the ground. Howell gained 96 yards in the air on four comple-tions to Hutson and three more to end Paul “Bear” Bryant. How-ell also had a sensational 67-yard sprint for a touchdown.

Alabama had the ball for four plays in the fi rst quarter and collect-ed four yards. Stanford actually opened the scoring. Recovering a fumble on the Alabama 29-yard line, Stanford – carried by Bobby Grayson, “Bones” Hamilton and “Buck” Van Dellen – thundered through the Alabama defense and marched straight to a 7-0 lead. Th en came the Crimson Tide’s reinforcements.

Howell completed a 17-yard pass to Hutson, then threw comple-tions of 12 and 15 yards to other receivers before Howell scored from the fi ve early in the second quarter to tie the game. As rules allowed in those days, Stanford chose to kickoff as if to show Ala-bama’s score was a fl uke. Howell started the ensuing possession with a 25-yard pass to Hutson, then passed to Bryant for 18 and then back to Hutson for fi ve more. On fourth down with the ball on the Stanford six, Hutson held while Riley Smith kicked a 22-yard fi eld goal for a 9-7 Alabama lead. Still not convinced, Stanford stubbornly kicked off again.

On the second play following the kickoff , Howell swung to his right and swerved for the sidelines and raced 67 yards for a touch-down that sent the crowd to its feet, agog at this masterly piece of running. Alabama now led, 16-7.

Joe Riley replaced Howell at quarterback, but the results were similar. He hit Hutson with a 54-yard pass for a touchdown on Alabama’s next possession to end the half and seal the verdict with a 22-7 Crimson Tide lead.

From the Alabama 41, the duo struck again. Hutson caught Howell’s long spiral on the Stanford 30 and sprinted in from there for his second touchdown, this one spanning a total of 59 yards to close the scoring.

When Howell left the game in the fourth quarter after a 52-yard punt, he had accounted for 239 yards of total off ense (71 yards rushing, 160 yards passing), while completing 9-of-12 passes, punt-ed six times for an average of 43.8 yards, and returned four kickoff s for 74 yards. All told, he amassed 313 all-purpose yards. Hutson fi nished the day with eight catches for 164 yards and two scores.


1942 COTTON BOWL

(20) Alabama 29, (9) Texas A&M 21

DALLAS, Texas (Jan. 1, 1942) — It was the early days of World War II, so the nation’s attention certainly wasn’t focused on foot-ball, but what the crowd at the Cotton Bowl Stadium witnessed on the fi rst day of 1942 would be long remembered as one of the most unlikely football games ever played. Alabama’s opportunistic Crimson Tide whipped Texas A&M, 29-21, under very bizarre circumstances.

Th e Crimson Tide made only one fi rst down while A&M had 13. Alabama gained only 75 yards total off ense, as opposed to 309 for the Aggies. Th e Tide completed just one pass while A&M com-pleted 13 and Alabama ran just 33 plays, as opposed to 81 by the Aggies. Yet the Tide led 29-7 midway in the fourth quarter, and held off an Aggie rush at the end to wind up with what remains to this day one of the most amazing bowl wins in history.

In spite of all the statistical anomalies, the only signifi cant statistics were seven Alabama pass interceptions and fi ve fumble recoveries, for a total of 12 turnovers by A&M. Perhaps only one fact made the diff erence in this game – Alabama had Jimmie Nelson while the Aggies didn’t.

Th e Aggies scored fi rst. Leo Daniels set up the touchdown on his fi rst play in the game by returning a punt 44 yards to the Alabama 18-yard line. Th ree plays later – on the second play of the second quarter – Daniels pitched a pass to end Herman Cowley for a 12-yard touchdown. Jake Webster’s kick gave A&M a 7-0 lead.

Alabama responded less than three minutes later. Daniels fumbled and Alabama tackle Don Whitmire recovered the ball on the Ag-gie 25. Nelson connected with Holt Rast on a 17-yard pass to the Aggie 8. On third down, Nelson crossed up the Aggie defense on a beautifully executed reverse as he started to the right, then handed the ball to halfback Russ Craft, who raced to the left to go the eight yards for a touchdown.

Nelson stopped an Aggie threat with an interception in the end zone at the end of the fi rst half to preserve the tie. Nelson then put the Tide ahead for good, taking Derace Moser’s low line drive kick at the 28 and following a convoy of blockers to complete a 72-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 13-7 Crimson Tide lead. Hecht’s try for the extra point was blocked.

Late in the third quarter, Nelson again scored. Daniels fumbled a Nelson punt and Alabama end Sam Sharp recovered at the Aggie 21. On the fi rst play, Nelson started to the right, cut back through the Aggie left tackle and managed to avoid six tacklers on a 21-yard touchdown run. Hecht’s conversion gave the Tide a 20-7 lead.

Early in the fourth quarter, an interception led to a 31-yard fi eld goal by Hecht for a 23-7 Alabama lead. A Nelson punt that rolled dead on the Aggie 4-yard line enabled the Tide to the margin a short time later. Passing from his own 10-yard line, A&M’s Moser fi red a pass to Aggie end Jake Webster, who tipped it into the hands of Rast, who promptly returned the intercepted pass 12 yards for a touchdown. Hecht’s conversion kick was blocked.

Alabama claimed its fourth victory in six bowl games. Alabama coach Frank Th omas clearly had his team prepared for the Aggies, the nation’s leading passing team. Th e victory was a typical Alabama bowl victory as the Tide simply wasted few scoring opportunities; seizing every break and making them pay off .

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 7 13 9 - 29Texas A&M 0 7 0 14 - 21Attendance: 38,000 (capacity: 46,200).

1938 ROSE BOWL

(2) California 13, (4) Alabama 0

PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1938) — Head Coach Frank Th omas’ 1937 Alabama team was not one of his best, but none was better coached or accomplished quite so much with what it had. After four previously victorious trips to Pasadena, Alabama fi nally faced the other side of the outcome in its fi fth Rose Bowl appearance as the Golden Bears of California dominated the Crimson Tide, 13-0.

Th is Crimson Tide team had experienced several close calls in the season on the way to this Rose Bowl berth. Sandy Sanford literally kicked his team to Pasadena, winning two crucial games with fi eld goals. In the Tulane game, Sanford booted a 32-yard fi eld goal late in the fourth quarter when Alabama had only six men on the line of scrimmage. Th e illegal formation was undetected by offi cials and the Tide won, 9-6. Later in the sea-son, Sanford beat Vanderbilt, 9-7, with another late-game fi eld goal. In the Rose Bowl, however, there was no opportunity for Sanford’s heroics.

California, coached by Leonard B. “Stub” Allison, demonstrated too much power and speed, better balance, and some exception-ally skilled and rugged players in center Bob Herwig, end Perry Schwartz, quarterback Johnny Meek, guard Vard Stockton, and halfback Sam Chapman, the latter soon to become a major league outfi elder.

But the star of the game was Vic Bottari, a junior tailback who started his career as a virtual nonentity on the Golden Bear squad. Bottari scored both touchdowns against Alabama on almost identical plays in the second and third quarters, quick, well-escorted trips around right end of three and fi ve yards, re-spectively. Bottari rushed for 137 yards and both touchdowns in the game.

Th e scoring started soon after California’s Sam Chapman punted to Alabama’s safety, who was hit so hard by end Perry Schwartz that the ball squirted to the turf, and Schwartz recov-ered. California punched over the fi rst touchdown to culminate a 63 yard, 13-play land march. Alabama couldn’t check driv-ing, brutal power smashes accompanied by paralyzing blocking. Bottari scored from four yards out to give the Golden Bears a lead they would never lose.

Th e second scoring drive, this one in the third quarter, was an uncanny resemblance of the fi rst. California took over on the Alabama 48-yard line, and Chapman and Bottari led another hard-charging ground march that took nine plays (no passes) to reach paydirt. Bottari again punched it in, this time from 5 yards out. Chapman missed the extra point, but it wouldn’t matter.

Alabama threatened twice in the game, reaching the Bears’ 2- and 7-yard lines, but they fumbled both times. In fact, because of the four fumbles Alabama lost, the Cal victory was criticized as one wrought with bad breaks for the Tide that, inversely, were good breaks for the Bears. But the consensus was that those “breaks” were actually forced fumbles caused by strong, hard tackling by the Cal defenders.


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1943 ORANGE BOWL

(10) Alabama 37, (8) Boston College 21

MIAMI, Fla. (Jan. 1, 1943) — Stung by two fi rst quarter Bos-ton College touchdowns, Alabama’s All-American center Joe Domnanovich called his team into a huddle as they awaited a kickoff . “Don’t give up,” he said, simply but fi rmly. “We haven’t had a chance to go with the ball yet. We’re going to receive and we’re going to run them into the ground.”

Twenty minutes later, at halftime, Alabama was in front, 22- 21, and won the game, 37-21.

Mike Holovak, the Eagles’ swift-striding right halfback, scored on runs of 65 and 35 yards to put Boston College in front early. Th en Alabama went to work.

Russ Craft, Dave Brown, Johnny August and Russ Mosley tore off big chunks of turf and the Eagle defense caved in. Bobby Tom Jenkins raced 40 yards for one score. Boston College made a comeback eff ort and went ahead 21-19 just before halftime, but George Hecht booted a 25-yard fi eld goal to put Alabama on top, 22 21, at intermission. Th e Tide added 15 more points in the second half.

Wheeler Leeth scored on a 14-yard pass from Mosley, Ted Cook grabbed a 17-yard scoring aerial from August, Jenkins scored twice on runs of 40 and one, and August faked a pass and ran around right end for a 15 yard score. Hecht kicked a fi eld goal and two extra points and Domnanovich even put two points on the board by tackling an Eagle in the end zone for a safety.

Bill Cullingham, a columnist for the Boston Post, wrote, “When you’re beaten as clearly and as splendidly as was Boston College today, the only thing to do is stand and salute as the victors go by. It was a fi ne game, played in the truest tradition of sportsman-ship, brilliantly won and gallantly lost in a magnifi cent setting, so in taste with the times that none who saw it will ever forget it.”

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 22 6 9 - 37Boston College 14 7 0 0 - 21Attendance: 30,000 (capacity: 23,330).

1946 ROSE BOWL

(3) Alabama 34, (11) USC 14

PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1946) — Th is was Alabama’s sixth trip to the Rose Bowl and, although the Crimson Tide had enjoyed great success against the West Coast powers, a lot of that region’s news media and fans had always said, “You’ve never played South-ern Cal.” Th ere wasn’t much of that commentary after the outcome of this one as Alabama won, 34-14.

At halftime, Alabama led 20-0. Troy’s 21 plays had resulted in a net loss of 24 yards. Not until the score was 27-0 in the third quarter did Southern California make a fi rst down.

Alabama’s “wooden horse” toppled the men of Troy like no team ever before. USC had won eight straight Pasadena battles since 1923. Fortunately, Alabama head coach Frank Th omas was merci-ful. For Th omas it was his last bowl trip as a coach. His health began to fail in 1946 and he was forced to give up coaching in 1947. He died May 10, 1954.

Alabama outgained USC 351 to 41. Troy’s running off ense netted just six yards.

Harry Gilmer, the Crimson Tide’s extraordinary passer, threw only 11 times, resulting in one touchdown. But he ran for 116 yards on 16 carries. Hal Self scored twice, sneaking over from the one and on a 24-yard Gilmer pass. Gilmer went over from the one, and Lowell Tew hit left guard from the two for points and Norwood Hodges scored up the middle on a one-yard plunge. Hugh Morrow kicked four extra points.

Th e resounding victory assured Th omas a place among the all-time coaching greats. Some 15 years later, Alabama team captain Tom Whitley remarked: “Coach Th omas’s system would go today. He used innovations no scout could capture with notes and against which no defense could be surely set.”

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 13 7 7 - 34Southern California 0 0 0 14 - 14Attendance: 94,000 (capacity: 87,677).

1945 SUGAR BOWL

(11) Duke 29, Alabama 26

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 1, 1945) — To say that the 1945 Sugar Bowl game was charged with drama every minute, it wouldn’t be much of an exaggeration. Th e lead changed four times. Th e outcome was uncertain until the last second.

Th e heart-throbbing fi nish pulled 72,000 people out of their seats. In the fi nal analysis, it was the power and experience of Duke’s Navy trainees that prevailed over Alabama’s inspired war-time civilian group, 29-26.

Harry Gilmer hit the tough Duke line hard for important gains and made many tackles, personally downing the Blue Devils ball carrier after every kickoff . One of Gilmer’s passes stood out. Forced far back, Gilmer tripped over one Duke man. Two more Blue Devils got a piece of him. Suddenly, he broke loose for an instant, leaped high, and whipped the ball 41 yards to Ralph Jones, a big end.

On the game’s fi nal play, Gilmer fi red another long pass to Jones, who just missed scoring a touchdown on a 33-yard gainer to Duke’s 25. It was written and said that, at the time, never had one so young performed so brilliantly in a bowl game.

Duke led early, 7-0, but Gilmer’s aerial attack set up three Crim-son Tide touchdowns before Duke could score again, making it 19-13 at halftime.

Trailing 20-19 early in the fourth quarter, Alabama threw back the Blue Devils on the Tide 12. But the Crimson Tide surged forward again, this time with Hugh Morrow intercepting a Cliff Lewis pass and running 78 yards for the score.

Duke took the kickoff and drove to the Alabama 1-yard line before the Crimson Tide held on a goal-line stand, getting the ball back on downs.

With three minutes remaining, Alabama coach Frank Th omas took a calculated risk and sent in orders to give up two points through an intentional safety. Th omas hoped for a long, high punt from the 20 by John Wade, who would have plenty of time.

Th e strategy backfi red. Th e punt sailed 40 yards. Duke’s George Clark returned it 20 yards to Alabama’s 40, from where the Blue Devils cracked the Tide defense for the winning touchdown in two inspired runs.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 6 7 9 - 26Duke 12 7 0 7 - 29Attendance: 72,000 (capacity: 72,000).



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1948 SUGAR BOWL

(5) Texas 27, (6) Alabama 7

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 1, 1948) — It is a peculiar fact that some of the most celebrated backs in the Southeastern Confer-ence came to grief in New Orleans in their fi nal game. Names coming to mind of those so ill-fated are Billy Cannon (1960), Johnny Majors (1957), Hank Lauricella (1952), and Harry Gilmer (1948).

Th ree years before, Gilmer, the Alabama sharpshooter, had heard the multitudes’ roar of applause in the Sugar Bowl. It was a far cry from the reaction of 72,000 fans who saw Texas thwart Gilmer and the Crimson Tide, 27-7. He completed only three of his 11 passes and ran for a mere fi ve yards. Loudest cheers went to Texas quarterback Bobby Layne. He sent the ball aloft 24 times and made connections ten times for 183 yards.

Both ground attacks were virtually ineff ective as Alabama rushed for 41 yards and Texas to 59.

Th e Tide was not outplayed to the extent the score would in-dicate. Th e diff erence could have been a touchdown. Th e fi rst half ended in a 7-7 standoff . Texas’ last three touchdowns were achieved by defensive alertness. Or, to say it another way, Ala-bama committed three expensive errors – having a punt blocked, having a pass intercepted and run back for a touchdown, and fumbling deep in its own territory.

Th e left side of the Longhorns’ line swarmed into the backfi eld when Norman Mosley tried to punt from Alabama’s 25 in the third quarter. Left tackle George Petrovich blocked the kick and left guard Vic Vasicek recovered in the end zone for a touchdown.

Alabama appeared to wilt after that but displayed the heart to stall Texas drives twice within its 10. Th en, with six minutes left and the Tide gambling to tie or win, Gilmer was rushed hard and threw desperately over oncoming Longhorns’ upraised arms. End Lewis Holder intercepted the soft, short, high pitch. He raced for the red fl ag at the corner of the fi eld 18 yards away, just making it in.

A few plays after that, Holder pounced on a Gilmer fumble fi ve yards from another touchdown. Layne scored that one on a sneak.

In addition to the times they reached the promised land the Long-horns, in writing a brilliant fi nale to Blair Cherry’s fi rst season as head coach, missed the boat on several other occasions. In the second quarter Texas went from the Alabama 46 to the 12 where Rebel Steiner knocked down Layne’s fourth down pass intended for Billy Pyle, who was a great back all afternoon.

Again in the third quarter, Texas went from the Alabama 45 to the 27 where another passing attack died. But the Steers came back knocking and went to the seven before bogging down. Layne fi nally attempted a fi eld goal from the 15, but it was partially blocked. Texas also missed a third score in the fourth period when a 65-yard drive carried all the way to within one foot of the Crimson Tide goal. But there the center of the Crimson forward wall rose up and smacked down Jimmy Canady on a try through the middle.

Th e result was a shock to Alabama followers who expected the large senior contingent, stars of freshman and sophomore appear-ances in bowl games, to fi nish in grand fashion. Texas was faster, more powerful, and deserved to win.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FTexas 7 0 7 13 - 27Alabama 0 7 0 0 - 7Attendance: 72,000 (capacity: 72,000).

1954 COTTON BOWL

(6) Rice 28, (13) Alabama 6

DALLAS, Texas (Jan. 1, 1954) — Rice’s Dicky Moegle rolled back the Crimson Tide with one of the greatest exhibitions of foot-ball history, scoring touchdowns on on runs of 79, 95 and 34 yards while gaining a total of 265 yards as the Owls swamped Alabama, 28-6 in the Cotton Bowl.

On Moegle’s second touchdown run, one of the weirdest events in bowl history occurred when Alabama fullback Tommy Lewis leaped off the bench as Moegle was roaring past, along the 45-yard line, and downed him with a fi erce block. At the time, Moegle was steaming along with only one man having a chance – and that a doubtful one – of stopping him.

Rice was leading, 7-6, midway in the second quarter. Th e Owls were in possession on their own 5. Alabama had just muff ed a scor-ing opportunity. Moegle, taking a handoff from quarterback LeRoy Fenstemaker, went around right end as his blockers did their job effi ciently and headed for the Alabama goal line.

As Moegle approached midfi eld near the sidelines in front of the Alabama bench, it appeared no player could stop him. No one, that is, except Lewis, who was on the bench, and suddenly ran onto the fi eld bareheaded, and threw his body into Moegle’s legs. Moegle was felled on Alabama’s 41. Th en the alternate captain of the Tide retreated quickly to the spot he had vacated and sat there with his head down in embarrassment as Coach Red Drew stood before him and looked at Lewis in disbelief. Referee Cliff Shaw ruled that Moegle should be credited with a touchdown. Th e play had started on the Owl 5-yard-line and thus was good for 95 yards.

