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GAME 9: VOLUNTEERS vs. CRIMSON TIDE October 25, 2003 Bryant-Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama Quick Facts 2:34 p.m. (CDT) CBS Sports -- One of Southern Football’s Great Rivalries Alabama in this week’s polls Associated Press NR USA Today/Coaches NR

Alabama Football Alabama Quick Notes: The Tennessee series is the sec- ond-most played series in the UA record book...Bama IT’S TENNESSEE WEEK helm of the Volunteers football program. A 1972 UT and Tennessee are meeting for just the sixth time here in Tuscaloosa, with UT holding 3-2 series lead...The One of Southern football’s greatest and most colorful graduate, Fulmer’s career record rank second nationally Vols have won the last two Tuscaloosa meetings and rivalries takes place this Saturday in Tuscaloosa when the among active head coaches. Fulmer has guided the Vols look to become the first team ever to win three (3-5, 1-3 SEC) hosts the No. 21 to three SEC Championship game appearances, winning straight games against Alabama here in Bryant- Tennessee Volunteers (4-2, 2-2 SEC) in a Southeastern the league title in 1997 and 1998. Fulmer also led the Denny Stadium...The Crimson Tide has not beaten Conference matchup at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Vols to the 1998 national championship, following a win the Vols in the state of Alabama since 1991...UA has annual Tennessee-Alabama game will be televised over Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl. not won back-to-back games in the series since 1991- nationally by CBS Sports with kickoff slated for 2:34 92... is 115 rushing yards shy of 1,000 p.m. (CDT) on the Alabama campus. The Crimson Tide THE SERIES yards for the 2003 season...Williams leads the SEC in is coming off a 43-28 loss at Ole Miss last Saturday, while 43-35-7 rushing attempts (168), yards (885) and TDs Tennessee had its second open date of the 2003 season. Alabama leads the all-time series with Tennessee, (.547) (10)...Dre Fulgham is 67 yards shy of 1,000 career Alabama and Tennessee have met on a yearly basis since , dating back to a 6-6 tie here in Tuscaloosa during receiving yards...Triandos Luke is 42 yards shy of 1928, with the exception of 1943. This will be just the the 1901 season. The Crimson Tide snapped a seven- 1,000 receiving yards...Bo Freelend has averaged 47.8 sixth meeting on the Alabama campus, with UT holding game series losing streak last year with 34-13 win in not beaten Tennessee in the state yards per punt in his last three games...DeMeco a 3-2 series lead, including wins in its last two trips to Knoxville. Bama has of Alabama Ryans leads the SEC with 90 tackles this season... Tuscaloosa. Handling the announcing duties for CBS since a 24-19 victory at on Oct. Sports are Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Todd 19, 1991. Blackledge (analyst) and Jill Arrington (sideline). The Alabama (3-5, 1-3 SEC) game will also be aired on the 80-plus station Crimson NEXT WEEK Date Opponent TV Time/Score Tide Sports Network with Eli Gold (play-by-play), Kenny After nine consecutive games, Alabama finally has an 8-30 South Florida ESPN W, 40-17 Stabler (color analyst) and Tom Roberts (sidelines) open date next week (Nov. 1). The Crimson Tide returns 9-6 Oklahoma (1) ESPN L, 20-13 describing the action. to action on Saturday, Nov. 8 at State. The 9-13 Kentucky ESPN W 27-17 game time has yet to be announced for the UA-MSU 9-20 Northern Illinois PPV L 19-16 9-27 Arkansas (9) CBS L 34-31 (2 OT) game in Starkville. UA IN 109th FOOTBALL SEASON 10-4 at Georgia (11) CBS L 37-23 The is in its 109th football season 10-11 Southern Miss (HC) PPV W 17-3 and has compiled a 757-289-43 (.716) all-time record in SPECIAL EVENTS 10-18 at Ole Miss JP L 43-28 1,089 games. The Crimson Tide played its first football *Kickoff on the Quad begins at 11:30 a.m. at the UA 10-25 Tennessee (21) CBS 2:34 PM game on Nov. 11, 1892 with a 56-0 win over Quad with food, entertainment, autograph guests and 11- 1 OPEN DATE Birmingham High School in Birmingham. Alabama is more. 11-8 at Miss. State TBA fifth on the all-time victory list for Division I. The *One of the Crimson Tide’s great football families will be 11-15 LSU TBA Crimson Tide football legacy includes 12 national cham- presenting the game ball on Saturday against Tennessee, 11-22 at Auburn TBA pionships and 21 SEC championships. UA has also as Herb Hannah will run out the game ball. Mr. Hannah 11-30 at Hawai’i TBA logged 27 10-win seasons, the most by any Division I will also be signing autographs in the legends tent school. UA also ranks among the best in post-season between Noon and 12:45 p.m. on the Quad. #21 Tennessee (4-2, 2-2 SEC) play, holding the NCAA record for most bowl games (51) *The Alabama men’s (12:45-1:30 PM) and women’s Date Opponent TV Time/Score and wins (29). (Noon-12:45 PM) teams will sign autographs 8-30 Fresno State espn2 W 24-6 in the Mayfield Dairy Tent this weekend. 9-6 Marshall espn2 W 34-24 *The Alabama men’s and women’s basketball team will 9-20 at Florida CBS W 24-10 THE HEAD COACHES 9-27 South Carolina ESPN W 23-20 (ot) host “Fan Jam, 2003” at from 10:30- Alabama (3-5, .375) is making his 10-4 at Auburn ESPN L 28-21 11:30 a.m. head coaching debut during the 2003 season. Shula pre- 10-11 Georgia ESPN L 41-14 *The Alabama women’s softball team will host the viously served as an assistant coach in the NFL with 10-25 ALABAMA CBS 2:34 PM Alabama Softball Alumni game at 10 a.m. at the UA Tampa Bay, Chicago and . A three-year 11-1 Duke (HC) 4 PM (EST) at Alabama (1984-86), Shula was a two-time All-SEC Softball Complex. 11-8 at Miami, Fla. TBA men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams selection and threw for over 2,000 yards as a junior *The 11-15 Mississippi State TBA (1985), leading Alabama to dramatic come-from-behind open the 2003-04 season Friday, Oct. 24 at home against 11-22 Vanderbilt TBA wins over Georgia and Auburn. Tennessee head coach LSU. 11-29 at Kentucky TBA Phillip Fulmer (107-26, .805) is in his 12th season at the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) (Rank -- Opponent ranking at time of game)

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 1 This Week’s Schedule Media Relations Directory SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Media Relations Phone: 348-6084 Media Relations Fax: 348-8841 MEDIA DAY Mike Shula Practice Practice No Interviews Tennessee at Teleconference (4-5:50 pm) (4:15-5:35 pm) with players or ALABAMA Associate Director of Athletics Lunch (11:30) coaches for Media Relations: (1 PM) Coach Rader Photo Opps. Photo Opps. *Larry White and Coach Kines 2:34 PM Practice OFF DAY (4:05-4:25 PM) (4:15-4:35 PM) Closed practice (CBS Sports) Work: 348-6084 (Noon) at practice (5:35 PM - Coach Shula Home: 333-1640 Coach Shula Coach Shula facility 6:05 PM) (12:30 pm) e-mail: [email protected] (After Practice) (After Practice) Players (1 pm) Player inter- Charter flight to “Hey, Coach” Memphis Associate Director of Media Relations: views follow- Practice ing practice 7-8:30 PM Becky Hopf (4-6:05 PM) Work: 348-6084 Home: 343-9055 Crimson Tide Sports Network Affiliates e-mail: [email protected] Jackson, MS WPBQ-AM 1240 Your Guide to Alabama on the airwaves Assistant Directors of Media Relations: with Eli Gold, and Tom Roberts Jacksonville, FL WIOJ-AM 1010 Jasper *WARF-AM 1240 *Barry Allen Office: 348-8836 Anniston *WASZ-FM 95.5 *WFFN-FM 95.3 Linden *WINL-FM 98.5 Home: 758-6526 Apalachicola, FL *WFCT-FM 105.5 e-mail: [email protected] Arab *WAFN-FM 92.7 Meridian, MS *WZKR-FM 103.3 Bessemer *WSMQ-AM 1450 Mobile *WNTM-AM 710 WYCL-FM 107.3 John Hayden Birmingham *WZRR-FM 99.5 Office: 348-6734 WJOX-AM 690 Monroeville *WMFC-AM 1360 *WMFC-FM 99.3 Home: 752-5601 Brewton *WKNU-FM 106.3 e-mail: [email protected] Butler *WPRN-FM 107.7 Montgomery *WXFX-FM 95.1 Carrollton, GA WCKS-FM 103.3 Nashville, TN WWTN-FM 99.7 Oneonta *WCRL-AM 1570 Brian Morgan Centre *WRHY-FM 105.9 Office: 348-7496 Centreville *WBIB-AM 1110 WKLD-FM 97.7 Opp WAMI-AM 860 Home: 345-5509 Clanton *WKLF-AM 980 e-mail: [email protected] *WEZZ-FM 97.7 WAMI-FM 102.3 Cullman *WFMH-AM 1340 Pell City *WFHK-AM 1430 Russellville *WGOL-AM 920 Roots Woodruff *WFMH-FM 95.5 Office: 348-2088 Decatur *WWTM-AM 1400 Scottsboro *WKEA-FM 98.3 Selma *WHBB-AM 1490 Home: 349-0936 Dothan *WAGF-AM 1320 e-mail: [email protected] *WAGF-FM 101.3 WDXX-FM 100.1 Spartanburg, SC WASC-AM 1530 Eufaula WRVX-FM 97.9 Media Relations Intern: Fayette *WLDX-AM 990 Sylacauga *WFEB-AM 1340 Tuscaloosa *WZBQ-FM 94.1 *Mitch Dobbs Florence *WVNA-FM 105.5 Office: 348-7486 Fort Payne *WFPA-AM 1400 West Point, GA *WCJM-FM 100.9 Winfield *WKXM-AM 1300 Home: 562-1988 Gadsden *WGAD-AM 1350 e-mail: [email protected] Georgiana *WFXX-FM 107.7 WKXM-FM 105.9 Haleyville *WJBB-AM 1230 Athletic Photographer: *WJBB-FM 92.7 * -- Denotes the station also carries “Hey, Coach” each Thursday night from 7-8:30 p.m. Kent Gidley Huntsville *WUMP-AM 730 Work: 348-2301 WUSX-FM 93.3 Home: 556-1614 Jackson, AL *WRJX-AM 1230 e-mail: [email protected] WBMH-FM 106.1 Mailing Address: Box 870391 Coach Shula TV Show Affiliates “Hey, Coach!” Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0391 The weekly look at Crimson Tide Football is hosted by Bama fans again will have an opportunity to talk NBC 13 sports anchor Jim Dunaway. with Crimson Tide coach Mike Shula each week Overnight Address: on the network’s “Hey, Coach!” show. Tom 323 Paul Bryant Drive Dothan WTVY (Sunday, 10:30 pm) Roberts hosts the 90 minute coaches’ call-in Basement—Coleman Coliseum Birmingham NBC 13 (Sunday, 10:30 pm) show on Thursday night during the 2003 football Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Huntsville WHDF (Sunday, 5 pm) season. Coach Shula makes comments and Mobile WJTC (Sunday, 10 pm) interviews fans in attendance. The show is Internet Address: www.rolltide.com Montgomery WCOV (Sunday, 10:30 pm) broadcast live from Wings Sports Grille in * -- Primary football contacts. Tuscaloosa WVUA (Monday 6:30 pm) Tuscaloosa. In January, “Hey, Coach!” will Comcast Tuesday (4 pm) FOX Sports Net TBA return to Monday night with other Bama head coaches. Fans can join the program by calling toll-free 877-202-BAMA. Alabama Football on TV “Crimson Tide Post-Game Party” Live: Pay-Per-View (2:05 PM) (LIVE) Chris Stewart hosts the “Crimson Tide Post- David Crane and Tyler Watts Game Party” one hour after each Alabama game at Wings Fingers on the Strip. The “Crimson Tide Delay: CSS: Sunday, 11:30 a.m. (CT) Post-Game Party” is carried live on Crimson Tide Sports Network stations.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 2 MIKE SHULA NOTEBOOK 1986 (Senior) -- Finished his career with a *Here are some notebook items concern- school record 35 career TD passes...Led ing Mike Shula, the Crimson Tide’s 26th the Crimson Tide to its only ever win over Coach Shula head football coach. Notre Dame (28-10) in Oct. 4, 1986...Shula completed 15 of 23 passes for MIKE SHULA *Shula is currently the second-youngest Division 191 yards and three TDs in the win over YEAR-BY-YEAR LEDGER 1A head coach, one year and two days older the Irish...Elected a permanent team cap- than Rutgers’ head coach Greg Schianno. tain along with future NFL All-Pro Alabama Player, Starting QB . (32-15-1, .678) *At 38 years old, Shula is the Crimson Tide’s youngest modern day head coach and the Mike Shula’s Key Games as UA Opponent (Year) Stats Year All Conf Bowl youngest since the hiring of Frank Thomas Ole Miss (1983) 1-for-4, 6 yds, 1 INT *1983 8-4 4-2 in 1931. 1984 5-6 2-4 None *Made his Alabama debut as back up to Walter Lewis 1985 9-2-1 4-1-1 Aloha Bowl College (1984) 1986 10-3 4-2 Sun Bowl *Since his debut with the Alabama *First career start at Alabama opposite 1984 Heisman * -- Played only one game as a true freshman in 1983. Crimson Tide as a true freshman in 1983, winner Doug Flutie the 2003 season will mark Shula’s 21st sea- Georgia (1985) 9-for-13, 136 yds, 2 TDs Tampa Bay Offensive Asst/QB Coach son in the collegiate or professional ranks. *Game Winning TD pass to Al Bell with 15 seconds to play Penn State (1985) 16-for-27, 211 yds, 2 TDs (20-43, .317) Tennessee (1985) 16-for-29, 216 yds, TD *Shula made his Alabama playing debut on Memphis State (1985) 24-for-34, 367 yds, 4 TDs Year All Finish Playoffs Sept. 17, 1983 in a 40-0 win over the Ole Miss *Tossed an Alabama record four TD passes and 1987 4-11 5th Central None Rebels *Named SEC Player of the Week 1988 5-11 5th Central None at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Miss. State (1985) 8-for-17, 200 yds, 2 TDs 1989 5-11 5th Central None LSU (1985) 14-for-23-153 yards 1990 6-10 5th Central None *A three-year letterman and starter for *Caught-game tying TD pass from Gene Jelks coach from 1984-86, leading Auburn (1985) 14-for-28-195 , Offensive Asst. the Tide to a 32-15-1 (.678) record. *Led UA to game-winning drive in final 50 seconds (19-14, .576) USC (Aloha Bowl) 8-for-15, 112 yds, TD 1984 (Sophomore) -- Shula played in eight Ohio State (1986) 11-for-19, 183 yds, TD Year All Finish Playoffs Southern Miss (1986) 17-for-28, 199 yds, 2 TDs 1991 8-8 T2nd East None games and made six starts for the Crimson Tide...Shula’s first career start for the Notre Dame (1986) 15-for-23, 191 yds, 3 TDs 1992 11-5 1st East 1-1 (AFC Semis) *Alabama’s only win over the Fighting Irish Crimson Tide came in a 38-31 loss to Memphis State (1986) 13-for-24, 176 yds, 1 TD Tight Ends Coach Boston College and 1984 Tennessee (1986) 3-for-6, 78 yds, 2 TD (23-23, .500) winnner Doug Flutie on Sept. 8, 1984 at Washington (1986) 15-for-26, 176 yds, 2 TDs Legion Field...Completed a 67-yard pass to *Final game as Alabama quarterback in Sun Bowl Year All Finish Playoffs Greg Richardson with 7:57 left in the game 1993 7-9 4th Central None *Shula begins his first year with the 1994 9-7 T2nd Central 1-1 (2nd Round) to give UA a 24-20 win over Miss. State in 1995 9-7 2nd Central None Jackson. Crimson Tide on Aug. 30, 2003 against South Florida at Legion Field. Here are 1985 (Junior) -- An All-SEC selection after the all-time records of first-year Alabama Tampa Bay coaches since 1892. (35-29, .547) becoming the second QB in Alabama his- tory to throw for more than 2,000 yards in Year Coach Record Year All Finish Playoffs a single-season (138-for-229, 2,009 yards, 1892 E.B. Beaumont 2-2 1996 6-10 None 16 TDs)... Shula also ranked third in the 1893 0-4 1997 10-6 1st Central 1-1 (NFC Semis) SEC and fifth nationally with a 150.02 rat- 1896 Otto Waggonhurst 2-1 1998 8-8 None ing...Set UA records for single-game (4) 1999 11-5 1st Central 1-1 (NFC Champ) 1897 Allen McCants 1-0 and single-season TD passes (16) and 1899 W.A. Griffin 3-1 completion percentage (60.3%)...Twice 1900 M. Griffin 2-3 Miami Dolphins, QBs Coach named SEC Player of the Week for his per- (33-15, .688) 1901 M.H. Harvey 2-1-2 formances against Cincinnati and 1903 W.B. Blount 3-4 Memphis State, where he threw a UA Year All Finish Playoffs 1905 Jack Leavenworth 6-4 2000 11-5 1st East 1-1 (AFC Semis) record four TD passes...Led Alabama to 1906 J.W.H. Pollard 5-1 2001 11-5 2nd East 0-1 (AFC Wild Card) exciting comeback wins over Georgia and 1910 4-4 2002 11-5 t1st East None Auburn...Against Georgia, he fired a 17- 1911 D.V. Graves 5-2-2 yard TD pass to Al Bell with 15 seconds to 1915 6-2 Alabama, Head Coach (3-5, .375) play for the 20-16 game-winning 1919 Xen Scott 8-1 TD...Against Auburn, Shula directed a six- 1923 7-2-1 Year All SEC Bowl play, 45-yard drive that led to Van Tiffin’s 1931 Frank Thomas 9-1 2003 3-5 1-3 NA 52-yard game-winning FG (UA 25, AU 1947 Red Drew 8-3 23)...Shula completed passes to Gene Jelks 1955 J.B. Whitworth 0-10 Compostie Record as Player and Coach (16 yds) and Greg Richardson (19 yards) 1958 Paul W. Bryant 5-4-1 165-144-1 (.534) - 310 Games on the drive and threw a key block on 1983 Ray Perkins 8-4 Five NFL Divisional Championships Bell’s 20-yard reverse on fourth and 1987 7-5 Six NFL Playoff Appearances four...Caught game-tying TD pass at LSU 1990 7-5 1997 Mike DuBose 4-7 Three Bowl Appearances at Alabama from Jelks. Two-Time All-SEC Selection 2001 7-5 1986 Alabama Team Captain

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 3 Bama Career Starts Alabama in NCAA/SEC Stats Latest Polls Player 2003 Career Dennis Alexander, SG 7 14 2003 NCAA TEAM STATS AP TOP 25 Mark Anderson, RDE 1 1 Scoring Offense 70th (24.4) Team Record Pts PVS Carlos Andrews, SS 8 Scoring Defense 59th (23.8) 1. Oklahoma (62) 7-0 1,622 1 Brandon Avalos, QB 1 1 Rushing Offense 50th (161.5) 2. Miami, Fla. (3) 7-0 1,558 2 Wesley Britt, QT 7 32 Rushing Defense 29th (110.9) 3. Virginia Tech 6-0 1,498 3 Passing Offense 89th (184.1) 4. Georgia 6-1 1,394 4 Anthony Bryant, DT 7 8 Passing Defense 60th (219.2) 5. Southern Cal 6-1 1,378 5 Antonio Carter, WR 19 Pass Efficiency Offense (112.7) 6. Washington State 6-1 1,213 6 , F 5 5 Pass Efficiency Defense (130.3) Florida State 6-1 1,213 7 David Cavan, TE 4 6 Total Offense 84th (345.6) 8. Ohio State 6-1 1,161 8 Ahmad Childress, DT 3 5 Total Defense 31st (330.1) 9. LSU 6-1 1,087 10 Jeremy Clark, RDT 2 2 Kickoff Returns 90th (18.7) 10. Purdue 6-1 957 13 Donald Clarke, TE 6 Punt Returns 44th (10.2) 11. Michigan State 7-1 918 15 JB Closner, C 7 7 Net Punting 89th (34.2) 12. Northern Illinois 7-0 885 12 , QB 5 7 13. Michigan 6-2 744 17 Zach Fletcher, SE 5 5 2003 SEC TEAM STATS 14. Nebraska 6-1 732 18 15. TCU 7-0 685 16 Dre Fulgham, SE 2 5 Scoring Offense 9th (24.4) 16. Iowa 5-2 623 9 Juwan Garth, SLB 2 2 Scoring Defense 9th (23.8) Rushing Offense 4th (161.5) 17. Auburn 5-2 593 19 Roman Harper, FS 7 8 Rushing Defense 5th (110.9) 18. Oklahoma State 6-1 467 23 Atlas Herrion, LT 2 3 Passing Offense 11th (184.1) 19. Texas 5-2 435 20 Clint Johnston, TE 2 6 Passing Defense 9th (219.2) 20. Wisconsin 6-2 402 14 Charles Jones, FS 7 25 Pass Efficiency Offense 11th (112.7) 21. Arkansas 4-2 331 11 Triandos Luke, WR 7 22 Pass Efficiency Defense 10th (130.3) 22. Tennessee 4-2 295 22 Anthony Madison, LCB 7 9 Total Offense 11th (345.6) 23. Bowling Green 6-1 189 NR Evan Mathis, RT 7 29 Total Defense 6th (330.1) 24. Utah 6-1 171 NR Roberto McBride, LCB 1 Time of Possession 7th (30:06) 25. Florida 5-3 156 NR Nautyn McKay-Loescher, DE 6 16 Kickoff Returns 10th (18.7) 2003 Alabama 0pponents in boldface. Le’Ron McClain, FB 1 1 Punt Returns 6th (10.2) Net Punting 11th (34.2) Greg McLain, FB 6 Sacks By 2nd (19) Antwan Odom 7 14 Turnover Margin 9th (-1) ESPN/COACHES TOP 25 Spencer Pennington, QB 1 1 Fewest Penalties t3rd (43) Rk Team Record Pts PVS Charlie Peprah, DB 7 15 Fewest Penalty Yards 2nd (46.0) 1. Oklahoma (57) 7-0 1,569 1 Derrick Pope, MLB 5 8 2. Miami, Fla. (6) 7-0 1,516 2 Freddie Roach, MLB 7 17 2003 SEC INDIVIDUAL STATS 3. Virginia Tech 6-0 1,450 3 DeMeco Ryans, LB 7 8 Rushing Shaud Williams, 2nd (110.6) 4. Southern Cal 6-1 1,364 4 Justin Smiley, LG 5 30 Passing Efficiency Brodie Croyle, 10th (122.4) 5. Georgia 6-1 1,327 5 Kyle Tatum, DT 2 2 Passing Average Brodie Croyle, 7th (189.1) 6. Washington State 6-1 1,183 6 7. Florida State 6-1 1,171 7 Shaud Williams, TB 7 11 Total Offense Brodie Croyle, 9th (193.3) 8. Ohio State 6-1 1,146 8 Cornelius Wortham, SLB 18 All-Purpose Yards Shaud Williams, 3rd (144.4) Charles Jones, 6th (0.38) 9. LSU 6-1 1,059 10 Punt Returns Shaud Williams, 9th (7.8) 10. Purdue 6-1 898 15 Kickoff Returns Ramzee Robinson, 10th (16.6) 11. Nebraska 6-1 855 14 Punting Bo Freelend, 9th (40.9) 12. Michigan State 7-1 786 18 Scoring Shaud Williams, 3rd (9.0) 13. TCU 7-0 781 13 Scoring (TDs) Shaud Williams, 1st (12) 14. Northern Illinois 7-0 760 16 Scoring (Kick) Brian Bostick, 4th (6.4) 15. Michigan 6-2 712 17 Field Goals Brian Bostick, 4th (1.38) 16. Iowa 5-2 637 9 17. Wisconsin 6-2 438 12 2003 NCAA INDIVIDUAL STATS 18. Texas 5-2 426 20 19. Oklahoma State 6-1 410 24 Rushing Shaud Williams, 11th (110.6) 20. Arkansas 4-2 404 11 Passing Efficiency Brodie Croyle, 66th (122.4) 21. Auburn 5-2 350 25 Total Offense Brodie Croyle, 66th (193.3) 22. Tennessee 4-2 290 22 All-Purpose Yards Shaud Williams, 17th (144.4) 23. Utah 6-1 158 NR Interceptions Charles Jones, 62nd (0.38) 24. Minnesota 6-2 120 19 Punt Returns Shaud Williams, 74th (7.8) 25. Florida 5-3 95 NR Kickoff Returns Ramzee Robinson, 97th (16.6) Punting Bo Freelend, 61st (40.9) 2003 Alabama opponents in boldface. Scoring Shaud Williams, 20th (9.0)

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 4 ALABAMA-TENNESSEE SERIES ALABAMA FOOTBALL PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Alabama and Tennessee are meeting for the 86th time this Saturday afternoon in Player Pronunciation Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide holds a 43- Dre Fulgham Dray FULL-jum 35-7 (.562) all-time series lead over the , SE PRO-throw Volunteers in a series that dates back to Brandon Avalos, QB Ah-va-los the 1901 season. The Crimson Tide Gabe Giardina, PK/H GAR-deen-ya snapped a seven-game series losing streak Michael Machen,QB MATCH-en with last year’s 34-13 win over the Jeremy Schatz, P SHOTZ Volunteers in Knoxville. Nautyn McKay-Loescher, DE NAUT-in McKay LOW-sure *The 2003 Alabama-Tennessee will mark just the sixth all-time meeting between these Alabama posted a 9-1-1 record in the first *Alabama ended that streak with a 56-28 two Southern football powers in 11 meetings with Tennessee, including win in Knoxville behind Bobby Tuscaloosa. seven shutouts, before the series was halted Humphrey’s 217 rushing yards. from 1915-27. *UT holds a narrow 3-2 (.600) series lead on *The 1986 victory was the first in the the UA campus, including a two-game *The series resumed on Oct. 20, 1928, the Tide’s nine-game unbeaten streak from 1986-94. winning streak. first of 66 consecutive meetings on the The two teams played to a 17-17 tie at Alabama-Tennessee Scores (Tuscaloosa) third Saturday in October, with Tennessee Legion Field in 1993 (but was later forfeit- Year Results claiming a 15-13 win in Tuscaloosa. ed to Tennessee due to NCAA sanctions). 1913 Alabama 6, Tuscaloosa 0 1928 Tennessee 15, Alabama 13 *Over the next 20 years (1928-48), the two *Bama quarterback directed the 1930 Alabama 18, Tennessee 6 teams would split 20 meetings, with both team on a last-minute drive and David 1999 Tennessee 21, Alabama 7 teams winning nine times and playing to a Palmer, who ran the ball in from three 2001 Tennessee 35, Alabama 24 pair of ties. yards out, clinched the tie on a two-point conversion. *The Crimson Tide has not beaten the Vols in *The Big Orange, however, dominated the the state of Alabama since a 24-19 win on next decade, as UT posted an 8-3-1 record *The nine-game unbeaten streak came to Oct. 19, 1991 at Legion Field. from 1949-60. During that stretch, the an abrupt halt in 1995 as Tennessee hand- Vols won four straight games (1955-58) ed Alabama a sound 41-14 thrashing at and posted five shutouts in six years. Legion Field. UT set the tempo on the ALABAMA-TENNESSEE HISTORY game’s first play as threw One of ’s most colorful *Alabama ended Tennessee’s six-game an 80-yard TD pass to Huntsville, Ala., series celebrates its 86th renewal this unbeaten streak (5-0-1) with a 34-3 win native Joey Kent. The Vols extended their Saturday as the Alabama Crimson Tide over the Vols in Birmingham during the lead to 21-0 before claiming their largest hosts the Tennessee Volunteers this 1961 season, Coach Paul Bryant’s first margin of victory over Alabama in a quar- Saturday in Tuscaloosa. national championship at Alabama. ter-century.

