BCS CITI CHAMPIONSHIP GAME / POSTGAME Notes 1 ‹ No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. No. 2 Texas Longhorns, Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, Calif. (January 7, 2010)

and the only time a league has had the top three when the AP MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS order was Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorado; and then the final

FINAL SCORE...... 21 37 AP poll in 2007 when LSU and Georgia finished 1‐2 … Time Spent In The Lead (Tied 5:49).... 9:53 44:18 is now one of six active coaches who has won two national Total Plays...... 70 63 championships; Saban is the first to do so at two different schools, having done so at LSU in 2003 (Coaches): he joins Joe 20+/10+/5+ ...... 4/11/20 2/8/23 Paterno, Penn State (1982, 1986), Dennis Erickson, Arizona Zero/Minus...... 33/7 11/8 State (won at Miami, Fla., in 1989 and 1991), Bob Stoops, Average on First Down...... 29/2.8 28/3.1 Oklahoma (2000, 2003), Pete Carroll, USC (2003, 2004) and Rushes/Average ...... 17/4.4 23/3.8 Urban Meyer, (2006, 2008) … Texas made the second Passes/Average (includes sacks)...... 12/0.8 5/0.0 two‐point conversion in BCS Championship game history; Florida 20+/10+/5+ ...... 1/3/8 0/3/10 State made the only before tonight against Virginia Tech in the 2-/0/Minus ...... 20/13/4 15/3/4 2000 game; Tech was 0‐for‐2 in that same game, and those were Second Down Plays/Yards...... 24/118 22/148 the only three 2‐point tries before tonight . Third Down Efficiency...... 6-17 2-12 Average Yards To Go ...... 9.2 9.3 NO. 1 vs. NO. 2 Alabama is now 4­2 in Nos. 1 vs. 2 games (1‐1 Yards Gained...... 75 27 as No. 1 vs. No 2), while Texas is now 4­2­1 (2‐2 as No. 2 vs. No. 3rd & 5 or less...... 3-7 1-3 1) … There were 14 Nos. 1 vs. 2 games in the decade (2000‐09), 3rd & 6 or more...... 3-10 1-9 with each winning seven … The No. 1 team is now 3­1 versus No. 3rd & 10 or more ...... 2-9 0-5 2 in Rose Bowl Stadium history (full list of Nos. 1 vs. 2 in pregame notes): Red Zone...... 0-1 1-2 Second Down Efficiency...... 4-24 10-22 Jan. 1, 1963 Rose #1 Southern California 42, #2 Wisconsin 37 Possessions/Average FP ...... 17/T32 15/A40 Jan. 1, 1969 Rose #1 Ohio State 27, #2 Southern California 16 First Half...... 8/T33 7/A44 Jan. 3, 2002 BCS/Rose #1 Miami, Fla. 37, #2 Nebraska 14 Second Half ...... 9/T31 8/A38 Jan. 4, 2006 BCS/Rose #2 Texas 41, #1 Southern California 38 Drives Started Inside/At Own 20...... 5 (3/2) 4 (2/2) Jan. 7, 2010 BCS Champ #1 Alabama 37, #2 Texas 21

Drives Started In Plus Territory...... 2 (6 pts) 4 (24 pts) RB’S IN BOWLS Here’s how Alabama’s Three Plays & Out ...... 8 4 Mark Ingram fared in comparison in bowl games with the last Points Off Turnovers...... 3 21 eight running backs to have won in the Heisman, dating back to Plus Territory: Plays-Yards...... 28-143 33-154 1983; the last three running backs to win the honor went on to Red Zone...... 5-10 11-29 play in Rose Bowl Stadium (year listed is Heisman year; bowl Yards by Quarter: 1st ...... 36 65 may be New Year’s Day or later following calendar year): 2nd ...... 55 117 3rd...... 116 3 Player, School Year Bowl Opponent Att Yds TD Mark Ingram, Alabama 2009 BCS Champ. Texas 22 116 2 4th...... 69 78 Reggie Bush, USC 2005 BCS Champ. Texas 13 82 1 Ron Dayne, Wisconsin 1999 Rose Stanford 34 200 1 Ricky Williams, Texas 1998 Cotton Mississippi State 30 203 2 Eddie George, Ohio State 1995 Citrus Tennessee 25 101 1 BCS CHAMPIONSHIP MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYERS Rashaan Salaam, Colorado 1994 Fiesta Notre Dame 27 83 3 Barry Sanders, Oklahoma St. 1988 Holiday Wyoming 29 222 5 Offensive: RB Mark Ingram, Soph. Alabama Bo Jackson, Auburn 1985 Cotton Michigan 31 129 1 11th 100‐yard game in BCS title game history (22‐116, 2 TD) Mike Rozier, Nebraska 1983 Orange Miami, Fla. 23 147 0 Defensive: DE Marcell Dareus, Soph., Alabama • Ingram also had 2 catches for 12 yards tonight. • Bush caught 6 passes for 95 yards and had 102 KOR yards for 279 all-purpose. (1 AT, 1 —returned for a TD) • Jackson caught 2 passes for 73 yards and a TD. Ingram snaps a run of five straight being named the most outstanding player on offense; Dareus is the fourth straight HALFTIME TELLTALE The team leading at halftime is now 11­0 down lineman to claim the honor. in BCS title games, winning each one of the first 10 (1999‐2008) along with Alabama, which led 24‐6 tonight (the fourth largest margin at intermission in a BCS title game); in the 11th last year,