Although Tide coach Harold (Red) Drew said the Lewis incident had no demoralizing eff ect on his team, the Southeastern Confer-ence champions were never the same again. A letdown was evident.

It was Lewis who plunged the fi nal foot for a touchdown on a 47-yard advance in the fi rst quarter. Rice went ahead on a 79-yard run by Moegle. Moegle scurried 34 yards for another touchdown in the third period as he gained 265 yards of his team’s whopping 379 rushing yards. He carried the ball only 11 times, averaging 24.1 yards. After this game, Moegle held four Cotton Bowl records and three all-time major bowl records.

In the third quarter, Moegle sizzled through right tackle and went 34 yards to score. In the fi nal period, he almost did it again as he raced 20 yards down the right side line. Center Ralph Carrigan caught Moegle by a heel to prevent him scoring again. Th e Owls gained a total of 448 yards to Alabama’s 225. Moegle was the dif-ference in the game. Except for his unbridled running, the aff air might have been close. Rice was hampered by the early loss of its All-American fullback Kosse Johnson, who went out in the fi rst period when his ailing ankle was sprained again.

Th e scoring action began when quarterback Bart Starr stole a Rice pass to put the ball in Alabama’s possession on the Owl 49. Lewis surged through the middle of the line for 15 yards. On a keeper play, Starr got 12 through left tackle. Lewis got 13 more in two tries to put the ball on the 5. Rice was off side on the next play. With the ball on the 1, Lewis managed to get the ball to within inches of the goal line and then leaped high for the touchdown. Th e Rice line rolled him back but he had crossed the line with his forward motion. Th e extra point try of Halfback Bobby Luna was blocked and Alabama led 6 to 0.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FRice 0 14 7 7 - 28Alabama 6 0 0 0 - 6Attendance: 75,504 (capacity: 75,504).

1953 ORANGE BOWL

(9) Alabama 61, (14) Syracuse 6

MIAMI, Fla. (Jan. 1, 1953) — New Year’s Day 1953 was the fi rst on which football fans could see, through the medium of television, bowl games in Pasadena, Dallas, New Orleans, and Miami. Receipts increased greatly with bigger checks for com-peting schools and their conference brethren.

Meanwhile, Alabama crushed Syracuse, champion of the East, 61-6, in the Orange Bowl. Many in the crowd of 66,280 left in the third quarter so they could see more of other bowl games on TV at home.

Because the game was lasting so long, an Orange Bowl commit-tee man reportedly approached the timekeeper and suggested the game, nearly three hours old at the time, might be sped up because it was about to be cut off the network.

Fifteen records were set in the fi asco, televised nationally by CBS. Even the deepest Alabama substitutes among the 46 Crimson Tide players were record-minded. “We didn’t want to leave any still standing,” explained tackle Van Marcus.

Alabama rushed for 286 yards and passed for 300. Its total of-fense of 586 yards and the sum of 818 for both teams were Orange Bowl records.

It was a close contest for a quarter when Alabama led, 7-6. Af-ter two periods the score was 20-6. And in the second half, “I just couldn’t stop them,” said Coach Harold (Red) Drew, a na-tive of Maine who came to Alabama as end coach under Frank Th omas and developed Don Hutson, Paul Bryant, and Holt Rast, among others.

Soon after the game the Orange Bowl committee signed con-tracts with the Big Eight (then Big Seven) and the Atlantic Coast Conference. Th eir representatives met for the next fi ve years.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 14 20 20 - 61Syracuse 6 0 0 0 - 6Attendance: 89,650 (capacity: 87,677).

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1959 LIBERTY BOWL

(12) Penn State 7, (10) Alabama 0

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Dec. 19, 1959) — Quarterback Galen Hall led Penn Slate to a 7-0 victory over Alabama in the fi rst Lib-erty Bowl game. Hall’s pass to Roger Kochman on a fake fi eld goal was good for 18 yards and the touchdown on the last play of the second period. Sam Stellatella added the extra point by placement and that was the ball game.

Fumbles plagued both clubs, each team losing the ball four times. In addition, Alabama recovered three of its own. Th e rash of fumbles was attributed to the 42-degree temperature that seemed colder because of a brisk wind.

Penn State completely dominated the fi rst half , but fi zzled on three scoring chances before fi nally breaking through. Th e Nit-tany Lions fumbled and lost the ball on the Alabama eight in the fi rst period. In the second quarter, they got to the one, but Hall’s fourth down pass misfi red. A fi eld goal attempt by Stellatella from the Alabama 12 was blocked by Billy Richardson.

After a four-yard punt against the stiff wind by Tommy White, Penn State had one more chance on the Alabama 22 with less than a minute to go. Th ey ran off one play, gaining four yards, and then came Hall’s scoring pass to Kochman. Th is was the trickery coach Rip Engle had promised. It was Penn State’s fi rst fake fi eld goal of the season.

Hall took over early in the second period after Lucas left the game because of a hip injury. Penn State’s talented triple threat quarter-back never got back into the ball game. While he was in, Lucas gained 54 yards in nine carries and completed one of four passes for 23 yards. Lucas, however, was the leading ground gainer.

On the fake fi eld goal, Hall appeared to be ready to hold the ball for Stellalella’s kick. Instead, he bounced up and pitched to Koch-man, who made his way through the startled Alabama defense. It was Alabama’s fi rst defeat since its opening loss to Georgia, and Penn State’s ninth victory in 11 games.

Two beautiful quick kicks by Gary O’Steen that carried 61 and 64 yards with the help of a following wind, kept Penn Stale penned up most of the fi rst period. Still the Nittanv Lions managed an 89-yard march to the Alabama 1 before Don Cochran, who re-covered two fumbles, pounced on a ball jarred loose from Koch-man.

Jay Huff man was named the outstanding lineman of the day for his fi ne center play and excellent linebacking. Engle’s Penn State club, which has used a variety of formations in a successful sea-son, leaned heavily to the unbalanced line with both ends on the same side of the center. In the dressing room, Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant had this comment: “We just got a good old sound thrashing.”

It was Penn State’s fi rst bowl victory in three attempts. In the dressing room, Coach Engle smiled as he said, “We beat them at their own game - defense.”

A crowd of 36,211 braved the elements at cavernous Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (later named John F. Kennedy Stadium).

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FPenn State 0 7 0 0 - 7Alabama 0 0 0 0 - 0Attendance: 36,211 (capacity: 102,000).

1962 SUGAR BOWL

(1) Alabama 10, (9) Arkansas 3

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 1, 1962) — Alabama’s defense proved to be the diff erence once again as the national collegiate football champs carved out a 10-3 victory over stubborn Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl classic.

Alabama wasted no time in lighting up the scoreboard. With only eight minutes gone in the opening period, the Crimson Tide moved 79 yards, with Fullback Mike Fracchia’s 43 yard dash to the Porker’s 12 highlighting the march. Quarterback Pat Trammell, who called a near perfect game, carried the remainder of the way on a rollout.

A record crowd of 82,910 watched as Tim Davis booted a 32-yard fi eld goal in the second period to put Alabama out in front, 10-0.

Coach Frank Broyles’ Razorbacks, fi nding it hard to puncture Bama’s granite like defense, cut the Tide’s lead to seven points when Mickey Cissell split the uprights with a 23 yard fi eld goal in the third period. Alabama Head Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, who guided the Crimson Tide to a perfect season (11-0), was bubbling with joy.

“I thought it was a great game,” Bryant said with a smile. “I’m as proud of them as if the score had been 100-0. Wee came to play. Our boys rose up real well and stopped them on the big plays.”

“Fracchia didn’t let them catch their breath with his shots up the middle and Trammell, like always, did whatever he had to do. Our boys did a good job stopping Lance Alworth. He’s a good competi-tor, but we just didn’t give him a chance today. If we had, it could have been a diff erent ball game.”

Trammell, the Southeastern Conference total off ensive leader in 1961, repeatedly picked up yardage with his seemingly slow style of running. However, the decisive factor was the hot pursuit of the Alabama line. Th e Crimson Tide, champions of the SEC, showed why they had the best defensive record in the country in 1961. Th ey swarmed into the Arkansas backfi eld all afternoon. At the end of the fi rst half, Alabama halted a Razorbacks drive on its own 10 and in the third period, halted the Hogs on the seven.

“We knew when we went into the game that we were going to have trouble grinding out yardage against this team.” Broyles said. “But, we never thought it would be this hard. We just couldn’t get our off ense going. I guess the main reason was Alabama’s great defense. Bama’s off ense was just what we expected - tough and aggressive. Our boys were tight and uneasy in the fi rst half. Th at didn’t help, but when you’re playing the number one team in the nation, you expect that. In the second half, I thought we did a respectable job.”

Th e game ended almost like it started, on a note of high drama. It started when Arkansas surged down the fi eld with Alworth catching a 31-yard pass from quarterback George McKinney on the Ala-bama 43, only to fumble. After failing to move, Alabama punted to the Razorbacks’ 20. Two plays later, Arkansas was the benefi ciary of a pass interference call that gave the Razorbacks the ball on the Tide 40. McKinney immediately went to the air again, tossing one that barely eluded Alworth’s hands at the goal line.

Alabama knocked down another pass and then Butch Wilson jumped high to intercept a third and stepped out of bounds inches short of the goal. Trammell butted up the middle three times and failed to budge the Razorbacks’ line.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 3 0 0 - 10Arkansas 0 0 3 0 - 3Attendance: 82,910 (capacity: 80,985).

1960 BLUEBONNET BOWL

(9) Alabama 3, Texas 3

HOUSTON, Texas (Dec. 17, 1960) — A pair of linemen provided all the scoring as Texas and Alabama battled to a 3-3 deadlock in the second annual Bluebonnet Bowl played in Rice Stadium. A crowd of 68,000 saw Alabama End Tommy Brooker boot a 30-yard fi eld goal in the third period to put the Crimson Tide out front. Th en Texas tackle Dan Petty kicked a 20-yard fi eld goal with just 3:44 left to play as the underdog Longhorns tied the score.

Alabama, with a 7-1-1 season record, went into the game as a slim one-point favorite. Except for one strong Alabama threat in the fading seconds of the fi rst period, the game was one of booming punts by Texas’ Bobby Nunis and Alabama’s Laurien Stapp. Th e defenses played a mighty role in the game. Texas contained one Alabama drive on the one-yard line, and the Tide blunted Texas’ off ense and kept the Longhorns bottled up in there own end of the fi eld most of the game.

Alabama got its score midway in the third period. Texas was forced to punt. Nunez’ kick was taken on the Tide 40 by Bill Piper, who returned all the way to the Texas 34. Pat Trammel and Mike Fracchia worked to the 28 on two plays. Skelton hit and Norbie Ronsonnet with a pass on thee 14. Wilson carried to the 13 and then the Tide lost two downs on incomplete passes.

With fourth down and seven needed for a fi rst down, the Tide elected to try a fi eld goal. Th e ball was spotted on the 20-yard line and Brooker neatly toed it through the uprights with 7:21 remaining in the period,

Texas took the following kickoff and marched from the 23 to the Alabama 19 and bogged down. Petty came in for a fi eld goal try. Th e ball was spotted on the 25, but Petty’s kick was wide to the left. Th e big gainer in the Texas march was a 38-yard pass play from Mike Cotten to James Saxton. Texas fi nally broke into the scoring deep in the last period.

Th e Longhorns took over on a punt on the 26 and marched to the Tide three in 13 plays. A personal foul against Alabama aided the Texans in a key spot.

Texas pulled a fake fi eld goal on the seven. Petty went in to boot, but instead of kicking, Cotton fl ipped a pass to Jack Collins on the four. Texas kicked its game-tying fi eld goal on a fourth down and three situation. Th e ball was spotted on the 10 and Petty kicked good.

Alabama tried to come back via passes, but only got as far as the Texas 35. Texas mustered enough drive to move back into Bama territory and Petty attempted his third fi eld goal try of the day from the 25. Th e kick was made just as the fi nal gun sounded, but the kick was wide.

Statistics showed Texas had the best off ense of the day, picking up 11 fi rst downs to four and outgaining the Tide 124 yards to 65 on the ground. Alabama picked up 151 yards passing to 108 for Texas.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 0 3 0 - 3Texas 0 0 0 3 - 3Attendance: 68,000 (capacity: 70,000).



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1963 ORANGE BOWL

(5) Alabama 17, (8) Oklahoma 0

MIAMI, Fla. (Jan. 1, 1963) — In the Alabama dressing room after the Crimson Tide’s 17-0 Orange Bowl victory over Okla-homa, a photographer asked Coach Paul Bryant to spell the name of a player whose picture he had just taken.

“Th at’s Namath, son – N-A-M-A-T-H,” Bryant said. “But don’t worry about it. You’ll learn how to spell it in the next couple of years.”

If the photographer was unfamiliar with the name, the crowd of 73,380 that attended the 1963 Orange Bowl game – and millions more watching on television – were not.

Long before that game, Bryant said the precocious young man from Pennsylvania was ahead of Babe Parilli (whom he coached at Kentucky) as a sophomore. He rated Namath “potentially the fi nest quarterback I’ve ever coached.”

Namath piloted his team 61 yards in ten plays for a touchdown in the fi rst quarter. From the Oklahoma 5-yard line, he faked a handoff and a short pass, whirled, and sailed a long pass into end Richard Williamson’s hands in the end zone.

A sleight of hand pitch-out to halfback Cotton Clark resulted in a 15-yard scoring sprint in the second period. It was the third play after Billy Piper returned a punt by Joe Don Looney to the Sooners’ 34. First, Namath threw a pass to Williamson, good for 20 yards.

Next, and fi nally, Namath conducted a Tide surge from Okla-homa’s 33 to the two-yard line. Th ere, it was fourth down. Tim Davis, Alabama’s placekicker, toed a 19-yard fi eld goal. Th is third quarter opportunity arose when Looney, the nation’s lead-ing punter with an average of 43.4 yards, was hurried by guard Frankie McClendon’s rush and got off a kick of only seven yards.

Lee Roy Jordan was as fi ne a linebacker as has ever played in the South. Perhaps no one in college football in 1962 had his almost instinctive ability to seek out the ball carrier so quickly and bring him down so abruptly. It is doubtful if Bryant ever praised a player quite as much.

Jordan fi nished the game with an Alabama bowl record 31 tack-les.

Fifteen seniors fi nished the best three years (29-2-2) Alabama had ever known to that point in football. Only a matter of a few inches, the distance by which Jack Hurlbut failed to make a two-pointer after the only touchdown against Georgia Tech (Tech won, 7-6), separated the Tide from two straight national championships.


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MIAMI, Fla. (Jan. 1, 1965) — Favoring a knee that he had severly injured earlier in the 1964 season, Alabama quarterback Joe Namath put on a memorable show while nearly pulling out a comeback victory, but the Texas Longhorns rose up to stop Namath inches short of the goal line late in the game to win, 21-17, over the national champion Crimson Tide.

Namath was a shoo-in for the game’s Most Valuable Player honors, hitting on 18 of 37 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns. All of this after his knee was hurting so much that he couldn’t start the game.

Texas struck fi rst, scoring with just 23 seconds left in the fi rst quar-ter when big Ernie Koy sped 79 yards. In the second period, Jim Hudson fi red a 69-yard bomb to George Sauer to put Texas on top, 14-0.

Th e Tide battled back, marching 87 yards, with Namath passing seven yards to sophomore Wayne Trimble for the score.

Texas got a couple of breaks for its next score just before halftime. Th e Longhorns were seemingly stopped and went for a fi eld goal. Alabama’s Creed Gilmer raced through to block it and David Ray recovered for the Tide and rambled three yards before fumbling. Texas recovered to regain possession.

On the next play Hudson went back to pass and was dumped by Jim Simmons for a loss, but on the play Alabama was guilty of holding a receiver down fi eld and it gave the Horns a fi rst down on the Tide 13. Th ree plays later, Koy went around right end from the one and it was 21-7 at halftime.

Namath then put the Tide into motion in the second half. He hit Tommy Tolleson, Wayne Cook and Ray Perkins for passes to move to the Texas 20, then hurled a perfect strike to Perkins for the score. In the fourth quarter, Namath got the off ense going again, only to bog down and have to settle for a David Ray fi eld goal to cut it to 21-17.

Jimmy Fuller intercepted a Texas pass in the fourth quarter, then Namath and Steve Bowman moved the ball within inches of the Longhorn goal, but on fourth down, linebacker Tommy Nobis and the Texas line stopped Namath and ended Alabama’s hopes.

Moments later, when Alabama swarmed into the off ensive again, Pete Lammons, who played a titanic role for Texas on defense, snared a pass on the Texas 32, and that was the ball game. Th ere was less than three minutes to play and time ran out for Alabama.

Koy, son of a former major league baseball player, was the leading ground gainer of the game. He ran for 145 yards in 24 tries for a 5.5 average.

Alabama’s leading ground gainer was Bowman, with 23 yards in 10 carries. Th is gave and indication of the might of the Texas defense, rated fi fth best in the country on the ground.

Steve Sloan, who started the game at quarterback for Alabama on a fragile knee hurt in the season’s fi nal game, threw seven times for 43 yards. He and Namath threw 44 passes between them - an Orange Bowl record at the time.


1964 SUGAR BOWL

(8) Alabama 12, (7) Mississippi 7

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 1, 1964) — Th is was no ordinary Sugar Bowl game. It snowed on the eve of the game and that was just the fi rst of some unusual occurrences.

With junior standout quarterback Joe Namath suspended for disciplinary reasons, sophomore Steve Sloan, showing the poise and savvy of a veteran, guided the Crimson Tide to a 12-7 vic-tory over the heavily favored Mississippi Rebels, but it took four Tim Davis fi eld goals to turn the trick.

Davis’s kicks of 31, 46, 22 and 48 yards earned the senior from Columbus, Ga., the Outstanding Player award. His four fi eld goals were a bowl record and his 48-yarder was the longest in bowl history at the time.

It was 3-0 after the fi rst quarter, 9-0 at halftime and 12-0 going into the fi nal quarter. Th e Rebels fi nally got on the scoreboard when Larry Smith took a fi ve-yard pass from Perry Lee Dunn. Billy Irwin kicked good and it ended just that way, 12-7, Ala-bama.

With snow piled on the edge of the playing fi eld, the Tide put on a great display of how to win under adversity. Th e alert Crimson Tide gobbled up six Rebels fumbles and intercepted three Rebels passes. And while Mississippi piled up more yard-age (248 to 194), it was Alabama that controlled the football by running 69 plays to only 48 for the Rebels.