*Alabama and Tennessee have met every *Since the 1950s, the series has been nothing but *The 1995 victory was the first in UT’s year since 1928, with the exception of the streaks. After Tennessee’s 8-3-1 record over seven-game winning streak over Alabama. 1943 season when neither school fielded a a 12-year period, Alabama answered with The Vols also posted wins in 1996 (20-13), football team due to World War II. a 5-0-1 mark from 1961-66. 1997 (38-21), 1998 (31-18), 1999 (21-7), 2000 (20-10) and 2001 (35-24). *Alabama leads the all-time series with *Following Alabama’s dramatic 11-10 win Tennessee 43-33-7 (.562), including last in Knoxville during the 1966 season, the *The 1999 Alabama-Tennessee game was year’s 34-13 win at Neyland Stadium, Volunteers reeled off four straight wins the first to be played in Tuscaloosa since snapping a seven-game losing streak to the from 1967-70. the 1930 season. The 5th-ranked Vols beat Vols. 10th-ranked Alabama 21-7 in a game that *Entering the 1971 game at Legion Field, saw Alabama lose its starting quarterback *The Vols’ seven-game winning streak was the series was tied 23-23-7. Alabama then (Andrew Zow) and (Shaun the longest in series history against the Crimson won 11 consecutive games (1971-81) over Alexander) to injuries. Tide. Tennessee also had a six-game Tennessee to gain the upper hand in the unbeaten streak against Alabama from series. The 11-game winning streak *The Crimson Tide won last year in 1955-60, posting a 5-0-1 ledger. included a 27-0 win over the Vols in Knoxville snapping a seven-game losing Knoxville marking the first shutout since a streak to the Volunteers. ran *The Vols seven-game winning streak 35-0 over Tennessee in 1963. for 65 yards and two TDs for the Crimson (1995-2001) was also the longest by any Tide, while Brodie Croyle a 5-for-7 for 128 opponent against Alabama. *The Vols snapped Bama’s streak with a yards through the air. 35-28 win in Knoxville in 1982 and then *The very first meeting took place Nov. 28, won four consecutive games (1982-85) in *Alabama also forced a season-high six 1901 in Birmingham, when the two the series. turnovers (three INTs and three ) in schools played to a 6-6 deadlock. the win over Tennessee.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 5 Alabama-Tennessee All-Time Scores ALABAMA CAREER STATISTICS VS. TENNESSEE Year Results (Site) 1901 Alabama 6, Tennessee 6 (Birmingham) Player G Rushing Passing Receiving 1903 Alabama 24, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) B. Croyle 1 1-(-3)-0 5-7-128-0-0 NA 1904 Tennessee 5, Alabama 0 (Birmingham) Z. Fletcher 1 0-0-0-0 NA 1-56-0-56 1905 Alabama 29, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) R. Hudson 1 2-25-0-22 NA 0-0-0-0 C. Johnston 1 0-0-0-0 NA 1-2-0-2 1906 Alabama 51, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) T. Luke 3 0-0-0-0 NA 1-14-0-14 1907 Alabama 5, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) G. McLain 1 3-5-0-5 NA 1-(-2)-0 1908 Alabama 4, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) S. Williams 1 8-49-0-18 NA 0-0-0-0 1909 Alabama 10, Tennessee 0 (Knoxville) T. Ward 2 1-24-0-24 NA 0-0-0-0 1912 Alabama 7, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) 1913 Alabama 6, Tuscaloosa 0 (Tuscaloosa) Player G Solo-Ast-Tkls TFLs/Sacks Other A. Childress 1 0-1-1 0-0-0-0 1 INT (24 yds) 1914 Tennessee 17, Alabama 7 (Knoxville) C. James 2 2-0-2 0-0-0-0 1 FC, 1 FR 1928 Tennessee 15, Alabama 13 (Tuscaloosa) C. Jones 3 15-6-21 0-0-0-0 1 INT, 1 PBU 1929 Tennessee 6, Alabama 0 (Knoxville) N. McKay-Loescher 3 5-4-9 1 TFL (-7) 4 QBPs, 1 PBU 1930 Alabama 18, Tennessee 6 (Tuscaloosa) A. Odom 1 2-0-2 0-0-0-0 NA 1931 Tennessee 25, Alabama 0 (Knoxville) C. Peprah 1 3-0-3 0-0-0-0 1 INT (48 yds) 1932 Tennessee 7, Alabama 3 (Birmingham) D. Pope 1 2-1-3 0-0-0-0 1 Rec. F. Roach 1 4-0-4 1 TFL (-2) NA 1933 Alabama 12, Tennessee 6 (Knoxville) D. Ryans 1 1-0-1 0-0-0-0 NA 1934 Alabama 13, Tennessee 6 (Birmingham) T. Ward 2 1-0-1 0-0-0-0 NA 1935 Alabama 25, Tennessee 0 (Knoxville) 1936 Alabama 0, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) Special Teams G KO Returns Punt Returns Kicking 1937 Alabama 14, Tennessee 7 (Knoxville) T. Luke 3 2-37-0-20 0-0-0-0 NA K. Robinson 1 NA NA 2-3 FG (27, 21), 3-3 PAT 1938 Tennessee 13, Alabama 0 (Birmingham) S. Williams 1 0-0-0-0 4-29-0-17 NA 1939 Tennessee 21, Alabama 0 (Knoxville) 1940 Tennessee 27, Alabama 12 (Birmingham) 1941 Alabama 9, Tennessee 2 (Knoxville) Year Results (Site) *The Crimson Tide and Volunteers have 1942 Alabama 8, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) 1984 Tennessee 28, Alabama 27 (Knoxville) also combined to win 34 SEC Championships. 1944 Alabama 0, Tennessee 0 (Knoxville) 1985 Tennessee 16, Alabama 14 (Birmingham) Alabama heads the list with 21 crowns, 1945 Alabama 25, Tennessee 7 (Birmingham) 1986 Alabama 56, Tennessee 28 (Knoxville) including 15 outright titles. Tennessee is 1946 Tennessee 12, Alabama 0 (Knoxville) 1987 Alabama 41, Tennessee 22 (Birmingham) 1947 Alabama 10, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) second with 13 league titles, including 1988 Alabama 28, Tennessee 20 (Knoxville) nine outright. 1948 Tennessee 21, Alabama 6 (Knoxville) 1989 Alabama 47, Tennessee 30 (Birmingham) 1949 Alabama 7, Tennessee 7 (Birmingham) 1990 Alabama 9, Tennessee 6 (Knoxville) *The Tennessee game is the longest cur- 1950 Tennessee 14, Alabama 9 (Knoxville) 1991 Alabama 24, Tennessee 19 (Birmingham) rent running series in the UA record 1951 Tennessee 27, Alabama 13 (Birmingham) 1992 Alabama 17, Tennessee 10 (Knoxville) meeting 1952 Tennessee 20, Alabama 0 (Knoxville) 1993 *Alabama 17, Tennessee 17 (Birmingham) books. Tennessee and Alabama are 1953 Alabama 0, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) 1994 Alabama 17, Tennessee 13 (Knoxville) for the 74th consecutive year (neither team 1954 Alabama 27, Tennessee 0 (Knoxville) 1995 Tennessee 41, Alabama 14 (Birmingham) fielded a football team in 1943). 1955 Tennessee 20, Alabama 0 (Birmingham) 1996 Tennessee 20, Alabama 13 (Knoxville) 1956 Tennessee 24, Alabama 0 (Knoxville) 1997 Tennessee 38, Alabama 21 (Birmingham) *Here is a look at the Crimson Tide’s 1957 Tennessee 14, Alabama 0 (Birmingham) 1998 Tennessee 35, Alabama 18 (Knoxville) longest current series with SEC teams. 1958 Tennessee 14, Alabama 7 (Knoxville) 1999 Tennessee 21, Alabama 7 (Tuscaloosa) 1959 Alabama 7, Tennessee 7 (Birmingham) 2000 Tennessee 20, Alabama 10 (Knoxville) LONGEST CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAKS 1960 Tennessee 20, Alabama 7 (Knoxville) 2001 Tennessee 35, Alabama 24 (Tuscaloosa) Opponent Streak Series Began 1961 Alabama 34, Tennessee 3 (Birmingham) 2002 Alabama 34, Tennessee 14 (Knoxville) Tennessee 74 1928 1962 Alabama 27, Tennessee 7 (Knoxville) * - Later forfeited due to NCAA sanctions. Auburn 55 1948 1963 Alabama 35, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) Miss. State 55 1948 1964 Alabama 19, Tennessee 8 (Knoxville) ALABAMA-TENNESSEE NOTEBOOK *Vanderbilt 50 1953 1965 Alabama 7, Tennessee 7 (Birmingham) *Alabama and Vanderbilt do not play this season, thus *Alabama head coach Mike Shula will be mak- 1966 Alabama 11, Tennessee 10 (Knoxville) ending 50 consecutive football seasons between the ing his coaching debut against Tennessee this 1967 Tennessee 24, Alabama 13 (Birmingham) Crimson Tide and Commodores. 1968 Tennessee 10, Alabama 9 (Knoxville) Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium. 1969 Tennessee 41, Alabama 14 (Birmingham) *Alabama’s 86 games with Tennessee is the *As the Crimson Tide’s starting quarter- 1970 Tennessee 24, Alabama 0 (Knoxville) second-most in school history against one back (1984-86), Shula was 1-2 (.333) against 1971 Alabama 32, Tennessee 15 (Birmingham) team. The Crimson Tide has played Miss. the Vols, winning 56-28 in Knoxville in 1972 Alabama 17, Tennessee 10 (Knoxville) State 87 times and the two teams will meet 1986. 1973 Alabama 42, Tennessee 21 (Birmingham) for the 88th time on Nov. 8, 2003 in 1974 Alabama 28, Tennessee 6 (Knoxville) Starkville. 1975 Alabama 30, Tennessee 7 (Birmingham) *Tennessee’s Phillip Fulmer has a 7-2-1 1976 Alabama 20, Tennessee 13 (Knoxville) (.750) on-the-field record with Alabama, but is MOST GAMES VS. OPPONENT 1977 Alabama 24, Tennessee 10 (Birmingham) actually 8-2 (.800) overall as the result of a Opponent Games 1st Meeting 1978 Alabama 30, Tennessee 17 (Knoxville) forfeit by Alabama in 1993. Miss. State 87 1896 1979 Alabama 27, Tennessee 17 (Birmingham) Tennessee 86 1901 1980 Alabama 27, Tennessee 0 (Knoxville) Vanderbilt 79 1903 1981 Alabama 38, Tennessee 19 (Birmingham) Auburn 66 1892 1982 Tennessee 35, Alabama 28 (Knoxville) LSU 66 1895 1983 Tennessee 41, Alabama 34 (Birmingham)

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 6 CRIMSON TIDE UPSETS VOLS, 18-6 (October 18, 1930) *Tennessee is one of six schools to play Alabama at all three Tuscaloosa sites, including One of the Crimson Tide’s most significant wins in school history came here at Bryant-Denny Stadium the Quad, Denny Field and Bryant-Denny when Alabama upset Tennessee 18-6 on Homecoming before a capacity crowd fo 18,000 fans. Stadium.

Tennessee had dominated Southern football since the late 1920s and the loss to Alabama would be the *Tennessee is looking to become the first first loss by a Volunteer football team since a 20-3 setback at Vanderbilt on Nov. 13, 1926. Since the opponent to win three straight games against loss to Vandy, UT had posted a 33-game unbeaten streak (29-0-3) before falling to the Crimson Tide in Alabama here at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Tuscaloosa. Vols posted wins in 1999 (21-7) and 2001 (35-24). After the loss, Tennessee would post a 28-game unbeaten streak (28-0-2) from Oct. 26, 1930 through Oct. 7, 1933. That streak ended with a 10-2 loss at Duke on Oct. 14, 1933. *Tennessee is currently one of six schools to win back-to-back games against From a period of Nov. 20, 1926 through Oct. 7, 1933, Tennessee posted a phenominal 57-1-5 overall Alabama here in Bryant-Denny Stadium. record with its only loss coming at the hands of Alabama on Oct. 18, 1930. Here is an account of that game taken from The Edson, a historical book on Alabama football from 1892-1945. BACK-TO-BACK WINS AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM Opponent Years The Vols played without the services of Greg McEver, who was the out for th season with a knee injury, Mississippi State 1940, 1941 and Paul Hug and Frederic Brandt, two first string ends. Florida 1951, 1963 TCU 1955, 1956 Alabama started her shock troops and the first period was scoreless. The Tide received a break when Florida 1990, 1998 Dotherow intercepted a pass on the Vol 33 but soon thereafter Miller fumbled, Tennessee Arkansas 1995, 1997 recovered and stepped on the gas. Dodd passed to J.S. Hackman for 26 yards as the Vols marched on Tennessee 1999, 2001 to the Alabama 28 yard line. At that point, three of the Tide regulars -- Fred Sington, Al Clement and Auburn 2000, 2002 John Campbell -- came in and Tennessee was stopped on the Tide 10 yard line. Miller then punted again to midfield. Alabama held on and Dodd punted to the Alabama 19. Alabama drove to midfield as *Alabama has two players on its roster the first quarter ended. from the state of Tennessee and both will be in the starting lineup this Saturday. Alabama scored 11 plays later, using a mixture of line plunges and runs, with driving The two Tennessee natives are Dennis that last 14 yards off . The goal was missed and UA led 6-0. Alexander (OG, Memphis) and Ahmad Later, it was Alabama’s ball on the Vol 40 yard line. John Hnery Suther made nine yards and then ran Childress (DT, Nashville). 31 yards for the second . Again the goal was missed. *The Tennessee roster lists four Alabama Tennessee came back impressively. Hackman returned the kickoff 21 yards. Dodd’s pass to Rayburn natives, including Jason Allen (DB, Muscle moved the ball to the Tide 45 yard line. Another pass, Dodd to Disney, made eight yards. Dodd, who Shoals), Corey Larkins (TB, Opelika), Aaron had been doing all the passing for the Vols, then ran the right side of the field. The ball was Sears (OL, Russellville) and Jason Swain snapped to Hackman, who threw long to Dodd, who cut back and had gotten behind the Alabama safe- (WR, Huntsville). ty. The ball bounced off Dodd’s chest and fell incomplete. Alabama aided by a 46 yard run by Suther, drove from the 20 to the Tennessee 20 as the half ended. *Alabama running backs coach Sparky Woods’ son, Casey, is a walk-on quarterback Campbell returned the second half kickoff 13 yards. Miller circled 27 yards to midfield. The Vols held at Tennessee. and Miller punted to Disney, who fumbled and Sharpe recovered for the Tide on the Vol 12 yard line. It required six line plunges to make the distance with Campbell scoring. Again the goal was missed. *Tennessee assistant head coach and John Chavis is a for- Later, Dodd punted out of bounds at the Alabama three. Alabama punted out of bounds and Tennessee mer assistant coach at Alabama A&M marched to the Tide 11 as the third quarter ended. (1980-83, 1986-88) and Alabama State (1984-85). Alabama dug in. In two plays, Disney and Hackman made four yards. Two passes failed and Alabama took over on its own seven. Miller then punted to Dodd at the 29 yard line. Instead of passing, as *Tennessee running backs coach Woody Alabama expected, Dodd ran for 13 yards. Dodd’s pass to Rayburn was ruled complete because of McCorvey is a former assistant coach at pass interference at the Alabama six yard line. Another pass was complete on the one yard line when Campbell deflected the ball into Hackman’s arms. Two bucks by Disney failed to gain before Hackman Alabama under Gene Stallings (1990-96) scored. The goal was missed. and Mike DuBose (1997). While at Alabama, McCorvey served as receivers Alabama was in possession of the ball on the Tennessee eight yard line when the game ended. coach, offensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Dodd was the big gun in the Tennessee arsenal, again proving to be a fine quarterback, a splendid and a passer probably without an equal in the country. *Among McCorvey’s pupils was Alabama All-American David Palmer (1991-93), All of the Tidesmen played well. Coach Wallace Wade was particularly loud in his praise of quarterback who set several school records, including Albert Elmore, Sr. most receiving yards in a game and season.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee 0 0 0 6 6 ALABAMA 0 12 6 0 18

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 7 *McCorvey is a native of Grove Hill, Ala., ALABAMA SINGLE-GAME RECORDS VS. TENNESSEE and played quarterback at Escambia County Training School and Alabama Most Passing Attempts: 46 by Gary Hollingsworth (1989) State (1968-72). He also coached at 45 by Scott Hunter (1968) Alabama A&M from 1979-82. 43 by (1995)

*Tennessee coach Pat Most Pass Completions: 32 by Gary Hollingsworth (1989) Washington played collegiately at Auburn under former head coach from Most Passing Yards: 379 by Gary Hollingsworth (1989) 1982-85. 312 by Jay Barler (1993)

*Washington is a native of Mobile, Ala., Most Pass Receptions: 12 by David Bailey (1969 and 1970) and prepped at Murphy High School 7 by (1989) before signing with Auburn. Most Receiving Yards: 158 by Siran Stacy (1989) *Tennessee sophomore offensive tackle 153 by Davild Bailey (1969) Michael Munoz (Mason, Ohio) is the son of 150 by David Bailey (1970) NFL Hall of Famer, Anthony Munoz. The elder Munoz played at Southern Most Rushing Attempts: 38 by Dennis Riddle (1996) and went head-to-head with Alabama 33 by Siran Stacy (1989) and (1992) twice, losing in 1977 (21-20) in and winning in 1978 (24-14) at Most Rushing Yards: 217 by (1986) Legion Field. Most Rushing TDs: 3 by Siran Stacy (1989) GREAT GAMES Here is a look at some the memorable Most All-Purpose Yards: 319 by Siran Stacy (1989) games in the Alabama-Tennessee series, which began in 1901. Most : 4 by Siran Stacy (1989)

Alabama 6, Tennessee 6 (Nov. 28, 1901 - Birmingham) The Caldwell brothers, Tennessee backs, Quarterback Albert Elmore, Sr., and halfback First-ever meeting between Alabama and would then come forward and hurl John Henry Suther were more than the Vols Tennessee...Two teams battled to a 6-6 tie McAllester through the air and, before he could handle on this day. The significance in front of 2,000 spectators in would be stopped, considerable yardage of this win is great in the annals of Birmingham...The game was stopped due would be gained. Through the use of such Alabama football. The 1930 loss to to darkness and angry fans charged the play, McAllester scored. The Crimson Alabama in Tuscaloosa would be the only field in a protest of the decision by Umpire Tide drive to the Vols 10-yard line in each loss by a Tennessee football over a period Payne...Police could not cope with the sit- half but failed to score. of 64 games from 1926-1933. During that uation...Tennessee left tackle J.L. Broug stretch, Coach ’s Vol (playing off the line of scrimmage) scored Tennessee 15, Alabama 13 squads compiled an impressive 57-1-6 the first touchdown in series history with (October 20, 1928 - Tuscaloosa) record, making this one of the Tide’s one-yard plunge... Tennessee defeated highly favored greatest wins in history (See Page 7). Alabama 15-13 on Homecoming in the Alabama 24, Tennessee 0 first-ever meeting between the two schools Tennessee 7, Alabama 3 (Nov. 26, 1903 - Birmingham) in Tuscaloosa. Gene McEver returned the (October 15, 1932 - Birmingham) A undersized Alabama team posted a opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown The 1932 Alabama-Tennessee game was a hard-fought 24-0 win over Tennessee on and Bobby Dodd added the extra point. punting exhibition between UA’s Johnny Thanksgiving Day, the Crimson Tide’s Dodd also threw a three-yard TD pass to Cain and UT’s . Cain punted first-ever win over the Vols. Bama built a McEver in the Vols win. The Crimson an Alabama record 19 times for 914 yards 24-0 halftime lead on TD runs by Auxford Tide was mired all day penalties and and a 48.1 yard average. Feathers punted Burks, McMahon and Peavey. The second half turnovers. Dodd was also an effective 21 times for a 48-yard average. What was scoreless. Tennessee drove to the punter, pinning Alabama deep most of the made this even more impressive was the Alabama two-yard line in the final minute, day, with one punt later resulting in a safe- game was played in a driving rain storm but did not score. ty. The 1928 game was the last game ever with heavy winds on a very, soggy field. played at Denny-Field and was one of only two Cain’s punts, punting yards and average Tennessee 5, Alabama 0 losses by Alabama at Denny Field. are the oldest existing records in the UA (Nov. 24, 1904 - Birmingham) record books. Tennessee won the game Sam McAllester scored the game’s only Alabama 18, Tennessee 6 when Cain got off a short punt from his touchdown in the first half, giving (Nov. 18, 1930 - Tuscaloosa) end zone to the Alabama 12-yard line and Tennessee its first-ever win over Alabama. One of the Crimson Tide’s greatest wins Feathers scored the go-ahead TD three McAllester would receive the ball from came with an 18-6 win over the Volunteers plays later in the late in fourth quarter. center, run forward, plant his foot on the in front of 18,000 Homecoming fans at back of one of the guards. Denny Stadium.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 8 Alabama 13, Tennessee 6 Tennessee 41, Alabama 14 Tennessee 41, Alabama 14 (October 20, 1934 - Birmingham) Oct. 18, 1969 - Birmingham (October 14, 1995 - Birmingham) This one was a classic and the outcome Tennessee jumped out to a quick 21-0 Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning led was not decided until the finale whistle. first-quarter lead and never looked back in the Vols to three first-quarter touchdowns, The running, passing and punting of winning its third of four straight games including an 80-yard TD pass to Joey Kent Alabama’s Millard “Dixie” Howell prompted against Alabama. on the first play of the game as the Vols Coach Neyland of Tennessee to rate him beat Alabama for the first time since 1985. as the finest back in the South. Joe Alabama 17, Tennessee 10 Demyanovich scored on a eight-yard run (October 21, 1972 - Knoxville) Tennessee 35, Alabama 24 to give Alabama a 6-0 lead in the second Alabama scored two touchdowns in the (October 23, 1999 - Tuscaloosa) quarter. UT tied the game three posses- final 36 seconds of the game to post an In the first meeting on the Alabama cam- sions later with a two-yard TD run by improbable 17-10 win over Tennessee in pus since the 1930 season, No. 10 George Craig. Like Alabama, Tennessee Knoxville. The Vols led 10-3 in the fourth Tennessee posted a 21-7 win over No. 5 missed the extra point. Future NFL Hall quarter before quarterback Terry Davis led Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium. UT of Famer scored on a seven-yard the the Crimson Tide two quick touch- quarterback Tee Martin led the Vols to a pair end around in the third quarter for the downs for the come-from-behind win. of second-half TDs as the Vols snapped a winning points for Alabama. Howell later 7-7 tie. made a game-saving tackle on a punt Alabama 42, Tennessee 21 return in the final minutes to preserve the (October 20, 1973 - Birmingham) Alabama 34, Tennessee 14 win for the Crimson Tide. Alabama scored on the first play from (October 26, 2002 - Knoxville) scrimmage as Gary Rutledge fired an 80-yard TD Alabama snapped its longest losing streak Alabama 25, Tennessee 0 pass to Wayne Wheeler setting the stage for in series history with a sound 34-14 win October 19, 1935 - Knoxville the Tide’s three touchdown win. over Tennessee. The UA defense forced six Alabama dominated Tennessee in turnovers in the win, including three fum- Knoxville and posted a 25-0 win. The Alabama 27, Tennessee 17 bles and three interceptions (C. Jones, Crimson Tide made 17 first downs and (October 20, 1979 - Birmingham) Childress and Peprah). Santonio Beard ran 265 yards, while the Vols managed only Tennessee stunned No. 1 ranked Alabama 16 times for 65 yards and scored two TDs three first downs and 40 total yards. and a packed Legion Field by scoring the as UA beat UT for the first time since Alabama’s Paul Bryant played the game with the first 17 points en route to a 17-0 lead. The 1994. broken leg, proving to the nation how Crimson Tide rallied, however, scoring a important the Tennessee game really was late second quarter TD and adding three to Alabama football. Bryant set up two first more in the second half, one the strength SERIES RANKINGS half touchdowns in the win over Tennessee. He of Major Ogilive’s running, for the come- *Alabama and Tennessee have both been caught a pass to set up the first touchdown back win. ranked 13 times in the series history, with the and then later was the middle man in a Crimson Tide winning seven of those 13 forward lateral razzle-dazzle that sent Tennessee 35, Alabama 28 meetings, including last year’s 34-14 win Riley Smith into the end zone. (October 16, 1982 - Knoxville) in Knoxville. Tennessee ended 11 years of frustration Alabama 34, Tennessee 3 with a 35-28 upset win over Alabama in *Last year’s game marked the first time the (October 21, 1961 - Birmingham) Knoxville. The Crimson Tide rally came 1999 season that both Alabama and Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant earned up short when Walter Lewis’ pass attempt Tennessee were ranked in playing each his first win over Tennessee with a was intercepted in the end zone late in the other. On Oct. 23, 1999, No. 5 Tennessee resounding 34-3 victory at Legion Field. fourth quarter. posted a 21-7 win over No. 10 Alabama in The win was Alabama’s first over Tuscaloosa. Tennessee since 1954. The 31-point win Alabama 56, Tennessee 28 over the Vols also catapulted the Tide in (October 18, 1986 - Knoxville) *At least one team has been ranked every the national rankings as UA finished the The Crimson Tide broke a four-game los- year since 1959 with the exception of 1968, season with an 11-0 record and the first of ing streak to the Volunteers with a 56-28 1984 and 2000. six national championships in the Bryant win in Knoxville. Bobby Humphrey ran 00 era. times for 217 yards in the win as Alabama *In addition, the 2000 season marked the built a 42-14 halftime lead. Alabama first time since 1955 that neither team Alabama 11, Tennessee 10 quarterback Mike Shula earned his first win entered the game with a winning record. (October 15, 1966) over the Vols as the Tide’s starter. The Crimson Tide posted a 3-3 record Senior quarterback Kenny Stabler led entering the game, while the Vols were 2-3. Alabama to one of its greatest comebacks Alabama 17, Tennessee 17 with an improbable 11-10 win in (October 16, 1993 - Birmingham) *Since 1939, the highest ranked team has Knoxville. The Volunteers led 10-0 in the Trailing 17-9 late in the fourth quarter, compiled a 40-8-2 (.820) record in the fourth quarter only to see the Crimson Alabama scored on David Palmer’s TD Alabama-Tennessee series. Tide rally for a , touchdown and run and then watched the “little man” tie eventual game-winning two-point conver- the with a rush around right end for the *No. 19 Alabama handed No. 16 Tennessee sion for the comeback win. two-point conversion with 21 seconds left a 34-14 loss last year in Knoxville marking in the game. This game is the last on-the- the first time since 1991 the lowest ranked field tie in Alabama football annals. team had won in the series. In 1991, No. 14 Alabama posted a 24-19 win over No. 8 Tennessee at Legion Field.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 9 Series Record With At Least One Ranked Tm ALABAMA-TENNESSEE ON THE TUBE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER Year Result of Game For the 16th consecutive year, the Alabama- For 66 years the annual Alabama- 1939 Tennessee (5) beat Alabama (8) 21-0 Tennessee game will be televised to a Tennessee game was simply referred to as 1940 Tennessee (5) beat Alabama (NR) 27-12 national audience. “The Third Saturday in October.” Alabama and 1941 Neither team ranked by AP Tennessee first played on the traditional 1942 Alabama (4) beat Tennessee (15) 8-0 *CBS Sports will televise this year’s game third Saturday date Oct. 28, 1928. The tra- 1943 No Football Due to World War II from Bryant-Denny Stadium beginning at dition continued through the 1994 season. 1944 Tennessee (17) tied Alabama (NR) 0-0 2:34 p.m. (CDT) this Saturday. In 1995, the 1945 Neither team ranked by AP Office realigned its conference football 1946 Tennessee (7) beat Alabama (6) 12-0 *The last time the Alabama-Tennessee was schedule, putting an end to the 66-year 1947 Neither team ranked by AP 1948 Neither team ranked by AP not televised was 1988. third Saturday tradition that had become 1949 Neither team ranked by AP Alabama-Tennessee football. The Oct. 14, 1950 Tennessee (18) beat Alabama (NR) 14-9 *This will also be the 25th Alabama-Tennessee 1995 game was played on the second 1951 Tennessee (2) beat Alabama (NR) 27-13 game shown on television. Saturday in October and the teams have 1952 Tennessee (NR) beat Alabama (18) 20-0 played only three times (1997, 2000 and 1953 Neither team ranked by AP *Alabama holds a 13-10-1 (.563) series lead in 2001) on the third Saturday in October 1954 Neither team ranked by AP those 24 previous televised meetings, including over the last eight years, including each of 1955 Neither team ranked by AP a 34-14 win last year in Knoxville. the last two seasons. The series became so 1956 Tennessee (7) beat Alabama (NR) 24-0 popular that the late Al Browning,former 1957 Neither team ranked by AP *The first Alabama-Tennessee game to be sports editor of The Tuscaloosa News and 1958 Neither team ranked by AP televised was Oct. 20, 1951 at Legion Field. Knoxville News- Sentinel, wrote a book 1959 Tennessee (14) tied Alabama (NR) 7-7 entitled Third Saturday in October, 1960 Alabama (20) lost to Tennessee (NR) 20-7 *The 1951 Tennessee just happened to be recapping each game in this tradition-rich 1961 Alabama (5) beat Tennessee (NR) 34-3 the first televised game in Alabama’s storied foot- football series. 1962 Alabama (2) beat Tennessee (NR) 27-7 ball history. 1963 Alabama (9) beat Tennessee (NR) 35-0 1964 Alabama (3) beat Tennessee (NR) 19-8 *NBC Sports aired the game from NON-THIRD SATURDAY CLASHES 1965 Alabama (5) tied Tennessee (NR) 7-7 Birmingham’s Legion Field and used a pair The 2003 Alabama-Tennessee game marks 1966 Alabama (3) beat Tennessee (NR) 11-10 of veteran and future Hall of Fame broad- the 16th time in the 84-game history of the 1967 Alabama (6) lost to Tennessee (7) 24-13 casters for the telecast. series that the game has not been played 1968 Neither team ranked on the traditional third Saturday in 1969 Tennessee (7) beat Alabama (20) 41-14 Mel Allen October. 1970 Tennessee (14) beat Alabama (NR) 24-0 *Alabama alum and Tennessee 1971 Alabama (4) beat Tennessee (14) 32-15 alum teamed up to call a 27- 13 win by the Volunteers. *The Crimson Tide has compiled an 8-6-1 1972 Alabama (3) beat Tennessee (10) 17-10 (.567) record in those non third Saturday 1973 Alabama (2) beat Tennessee (10) 42-21 games. 1974 Alabama (4) beat Tennessee (NR) 28-6 Alabama-Tennessee TV Results 1975 Alabama (6) beat Tennessee (16) 30-7 Year Result of Game 1951 Tennessee 27, Alabama 13 (Birmingham) (NBC) 1976 Alabama (20) beat Tennessee (NR) 20-13 *Alabama’s 34-14 win last year in 1961 Alabama 34, Tennessee 3 (Birmingham) (ABC) snapped UT’s five-game winning 1977 Alabama (4) beat Tennessee (NR) 24-10 Knoxville 1962 Alabama 27, Tennessee 7 (Knoxville) (ABC) 1978 Alabama (4) beat Tennessee (NR) 30-17 streak in non third Saturday meetings. 1968 Tennessee 10, Alabama 9 (Knoxville) (ABC) 1979 Alabama (1) beat Tennessee (18) 27-17 1973 Alabama 42, Tennessee 21 (Birmingham) (ABC) Non-Third Saturday Scores 1980 Alabama (1) beat Tennessee (NR) 27-0 1976 Alabama 20, Tennessee 13 (Knoxville) (ABC) Nov. 28, 1901 -- Alabama 6, Tennessee 6 1981 Alabama (15) beat Tennessee (NR) 38-19 1980 Alabama 27, Tennessee 0 (Knoxville) (ABC) Nov. 28, 1903 -- Alabama 24, Tennessee 0 1982 Alabama (2) lost to Tennessee (NR) 35-28 1985 Tennessee 16, Alabama 14 (Birmingham) (WTBS) Nov. 5, 1904 -- Tennessee 5, Alabama 0 1983 Alabama (11) lost to Tennessee (NR) 41-34 1986 Alabama 56, Tennessee 28 (Knoxville) (ABC) Nov. 30, 1905 -- Alabama 29, Tennessee 0 1984 Neither team ranked by AP 1987 Alabama 41, Tennessee 22 (Birmingham) (ESPN) Nov. 29, 1906 -- Alabama 51, Tennessee 0 1985 Alabama (15) lost to Tennessee (20) 16-14 1989 Alabama 47, Tennessee 30 (Birmingham) (CBS) Nov. 28, 1907 -- Alabama 5, Tennessee 0 1986 Alabama (2) beat Tennessee (NR) 56-28 1990 Alabama 9, Tennessee 6 (Knoxville) (ESPN) Nov. 16, 1908 -- Alabama 4, Tennessee 0 1987 Tennessee (8) lost to Alabama (NR) 41-22 1991 Alabama 24, Tennessee 19 (Birmingham) (ABC) Nov. 13, 1909 -- Alabama 10, Tennessee 0 1988 Alabama (20) beat Tennessee (NR) 28-20 1992 Alabama 17, Tennessee 10 (Knoxville) (ABC) Nov. 28, 1912 -- Alabama 6, Tennessee 0 1989 Alabama (10) beat Tennessee (6) 47-30 1993 Alabama 17, Tennessee 17 (Birmingham) (ABC) Oct. 24, 1914 -- Tennessee 17, Alabama 7 1990 Tennessee (3) lost to Alabama (NR) 9-6 1994 Alabama 17, Tennessee 13 (Knoxville) (ESPN) Oct. 14, 1995 -- Tennessee 41, Alabama 14 1991 Alabama (14) beat Tennessee (8) 24-19 1995 Tennessee 41, Alabama 14 (Birmingham) (ESPN) Oct. 26, 1996 -- Tennessee 20, Alabama 13 1992 Alabama (4) beat Tennessee (13) 17-10 1996 Tennessee 20, Alabama 13 (Knoxville) (CBS) Oct. 24, 1998 -- Tennessee 35, Alabama 18 1993 Alabama (2) tied Tennessee (10) 17-17 1997 Tennessee 38, Alabama 21 (Birmingham) (ESPN) Oct. 23, 1999 -- Tennessee 21, Alabama 7 1994 Alabama (6) beat Tennessee (NR) 17-13 1998 Tennessee 35, Alabama 18 (Knoxville) (CBS) 1999 Tennessee 21, Alabama 7 (Tuscaloosa) (CBS) Oct. 00, 2002 -- Alabama 34, Tennessee 14 1995 Tennessee (6) beat Alabama (12) 41-14 2000 Tennessee 20, Alabama 10 (Knoxville) (CBS) 1996 Tennessee (6) beat Alabama (7) 20-13 2001 Tennessee 35, Alabama 24 (Tuscaloosa) (CBS) 1997 Tennessee (9) beat Alabama (NR) 38-21 2002 Alabama 34, Tennessee 14 (Knoxville) (ESPN) Year Result of Game 2003 Tennessee at Alabama (CBS) 1998 Tennessee (4) beat Alabama (NR) 35-18 1999 Tennessee (5) beat Alabama (10) 21-7 2000 Neither team ranked by AP 2001 Tennessee (11) beat Alabama (NR) 35-24 2002 Alabama (19) beat Tennessee (16) 34-14 2003 Tennessee (22) at Alabama (NR)

