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 … Nick Saban 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, Florida (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) HEISMAN TROPHY 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 interception—returned for a TD) • Jackson caught 2 passes for 73 yards and a TD. Ingram snaps a run of five straight quarterbacks 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 Interceptions 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.