In the fi nal quarter the Tide defense stopped the Rebels on Ala-bama’s 2, 9 and 28-yard lines to seal the verdict.


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1966 ORANGE BOWL

(4) Alabama 39, (3) Nebraska 28

MIAMI, Fla. (Jan. 1, 1966) — Th e third-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers and the fourth ranked Alabama Crimson Tide both entered their Orange Bowl matchup with longshot aspirations at the National Championship. Th ings looked up by game time as number one ranked Michigan State was upset by UCLA in the Rose Bowl and number two ranked Arkansas fell victim to LSU in the Cotton Bowl. Th e scene was set for the winner of the Orange Bowl to claim the national crown.

Th e Orange Bowl featured two explosive off ensive teams with diff erent approaches to their attack. Bear Bryant’s Crimson Tide Tide used the accurate throwing arm of quarterback Steve Sloan to rebound from an early season loss to Georgia and a tie with Ten-nessee, while Bob Devaney’s Cornhuskers hit the ground running averaging 290 rushing yards per game and 32.1 points per game.

Alabama took the fi rst lead fi ve and a half minutes into the game. Sloan guided the Tide on a 61-yard drive to score on a 21-yard pass play to Ray Perkins. Perkins grabbed the scoring pass at the 15 and wiggled away from a pair of defenders to skip into the end zone.

Th e Huskers rallied back early in the second to tie the score. Th e fi rst Husker tally came on a 33-yard pass from quarterback Bob Churchich to end Tony Jeter. Alabama coach Bear Bryant gave quarterback Steve Sloan the green light to throw on any down who then opened up an off ensive onslaught to bury the Huskers by halftime.

Alabama scored two touchdowns and a fi eld goal in the second period to post a 24-7 lead by halftime. Th e fi rst score followed a 39-yard Sloan to Perkins pass that took the ball down to the NU 13. Leslie Kelley took the ball over from 4 yards out for the touch-down. Th e second score followed a 93-yard Tide drive, capped by an 11-yard pass from Sloan to Perkins. A David Ray fi eld goal later in the period sent the teams to the locker rooms with the Tide sporting a 17-point lead.

Nebraska pulled back into the game early in the third period on a 49-yard touchdown pass from Churchich to Ben Gregory, but the point-after kick was missed. Th e Tide lengthened their lead with a 1-yard touchdown run by Steve Bowman and a two point conver-sion to make the score 32-13 after three periods.

Nebraska wasn’t ready to give up in the fourth period. Churchich scored his fi rst touchdown of the day on a 1-yard plunge. Alabama kept the comeback in check later in the period by turning in an-other Bowman touchdown run, this time from three yards out. Nebraska added a late 14-yard touchdown pass from Churchich to Tony Jeter but it wouldn’t be enough as the Crimson Tide claimed the National Championship with a 39-28 Orange Bowl win.

Sloan’s 20 for 28 passing performance broke the Orange Bowl pass completion record, set just one year prior by fellow Tide quarter-back Joe Namath. Sloan’s 296 yards in the air also set a new Or-ange Bowl standard. Perkins fi nished his day with 9 completions for 159 yards.

Nebraska was held to 232 yards rushing, almost 60 yards below their average, and were victimized by four fumbles and an inter-cepted pass. Th e Huskers fi nished the season 10-1 and ranked number fi ve in the nation by the Associated Press.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 17 8 7 - 19Nebraska 0 7 6 15 - 28Attendance: 72,214 (capacity: 72,000).

1968 COTTON BOWL

Texas A&M 20, (8) Alabama 16

DALLAS, Texas (Jan. 1, 1968) — “Th e big plays won for us again,” said head coach Gene Stallings of Texas A&M as he re-viewed his team’s 20-16 triumph over Alabama in the Cotton Bowl. Big plays and Alabama mistakes - the kind of mistakes that led Ala-bama head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant to contend earlier in the 1967 seasons that the defense can outscore the off ense.

Alabama was making the mistakes and the Aggie defense was cash-ing in on them. Bryant, who coached Stallings at A&M in the 1950s, took the young man with him to Alabama as an assistant, lamented over his team’s mistakes, but spent his time telling Stall-ings how proud he was that he could bring A&M out of a four-game losing streak to the Southwest Conference championship, then victory in the Cotton Bowl to run his winning string to seven.

Bryant came across the fi eld and carried Stallings around like a football team often does a winning coach. Stallings couldn’t help himself — the Bear outweighed him by about 75 pounds.

Th e Aggies took the fi eld with a 6-4 record compared with proud Alabama’s 8-1-1. Th e Aggies, playing in their fi rst bowl game in 26 years while Alabama was in its 21st, cashed in on a pass interception and a recovered fumble for touchdowns, then saw Wendell Housley smash 33 yards in two runs for the touchdown that sealed the game.

Ken Stabler ran for two Alabama touchdowns, and Steve Davis kicked a 36-yard fi eld goal for the Alabama scores. Stabler wor-ried the Aggies throughout with his passing. He had three of his throws intercepted and was smothered repeatedly by the vicious Aggie rush. Alabama scored fi rst on an 80-yard drive with Stabler running the last three yards. A&M’s Tommy Maxwell intercepted a Stabler pass to set up the tying touchdown, made by Larry Stegent, who took a 13-yard toss from Hargett.

Davis kicked his fi eld goal opening the second period, and Alabama led 10-7. With only 21 seconds left in the half, the Aggies scored after a 56-yard drive with Hargett throwing for 59, three of which made up for an Aggie loss. His seven-yard toss to Maxwell in the end zone brought the score. Charlie Riggs missed the extra point try when the ball hit the cross bar and A&M led 13-10 at the half.

A 28-yard kick by Davis set the Aggies up on their 48 early in the third period, and A&M, behind the passing of Hargett and the running of Housley, slammed 52 yards for the touchdown that gave A&M victory. Hargett passed for 10 and ran for one and Ste-gent ran for seven before Hargett turned it over to Housley, who battered the Alabama line for 13 yards and then 20 more and the touchdown.

Alabama came back fi ghting and surged 83 yards for a touchdown, with David Chatwood running for 28, Ed Morgan chipping in with a six-yard dash and Stabler passing for 41. Stabler got the score with a run over tackle from the seven. Th ere was no more scoring as A&M failed to cash in on a Stabler interception and again fumbled the ball away on what appeared to be another touchdown drive.

Th e Aggies had pushed to the Alabama 22 when Hargett fumbled and Alvin Samples recovered on the Tide 27. Th e Tide then started its last desperate drive with Stabler throwing the football. Th e Tide was aided by a personal foul against the Aggies that put the ball on the Alabama 44. Stabler pitched to All-American Dennis Homan on the A&M but the Aggies held and took over on their 26.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FTexas A&M 7 6 7 0 - 20Alabama 7 3 6 0 - 15Attendance: 75,000 (capacity: 75,504).

1967 SUGAR BOWL

(3) Alabama 34, (6) Nebraska 7

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 1, 1967) — Nebraska’s hopes for a revenge victory over Alabama’s Crimson Tide in the 1967 Sugar Bowl Classic ended abruptly — the fi rst play of the game, to be exact.

Th e Cornhuskers, 39-28 Alabama victims in the 1966 Orange Bowl, picked the Sugar Bowl for a chance to meet the Tide again, and by doing so became the only Big 8 team to land a spot in the four major bowls. But that was the only satisfaction the Huskers could gain as Th e Tide struck early and quickly established dominant superiority.

On the fi rst play after the opening kickoff , Tide quarterback Kenny Stabler blazed the ball through the soggy, leaden skies to All America end Ray Perkins sailing full speed at the NU 40. Perkins wasn’t hauled down until he hit the Husker 27. Seven plays later Alabama scored and launched the rout that was to see the Tide lead, 17-0 at the quarter, 24-0 at the half and 27-0 before the Huskers could muster a fourth-quarter touchdown and avert a shutout.

It was a convincing display of Alabama speed, quickness and determination as the Tide sought to become the only major un-beaten claimant to the national title.

Stabler’s pin-point passing, Perkins’ amazing pass catching skills and some fi ne running by Stabler — he won the Miller-Digby Memorial Trophy as the outstanding player of the game — put the Cornhuskers in a huge hole early and they were never able to regain the initiative.

Th e heavier Cornhuskers, unable to utilize their ball-control strategy against the lighter, swifter Tide, were forced to play catch-up from the opening gong and simply couldn’t master Alabama’s rock-ribbed defense until the fi nal period.

Nebraska, led by quarterback Bob Churchich, made a game try — Churchich tied a pass attempt record (34), set a new completion record (21) and passed for 201 yards — but fi ve interceptions (two against Churchich) dashed comeback hopes at every turn.

Alabama’s win was bolstered by a solid edge in statistics. Th e Tide out-rushed Nebraska 157-84, out-passed the Huskers 279-213 and out-downed NU, 19-16.

Th e Cornhuskers fi nally broke the scoring ice on the fi rst play of the fourth quarter when Churchich capped a 70-yard, 9-play with a 15-yard, scoring toss to junior fullback Dick Davis. Davis took the ball at the 10 and powered in for the Husker touch-down and Larry Wachholtz kicked the point-after conversion.

Following the game, Nebraska Coach Bob Devaney confi rmed what most of the fans were thinking when he said: “Th e Ala-bama team today is the best football team I’ve ever seen - they’re No. 1, all right.”

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 17 7 3 7 - 34Nebraska 0 0 0 7 - 7Attendance: 82,000 (capacity: 80,985).



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1968 GATOR BOWL

(16) Missouri 35, (12) Alabama 10

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 28, 1968) — Missouri startled Alabama with a newly-installed Power I off ense that the Tigers perfected in secret workouts and blunted the Crimson Tide’s at-tack with a vicious defense that swept the Tigers to a 35-10 victory before 68,011 in the 24th annual Gator Bowl.

It was the worst beating a Paul Bryant-coached Alabama team had ever suff ered and the statistics told the story. Alabama had minus-45 yards rushing and a total off ensive output of just 23 yards. Missouri banged out 402 yards rushing, but didn’t complete a single pass although it really wasn’t necessary. Alabama made just six fi rst downs to 21 for the Tigers.

McMillan scored three Tiger touchdowns on short runs and baffl ed Alabama throughout the nationally televised football battle with his deft pitchouts on the option. McMillan never completed a pass, but he never had to. He did have a pair of tosses picked off that gave Alabama its only points. Defensive back Donnie Sutton raced 38 yards with an interception for an Alabama touchdown in the second quarter, and Mike Dean’s fourth quarter interception set up his 25-yard fi eld goal.

Th e Missouri defense, anchored by ends Elmer Benhardt and Bill Schmitt, blunted Alabama’s running and passing attack. Crimson Tide quarterbacks were thrown for losses nine times. Alabama, los-ing three games in a season for the fi rst time since 1958, managed only three fi rst downs in the fi rst three quarters. Th e Tide stayed in contention until the late minutes only with the help of its two pass interceptions and a pair of Tiger fumbles.

But Roger Wehrli, Missouri’s All-American safety, clinched the Tigers’ fourth straight bowl triumph with a late interception that set up McMillan’s third touchdown, a two-yard run. In the dos-ing minutes, Greg Cook ran 37 yards from scrimmage and Dennis Poppe raced 47 yards with an interception to pad the margin.

McMillan scored in the fi rst quarter on a four-yard burst, and he gave the Tigers a 14-7 lead in the second period with a fi ve-yard scoring run. Th e Tigers, who operated from the “regular I” during a 7-3 season, changed their attack during Gator Bowl workouts “to give us stronger running.” Missouri head coach Dan Devine said.

Th e switch paid off with Cook, McMillan, Jim Harrison and Ron McBride all cracking through the Tide line. Missouri gained 404 yards rushing, with Cook collecting 179. Alabama gained only 45 yards on the ground and added but 68 through the air. Quarter-back Scott Hunter was so harassed by the Missouri ends that be hit only seven of 25 throws and was thrown for losses totaling 61 yards.

Alabama, a slim favorite after its 8-2 season record, never led. Th e Tigers took the opening kickoff and McMillan drove the Tigers to a 7-0 lead in 11 plays. Alabama never led although the Tide did roll to a brief tie on Sutton’s scoring interception.

Bryant bad not lost three times in a season since his fi rst year at Alabama in 1958. Th e Missouri explosion was particularly surpris-ing because the Tigers rolled without completing a pass against a team that had given up only 104 points during the regular season.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FMissouri 7 7 0 21 - 35Alabama 0 7 0 3 - 10Attendance: 68,011(capacity: 70,000).

1970 BLUEBONNET BOWL

Alabama 24, (20) Oklahoma 24

HOUSTON, Texas (Dec. 21, 1970) — Two off ensive-minded football teams battled to a 24-24 deadlock in Houston’s Astrodome in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl as Alabama and Oklahoma fought tooth-and-nail down to the wire.

Th ere was a total of 843 yards total off ense in the game but, while the defenses weren’t anything to brag about, both teams did make some key stops along the way.

Alabama scored fi rst as tight end Randy Moore gathered in a four-yard Scott Hunter pass to cap a 54-yard, eight-play drive. Okla-homa responded with a touchdown drive to tie the game with Joe Wylie scoring from the two. It was 7-7 after one quarter and things were just heating up.

In the second quarter, Alabama marched to within the shadow of the Oklahoma end zone, only to have an interception kill the drive. Th e Sooners came back with a 58-yard scoring run out from swift Greg Pruitt to go on top, 14-7.

After a missed fi eld goal attempt by Alabama, Oklahoma extended its lead to 21-7 as Pruitt followed a key block from Wylie and dashed 25 yards to score. With the game in danger of getting out of hand, Alabama was able to bounce back just 14 seconds left in the second quarter as Hunter hit David Bailey with a fi ve-yard scoring pass to narrow the defi cit to 21-14 at halftime.

In the third quarter, Alabama’s Richard Ciemny kicked a 20-yard fi eld goal to narrow the gap to 21-17. Th at set up an intense fourth quarter.

With 7:36 left and Alabama facing a fourth down at the Sooner 25, running back Johnny Musso took a handoff and started wide to his right. He then stopped and fi red a left-handed pass back to quarter-back Hunter. Th at pass caught the Sooners napping, with Hunter making a dash to score. Th e play gave Alabama the lead, 24-21.

With only 59 seconds left, OU fi eld goal specialist Bruce Derr hit on a 42-yard attempt to tie the game at 24-24. But Alabama was able to mount one fi nal threat. Oklahoma tried an onside kick, but it was recovered by the Tide had it at the OU 40. Musso broke loose for 21 yards to the 19. Dave Brungard got two yards, then Hunter was sacked for a one-yard loss.

With just fi ve seconds left Alabama called time out. Ciemny lined up for a 34-yard fi eld goal try that would win the game, but Okla-homa’s John Shelley get a hand on it and defl ected the kick to pre-serve the tie.

Hunter completed 13 of 26 passes for 174 yards as the Crimson Tide rolled up a total off ense of 428 yards. Oklahoma, with Leon Crosswhite gaining 111 yards in 20 carries and Pruitt adding 97 in eight carries, fi nished with a 415 total.

Pruitt took the game’s outstanding back award while Alabama line-backer Jeff Rouzie was named the top lineman.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 7 3 7 - 24Oklahoma 7 14 0 3 - 24Attendance: 53,822 (capacity: 53,050).

1969 LIBERTY BOWL

Colorado 47, Alabama 33

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Dec. 13, 1969) — Th e enthusiastic Liberty Bowl committee wanted a high-scoring football game to enhance its reputation and they certainly got it when they matched Colo-rado and Alabama.

All-American Bob Anderson rushed for three touchdowns and 254 yards Saturday to lead the University of Colorado to a come-from-behind 47-33 victory over Alabama in the 11th annual Lib-erty Bowl.

Trailing 33-31 going into the fi nal period, Anderson, who earlier had run four yards for a touchdown, turned in scoring jaunts of two and three yards to carry the Buff aloes to victory.

Alabama’s Bear Bryant had told his team “honor and pride” were awaiting them if they could win the post-season game since they had posted the worst regular season record (6-4) in more than a decade.

Colorado jumped off to a 17-0 lead and went to the dressing room at halftime leading 31-19. Colorado scored on the opening drive with Ward Walsh blasting over from the 13 to cap an 80-yard drive in eight plays. Later in the quarter, Dave Haney kicked a 30-yard fi eld goal to extend the Colorado lead to 10-0. Th e Buff aloes made it 17-0 via the power running of Anderson, who barged over from four yards out to cap an 80-yard march in just eight plays.

But the Tide got in a few surprises of their own, with dropback passer Scott Hunter dashing 31 yards on a surprise run to make it 17-7. Later in the quarter Alabama’s George Ranager took a pi-tchout and got a key block from Johnny Musso to score from the six and it was 17-13, as Alabama went for two and failed.

But it took the Buff aloes only six plays to respond with Walsh popping over from the 15. Alabama wasn’t fi nished, however, and drove 72 yards in seven plays to score with Musso going in from the two. Again, the Tide went for two and failed, but it was 24-19 with just 46 seconds left in the fi rst half. Jim Duke’s kickoff was fi elded by Bob Mastern on the Buff s’ 9, where Mastern handed the ball off to Steve Engle, who raced 91 yards to score for a 31-19 Colorado lead at halftime.

Alabama received to open the second half. On second and 10 from its 45-yard line, Neb Hayden arched a long pass to Griff Langston, who gathered it in and raced home to score, to trim the Colorado lead to 31-26.

Alabama’s Steve Williams intercepted a CU pass a few minutes later and the Tide was at it again. Hayden again went to the air and hit Musso with a 10-yard touchdown pass to put the Tide out in front of the hectic off ensive show by a 33-31 margin.

Colorado’s Anderson then slid off left tackle from the two to put the Buff s in front for good, 38-33. Alabama’s Hayden was caught in the end zone later in the game for a safety to give Colorado a 40-33 lead.

With time running out and Alabama trying to make a last ditch comeback, the Crimson Tide went for it on fourth and 18 from its own 18 and could not convert. Colorado then marched down the short distance with Anderson scoring from the three with just 45 seconds left to make it a 47-33 fi nal score.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FColorado 10 21 0 16 - 47Alabama 0 19 14 0 - 33Attendance: 50,042 (capacity: 50,160).