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 10 STREAKY SERIES ALABAMA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (Selected by the Coaching Staff) For more than a half century, the Alabama-Tennessee series has been one of Opponent Offense Defense Special Teams the most streaky series in all of college South Florida Dennis Alexander Charlie Peprah Ramzee Robinson football. The shortest winning streak in Oklahoma Shaud Williams Derrick Pope Thurman Ward the series by either team since the 1995 Kentucky Shaud Williams Freddie Roach Bo Freelend season is four games, posted by Tennessee N. Illinois Brodie Croyle Roman Harper Leslie Williams from 1955-58, 1967-71 and 1982-85. Arkansas JB Closner DeMeco Ryans Lance Taylor *Since 1955, the series has been filled with Georgia Justin Smiley Charles Jones Juwan Garth streaks, both good and bad. Here is a Southern Miss David Cavan & Roman Harper Chris James quick Alabama-Tennessee history lesson Offensive Line on the various streaks. Ole Miss Wesley Britt Mark Anderson Bo Freelend Tennessee Miss. State *From 1955-60, Tennessee posted a 5-0-1 LSU record against Alabama, the second-most Auburn successful stretch for the Vols in the 85- Hawai’i game series.

1955 Tennessee 20, Alabama 0 (Birmingham) THREE IN THREE YEARS 1956 Tennessee 24, Alabama 0 (Knoxville) *Tennessee ended 11 years of frustration 1957 Tennessee 14, Alabama 0 (Birmingham) in 1982 and started another four-game Alabama is looking for back-to-back wins 1958 Tennessee 14, Alabama 7 (Knoxville) winning streak over the Crimson Tide over Tennessee for the first time since 1959 Alabama 7, Tennessee 7 (Birmingham) (TIE) with a 35-28 win at Neyland Stadium. 1991-92. Tennessee, however, is looking to 1960 Tennessee 20, Alabama 7 (Knoxville) do something that has not happened in 1982 Tennessee 35, Alabama 28 (Knoxville) the series since the late 1940s. 1983 Tennessee 41, Alabama 34 (Birmingham) *From 1961-66, Alabama followed with a 1984 Tennessee 28, Alabama 27 (Knoxville) *A Tennessee win over Alabama would 5-0-1 streak of its own, winning four 1985 Tennessee 16, Alabama 14 (Birmingham) straight games from 1961-64. The 34-3 mark the first time since 1946-48 that the series win in 1961 was the first by Alabama over has seen three different winners in three *The series momentum shifted back to the consecutive years. Tennessee since 1954. Alabama camp beginning in 1986 as the Crimson Tide posted an 8-0-1 on-the-field 1961 Alabama 34, Tennessee 3 (Birmingham) *Tennessee posted series wins in 1946 (12- 1962 Alabama 27, Tennessee 7 (Knoxville) record over the next nine seasons. 0) and 1948 (21-6), while Alabama won 1963 Alabama 35, Tennessee 0 (Birmingham) 1986 Alabama 56, Tennessee 28 (Knoxville) the 1947 (10-0) meeting. 1964 Alabama 19, Tennessee 8 (Knoxville) 1987 Alabama 41, Tennessee 22 (Birmingham) 1965 Alabama 7, Tennessee 7 (Birmingham) (TIE) 1988 Alabama 28, Tennessee 20 (Knoxville) *The series featured an Alabama win, 1966 Alabama 11, Tennessee 10 (Knoxville) 1989 Alabama 47, Tennessee 30 (Birmingham) Tennessee win and a tie in 1953-54-55, 1990 Alabama 9, Tennessee 6 (Knoxville) 1959-60-61, 1965-66-67 and 1993-94-95. *Tennessee regained momentum in the 1991 Alabama 24, Tennessee 19 (Birmingham) late 1960s, winning four straight games 1992 Alabama 17, Tennessee 10 (Knoxville) from 1967-70. 1993 Alabama 17, Tennessee 17 (Birmingham) 1994 Alabama 17, Tennessee 13 (Knoxville) 1967 Tennessee 24, Alabama 13 (Birmingham) 1968 Tennessee 10, Alabama 9 (Knoxville) 1969 Tennessee 41, Alabama 14 (Birmingham) *The Vols posted a seven-game winning 1970 Tennessee 24, Alabama 0 (Knoxville) streak from 1995-2001, their longest in series history. UT also became the first *After the 1970 season, Alabama totally team to ever beat the Crimson Tide seven dominated the series, winning 11 consecu- straight times. tive games from 1971-81, the longest win- 1995 Tennessee 41, Alabama 14 (Birmingham) ning streak by either team in this colorful 1996 Tennessee 20, Alabama 13 (Knoxville) series. 1997 Tennessee 38, Alabama 21 (Birmingham) 1998 Tennessee 35, Alabama 18 (Knoxville) 1971 Alabama 32, Tennessee 15 (Birmingham) 1999 Tennessee 21, Alabama 7 (Tuscaloosa) 1972 Alabama 17, Tennessee 10 (Knoxville) 2000 Tennessee 20, Alabama 10 (Knoxville) 1973 Alabama 42, Tennessee 21 (Birmingham) 2001 Tennessee 35, Alabama 24 (Tuscaloosa) 1974 Alabama 28, Tennessee 6 (Knoxville) 1975 Alabama 30, Tennessee 7 (Birmingham) 1976 Alabama 20, Tennessee 13 (Knoxville) *Alabama is hoping its 2002 win in 1977 Alabama 24, Tennessee 10 (Birmingham) Knoxville is no one-year wonder and 1978 Alabama 30, Tennessee 17 (Knoxville) hopes to add to that streak this weekend in 1979 Alabama 27, Tennessee 17 (Birmingham) Tuscaloosa. 1980 Alabama 27, Tennessee 0 (Knoxville) 2002 Alabama 34, Tennessee 14 (Knoxville) 1981 Alabama 38, Tennessee 19 (Birmingham)

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 11 THE STATS LEADING TACKLERS Solo-Ast-Total *Alabama was 4-2 (.667) in Tuscaloosa last Here is the statistical comparison between DeMeco Ryans (UA) 50-40-90 season. Alabama and Tennessee entering Roman Harper (UA) 59-24-83 Saturday’s game. Freddie Roach (UA) 39-29-68 UA Football All-Time Tuscaloosa Record Site Record Pct. BAMA-UT STATS BREAKDOWN Kevin Simon (UT) 43-17-60 Quad 42-11 .794 Category BAMA UT Robert Peace (UT) 38-13-51 Denny Field 43-2 .956 Points Scored 195 140 Rashad Baker (UT) 34-12-46 Bryant-Denny 189-36-3 .836 Average 24.4 23.3 Total 274-49-3 .848 Points Allowed 190 129 SACKS LEADERS Sacks-Yds Lost Average 23.8 21.5 Antwan Odom (UA) 5 (-36) *Alabama’s first game on campus was a 4-0 N. McKay-Loescher (UA) 3 (-29) loss to Birmingham Athletic Club on Oct. Rushing Yards 161.5 136.3 Derrick Pope (UA) 3 (-23) 14, 1893. Passing Yards 184.1 220.0 Kevin Simon (UT) 3.5 (-30) Total Offense 345.6 356.3 *From 1911-28, Alabama posted a 55-2 C. Ritzman (UT) 3 (-31) (.965) record in Tuscaloosa. The 1929 sea- Parys Haralson (UT) 3 (-21) Rushing Defense 110.9 137.8 son marked the opening of what is now Passing Defense 219.2 205.3 known as Bryant-Denny Stadium. Total Defense 330.1 343.2 BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM Alabama’s on campus home since 1929, *Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant posted a Turnovers 13 12 Bryant-Denny Stadium is one of college remarkable 72-2 (.973) record in Tuscaloosa, Fumbles 5 5 football’s most scenic venues. losing only to Florida (1963) and Southern Interceptions 8 7 Miss (1982). The USM game was the last *The Crimson Tide has compiled an all- game he ever coached at Bryant-Denny Penalties Per Game 5.3 8.0 time record of 189-36-3 (.836) in 228 games. Average Yards 46.0 71.1 Stadium. Punting (No-Avg) 43-1678 35-1599 *The stadium was originally named for *From 1963-82, Alabama posted an NCAA Punting Avg 39.0 45.7 Dr. former University of Alabama President record 57-game home winning streak. Net Punting 34.2 41.9 George H. Denny. Denny, who was named Time of Possession 30:06 29:55 UA President on Jan. 1, 1912, began an *Miami has since broken that record with Third Down Conv. 40-112 (36%) 34-85 (40%) extraordinary career that spanned almost a Fourth Down Conv. 8-13 (62%) 2-3 (67%) a 58-game home winning streak, but the quarter of a century. Sacks By 19-132 16-125 Hurricanes record also includes three wins in the post-season Orange Bowl game. All RUSHING LEADERS Att-Yds-TD *Bryant-Denny Stadium and Denny of UA’s 57 wins were in the regular-season. Shaud Williams (UA) 168-885-10 Chimes (located on the UA quadrangle) Ray Hudson (UA) 57-260-0 stand as reminders to Denny’s legacy to *The 57-game winning streak is one of seven the Capstone. winning streaks longer than 15 games for Cedric Houston (UT) 97-490-1 the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa. Jabari Davis (UT) 51-243-5 *In 1976, the State of Alabama Legislature and the UA Board of Trustees added coach All-Time Tuscaloosa Winning Streaks PASSING LEADERS Comp-Att-Int-Yds-TD Paul “Bear” Bryant’s name to the stadium, Strk Dates of Streak Brodie Croyle (UA) 107-190-6-1324-8 thus calling Alabama’s football home 57 Oct. 26, 1963-Nov. 13, 1982 Brandon Avalos (UA) 5-15-1-18-0 Bryant-Denny Stadium. 37 Nov. 18, 1911-Oct. 15, 1921 20 Nov. 1, 1941-Nov. 11, 1950 Casey Clausen (UT) 105-179-7-1298-11 Largest Crowds at Bryant-Denny Stadium 18* Sept. 28, 1928-Sept. 28, 1935 1. 86,869 vs. Tennessee Oct. 23, 1999 18 Sept. 30, 1922-Oct. 6, 1928 RECEIVING LEADERS Rec-Yds-TD 2. 84,818 vs. Auburn Nov. 23, 2002 16 Nov. 23, 1957-Oct. 12, 1963 Triandos Luke (UA) 25-318-3 3. 83,818 (61x; last vs. OU) Sept. 6, 2003 15 Nov. 9, 1935-Oct. 12, 1940 Dre Fulgham (UA) 19-340-3 ALL-TIME TUSCALOOSA RECORD *Alabama posted a 19-game unbeaten streak in James Banks (UT) 23-309-4 In addition to its impressive record at Tuscaloosa from 1928-35. Mark Jones (UT) 15-247-2 Bryant-Denny Stadium (1929-present), Alabama has made Tuscaloosa a very diffi- *Here is a look at the all-time coaching PUNTING No-Yds-Avg-Blk cult place to play for opposing football records here at Bryant-Denny Stadium Bo Freelend (UA) 41-1678-40.9-2 teams. since 1929. Dustin Colquitt (UT) 34-1567-46.1-1 *Alabama has compiled a 274-49-3 (.848) PUNT RETURNS No.-Yds-Avg-TD record in 326 all-time games in Shaud Williams (UA) 16-125-7.8-1 Tuscaloosa. Rashad Baker (UT) 11-122-11.1-0 *The Arkansas game (Sept. 27) marked KICKOFF RETURNS No.-Yds-Avg-TD 325th all-time football game Ramzee Robinson (UA) 10-166-16.6-0 Alabama’s on Ray Hudson (UA) 10-202-20.2-0 campus here in Tuscaloosa. Corey Larkins (UT) 10-199-19.9-0 *Alabama is 2-3 (.400) here in Tuscaloosa this season.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 12 ALABAMA PLAYERS IN THE FIVE STRAIGHT HOME GAMES Year Consecutive Home Games The Crimson Tide had 22 players, including two practice suqad players, on the opening day NFL rosters 1901 5 announced by the league prior to opening day. 1902 8 1915 5 Player, Pos. NFL Team Alabama Years 1917 5 , RB 1996-99 1919 5 , CB 1995-98 1920 8 Tony Dixon, Safety Cowboys 1997-2000 1921 5 Alonzo Ephraim, C 1999-2002 1930 5 Ahmaad Galloway, RB 1999-2002 1934 5 2003 5 Cornelius Griffin, DT 1998-99 Patrick Hape, TE Denver Broncos 1993-96 , DE Ravens 1999-2002 ALABAMA ON THE TUBE Terry Jones, Jr., TE 1998-2001 Alabama has compiled a 148-89-5 (.622) all- Kenny King, DE 1999-2002 time record on television in since its first tele- Jason McAddley, WR Arizona Cardinals 1998-2001 vised game in 1951. Freddie Milons, WR 1998-2001 Chris Mohr, P Falcons 1983-86 *The Crimson Tide has made 242 television Kindal Moorehead, DT 1998-2000; 2002 appearances since 1951. Michael Myers, DT 1996-97 Reggie Myles, CB 1998-2001 *The Crimson Tide has compiled a 124-73- *Marico Portis, OL 1999-2002 3 (.628) in those previous 200 regular-sea- Saleem Rasheed, LB 1998-2000 son TV games. , LB 1994-96 , T Washington Redskins 1996-99 *The Ole Miss game (Oct. 18) marked , DT Saints 1997-2000 Alabama’s 200th televised regular-season game. , CB Pittsburgh Steelers 1994-97 *The Tennessee game is Alabama’s seventh * - Denotes player. televised game of the season.

UA Coaches Record at Bryant-Denny Stadium *In 1920, the Crimson Tide also played six *Alabama first three games were all tele- Coach (Years) Record Pct. home games in Tuscaloosa and recorded a vised by ESPN, with the Oklahoma and Wade (1929-30) 6-0 1.000 a shutout in all six games under coach Xen Kentucky games aired in primetime. Thomas (1931-46) 37-3-1 .915 Scott. Drew (1947-54) 18-3-1 .841 *This will be Alabama’s third game of the Whitworth (1955-57) 2-4-1 .357 *Alabama posted a 10-1 record in 1920 season on CBS Sports. The Arkansas and Bryant (1958-82) 72-2 .973 under Coach Scott and shutout all six Georgia games were also aired by CBS to Perkins (1983-86) 11-2 .846 Tuscaloosa opponents by an combined national audience. Curry (1987-89) 4-2 .667 264-0. The Crimson Tide averaged 44 Stallings (1990-96) 22-4 .846 points per game in Tuscaloosa that season. *The Crimson Tide has also had two pay- DuBose (1997-2000) 9-8 .529 per-view telecasts this season, including Franchione (2001-02) 6-5 .556 1920 Tuscaloosa Shutout Streak Northern Illinois and Southern Miss. Shula (2003) 2-3 .400 Sept. 25 - Alabama 59, Southern Military Academy 0 *The 2003 season opener with South Oct. 2 - Alabama 49, Marion Institute 0 Florida (2:07 pm kickoff) drew a 26.9 rating SEVENTH HEAVEN AT BRYANT-DENNY Oct. 9 - Alabama 45, Birmingham Southern 0 in the Birmingham market. Alabama will set the all-time record with seven Oct. 16 - Alabama 57, Mississippi College 0 games in Bryant-Denny Stadium this season. Oct. 23 - Alabama 33, Howard 0 *On a national scale, Coach Mike Shula’s The previous record for most games Nov. 11 - Alabama 21, LSU 0 debut was the highest rated sporting event on net- played in Bryant-Denny Stadium was six work or cable television during the Labor Day in 1920 and 2002. HOME SWEET HOME weekend holiday. Alabama opened the 2003 season with five *Alabama played six home games at Bryant- consecutive home games for the first time 2003 TV APPEARANCES Denny Stadium last year, matching an 82- since 1934. Opponent TV Score year old school record. The Crimson Tide South Florida ESPN W 40-17 went 4-2 (.667) here last season, the most *The 2003 season marks the 10th time in Oklahoma ESPN L 20-13 wins at Bryant-Denny Stadium since post- school history that Alabama has opened Kentucky ESPN W 27-17 ing a 4-1 (.800) ledger here in 1999. with five straight home games. Arkansas CBS L 34-31 (2 ot) at Georgia CBS L 37-23 *The six home games last year also at Ole Miss JP L 43-28 matched the all-time Tuscaloosa record for Tennessee CBS 2:34 PM most home games. *Alabama made nine television appear- ances last season.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 13 2002 TV APPEARANCES ALABAMA’S OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS Opponent TV Score Date Result Notes Middle Tennessee JP W 39-34 Oct. 14, 1893 Birmingham AC 4, Alabama 0 Alabama’s first-ever game in month of October at Oklahoma ABC L 37-27 Oct. 13, 1902 Alabama 81, Marion Ins. 0 3rd largest win in school history Southern Miss espn2 W 20-7 Oct. 26, 1906 Vanderbilt 78, Alabama Worst loss in school history at Arkansas ESPN W 30-12 Oct. 15, 1921 Alabama 95, Bryson, Tenn. 0 2nd largest win in school history Georgia CBS L 27-25 Oct. 13, 1923 Syracuse 23, Alabama 0 Alabama’s first game in NY state Oct. 18, 1930 Alabama 18, Tennessee 6 Bama snaps UT win streak with big upset Ole Miss CBS W 42-7 Oct. 28, 1933 Fordham 2, Alabama 0 Bama loses at Polo Grounds in NY at Tennessee ESPN W 34-14 Oct. 25, 1935 Alabama 39, G. Washington 0 Alabama’s first game in Washington, DC at LSU ESPN W 31-0 Oct. 8, 1948 Alabama 48, Duquense 6 First-ever night game in Tuscaloosa Auburn CBS L 17-7 Oct. 12, 1963 Florida 10, Alabama 6 One of only 2 Tuscaloosa losses for Coach Bryant at Hawaii ESPN W 21-16 Oct. 11, 1958 Alabama 29, Furman 6 Coach Paul Bryant’s first win at Alabama Oct. 15, 1966 Alabama 11, Tennessee 10 UA stages 4th qtr comeback; 2-point conv wins game *Following its win over South Florida, Oct. 4, 1969 Alabama 33, Ole Miss 32 Scott Hunter- shootout at Legion Field Oct. 27, 1973 Alabama 77, Va. Tech 6 UA sets school rushing record; 4 backs have 100 yds 12-5 (.706) Alabama is in televised season Oct. 7, 1974 Alabama 8, Florida State 7 UA survies scare with last second FG to beat ‘Noles openers since 1960. Oct. 2, 1976 Georgia 21, Alabama 0 Loss snaps 23-game October win streak Oct. 8, 1977 Alabama 21, Southern Cal 20 Bama’s knocks off top-ranked Trojans at LA Coliseum *The South Florida game marked the sev- Oct. 4, 1980 Alabama 45, Kentucky 0 Bryant’s 300th all-time win enth straight year the season opener has been Oct. 26, 1985 Alabama 28, Memphis St. 9 Mike Shula throws then school record 4 TD passes televised. Oct. 4, 1986 Alabama 28, Notre Dame 10 Bama’s only win over the Fighting Irish Oct. 31, 1987 Alabama 21, Miss. State 18 Humphrey breaks Musso’s career rushing record ALABAMA’S TELEVISED SEASON OPENERS Oct. 2, 1988 Alabama 8, Penn State 3 D. Thomas amazing defense (3 sacks, 9 hurries) Oct. 1, 1994 Alabama 29, Georgia 28 Barker-Zeier shootout; Michael Proctor GW field goal Year Game TV Oct. 4, 1997 Kentucky 40, Alabama 34 (OT) First OT game in school history 1960 Alabama 21, Georgia 6 (Bham) ABC Oct. 2, 1999 Alabama 40, Florida 39 (OT) Bama snaps 31-game home winning strk at Swamp 1965 Georgia 18, Alabama 17 (Athens) ABC Oct. 19, 2002 Alabama 42, Ole Miss 7 Santonio Beard ties UA record with 5 rushing TDs 1975 Missouri 20, Alabama 7 (Bham) ABC 1978 Alabama 20, Nebraska 3 (Bham) ABC 1979 Alabama 30, Ga. Tech 6 (Atlanta) ABC *Alabama played its first-ever October game and posted an incredible 50-1-1 (.971) 1981 Alabama 24, LSU 7 (Baton Rouge) ABC on Oct. 14, 1893, losing 4-0 to Birmingham record over a 12-year period in the month. 1984 Boston College 38, Alabama 31 (Bham)ABC Athletic Club here in Tuscaloosa. 1985 Alabama 20, Georgia 16 (Athens) ABC *The Crimson Tide’s only loss in that 12- 1986 Alabama 16, Ohio State 10 Raycom *In 1909, Alabama posted a 4-0-1 record year period was a 21-0 shutout loss at Georgia 1992 Alabama 25, Vanderbilt 8 (Tusc) JP in October and shutout all five opponents. on Oct. 2, 1976, snapping Alabama’s 69-game 1997 Alabama 42, Houston 17 (Bham) JP 1998 Alabama 38, BYU 31 (Tusc) ESPN The Crimson Tide and Ole Miss played to scoring streak. 1999 Alabama 28, Vanderbilt 17 (Nashville) JP a scoreless tie. 2000 UCLA 35, Alabama 24 (LA) ABC ON THIS DATE 2001 UCLA 20, Alabama 17 (Tusc) ESPN *Alabama posted an impressive 16 consecutive 11-1 (.917) 2002 Alabama 39, MTSU 34 (Bham) JP shutouts from Oct. 21, 1916 through Oct. Alabama has compiled an all- 2003 Alabama 40, S. Florida 17 (Bham) ESPN 30, 1920. time record in games played on Oct. 25th.