Florida and Oklahoma were tied 7‐7 at halftime. ONE-LINER QUICKIES Today’s attendance of 94,906 was the highest of the 2009‐10 bowl season (34 bowls; the Rose Bowl COMING FROM BEHIND Texas trailed in six games this season drew 93,963 giving the pair of games the Nos. 1 and 2 slots for for a total of just 103 minutes and 55 seconds, but trailed tonight the year); it was also the high for all 12 BCS title games, topping for a season‐high 44:18 (prior to tonight, Colorado led the ‘Horns the 93,986 in attendance for Texas‐USC in the 2006 game … With for 32:37 and Oklahoma for 30:35). Texas had rallied to win the Alabama win and inevitable sweep of the AP and ESPN/ three games when trailing at halftime (Wyoming, 10‐6; Colorado, Coaches polls, if Florida finishes second in either it will be just the 14‐10—down 14‐3 at one point, UT’s largest margin of deficit in fourth time one conference has finished 1‐2 in one of final major any game this year until tonight; and Oklahoma, 6‐3), and of two polls: in 1960, Minnesota and Iowa took the top two spots for course, against Nebraska in the Big 12 title game, the only time the Big Ten in the UPI poll (though it was pre‐bowl in those the Longhorns trailed in the fourth quarter before tonight. days); in 1971, the old Big Eight was the first to do it post‐bowl BCS CITI CHAMPIONSHIP GAME / POSTGAME Notes 2 ‹ No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. No. 2 Texas Longhorns, Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, Calif. (January 7, 2010)

FIRST DOWN TROUBLE Both teams struggled on first down, 40.7% number; Texas entered second nationally, allowing foes to Texas gaining 83 yards on 29 plays (2.9 per) and Alabama 88 on convert at 27.1%. Winner: Texas. Alabama was 2‐of‐12 (16.7%), 28 plays (3.1 per). When allowing for sacks to come of off gross though made up for it by converting 10‐of‐22 on second down passing yards NFL style, the teams combined for 17 first down (45.5%). passing plays, completing six, earning a net 9 yards with four TEXAS-ALABAMA SERIES Texas now leads the all‐time series sacks and an interception. with Alabama by a 7­1­1 count, including a 4‐1‐1 mark at neutral FOURTH PICK SIX Alabama DE Marcell Dareus recorded the sites. fourth pick‐six (interception return for a touchdown) in BCS Nov. 11, 1902 Texas 10, Alabama 0 Tuscaloosa, Ala. championship game history, the first since Marcus Spears (LSU) Nov. 13, 1915 Texas 20, Alabama 0 Austin, Texas did so against Oklahoma in 2004. Oct. 28, 1922 Texas 19, Alabama 10 Austin, Texas