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1972 ORANGE BOWL(1) Nebraska 38, (2) Alabama 6

MIAMI, Fla. (Jan. 1, 1972) — It was billed as the National Championship Game as Nebraska entered the game ranked fi rst with Alabama ranked second. But the Cornhuskers quickly salted away not only the game but the national title with a 38-6 win that was greatly aided by a mistake-fi lled eff ort by the Crimson Tide.

Played before 78,151 in 70-degree weather, the Orange Bowl showed no ill eff ects from a two-hour downpour that ended just before the game. Nebraska’s incomparable Johnny Rodgers’ 77-yard punt return in the opening quarter served notice that the Huskers’ one touchdown favorite odds were not nearly enough.

But it was the work of the Huskers defense that was responsible for keeping the Huskers’ unbeaten string going up to 32 and winning streak to 23. Th e Blackshirts held the Tide to a single touchdown. Th e unit set up three touchdowns by recovering fumbles and a fourth via an interception returned to the Tide 1-yard line.

With Nebraska clinging to a 6-0 lead eight seconds before the end of the fi rst quarter, the Blackshirts forced a punt by Alabama’s Gregg Gantt. It was not the long, driving type of punt, beyond the defensive cover that is Rogers’ favorite type. He gambled by pick-ing up a bouncer with enemies in close at his 23. He darted to his right, shaking loose from the fi rst foe. A key block by Jim Anderson allowed the junior sprinter to turn the corner. Another block was supplied by Jerry List, who lost his helmet in the process. From midfi eld on, it was no contest as Rodgers logged his fourth punt re-turn touchdown of the season and sixth of his career. Th e 77-yarder was three yards short of the Orange Bowl record.

If that play didn’t take the starch out of the Tide, the next play did. Steve Williams was decked by Randy Borg while returning the kickoff . Th e ball popped free and into the inviting arms of John Peterson 27 yards from the Tide goal. Seven plays later, the Huskers were sitting happily on a 21-0 lead. Tagge’s 20-yard pass to Gary Dixon, only the second reception of the year by Dixon, carried it to the nine. Two carries by Dixon netted two yards and Tagge passed to substitute fullback Maury Damkroger, who was jolted out of bounds inches from the end zone. Tagge’s fourth-down sneak for the touchdown came with 12:43 left in the half.

Alabama came back in the second half with grit and determina-tion to earn whatever comfort can be found in statistics. Th e Tide’s All-American halfback Johnny Musso gained a much-deserved 79 yards on 15 carries, but he, like other highly touted backs, toiled in the shadows of NU’s Kinney, who rushed for 99 yards on 20 carries.

Alabama’s most eff ective weapon was the option running and draw plays of its quarterbacks, Terry Davis during a third quarter bid and Butch Hobson after Davis was injured in the fourth quarter. After Husker cornerback Joe Blahak punted, Alabama’s initial post-intermission threat ended with an end-zone interception, the Tide rolled 55 yards, with Davis stepping 28 and 10 yards before turn-ing the left side on fourth and three and taking Blackshirts Dave Mason and John Dutton into the end zone with him. But that was the extent of Alabama’s challenge until the game-ending drive that ended on Nebraska’s eight.

Nebraska added three more points on a 21-yard Sanger fi eld goal on the last play of the third quarter and a fi nal touchdown follow-ing Anderson’s interception. Nebraska’s last touchdown was scored by backup quarterback Van Brownson.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FNebraska 14 14 3 7 - 38Alabama 0 0 6 0 - 6Attendance: 78,151 (capacity: 80,010).

1973 SUGAR BOWL

(3) Notre Dame 24, (1) Alabama 23

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Dec. 31, 1973) — It was the fi rst meeting between two giants of college football – Alabama and Notre Dame. Th e game was the latest version of “Th e Game of the Century”, and it certainly lived up to every inch of newspaper space and moment of air time on radio and television.

Notre Dame won, 24-23, in one of the true classics of college foot-ball history. Th e game had everything – six lead changes, outstand-ing plays in all phases of the game, a tense fi nish and dramatic play calling. With the close victory, Notre Dame vaulted from third to fi rst in the fi nal Associated Press (AP) rankings. Alabama had fi nished fi rst in both polls in the regular season and remained the United Press International (UPI) champion as that ranking did not have a post-bowl survey.

Alabama could have put the game away in the third quarter, but couldn’t deliver the knockout punch. Notre Dame ran a kickoff back for a touchdown. Notre Dame dominated the early going. Led by quarter back Tom Clements, who shot passes of 19, 26 and 14 yards to split end Pete Demmerle, the Irish off ense scored fi rst in the opening period. Fullback Wayne Bullock capped a 64-yard scoring drive with a six-yard run into the end zone.

Alabama responded in the second quarter, producing three long drives that resulted in a pair of scores – the fi rst when Randy Bill-ingsley scored on a six-yard run and Bill Davis added the extra point that put Alabama up by one at 7-6 with 7:30 remaining. On the ensuing kickoff , Notre Dame’s Al Hunter stunned the crowd with a dazzling 93-yard return, the longest in Sugar Bowl history. Th e Irish went for two and converted for a 14-7 Notre Dame lead.

Alabama moved deep into Notre Dame territory late in the second quarter, but had to settle for a 39-yard fi eld goal by Davis. At the start of the second half, Alabama marched 93 yards to take the lead on Wilbur Jackson’s fi ve-yard scoring run.

A short time later, Notre Dame linebacker Drew Mahalic recovered a Tide fumble in mid-air and took the ball to the Alabama 12-yard line. On the fi rst play from scrimmage, Eric Penick dashed 12 yards for the score. Th omas’s kick gave the Irish a 21-17 lead with 2:30 left in the third quarter.

Early in the fourth period, the game took a wild turn with three turnovers in 90 seconds. Alabama took charge with a trick play that paid off . With the ball on the Notre Dame 25, second-string quarterback Richard Todd handed off to halfback Mike Stock, then raced to the sidelines where he took a return pass from Stock and went in for the score, but Davis missed the conversion try and Ala-bama was left with a a two-point lead, 23-21, with 9:33 remaining.

Notre Dame responded by driving 79 yards in 11 plays. Th e Irish reached the Alabama 3-yard line and Th omas came on to kick a 19-yard fi eld goal with 4:26 remaining to give the Irish a 24-23 lead.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FNotre Dame 6 8 7 3 - 24Alabama 0 10 7 6 - 23Attendance: 85,161 (capacity: 80,985).

1973 COTTON BOWL


DALLAS, Texas (Jan. 1, 1973) — Billed as “Th e Battle of the Wishbones”, this Cotton Bowl clash found Texas storming from behind in the fourth quarter to capture a 17-13 decision on a cold and blustery day in which the Crimson Tide was unable to get it together on off ense.

Following Steve Wade’s interception for Alabama, the Crimson Tide’s Gregg Gantt kicked a Cotton Bowl record 50-yard fi eld goal to give the Tide an early 3-0 lead. After an exchange of punts, Wade grabbed his second interception of the young game and raced 42 yards to the Texas 31. On the next play, Wilbur Jackson took a pitch wide to the right and behind Joe LaBue’s clearing block, cruised untouched for the touchdown and Bill Davis quickly added the extra point to make it 10-0.

Texas drove to a fi eld goal of 24 yards by Billy Schott to pull Texas within 10-3. A short time later, with just eight seconds remaining in the fi rst half, Bill Davis banged through a 30-yard fi eld goal for Alabama to push its halftime lead to 13-3.

A short Tide punt in the third quarter gave Texas good fi eld position and the wishbone-driven Horns drove 59 yards in 15 plays. Quarterback Alan Lowry raced in from three yards out and Schott’s kick cut the Alabama lead to 13-10.

Alabama reeled off an impressive fourth quarter drive from its 20 to the Texas 34 where on fi rst down Terry Davis went for broke and tried to hit Wayne Wheeler with a touchdown pass, only to have Texas defensive back Terry Melancon intercept in the end zone.

Texas, going to the air behind Lowry, marched to the Tide 34, from where Lowry bootlegged the fi nal 34 yards, tightrope walking the sidelines for the winning touchdown. Television replays and newspaper still photos showed that Lowry may have stepped out of bounds on his winning run, but the play stood and Schott’s kick made it 17-13.

Th e Tide wasn’t fi nished, though, and marched from its 10 to the Texas 43, where Jackson was stopped short on a fourth and one play, Texas taking over and hammering the fi nal nail into the Tide’s coffi n.




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1975 ORANGE BOWL

(9) Notre Dame 13, (2) Alabama 11

MIAMI, Fla. (Jan. 1, 1975) — A rematch of the previous year’s national championship showdown produced another painful, close loss for Alabama as Notre Dame once again proved to be the spoiler for Alabama’s national championship dreams, upsetting the Crim-son Tide, 13-11.

Alabama was ranked fi rst in the nation in the United Press Inter-national (UPI) poll and second by the Associated Press (AP) going into the game, with Notre Dame being eighth and ninth. A year before when the two had met with the Sugar Bowl as the setting, Notre Dame won, 24-23, and vaulted to the national title.

Notre Dame built a 13-0 lead in the fi rst half and withstood a furi-ous Alabama rally in the game’s fi nal minutes.

Th e scoring started midway through the fi rst quarter when Ala-bama fumbled a Notre Dame punt and Al Samuel recovered the ball for the Irish at the Crimson Tide’s 16-yard line. Th ree plays later Notre Dame faced a fourth-and-one play at the Alabama 7-yard line. Wayne Bullock powered his way over the left side for three yards and a fi rst down. On the next play, he powered into the end zone on a four-yard run for the fi rst Irish score. Dave Reeve added the extra point.

With 50 seconds left in the fi rst quarter, the Irish off ense took con-trol at its own 23-yard line and quarterback Tom Clements engi-neered a 77-yard scoring drive in 17 plays taking 7:21 off the clock. Th e Irish attempted only one pass in the march, rushing 16 times for 68 yards on the drive. An off side call on Alabama on a fi eld-goal attempt revived the drive. Th e Irish made the most of the opportu-nity, with Mark McLane breaking free from nine yards out for the score. Reeve missed the point-after, but Notre Dame led 13-0.

A Notre Dame fumble on their next possession gave the Tide the football on the Irish 40-yard line. Alabama went to the air with quarterback Richard Todd hitting Ozzie Newsome for 11 yards and Jerry Brown for 12 yards as the Tide marched to the Notre Dame 8-yard line. Th e Irish defense held, and Alabama scored on a 21-yard fi eld goal by Danny Ridgeway with 1:45 left before halftime.

After a scoreless third quarter Alabama, which averaged only 11 passes a game during the season, again went to the air. Todd carried the Tide to the Irish 12-yard line but then threw an interception to John Dubenetzky

On fourth down of the next drive, needing fi ve yards for a fi rst down, Todd threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to Russ Schamun with 3:13 remaining. Th e Tide added two points on a conversion pass from Todd to George Pugh to close the defi cit to 13-11.

With 1:39 left, Alabama got the ball back at its own 38-yard line needing only a fi eld goal to win. Todd tossed to Schamun for a 16-yard gain and hit Randy Billinsley for an eight-yard reception to the Irish 38. But Notre Dame’s Reggie Barnett intercepted Todd’s next throw to clinch the verdict in favor of the Irish.

For Alabama, linebacker Leroy Cook was the defensive standout while fellow linebacker Ronnie Robertson led in tackles with 11. Alabama outgained the Irish in total off ense, 285 to 204, but had four turnovers. Todd hit 13 of 24 passes, six of them to freshman Ozzie Newsome for 68 yards and fi ve to Schamun for 126 yards.


1976 LIBERTY BOWL

(16) Alabama 36, (7) UCLA 6

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Dec. 20, 1976) — A Liberty Bowl-record crowd of 52,737 braved freezing temperatures and gusting winds at speeds up to 31 miles per hour at the 18th annual Liberty Bowl. Th is game, playfully referred to as “Th e Refrigerator Bowl”, was blown open by the Alabama defense, which stopped the Bruins twice on fourth down plays – once at the Crimson Tide 1-yard line, and another time by an interception on a third down at the Alabama 1.

After Bucky Berrey opened the scoring with a 37-yard fi eld goal midway through the fi rst quarter for a 3-0 Alabama lead, the Crim-son Tide defense began asserting its dominance. Alabama sopho-more linebacker Barry Krauss, the game’s most valuable player, intercepted a pass and rambled 44 yards for the Tide’s fi rst touch-down. “Our defense was simply magnifi cent most of the time,” said Alabama head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. “Not only were we stop-ping them, our defense put some points on the board, too.”

Late in the fi rst quarter, running back Johnny Davis plunged one yard for the Tide’s fi rst off ensive touchdown and a 17-0 Alabama lead. Th e lone scoring play in the second quarter came about when Alabama used trickery to move the lead to 24-0. Quarterback Jack O’Rear handed off to running back Tony Nathan, who drifted to his right before throwing back to O’Rear on a 20-yard scoring play.

Two more fi eld goals by Berrey in the third quarter – from 25 and 28 yards out – extended the lead to 30-0 early in the fourth quarter. Th e three fi eld goals by Berrey set a Liberty Bowl record.

After UCLA notched its only score on a 61-yard run by Leotis Brown with 9:32 left in the fourth quarter, Alabama closed the scoring when Rick Watson broke through on a 1-yard run with 22 seconds left in the game for the fi nal 36-6 margin.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 17 7 3 9 - 36UCLA 0 0 0 6 - 6Attendance: 52,736 (capacity: 50,160).

1975 SUGAR BOWL

(4) Alabama 13, (8) Penn State 6

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Dec. 31, 1975) — Alabama ended its eight-year bowl losing streak in a memorable way with a hard-fought victory over an outstanding team. Th e Crimson Tide’s fi rst bowl victory since January 1, 1967 (a 34-7 victory over Nebraska in the Sugar Bowl) was a 13-6 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions.

It was the fi rst Sugar Bowl played inside the climate-controlled Louisiana Superdome, matching third-ranked Alabama (10-1) against seventh-ranked Penn State (9-2).

Richard Todd, Alabama’s senior quarterback, put on an off en-sive show, completing 10 of 12 passes for 205 yards. In running the Tide’s wishbone off ense to near perfection, he was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. Todd passed 55 yards to split end Ozzie Newsome to set up the game’s only touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Todd, who had suff ered a cut fi nger on Christmas Day, came out with his fi nger bandaged, and Penn State stacked its defense while daring him to throw. Th at strategy cost the Nittany Lions dearly in the early going. Joe Dale Harris, a surprise starter, ran a turn-in pattern while Todd released his throw just before being engulfed by the defense.

With State’s minimal coverage, Harris broke free and turned the short pass into a 54-yard gain. Th at play eventually led to a 25-yard fi eld goal by Danny Ridgeway and a 3-0 Alabama lead that held up to the half.

Penn State’s Chris Bahr tied the score with a 42-yard fi eld goal in the third quarter, but Todd brought the Tide back quickly. At the Penn State 35 following a timeout, Todd pump faked PSU freshman Bill Crummy and Newsome broke back to the sideline and caught the pass 25 yards downfi eld, being brought down at the 10. Todd lost four yards recovering a fumble, but Mike Stock swept into the end zone behind a ferocious block by Newsome.

Bahr cut the margin to 10-6 with a 37-yard fi eld goal in the fourth quarter, but Ridgeway answered for Alabama with a 28-yard kick for a 13-6 lead. With 3:19 left, Penn State got its last chance. Th e Nittany Lions inched out to their 39 before Alabama stopped the Nittany Lions on a fourth-and-one play with 1:15 to go.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 3 0 7 3 - 13Penn State 0 0 3 3 - 6Attendance: 75,212 (capacity: 75,212).

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1978 SUGAR BOWL

(3) Alabama 35, (9) Ohio State 6

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 2, 1978) — Alabama had rebound-ed nicely after an early-season 31-24 loss at Nebraska, racing into its Sugar Bowl encounter with the Ohio State Buckeyes riding a strong crest of momentum that had set the Crimson Tide up for a shot at a national title if things broke their way in the other New Year’s Day bowl games.

Alabama won easily, 35-6, and with the upset by fi fth-ranked Notre Dame of top-ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl, it appeared the Crimson Tide were in position to claim another national championship. But in a controversial and tight vote, the Irish vaulted from fi fth to fi rst, with Alabama fi nishing a close second.

Alabama quarterback Jeff Rutledge and the Crimson Tide off ense wasted no time in getting the game under their control. On the Tide’s second possession, a 10-play, 76 yard march, running back Tony Nathan scored from a one-yard out.

Rutledge guided Alabama 76 yards in the fi rst quarter with Tony Nathan scoring from one-yard out.

Rutledge and the Crimson Tide then pushed Ohio State around on an 11-play, 76-yard touchdown drive. Th e scoring play came when fullback Johnny Davis moved to his right on a fake at the Buckeye 27 while split end Bolton, who had lined up as a right halfback, rolled out of the backfi eld and raced down the sideline. Rutledge dropped back and handed the ball to Bolton, who was barely in-bounds. Th e extra point was missed, but Alabama led 13-0.

After the Alabama defense again stopped the Buckeyes at the Crimson Tide 28, Rutledge took the Tide 72 yards for a touch-down. He hit Richard Neal with a three-yard scoring pass for the touchdown and added another pass to Neal on a two-point conversion for a 21-0 lead late in the third quarter.

Ohio State fought back to within 21-6 on the ensuing possession, marching 85 yards in seven plays to score on a 38-yard pass from Gerald to Jim Harrell with 13:34 left in the game. A two-point conversion attempt was stopped by Alabama.

Sophomore quarterback Steadman Shealy assumed control of the Alabama off ense in the fi nal quarter and engineered two touchdown drives. Th e fi rst was an 84-yard march in 14 plays that ended with a 1-yard run by Major Ogilvie with 6:30 left. A short time later, Johnny Davis capped a 24-yard drive in four plays following a Buckeyes turnover by scoring on a 7-yard run with 5:09 left.

Rutledge fi nished as the game’s Most Valuable Player, hitting on 8 of 11 passes for 109 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Johnny Davis, the Tide’s bullish senior fullback, led the Alabama ground assault with 95 yards on 24 carries.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 13 8 14 - 35Ohio State 0 0 0 6 - 6Attendance: 76,811 (capacity: 76,800).

1980 SUGAR BOWL

(2) Alabama 24, (6) Arkansas 6

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 1, 1980) — A tweak in the off ensive scheme played a major role as the University of Alabama reached a new pinnacle of success by beating Arkansas, 24-9, in the 46th annual Sugar Bowl. In the process of winning its fi fth straight bowl, four of them Sugar Bowls, this unbeaten Alabama team became the fi rst Tide squad in the school’s history to win 12 games in a season. A record Sugar Bowl crowd of 77,468 and millions of viewers on national television watched Alabama win.