OCTOBER RECORD *Coach Xen Scott’s 1920 squad shutout all five *The Crimson Tide’s first game on this date Alabama has compiled a 312-96-16 (.755) all- opponents in the month of October by a was a 26-0 win over Tulane in 1913. time record in 424 games in the month of composite 205-0 score. October. *Alabama has not played a game on this date *Alabama posted a 26-game winning streak in since posting a 29-20 win at Ole Miss in *Alabama is playing its fourth and final the month from Oct. 31, 1914 through 1997. game in the month of October this week- Oct. 22, 1921. end against Tennessee. The Crimson Tide *Alabama has compiled a 2-1 (.667) also played Georgia (Oct. 4), Southern *The Crimson Tide also posted a 14-game record here in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 25th, Miss (Oct. 11) and Ole Miss (Oct. 18) in winning streak during the 1924-26 seasons. including a 52-19 win over Miss. State in the month of October. 1952. Tennessee (Oct. 25). *Alabama had three significant winning streaks during in the month of October during *On Oct. 25, 1980, No. 1 ranked Alabama *Alabama has compiled a 39-12-1 (.760) all- Coach Paul Bryant’s 25-year tenure. beat Southern Miss 42-7 in homecoming time record in games played on those here at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The game above mentioned dates. *The Crimson posted 28-game unbeaten marked the last time Alabama has played streak from Oct. 9, 1976 through Oct. 16, at home as the nation’s top-ranked team. *Since 1983, Alabama is 42-26 (.618) in the 1982. month of October. *On Oct. 25, 1986, No. 6 Penn State *Alabama had a 23-game winning streak from whipped No. 2 Alabama 23-3 here in *The Crimson Tide has lost eight of its last 13 Oct. 24, 1970 through Oct. 25, 1975. Tuscaloosa. Alabama head coach Mike games in the month of October, including a Shula was the starting quarterback that two-game losing streak. *During those same two periods (Oct. 24, afternoon. 1970 through Oct. 16, 1982), Alabama lost only one football game in the month of October

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 14 That same day, Boston Red Sox first base- Gene Stallings 9-5 *Alabama lost 37-23 at Georgia on Oct. 4 man Bill Buckner booted a routine ground Mike DuBose 8-7 following a Bulldogs open date. Dennis Franchione 3-3 ball that led to the NY Mets come-from- Mike Shula 1-2 behind win in Game 6 of the 1986 World *Alabama will play nine consecutive games this Series. The Mets also won Game 7 and the BAMA TD DRIVES IMPRESSIVE season before its lone open date on Nov. 1. Red Sox were foiled again. Alabama has scored 19 offensive touchdowns this season and nine of those 19 TDs have All-Time Games on Oct. 25th FREELEND GETTING HIS KICKS covered 80 or more yards. Year Result Site Alabama junior punter Bo Freelend (Eutaw, 1913 Alabama 26, Tulane 0 New Orleans *The Crimson Tide had two 90+ yard Ala.) has shown marked improvement in 1924 Alabama 14, Georgia Tech 0 Atlanta each of the last three weeks. 1930 Alabama 12, Vanderbilt 7 Birmingham scoring drives in the season opener against South Florida (Aug. 30) in the second half. 1941 Alabama 27, Georgia 14 Birmingham *In his last three games, Freelend has aver- 1947 Alabama 17, Georgia 7 Athens aged 47.8 yards per punt *The cumulative total of Alabama’s 19 offen- against Georgia, 1952 Alabama 52, Miss. State 19 Tuscaloosa Southern Miss and Ole Miss. He has 1958 Alabama 9, Miss. State 7 Starkville sive touchdown drives this season is 134 punted 15 times for 717 yards in those 1969 Alabama 38, Clemson 13 Clemson plays and 1,330 yards. 1975 Alabama 45, TCU 0 Birmingham three games. 1980 Alabama 42, Southern Miss 7 Tuscalosoa *Alabama has averaged 7.05 plays on its 19 FREELEND’S LAST THREE GAMES 1986 Penn State 23, Alabama 3 Tuscaloosa offensive touchdown drives this season. Opponent Punts-Yds-Avg Long 1997 Alabama 29, Ole Miss 20 Oxford at Georgia 4-180-45.0 54 *Bama’s 19 touchdown drives have averaged Southern Miss 6-275-45.8 55 BAMA COACHES IN OCTOBER 70.0 yards in the first eight games. at Ole Miss 5-262-52.4 59 Here is the all-tim e coaching records in the month of October. 2003 Alabama Touchdown Drives *Freelend has at least one 50-yard punt in Opponent Drive each of his last three games, including a *Coach Thomas Kelley posted a perfect 13-0 South Florida 5 plays, 80 yards career best 59-yarder in the loss to Ole 11 plays, 97 yards (1.000) record in October during his three sea- Miss. sons as head coach of the Crimson Tide. 15 plays, 90 yards

Oklahoma 6 plays, 80 yards *In that game with Ole Miss, Freelend tied To no surprise, legendary coach Paul the Alabama single game record with a Bryant has the school’s best October record Kentucky 5 plays, 44 yards 52.4 yard punting average (minimum of posting a 92-12-5 (.867) slate in 109 games in 7 plays, 79 yards five punts). The junior punted five times the month. 9 plays, 68 yards for 262 yards, including the 59-yarder.

*Bryant directed Alabama to a 28-game N. Illinois 8 plays, 82 yards HIGHEST PUNTING AVERAGE (Min. 5 Punts) unbeaten streak in the month of October 7 plays, 80 yards Player Punts-Yds-Avg. Opponent from Oct. 9, 1976 through Oct. 16, 1982. Bo Freelend 5-262-52.4 Ole Miss (2003) Chris Mohr 5-264-52.4 Auburn (1985) Greg Gantt 5-264-52.4 Miss. St. (1971) *In fact, Bryant posted a phenomenal 50-1- Arkansas 7 plays, 68 yards 1 (.971) record in his last 52 games in October 3 plays, 80 yards *Against Southern Miss, Freelend punted as Bama’s head coach. 3 plays, 23 yards six times for a 45.5 yard average. 2 plays, 82 yards *The Crimson Tide has had only one winning *His net punting average against USM was a record (2-1, 2002) in the month of October in the Georgia 4 plays, 7 yards career-best 43.3 yards. last three seasons. 7 plays, 70 yards *Four of his six punts were inside the 20-yard All-Time October Coaching Record Southern Miss 3 plays, 53 yards line. Coach Record 15 plays, 62 yards Eli Abbott 3-2 *Four of his six punts were 49 yards are better. Otto Waggonhurst 1-1 Ole Miss 9 plays, 65 yards W.A. Martin 1-0 4 plays, 80 yards *Southern Miss’ average starting field M. Griffin 2-0 8 plays, 46 yards M.H. Harvey 1-0 position after the six punts was the Golden W.B. Blount 4-3 Eagle 17-yard line. Jack Leavenworth 2-3 OPEN DATES J.W.H. Pollard 12-3-1 Five opponents have an open date this season *In his first five games of the 2003 season, Guy Lowman 2-2 prior to their game with Alabama. Freelend punted 26 times for a 36.9 yard average D.V. Graves 10-6-1 Thomas Kelley 13-0 and averaged only 40 yards per kick *The list includes Northern Illinois, (South Florida, 41.0 avg) in one of those Xen Scott 13-3-2 Georgia, Tennessee, Miss. State and LSU. Wallace Wade 29-4-1 first five games Frank Thomas 52-11-3 Red Drew 20-11-5 *Alabama suffered a 19-16 loss to *For the season, Freelend has punted 41 times J.B. Whitworth 1-11-1 Northern Illinois on Sept. 20 following the for a 40.9 yard average and landed 13 kicks Paul Bryant 92-12-5 Huskies open date. Ray Perkins 9-7 inside the 20-yard line. Bill Curry 11-2

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TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 15 CHRIS JAMES’ BLOCK PARTY Shaud Williams scored on the very next *Croyle, Pennington and Avalos have all Alabama junior Chris James (Albany, Ga.) has play to give Bama a 17-3 lead. started at least one game under center for hosted his own block party on special Alabama this season, marking the first time teams this season. *James first career blocked punt came in since 1987 that Alabama has used three Alabama’s 20-13 loss to No. 1 Oklahoma starting quarterbacks in the same season. *James recorded his third blocked punt of the on Sept. 6th. 2003 season against Ole Miss (Oct. 18) and *Prior to Avalos, the last time a third-team the posted his first career touchdown with *In addition to James’ efforts, the Alabama quarterback eventually started a game for a 44-yard return in the third quarter in special teams have turned in a number of Alabama was Oct. 17, 1987 when Jeff Dunn led Oxford. big plays this season. the Crimson Tide to a 41-22 win over Tennessee at Legion Field. *With three blocked punts this season, *In the season opener, Shaud Williams James has tied the Alabama single-season mark returned a third-quarter punt 73 yards for *Dunn replaced an ineffective Vince for most blocked kicks in a season. a touchdown in the win over South Sutton after a 13-10 loss to Memphis Stat Florida. e the previous week (Oct. 10). Sutton had MOST BLOCKED KICKS (Season) become the starter when David Smith suf- Blks Player (Kicks) Year In the loss to Georgia (Oct. 4), redshirt fered a season-ending injury at Vanderbilt 3 Chris James (3 punts) 2003 freshman Juwan Garth (Decatur) was credited on Sept. 26, 1987. 3 Tommy Johnson (PAT, 2 punts) 1994 with a 10-yard fumble return when 3 (3 FGs) 1991 Georgia punter Gordon Ely-Kelso fumble Three Starting QBs In Same Season (Since 1980) 3 (3 FGs) 1974 a fourth-quarter snap at the Bulldogs 10- Year Quarterbacks 3 (3 FGs) 1973 yard line. 1981 Alan Gray Ken Coley *James in the only player in school history to 2003 Special Teams Big Plays Walter Lewis block three punts in the same year. Opponent Scoring Play S. Florida Williams 73-yd PR (TD) 1987 David Smith *James 44-yard blocked punt return at Ole Oklahoma James blocked punt Vince Sutton Miss makes him the 10th player in Alabama Georgia Garth 10-yd fumb. ret. (TD) Jeff Dunn history to score off a blocked kick. Southern Miss James TFL (-24) on punt James blocked punt 2003 Brodie Croyle *Alabama has scored three times in the last four Ole Miss James 44-yd blkd punt (TD) Spencer Pennington years off a blocked kick. Brandon Avalos BAMA STARTS THIRD QB OF SEASON *James has blocked a punt in each of his last Redshirt freshman quarterback Brandon THIS TOO SHALL PASS two games for Alabama, including Southern Avalos (Ah-va-los) became the Crimson Tide Alabama completed only three of seven passes Miss (setting up first and goal at the one) third different starting quarterback of the for 12 yards in its 17-3 win over Southern and Ole Miss (44-yard TD return). season when he made his first career start Miss on Oct. 11. against Southern Miss (Oct. 11). *In the Southern Miss game, he had his *The three pass completions are the fewest best special teams day of his UA career, *Avalos was subbing for injured quarter- by Alabama since Oct. 8, 1988 when the recording two tackles, one TFL (-24) and backs Brodie Croyle and Spencer Crimson Tide did not complete a pass in a one blocked punt on 17 special team Pennington. 22-12 homecoming loss to Ole Miss. snaps. *Avalos directed a ground-oriented offense than *The seven pass attempts are the fewest by *His tackle for loss (-24) and blocked punt ran 50 times for 243 yards and two scores. Alabama since Mike Shula completed one of six came on back-to-back possessions in the He completed just three of seven passes passes for 17 yards in a 38-3 rout of Miss. fourth quarter. for 12 yards in the win over Southern State on Nov. 1, 1986 in Starkville. In that Miss. game, Bama ran 67 times for 514 yards *James was credited with a tackle for loss and scored five rushing TDs. (-24) when USM punter Luke Johnson *Croyle started the first five games, but did bobbled the snap from the Golden Eagle not start the Georgia (Oct. 4) due to an *The 12 passing yards are also the fewest 47-yard line and eventually recovered the injury. since the 1988 Ole Miss game. ball at the USM 23-yard line, giving Alabama a first down. *Croyle played two snaps against Georgia *The Southern Miss game was the fewest and was re-injured and did not see action passing yards by an Alabama team with at least *The Crimson Tide failed to convert on a against Southern Miss. one completion since a 21-20 win over No. 1 golden scoring opportunity when Brian ranked Southern Cal on Oct. 8, 1977 at the Bostick missed a 36-yard field goal *Redshirt sophomore Spencer Pennington Los Angeles Coliseum -- a span of 307 attempt. filled the void against the Bulldogs before games. suffering an injury in the third quarter. *On the next possession, James blocked *In that win over USC, Alabama completed punt set up the Crimson Tide with a first- *Avalos finished the Georgia game and just two of six passes for only eight yards in the and-goal at the USM one-yard line with then made his first career start in the upset win over the Trojans. 8:42 remaining the game. Tide’s 17-3 win over Southern Miss a week later.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 16 Passing Game Lows (Since 1977) *In his third start at Ole Miss (Oct. 18), SCORING SPREE II Opponent (Year) Stats Garth led Alabama with a career-high 13 The Crimson Tide gave up 24 first-quarter at Vanderbilt (1977) 2-6, 28 yds tackles. He played 93 plays, including 71 points in its 43-28 loss to Ole Miss on Oct. at USC (1977) 2-6, 8 yds snaps on defense. 18 in Oxford. at Tennessee (1978) 4-9, 32 yds at Washington (1978) 3-9, 35 yds ‘For the season, Garth has played in all *The 24 first-quarter points were the most Baylor (1979) 2-11, 16 yds, INT eight games and has recorded 42 tackles, scored against Alabama since Louisville at Florida (1979) 2-7, 19 yds, INT one sack (-10), three QB pressures, two scored 25 points in the opening quarter in the Jan. at LSU (1979) 2-8, 26 yds, INT pass breakups and recovered two fumbles. 1, 1991 Fiesta Bowl. Louisville won the game, Georgia Tech (1980) 2-5, 57 yds, INT 34-7. at Ole Miss (1980) 3-6, 66 yds Vanderbilt (1980) 4-11, 67 yds SCORING SPREE at Miss. State (1980) 2-10, 25 yds, INT *The 24 points at Ole Miss were not the Alabama yielded 37 first-half points to Georgia Auburn (1980) 5-7, 49 yds most points allowed in a quarter this sea- on Oct. 4, setting the modern day (since at Kentucky (1981) 3-9, 25 yds son. Georgia holds that honor, scoring 31 at Boston College (1983) 4-12, 81 yds, INT formation of SEC in 1933) school record points in the second quarter on Oct. 4 en at Cincinnati (1984) 2-12, 50 yds, TD for most points allowed in one half of route to 37-10 halftime lead. The at Miss. State (1986) 1-6, 17 yds, INT football. Bulldogs won the game, 37-23. Ole Miss (1988) 0-11, 0 yds, 3 INT Vanderbilt (1990) 4-13, 68 yds, 2 INT *The Bulldogs scored 31 points in the sec- Miss. State (1991) 4-14, 46 yds ond quarter en route to a 37-10 halftime BAMA FOES HAVE BEEN TOUGH Miami (93 Sugar) 4-13, 18 yds, 2 INT lead. The 31 second-quarter points are Through eight weeks of the 2003 college Southern MIss (2002) 5-17, 21 yds, 2 INT also the most ever scored against Alabama. football season, Alabama’s 13 regular season Southern Miss (2003) 3-7, 12 yds, INT opponents have a 60-26 (.698) composite record *Further research shows that the 37-point entering Saturday’s game against the Vols. GARTH-GANTUAN first half by Georgia is not the all-time Talk about making the most of your first record at Alabama. *Alabama’s opponents were an impressive career start. That is exactly what redshirt 9-2 (.818) last week. freshman Juwan Garth did *That honor belongs to the 1906 Crimson against the on Oct. 4 in Tide that surrendered 57 first-half points in a *Only two of the Crimson Tide’s 2003 Athens. 78-0 loss to Vanderbilt on Oct. 20, 1906 in opponents remain undefeated after seven Nashville. weeks of play, including No. 1 Oklahoma *Garth made his first career start at “SAM” (7-0) and No. 12 Northern Illinois (7-0). linebacker, replacing senior Derrick Pope, *The 78-0 loss to Vanderbilt is the most-lop- who was injured in the Arkansas game a sided loss in Alabama football history. The *Of the 13 teams on the 2003 UA sched- week earlier. Crimson Tide played the Commodores ule, 11 teams are .500 or better entering this that day without seven starters who weekend’s games. *Pope played sparingly in the loss at missed the game with injuries. Georgia contributing two tackles on *Only Kentucky (3-4) and Miss. State (2- defense. *Alabama gave up 38 points in the first half 4) have losing records at this point. to Sewanee on Oct. 21, 1907 in a 54-4 loss *Garth has now started each of the last in Tuscaloosa. *Alabama’s five losses this season have come three games for the Crimson Tide. to Oklahoma, Northern Illinois, Arkansas, *The 37 points scored by Georgia in the Georgia and Ole Miss. *Garth came up big in Pope’s absence, first half are the most since that 1907 loss including his first career touchdown for the to Sewanee. *The combined record of those four teams Crimson Tide when he recorded a 10-yard is 29-5 (.853) entering this weekend. fumble return for a score with 14:05 left in MOST POINTS ALLOWED (In One Half) the game. Points Opponent Date *Alabama's three wins this season have 57 at Vanderbilt Oct. 20, 1906 come against South Florida, Kentucky and *In addition, Garth was the Crimson 38 Sewanee Oct. 21, 1907 Southern Miss. Tide’s second-leading tackler with 11 stops in 37 at Georgia Oct. 4, 2003 35 Auburn Dec. 13, 1969 the Georgia loss. He also added one sack *The combined record of those three 31 Colorado (Liberty Bowl) Dec. 29, 1969 (-10), two pass breakups and one QB pres- 10-9 (.526) 29 at Florida Sept. 14, 1991 teams is only after eight weeks. sure. 28 at Arkansas Sept. 26, 1998 23 at Oklahoma Sept. 7, 2002 *Alabama five games remaining on its *The Decatur native played 101 snaps in the 2003 schedule, including three current Georgia game, including 81 on defense and ranked opponents. The Crimson Tide still 20 on special teams. has to play Tennessee, Miss. State, LSU, Auburn and Hawai’i. *Garth made his second start of the 2003 season against Southern Miss (Oct. 11) *The combined record of those five teams and logged 87 plays on defense and special is 21-12 (.636) heading into this weekend. teams.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 17 2003 Alabama Football Opponents Records *According to the latest Jeff Sagarin ratings NationalChamps.net Top 10 (Toughest Sked) Opponent Record (published weekly by The USA Today), Rank Team Poll Pts South Florida 4-2 Alabama’s schedule is rated as the third-tough- 1. ALABAMA 2,106 Oklahoma 7-0 est in the nation behind Notre Dame and 2. Florida State 1,960 Kentucky 3-4 Tennessee. 3. Cal 1,918 Northern Illinois 7-0 4. Colorado 1,881 5. Arizona 1,856 Arkansas 4-2 *The Crimson Tide’s strength of schedule rat- 6. Notre Dame 1,838 Georgia 6-1 ing is 78.14 entering the Tennessee game. Southern Miss 3-3 7. Georgia Tech 1,833 Ole Miss 5-2 SAGARIN’S TOP 5 SCHEDULES 8. UCLA 1,823 Tennessee 4-2 Rk Team Schedule Rating 9. USC 1,807 Miss. State 2-4 1. Notre Dame 83.36 10. Tennessee 1,795 LSU 6-1 2. Tennessee 78.62 Auburn 5-2 3. ALABAMA 78.14 NationalChamps.net Strength of Schedule Hawai’i 4-3 4. Colorado 77.41 Rank Team 5. Georgia Tech 77.34 1. ALABAMA *Alabama has seven opponents ranked in this 10. Tennessee week’s polls. *Alabama is the only team in the country to 24. Oklahoma play three teams in the Sagarin Top 10 (0-3 25. Auburn *The Crimson Tide is 0-2 (.000) against record) and is only of only nine teams in 29. Arkansas ranked teams this season. the country to play two Sagarin Top 10 32. Georgia teams. 33. Mississippi State 2003 Alabama Ranked Opponents (Oct. 20) 48. LSU 55. Kentucky Team AP ESPN *The other eight teams are Auburn (1-1), Oklahoma 1 1 56. Ole Miss Florida (1-1), Arizona (0-2), Arizona State 70. Southern Miss Georgia 4 5 (0-2), Colorado (0-2), Iowa State (0-2), LSU 9 9 81. Hawai’i North Texas (0-2) and Texas (0-2). Northern Illinois 12 14 97. Northern Illinois Auburn 17 21 Arkansas 21 20 *Alabama is 39th in the latest Sagarin ratings, “Alabama takes the 2003 crown with a brutal Tennessee 22 22 with a 77.10 rating as of Oct. 19th. slate consisting of three legitimate Top 10 teams -- Georgia, Auburn and Oklahoma. *Alabama suffered a hard-fought 20-13 *The Crimson Tide has six opponents in this Other SEC Top 25 competition -- Tennessee loss to No. 1 ranked Oklahoma on Sept. 6 at week’s Sagarin Top 15, including four Top 10 and LSU -- gives the Tide a full slate. The Bryant-Denny Stadium, snapping the foes. non-conference games all contain possible con- Tide’s four-game winning streak against SAGARIN RATINGS: 2003 UA Opponents (Oct. 19th) ference champion candidates with Northern Top 25 clubs. Rk Team Rating Illinois (MAC), Southern Miss (Conference 1. Oklahoma 95.46 USA) and Hawai’i (WAC).” -- 2001 Winning Streak vs. Top 25 Teams 4. Georgia 89.48 NationalChamps.net Opponent Ranking Result 6. LSU 87.18 Ole Miss #21 W 42-7 15. Auburn 83.69 at Tennessee #15 W 34-14 18. Tennessee 82.61 at LSU #14 W 31-0 19. Arkansas 82.46 at Hawai’i #24 W 21-16 27. Northern Illinois 79.44 32. Ole Miss 78.59 *Bama’s four-game winning streak was the 60. Southern Miss 72.38 longest winning streak against Top 25 68. Kentucky 70.24 teams since the 1991-92 seasons when UA 69. Hawai’i 70.20 won seven consecutive games against Top 76. South Florida 68.07 25 clubs. 90. Mississippi State 65.04

1991-92 Winning Streak vs. Ranked Teams TIDE SCHEDULE IS NATION’S TOUGHEST Opponent Ranking Result The Crimson Tide’s 2003 football sched- Georgia #25 W 10-0 ule, which includes five teams ranked in Tennessee #8 W 24-19 the Top 16, has been voted the toughest in the Colorado (Bowl) #15 30-25 nation. at Tennessee #13 W 17-10 at Miss. State #16 W 30-21 Florida (SEC) #12 W 28-21 *The Crimson Tide’s 2003 slate has been Miami (Sugar) #1 W 34-13 tabbed the toughest schedule in the country by NationalChamps.net and The SAGARIN: BAMA 3RD TOUGHEST SKED Sporting News. The preseason prognostications were all correct. The 2003 Alabama football sched- ule would be difficult. After eight weeks, no one in the Bama camp is arguing those theories.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 18 2003 SCHEDULE NOTEBOOK MORE SCHEDULING NOTES *On the other hand, Alabama opponents *The composite record of Alabama’s 2003 *Alabama will not play a game in the state of are averaging 76.6 plays per game over the opponents last year was 120-56 (.682). Tennessee for the first time since 1942 sea- last five games. son. The streak started with the 1944 sea- *All but one (Miss. State) of Alabama’s son. In 1943, the University did not *Arkansas ran 88 plays on offense against 2003 opponents had a winning record last schedule any games due to World War II. the Crimson Tide on Sept. 27, while year. Georgia (Oct. 4) followed that up with 87 *Alabama will play both Ole Miss (Oct. 18) and offensive snaps the next week. *The 2003 slate also includes three teams Mississippi State (Nov. 8) on the road for the first that won 10 or more games last season. time since 1982. That year Alabama played *Alabama opponents averaged only 55.3 both Mississippi schools in Jackson’s snaps on offense in the first three games of *Georgia (13-1), Oklahoma (12-2) and Memorial Stadium beating both games. the season. Hawai’i (10-4) were a combined 35-7 (.833) last year. *The 2003 season marks just the third *Alabama has 80 rushing attempts for 359 yards time in school history that Alabama has to in its last two games. 2003 Alabama Opponents travel to Mississippi to play both schools Team 2002 Record in the same season. Bama also played at *The Crimson Tide has averaged 40 rushed South Florida 9-2 Ole Miss and MSU in 1980 and 1982. and 179.5 yards per game against Southern Oklahoma 12-2 *This year marks the first time that Miss and Ole Miss the past two weeks. Kentucky 7-5 Alabama will play in Oxford and Starkville Northern Illinois 8-4 in the same season as the games in 1980 *Alabama has thrown at least one Arkansas 9-5 and 1982 were played in Jackson. in each of its last four games, including Georgia 13-1 two last week against Ole Miss. Southern Miss 7-6 does not play Vanderbilt Ole Miss 7-6 *Alabama this year outscored the opposition Tennessee 8-5 for the first time since 1944. *Alabama has 116-64 Mississippi State 3-9 in the second half this season. LSU 8-5 Auburn 9-4 OFFENSIVE NOTEBOOK *In SEC home games, Alabama holds a 69- Hawai’i 10-4 Here are some notebook items on the 43 scoring advantage in the second half. Crimson Tide offense. *Nine of UA’s 13 opponents this year won *Shaud Williams has all 10 rushing touch- eight or more games last season. *Alabama is 3-5 (.375) for third time in the downs for Alabama this season. last four years (2000, 2001 and 2003). *This year’s schedule includes six conference *Dating back to last year, Williams has the champions or co-champions. *In addition, the Crimson Tide has been Tide’s last 11 rushing TDs. 3-5 (.375) after eight games four times 2003 Alabama Opponents (1997, 2000, 2001 and 2003) in the last six *Through eight games this season, 12 differ- Team 2002 Conf. Champs years. ent receivers have caught a pass for the Oklahoma Big 12 Champions, BCS Crimson Tide. Northern Illinois MAC Co-Champions *Alabama has trailed in six of its eight games Arkansas SEC West, Tri-Champions this season. UA did not trail in its wins *Triandos Luke is the only UA receiver to catch Georgia SEC Champions, BCS over Kentucky and Southern Miss. at least one pass in all eight games this season. LSU SEC West, Tri-Champions Auburn SEC West, Tri-Champions *In the first three games of the 2003 sea- *Alabama has scored 116 of its 185 points son, Bama averaged 77.7 plays per game,run- (62.7 percent) in the second half this year. *Alabama is also playing nine bowl teams ning a season-high 80 snaps in the win from a year ago and 12 of the Tide’s 13 over Kentucky (Sept. 13). *Alabama ran the ball a season-high 50 times opponents this season were bowl eligible in the win over Southern Miss (Oct. 11), last year. *In the last five games, Alabama is averag- the most since last year’s game at Hawai’i ing only 60.8 snaps per game. (62 rushes). 2003 Alabama Opponents Team 2002 Bowl *The Crimson Tide ran a season-low number *The Crimson Tide had 50 or more rushing Oklahoma Rose Bowl (BCS) of plays in four consecutive games against attempts three times last season. Arkansas Northern Illinois, Arkansas, Georgia and Georgia (BCS) Southern Miss. Southern Miss Houston Bowl *Alabama had a season-high 188 total yards Ole Miss Independence Bowl and scored 21 points in its double overtime OFFENSIVE SNAPS (Last 5 Games) loss to Arkansas (Sept. 27). Tennessee Peach Bowl Opponent Total Plays LSU Cotton Bowl Northern Illinois 65 *Alabama did not complete a pass (0-for-5) in Auburn Capital One Bowl Arkansas 63 Hawai’i Hawai’i Bowl at Georgia 60 the fourth quarter of the Georgia game. Southern Miss 57 at Ole Miss 59 *Alabama did not commit a turnover in the Northern Illinois game, its only turnover free game of the season.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 19 *The NIU game marked the first turnover Player, Opponent Tackles 30+ Points Allowed in Consecutive Games free game by Alabama since Nov. 9, 2002 DeMeco Ryans vs. Arkansas 25 Year Result against Miss. State. In fact, Bama played Roman Harper vs. Arkansas 18 2000 C. Florida 40, Alabama 38 three games (MTSU, Vandy and MSU) last Derrick Pope vs. Oklahoma 17 LSU 30, Alabama 28 year without a turnover. DeMeco Ryans vs. Oklahoma 16 Freddie Roach vs. Arkansas 15 2001 Tennessee 35, Alabama 24 Derrick Pope vs. N Illinois 14 LSU 35, Alabama 21 *The Alabama offense piled up a season- Derrick Pope vs. Arkansas 14 high 276 passing yards in the NIU loss. Roman Harper vs. Georgia 14 2002 Alabama 39, MTSU 34 Juwan Garth vs. Ole Miss 13 Oklahoma 37, Alabama 27 *The 276 yards were the second-most by DeMeco Ryans vs. Southern Miss 13 2003 Arkansas 34, Alabama 31 UA sophomore quarterback Brodie Croyle. Roman Harper vs. N Illinois 13 Georgia 37, Alabama 23 He threw for a career-best 285 and two Roman Harper vs. Ole Miss 11 TDs in last year’s win at Arkansas. Charles Jones vs. Arkansas 11 Juwan Garth vs. Georgia 11 *After allowing 37 points in a loss at *Bama’s best offensive output of the sea- Charles Jones vs. Ole Miss 10 Georgia (Oct. 4), Alabama rebounded and son came against Kentucky, piling up 464 Freddie Roach vs. Georgia 10 held Southern Miss (Oct. 11) to just three yards of offense in a 27-17 win. Charlie Peprah vs. Georgia 10 points the following week.