Jan. 1, 1948 Texas 27, Alabama 7 Sugar Bowl/New Orleans Alabama’s 24 point second SECOND QUARTER EXPLOSION Dec. 17, 1960 Texas 3, Alabama 3 Bluebonnet Bowl/Houston quarter marked the most points in a single quarter this bowl Jan. 1, 1965 Texas 21, Alabama 12 Orange Bowl/Miami season, topping 21 by Florida in the second against Cincinnati Jan. 1, 1973 Texas 17, Alabama 13 Cotton Bowl/Dallas (Sugar) and Bowling Green in the fourth quarter against Idaho Jan. 1, 1982 Texas 14, Alabama 12 Cotton Bowl/Dallas (Humanitarian); Georgia had the other 20 point quarter in bowl Jan. 7, 2010 Alabama 37, Texas 21 BCS Championship/Pasadena season with that total in the fourth against Texas A&M in the Independence. The 24 points was the most in a BCS title game Irony: Ohio State defeated Oregon in this stadium six days ago quarter since USC scored 24 in the second against Oklahoma in and left with an 8‐0 series edge over the Ducks, so one team was the 2005 game, and is second only to the 27 points Miami put on able to break through for the first time. Nebraska, also in the second quarter, of the 2002 game. BCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED DOUBLE YOUR FUN Tonight marked just the second time that two players on the same team rushed for 100‐plus yards in the Most Thrown— 4, Garret Gilbert, Texas RECORD BCS Championship game. Mark Ingram (22‐116) and Trent Old Record: 3, by Jason White, Oklahoma vs. Southern California in Richardson (19‐109) accomplished the feat for Alabama; Florida Miami, Fla., 2005 had Percy Harvin (9‐122) and Tim Tebow (22‐109) do it last year against Oklahoma. Fewest Total Yards By Winning Team In Championship Team— 263, Alabama RECORD TONIGHT’S UT PUNCH vs UA COUNTER PUNCH Texas came in Old Record: 322, by Oklahoma vs. Florida State in Miami, Fla. 2001 ranked No. 3 in the red zone on offense (94.6%; 53 of 56, 40 TD) while Alabama was No. 2 in red zone defense (65.2%; opponents Fewest Pass Attempts, Team—12, by Alabama RECORD 15 of 23, 8 TD). Winner: Alabama. The Crimson Tide only Old Record: 14, by Ohio State vs. Florida, 2008 allowed one penetration of its 20, and held Texas to a field goal.

TONIGHT’S UA PUNCH vs UT COUNTER PUNCH Alabama came in ranked 57th in third down conversions, though a healthy

BCS CITI CHAMPIONSHIP GAME / BOWL SEASON Notes 3

2009-10 BOWL SEASON NOTES & LEADERS

ATTENDANCE With tonight’s attendance of 94,906 for the BCS LONG SCORING PLAYS Championship game, the final crowd count for the 34 postseason Rush—86 yards, Dexter McCluster, Mississippi vs. Oklahoma St. bowls for 2009‐10 comes to 1,769,886, just slightly behind (minus Pass—80 yards, Tim Tebow to Riley Cooper, Florida vs. Cincinnati 708) of the 2008‐09 number of 1,770,594. Field Goal—50 yards, Alex Henery, Nebraska vs. Arizona Punt Return— 58 yards, Andre Booker, Marshall vs. Ohio FIFTH TIME THREE GO DOWN The 2009 season marked the fifth Kickoff Return—100 yards, Jonathan Warzeka, Air Force vs. time in NCAA history three or more teams lost their perfect Houston (undefeated/untied) season in their final game of the year, as Texas, Interception Return—100 yards, Walter McFadden, Auburn vs. Cincinnati and TCU did so. The last time was 1979 (BYU, Florida Northwestern State, Ohio State); other years were 1966 (Arkansas, Michigan State, Return—75 yards, Shannon Ballard, Ohio vs. Marshall Nebraska), 1948 (Army, California, Notre Dame) and 1938 (Duke, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Texas Tech). TEAM LEADERS