In the weeks preceding the Sugar Bowl game, Alabama head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant installed a double wing with motion off the wishbone formation. Th e Crimson Tide could run its basic plays off the set, but its real value was in catching the Arkansas players and coaches off -guard.

After the Razorbacks took an early lead on a 34-yard fi eld goal by Ish Ordonez, courtesy of a lost Alabama fumble on the opening kickoff , the Tide showed its new look. Th e Crimson Tide immedi-ately embarked on a seven-play, 82-yard drive featuring a fullback in motion and plenty of counter-action movement, slowing the ag-gressive Arkansas defense.

Alabama’s Major Ogilvie took a pitchout from quarterback Stead-man Shealy and scored from 22 yards out midway through the fi rst quarter, marking the third straight year in which Ogilvie scored a Sugar Bowl touchdown.

On the fourth play after the ensuing kickoff , another Razorback fumble was recovered by Crimson Tide linebacker Th omas Boyd on the Arkansas 22. Four plays later, Ogilvie scored his second touchdown on a one-yard run to put the Tide ahead 14-3 with 3:46 left in the fi rst period. Th at defi cit forced the Arkansas off ense into an accelerated passing game.

When the Tide’s Alan McElroy kicked a 25-yard fi eld goal for a 17-3 lead at intermission, it appeared that Alabama was content with sitting on its lead and running out the clock.

But Arkansas quarterback Kevin Scanlon, who had been punished throughout the fi rst half, gathered himself and found his touch, guiding the Razorbacks 80 yards to a touchdown after the second half kickoff . Th e two-point conversion fell short and the Razor-backs now trailed 17-9.

But Bryant’s troops were at their best when it counted, racing 98 yards in 9 plays to the touchdown. Steve Whitman ran for six yards to start the drive. Ogilvie rushed for seven to the Tide 15. Billy Jackson’s 35-yard sprint with a Shealy pitchout keyed the march, reaching the 50-yard line. Jackson came right back on the next play with a 14-yard run up the middle to the Arkansas 36. Ogilvie gained six off guard, then Shealy ran an option keeper for 22 yards at the Arkansas 11.

After two plays and a fi ve-yard penalty on the Tide, Alabama faced third-and-11 at the Arkansas 12-yard line. Off ensive coordinator Mal Moore suggested the play, “43 Read”, to Shealy, who ran the option play to the right side of the line and handed to Whitman, who raced through the Arkansas defense for the clinching touch-down. Th e 98-yard drive, Alabama’s longest of the season, sealed the outcome.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 14 3 0 7 - 24Arkansas 3 0 6 0 - 9Attendance: 77,486 (capacity: 76,800).

1979 SUGAR BOWL

(2) Alabama 14, (1) Penn State 7

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 1, 1979) — One vivid image was permanently etched into the minds of the 76,824 in the Super-dome and the millions of television viewers who watched the 45th annual Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day, 1979. Penn State, the nation’s No. 1 team, was stopped on two consecutive plays inside the one-yard line by the Alabama defense to preserve a 14-7 victory for Alabama’s second-ranked Crimson Tide. Th e famous goal line stand won a national championship for Paul “Bear” Bryant and the Crimson Tide.

Th e outcome of this tight defensive battle was determined by a small number of critical decisions and crucial plays in a game in which the nation’s top two teams proved to be amazingly evenly matched. Th e teams battled evenly for the entire fi rst half and appeared headed for a scoreless deadlock as halftime approached.

With the ball at the Alabama 33-yard line in the half ’s fi nal moments, the Crimson Tide appeared content to run out the clock with 1:11 left. But Penn State called a timeout after two consecutive plays to stop the clock, hoping to get the ball back and set up a fi eld goal. But Alabama senior halfback Tony Na-than countered with runs of 30 and 7 yards down to the Penn State 30-yard line.

Suddenly, Alabama was within range of a score to end the half and had the time to get even closer to the Penn State end zone. Within fi eld goal range, Alabama presumably would position itself for a go-ahead kick in the fi nal seconds of the second quarter. But Penn State coach Joe Paterno’s plan backfi red enor-mously when Crimson Tide quarterback Jeff Rutledge dropped back and found split end Bruce Bolton wide open in the end zone for a 30-yard touchdown pass with just eight seconds left in the half. Alan McElroy kicked the extra point to give Alabama a 7-0 halftime lead.

An interception by Penn State’s Pete Harris at Alabama’s 48 yard line late in the third period set up Penn State’s only touchdown. Nittany Lions quarterback Chuck Fusina hit Scott Fitzkee deep in the end zone for a touchdown. Matt Bahr’s extra point kick tied the game at 7-7 with 4:25 left in the third quarter.

A few moments later Alabama halfback Lou Ikner ran 62 yards with a Penn State punt before being dragged down at the Nitta-ny Lions’ 11-yard line. Th ree plays later, Major Ogilvie rammed into the corner of the end zone, sprung by a key block by tight end Rick Neal. McElroy kicked the extra point to extend the Alabama lead to 14-7 with 21 seconds left in the third quarter.

Th e Nittany Lions had a chance to tie the score when the Lions’ Joe Lally fell on a misdirected pitchout by Rutledge on an op-tion play at the Tide 19 with 7:57 remaining. Penn State drove to a third down and goal at the Alabama one. But the Alabama defense sealed off its end zone in a tremendous defensive eff ort, climaxed by Crimson Tide linebacker Barry Krauss stopping Penn State tailback Mike Guman short of the goal line.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 7 7 0 - 14Penn State 0 0 7 0 - 7Attendance: 76,824 (capacity: 76,800).



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1981 COTTON BOWL

(9) Alabama 30, (6) Baylor 2

DALLAS, Texas (Jan. 1, 1981) — Alabama capped off a 10-2 season by decking Southwest Conference champion Baylor 30-2 in the 45th Cotton Bowl Classic. For only the second time since 1971, Alabama had failed to win the Southeastern Conference championship, fi nishing second behind eventual national cham-pion Georgia. Th e Tide had been upset by Mississippi State (6-3) to snap the nation’s longest winning streak at 28, then fell to old nemesis Notre Dame (7-0).

But against Grant Teaff ’s Baylor Bears, Paul “Bear” Bryant’s Crim-son Tide was impressive. Th e Alabama defense was the primary factor, as the likes of middle guard Warren Lyles, E.J. Junior and Th omas Boyd shut down Baylor’s previously unstoppable run-ning tandem of Walter Abecrombie and Dennis Gentry. Th e pair had combined for nearly 2,000 yards during Baylor’s 10-1 regular season, but on this sunny day in Dallas, they were limited to a combined total of 54 yards.

Major Ogilvie, Don Jacobs and Mark Nix scored touchdowns for the Crimson Tide and sophomore Peter Kim added a Cotton bowl record three fi eld goals to send Alabama to its record-tying sixth consecutive bowl victory. Baylor’s off ense was all but blunted by the swarming Crimson Tide defense, which helped bring Bry-ant his 306th career coaching victory.

Kim kicked fi eld goals of 29 and 28 yards in the fi rst half and add-ed a 42-yarder in the third quarter. His three fi eld goals equaled a Cotton Bowl record set in 1972 by Penn State’s Alberto Vitiello. Ogilvie, who carried 15 times for 74 yards, scored Alabama’s fi rst touchdown of the game, going over from the 1 in the second quarter and thus becoming the fi rst person ever to score a rushing touchdown in four consecutive bowl games.

Alabama, which fi nished with 241 yards on the ground, added a pair of touchdowns in the fi nal quarter on a one-yard run by Jacobs and a three-yard run by Nix with 1:16 to play. Baylor, shut out 45-0 by Alabama during the 1979 season could manage only a safety that coming in the second quarter when defensive tackle Tommy Tabor tackled Alabama’s Lewis in the end zone as Lewis was trying to throw the ball.

Alabama and Baylor both fi nished the season with 10-2 records and the game was never a contest after the Bears missed on their only good touchdown opportunity late in fi rst quarter.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 6 7 3 14 - 30Baylor 2 0 0 0 - 2Attendance: 74,281 (capacity: 72,032).

1982 LIBERTY BOWL

Alabama 21, Illinois 15

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Dec. 29, 1982) — Th e 1982 Liberty Bowl is remembered almost solely as the last football game Alabama played under the direction of legendary head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, who announced his retirement from coaching just two weeks prior to the game.

At the end of an atypical season, Alabama enterd the 1982 Liberty Bowl coming off three straight season-ending losses. Big Ten Con-ference foe Illinois, 7-4 and boasting a potent off ense and in the midst of a resurgence under 46-year-old head coach, Mike White, was appearing in its fi rst bowl in 19-years.

Alabama retired Coach Bryant in proper fashion by registering a 21-15 victory over the Fighting Illini. Th e win gave Coach Bryant a fi nal record of 323-85-17 – the most wins by any head coach in college football history up to that point.

“Many thanks to the staff for one heck of a job,” he said afterward in a crowded press interview tent. “Th e players’ preparation and the coaches’ preparation, especially in this circus-type atmosphere, were exceptional. I am thankful to have won my fi nal game. Whether the team likes it or not, they will always be remembered for winning my last game. I am proud they wanted to win this one for me.”

Alabama jumped ahead in the early going as fullback Ricky Moore started the scoring with a four-yard touchdown run in the fi rst quarter. After Illinois closed the gap to 7-6 on a one-yard run by Joe Curtis and failed extra point in the second quarter, the Tide took the lead into the locker room at halftime.

In the third quarter, split end Jesse Bendross ran scored on a reverse from 8 yards out to put Alabama up 14-6. Th en, Illinois rallied behind quarterback Tony Eason on a two-yard pass from Eason to wide receiver Oliver Williams to draw within 14-12 after a failed two-point conversion attempt.

Th e Crimson Tide surged further ahead in the fi nal quarter as Craig Turner scored the last touchdown of the Bryant Era for Alabama on a one-yard run with 7:34 left in the game for a 21-12 lead. Illinois roared back and drew closer on a 23-yard fi eld goal by Mike Bass with 6:12 remaining, but the Fighting Illini could get no closer due to a clutch defensive eff ort spearheaded by cornerback Jeremiah Castille’s three interceptions. Castille earned Most Valuable Player honors for that performance.

Alabama won the game despite giving up 444 yards of total off ense and surviving a Liberty Bowl record, 423 yards of passing from Ea-son. Alabama’s bruising ground attack plowed for 217 yards while the Tide defense allowed only 21 yards on the ground.

Bryant died on January 26, 1983, less than four weeks following the Liberty Bowl.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 0 7 7 - 21Illinois 0 6 0 9 - 15Attendance: 54,123 (capacity: 61,008).

1982 COTTON BOWL


DALLAS, Texas (Jan. 1, 1982) — Alabama marched into Dal-las as the Southeastern Conference co-champion and its head coach, Paul “Bear” Bryant, entered as the winningest man in the history of the game, but Fred Akers’ Texas Longhorns were not impressed.

Five weeks after Bryant had earned his record-breaking 315th head coaching victory against in-state rival Auburn, the Long-horns came from behind to hand Alabama a 14-12 defeat.

Th e Longhorns overcame a 10-0 defi cit with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, then gave the Crimson Tide an intentional safety before weathering a counter-charge. Not only did the vic-tory by Texas keep alive a Longhorns jinx of never having lost to Alabama, but it kept Bryant from winning an NCAA record seventh consecutive bowl game in seven years.

Alabama quarterback Walter Lewis’s six-yard touchdown pass to Jesse Bendross and Peter Kim’s 24-yard fi eld goal gave the Long-horns a big fourth quarter hill to climb.

Texas quarterback Robert Brewer, starting only his fourth game for the Longhorns, raced 30 yards for a touchdown on a tricky draw play. After a punt, Brewer directed the Longhorns 80 yards in 11 plays climaxed by Terry Orr’s eight-yard touchdown run. Included in the drive was a 37-yard completion to tight end Law-rence Sampleton on a third-and 10 play.

Alabama’s Joey Jones returned the ensuing kickoff a Cotton Bowl record 61 yards, but cornerback William Graham intercepted Lewis on the next play at the Texas 1, setting up an ending that was steeped in strategic decisions by both head coaches.

Akers ordered Texas punter John Goodson to take a safety with less than a minute to play. And Texas held Alabama after it got a free punt from its own 20.

Th e win improved Texas’ record to 10-1-1, while the loss dropped Alabama to 9-2-1. Brewer, who completed 12 of 21 passes on the day for 201 yards, was named the off ensive most valuable player and Alabama linebacker Robbie Jones, who had 12 tackles, was the defensive MVP.


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1983 SUN BOWL

Alabama 28, (6) SMU 7

EL PASO, Texas (Dec. 24, 1983) — Alabama entered the 50th Annual Sun Bowl after a disappointing 7-4 regular season. Play-ing before the largest crowd (41,412) ever to witness an event in El Paso, Texas, sports history up to that point, the Crimson Tide football team gave the fans their money’s worth by shocking sixth-ranked Southern Methodist (SMU), 28-7. Th at crowd braved wind gusts of up to 35 miles per hour and temperatures in the 20s.

Fullback Ricky Moore ran for two fi rst-period touchdowns and Walter Lewis riddled the nation’s second best defense with his pass-ing to lead Alabama to its most impressive victory of the season, Moore carried 28 times for 113 yards and his sixth consecutive 100-yard eff ort, capped early drives of 59 and 51 yards with touch-down runs of 1 yard and 11 yards to give the Crimson Tide a 14-0 lead after one period. Lewis, who completed 9-of-14 passes for 148 yards and was named the game’s most valuable player, scored from a yard out to end an 86-yard drive midway through the second quarter. He lofted a 19-yard touchdown pass to split end Joey Jones 43 seconds before halftime to make it 28-0.

SMU quarterback Lance Mcllhenny fumbled a snap from center on the Mustangs’ fi rst possession and Alabama cornerback Sammy Hood, who was blitzing, recovered at the Tide 19. Alabama needed only 64 seconds and three plays to make it 14-0. Lewis passed 32 yards to Richardson, scrambled for eight and fl ipped a pitchout to Moore, who started right, cut back sharply and scored from the 11 without a hand being laid on him.

Th e Crimson Tide went 86 yards in 6:22 for its third touchdown. Reserve tailback Linnie Patrick started it with a 14-yard run and Lewis whipped passes of 18 yards to tight end Preston Gothard and 17 to Jones. Lewis fooled the SMU defense with a fake to Moore up the middle, hesitated for a second and then darted around right end to score easily. Freshman Van Tiffi n’s conversion made it 21-0.

Free safety Freddie Robinson intercepted a McIlhenny pass at the Alabama 38 with 1:09 left in the half and Lewis needed only four plays and 26 seconds to make it 28-0. Lewis found Jones in the rear of the end zone behind cornerback Fred Nichols for Alabama’s fi -nal touchdown. SMU scored with 3:41 left in the third periodwith McIlhenny tossing a touchdown pass to split end Marquis Pleasant, another freshman.

After SMU’s third period score, the Mustangs threatened on two other occasions. But tailback Reggie Dupard fumbled the ball away at the Tide 2l with 4:16 left in the third period and McIlhenny threw an incomplete pass on fourth down from the Alabama nine with 7:02 remaining.

It was Alabama’s 37th bowl game and 25th in a row, both national records, but the fi rst since head coach Ray Perkins succeeded the late Paul “Bear” Bryant as head coach. Th e victory enabled the Crimson Tide to snap a two-game losing streak which had dropped them out of the Top 20 rankings and wind up 8-4 in Perkins’ fi rst season, the same record as Bryant’s fi nal team a year earlier.

SMU, the nation’s winningest team over the span of 1981-82 with a 31-2-1 record before the Sun Bowl debacle, fi nished the season with a 10-2 record. Th e Mustangs two setbacks in that three-year stretch were by two and three points to Texas.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 14 14 0 0 - 28SMU 0 0 7 0 - 7Attendance: 41,412 (capacity: 51,500).

1986 SUN BOWL

(13) Alabama 28, (12) Washington 6

EL PASO, Texas (Dec. 25, 1986) — Alabama’s memorable 1986 senior class went out in impressive style with a dominant 28-6 victory over Pac-10 Conference runner-up Washington. Th e win gave the Crimson Tide a 10-3 record against one of the na-tion’s toughest schedules. Alabama head coach Ray Perkins’ fi nal team at the Capstone opened the season 7–0, only to lose three of its fi nal fi ve regular season games to fi nish with a 9–3 record.

Senior All-American linebacker Cornelius Bennett was selected the game’s most valuable player. He led the defense that allowed Washington’s high powered off ense just 62 yards on the ground, and 241 yards total off ense. Th e Tide didn’t allow a touchdown.

After a scoreless fi rst quarter, All-American halfback Bobby Humphrey broke loose on a 64-yard sprint for the game’s fi rst score with 13:55 left in the second quarter. Th e Huskies’ kicker, Jeff Jaeger, booted a 31-yard fi eld goal with 5:55 left and added a 34-yarder with 44 seconds remaining as Alabama took a 7-6 halftime lead.

Midway through the third quarter, Alabama’s Freddie Robinson recovered a Washington fumble on the Huskies’ 47-yard line. In six plays, quarterback Mike Shula sharply guided the Crimson Tide to a touchdown, completing two passes to Humphrey and a 32-yard scoring strike to Greg Richardson. All-American place-kicker Van Tiffi n converted his second point-after kick of the day with 6:24 remaining in the period and Alabama led, 14-6.

On the Crimson Tide’s next possession, Humphrey ran three plays for 15 yards. Th en Shula hit Angelo Staff ord for 27 yards, Richardson for 25 and Humphrey for an 18-yard touchdown pass. Th e six-play, 83-yard drive took but 2:11 off the clock and with Tiffi n’s conversion kick, Alabama was in charge 21-6.

Alabama scored again on its next possession, covering 92 yards in 16 plays. Humphrey ran in the score from three yards out after gaining 48 yards on ten carries and catching three passes for 30 yards from Shula on the drive. Tiffi n converted at the 7:16 mark in the last quarter for the fi nal 28-6 margin.

Shula, starting his 27th consecutive game for Alabama, com-pleted 15 of 26 passes for 176 yards with two touchdown passes in his fi nal collegiate game. Humphrey ended a sensational year with three touchdowns and his 159 yards rushing gave him eight 100-yard rushing games for the season.