*Alabama ran a season-high 80 plays in the *Alabama had held five of its eight opponents *The 34-point swing is the largest defensive win over UK. to less than 100 rushing yards. improvement by Alabama since the 1991 season (35 point improvement) when the Tide lost 35- *Alabama was held to just five rushing yards OPPONENTS WITH LESS THAN 100 RUSHING YARDS 0 at Florida on Sept. 14 and then shutout in the fourth quarter against Oklahoma. Opponent Atts-Yards Georgia 10-0 at home Sept. 21. South Florida 22-51 *Alabama was held to only nine total yards in Oklahoma 27-74 *Alabama has recorded 19 sacks in its last six the first quarter against South Florida Kentucky 23-26 games, an average of 3.17 sacks per game. (Aug. 30). Georgia 44-96 Southern Miss 35-17 *The Crimson Tide managed only one sack in its first two games. DEFENSIVE NOTEBOOK *against Ole Miss (Oct. 18), the Rebels ran Here are some notebook items on the 50 times for 216 yards and two TDs in the *Bama has forced at least one turnover in 26 of Crimson Tide defense. win over Alabama. its last 30 regular season games.

*Alabama has allowed 1,548 total yards in its *Ole Miss’ 50 rushing attempts are the most *Four Alabama opponents -- Oklahoma last four games, an average of 387 yards against Alabama this season. (Sept. 6), Kentucky (Sept. 13), Northern per game against Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois (Sept. 20) and Ole Miss (Oct. 18) - Southern Miss and Ole Miss. *The Crimson Tide held Southern Miss to a - did not have a turnover against the Crimson season low 17 rushing yards. The previous Tide. *In its last three SEC games, Alabama has low by the UA defense was 26 yards in the allowed 1,307 yards, an average of 435.7 win over Kentucky. *Earlier this season, the Crimson Tide went yards per game. 16 quarters without forcing a turnover from the *The Crimson Tide has given up 200+ pass- second quarter of the South Florida (Aug. *Alabama opponents have scored on eight of ing yards in each of its last four games. 30) game to the third quarter of the their last nine trips (.889) into the red zone. Arkansas (Sept. 27) game. *In those four games, UA opponents have *Opponents have scored 44 “red-zone” points passed for 950 yards, an average of 237.5 *Georgia was held to minus two rushing yards in the last three games. yards per game. and 36 total yards in the third quarter.

*Over the last four games, opponents have *Alabama has been outscored 123-79 in the *Arkansas piled up a season-high 491 yards scored on 13 of its last 16 (.813) trips into the first half this season. on Sept. 27, the most allowed by Alabama red zone. Those 13 scores have resulted in since LSU picked up 611 total yards in 77 points. *In SEC games, Alabama has been outscored 2001. The 611 yards are the most-ever 85-40 in the first two quarters. allowed by an Alabama defense. *Alabama has the SEC’s top two tacklers entering the Tennessee game. *The Alabama defense gave up 71 points in *The Razorbacks had at least 100 yards of back-to-back games against Arkansas (34) offense in all four quarters against the Player, School Tackles and Georgia (37), marking the fourth Crimson Tide. (1) DeMeco Ryans, ALA 90 straight year the Crimson Tide has allowed (2) Roman Harper, ALA 83 30 or more points in consecutive games. *Arkansas tailback Cedric Cobbs ran for 198 yards in the win over Alabama. *Alabama has had 16 double-figure tackle *The Crimson Tide has allowed 30 points games this season. in back-to-back games for the fourth con- *Cobbs’ 198 rushing yards are the most secutive season. against Alabama since Miss. State James Johnson racked up 237 yards in 1998.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 20 *Northern Illinois’ Michael Turner picked CRIMSON TIDE PLAYER NOTEBOOK *Senior Charles Jones recorded 10 tackles in up 155 rushing yards on Sept. 20th. Here are some notebook items on the the loss at Ole Miss, including one TFL (- Crimson Tide players entering the 1). *Turner’s 155 yards were the most against Arkansas game. Alabama since Tennessee’s Travis Stephens *Jones has 26 career starts for Alabama, (26-162-2) ran for 162 yards on Oct. 30, *Sophomore defensive end Mark Anderson including 21 consecutive starts dating back to 2001. tied his career high with seven tackles in the 2002 season. the loss at Ole Miss (Oct. 18). *Cobbs and Turner became the first duo to *Jones has six career interceptions for 119 rush for 100 yards in consecutive games *Anderson has 14 tackles in his last two games yards and one TD at Alabama. against Alabama since the 2000 season. for Alabama, including seven in his first and only start against Southern Miss (Oct. *Senior flanker Triandos Luke is 10th all- *In 2000, MSU’s Dontae Walker and 11). time at Alabama with 83 career receptions. Dicenzo Miller both cracked the 100-yard mark on Nov. 11 and Auburn’s Rudi *Junior kicker Brian Bostick has made at *Luke is four receptions shy of Dennis Johnson added another 100-yard game on least one 40+ yard FG in five of the eight Homan’s (1965-67) 9th place total of 87 Nov. 18. games this season. career receptions.

*Alabama has allowed only four backs to rush *Junior offensive lineman Wesley Britt has Alabama Career Reception Leaders for 100 or more yards in its last 26 games. started 33 consecutive games entering the Player (Years) Receptions Tennessee game. He is the only UA player Freddie Milons (1998-2001) 155 100-Yard Rushers (Last 26 Games) to start every game of his career. David Bailey (1969-71) 132 Player, School Rush Yds Lamonde Russell (1987-90) 108 Antonio Carter (1999-Present) 106 , Georgia (2002) 126 Tim Castille *Freshman fullback posted a Curtis Brown (1991-95) 106 Tre Smith, Auburn (2002) 126 career-high three catches for 17 yards in Michael Turner, NIU (2003) 155 David Palmer (1991-93) 102 the loss at Ole Miss. Cedric Cobbs, Arkansas (2003) 198 (1974-77) 102 Kevin Turner (1988-91) 97 *Castille has started six games as a true *Alabama had a season-high six sacks Dennis Homan (1965-67) 87 freshman this season, all at fullback. (-42) in the loss to Northern Illinois. Triandos Luke (2000-Present) 83 *Freshman Jeremy Clark *The Crimson Tide held Kentucky to 26 rush- *Luke has 83 career receptions for 958 recorded a career high six tackles and his ing yards (23 attempts) on Sept. 13. yards and 8 TDs. He is 42 yards shy of first career sack in the win over Southern 1,000 career receiving yards. Miss (Oct. 11). *Alabama held Kentucky to eight total yards (3 rushing, 5 passing) in the first quarter on *His eight career TD receptions leave him *In his career, senior Dre Fulgham has 50 Sept. 13. UK did not make their initial three shy of the UA all-time Top 10. catches for 933 yards and six TDs. He is 67 first down or cross midfield until the 10 yards shy of 1,000 career receiving yards. minute mark of the second quarter. *Offensive lineman Evan Mathis has 30 con- secutive starts entering the Tennessee *Freshman linebacker Juwan Garth has 33 *Kentucky had zero rushing yards in the second game. tackles in his three starts this season, quarter against Alabama and managed only including a season-high 13 at Ole Miss. three rushing yards in the entire first half. *Junior right Anthony Madison recorded his first career interception *Sophomore free safety Roman Harper has 64 *The Oklahoma game ended a streak of 18 against Arkansas (Sept. 27), logging a 29- tackles in his last five games. He has 10 or straight games in which the Alabama yard return to set up a 3rd quarter TD. more tackles in four of those five games, defense had forced at least one turnover. including a career-high 18 tackles in the loss *Madison also posted a career-high eight to Arkansas (Sept. 27). *Prior to the Oklahoma game, the last tackles in the Oklahoma game. His previ- time Alabama did not force a turnover was ous high was four at Arkansas (2002). *Harper ranks second in the SEC with 83 total Oct. 20, 2001 against Tennessee at Bryant- tackles this season. Denny Stadium. *Junior defensive end Antwan Odom record- ed a career-high five QB pressures in the *Defensive end Chris Harris recorded two *The Crimson Tide defense held South win over Southern Miss. tackles and one TFL (-1) in the loss at Ole Florida to eight rushing yards in the first Miss. quarter. *Sophomore left corner back Charlie Peprah recorded a career-high 10 tackles in the *Senior offensive lineman Atlas Herrion *South Florida managed only three snaps loss at Georgia (Oct. 4). started back-to-back games against and zero net yards against the Alabama Kentucky and Northern Illinois, replacing defense in the fourth quarter. *Peprah also has six career interceptions for preseason All-America Justin Smiley. 147 yards and two TDs.

*Junior running back Ray Hudson matched *Peprah has two “picks” this season for 58 his career-high with two recpetions and yards and one TD. one touchdown in the loss to Ole Miss.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 21 *Peprah is one TD shy of tying the all-time ALL-TIME SEC FOOTBALL STANDINGS (Updated Oct. 20) Alabama record of three interception returns set by (1990-93). Team Yrs Gms Won Lost Tied Pct. Titles ALABAMA 70 484 325 139 20 .692 21 *Peprah is currently tied for second place all- Tennessee 70 444 283 142 19 .659 13 time with Cecil “Hootie” Ingram (1952- Georgia 71 445 256 175 14 .591 11 54), Bobby Johns (1965-67), Steve Florida 70 436 239 182 15 .565 6 Higginbotham (1969-71) and Reggie LSU 71 449 239 188 22 .557 8 Myles (1998-2001). Auburn 70 463 247 198 18 .553 5 Ole Miss 70 438 221 202 15 .522 6 *Junior linebacker Derrick Pope missed the Arkansas 12 91 42 47 2 .473 0 Southern Miss with an injury. South Carolina 12 92 33 58 1 .364 0 Miss. State 70 448 149 287 12 .346 1 *Pope had a career-high 17 tackles in the Kentucky 70 442 136 294 12 .321 0 Oklahoma (Sept. 6) game, the fourth-most Vanderbilt 69 452 106 328 18 .254 0 in the SEC this season.

*Pope added 14 tackles in losses to UA 12-Game Winning Streak (SEC Openers) *Every Alabama head coach since 1933, Northern Illinois (Sept. 20) and Arkansas Sept. 5, 1992 Alabama 25, Vanderbilt 8 with the exception of J.B. “Ears” Whitworth (Sept. 27) each of the last two weeks. Sept. 11, 1993 Alabama 17, Vanderbilt 6 and Ray Perkins has won at least one SEC Sept. 10, 1994 Alabama 17, Vanderbilt 7 Championship. *Against Kentucky (Sept. 13), Pope had a Sept. 2, 1995 Alabama 33, Vanderbilt 25 career-high two sacks for minus 19 yards, both Sept. 14, 1996 Alabama 36, Vanderbilt 26 Alabama’s SEC Titles By Coach figures are the most in the SEC this year. Sept. 11, 1997 Alabama 20, Vanderbilt 0 Coach Years Sept. 12, 1998 Alabama 32, Vanderbilt 7 Frank Thomas (4) 1933, 34, 37, 45 *Freshman receiver Tyrone Prothro had three Sept. 4, 1999 Alabama 28, Vanderbilt 17 Red Drew (1) 1953 catches for 29 yards in the loss at Ole Miss, Sept. 9, 2000 Alabama 28, Vanderbilt 10 Paul Bryant (13) 1961, 64, 65, 66, 71, 72 both career highs. Sept. 8, 2001 Alabama 12, Vanderbilt 9 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 81 Sept. 28, 2002 Alabama 30, Arkansas 12 Bill Curry (1) 1989 Sept. 13, 2003 Alabama 27, Kentucky 17 *Sophomore linebacker DeMeco Ryans Gene Stallings (1) 1992 set the Alabama single-game record with Mike DuBose (1) 1999 25 tackles in the loss to Arkansas (Sept. ALABAMA’S SEC TRADITION 27). Alabama has compiled a 325-138-20 (.694) 2002 SEC REVIEW all-time record in 483 SEC games since Alabama posted a 6-2 (.750) record in SEC *The previous record was 24 tackles held 1933. play last season and clinched the best by Mike Hall (vs. Clemson) in 1968 and record in the SEC Western Division. Wayne Davis (vs. Texas A&M) in 1985. *Alabama won its 325th all-time SEC game on Saturday, Sept. 13 against Kentucky. *Alabama’s six SEC wins last year were the *Senior David Scott matched his career high most since the 1999 team won the SEC with four tackles in the loss at Ole Miss. *Alabama has played in more games (481), Championship with a 7-1 SEC slate. wins (325) and championships (21) than any team in SEC history. *The Crimson Tide won only six SEC games in ALABAMA IN SEC OPENERS the previous two seasons (2000-01) combined, The Alabama Crimson Tide has compiled *Alabama has 10 more SEC wins than posting a 2-6 record in 2000 and a 4-4 a 45-20-2 (.639) all-time record in SEC Kentucky (136), Vanderbilt (106), league mark in 2001. openers since the league was formed in Arkansas (43) and South Carolina (32) 1933. combined. *En route to its 6-2 conference record last year, Alabama averaged 406 yards per *Alabama has won 12 consecutive SEC openers, game this season. The Crimson Tide aver- dating back to the 1992 season. aged 189.4 rushing yards (17 TDs) and 216.6 passing yards (9 TDs) per game in *The Crimson Tide’s current 12-game winning *Alabama is the only SEC school to win a its eight SEC games last year. streak in SEC openers, includes 10 wins championship in every decade since the over Vanderbilt (1992-2001), one win over . The Crimson Tide’s last SEC Arkansas (2002) and Kentucky (2003). Championship came in 1999.

*Alabama’s first SEC game was a scoreless tie Alabama’s SEC Titles By Decades with Ole Miss at Birmingham’s Municipal Decade Titles Years Stadium (now Legion Field) on Oct. 7, 1930s 3 1933, 34, 37 1940s 1 1945 1933. 1950s 1 1953 first time since *The 2003 season marked the 1960s 4 1961, 64, 65, 66 1996 the Crimson Tide has played its SEC 1970s 8 1972, 73, 74, 75, opener here in Tuscaloosa. 77, 78, 79 1980s 2 1981, 89 1990s 1 1999

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 22 SEC WESTERN DIVISION VS. SEC EASTERN DIVISION (Since 1992) *Williams’ 80-yard TD run against Arkansas came on a second-and-seven at the Bama 20-yard line with just under West vs. East East vs. West eight minutes left in the third quarter. The Team Record (Pct.) Team Record (Pct.) TD run gave Alabama a 31-10 lead. ALABAMA 22-12-1 (.643) Tennessee 25-8-1 (.750) Auburn 20-14-1 (.586) Florida 26-10-0 (.722) *Both of Williams’ 80-yard TD runs in his Ole Miss 20-15-0 (.571) Georgia 21-13-0 (.614) career have come against Arkansas, includ- Miss. State 19-15-0 (.559) Kentucky 13-21-0 (.382) ing an 80-yard scamper on the first play of the game in Fayetteville on Sept. 28, 2001 LSU 14-21-1 (.403) South Carolina 11-22-1 (.338) as the Tide rolled to a 30-12 win. Arkansas 13-21-0 (.382) Vanderbilt 2- 34-0 (.056) *Culliver had an 87-yard TD run in Alabama’s 77-6 win over Virginia Tech in EAST AND WEST SHAUD WILLIAMS NAMED SEC POW 1973 and added an 85-yard run in a 23-10 Since the SEC split into two divisions University of Alabama senior tailback win against Vanderbilt in 1974. prior to the 1992 season, Alabama has Shaud Williams was named the Southeastern compiled a 57-31-1 (.641) record in regular- Conference Offensive Player of the Week Longest Rushing TDs in Alabama History season conference games. by the league office Monday, Sept. 15 after TD Player, Opponent Year a career game in the Tide’s 27-17 victory 96 Chris Anderson, Temple 1991 *Factor in the Tide’s five appearances in over the on Sept. 13. 95 , Kentucky 1945 the SEC Championship game and UA’s 92 , Georgia Tech 1950 record is 59-34-1 (.633) against SEC teams. *Williams had 192 all-purpose yards 87 Calvin Culliver, Va. Tech 1973 against Kentucky, including 174 rushing Billy Jackson, Florida 1978 *Alabama has compiled a 37-19 (.661) regu- yards, 15 punt return yards and three 85 Danny Woodson, Temple 1991 lar season record against SEC Western receiving yards on 35 plays. In all, 84 , S. Carolina 1942 Division teams since 1992. Williams played 62 snaps in the win over 83 , Georgia 1947 Bill Cadenhead, Georgia 1947 the Wildcats. He ran the ball five times for , Va. Tech 1952 SEC WESTERN DIVISION RECORD (Since 1992) 30 yards on Alabama's opening drive of Opponent Record Bobby Humphrey, Miss. State 1987 the game, pushing him over the 2,000- 82 , Miss. State 1977 vs. Auburn 6-5 yard mark for his career. vs. Arkansas 7-5 81 Johnny Cain, St. Mary’s 1932 vs. LSU 7-4 Joe Kilgrow, Miss. State 1936 *The Andrews, Texas native rushed 30 80 Herschel Mosley, Vanderbilt 1939 vs. Ole Miss 10-1 times for 174 yards and three touchdowns. vs. Miss. State 7-4 , Auburn 1963 The 174 rushing yards are the most for , Tennessee 1973 Williams at Alabama, surpassing his previ- Jimmy Taylor, Va. Tech 1973 *Alabama has compiled a 22-12-1 (.643) reg- ous high of 160 rushing yards last year at Shaud Williams, Arkansas 2002 ular season record against SEC Eastern Hawai'i (Nov. 27, 2002) and his three Shaud Williams, Arkansas 2003 Division teams since 1992. rushing touchdowns are the most in his SEC EASTERN DIVISION RECORD (Since 1992) career, surpassing his previous best of two IT’S A GIRL! Opponent Record against South Florida (Aug. 30, 2003) and Alabama head coach Mike Shula and his vs. Florida 1-1 Colorado (1999 while at Texas Tech). wife, Shari, gave birth to their second child vs. Georgia 2-2 on Sunday, Sept. 29. vs. Kentucky 2-1 The senior also added a career-high 30 vs. USC 3-1 rushing attempts in the win, surpassing his *The couple greeted Brooke Dorothy Shula vs. Tennessee 3-7-1 previous best of 28 attempts in the 2003 into the world at 1:54 a.m. (CT). Brooke vs. Vanderbilt 11-0 season opener against South Florida. weighed in at six pounds and 10 ounces The award is Williams'’ second SEC Player and was 19 inches long. RYANS SET RECORD WITH 25 TACKLES of the Week honor in three weeks. University of Alabama sophomore DeMeco Williams' earned the nod in Alabama’s *Shula is believed to be the first Alabama Ryans recorded 25 tackles in Alabama’s double- week one 40-17 win over South Florida at coach to have a child while coaching the overtime game with Arkansas (Sept. 27), break- Birmingham’s Legion Field. Crimson Tide since Frank Thomas, who ing Alabama’s previous single-game record had two children while coaching Alabama. of 24, shared by Mike Hall (1968 vs. Clemson) and Wayne Davis (1985 vs. WILLIAMS GOES 80 YARDS - TWICE! *Just this past weekend (Sept. 26), Shula Texas A&M). Williams made Alabama football history was asked by CBS Sports about the timing in the loss to Arkansas (Sept. 27) when he of Brooke’s birth. Shula responded by *Ryans had 13 solo stops and 12 assists, recorded his second career rushing touch- telling the crew that they had planned for along with one forced fumble. He played down of more than 80 yards. the child while he was serving as QB coach in all but one snap on defense (87 of 88 of the NFLs Miami Dolphins and that a plays). *Williams joins former halfback Calvin careful review of the 2003 NFL schedule Culliver as the only two Crimson Tide running showed the Dolphins with a “bye week” on *In two games this season against Top 10 backs with two career touchdown runs of 80 or Sept. 28th. Perfect planning, right? teams, Ryans has 41 total tackles. more yards.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 23 *Shula also told the crew that he was one *Despite losing their UA debut, the trio *Shula was a three-year starter at quarter- of five children born to Don and Dorothy still managed to compile a 311-79-9 (.791) back under Ray Perkins and is the school’s Shula and all of five of the Shula kids were overall record in 399 games and win seven sixth all-time winningest signal-caller. born between late April and early June as national championships (1961, 1964, 1965, not to conflict with the NFL Draft, mini 1973, 1978, 1979 and 1992). Alabama’s All-Time Winningest Starting QBs camp or the NFL season. Also good plan- Player Record Years ning, right? *Shula is one of seven Alabama head coaches to Jay Barker 35-1-1 1991-94 have also played for the Crimson Tide. *Harry Gilmer 30-9-2 1944-47 The list also includes Allen McCants, Eli 26-2-4 1959-61 MIKE SHULA MAKES COACHING DEBUT Abbott, J.B. Whitworth, Paul Bryant, Ray 24-4 1976-78 Former All-SEC quarterback Mike Shula Perkins and Mike DuBose. “Dixie” Howell 22-2-1 1934-37 made his head coaching debut as the Mike Shula 22-8-1 1984-86 Crimson Tide defeated the South Florida Alabama Players Who Became Head Coach 21-3 1962-64 Bulls, 40-17, Aug. 30, 2003 at Legion Field. Playing Coaching Terry Davis 21-3 1971-72 Name Years Years * --Gilmer and Howell both played in single wing for- mations in which they did not lineup as quarterback, 19-6 (.760) Eli Abbott 1892-94 1893-95; 1902 *Alabama head coaches are in but were their team’s pass thrower. their coaching debuts with the Crimson Allen McCants 1892-94 1897 Tide following Shula’s successful debut J.B. Whitworth 1930-31 1955-57 SHULA’S DEBUT, Part II against South Florida. Paul Bryant 1933-35 1958-82 Ray Perkins 1964-66 1983-86 Coach Mike Shula became the sixth UA head Mike DuBose 1972-74 1997-2000 coach to make his debut in Birmingham’s Legion *Shula was named the Crimson Tide’s 26th Mike Shula 1983-86 Present Field. head coach on May 9, 2003, returning to his alma mater after spending the last 16 years in the NFL as a player and assistant coach. FORMER QB LEADS THE TIDE *Five of the last six Alabama head coaches Of the previous four former UA players to have made their debut with the Crimson *Shula is the Crimson Tide’s third head be named head coach at Alabama, Coach Tide at Legion Field. coach in the last nine months, replacing Shula is the only former quarterback former head coach just 115 among the group. *The list of Alabama coaches to make their days prior to the start of the 2003 season. debut at Legion Field includes Red Drew, Ray *Eli Abbott, a Tuscaloosa native, was a tackle Perkins, Bill Curry, Gene Stallings, Mike *The Alabama head coach made his head (1892-94) while also serving as the player- DuBose and Mike Shula. coaching debut in the very stadium where he coach in his tenure at Alabama. Abbott is *The Crimson Tide’s first head coach, E.B. earned his first start under center for the listed as the head coach from 1893-95 and Crimson Tide 19 years ago. then coached again in 1902. Beaumont, also debuted in Birmingham, but the game was played at Lakeview Park. *As a sophomore, Shula made his first *Abbott is the only player-coach in school Beaumont coached the first game in Alabama history, leading the Crimson start for the Crimson Tide on Sept. 8, 1984 history and the only coach to serve two at Legion Field in a 38-31 loss to the tenures at Alabama. Tide to a 56-0 win over Birmingham High Boston College Eagles and 1984 Heisman School. Trophy winner Doug Flutie. *Allen McCants was a right halfback from 1892-94 for coach Eli Abbott. McCants *In 2001, Dennis Franchione became the first *Prior to this year, two of the Crimson was a native of Meridian, Miss. Alabama coach in more than 70 years to Tide’s last three head coaches lost their make his coaching debut in Tuscaloosa. first game at Alabama, including Gene *J.B. Whitworth lettered as a tackle under Fran’s debut came Sept. 1, 2001 at Bryant- Stallings (1990) and Dennis Franchione coach Wallace Wade (1930) and Frank Denny Stadium in the Tide’s 20-17 loss to (2001). Thomas (1931). UCLA. *Prior to Franchione, the last coach to *E.B. Beaumont (1892) served as the first head *Paul Bryant was an end for coach Frank coach in the history of Alabama football, Thomas and was a teammate of NFL Hall open his UA career in Tuscaloosa was Frank leading the Crimson Tide its first-ever win of Famer and legend Thomas, who led his team to a 42-0 win over Birmingham High School (56-0) on Don Hutson. over Howard on Sept. 26, 1931. Nov. 11, 1892. *Ray Perkins was a standout receiver at *Coach Paul Bryant made his UA coaching debut at Mobile’s Ladd Stadium. *From 1905-47, Alabama had nine consecu- Alabama, catching passes from NFL tive successful coaching debuts beginning with Legends Joe Namath and Kenny Stabler Jack Leavenworth (1905) and concluding from 1964-66 and helping Bama to a pair *Coach J.B. Whitworth’s debut came in with Harold “Red” Drew (1947). of national championships (1964-65) and Houston, Texas against the Rice Owls. *Paul Bryant (1957), Gene Stallings (1990) an 11-0 season as a senior in 1966. *Here is a look at the Alabama head and Dennis Franchione (2001) all lost their Alabama coaching debuts. *Mike DuBose was a standout defensive line- coaching debuts since 1892. man under Coach Bryant (1972-73) and was a member of two SEC Championship teams while a Bama player.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 24 Alabama Head Coaching Debuts Dennis Franchione 2001 Lost Top Five All-Time Winning Percentage (Min. 3 Yrs) Coach Year Result UCLA 20, Alabama 17 - Sept. 1 (Tuscaloosa) Coach Years Games E.B. Beaumont 1892 Won Paul Bryant 1958-82 .854 Alabama 56, Bham HS 0 - Nov. 11 (Birmingham) Mike Shula 2003 Won Frank Thomas 1931-46 .812 Alabama 40, South Florida 17 (Birmingham) Wallace Wade 1923-30 .812 Eli Abbott 1893 Lost J.W.H. Pollard 1906-09 .783 Bham AC 4, Alabama 0 - Oct. 14 (Tuscaloosa) FOR THE RECORD Xen Scott 1919-22 .744 Here is a look at the coaching records for Otto Waggonhurst 1896 Won the Crimson Tide’s previous 25 head THE STAFF Alabama 30, Bham AC 0 - Oct. 24 (Tuscaloosa) coaches since 1892. While head coach Mike Shula has never coached a game at the collegiate level or Allen McCants 1897 Won Alabama 6, Tuscaloosa AC 0 - Nov. 13 (Tuscaloosa) *Legendary coach Paul W. “Bear” Bryant previously been a head coach, the first- (1958-82) remains the winningest coach in year Alabama skipper has assembled a W.A. Martin 1899 Won school history with his 232-46-9 (.824) solid, veteran coaching staff. Alabama 16, Tuscaloosa AC 5 - Oct. 21 (Tuscaloosa) record in 287 career games. He led the Crimson Tide to six national titles (1961, *Shula’s nine on-the-field assistant coaches M. Griffin 1900 Won ‘64, ‘64, ‘73, ‘78 and ‘79) in his tenure at have combined for 166 years of experience in Alabama 35, Taylor School 0 - Oct. 21 (Tuscaloosa) the Capstone. the high school, college and pro ranks.