Points—51, Florida vs. Cincinnati (Sugar) The 34 bowl games produced LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD Total Plays—115, Northwestern vs. Auburn (Outback) 1,735 points, or 25.5 per team and 51.0 per game. There was just Total Yards—659, Florida vs. Cincinnati (Sugar) one shutout (Holiday Bowl: Nebraska over Arizona, 33‐0), 64 of the Rushing Attempts—72, Air Force vs. Houston (Armed Forces) 68 teams scored at least 10 points, with 46 scoring 20‐plus, 25 Rushing Yards—402, Air Force vs. Houston (Armed Forces) going for 30‐plus and 12 with 40 or more; Florida had the bowl Passing Yards—532, Northwestern vs. Auburn (Outback) high in its 51‐24 win over Cincinnati in the Sugar. Passes Completed—47, Northwestern vs. Auburn (Outback) Passes Attempted—78, Northwestern vs. Auburn (Outback) RUSHING LEADERS (Top 10) Passes Had Intercepted—6, Houston vs. Air Force (Armed Forces) Player, School Att Yards Avg. Long TD First Downs—33, Northwestern vs. Auburn (Outback) Mike Ford, USF 20 207 10.4 36 1 Lost—3, Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi (Cotton) Dwight Dasher, Middle Tennessee 27 204 7.6 35 2 Penalties—12, on two occasions Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss 34 185 5.4 86 2 Penalty Yards—140, Auburn vs. Northwestern (Outback) Jared Tew, Air Force 26 173 6.7 71 2 Possession Time—41:37, Ohio State vs. Oregon (Rose) Noel Devine, West Virginia 16 168 10.5 70 1 Turnovers—7, Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi (Cotton) Ricky Dobbs, Navy 30 166 5.5 27 3 Longest Drive, Plays—19, Wyoming vs. Fresno State (New Mexico, Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh 28 159 5.7 25 1 54 yards, FG), Ohio State vs. Oregon (Rose, 67 yards, FG) Dominique Lindsay, East Carolina 33 151 4.6 16 1 Longest Drive, Yards—95, Wyoming vs. Fresno State (15 plays, TD) Ryan Mathews, Fresno State 31 144 4.6 29 2 Longest Drive, Time—8:00, Ohio State vs. Oregon (Rose, 19‐67) Alvester Alexander, Wyoming 12 137 11.4 68 1 Shortest Drive, Time—0:07, UCLA vs. Temple (EagleBank 1‐46) Alexander Robinson, Iowa State 22 137 6.2 30 0 TWO-TEAM HIGHS PASSING LEADERS (Top 10) Points—85, Idaho (43) vs. Bowling Green (42), Humanitarian Player, School Att-Yds-Int Yards Avg. TD Rating Total Yards—1,076, Central Michigan (504) vs. Troy (572), GMAC , Northwestern 78‐47‐5 532 6.8 4 121.7 Rushing Yards—511, Air Force (402) vs. Houston (109), Armed Forces Tim Tebow, Florida BCS 35‐31‐0 482 13.8 3 232.5 Rushing Attempts—94, Wyoming (50) vs. Fresno St. (44), New Mexico Kyle Padron, SMU 41‐32‐0 460 11.2 2 188.4 Passing Yards—798, Central Michigan (395) vs. Troy (403), GMAC Landry Jones, Oklahoma 51‐30‐1 418 8.2 3 143.2 Passes Completed—67, Northwestern (47) vs. Auburn (20), Outback Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan 55‐33‐1 395 7.2 1 122.7 Passes Attempted—113, Central Michigan (56) vs. Troy (57), GMAC , Bowling Green 47‐33‐1 387 8.2 4 163.2 Passes Had Intercepted—8, Okla. St. (4) vs. Mississippi (4), Cotton Levi Brown, Troy 56‐31‐0 386 6.9 1 119.2 First Downs—58, Central Michigan (27) vs. Troy (31), GMAC Taylor Potts, Texas Tech 43‐29‐1 372 8.7 2 150.8 Fumbles Lost—4, on two occasions Jerrod Johnson, Texas A&M 58‐29‐2 362 6.2 2 106.9 Penalties—20, Oregon State (11) vs. BYU (9), Las Vegas Matt Barkley, USC 37‐27‐2 350 9.5 2 159.5 Penalty Yards—169, Rutgers (96) vs. UCF (73), St. Petersburg

RECEIVING LEADERS (Top 10) FINAL CONFERENCE RECORDS Player, School No Yards Avg. Long TD League (bowl teams) W L Pct. vs. BCS All-Time Freddie Barnes, Bowling Green 17 219 12.9 51 3 Independents (1) 1 0 1.000 1‐0 22‐ 24‐ 1 Antonio Brown, Central Michigan 13 178 13.7 37 0 Mountain West (5) 4 1 .800 2‐0 60‐ 68‐ 4 Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma 13 156 12.0 30 3 Big East (6) 4 2 .667 3‐2 57‐ 58‐ 2 Damian Williams, USC 12 189 15.8 48 0 SEC (10) 6 4 .600 5‐4 196‐170‐13 Darvin Adams, Auburn 12 142 11.8 26 0 Big Ten (7) 4 3 .571 4‐3 119‐126‐ 3 Zeke Markshausen, Northwestern 12 84 7.0 12 0 Big 12 (8) 4 4 .500 4‐3 156‐167‐ 4 Jordan Shipley, Texas 10 122 12.2 44 2 Western Athletic (4) 2 2 .500 0‐0 36‐ 33‐ 2 Detron Lewis, Texas Tech 10 114 11.4 37 1 Sun Belt (2) 1 1 .500 0‐0 5‐ 10‐ 0 Sidney Stewart, Northwestern 10 97 9.7 31 1 Atlantic Coast (7) 3 4 .429 3‐4 150‐138‐ 5 Aldrick Robinson, SMU 9 176 19.6 53 0 Conference USA (6) 2 4 .333 0‐2 57‐ 60‐ 2 Jerrel Jernigan, Troy 9 154 17.1 48 0 Pacific‐10 (7) 2 5 .286 1‐3 120‐107‐ 6 Drake Dunsmore, Northwestern 9 120 13.3 66 1 Mid‐American (5) 1 4 .200 0‐2 23‐ 37‐ 0 Aaron Hernandez, Florida BCS 9 111 12.3 23 1 Dane Sanzenbacher, Ohio State BCS 9 64 7.1 18 0