A crowd of 48,722 witnessed the game and CBS televised it na-tionally.


1985 ALOHA BOWL

(15) Alabama 24, Southern California 3

HONOLULU, Hawai’i (Dec. 28, 1985) — Alabama domi-nated the second half to hand Southern California a 24-3 defeat in the fourth annual Aloha Bowl in Honolulu to end the 1985 season with a 9-2-1 record. Before a crowd of 35,183, the Crim-son Tide victory tied USC with the most bowl victories (21) as the traditional football powers met for only the second time in bowl competition.

Th e fi rst half was a defensively-domniated sloppy aff air that ended in a 3-3 tie. Alabama was whistled for 68 yards on seven penalties in the fi rst half. Th e Tide scored on its fi rst possession, driving 54 yards from its own 15-yard line to the USC 31 where Van Tiffi n kicked a 48 yard fi eld goal. Early in the second quar-ter, USC tied the score on a 24-yard fi eld goal by Don Shafer with 9:36 left in the half after UA stopped the Trojans at the eight yard line on a drive that started from the USC 37.

Th e charged up Crimson Tide scored a touchdown on its sec-ond possession in the third quarter. Greg Richardson returned a punt 14 yards to the Trojans 42. Ten plays later, fullback Craig Turner dove into the end zone from the one. Tiffi n converted the extra point for a 10-3 lead.

Moments later, Kermit Kendrick intercepted a USC pass and returned it 16 yards to the Trojans 44. Five plays later, Alabama quarterback Mike Shula hit wide receiver Clayton Whitehurst in the end zone for a 24-yard touchdown pass. Tiffi n converted for a 17-3 lead with 13:25 left in the fourth quarter.

Alabama forced USC to punt on its next possession and Rich-ardson called for a fair catch on the Trojans 44. Seven plays later, fl anker Albert Bell ran a reverse around the left side for a 14-yard touchdown with 8:25 remaining. Tiffi n kicked the extra point for the 24-3 fi nal score.

Alabama freshman running back Gene Jelks gained 79 yards on 17 carries and was named the game’s Most Valuable Off ensive Player. Junior All-American linebacker Cornelius Bennett had nine tackles, broke up one pass, and pressured opposing pass-ers throughout the game to earn the Most Valuable Defensive Player honor. Th e game was televised nationally by Innovative Sports TV.




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1988 HALL OF FAME BOWL

Michigan 28, Alabama 24

TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 2, 1988) — In a battle of two traditional football powers, Alabama and Michigan met for the fi rst time in the second Hall of Fame Bowl in Tampa, Fla., and the Wolverines won, 28-24, on a fourth down play in the game’s fi nal minute.

NBC televised the game nationally and 60,156 fans looked on as Alabama head coach Bill Curry faced Michigan assistant head coach Gary Moeller, who replaced head coach Bo Schembechler, who had suff ered a heart attack three weeks prior to the game.

A 51-yard Philip Doyle fi eld goal at 8:43 in the fi rst quarter gave the Crimson Tide a 3-0 lead. Michigan’s All-American halfback Jamie Morris, who fi nished with a career-high 234 rushing yards on the day, proceeded to score three unanswered touchdowns. Two came in the second quarter from 25 and 14 yards out, en-abling Michigan to build a 14-3 lead at halftime. On Michigan’s second possession of the third quarter, Morris broke through the left side of his line for a 77-yard touchdown sprint with 9:36 re-maining.

Down 21-3, Alabama came to life and scored three touchdowns for the lead. With 4:55 left in the third quarter, tight end Howard Cross took a 16-yard scoring strike from quarterback Jeff Dunn to complete a 72-yard drive but the Tide failed on a two-point conversion. On Alabama’s next possession, the team put together an 85-yard drive with All-American tailback Bobby Humphrey leaping over from the one yard line.

After forcing Michigan to punt on its next two possessions, the passing of Dunn and the running of Humphrey completed a 79-yard drive with Humphrey scoring on a determined 17-yard run. Dunn completed a two-point play to Clayton Whitehurst for a 24-21 lead with 4:49 remaining to play.

Starting from its own 38-yard line after the kickoff , Michigan quickly moved to Alabama’s 20-yard line where the Wolverines faced a fourth-and-three situation. From there, quarterback De-metrius Brown completed a beautifully executed touchdown pass to fl anker John Kolesar with 50 seconds left in the game to give the Wolverines a 28-24 victory. Kolesar, who beat Alabama cor-nerback John Mangum, jumped high into the air on the play to catch the winning pass, his only reception of the day.

Dunn completed 23 of 40 passes for 269 yards and Humphrey rushed for 149 yards on 27 attempts to lead Alabama off ensively.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 3 0 6 15 - 24Michigan 0 14 7 7 - 28Attendance: 60,156 (capacity: 60,000).

1990 SUGAR BOWL

(2) Miami 33, (7) Alabama 25

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 1, 1990) — On the fi rst day of the 1990s, Miami clinched the 1989 National Championship with a 33-25 victory over seventh-ranked Alabama in a game that was Bill Curry’s last as head coach of the Crimson Tide.

Miami struck early, moving ahead 7-0 with 4:55 left in the fi rst quarter on a three-yard run by fullback Stephen McGuire. Th e Tide had held the Hurricanes on downs and forced a fi eld goal attempt by Carlos Huerta but Alabama was off sides, giving Miami a fi rst down at the three-yard line to set up McGuire’s touchdown run.

Two series later, a short punt and a 10-yard return by Gene Jelks which put Alabama within striking range from the Miami 36. It took nine plays to move that distance against the Miami defense, but a four-yard reception of a Gary Hollingsworth pass by Marco Battle scored the Tide touchdown and tied the score at 7-7.

Th e Hurricanes answered quickly by going 78 yards in fi ve plays with Craig Erickson and Wesley Carroll connecting on three com-pletions for 50 yards, including an 18-yarder for the score. Carlos Huerta’s extra point was blocked by Alabama’s Mike Ramil, leaving the score at 13-7.

Th e second quarter fi reworks continued with Tide freshman Anto-nio London recovering a fumbled Miami punt to set up an eventual 45-yard fi eld goal by Philip Doyle. Nine plays later, the Hurricanes went up 20-10 after Alex Johnson scored from three yards out. Th e Tide struck back with its most impressive drive of the night, cover-ing 80 yards in 11 plays and scoring on a seven-yard pass from Hollingsworth to Lamonde Russell with 40 seconds left in the half.

Alabama was back in business seconds later when senior Lee Oz-mint intercepted an Erickson toss and ran it back 23 yards to the Miami 19. Th ree plays later Doyle tried a 40-yard fi eld goal on the fi nal play of the fi rst half. Doyle had the distance to hit it from better than 60 yards, but the kick sailed to the left and the halftime score read Miami 20, Alabama 17.

Both teams came out slow in the second half, and failed to score in a conservative third quarter. Th e fourth quarter, however, began with the Hurricane off ense in high gear, as Erickson hit tight end Rob Chudzinski for an 11-yard score. Only minutes later, Erickson found his other tight end, Randy Bethel, from 12 yards out to give Miami a commanding 33-17 lead.

Late in the game, Alabama made a heroic comeback eff ort as Hol-lingsworth hit Miami native Prince Wimbley with a scoring pass from nine yards out with 2:53 left. A Hollingsworth to Russell two-point conversion pass pulled the Tide within eight, 33-25. How-ever, Alabama’s on-side kick attempt failed and the Hurricanes had little trouble running out the clock and claiming not only the Sugar Bowl crown but the unanimous No. 1 ranking in the nation as well.

Miami’s Dennis Erickson became only the second coach in college football history to win the national championship in his fi rst season at a school, and Craig Erickson was named the game’s Most Out-standing Player. For Alabama, Hollingsworth threw for 214 yards and three touchdowns. On defense, Alabama was led by defensive backs Lee Ozmint and Efrum Th omas, both of whom had a team-leading nine tackles.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 17 0 8 - 25Miami 7 13 6 7 - 33Attendance: 77,452 (capacity: 76,800).

1988 SUN BOWL

(20) Alabama 29, Army 28

EL PASO, Texas (Dec. 24, 1988) — Resilient Alabama, be-hind a record-setting performance by senior quarterback David Smith, rallied to defeat upset-minded Army 29-28 in the 55th annual Sun Bowl Classic. Smith shattered passing records set by such esteemed Alabama greats as Steve Sloan and Joe Namath in guiding the Crimson Tide to the win on a near perfect day in El Paso.

A 51-yard run by Army fullback Ben Barnett set up the fi rst score of the game, a one-yard run by Mike Mayweather, with less than three minutes elapsed.

Alabama cut the lead to 7-3 in the fi rst quarter on a 37-yard fi eld goal by Philip Doyle but, early in the second period, the Cadets took a 14-3 lead when quarterback Bryan McWilliams capped a 69-yard, six-play drive with a 30-yard touchdown run on a wish-bone option play. Alabama settled for another Doyle fi eld goal, this time from 22 yards out, to draw within 14-6.

Th e end of the fi rst half brought some of the game’s most pivotal moments. While the Alabama defense was trying to fi gure out the intricacies of the Black Knights’ wishbone, Army went to the air on a halfback pass, but passer Calvin Cass overshot a wide open Otto Leone for what would have been an easy score. Instead, Army had to settle for a fi eld goal attempt from the Alabama 24 yard line. Th e Crimson Tide’s Derrick Th omas blocked the kick, keeping Army from adding to its lead.

David Smith rapidly drove Alabama 76 yards in 1:12 for a score. With only 35 seconds left in the fi rst half, Doyle converted the extra point to narrow the lead to 14-13. Five plays later and with only a few ticks left on the clock, Army lined up for another fi eld goal try, this time from the Alabama 27-yard line. Keith Walker’s 44-yard attempt was blocked, again by the omnipresent Th omas.

Trailing 28-20, the Crimson Tide and Smith did not panic, driv-ing to the Army two-yard line where the Army defense stiff ened and Doyle was called on to kick a 32-yard fi eld goal with 7:25 left. Now behind 28-23, Alabama surged to the winning touchdown. A 19-yard pass from Smith to Todd Richardson and a 16-yard run by Wayne Shaw led to senior David Casteal leaping into the end zone for the winning score.

Smith, the game’s Most Valuable Player, completed 33 of 52 passes for 412 yards and two touchdown, setting Alabama bowl records for attempts, completions and yardage. Th omas was voted the game’s best lineman.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 3 10 7 9 - 29Army 7 7 14 0 - 28Attendance: 48,719 (capacity: 51,500).

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1991 FIESTA BOWL

(18) Lousiville 34, (25) Alabama 7

TEMPE, Ariz. (Jan. 1, 1991) — Th e Louisville Cardinals, be-hind four fi rst-quarter touchdowns, jumped to a 25-0 lead over the Crimson Tide and coasted to a 34 7 victory in the 1991 Sunk-ist Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona.

Th e game marked the second time that Louisville head coach Howard Schnellenberger, an assistant coach at Alabama from 1961-65, had faced the Tide as a head coach. Schnellenberger, an assistant under the legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant, helped coach the Tide to an impressive 49-5-1 record, including three SEC and national championships (1961, ‘64 and ‘65).

Off ensively, the Tide compiled only 189 yards total off ense. Ala-bama’s vaunted defense, ranked fi rst in passing defense, third in total defense, fourth in scoring defense and sixth in rushing de-fense, gave up an Alabama bowl-record 458 yards passing. Th e Cardinals rushed for another 113 yards to set an opponent record for most yards gained in a bowl game (571). Th e Tide defense was unable to stop the Cardinals’ Browning Nagle, who hit on 20-of-33 attempts for 451 yards and three touchdowns.

Th e Cardinals jumped ahead with 7:35 left in the fi rst quarter when Nagle hit Latrell Ware for a 70-yard scoring pass with 7:35 left. Ralph Dawkins came back with 3:40 remaining to score on a fi ve-yard burst that capped a six-play, 26-yard drive. After an Alabama punt, Louisville breezed to a 19-0 lead by driving 77 yards in six plays. Th at march was capped by a 37-yard pass from Nagle to Anthony Cummings. After a misconnection on a two-point conversion pass, the lead remained at 19-0 with 54 seconds left in the fi rst period.

Just 53 seconds later, Louisville blocked an Alabama punt and the Cardinals’ Ray Buchanan recovered it in the end zone for a touch-down. Th e Cardinals went for two, but George Teague stopped a run by Ralph Dawkins on the one-yard line and the Cardinals’ led, 25-0, with one second left in the fi rst quarter.

Th e Tide’s only score came when Charles Gardner intercepted a Jeff Brohm pass and returned it 49 yards for a touchdown with 7:32 left in the second quarter.

Louisville rounded out the scoring when Nagle threw 19 yards to Anthony Cummings and Bama quarterback Danny Woodson was called for intentional grounding in the end zone.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 7 0 0 - 7Louisville 25 0 7 2 - 34Attendance: 69,098 (capacity: 71,706).

1993 SUGAR BOWL

(2) Alabama 34, (1) Miami 13

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 1, 1993) — All week long Alabama coach Gene Stallings said he did not consider his Crimson Tide an underdog. In front of 76,789 in the Superdome and a national television audience, Alabama proved the skeptics wrong as the Tide handily defeated the No. 1-ranked Miami Hurricanes, 34-13, win-ning the national championship for the fi rst time since 1979.

Alabama’s defensive strategy stifl ed Miami’s rushing game, only allowing the Hurricanes 48 yards on the ground. Gino Torretta passed for 278 yards, but was ineff ective. With Alabama leading 13-6 at the half, the defense took control of the game early in the third quarter. On UM’s fi rst play from scrimmage in the second half, Torretta was intercepted by Tommy Johnson, who returned the ball to the Miami 20-yard line. Six plays later, Derrick Lassic scored from a yard out to increase UA’s lead to 20-6.

Alabama’s defense had been giving Torretta problems all day but the one play that virtually spelled the end for Miami came on their next possession. Th e Tide pulled all 11 players up to line with Torretta operating from the shotgun. His errant pass was snared by George Teague who high-stepped 31 yards for the second Tide touchdown in 16 seconds.

Teague was matched against Miami tailback Jonathan Harris, who was lined up in a slot to the right. Teague jammed Harris as he tried to come off the line of scrimmage. Torretta, who was pressured all night by the Alabama defense, chose to force a throw towards Har-ris. But Teague stepped in front of Harris, caught the pass at the 31, took off toward the right sideline and high-stepped the last fi ve yards into the end zone for a 21-point lead. Th is play by Teague would be a big one in the Tide’s victory, however, it would not be the only one he would be remembered for in this game.

Trailing 27-6, the Hurricanes off ense took the fi eld to mount a successful drive. On Miami’s second down and 10 play, Teague made one the biggest defensive plays of the season, although it was null and void because of a fi ve-yard off side penalty called against Alabama. Torretta hit his favorite receiver, Lamar Th omas, who was streaking down the sideline for an apparent six points. Teague streaked down the sideline, ran Th omas down, stripped the ball from him, and proceeded to advance the ball in the other direc-tion for a short gain. Th e play may not be offi cially recorded in the record books but it will stand as one of the best defensive plays ever.

Th e Tide relied on a ground attack to move the ball on off ense. Out of the 285 total yards gained, 267 of them came on the ground. Derrick Lassic controlled UA’s ground game cutting and weaving his way to 135 yards rushing on 28 carries and two touchdowns. His eff orts gained him the Miller-Digby Sugar Bowl Most Valuable Player Award.

Alabama was outgained, 326 yards to 285. Tide quarterback Jay Barker, who led his team to victory for the 17th time in 17 starts, completed just 4 of 13 passes for 18 yards, with two interceptions. Meanwhile, Torretta’s decisive mistakes were the result of an over-whelming Alabama defensive eff ort that all but eliminated Miami’s ability to run. Miami was held to 48 rushing yards, 42 of which came during an inconsequential fi nal drive long after a Crimson celebration had begun.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 3 10 14 7 - 34Texas A&M 3 3 0 7 - 13Attendance: 76,789 (capacity: 76,800).

1991 BLOCKBUSTER BOWL

(8) Alabama 30, (15) Colorado 25

MIAMI, Fla. (Dec. 28, 1991) — Alabama relied on a second half rally and three Jay Barker touchdown passes to come from behind and defeat defending national champion Colorado, 30-25, at Joe Robbie Stadium in South Florida.

Th is game was marked Colorado’s switch to a one-back, pass-oriented off ense after the Buff aloes had been primarily a option running team for several years leading up to the contest. But Alabama adjusted quickly and successfully to the scheme.

David Palmer was honored with the “Brian Piccolo Award” as the game’s most valuable player and he put the Crimson Tide on the scoreboard fi rst in his usual fashion, a punt return. Palmer took the punt on Alabama’s 48-yard line, ran through four Col-orado defenders and scooted down the right sideline 52 yards for the score. Matt Wethington’s point-after kick gave Alabama a 7-0 lead with 8:49 left in the fi rst quarter.

Colorado’s Ron Woolfork blocked an Alabama punt to give the Buff aloes the ball on the Alabama three-yard line and two plays later Scott Phillips ran it in from the one 1 with 1:34 remaining in the opening period. Jim Harper kicked the extra point to tie the game. Two possessions later, Colorado took the lead when linebacker Ted Johnson tackled Alabama running back Martin Houston in the end zone for a safety with 13:15 left in the sec-ond quarter.

Neither team could generate much off ense, but the Alabama defense provided the necessary boost when Mark McMillian intercepted a Darian Hagan pass on the 50-yard line and ran it back 49 yards to the one. Th e Tide lost seven yards in three plays and settled for a Wethington fi eld goal. Th e Buff aloes used the fi nal 43 seconds in the half and kicked a 33-yard fi eld goal as time ran out.

In the second half, the Alabama off ense woke up and drove the ball to Colorado’s eight. An apparent David Palmer touchdown was called back because of an illegal substitution, but on the next play (third-and-13) Barker and Siran Stacy connected on a 13-yard pass for six points. Th e two-point conversion failed and Alabama led, 16-12.

Th e lead didn’t last long. Th e Buff aloes scored just 18 seconds later on a 62-yard pass from Hagan to Michael Westbrook to put CU back in front, 19-16. At this point, both off enses were moving. Alabama marched 75 yards its next possession, scor-ing on a 12-yard pass from Barker to Kevin Lee. Wethington’s conversion kick put the Tide up, 23-19, with 6:55 left in the third quarter.