M.H. Harvey 1901 Won ALABAMA FOOTBALL COACHES RECORDS *Three of the Crimson Tide’s assistant Alabama 41, Ole Miss 0 - Oct. 19 (Tuscaloosa) Coach Years Record coaches have previously served as Division E.B. Beaumont 1892 2-2 (.500) W.B. Blount 1903 Lost I head coaches, including defensive coordi- Eli Abbott 1893-95, 1902 7-13 (.350) Vanderbilt 30, Alabama 0 - Oct. 10 (Nashville) nator (Arkansas, 1992), offensive Otto Waggonhurst 1896 2-1 (.667) coordinator Dave Rader (Tulsa, 1988-99) Jack Leavenworth 1905 Won Allen McCants 1897 1-0 (1.000) and Sparky Woods (South Carolina, 1989- Alabama 17, Maryville 0 - Oct. 3 (Tuscaloosa) W.A. Martin 1899 4-3-1 (.750) 93). M. Griffin 1900 2-3 (.400) J.W.H. Pollard 1906 Won M.H. Harvey 1901 2-1-2 (.600) *In addition, another three coaches are W.B. Blount 1903-04 10-7 (.598) Alabama 6, Maryville 0 - Oct. 6 (Tuscaloosa) serving their second stint on the UA staff, Jack Leavenworth 1905 6-4 (.600) including Kines (Defensive Coordinator, Guy Lowman 1910 Won J.W.H. Pollard 1906-09 21-4-5 (.783) Rader Alabama 25, Bham Southern 0 - Oct. 1 (Tuscaloosa) Guy Lowman 1910 4-4 (.500) 1985-86), (Quarterbacks/Receivers D.V. Graves 1911-14 21-12-3 (.625) Coach, 1983-85) and Charlie Harbison D.V. Graves 1911 Won Thomas Kelley 1915-17 17-7-1 (.700) (Secondary, 1998-2000). Alabama 24, Howard 0 - Sept. 30 (Tuscaloosa) Xen Scott 1919-22 29-9-3 (.744) Wallace Wade 1923-30 61-13-3 (.812) *Kines and Rader were on Ray Perkins Thomas Kelley 1915 Won Frank Thomas 1931-46 115-24-7 (.812) coaching staff in the mid 1980s when cur- Alabama 44, Howard 0 - Oct. 2 (Tuscaloosa) Harold “Red” Drew 1947-54 54-28-7 (.643) rent head coach Mike Shula was the starting J.B. Whitworth 1955-57 4-24-2 (.167) quarterback. Shula’s position coach was Xen Scott 1919 Won Paul Bryant 1958-82 232-46-9 (.824) Rader and he worked against Kines’ defen- Alabama 27, Bham Southern 0 - Oct. 4 (Tuscaloosa) Ray Perkins 1983-86 32-15-1 (.677) sive unit each day in practice. Bill Curry 1987-89 26-10 (.722) Wallace Wade 1923 Won 2003 Alabama Coaching Staff Alabama 12, Union 0 - Sept. 29 (Tuscaloosa) Gene Stallings 1990-96 62-25 (.713) Mike DuBose 1997-2000 24-23 (.511) Coach Responsibilities Frank Thomas 1931 Won Dennis Franchione 2001-02 17-8 (.680) Joe Kines Asst. Head Coach Alabama 42, Howard 0 - Sept. 26 (Tuscaloosa) Mike Shula 2003 3-5 (.325) Defensive Coordinator

“Red” Drew 1947 Won THE TOP FIVE Dave Rader Offensive Coordinator Alabama 34, Southern Miss 0 - Sept. 20 (Birmingham) Here is a listing of Alabama’s top five head Quarterbacks Coach coaches in terms of games, wins and win- J.B. Whitworth 1955 Lost ning percentage since 1892. Chris Ball Secondary Coach Rice 20, Alabama 0 - Sept. 24 (Houston) Top Five Games Coached Bob Connelly Offensive Line Coach Paul Bryant 1958 Lost Coach Years Games LSU 13, Alabama 3 - Sept. 27 (Mobile) Paul Bryant 1958-82 287 Charlie Harbison Receivers Coach Frank Thomas 1931-46 146 Ray Perkins 1983 Won Harold “Red” Drew 1947-54 89 Paul Randolph Defensive Ends Coach Alabama 20, Georgia Tech 7 - Sept. 10 (Birmingham) Gene Stallings 1990-96 87 Wallace Wade 1923-30 77 Dave Ungerer Tight Ends Coach Bill Curry 1987 Won Special Teams Coord. Alabama 38, Southern Miss 6 - Sept. 5 (Birmingham) Top Five All-Time Wins Coach Years Games Sparky Woods Running Backs Coach Gene Stallings 1990 Lost Paul Bryant 1958-82 232 Southern Miss 27, Alabama 24 - Sept. 8 (Birmingham) Frank Thomas 1931-46 115 Buddy Wyatt Defensive Tackles Coach Mike DuBose 1997 Won Gene Stallings 1990-96 62 Alabama 42, Houston 17 - Aug. 30 (Birmingham) Wallace Wade 1923-30 61 Harold “Red” Drew 1947-54 54

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 25 BRYANT-DENNY COACHING DEBUTS *Redshirt freshman defensive tackle Kyle *Tuscaloosa native Terrence Jones is the only Coach Shula had perhaps the toughest Tatum made his Alabama debut in the loss true freshman to play in all seven games Tuscaloosa opener in school history as the to Northern Illinois on Sept. 20. this season. Crimson Tide faced the No. 1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners on Sept. 6th. *Two more first-timers -- Dominic Lee and *In 2001-02, Alabama played only three true Tryone Prothro -- joined the mix against freshmen, including Todd Bates (2001), *The Crimson Tide suffered a hard-fought Arkansas on Sept. 27. Greg McLain (2002) and DeMeco Ryans 20-13 loss to the nation’s top-ranked team (2002). as Shula became the fourth consecutive UA *The trend continued in the loss to head coach to lose his first game in Bryant- Georgia (Oct. 4) as two more players made TRUE FRESHMEN TO SEE ACTION Denny Stadium. their debut on the field, including redshirt Player Games Debut freshman QB Brandon Avalos and redshirt Tim Castille 5 USF Terrence Jones 7 USF *With the loss to Oklahoma, Alabama freshman defensive end Chris Harris. Dominic Lee 3 Arkansas coaches are now 6-5 (.545) in their first Le’Ron McClain 5 USF *Redshirt freshman J.P. Adams (Northport) game on campus. Tyrone Prothro 3 Arkansas became the latest first-time player when he UA Coaching Debuts in Bryant-Denny Stadium played one snap at defensive end in the Coach Year Result Crimson Tide’s 17-3 win over Southern CASTILLE MAKES HISTORIC DEBUT Wallace Wade 1929 Won Miss (Oct. 11). True freshman Tim Castille was a high-pro- Alabama 55, Miss. College 0 - Sept. 29 file recruit at Briarwood Christian HS in *Nic Luke, younger brother of senior Birmingham. He showed why in the 2003 Frank Thomas 1931 Won receiver Triandos Luke, made his Alabama season opener, earning a start for the Alabama 42, Howard 0 - Sept. 26 debut against Ole Miss (Oct. 18), playing Crimson Tide in his very first game. eight plays on the kickoff return team. Red Drew 1947 Won *Castille became just the eighth true freshmen Alabama 26, Duquesne 0 - Oct. 11 *A player has made his Crimson Tide in to start a season opener for Alabama since freshmen became eligible again in 1973. J.B. Whitworth 1955 Lost every game this season with the exception of the Oklahoma game. TCU 21, Alabama 0 - Oct. 8 *The last true freshmen to start the season opener for Alabama was Dante Ellington and Paul Bryant 1958 Won *Here is the listing of players who have Saleem Rasheed at Vanderbilt on Sept. 4, Alabama 29, Furman 6 - Oct. 11 made their debuts for the Crimson Tide this year. 1999. Ray Perkins 1983 Won TRUE FRESHMEN TO START SEASON OPENER Alabama 40, Ole Miss 0 - Set. 17 2003 Alabama Playing Debuts Player, Pos. Year Player, Position Opponent Jim Bunch, OT 1976 Bill Curry 1988 Won J.P.Admas, DE Southern Miss Larry Rose, OT 1985 Alabama 44, Vanderbilt 10 - Sept. 24 Jeff Aul, Kickoff South Florida Matt Hammond, LT 1990 Note: UA did not play in Tuscaloosa in 1987 due to Brandon Avalos, QB Georgia Jon Stevenson, RT 1991 expansion of new stadium. Taylor Britt, DT Kentucky Terry Jones, Jr., TE 1998 Tim Castille, F South Florida Dante Ellington, RT 1999 Gene Stallings 1990 Lost Jeremy Clark, DT South Florida Saleem Rasheed, LB 1999 Florida 17, Alabama 13 - Sept. 15 , RB South Florida Tim Castille, F-Back 2003 Bo Freelend, Punter South Florida Mike DuBose 1997 Lost Juwan Garth, LB South Florida Arkansas 16, Alabama 16 - Sept. 20 Gabe Giardina, Holder South Florida *After going the last three seasons without Chris Harris, DE Georgia starting a true freshman, Alabama has started Dennis Franchione 2001 Lost Terrence Jones, Spec. Tms South Florida two true freshmen this season and both have UCLA 20, Alabama 17 - Sept. 1 Dominic Lee, DT Arkansas started the same position. Nic Luke, Spec. Tms Ole Miss Mike Shula 2003 Lost Le’Ron McLain, Spec. Tms South Florida *Castille started the South Florida and No. 1 Oklahoma 20, Alabama 13 - Sept. 6 Matt Miller, Spec. Tms Kentucky Oklahoma games as the F-back, while Tyrone Protrho, SE Arkansas Le’Ron McClain started in Castille’s MORE DEBUTS Ramzee Robinson, Spec. Tms South Florida absence against Kentucky. Alabama has had a total of 19 players make Kyle Tatum, DT N. Illinois *Here is a listing of true freshmen to start their Crimson Tide debut during the 2003 FIVE TRUE FROSH SEE ACTION season. at Alabama since 1973. Alabama has played a total of five true fresh- men through the first seven games this sea- *A total of 10 players made their Alabama son. debut in the 2003 season opener against South Florida (Aug. 30) at Legion Field. *Two “true” freshmen -- Tim Castille and Le’Ron McClain -- have started games for *Alabama used two more first-time players Alabama this season. Castille has started (Taylor Britt and Matt Miller) in its win over five games at fullback, while McClain has Kentucky on Sept. 13, 2003. made one start at fullback.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 26 TRUE FRESHMEN TO START AT UA ALABAMA’S 10-WIN FOOTBALL SEASONS Player, Pos. Year Year Record Year Record Year Record Ozzie Newsome, SE 1974 1920 10-1 1966 11-0 1980 10-2 Jim Bunch, OT 1976 1925 10-0 1971 11-1 1986 10-3 Bill Condon, G 1984 1930 10-0 1972 10-2 1989 10-2 Larry Rose, OT 1985 1934 10-0 1973 11-1 1991 11-1 1945 10-0 1974 11-1 1992 13-0 Matt Hammond, LT 1990 1952 10-2 1975 11-1 1994 12-1 Jon Stevenson, RT 1991 1961 11-0 1977 11-1 1996 10-3 Terry Jones, Jr., TE 1998 1962 10-2 1978 11-1 1999 10-3 Dante Ellington, RT 1999 1964 10-1 1979 12-0 2002 10-3 Saleem Rasheed, LB 1999 Kenny King, DE 1999 Tim Castille, F-Back 2003 *The Crimson Tide’s 34-13 win over *The Crimson Tide posted a 10-3 record Le’Ron McClain, F-Back 2003 Tennessee at Neyland Stadium snapped last year, its first 10-win season since 1999. the Vols longest-series winning streak (7) DEFENSE SCORES FIRST TD IN 2003 over the Crimson Tide. *Every Alabama coach since 1920 has had at As if the debut of Coach Mike Shula was least one 10-win season with the exception of not enough, the Alabama defense decided *In addition, the win at Tennessee (Oct. J.B. “Ears” Whitworth. to add to the excitement of the 2003 sea- 26) was Alabama’s 750th all-time win. son opener by scoring the Crimson Tide’s first touchdown of the season. *The Alabama defense led the SEC and UA LEADS NCAA WITH 10-WIN SEASONS ranked fourth nationally, allowing just The University of Alabama leads all NCAA *Sophomore left cornerback Charlie Peprah 80.4 rushing yards per game. Division I school’s with 27, 10-win seasons. intercepted a tipped pass as the Alabama *The Crimson Tide leads second-place 49-yard line and raced 51 yards for the *The Crimson Tide also paced the SEC in Oklahoma (24) by three in the all-time list first touchdown of the season for the total defense last year, allowing just 257.3 of 10-game winners. Michigan (23), Crimson Tide. yards per game, a figure that also ranked Nebraska (20) and Southern Cal (20) are third nationally. the only other schools with 20, 10-win sea- *Peprah’s 51-yard interception return with sons in college football history. 5:27 left in the first quarter tied the game *In terms of scoring defense, Alabama was sec- at 7-7. ond in the SEC and fifth nationally, allowing just NCAA All-Time Leaders 15.4 points per game in 2002. School 10-Win Seasons *Peprah’s interception also marked the first Alabama 27 time since the 1979 season that the Alabama *For the second year in a row, Alabama Oklahoma 24 defense has scored the first touchdown of placed in the top two in the SEC in rush- Michigan 23 the year. ing, averaging 213.2 yards per game. Nebraska 20 Southern California 20 *In 1979, All-SEC linebacker E.J. Junior *Alabama was second in the SEC last year and Penn State 18 intercepted a Georgia Tech pass at the 18th nationally, after leading the league with Tennessee 17 Alabama 41-yard line and raced 59 yards a 226.4 rushing yards in 2001. Florida State 17 for the first score of the season, giving UA Texas 15 a 6-0 lead with 1:32 left in the first quarter *The Crimson Tide led the SEC in time of Notre Dame 14 at Grant Field. Alabama won the game, possession last year. Ohio State 13 30-6. Georgia 13 *In terms of rushing, Alabama had two of Miami, Fla. 13 the league’s Top 10 rushers in 2003, 2002 - YEAR IN REVIEW including Shaud Williams (8th, 70.8) and *In terms of SEC play, Alabama holds an Alabama posted a 10-3 record last season,a Santonio Beard (10th, 62.4). three-game improvement from the 2000 overwhelming lead over second-place Tennessee (17) and third-place Georgia season. *Williams also ranked fifth in all-purpose (13). yards and 10th in punt returns last season. *The Crimson Tide also finished the sea- *Alabama also has more 10-win seasons son with the best record in the SEC (6-2), but *The Alabama defense lost three senior than LSU (4), Ole Miss (4), Kentucky (2), due to NCAA sanctions were ineligible for starters up front to the NFL draft, Jarret Miss. State (2), South Carolina (1) and the SEC Championship Game and a post- Johnson, Kenny King and Kindal Vanderbilt (0) combined. season bowl bid. Moorehead.

*Alabama played a school record 13 regular season games last year, including its first-ever BAMA NOTCHES NCAA RECORD regular season in the state of Hawai’i (Nov. 27th 10-WIN SEASON 30). Alabama earned its NCAA-leading 27th, 10-win season in the 2002 regular-season finale *The Crimson Tide notched its NCAA-lead- against the Hawai’i Warriors. ing 27th, 10-win season last year.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 27 ALL-TIME 10-WIN SEASONS (SEC SCHOOLS) NCAA All-Time Leaders (Winning Pct.) 700 Alabama 23, Ole Miss 9 School 10-Win Seasons Rk Team Record (Pct.) (Oct. 21, 1995) (Oxford) Alabama 27 1. Notre Dame 791-250-42 (.7498) Tennessee 17 2. Michigan 823-269-36 (.7456) 750 Alabama 34, Tennessee 14 Georgia 13 3. ALABAMA 754-284-43 (.7174) (Oct. 26, 2002) (Knoxville) Auburn 9 4. Oklahoma 725-282-53 (.7090) 5. Texas 766-306-33 (.7081) Arkansas 9 NINE TIDERS SUIT UP FOR THIRD COACH 6. Ohio State 745-292-53 (.7078) Florida 9 When the Alabama Crimson Tide hit the 7. Nebraska 771-308-40 (.7069) field last Saturday afternoon against the LSU 5 8. Tennessee 726-299-52 (.6982) South Florida Bulls a total of nine different Ole Miss 5 9. Penn State 753-222-41 (.6931) players made UA football history by playing for Miss. State 2 10. Southern Cal 695-296-54 (.6910) their third different head coach in their Kentucky 2 11. Florida State 409-194-17 (.6570) Alabama career. South Carolina 1 12. Washington 632-347-50 (.6385) Vanderbilt 0 13. Georgia 662-367-54 (.6362) 14. Miami (Ohio) 611-342-44 (.6349) *The listing of nine players who have actu- ally played in at least one game for previ- BAMA FIFTH ON ALL-TIME WIN LIST 15. Miami (Fla.) 496-283-19 (.6335) 16. LSU 636-368-47 (.6275) ous coaches Mike DuBose and Dennis In 109 years of football, Alabama has com- 17. Auburn 626-347-47 (.6203) Franchione and current coach Mike Shula piled an impressive 756-289-43 (.716) all- 18. Arizona State 502-303-24 (.6200) includes: time record. 19. Colorado 630-384-40 (.6171) Players Who Have Played for Three Head Coaches 20. Florida 582-354-40 (.6168) Player, Position Years *Alabama’s 34-14 win at Tennessee on 21. Central Michigan 519-317-36 (.6158) Dennis Alexander, RG 1999-2003 Oct. 26, 2003 was the school’s 750th all- 22. Army 622-393-51 (.6074) Carlos Andrews, SS 2000-03 time victory. 23. Texas A&M 623-396-48 (.6064) Dre Fulgham, WR 2000-03 24. Syracuse 652-422-49 (.6024) Brandon Greer, WR 2000-03 *Presently, Alabama ranks fifth on the all- UCLA 499-323-57 (.6024) time win list and is third in all-time win- Triandos Luke, WR 2000-03 Nautyn McKay-Loescher, DE 2000-03 ning percentage. ALABAMA’S MILESTONE VICTORIES Antwan Odom, DE 2000-03 Win Result (Date and Site) NCAA All-Time Victory Leaders (Thru 10/18) Nick Ridings, SN 1999-2003 1 Alabama 56, Birmingham HS 0 Leslie Williams, DE 1999-2003 Rk Team Wins (Nov. 11, 1892) (Bham) 1. Michigan 829 *Prior to the 2003 season, only two players 2. Notre Dame 793 100 Alabama 49, Ole Miss 0 3. Nebraska 777 (Oct. 11, 1919) (Tuscaloosa) in the storied history of Alabama had 4. Texas 771 actually played in a game for three differ- 5. ALABAMA 757 150 Alabama 34, Florida 0 ent head coaches. 6. Penn State 755 (Nov. 14, 1925 (Montgomery) 7. Ohio State 751 *The two players are Frank Powe (1899- 8. Oklahoma 732 200 Alabama 28, George Washington 6 1901) and Everett Wilkinson (1909-13). 9. Tennessee 730 (Oct. 8, 1932 (Washington DC) 10. Southern Cal 701 *Powe, an end from Talladega, played for 11. Georgia 668 250 Alabama 26, Kentucky 6 W.A. Martin (1899), M. Griffin (1900) and 12. Syracuse 657 (Oct 29, 1938) (Lexington) M.H. Harvey (1901). 13. LSU 642 14. Washington 636 300 Alabama 54, SW Louisiana 0 *Wilkinson, a halfback and kicker from 15. Colorado 633 (Oct. 12, 1946 (Tuscaloosa) Prattville, played for J.W.H. Pollard (1909), 16. Auburn 631 Guy Lowman (1910) and D.V. Graves 17. Texas A&M 626 350 Alabama 33, Georgia 12 (1912-13). 18. Army 622 (Oct. 31, 1953) (Athens) 19. Georgia Tech 620 Frank Powe (End) 20. West Virginia 618 400 Alabama 36, Miami, Fla., 3 Year Coach UA Record 21 Miami (Ohio) 616 (Nov. 10, 1962) (Tuscaloosa) 1899 W.A. Martin 3-1 22. Arkansas 614 1900 M. Griffin 2-3 Pittsburgh 614 450 Alabama 17, Southern Miss 14 1901 M.H. Harvey 2-1-2 24. North Carolina 612 (Sept. 28, 1968) (Mobile) Everett Wilkinson (Halfback/Kicker) 500 Alabama 21, LSU 7 Year Coach UA Record (Nov. 22, 1973) (Baton Rouge) 1909 J.W.H. Pollard 5-1-2 1910 Guy Lowman 4-4 550 Alabama 35, Virginia Tech 0 1911 Did Not Play 5-2-2 (Oct. 28, 1978) (Tuscaloosa) 1912 D.V. Graves 5-3-1 1913 D.V. Graves 6-3 600 Alabama 28, Southern Miss 16 (Nov. 12, 1983) (Bham) *The 2003 Alabama roster also includes seven players who were on the 1999 SEC 650 Alabama 32, LSU 16 Championship team. (Nov. 11, 1989) (Baton Rouge)

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 28 *Of those seven players, only Antonio Carter *The list of juniors with perfect atten- UA Consecutive Games Streak and Leslie Williams played in a game during dance includes Wesley Britt, Ray Hudson, Players Streak the Crimson Tide’s 10-3 championship Anthony Madison and Evan Mathis. Nick Ridings 44 season. Dennis Alexander 43 *The sophomores who have played in Triandos Luke 40 *Five other current players -- Dennis every game are Mark Anderson, Clint Anthony Bryant 33 Alexander, Charles Jones, Matt Lomax, Nick Johnston, Charlie Peprah, Freddie Roach Wesley Britt 33 Ridings and Lance Taylor -- were on the 1999 and DeMeco Ryans. Ray Hudson 33 SEC Championship team but did not play Evan Mathis 33 because they were redshirted. UA Players Who Have Not Missed A Game Lance Taylor 33 Players Games Played Dre Fulgham 26 Nick Ridings 44 Chris James 21 *In addition, senior running back Shaud Mark Anderson 21 Williams will dress and play for his fourth Wesley Britt 33 Anthony Bryant 33 Zach Fletcher 21 head coach this season for the Crimson Clint Johnston 21 Tide. Ray Hudson 33 Evan Mathis 33 Charles Jones 21 Mark Anderson 21 Anthony Madison 21 *Williams has played for Spike Dykes and Zach Fletcher 21 Charlie Peprah 21 Mike Leach at Texas Tech and Dennis Clint Johnston 21 Freddie Roach 21 Franchione at Alabama. Coach Shula will Anthony Madison 21 DeMeco Ryans 21 be his fourth head coach when he sees Charlie Peprah 21 Shaud Williams 21 action this weekend against South Florida Freddie Roach 21 Leslie Williams 21 in 2003 season opener. DeMeco Ryans 21 Shaud Williams 21 START STREAKS *In all, Williams has had five head coaches Alabama junior offensive lineman Wesley in five years of college football when you *As with any list, there are a couple of near Britt (Cullman) is the only player to start count the 2003 spring training with Price. misses in terms of consecutive games play- every game in his Alabama career. ers. *By the way, he also plays and *Britt made his Alabama debut as a red- suited up two years for Larry Hays at Texas *Senior right guard Dennis Alexander has shirt freshman in the 2001 season opener Tech and played last year at Bama for played in 43 of a possible 44 games in his against UCLA. coach , giving him seven head UA career. coaches in two sports in his five-year *The Cullman native has started 33 consecu- career. *After missing the 2000 season opener at tive games for the Crimson Tide, including UCLA, Alexander has played in 43 consecutive a 2001 Independence Bowl win over Iowa games for Alabama, including eight starts this State. PERFECT ATTENDANCE season on the o-line. The 2003 Alabama football roster contains *Another junior offensive lineman Evan 12 players who have played every game in *Senior Triandos Luke has Mathis has started 30 consecutive games for their career with the Crimson Tide. played in all but four games (40 of 44) the Crimson Tide since making his debut during his career with the Crimson Tide. at South Carolina on Sept. 29, 2001. *The list of Alabama players with perfect attendance includes four seniors, three *After missing the UCLA, Vanderbilt, *Senior free safety Charles Jones was the juniors and five sophomores. Southern Miss and Arkansas games in Alabama defensive player to start all 13 2000, Luke has played in 40 consecutive games games last season. Jones has 21 consecutive *Nick Ridings is the lone Alabama senior to for Alabama since his debut against South starts for Alabama entering the Tennessee play in all 44 games in his career. Carolina on Sept. 29, 2000. game.

*Senior defensive end Nautyn McKay-Loescher *Sophomore free safety Roman Harper has fell from that list when he missed the played in 19 of a possible 20 games in his STREAK BUSTERS Southern Miss game on Oct. 11, snapping career for the Tide, missing the 2002 Two Alabama players ended lengthy play- his streak of 42 consecutive games played. Arkansas game in Fayetteville. ing streaks during the first three games of the 2003 season. *Senior defensive tackle Anthony Bryant has played in all 33 games for the Tide. *Senior linebacker Cornelius Wortham did not play in the 2003 season opener against *Two remaining three seniors -- Zach South Florida to snap his streak at 36 con- Fletcher and Shaud Williams -- are all transfers secutive games. and have played in all 21 games for Alabama. *Wortham has not played in any of the Crimson Tide’s six games this season. *Senior “SAM” linebacker Derrick Pope fell from that list when he missed the Southern Miss game (Oct. 11), snapping his streak of 19 consecutive games played.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 29 *Junior guard Justin Smiley missed the Brodie Croyle Rainbow City Personal: The son of Kenneth and Melissa Kentucky game (Sept. 13), marking the *John Croyle, DE (1971-73) (Father) Schatz, Jeremy has on sister, Hannah, and first time in his UA career he did not start *Reagan Croyle, G (1994-98) (Sister) one brother, Eric. He is a human environ- a game for the Crimson Tide. Smiley’s *John David Phillips, QB (1995-98) (Brother-in-Law) mental sciences major. Born 10-14-82. streak ended at 27 consecutive starts. Ted Gryska Tuscaloosa *Smiley also missed the Northern Illinois *Clem Gryska, HB (1947-48) (Grandfather) 24 BO FREELEND, P game (Sept. 27) but returned to action *Clem Gryska, Asst. Coach (1960-76) 6-4, 257, Junior, SQ against Arkansas. Eutaw, Ala. Clint Johnston, TE Wetumpka *Donny Johnston, HB (1966-69) (Uncle) Freelend is battling for the Crimson Tide NATIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS punting duties this fall. The junior has Evan Mathis, OL Homewood been with the Alabama program the last Here is a listing of the 2003 preseason * (1974-77) (Uncle) national football honors for the Crimson three years (2000-02) but has yet to see action. Tide football team. Matt Miller, FL Rainbow City *Noah Dean Miller, LB (1973) (Father) Prep: (Top Linebacker) *Marc Miller, LB/SS (2001-02) (Brother) Played at warrior Academy where he Freddie Roach was coached by former UA baseball player Spencer Pennington, QB Fayette Robbie Grace. He garnering all-state hon- (Top Lineman/Linebacker) *Jeremy Pennington (1993-96) (Brother) ors for football, and also won the state dis- Antwan Odom cus title three years straight in track and , Staff Killen field. Freelend graduated from Warrior NAGURSKI AWARD (Top Defensive Lineman) *Freddie Roach, LB (2002-Pres) (Brother) Academy in 2000. Antwan Odom *Will Roach, WR (2003) (Brother) *Bowens is the current Asst. Director of Football Personal: The son of Jeff Freelend and Juli (Top Lineman) Operations at Alabama Davenport. Bo’s full name is Robert Wesley Britt *Bowens was a wide receiver at Alabama under Gene William Freelend. His father played col- Stallings and Mike DuBose (1996-99) lege basketball. Born in Grand Island, DOAK WALKER AWARD (Top Running back) Nebraska on 6-21-81, he has one brother, Shaud Williams Mark Sanders, OL Ashville Jon. He is a business major. *Matt Sanders (2000) (Brother) ALABAMA FAMILY TREE Football at Alabama is not only a way of Lance Taylor, WR Mt. Vernon 11 WILL FOUNTAIN, P/WR life, but is also a family affair. *Jimmy Taylor, HB (1973-75) (Father) 6-4, 257, Junior, SQ Eutaw, Ala. *The 2003 football roster contains four sets MISSING PLAYER BIOS of brothers 11 second-generation and UA foot- Here are a couple of bios that are not Alabama Career: Fountain is a walk-on who ball players. found in the 2003 Alabama Football has never seen action in his Alabama career. Fountain is making the trip to Alabama Football Brothers Media guide that might be helpful in your coverage of the Crimson Tide this season. Georgia this weekend as the backup Player, Position Hometown punter. Wesley Britt, OL Cullman 14 JEREMY SCHATZ, P Taylor Britt, DL Cullman 5-7, 151, Sophomore, RS Prep: A three-year letterman at T.R. Miller High School in Brewton, where he was the Dennis DuBois, WR Colonia, NJ Homewood, Ala. starting punter...Also played wide receiver Derek DuBois, WR Colonia, NJ Triandos Luke, WR Phenix City 2002 (Sophomore): Spent the 2002 season as a and defensive end...Led T.R. Miller to the Nic Luke, RB Phenix City redshirt at Alabama after sitting out due to Class 4A state playoffs three straight years, the NCAA transfer rule after coming to including two runner-up finishes (1996, Freddie Roach, MLB Killen Alabama from Troy State University. 1998) and a semi-final berth (1997)... Will Roach, WR Killen Presented a game ball for his play against 2001 (Freshman): Schatz punted in every W.S. Neal High School in 1999...Elected Second Generation Crimson Tiders game in his lone season at Troy State with Class President his sophomore year at T.R. Miller...Also played baseball, tennis and Player, Pos. Hometown the exception of the season-opener versus Tim Castille, F Birmingham Nebraska. For the season, he had 47 punts ran track. *, DB (1979-82) (Father) for a total of 1,768 yards and averaged 37.6 *MVP of 1982 Liberty Bowl (Bryant’s Last Game) yards per kick. Personal: William David Fountain, *Currently serves as UA’s FCA Director Jr...Parents are Donny and Catherine Prep: Schatz earned all-metro and all-state Fountain...Will has three older brothers David Cavan, TE Tuscaloosa placekicking honors and was a part of a and sisters...Attended same high school as *Pete Cavan, TB (1975-77) (Father) state championship team his senior season former Alabama quarterback Walter Lewis at Homewood High under Bob Newton. (1980-83)...Enjoys hunting, fishing and Nathan Cox, FB Spanish Fort He was selected to participate in the water skiiing in his spare time...Born: *Allen Cox, OL (1972) (Father) North/South All-star game. He also March 13, 1981. played baseball at Homewood.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 30 ALABAMA’S OVERTIME RECORD *Croyle holds the Alabama QB record with a 34.5-inch vertical jump. Overall Record: 2-3 (.400) Regular-Season OT: 2-2 (500) SEC OT Record: 2-2 (.500) Post-Season OY: 0-1 (.000) *Sophomore right tackle Von Ewing’s full name is Cleveland Levon Ewing II. Date Result Site Oct. 4, 1997 Kentucky 40, Alabama 34 Lexington *Senior wide receiver Zach Fletcher played Oct. 10, 1998 Alabama 20, Ole Miss 17 Tuscaloosa on two national championship teams Oct. 2, 1999 Alabama 40, Florida 39 Gainesville while at City College of San Francisco Jan. 1, 2000 Michigan 35, Alabama 34 Orange Bowl, Miami Sept. 27, 2003 Arkansas 34, Alabama 31 (2 OT) Tuscaloosa (2000-01), leading his club to a 24-0 record in his JuCo career.

*Fletcher also played one year of basketball at PERSONALLY SPEAKING *Junior tight end David Cavan is the son of Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Here are some interesting facts and figures former Alabama halfback Pete Cavan Ala., where he led the Warhawks to the about the members of the Alabama foot- (1975-77), who played in Coach Paul NJCAA National Championship as the ball team. These may be some helpful Bryant’s wishbone offense in the mid starting point guard. hints for feature story ideas, etc. 1970s. *Senior wide receiver Dre Fulgham’s full *Senior right guard Dennis Alexander is the *Cavan’s uncle, Mike, is a former starting name is Leonard Andre Fulgham. cousin of former Alabama quarterback at the and the former head coach at SMU. Kermit Kendrick (1985-88). *Fulgham also holds the Alabama receivers record for bench press (455) and incline *Junior strong safety Carlos Andrews’ broth- *Junior defensive tackle Ahmad Childress also press (405). er, Dennis, was a fullback at Florida State played some quarterback in high school and once threw a TD pass. University. *Junior flanker Brandon Greer was a high school teammate of UA quarterback *Redshirt freshman kicker Jeffrey Aul was *Senior tight end Donald Clarke is best friend Brodie Croyle at Westbrook Christian HS born in Seoul, South Korea. and roommate to Alabama running back in Rainbow City. Shaud Williams. Brandon *Redshirt freshman quarterback *Greer holds the Alabama state high school Avalos *In addition, Clarke and Williams also is also a member of the Alabama record with 30 TD receptions as a senior in baseball team. Last year as a freshman, share the same birthday - Oct. 2, 1980. 1999. He broke the previous record of 23 Avalos appeared in 33 games and batted TDs held by Ozzie Newsome in 1973. .243 (17-for-70) with five doubles, 10 RBI *Sophomore center J.B. Closner’s full name Newsome was an All-American at and 13 runs scored. He started 15 games is Jon-Bennett Closner. Alabama and is now the General Manager in the UA outfield. and Director of Player Personnel for the *Junior fullback Nathan Cox was inducted NFLs Baltimore Ravens. *Junior left tackle Wesley Britt grew up into the Gamma Beta Phi National hon- orary. attending football camp at Auburn, where *Greer married the former Meredith Rich he was tutored by former Alabama line- (an Auburn alum) on July 12, 2003. man Neil Callaway, now the Georgia *His father, Allen, was a fullback for coach Paul "Bear" Bryant in 1972. offensive coordinator. *Redshirt freshman defensive end Chris Harris is the fourth member of his family to *Sophomore wide receiver *Redshirt freshman quarterback Brodie play college football. His father, Orlando, was a two-time Alabama high school state Croyle is the third member of his family to played at Jackson State, while two cousins champion in the 55-meter dash, winning suit up for the Crimson Tide. -- Anthony (Southern Miss) and Shaun the Class 6A title in 1999 (6.51) and 2000 Powell (Jackson State) -- also played col- (6.43). *His father, John, was a defensive end for lege football. Coach Paul Bryant (1971-73). Anthony Bryant *Senior defensive tackle is a *Freshman free safety Roman Harper is one first cousin of former Alabama defensive *Brodie’s sister, Reagan, who played basket- of five children born to Ronald and back . ball at Alabama for coach Rick Moody, is Princess Harper. married to former Alabama quarterback weight room John David Phillips (1994-98). Reagan was *Bryant also holds the Alabama *Sophomore Ray Hudson ran for 2,029 yards record with 755-pound squat. elected Alabama's Homecoming Queen in as senior at Holmes HS in Bonifay, Fla. 2000. *A versatile athlete, Bryant can also dunk a *Hudson was also a standout baseball basketball. *Croyle was also an outstanding high player, where he batted .405 with six school baseball player and holds the home runs as a senior. He was drafted in the Antonio Carter Alabama state record for highest batting average *Senior wide receiver has two 19th round by Montreal Expos in the June 1999 older brothers and both played college with a .672 (43-for-64) average as a sopho- Major League Baseball Draft. football. Sam Carter, Jr., played football more in 1999. for State and Tim Carter played at Tulane.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 31 *Redshirt sophomore Chris James is a *Freshman wide receiver Arturo McDowell is *Junior free safety David Scott is married cousin of former Auburn tailback Lionel a former first-round draft pick of the San (Maia) and the couple has one daughter, “Little Train” James. CJ’s parents were also Francisco Giants. McDowell was the 29th Kenydi (Kennedy), who was born the day college athletes. overall selection in the 1998 draft out of after (Oct. 27) Alabama’s 34-14 win at Forest Hill HS in Jackson, Miss. Tennessee last season. Scott played in the *Chris’ father, Dan, played baseball at UT game and flew home with the team, Alabama State University and his mother, *In his five-year minor league career, arriving in Tuscaloosa shortly before 2 Elaine, ran track at Albany State. McDowell played in 521 games and batted a.m. local time. David joined his wife at .215 (411-for-1,914) with 95 extra base hits, 165 DCH Regional Medical Center and the *Sophomore tight end Clint Johnston is the RBI and 275 runs scored at stops in Salem- two were proud parents of a baby girl at third member of his family to suit up for Keizer (Northwest League), Bakersfield 5:41 a.m. (CT). the Tide, joining his father, Johnny, and (Cal League), San Jose (Cal League), uncle, Donny, who both played for Coach Shreveport (Texas League) and *Junior left guard Justin Smiley holds the Bryant. Hagerstown (South Atlantic League). Alabama weight room record for offensive linemen in the hang and clean (380) and *Redshirt freshman linebacker Juke King's *McDowell also walked 235 times in 521 vertical jump (32.5). real name is Tersheikiya King. He received games and stole 123 career bases. the nickname "Juke" from a cousin *Junior split end Lance Taylor's father, because of the 1980s song "Jukebox Hero". *McDowell’s nickname is “Scoop”. Jimmy (1973-75), was a three-year letter- man under Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant in *Junior receiver Triandos Luke is related to *Junior defensive end Antwan Odom is mar- the early 1970s. He played on three SEC former Alabama greats and fellow Phenix ried (Brooke) and the couple has one son, Championship teams. City natives Billy Jackson (HB, 1978-80), Antwan, Jr., born this summer. Eddie Lowe (LB, 1980-82) and Jeremiah *The elder Taylor was also a part of a Castille (DB, 1979-82). *Odom has also recovered from a “sleep record night in Alabama football history. apnea” disorder he suffered in 2001. He was one of four backs to rush for *Freshman quarterback Michael Machen *Redshirt sophomore quarterback Spencer over100 yards as the Crimson Tide set the enrolled at Alabama in Jan., 2003 after a Pennington is also a member of the Alabama UA standard with 748 rushing yards in a stint in professional baseball. Machen was baseball team, where he is an outfielder 77-6 rout of Virginia Tech in 1973. a 14th round draft pick by the Atlanta and corner infielder. Braves in 2000 out of McGill-Toolen HS. He played two years with the Gulf Coast *In his two-year career, Pennington has League Braves before signing with the appeared in 38 baseball games and has batted Orioles. Machen spent the 2002 season .185 (12-for-69) with one home run and six RBI in with the Bluefield (WVa) Orioles in the a limited role. short-season Appalachian League. *Pennington is the younger brother of for- *In his brief three-year career, Machen mer Crimson Tide offensive lineman, compiled an 8-3 (.727) record and 5.00 ERA for Jeremy Pennington, who was a starter on the the Braves and Orioles. under coach Gene Stallings.

*Machen originally signed a baseball scholar- *Redshirt freshman cornerback Charlie ship with Alabama, but opted to sign with the Peprah's grandfather, General I.G. Braves after his senior season in high Achampong, was the President of Ghana, school. West Africa in the 1970s.

*Junior right corner Anthony Madison once *Junior snapper Nick Ridings comes from a had 400 all-purpose yards and scored five football family. His father, Jeff, played TDs in a game at Thomasville HS. football at .

*Redshirt sophomore guard Danny Martz’s *Ridings’ uncle, Ken Avery, played at grandfather, John D. O’Brien, was an Southern Miss and with the NFLs offensive linemen for coach Elmer Layden Washington Redskins and Cincinnati at Notre Dame from 1938-40. Bengals.

*Redshirt sophomore offensive lineman Evan Mathis is the the nephew of former Alabama great and Miami Dolphins superstar, Bob Baumhower. Baumhower was a defensive tackle at Alabama from 1974-76 before his successful career with the Dolphins.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 32 12 BRODIE CROYLE, QB BRODIE CROYLE’S CAREER NUMBERS So., Rainbow City, Ala., 1 VL Career Record as Starter: 3-5 (.375)

*The Alabama sophomore takes over as G Comp Att Pct. Yds TD INT the starting quarterback, replacing three- Starter Stats 8 135 242 .558 1806 11 7 year starter Tyler Watts. Non-Starter 11 32 71 .451 564 2 4 Career Totals 19 167 313 .533 2370 13 11 *Named to the winner of the “ Memorial Trophy” presented to the Most By Quarter G Comp Att Pct. Yds TD INT Valuable Player of the Crimson Tide’s 1st Quarter 8 27 45 .600 360 3 2 2nd Quarter 8 40 76 .526 477 2 2 annual A-Day football game. 3rd Quarter 8 33 58 .569 545 3 1 4th Quarter 8 34 60 .567 414 3 1 *In leading the Crimson team to a 47-0 Overtime 1 1 3 .333 8 0 1 blowout win over the White team, Croyle completed 13-of-23 passes for 260 yards and By Halves G Comp Att Pct. Yds TD INT three TDs. 1st Half 8 67 121 .554 837 5 4 2nd Half 8 67 118 .568 959 6 2 *Croyle returned to the starting lineup against Ole Miss (Oct. 18) and completed 21 of 29 passes for 248 yards with two TDs *The 42 pass attempts are the most by an *Croyle missed the 2002 season opener and two interceptions. Alabama QB since Freddie Kitchens’ 46 against Middle Tennessee, but played in attempts in the 1996 SEC Championship the final 12 games of the season. *Croyle missed the Southern Miss game (Oct. game loss to Florida. 11) and played only two snaps against *As a redshirt freshman, Croyle earned Georgia (Oct. 4) with a shoulder injury. *Against Northern Illinois, Croyle was 22- starts against Arkansas and Georgia. of-39 passing for 276 yards and one TD. *Croyle has appeared in 19 games in his *In his first career start against Arkansas, Alabama career and completed 161-of-313 *The 276 passing yards are the second-high- Croyle completed 12-of-24 passes for 285 passes for 2,370 yards, 12 TDs and 11 inter- est total in his career. yards and two TDs in the Crimson Tide’s ceptions. 30-12 win at Fayetteville. *The 39 pass attempts are also the second- *In his eight career starts for the Crimson most in his UA career. *Croyle’s performance against the Hogs Tide, Croyle has completed 135-of-242 earned him “National Freshman of Week” hon- passes for 1,806 yards, 11 TDs and seven *The 22 completions also rank second on ors. interceptions. Croyle’s personal all-time best list. Brodie Croyle Game-By-Game Statistics *Croyle has thrown at least one TD pass in *Croyle threw a career-high three TD passes in 2002 Season seven of his eight career starts, including a double-overtime loss to Arkansas (Sept. Date Opponent Comp-Att-Yds-INT-TD five of six starts this year. 27). The three TD passes are the most by Spt. 7 at Oklahoma 1-3-7-0-0 an Alabama quarterback since Tyler Watts Spt. 14 North Texas 2-4-37-1-0 *In six starts this season, Croyle has com- threw three in last year’s win over Miss. Spt. 21 Southern Mississippi 4-15-15-2-0 pleted 107-of-189 passes for 1,324 yards,eight State. Spt. 28 at Arkansas 12-24-285-0-2 TDs and six interceptions. Oct. 5 Georgia 16-29-197-1-1 Oct. 19 Ole Miss 6-11-179-0-1 *As a redshirt freshman (2001), Croyle Oct. 26 at Tennessee 5-7-128-0-0 *At his current pace, Croyle will finish the completed 60-of-123 passes for 1,046 Nov. 2 at Vanderbilt 5-9-94-0-1 231 completions, 410 pass attempts season with yards, five TDs and five interceptions. Nov. 9 Mississippi State 2-2-21-0-0 and 2,869 passing yards -- all single-season Nov. 16 at LSU 0-2-0-0-0 school records. *The 1,046 passing yards made Croyle just Nov. 23 Auburn 7-16-83-1-0 the second freshman quarterback to pass for Nov. 30 at Hawai’i 0-1-0-0-0 *Against No. 1 Oklahoma, Croyle was 24- more than 1,000 yards in a season at for-42 for 195 yards and one TD in the Alabama. 2003 Season loss. Date Opponent Comp-Att-Yds-INT-TD UA Freshman Passing Yards (Since 1973) Aug. 30 South Florida 14-27-203-0-1 *The 24 completions and 42 pass attempts Player (Year) Freshman Stats Spt. 6 Oklahoma 24-42-195-2-1 missed the UA single-game Top 10 list by one Andrew Zow (1998) 1,792 yards Spt. 13 Kentucky 14-27-198-1-0 125-of-217, 11 TD, 6 INT Spt. 20 Northern Illinois 22-39-276-0-1 each. Brodie Croyle (2002) 1,046 yards 66-of-120, 5 TD, 5 INTs Spt. 27 Arkansas 12-25-204-1-3 *Croyle’s 24 completions are the most by an Vince Sutton (1984) 662 yards Oct. 4 at Georgia 0-1-0-0-0 Alabama quarterback since Andrew Zow’s 60-of-135, 4 TD, 9 INT Oct. 11 Southern Miss DNP - Injured 26 completions against Southern Miss in Jay Barker (1991) 554 yards Oct. 18 at Ole Miss 21-29-248-2-2 1998. 33-of-56, 1 TD, 3 INT Oct. 25 Tennessee Tyler Watts (1999) 498 yards Nov. 8 at Mississippi State 47-of-83, 2 TD, 5 INT Nov. 15 LSU Jeff Dunn (1987) 484 yards Nov. 23 at Auburn 36-of-87, 3 TD, 4 INT Nov. 30 at Hawai’i

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 32 90 NAUTYN MCKAY-LOESCHER *McKay-Loescher is currently fifth on SEC’s 2001 Season Sr., Toronto, Ontario, 3VL active list with 11.5 career sacks, while fellow Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total defensive lineman Antwan Odom is sec- Spt. 1 UCLA 1-1-2 ond with 18 career sacks. Spt. 8 at Vanderbilt 3-1-4 *A three-year starter for the Crimson Tide, Spt. 22 Arkansas 1-5-6 McKay-Loescher has played in 43 games in SEC Active Sack Leaders (Oct. 18) Spt. 29 at South Carolina 3-1-4 his UA career. Rank Player (School) Career Sacks Oct. 6 UTEP 1-1-2 1. (Georgia) 19 Oct. 13 at Ole Miss 0-1-1 *McKay-Loescher missed the Southern 2. Antwan Odom (Alabama) 18 Oct. 20 Tennessee 3-3-6 Miss game (Oct. 11), marking the first time 3. Bobby McCray (Florida) 13 Nov. 3 LSU 1-1-2 he had missed a game in his UA career. 4. (Auburn) 12 Nov. 10 Mississippi State 0-0-0 5. Nautyn McKay-Loescher (Alabama) 11.5 Nov. 17 at Auburn 3-1-4 *McKay-Loescher has 16 career starts to his 6. Charlie Anderson (Ole Miss) 10.5 Nov. 29 Southern Miss 1-0-1 credit, including three as a sophomore, 7. Constantin Ritzmann (Tennessee) 10 seven as a junior and seven this year. 8. Jesse Mitchell (Ole Miss) 9 2002 Season 9. Karlos Dansby (Auburn) 8.5 Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total *Nicknamed the “Chief”. 10. Caleb Miller (Arkansas) 7.5 Aug. 31 Middle Tennessee 1-0-1 Jeremy Caudill (Kentucky) 7.5 Spt. 7 at Oklahoma 0-1-1 *In his career, McKay-Loescher has 71 Spt. 14 North Texas 0-2-2 career tackles, eight TFLs (-42 yds), 10.5 *In seven games this season, McKay-Loescher Spt. 21 Southern Mississippi 0-0-0 sacks (-89 yds), one forced fumble, one has 13 tackles, one TFL (-2) and four sacks Spt. 28 at Arkansas 2-2-4 fumble recovery, three PBUs and 38 pres- (-39). Oct. 5 Georgia 1-0-1 Oct. 19 Ole Miss 2-0-2 sures. Oct. 26 at Tennessee 2-1-3 *He is second on the team with 15 QB pressures Nov. 2 at Vanderbilt 1-0-1 38 career QB pressures *McKay-Loescher’s this season, including a career-high tying Nov. 9 Mississippi State 1-2-3 rank eighth on the school’s all-time list. four pressures against Northern Illinois Nov. 16 at LSU 0-1-1 (Sept. 20) and Georgia (Oct. 4). Nov. 23 Auburn 3-3-6 *McKay-Loescher is four pressures away from Nov. 30 at Hawai’i 0-0-0 tying All-American (1985- *Last year as a junior, McKay-Loescher 88) for sixth place with 44 career pres- played in all 13 games and recorded 25 2003 Season sures. tackles, two TFLs (-9), 4.5 sacks (42) and Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total 21 pressures. Aug. 30 South Florida 0-1-1 *Thomas had all 44 pressures during the Spt. 6 Oklahoma 1-0-1 1988 season, the first year pressures were *The 21 QB pressures as a junior missed the Spt. 13 Kentucky 1-1-2 recorded at Alabama. UA single-season list by one pressure. Spt. 20 Northern Illinois 2-0-2 Spt. 27 Arkansas 1-1-2 *In seven games this season, McKay- *McKay-Loescher turned in his best year Oct. 4 at Georgia 1-2-3 Loescher has 15 QB pressures and has moved as a sophomore (2001), with 32 total tack- Oct. 11 Southern Miss DNP from 15th place to seventh place on the les. He also added two TFLs (-3), three Oct. 18 at Ole Miss 1-1-2 all-time list thus far. sacks (-18) and four pressures. Oct. 25 Tennessee Nov. 8 at Mississippi State Alabama Career QB Pressures (Since 1988) *At the 2001 A-Day football game, Nautyn Nov. 15 LSU Rank Player (Years) QB Pressures was named the winner “Dwight Stephenson Nov. 23 at Auburn 1. Kenny King (1999-02) 77 Most Valuable Lineman” award after posting Nov. 30 at Hawai’i 2. Kindal Moorehead (1998-02) 66 two tackles and one sack for minus nine Nautyn McKay-Loescher’s Game-By-Game Sacks 3. Jarret Johnson (1999-02) 63 yards. 4. (1990-92) 51 2001 Season Date Opponent Sacks-Yards 5. Chris Hood (1995-97) 49 *He played all 11 games as a true freshman 6. Derrick Thomas (1988) 44 Spt. 22 Arkansas 1-9 in 2000 and recorded a season-high two 7. Nautyn McKay-Loescher (2000-Pres) 40 Spt. 29 at South Carolina 1-3 8. Willie Wyatt (1988-89) 39 tackles in a win over South Carolina. Nov. 17 at Auburn 1-6 9. (1991-92) 36 Nautyn McKay-Loescher’s Game-By-Game Tackles 2002 Season 10. Ralph Staten (1993-96) 35 2000 Season Date Opponent Sacks-Yds 11. Darrell Blackburn (1993-96) 31 Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total Spt. 28 Arkansas 1-15 12. Kelvin Moore (1993-96) 30 Spt. 2 at UCLA 0-0-0 Oct. 19 Ole Miss 1-13 13. George Thornton (1988-90) 27 Spt. 9 Vanderbilt 0-0-0 Nov. 9 Mississippi State 0.5-2 14. Dameian Jeffries (1991-94) 26 Spt. 16 Southern Miss 0-0-0 Nov. 23 Auburn 2-12 15. Michael Myers (1996-97) 25 Spt. 23 at Arkansas 0-0-0 Spt. 30 South Carolina 0-2-2 2003 Season *Nautyn is one of two Alabama defenders Oct. 14 Ole Miss 0-0-0 Date Opponent Sacks-Yds among the SEC’s Top 10 career returning Oct. 21 at Tennessee 0-1-1 Spt. 20 Northern Illinois 1-12 sack leaders. Oct. 28 Central Florida 0-0-0 Spt. 27 Arkansas 1-14 Nov. 4 at LSU 0-0-0 Oct. 4 at Georgia 1-3 Nov. 11 at Mississippi State 0-0-0 Oct. 18 at Ole Miss 1-10 Nov. 18 Auburn 0-0-0

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 33 98 ANTWAN ODOM *Odom has at least one sack in 13 of his last 2001 Season Jr., Bayou LaBatre, 2VL 21 games for Alabama. Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total Spt. 1 UCLA 0-1-1 *In eight games this season, Odom has 29 Spt. 8 at Vanderbilt 1-1-2 *A three-year starter for the Crimson Tide, Spt. 22 Arkansas Injured Odom has appeared in 34 career games on tackles, seven TFLs (-48 yds), five sacks (-48) and a team-high 18 QB pressures. Spt. 29 at South Carolina Injured the Alabama defensive front, making 15 Oct. 6 UTEP Injured starts. *He had a career-high five QB pressures in Oct. 13 at Ole Miss Injured Oct. 20 Tennessee Injured the 17-3 win over Southern Miss (Oct. *In his career, Odom has 87 tackles,14 Nov. 3 LSU Injured TFLs (-72), 18 sacks (-122), four forced 11). Nov. 10 Mississippi State Injured fumbles, four PBUs, two blocked kicks and Nov. 17 at Auburn Injured one fumble recovery. *Odom has seven pressures in his last two Nov. 29 Southern Miss Injured games for Alabama. *In all, Odom has 32 career stops behind the 2002 Season line of scrimmage for -194 yards. *Against Arkansas (Sept. 27), Odom had Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total his best game of the season with a career-high Aug. 31 Middle Tennessee 2-2-4 *At the 2003 Alabama A-Day football nine tackles in the double-overtime loss. Spt. 7 at Oklahoma 1-3-4 game, Odom was named the “Dwight Spt. 14 North Texas 5-1-6 Stephenson Most Valuable Lineman” after *Last year as a sophomore, Odom played Spt. 21 Southern Mississippi 3-0-3 recording four tackles and two TFLs (-12), in all 13 games and made starts against Spt. 28 at Arkansas 0-1-1 leading the Crimson team to a 47-0 Southern Miss, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Oct. 5 Georgia 1-1-2 Oct. 19 Ole Miss 3-1-4 shutout win over the White team. Vanderbilt and Hawai’i. Oct. 26 at Tennessee 2-0-2 Nov. 2 at Vanderbilt 4-0-4 *With those 18 career sacks, Odom is seventh *In those 13 games, he posted 42 tackles, four TFLs, 10 sacks (-76) and 10 pressures. Nov. 9 Mississippi State 1-2-3 on the school’s career sacks list. He is one Nov. 16 at LSU 2-1-3 sack from tying Jeremy Nunley’s sixth- Nov. 23 Auburn 0-2-2 *Odom ranked seventh among Division I defend- place total and three sacks from tying E.J. Nov. 30 at Hawai’i 3-1-4 Junior’s fifth place total. ers last season with 10 sacks. 2003 Season Alabama Career Sack Leaders *In 2001, Odom played in two games and Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total Rank Player (Years) Career Sacks recorded three tackles before sustaining a Aug. 30 South Florida 3-1-4 1. Derrick Thomas (1985-88) 52 season-ending shoulder injury in the second Spt. 6 Oklahoma 1-1-2 2. Kindal Moorehead (1998-02) 25 game of the year at Vanderbilt. He was Spt. 13 Kentucky 1-0-1 3. Jarret Johnson (1999-02) 23 granted a medical redshirt by the NCAA. Spt. 20 Northern Illinois 2-2-4 4. Eric Curry (1990-92) 22.5 Spt. 27 Arkansas 6-3-9 5. E.J. Junior (1977-80) 21 *As a true freshman, Odom played in all Oct. 4 at Georgia 1-2-3 6. Jeremy Nunley (1990-93) 19 11 games, earning starts against Ole Miss Oct. 11 Southern Miss 2-0-2 7. Antwan Odom (2000-Present) 18 and Tennessee. Oct. 18 at Ole Miss 2-2-4 8. Mike Pitts (1979-92) 16 Oct. 25 Tennessee 9. Cornelius Bennett (1983-86) 15 *In his freshman season, Odom had 13 Nov. 8 at Miss. State Leroy Cook (1972-75) 15 tackles, three sacks (-12) and five pres- Nov. 15 LSU sures. Nov. 22 at Auburn *Odom is also one of two Alabama defenders Nov. 29 at Hawai’i among the SEC’s Top 10 career returning *Odom recorded two sacks for minus 10 sack leaders. yards in Alabama’s win over South Antwan Odom’s Game-By-Game Sacks Carolina in 2000. 2000 Season *Odom is second on the SEC’s active list with Date Opponent Sacks-Yds 18 career sacks, trailing Georgia’s David *Following his rookie season, Odom was Spt. 30 South Carolina 2-10 Oct. 28 Central Florida 1-2 Pollack (19 sacks) by one on the all-time named Honorable Mention Freshman All- list. 2002 Season American (Rivals.com). Date Opponent Sacks-Yds SEC Active Sack Leaders (Oct. 18) Antwan Odom’s Game-By-Game Tackles Spt. 7 at Oklahoma 1-5 Rank Player (School) Career Sacks 2000 Season Spt. 14 North Texas 1-1 1. David Pollack (Georgia) 19 Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total Spt. 21 Southern Mississippi 1-4 2. Antwan Odom (Alabama) 18 Spt. 2 at UCLA 0-0-0 Oct. 5 Georgia 1-10 3. Bobby McCray (Florida) 13 Spt. 9 Vanderbilt 0-0-0 Oct. 19 Ole Miss 1-6 4. Reggie Torbor (Auburn) 12 Spt. 16 Southern Miss 0-0-0 Nov. 2 at Vanderbilt 1-2 5. Nautyn McKay-Loescher (Alabama) 11.5 Spt. 23 at Arkansas 0-0-0 Nov. 9 Mississippi State 1-9 6. Charlie Anderson (Ole Miss) 10.5 Spt. 30 South Carolina 2-1-3 Nov. 16 at LSU 1-16 7. Constantin Ritzmann (Tennessee) 10 Oct. 14 Ole Miss 1-3-4 Nov. 30 at Hawai’i 2-17 8. Jesse Mitchell (Ole Miss) 9 Oct. 21 at Tennessee 0-1-1 2003 Season 9. Karlos Dansby (Auburn) 8.5 Oct. 28 Central Florida 1-0-1 Date Opponent Sacks-Yds 10. Caleb Miller (Arkansas) 7.5 Nov. 4 at LSU 2-0-2 Aug. 30 South Florida 1-8 Jeremy Caudill (Kentucky) 7.5 Nov. 11 at Mississippi State 1-0-1 Spt. 20 Northern Illinois 2-17 Nov. 18 Auburn 1-0-1 Oct. 4 Georgia 1-9 Oct. 11 Southern Miss 1-2