A 15-play drive in the fourth quarter culminated with a fi ve-yard touchdown pass from Barker to Palmer and gave the Tide a 30-19 lead with 8:10 remaining. But the Buff aloes cut the lead to fi ve on a 13-yard pass from Hagan to Charles Johnson with 3:30 left. Colorado got the ball back with 1:49 left and drove to the Alabama 33-yard line before being stopped on a fourth-and-one play with 40 seconds left.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 3 13 7 - 30Colorado 7 5 7 6 - 25Attendance: 52,644 (capacity: 75,192).



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1993 GATOR BOWL

(18) Alabama 24, North Carolina 10

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 31, 1993) — A key to this game for Alabama was to stop the Tar Heels’ running attack led by 1,000-yard rushers Curtis and Leon Johnson. Th e Tide would also have to defend against the Tar Heels’ passing game, guided by Jason Stanicek (who had completed 139 of 219 attempts for 1,878 yards and 12 touchdowns) whose favorite receiver, Corey Holliday, fi nished the year with 867 yards and two touchdowns.

A key ingredient for Alabama to win would be the play of back-up quarterback Brian Burgdorf, who was starting for the injured Jay Barker. Also, the Tide defensive backs would be without the services of consensus All-American Antonio Langham, who had been ruled ineligible for the SEC Championship game and the Gator Bowl.

After a scoreless fi rst quarter, Alabama got on the board with a Michael Proctor 22-yard fi eld goal with 11:01 in the second quarter. Th e Tar Heels answered Alabama’s score with a one-yard touchdown carry by William Henderson on the next series giving them a 7-3 lead.

On Alabama’s next series, Burgdorf hit three-of-four passing for 27 yards and picked up another 19 himself placing Alabama on the Tar Heels’ 33-yard line. On fi rst and 10, Burgdorf ran a draw up the middle for the distance and the touchdown. Proctor’s point-after kick gave Alabama a 10-7 lead.

North Carolina tied the game with two seconds left on the clock before the half on a Tripp Pignetti 23-yard fi eld goal.

In the third quarter, Alabama had the fi rst possession and used its rushing attack to drive the length of the fi eld. On second and goal from the Carolina eight-yard line, Burgdorf threw his fi rst pass of the drive to Tarrant Lynch in the middle of the end zone for six points. Alabama’s fi nal score of the game was Chad Key’s fi rst career touchdown. Th e Tide picked up three rushing fi rst downs before Burgdorf hit Key on a 10-yard reception. Proctor’s conversion kick gave Alabama a 24-10 lead with 6:34 left with neither team threatening again.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 10 7 7 - 24North Carolina 0 10 0 0 - 10Attendance: 67,205 (capacity: 62,000).

1997 OUTBACK BOWL

(16) Alabama 17, (15) Michigan 14

TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 1, 1997) — Head coach Gene Stallings went out a winner in his fi nal game at Alabama as linebacker Dwayne Rudd returned an interception 88 yards for the go-ahead score to give the 16th-ranked Crimson Tide a 17-14 victory over 15th-ranked Michigan in the Outback Bowl at Tampa, Florida.

Stallings, who had announced his resignation in November of 1996, fi nished his seven-year career at Alabama with wins in his last fi ve bowl games and a national championship in 1992.

Alabama (10-3) appeared in its record 48th bowl game, improving to 28-17-3 in those contests. Michigan (8-4) fell to 13-15 in the postseason.

Alabama used John Brock’s 43-yard fi eld goal to take a 3-0 lead with 3:42 left in the fi rst quarter, but Michigan grabbed a 6-3 half-time lead on fi eld goals of 44 and 22 yards by Remy Hamilton in the second quarter. After a scoreless third quarter, action heated up in the fi nal period.

Rudd intercepted a pass by Brian Griese in the right fl at and raced untouched down the left sideline with 12:13 left in the fourth quar-ter to give Alabama a 10-6 lead. Th e return broke the record for the bowl previously held by Georgia’s Gary Moss (81 yards) in the 1986 Hall of Fame Bowl. It was also an Alabama bowl record.

“I didn’t get a good look at the play,” Rudd said. “I looked up and saw the ball and just grabbed it. When I turned around, all I saw was a big fi eld in front of me and I just ran straight for the end zone. It felt sort of good to get in the end zone. I haven’t been there all year.”

Shaun Alexander scored on a 46-yard run with 2:15 left in the game, increasing the seemingly safe cushion to 17-6. Alexander fi nished with 99 yards on just nine carries. But the Wolverines re-bounded on the ensuing drive as Griese threw a nine-yard scoring pass to Russell Shaw. Chris Floyd’s run for the two-point conver-sion got the Wolverines within 17-14 with 1:16 left, but Chad Goss recovered Michigan’s onside kick attempt and Alabama ran out the clock.

Griese was 21-of-37 for 287 yards with one interception and a touchdown. His completions and attempts set new Michigan bowl standards. Alabama used John Brock’s 43-yard fi eld goal to take a 3-0 lead with 3:42 left in the fi rst quarter, but Michigan grabbed a 6-3 halftime lead on fi eld goals of 44 and 22 yards by Remy Ham-ilton in the second quarter.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 3 0 0 14 - 17Michigan 0 6 0 8 - 14Attendance: 53,161 (capacity: 60,000).

1995 CITRUS BOWL

(2) Alabama 24, (13) Ohio State 17

ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 2, 1995) — Th e Crimson Tide and the Ohio State Buckeyes met for only the third time in the two schools’ great football histories at the 1995 CompUSA Florida Citrus Bowl. Alabama, winner of the previous two encounters with the Buckeyes, made its fi rst Citrus Bowl appearance, the school’s 13th diff erent bowl.

A scoreless fi rst quarter was highlighted by a four-legged, un-wanted visitor. Alabama took possession following a missed fi eld goal and mounted an impressive drive, but the momentum seemed to escape when a stray dog found his way onto the fi eld and caused a lengthy delay in play. After the curious canine was chased off the fi eld and into a portal, the drive stalled and Mi-chael Proctor’s 49-yard fi eld goal attempt was blocked.

Th e Crimson Tide started another drive on its 20-yard line with just over four minutes remaining in the fi rst period. Th e 16-play, 80-yard drive ended early in the second period and was capped off by Tarrant Lynch’s touchdown run from nine yards out.

Th e lead was short-lived, however, as 13 seconds later, OSU tied the game with a 69-yard bomb from Bobby Hoying to Joey Gal-loway. Th e Buckeyes then capitalized on a blocked punt deep in Tide territory, and Hoying hooked up with Galloway again, this time from 11 yards out, to give OSU a 14-7 lead.

Alabama responded with an 11-play, 80-yard drive on the very next possession to tie the game. Sherman Williams fi nished the drive with a seven-yard scamper and both teams went to the locker room deadlocked at 14-14.

After a scoreless third quarter, Ohio State regained the lead at 17-14 as Josh Jackson connected on a 34-yard fi eld goal with 8:41 to go in the game. Michael Proctor, who had missed a 25-yard fi eld goal to start the fourth quarter, redeemed himself with a 27-yarder that tied the score, 17-17, with 4:29 left to play.

Th en, as it had done all season long, Alabama came through with late-game heroics to pull out a win. With less than a min-ute to play, Jay Barker hit Sherman Williams over the middle and, 50 yards later, the talented tailback had given the Tide a 24-17 win.

Alabama fi nished the season at 12-1-0, and with the victory, the senior class of 1994 (45-4-1) broke the record for most wins in a four-year period. Sherman Williams was given the Charles Y. McClendon Most Valuable Player Award after rushing for 166 yards, catching eight passes for 155 yards and scoring two touchdowns.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 14 0 10 - 24Ohio State 0 14 0 3 - 17Attendance: 71,195 (capacity: 70,000).

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1998 MUSIC CITY BOWL

(24) Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 29, 1998) — Virginia Tech’s spe-cial teams generated 14 points and cornerback Anthony Midget returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown as the 24th-ranked Hokies routed Alabama, 38-7, in the inaugural Music City Bowl. Already

Linebacker Phillip Summers also set up a touchdown with an interception for the Hokies, whose defense picked off 24 passes in 1998, the second-highest total in the country. Playing in front of a sellout crowd of 41,600 at Vanderbilt Stadium, the Hokies recorded their fi rst victory over Alabama in 11 tries. Tech quar-terback Al Clark ran for a 43-yard touchdown, running back Lamont Pegues added a pair of one-yard scores and running back Shyrone Stith added a four-yard touchdown for Virginia Tech (9-3), which snapped a two-game bowl losing streak.

Freshman Andrew Zow and Michael Vaughn hooked up on a fi ve-yard second-quarter touchdown to account for Alabama’s only scoring in a game that began with temperatures hover-ing around 40 degrees. Th e conditions worsened as the contest progressed, with freezing rain falling for most of the fi nal three quarters. Alabama’s 31-point setback was surpassed only by a 38-6 loss to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day 1972. Alabama (7-5) had its fi ve-game bowl winning streak snapped.

Virginia Tech led 10-7 at halftime, but the Crimson Tide self-destructed in one of Alabama’s worst second halves of the season. On Alabama’s second possession of the third quarter, Zow’s pass over the middle was picked off by Summers at the Tide 3-yard line and Virginia Tech entered the end zone three plays later on Pegues’ fi rst one-yard plunge.

Alabama’s next drive was quickly halted and defensive end Corey Moore broke through the line to block Pope’s kick, giving Vir-ginia Tech possession at the Alabama 29. It took the Hokies four plays to score this time, with Stith’s four-yard scamper making it 24-7. Moore was voted the game’s most valuable player. Winston’s muff late in the third period was recovered by safety Cory Bird at the Alabama 19 and Pegues’ one-yard scoring run 1:29 into the fourth quarter ended any hopes of an Alabama comeback. For emphasis, Midget picked off Zow and sprinted into the right corner of the end zone with 7:33 remaining.

Clark completed 7-of-14 passes for 71 yards and was intercepted once while carrying nine times for 55 yards. Stith added 71 yards on 10 attempts for the Hokies, who needed just 278 total yards to record the blowout. Zow was 19-of-35 for 224 yards but was picked off three times for Alabama, which was held to 274 yards, including just 50 on the ground. Shaun Alexander carried 21 times for 55 yards and caught eight passes for 87 yards.

Tech began the onslaught on its fi rst possession when Clark faked to Pegues, burst up the middle and outran the Tide secondary for a 43-yard touchdown just 2:35 into the contest.

Alabama tied the game just under six minutes into the second period when Zow found Vaughn in the back of the end zone. But Graham connected from 44 yards moments later to give the Hokies a three-point halftime advantage.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 7 0 0 - 7Virginia Tech 7 3 14 14 - 38Attendance: 41,600 (capacity: 39,790).

2001 INDEPENDENCE BOWL

Alabama 14, Iowa State 13

SHREVEPORT, La. (Dec. 27, 2001) — Andrew Zow, play-ing with a bruised calf, tossed a 27-yard touchdown pass to Terry Jones with 4:44 remaining as the Crimson Tide ended Alabama head coach Dennis Franchione’s fi rst season with a victory as the Crimson Tide trimmed Iowa State, 14-13, before a national televi-sion audience on ESPN. Th e game marked Alabama’s 51st bowl appearance and the fi rst for the Tide in the Independence Bowl.

Th e fi nal score wasn’t indicative of the tempo of the game. Iowa State’s off ense gave the Alabama defense all it wanted and racked up 456 yards of total off ense and 23 fi rst downs. But the Tide defense held when it had to and the off ense scored when it counted most. Iowa State’s defense dominated throughout, but Alabama free safe-ty Waine Bacon blocked Tony Yelk’s punt, giving the Crimson Tide possession at the Cyclones’ 29-yard line.

Two plays later, Zow connected with Jones for the winning score, enabling Alabama (7-5) to rally from a 10-0 defi cit and fi nish the season with a winning record. Zow, who was sacked four times, completed 11-of-19 passes for 119 yards with an interception. Th e Crimson Tide were held to just 150 yards on the ground.

Iowa State (7-5) had a chance to regain the lead in the fi nal min-ute, but Yelk’s 47-yard fi eld goal was wide right with 46 seconds left. It was his third miss of the game. Seneca Wallace drove the Cyclones into fi eld goal range on their fi nal possession. He con-verted a second-and-25 with a 26-yard completion to Jack Whitver at midfi eld, then kept the drive alive by hitting Lane Danielson for 14 yards on 4th-and-7 from the Alabama 47. For the game, Wallace completed 25-of-42 passes for 284 yards.

But Yelk’s fi eld goal missed the upright by inches and Zow took two snaps to run out the clock. Yelk kicked a 36-yard fi eld goal to open the scoring 1:42 into the contest before Joe Woodley scored on a one-yard touchdown run to make it 10-0 with 14:24 left in the sec-ond quarter. Alabama got on the board on Zow’s eight-yard touch-down run with 9:19 left in the second and Yelk failed to extend the lead, missing a 25-yard fi eld goal with 26 seconds left in the half.

Yelk converted a 41-yarder to make it 13-7 with 2:11 left in the third period, but kept Alabama within one score by missing a 40-yarder 4:22 into the fi nal period.

Cyclones running back Ennis Haywood rushed for 125 yards on 20 carries, marking the fi rst time Iowa State had lost in 13 games when its leading runner surpassed the century mark. Ahmad Galloway paced Alabama on the ground with 90 yards on 16 carries.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 7 0 7 - 14Iowa State 3 7 3 0 - 13Attendance: 45,627 (capacity: 50,832).

2000 ORANGE BOWL

(8) Michigan 35, (5) Alabama 34

MIAMI, Fla. (Jan. 1, 2000) — In a meeting between two of col-lege football’s most storied programs, Michigan came from behind twice, then held on in overtime to win. Alabama’s Ryan Pfl ugner missed an extra-point attempt by inches on the fi nal play of over-time to give the Wolverines a 35-34 victory over the Crimson Tide in the Orange Bowl.

Michigan’s Tom Brady threw for 369 yards and four touchdowns, including three to David Terrell who caught 10 passes for 150 yards. After Michigan’s Shawn Th ompson caught a 25-yard touch-down pass on the fi rst play of overtime, Alabama scored on An-drew Zow’s 21-yard pass to Antonio Carter. But Pfl ugner’s extra-point attempt was just wide to the right.

Th e Wolverines won even though they lost a fumble at the Ala-bama 1 in the fourth quarter and had a 36-yard fi eld goal attempt blocked to force the overtime. Shaun Alexander, the Southeast-ern Conference Player of the Year, rushed for 161 yards and three touchdowns in his fi nal game for Alabama. His scores came on runs of 5, 6 and 50 yards, and teammate Freddie Milons scored on a 62-yard punt return.

Th e eighth-ranked Wolverines (10-2) managed just one fi rst down in the opening 28 minutes but completed their third consecutive 10-win season. Th e sixth-ranked Crimson Tide (10-3) lost in their 50th bowl game, an NCAA record.

Th e Wolverines’ fi rst six possessions produced just one fi rst down, which came on a 5-yard gain on a fake punt. Th e off ense fi nally mustered a fi rst down with 1:18 left in the opening half, then scored two plays later on a 27-yard pass from Brady to Terrell. Th e Wolverines erased defi cits of 14-0 and 28-14 thanks to Ter-rell, who tied Orange Bowl and Michigan bowl records with three touchdown receptions.

Brady, who was 34-for-46, led Michigan to three touchdowns in a 12-minute span in the third quarter. Th e comeback wasn’t the fi rst by the Wolverines, who rallied from fourth-quarter defi cits to win three times during the regular season. Alabama’s Phillip Weeks blocked a fi eld-goal attempt by Hayden Epstein as time ran out in the fourth quarter, forcing the overtime. Earlier in the period, Michigan’s Anthony Th omas lost a fumble at the Alabama 1.

Alexander turned a third-and-1 run into a 50-yard touchdown, breaking three tackles to give Alabama a 21-14 lead in the third quarter. Less than three minutes later, Milons caught a 51-yard punt, weaved across the fi eld and scored untouched to make it 28-14.

Th e Wolverines made the score 14-14 on their fi rst series of the second half. Terrell caught a short pass from Brady, eluded cor-nerback Milo Lewis, and sprinted to the end zone, completing a 57-yard play. Terrell beat Lewis again in the third quarter for a 20-yard score.

Alabama picked up only one fi rst down in the opening quarter, but a 32-yard run by Alexander got the Tide rolling. Th e play started a 76-yard drive that ended with Alexander’s 5-yard touchdown run. Th ree minutes later, Alabama scored again on Milons’ 23-punt re-turn and a late-hit penalty gave the Tide the ball at the Michigan 31. Alexander’s 6-yard touchdown run made the score 14-0.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 OT - FAlabama 0 14 14 0 6 - 34Michigan 0 7 21 0 7 - 35Attendance: 70,416 (capacity: 71,295).



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2004 MUSIC CITY BOWL

Minnesota 20, Alabama 16

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 27, 2004) — A turnaround 2005 season for Alabama ended in a way indicative of the regular sea-son as Crimson Tide rode a game-winning 45-yard fi eld goal by Jamie Christensen to a 13-10 win over explosive Texas Tech in the 2006 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas. Th e victory produced the Tide’s 28th 10 win season and, when the dust settled, Alabama fi nished ranked 8th in both fi nal national polls.

Although the kick by Christensen was by no means perfect, it was enough to keep Alabama in the win column and marked his third game-winning fi eld goal of the season. Alabama’s defense dominated the game early as the Red Raiders were forced to punt after their fi rst possession of the game.

Th e Tide’s fi rst possession resulted in a 76-yard touchdown pass from Brodie Croyle to Keith Brown on the Tide’s second play of the game as Croyle fl icked a play-action pass to the streaking Brown. Christensen’s point-after kick was good, giving the Tide an early 7-0 lead.

Th e Tide defense held the Red Raiders in check until late in the fi rst quarter when Alex Trlica hit a 34-yard fi eld goal, cutting the Alabama lead to 7-3.

With 2:39 left in the second quarter, a 38-yard fi eld goal attempt by Christensen was blocked and allowed Tech to take posses-sion at the Alabama 46-yard line. Tech quickly marched to the Alabama 21 and as the second quarter neared an end Trlica at-tempted a 37-yard fi eld goal on the fi nal play of the fi rst half, but Alabama defensive lineman Mark Anderson burst through to block the attempt to keep Alabama’s halftime lead at 7-3.

In the third quarter, the Crimson Tide was able to put more points on the scoreboard when Christensen kicked a 31-yard fi eld goal to extend the Alabama lead to 10-3. Early in the fourth quar-ter, Tech managed to tie the game at 10-10 as quarterback Cody Hodges connected with Jarrett Hicks on a 12-yard touchdown pass. Trlica’s conversion kick tied the game.

Alabama then went to work from its own 14-yard line, moving to the Red Raider 28-yard line in the game’s waning seconds. With just fi ve seconds left in the game, Christensen nailed a 45-yard fi eld goal that barely cleared the crossbar, giving the Tide the 13-10 victory, Alabama’s national-leading 30th victory in a postsea-son bowl game.

Playing his last game as the Alabama quarterback, senior Brodie Croyle earned the game’s Off ensive Most Valuable Player honor as he completed 19 of 31 passes for 275 yards and one touchdown. Alabama linebacker DeMeco Ryans was named Defensive MVP after garnering seven tackles to lead the Crimson Tide defense.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 7 0 2 - 16Minnesota 7 10 3 0 - 20Attendance: 66,089 (capacity: 69,143).


Oklahoma State 34, Alabama 31

SHREVEPORT, La. (Dec. 27, 2006) — Ending the 2006 sea-son in the PetroSun Independence Bowl, Alabama scored two late touchdowns to erase a 14-point defi cit, but a 27-yard fi eld goal by Oklahoma State’s Jason Ricks with 8.9 seconds left pinned a 34-31 loss on Alabama at Independence Stadium.

OSU running back Dantrell Savage ran for 112 yards and a touch-down and made the key play on the winning drive. He took a screen pass from quarterback Bobby Reid for 26 yards on third-and-9 to the Alabama 15 to put Ricks in prime position. Alabama tried to ice Ricks with three timeouts. But the sophomore sent the kick through the uprights, and he snatched off his helmet and ran to the sideline with it extended over his head.

Th e kick saved the Cowboys (7-6) from a fourth-quarter collapse and gave them both a winning record and their fi rst bowl victory since 2002. Oklahoma State blew a 14-point lead, setting up the Crimson Tide for the tying touchdown with a fumbled kickoff return.

Alabama (6-7) was playing in its NCAA-record 54th bowl game and looking for its 31st bowl victory but for much of the night the Crimson Tide’s vaunted postseason history seemed a distant memory.

Th e Cowboys scooped up an Alabama fumble on the Tide’s 38-yard line to set up the opening score. Savage ran the fi nal yard to cap a 38-yard drive and make it 7-0 Oklahoma State. Alabama tied it on an 18-yard touchdown pass from quarterback John Parker Wilson to Matt Caddell with 3:32 remaining in the fi rst quarter.

Oklahoma State went ahead 14-7 on Keith Toston’s 4-yard run. Th e Cowboys stretched their lead to 17-7 on a 28-yard fi eld goal by Ricks. Alabama cut the margin to 17-14 on a 1-yard run by full-back Tim Castille. But Alabama was unable to stop the Cowboys’ fi nal drive of the half. Oklahoma State took it 64 yards, capped by a 7-yard run by Toston for a 24-14 halftime lead.

In the third quarter, Jamie Christensen kicked a 24 yard fi eld goal to pull Alabama three points closer. Th en Reid hit Adarius Bow-man for a 10-yard score to give Oklahoma State a 14 point lead, 31-17. Alabama played fl at until late in the fourth quarter. With the Tide trailing 31-17, Javier Arenas returned a punt 86 yards to pull Alabama to within a touchdown with 10:50 left in the game.

Th en Grant Jones fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Chris Rogers, who forced the fumble, recovered to give Alabama a fi rst down on the Oklahoma State 21. Six plays later, left tackle Andre Smith caught a lateral from John Parker Wilson and ran tw0 yards to tie the game at 31-31.

Oklahoma State, ranked 16th nationally in total off ense, outgained Alabama, 419 to 276. Th e Cowboys rushed for 207 yards com-pared to 108 yards for the Tide. Jeremy Nethon had 11 tackles in-cluding seven solo for Oklahoma State and was selected the game’s Most Valuable Player honor.

For OSU, Reid completed 15 of 29 attempts for 212 yards with a touchdown and an interception, and Keith Toston added 58 yards and two touchdowns. John Parker Wilson completed 18 of 33 for 168 yards and a touchdown for Alabama. He was intercepted twice.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 17 0 10 - 34Oklahoma State 7 7 3 14 - 31Attendance: 45,054 (capacity: 50,832).

2006 COTTON BOWL

(13) Alabama 13, (18) Texas Tech 10

DALLAS, Texas (Jan. 2, 2006) — A turnaround 2005 sea-son for Alabama ended in a way indicative of the regular season as Crimson Tide rode a game-winning 45-yard fi eld goal by Ja-mie Christensen to a 13-10 win over explosive Texas Tech in the 2006 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas. Th e victory produced the Tide’s 28th 10 win season and, when the dust settled, Alabama fi nished ranked 8th in both fi nal national polls.

Although the kick by Christensen was by no means perfect, it was enough to keep Alabama in the win column and marked his third game-winning fi eld goal of the season. Alabama’s defense dominated the game early as the Red Raiders were forced to punt after their fi rst possession of the game.

Th e Tide’s fi rst possession resulted in a 76-yard touchdown pass from Brodie Croyle to Keith Brown on the Tide’s second play of the game as Croyle fl icked a play-action pass to the streaking Brown. Christensen’s point-after kick was good, giving the Tide an early 7-0 lead.

Th e Tide defense held the Red Raiders in check until late in the fi rst quarter when Alex Trlica hit a 34-yard fi eld goal, cutting the Alabama lead to 7-3.

With 2:39 left in the second quarter, a 38-yard fi eld goal at-tempt by Christensen was blocked and allowed Tech to take possession at the Alabama 46-yard line. Tech quickly marched to the Alabama 21 and as the second quarter neared an end Trlica attempted a 37-yard fi eld goal on the fi nal play of the fi rst half, but Alabama defensive lineman Mark Anderson burst through to block the attempt to keep Alabama’s halftime lead at 7-3.

In the third quarter, the Crimson Tide was able to put more points on the scoreboard when Christensen kicked a 31-yard fi eld goal to extend the Alabama lead to 10-3. Early in the fourth quarter, Tech managed to tie the game at 10-10 as quar-terback Cody Hodges connected with Jarrett Hicks on a 12-yard touchdown pass. Trlica’s conversion kick tied the game.

Alabama then went to work from its own 14-yard line, moving to the Red Raider 28-yard line in the game’s waning seconds. With just fi ve seconds left in the game, Christensen nailed a 45-yard fi eld goal that barely cleared the crossbar, giving the Tide the 13-10 victory, Alabama’s national-leading 30th victory in a postseason bowl game.

Playing his last game as the Alabama quarterback, senior Bro-die Croyle earned the game’s Off ensive Most Valuable Player honor as he completed 19 of 31 passes for 275 yards and one touchdown. Alabama linebacker DeMeco Ryans was named Defensive MVP after garnering seven tackles to lead the Crim-son Tide defense.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 7 0 0 7 - 13Texas Tech 7 0 3 3 - 10Attendance: 74,222(capacity: 74,222).

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Alabama 30, Colorado 24

SHREVEPORT, La. (Dec. 24, 2007) — Alabama used a 20-point fi rst quarter and relied on a stingy second-half defense to withstand Colorado in the PetroSun Independence Bowl, gaining 388 total yards in a 30-24 win over the Buff aloes at Independence Stadium.

Alabama (7-6) dominated the fi rst quarter of the game, opening with two fi eld-goal-scoring drives to take a 6-0 lead before an un-successful fake punt by Colorado (6-7) led to the Crimson Tide’s fi rst touchdown of the night, a 15-yard pass from quarterback John Parker Wilson to receiver Keith Brown for a 13-0 lead 10 minutes into the game.

After a Colorado punt, the Tide took the ball 63 yards in fi ve plays on its next possession, capping the drive with a 34-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to receiver Matt Caddell for a 20-0 fi rst-quarter lead.

A blocked punt by Caddell on Colorado’s next possession set up the Tide at its own 35-yard line and, six plays later, Wilson hit receiver Nikita Stover for his third touchdown pass of the night, a 34-yarder, to extend Alabama’s lead to 27-0 with 12:20 left in the fi rst half. Wilson completed 13 of his fi rst 15 passes for 185 yards and three touchdowns.

Late in the half, Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins found re-ceiver Tyson DeVree for a four-yard score to cut the Tide lead to 27-7. A 25-yard pass from Hawkins to Dusty Sprague with four seconds left in the second quarter cut the Alabama lead to 27-14 at the half.

A third quarter Colorado fi eld goal cut the Alabama lead to 10 and, with the Alabama off ense stalled, the Buff aloes got the ball back at the Alabama 20 with 8:25 left in the game and a chance to cut the Tide lead even more. But Alabama defensive tackle Brandon Dea-derick tipped a Hawkins pass and linebacker Darren Mustin made a diving interception to give Alabama the ball on Buff aloes’ 22.

Seven plays later Alabama was able to extend its lead to 30-17 with a 26-yard fi eld goal from Leigh Tiffi n, his third of the night, with 4:36 left in the game. Colorado then went 69 yards in just 45 seconds to cut the Alabama lead to 30-24 with a touchdown pass from Hawkins to DeVree, but the Tide was able to convert two fi rst downs on its next possession, running the clock down to one second before the Buff aloes took over at their own 20. Colorado’s lateral-fi lled fi nal play was stopped at the Buff aloes’ 45-yard line.

Wilson was 19-of-32 passing for 256 yards, with three touchdowns and one interception. Th e Alabama defense was led by end Wal-lace Gilberry, who recorded fi ve tackles-for-loss in an eight-tackle performance in his fi nal game for the Tide, tying the Alabama single-game record for tackles-for-loss. Safety Rashad Johnson had 13 tackles while Mustin had eight stops to go with his interception.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 20 7 0 3 - 30Colorado 0 14 0 7 - 24Attendance: 47,043 (capacity: 50,832).

2010 BCS CHAMPIONSHIP

(1) Alabama 37, (2) Texas 21

PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 7, 2010) —Th e No. 1-ranked Alabama football team held true to its ranking, defeating second-ranked Tex-as, 37-21, in the 2010 BCS National Championship at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Th e 2009 national championship was the 13th in Alabama history. “Our message to the team at halftime was that it’s a 60-minute game,” said head coach Nick Saban. “I’m proud of the way we hung in there and bounced back at the end of the game.” Th e Crimson Tide defense ended any hopes of a Longhorn come-back when blitzing linebacker Eryk Anders forced a fumble by Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert with only 3:08 remaining in the game. Alabama would force two more turnovers and score two touchdowns to seal the 2009 national championship. After Texas jumped out ahead 6-0 in the fi rst quarter, the Crimson Tide took the lead with running back Mark Ingram punching in a two-yard rush putting Alabama up 7-6 with 14:18 remaining in the second quarter. Trent Richardson joined in on the ground attack when he busted a 49-yard touchdown run at the 7:59 mark of the second quarter to stretch Alabama’s lead to 14-7. Placekicker Leigh Tiffi n extended the Tide’s lead by connecting on a 26-yard fi eld goal. Two plays later, defensive tackle Marcell Dareus intercepted Gilbert’s shovel pass and returned it 28 yards for an Alabama touchdown. Th e 10-point swing gave the Crimson Tide a 24-6 lead heading into halftime. With Texas’ off ense scoring 11 unanswered points in the second half and pulling within 24-21, Anders forced a fumble at the three-yard line with linebacker Courtney Upshaw recovering for the Tide. Th e Texas fumble led directly to Ingram’s one-yard touchdown run, putting Alabama up 31-21. Javier Arenas came up with his second interception of the night with 1:55 remaining in the game and Richardson turned the turn-over into points once again, scoring a touchdown on a two-yard run. Tiffi n missed the extra point attempt, making the fi nal score 37-21. With the win Alabama head coach Nick Saban became the fi rst head coach in major college football history to win a national championship at two diff erent schools, also winning the BCS na-tional championship in 2003 at LSU. Saban also became the sec-ond head coach to win two BCS national championships, joining Urban Meyer of Florida. Th e victory in Pasadena came 84 years after Alabama won its fi rst national championship in the 1926 Rose Bowl game and marked the fi fth Alabama team to end a national championship campaign at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 24 0 13 - 37Texas 6 0 7 8 - 21Attendance: 94,906 (capacity: 83,542).

2009 SUGAR BOWL

(6) Utah 31, (4) Alabama 17

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Jan. 2, 2009) — Fourth-ranked Ala-bama battled back from an early 21-0 defi cit, cutting its defi cit against No. 6 Utah to 21-17 in the second half, but the Crimson Tide was unable to overcome the defi cit, falling to the Utes, 31-17, in the 75th Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Alabama fi nished the season with a 12-2 record while Utah fi nished the season as college football’s only undefeated team at 13-0.

Utah scored 21 fi rst-quarter points, capitalizing on a John Park-er Wilson interception and getting a pair of touchdown passes from Brian Johnson to take a 21-0 lead into the second quarter. Alabama responded with 17 unanswered points, starting the comeback with a 52-yard fi eld goal by Leigh Tiffi n and getting a 73-yard punt return for a touchdown by Javier Arenas that cut the largest defi cit the Crimson Tide had faced all season to 21-10 at halftime. A fumble on Utah’s fi rst possession of the third quarter gave Alabama the ball in the Utes’ territory, and a 4-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Glen Coff ee cut the lead to 21-17 with 11:14 to go in the third. Utah, however, closed the game on a 10-0 run.

Wilson completed 18-of-30 passes for 177 yards, with one touchdown and two interceptions. Julio Jones was Wilson’s leading receiver, fi nishing with seven catches for 77 yards. Cof-fee (36 yards) and Mark Ingram (26) combined for 62 yards on the ground.

Utah quarterback Brian Johnson threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns on his way to being selected the game’s most out-standing player, a fi tting fi nish to the career of Utah’s winningest quarterback (26-7).

Utah’s defense was impressive, intercepting Wilson twice and sacking him eight times, with the seventh sack forcing a fumble that ended the Crimson Tide’s last threat with just more than fi ve minutes remaining. Th e Utes’ front seven was signifi cantly outweighed by Alabama’s off ensive line, playing without left tackle Andre Smith, the Outland Trophy winner who missed the game due to a suspension.

Johnson adeptly spread the ball around, completing passes to seven receivers while the Utes almost completely ignored the running game. Johnson connected with receiver Freddie Brown 12 times for 125 yards. Johnson’s touchdowns went for 7 yards to Brent Casteel, 18 yards to Bradon Godfrey and 28 yards to David Reed. Matt Asiata ran for a 2-yard score, set up by Reed’s leaping catch at the 2. An Alabama comeback appeared to be building early in the second half, when Dont’a Hightower stripped Johnson, and Bobby Greenwood recovered at the Utah 30. Wilson drove the Tide for a score, hitting Coff ee for an easy 4-yard touchdown pass on a rollout to close the gap to 21-17.

At the point, it appeared to be only a matter of time before the Tide would overtake the underdog Utes. But Johnson opened Utah’s next drive with a 33-yard pass over the middle to Brown. Th at started a 71-yard scoring drive that ended with Reed’s touchdown. Th e Tide drove right back into Utah territory, but Ingram was stopped for no gain on third-and-2 from the Utah 32. But Tiffi n missed a long fi eld goal attempt, hooking a 49-yarder just left of the upright.

SCORING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 - FAlabama 0 10 7 0 - 17Utah 21 0 7 3 - 31Attendance: 71,872 (capacity: 75,000).



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2011 CAPITAL ONE BOWL

(15) Alabama 49, (7) Michigan State 7

ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 1, 2011) — Mark Ingram ran for two scores to break the school record for career touchdowns, and 15th-ranked Alabama rolled past No. 7 Michigan State 49-7 in the most lopsided Capital One Bowl in the game’s history.

Th e 2009 Heisman Trophy winner had 59 yards rushing on 12 carries and a 30-yard reception against the team he rooted for as a kid. Greg McElroy threw for 220 yards and one touchdown, and the game got so out of hand that the Crimson Tide (10-3) pulled most of their starters early in the third quarter. Ingram also moved past Shaun Alexander’s mark (41) with 42 career touchdowns.

Th e margin of victory topped East Texas State’s 33-0 victory over Tennessee Tech in the 1953 game, then known as the Tangerine Bowl. Th e bowl dates back to 1947.

Th e Crimson Tide found the end zone on their fi rst fi ve posses-sions, held the Spartans (11-2) to 171 total yards and sacked Kirk Cousins four times in their most dominant performance all sea-son. Cousins had 120 yards passing, threw one interception and was under pressure all game. Edwin Baker was held to 14 yards rushing for a Spartans team that felt snubbed by the BCS after sharing the Big Ten title. Instead, they were bullied and bruised by a team that knows the big stage well.

Alabama (10-3) took the opening kickoff 79 yards on 13 plays and Ingram scored on a 1-yard run to the right side.

Michigan State (11-2) took its opening drive and looked to have something going, but quarterback Kirk Cousins was intercepted by Alabama’s Robert Lester. A short time later, Richardson scored on an 8-yard run to help the Tide grab a 14-0 lead.

Th e Spartans again looked to have something going in the second quarter, driving to Alabama’s 7-yard line, but linebacker Courtney Upshaw hit Cousins from the blindside, forcing a fumble that stalled another Michigan State drive. Upshaw fi nished with fi ve total tackles, two sacks, and three tackles for loss. He was voted the game’s most valuable player.

On the following drive, Alabama drove 80 yards on seven plays and scored when Ingram burst through on the left side for a 6-yard touchdown to put the Tide up by three scores. Th e touch-down was Ingram’s 42nd career rushing touchdown, making him the school’s all-time leader, passing Shaun Alexander.

McElroy, playing his fi nal game for Alabama, was nearly fl awless. Th e fi fth-year senior was 13-of-17 for 220 yards and even made a block that sprung Julio Jones on a 35-yard reverse for a score.

Th e Spartans managed only 48 yards on the ground. It was the second fewest yards allowed on the ground by an Alabama team since 1962. Edwin Baker, the Big Ten’s third-leading rusher, was held to 14 yards on 12 carries. Alabama outgained Michigan State 546-171 in total yards.

Cousins was sacked four times and the last one, by Alabama line-backer Alex Watkins, forced him to the sidelines. He was replaced by redshirt freshman Andrew Maxwell, who didn’t fare much bet-ter. Maxwell was sacked twice and was replaced by Keith Nichol who connected with wideout Bennie Fowler for a 49-yard touch-down pass with 5:45 left to avoid the shutout.


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