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 34 6 DERRICK POPE *Prior to coming to Alabama, Pope spent Derrick Pope’s Game-By-Game TFLs Sr., Galveston, Texas, 1 VL two years (200-01) at Garden City College, 2002 Season where he was considered one of the Date Opponent TFL (Yards) nation’s top junior college . Spt. 28 at Arkansas 1 (-1) *A two-year starter at linebacker for the Oct. 19 Ole Miss 1 (-3) Crimson Tide, Pope has played 20 games *In two years at Garden City, Pope record- Nov. 9 Mississippi State 2 (-6) in UA career. Nov. 16 at LSU 1 (-5) ed 252 tackles, 26 career sacks and two fum- Nov. 23 Auburn 1 (-13) *Pope did not see action in the win over Southern ble returns for touchdowns. Miss (Oct. 11), snapping his streak of 19 con- 2003 Season secutive games played at Alabama. He *As a sophomore (2001), Pope had 125 Date Opponent TFL (Yards) played only six snaps in the loss to Georgia tackles, nine sacks and two TDs en route Spt. 13 Kentucky 2 (-19) (Oct. 4) one week earlier. to First-Team All-America honors and Spt. 20 Northern Illinois 1 (-4) Region VI Defensive MVP. Spt. 27 Arkansas 1 (-5) *Pope has started eight games for the Oct. 11 Southern Miss DNP Crimson Tide, including five games this *He has 21 tackles in Garden City’s bowl Oct. 18 at Ole Miss season. game in 2001. Oct. 25 Tennessee Nov. 8 at Miss. State *In those 20 career games, Pope has 125 *As a freshman, Pope had 127 tackles and Nov. 15 LSU career tackles (66 solos), six TFLs (-30), four sacks 17 sacks at middle linebacker. Nov. 22 at Auburn (-36) Nov. 29 at Hawai’i , two forced fumbles, one fumble Derrick Pope’s Game-By-Game Tackles recovery and two pass deflections. 2002 Season Derrick Pope’s Game-By-Game Sacks Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total 2002 Season *In seven games this season, Pope is Aug. 31 Middle Tennessee 5-3-8 Date Opponent Sacks (Yards) Alabama’s fifth-leading tackler with 60 stops. Spt. 7 at Oklahoma 1-1-2 Nov. 23 Auburn 1 (-13) Spt. 14 North Texas 1-6-7 *Pope did not start at Georgia (Oct. 4) because Spt. 21 Southern Mississippi 1-0-1 2003 Season of an ankle injury. In limited duty (12 Spt. 28 at Arkansas 3-2-5 Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total plays), he made two tackles against the Oct. 5 Georgia 4-2-6 Spt. 13 Kentucky 2 (-19) Bulldogs. Oct. 19 Ole Miss 5-1-6 Spt. 20 Northern Illinois 1 (-4) Oct. 26 at Tennessee 2-1-3 *The senior has three double digit tackle Nov. 2 at Vanderbilt 4-5-9 games this season, including a career-high 17 Nov. 9 Mississippi State 4-1-5 tackles in Alabama’s hard-fought 20-13 loss Nov. 16 at LSU 3-3-6 to No. 1 Oklahoma on Sept. 6 in Bryant- Nov. 23 Auburn 3-3-6 Denny Stadium. Nov. 30 at Hawai’i 1-0-1

*The 17 tackles against Oklahoma rank 2003 Season Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total fourth in the SEC this season. Aug. 30 South Florida 1-2-3 Spt. 6 Oklahoma 9-8-17 back-to-back double-figure *Pope recorded Spt. 13 Kentucky 4-3-7 tackle games against Northern Illinois Spt. 20 Northern Illinois 7-7-14 (Sept. 20) and Arkansas (Sept. 27). He Spt. 27 Arkansas 6-8-14 had 14 tackles in each of those two games Oct. 4 at Georgia 1-1-2 for the Crimson Tide. Oct. 11 Southern Miss DNP (Injured) Oct. 18 at Ole Miss 1-2-3 *Last year as a junior, Pope played in all 13 Oct. 25 Tennessee games and made three starts for the Nov. 8 at Miss. State Crimson Tide. Nov. 15 LSU Nov. 22 at Auburn *In those 13 games, he was the team’s fifth- Nov. 29 at Hawai’i leading tackler with 65 total stops. He also played 428 snaps on defense.

*In addition to his 65 tackles, Pope added six TFLs (-28), one sack (-13) and a 61- yard interception return against Arkansas (Sept. 28, 2002).

*His best game as a junior was a nine tack- le performance at Vanderbilt on Nov. 2, 2002.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 35 35 DeMECO RYANS *In two games this season against Top 10 DeMeco Ryans Game-By-Game TFLs So., Bessemer, 1 VL teams, Ryans has 41 total tackles and averaged 2002 Season 20.5 stops per game against Oklahoma and Date Opponent TFL (Yards) Spt. 28 at Arkansas 1 (-1) *A two-year starter at linebacker for the Arkansas. Crimson Tide, Ryans has played all 21 2003 Season games in UA career. *Ryans had nearly as many tackles in the Arkansas game (25) as he did his entire Date Opponent TFL (Yards) freshman year (27). Spt. 6 Oklahoma 2 (-4) *Ryans has started nine games for the Oct. 11 Southern Miss 1.5 (-11) Crimson Tide, including all eight this year. *Speaking of his freshman season, Ryans *Ryans has put up some incredible num- was one of only two true freshmen to see bers for the Crimson Tide in his brief action in 2001 and was the only true fresh- career. man to start a game under former coach Dennis Franchione. *In 21 career games, Ryans has 117 tackles (62 solos), 4.5 TFLs (-16), 1.5 sacks (-11), *In 13 games last year, Ryans had 27 tackles one forced fumble and one fumble recov- (12 solos), one TFL (-1), two QB pressures ery. and one fumble recovery.

*In eight games this season, Ryans leads the *He made his lone start last year in the SEC and ranks 5th nationally with 90 total season finale at Hawai’i (Nov. 30, 2002). tackles. DeMeco Ryans Game-By-Game Tackles NCAA Tackle Leaders (Oct. 20, 2003) 2002 Season Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total Rk Player, School Tackles Aug. 31 Middle Tennessee 0-2-2 1. Josh Buhl, Kansas State 113 Spt. 7 at Oklahoma 1-0-1 2. David Lusky, E. Michigan 101 Spt. 14 North Texas 2-0-2 3. Chris Moore, E. Carolina 92 Spt. 21 Southern Mississippi 0-0-0 Andre Maddox, NC State 92 Spt. 28 at Arkansas 1-1-2 5. DeMeco Ryans, Alabama 90 Oct. 5 Georgia 2-2-4 6. Terrell Smith, Duke 88 Oct. 19 Ole Miss 1-3-4 7. Robert McCune, Louisville 87 Oct. 26 at Tennessee 1-0-1 Mike Anderson, Idaho 87 Nov. 2 at Vanderbilt 0-2-2 9. , Georgia Tech 86 Nov. 9 Mississippi State 3-0-3 James Kinney, Missouri 86 Nov. 16 at LSU 0-3-3 Nov. 23 Auburn 1-2-3 24th in the NCAA *He is with 11.25 tackles Nov. 30 at Hawai’i 0-0-0 per game. 2003 Season *The Bessemer native set the Alabama single- Date Opponent Solo-Ast-Total game record with 25 tackles in the double- Aug. 30 South Florida 4-3-7 overtime loss to Arkansas on Sept. 27, Spt. 6 Oklahoma 6-10-16 2003. Spt. 13 Kentucky 5-2-7 Spt. 20 Northern Illinois 6-2-8 *Ryans had 13 solo tackles, 12 assists and Spt. 27 Arkansas 13-12-25 one forced fumble in the game against the Oct. 4 at Georgia 6-3-9 Razorbacks. Oct. 11 Southern Miss 7-6-13 Oct. 18 at Ole Miss 3-2-5 *The previous record for tackles in a game Oct. 25 Tennessee was 24 set by Mike Hall vs. Clemson in Nov. 8 at Miss. State 1968 and Wayne Davis vs. Texas A&M in Nov. 15 LSU 1985. Nov. 22 at Auburn Nov. 29 at Hawai’i *The 25 tackles against Arkansas are the most in the SEC this season.

*Ryans has had three double-figure tackle games this season for the Crimson Tide. In addition to the 25 against Arkansas, he also tallied 16 tackles against No. 1 Oklahoma (Sept. 6) and 13 tackles against Southern Miss (Oct. 11).

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 36 21 SHAUD WILLIAMS, RB SHAUD WILLIAMS’ CAREER NUMBERS Sr., Andrews, Texas, 1VL Rushing Stats G Att Yds TD Avg/Gm Long *Alabama senior running back Shaud as Starting RB 12 208 1142 12 96.2 80 (Ark) Williams is one of the most versatile backs in the country. Rushing Stats G Att Yds TD Avg/Gm Long at Texas Tech 22 167 884 6 40.2 NA at Alabama 21 298 1806 15 86.0 80 (Ark) *A candidate for the 2003 Doak Walker Award, Career Totals 43 465 2690 21 68.8 80 (Ark) given to college football’s best running back. By Quarter G Att Yds TD Avg/Gm Long 1st Quarter 18 65 443 3 24.6 80 (Ark) *Two-time SEC Offensive Player of the Week 2nd Quarter 18 74 439 3 24.4 40 (Hawaii) winner -- vs. South Florida (Aug. 30) and 3rd Quarter 19 77 527 4 27.7 80 (Ark) Kentucky (Sept. 13). 4th Quarter 14 76 332 5 22.4 41 (Hawaii) Overtime 1 4 9 0 9.0 SEC Player of the Week *Named by By Halves G Att Yds TD Avg/Gm Long CollegeSportsReport.com for his efforts 1st Half 18 139 882 6 49.0 80 (Ark) against Kentucky (Sept. 13). 2nd Half 19 153 909 9 47.8 80 (Ark)

*In 43 games, Williams has 465 rushing attempts for 2,690 yards and 21 TDs in his four- *Williams leads the SEC and ranks 5th nationally *Williams recorded his second 100-yard year career. with 12 total touchdowns this season. In eight rushing game of the season as he ran for games, he has amassed 10 rushing touch- 135 yards and one TD in a double-over- *In 21 games at Alabama, Williams has downs, one receiving touchdown and one time loss to Arkansas (Sept. 27). 298 rushing attempts for 1,806 yards and punt return for a touchdown. 15 TDs. *He added 170 yards (28 carries) and two TDs NCAA Touchdown Leaders (Oct. 19) in Alabama’s 17-3 win over Southern Miss *Williams has scored all 10 of Alabama’s Rk Player, School All TDs (Oct. 11), his third 100-yard game of the rushing TDs this season. 1. Marion Barber III, Minnesota 15 season. 2. Chris Perry, Michigan 14 3. , Pitt 13 *Dating back to the 2002 Hawai’i game, *The 170 yards against Southern Miss fell Jason Wright, Northwestern 13 Williams has UA’s last 11 rushing TDs. just four yards shy of his best rushing perfor- 5. Shaud Williams, Alabama 12 mance at Alabama (174 vs. Kentucky). *Williams ranks second in the SEC and 11th Tatum Bell, Oklahoma State 12 7. , Texas 11 nationally with 110.6 rushing yards per *The Southern Miss game was his seventh game this season. DonTrell Moore, New Mexico 11 9. Four Players Tied with 10 career 100-yard rushing game at Alabama. *Williams leads the SEC and ranks 5th in the *The Crimson Tide running back also *The Crimson Tide is 6-1 (.857) when NCAA with 885 rushing yards this season. leads the SEC and ranks 8th nationally Williams runs for 100 or more yards. with 168 rushing attempts NCAA Rushing Leaders (Rushing Yards) (Oct. 19) this season. Williams 100-Yard Rushing Games (6) Rk Player, School Yards NCAA Rushing Leaders (Most Attempts) (Oct. 19) Date Opponent Yards 1. Chris Perry, Michigan 999 Sep 13, 2003 Kentucky 174 2. Derrick Knight, Boston College 937 Rk Player, School Attempts 1. Steven Jackson, Oregon St. 205 Oct 11, 2003 Southern Miss 170 3. Michael Turner, N. Illinois 927 Nov 30, 2002 at Hawai’i 160 4. Steven Jackson, Oregon State 926 2. Michael Turner, N. Illinois 192 3. Brandon Warfield, Utah 190 Sep 27, 2003 Arkansas 135 5. Shuad Williams, Alabama 885 Sep 21, 2002 Southern Miss 135 Tatum Bell, Oklahoma State 885 4. Keylon Kincade, SMU 189 5. Anthony Sherrell, E. Michigan 182 Nov 16, 2002 at LSU 131 6. Chris Perry, Michigan 180 Sep 28, 2002 at Arkansas 119 *Williams also leads the SEC and ranks 7th 7. Lynell Hamilton, SD State 170 nationally with 10 rushing TDs this season. 8. Shaud Williams, Alabama 168 *Against Arkansas, Williams also recorded 9. Jason Wright, Northwestern 164 his second career 80-yard TD run in the loss to NCAA Rushing TD Leaders (Oct. 19) Arkansas. Last year, Williams also had an Rk Player, School Rush TD 10. Derrick Knight, B College 163 80-yard TD run against the Hogs in 1. Marion Barber III, Minnesota 15 2. Jason Wright, Northwestern 13 *Williams became the 44th UA player to rush Fayetteville. 3. Walter Reyes, Syracuse 12 for 1,000 career yards with his 98 yards Chris Perry, Michigan 12 rushing in the win over South Florida *The 30 rushing attempts and three TDs against Tatum Bell, Oklahoma State 12 (Aug. 30) in the season opener. UK were the most in his career at Texas 6. Dontrell Moore, New Mexico 11 Tech or Alabama. 7. Shaud Williams, Alabama 10 *The Andrews, Texas native had his best Cedric Benson, Texas 10 game for the Crimson Tide against Kentucky *The 174 rushing yards against Kentucky are 9. Five Players Tied 9 rushing 30 times for 174 yards and three his most at Alabama, surpassing his 160- TDs. yard total last year at Hawai’i (Nov. 27). Williams had 230 rushing yards against Colorado while playing for Tech in 1999.

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 37 *The 30 rushing attempts are the most by an SEC CAREER RUSHING YARDS (All Career Games) TRIPLE THREAT Alabama player since Shaun Alexander Rk Player/Years Yards The Alabama offense pulled off a rare feat had 36 rushing attempts against Ole Miss 1. SHAUD WILLIAMS, Tech/UA (1999-) 2,690 in its 31-0 win at LSU on Nov. 16 at Tiger on Oct. 16, 1999. 2. Cedric Cobbs, Arkansas (1999-) 2,426 Stadium. 3. Carnell WIlliams, Auburn (2001-) 2,072 *In his last nine games, Williams has 1,045 4. , Auburn (2001-) 1,608 *The Crimson Tide had two, 100-yard rushers 5. Matt Jones, Arkansas (2001-) 1,518 rushing yards (116.11) and 11 TDs, dating back and one, 100-yard receiver in the same game 6. Cedric Houston, Tennessee (2001-) 1,375 to the 2002 season finale against Hawai’i. for only the second time in school history. 7. Ran Carthon, Florida (2000-) 1,130 8. Kwane Doster, Vandy (2002-) 1,096 Shaud Williams *As a junior at Alabama, Williams played 9. Jabari Davis, Tennessee (2001-) 872 *Against LSU, (16-131) and in all 13 games and ran the ball 130 times 10. De’Arrius Howard, Arkansas (2002-) 813 Santonio Beard (18-109-2) both ran for 100 for 921 yards and five TDs. yards, while Sam Collins (5-115) posted his *Just counting his two-year totals at first career 100-yard receiving game for the *The 921 yards last season missed the UA Alabama, Williams ranks third on the Tide. single-season Top 10 by just 48 yards. active list with 1,806 career rushing yards. *That had happened only one other time *His best game of the season came in the SEC CAREER RUSHING YARDS (SEC Games Only) in school history. In 1977, Alabama season finale at Hawai’i, where he ran 23 Rk Player/Years Yards defeated Auburn at Legion Field and had times for 160 yards and one TD. 1. Cedric Cobbs, Arkansas (1999-) 2,426 two, 100-yard rushers and one, 100-yard 2. Carnell WIlliams, Auburn (2001-) 2,072 receiver. Johnny Davis (20-104) and Jeff *Williams posted back-to-back 100-yard 3. Shaud Williams, Alabama (2002-) 1,806 Rutledge (15-102) ran for 100 yards and games against Southern Miss (135) and 4. Ronnie Brown, Auburn (2001-) 1,608 Ozzie Newsome (4-123-1) had 100 yards Arkansas (119). 5. Matt Jones, Arkansas (2001-) 1,518 receiving in the Crimson Tide’s 48-21 win. 6. Cedric Houston, Tennessee (2001-) 1,375 *Against the Hogs, Williams scored an 80- 7. Ran Carthon, Florida (2000-) 1,130 yard TD on the game’s first play and fin- 8. Kwane Doster, Vandy (2002-) 1,096 ALL-PURPOSE THREAT ished with 119 yards. 9. Jabari Davis, Tennessee (2001-) 872 *In his four-year career at Texas Tech 10. De’Arrius Howard, Arkansas (2002-) 813 (1999-2000) and Alabama (2002-03), *Williams’ 80-yard TD run at Arkansas Williams has appeared in 43 games and first time in (Sept. 28) equaled the longest run from *The 2002 season marked the accounted for 4,031 all-purpose yards (622 school history scrimmage in the SEC in 2002. Ironically, the Crimson Tide had two plays) and 23 touchdowns. Arkansas’ Fred Talley matched the 80-yard backs rush for 100 yards in the same game TD run against Auburn on Oct. 12. twice in the same season. *In eight games this season, Williams has TWO BACKS OVER 100 YARDS (Same Game) 1,155 all-purpose yards, including a season *Williams’ 80-yard TD run at Arkansas is at LSU (Nov. 16, 2002) high 192 all-purpose yards and three TDs in the third-longest rushing TD by an Shaud Williams (16-131) & Santonio Beard (18-109-2) the Crimson Tide’s 27-17 win over Alabama player since 1990. Kentucky (Sept. 13). at Arkansas (Sept. 28, 2002) LONGEST RUSHING TD PLAYS (Since ‘90) Shaud Williams (11-119-1) & Santonio Beard (21-134) *As a junior, Williams had 921 rushing Run Player/Opponent (Year) yards, 228 receiving yards, 346 punt return at Auburn (Nov. 21, 2001) 96 Chris Anderson/ Temple (1991) yards and 91 KO return yards. 85 Danny Woodson/Temple (1991) S. Beard (20-199-2) & Ahmaad Galloway (14-127) 80 Shaud Williams/Arkansas (2003) at Miss. State (Nov. 15, 1996) *Williams accounted for 1,586 all-purpose 80 Shaud Williams/Arkansas (2002) Shaun Alexander (106) & Dennis Riddle (103) yards in his first season at Alabama to rank 79 Ahmaad Galloway/Vanderbilt (2000) 5th on the school’s single-season charts. 77 Tarrant Lynch/Vandy (1990) South Carolina (Oct. 3, 1992) 73 Shaun Alexander/LSU (1996) Chris Anderson (120) & Derrick Lassic (100) 72 Shaun Alexander/LSU (1996) *Williams best game to date came Sept. 68 Dennis Riddle/Ole Miss (1997) at LSU (Nov. 9, 1991) 28, 2002 at Arkansas where he collected 67 Brian Steger/USM (1993) Kevin Turner (143) & Siran Stacy (102) 216 all-purpose yards in a 30-12 win. 62 Ahmaad Galloway/USC (‘2000) *Williams had 119 rushing yards (1 TD), Auburn (Dec. 3, 1983) (Bham) 62 Irving Spikes/UTC (1991) 88 receiving yards and nine punt return Kerry Goode (142) & Ricky Moore (109) yards against the Hogs. *If you count the two years at Texas Tech, Ole Miss (Sept. 20, 1980) Williams has more career rushing yards than Linnie Patrick (111) & Billy Jackson (108) other active running back in the SEC. vs. Auburn (Nov. 26, 1977) (Bham) Johnny Davis (104) & Jeff Rutledge (102)

Virginia Tech (Oct. 27, 1973) James Taylor (142), Wilbur Jackson (138), Calvin Culliver (127) and Richard Todd (102)

Auburn (Dec. 2, 1951) (Bham) Bobby Marlow (223) and Bimbo Melton (109)

ALABAMA VS. TENNESSEE WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM PAGE 38 2002 All-Purpose Game-By-Game WILLIAMS AT A GLANCE ALABAMA’S 1,000-YARD RUSHERS (Career) Rush Rec KOR PR Total *Williams is 15th on the Alabama’s all- Rk Player, Years Yards Middle Tennessee 7 0 63 0 70 time rushing list with 1,806 career yards. He 1. Shaun Alexander (1996-99) 3,565 Oklahoma 0 0 14 29 43 enters the Tennessee game 194 yards shy of 2. Bobby Humphrey (1985-88) 3,420 North Texas 93 17 14 32 156 3. (1969-71) 2,741 Southern Miss 135 0 0 42 177 the 2,000-yard plateau. 4. Dennis Riddle (1994-97) 2,645 Arkansas 119 88 0 9 216 5. Bobby Marlow (1950-52) 2,604 Georgia 44 44 0 35 123 *With 885 rushing yards this season, 6. Johnny Davis (1974-77) 2,519 Ole Miss 39 0 0 59 98 Williams is 115 yards shy of becoming the 7. Sherman Williams (1991-94) 2,486 Tennessee 49 0 0 29 78 10th player in school history to rush for 8. Ricky Moore (1981-84) 2,270 Vanderbilt 52 13 0 34 99 1,000 yards in a single-season. 9. Siran Stacy (1989-91) 2,105 Mississippi State 44 14 0 29 87 10. Corky Tharp (1951-54) 2,008 LSU 131 4 24 0 159 11. Tony Nathan (1975-78) 1,997 Auburn 48 43 0 24 115 *At his current pace of 117.4 yards per game, 12. Ahmaad Galloway (1999-2002) 1,830 Hawai’i 160 5 0 0 165 Williams (1,438) will fall just shy of 13. Lowell Tew (1944-47) 1,829 Season Totals 921 228 91 346 1,586 Alabama’s single-season rushing record 14. Shaud Williams (2002-03) 1,806 held by Bobby Humphrey’s (1,471 yards) 15. Harry Gilmer (1944-47) 1,759 2003 All-Purpose Game-By-Game school record set in 1986. 16. Major Ogilvie (1977-80) 1,718 Rush Rec KOR PR Total 17. Derrick Lassic (1989-92) 1,696 18. Calvin Culliver (1973-76) 1,568 South Florida 98 5 0 74 177 *Williams is on pace for 1,438 rushing yards in Oklahoma 91 8 0 5 104 19. Wilbur Jackson (1971-73) 1,529 Kentucky 174 3 0 15 192 13 games this season. Humphrey’s (1,471) 20. Dixie Howell (1933-34) 1,508 Northern Illinois 96 37 0 7 140 total came in a 12-game regular season in 21. Linnie Patrick, 1980-83 1,480 Arkansas 135 0 36 2 173 1986. 22. Steve Bowman (1963-65) 1,452 at Georgia 58 0 0 6 64 23. Santonio Beard (2000-03) 1,444 Southern Miss 170 0 0 -2 168 ALABAMA’S 1,000-YARD RUSHERS (Season) 24. Walter Lewis (1980-83) 1,433 at Ole Miss 63 29 27 18 136 Rk Player (Year) Yards 25. Billy Jackson (1978-80) 1,408 26. Murry Hill (1985-89) 1,398 Totals 885 82 63 125 1155 1. Bobby Humphrey (1986) 1,471 27. Steadman Shealy (1977-79) 1,395 2. Shaun Alexander (1999) 1,383 Shaud Williams Career Game-By-Game Statistics 28. Kerry Goode (1983-87) 1,350 3. Sherman Williams (1994) 1,341 29. Paul Ott Carruth (1981-82-84) 1,336 2002 Season 4. Bobby Humphrey (1987) 1,255 30. Chris Anderson (1990-93) 1,278 Date Opponent Att-Yds-TD-Long 5. Shaun Alexander (1998) 1,178 31. Richard Todd (1973-75) 1,254 Aug. 31 Middle Tennessee 2-7-0-4 6. Johnny Musso (1970) 1,137 32. (1948-50) 1,206 Spt. 7 at Oklahoma 0-0-0-0 7. Johnny Musso (1971) 1,088 33. Willie Shelby (1973-75) 1,127 Spt. 14 North Texas 7-93-1-41 8. Dennis Riddle (1996) 1,079 34. Tyler Watts (1999-02) 1,128 Spt. 21 Southern Mississippi 21-135-0-43 Siran Stacy (1989) 1,079 35. Steve Whitman (1977-79) 1,126 Spt. 28 at Arkansas 11-119-1-80 36. Pat Trammell (1959-61) 1,119 Curtis Alexander (1993-97) 1,119 Oct. 5 Georgia 10-44-0-2 *Williams also has seven career 100-yard rush- Oct. 19 Ole Miss 9-39-0-9 38. Gene Jelks (1985-86) 1,097 ing games at Alabama, tying Dennis Riddle 39. Mike Fracchia (1960-63) 1,084 Oct. 26 at Tennessee 8-49-0-18 (1994-97) and Johnny Davis (1974-77) for 40. Steve Bisceglia (1971-72) 1,075 Nov. 2 at Vanderbilt 10-52-1-14 seventh place on the all-time list at UA. 41. Martin Houston (1989-92) 1,042 Nov. 9 Mississippi State 6-44-1-13 42. Bobby Luna (1951-54) 1,037 Nov. 16 at LSU 16-131-0-32 Most Career 100-Yard Games (Rushing) 43 Randy Billingsley (1872-74) 1,026 Nov. 23 Auburn 7-48-0-19 44. Kevin Turner (1988-91) 1,020 Rank Player, Years 100-Yard Gms Nov. 30 at Hawai’i 23-160-1-41 1. Bobby Humphrey, 1985-88 15 Shaun Alexander, 1996-99 15 2003 Season 3. Sherman Williams, 1991-94 12 Date Opponent Att-Yds-TD-Long 4. Siran Stacy, 1989-91 9 Aug. 30 South Florida 28-98-2-15 Johnny Musso, 1969-71 9 Spt. 6 Oklahoma 17-91-0-18 Bobby Marlow, 1950-52 9 Spt. 13 Kentucky 30-174-3-19 7. Shaud Williams, 2002-Present 7 Spt. 20 Northern Illinois 17-96-1-54 Dennis Riddle, 1994-97 7 Spt. 27 Arkansas 19-135-1-80 Johnny Davis, 1974-77 7 Oct. 4 at Georgia 15-58-0-25 9. Ricky Moore, 1981-84 6 Oct. 11 Southern Miss 28-170-2-44 11. Murry Hill, 1988-89 5 Oct. 18 at Ole Miss 18-63-1-10 Ahmaad Galloway, 1999-2002 5 Oct. 25 Tennessee Nov. 8 at Mississippi State Nov. 15 LSU Nov. 23 at Auburn Nov. 30 at Hawai’i

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GAME LT LG C RG RT TE QB H F SE FL PK

USF Britt Smiley Closner Alexander Mathis Cavan Croyle Williams Castille Fletcher Luke Bostick

Oklahoma Britt Smiley Closner Alexander Mathis Cavan Croyle Williams Castille Fletcher Luke Bostick

Kentucky Britt Herrion Closner Alexander Mathis Cavan Croyle Williams McClain Fletcher Luke Bostick

N. Illinois Britt Herrion Closner Alexander Mathis Cavan Croyle Wiliams Johnston Fletcher Luke Bostick

Arkansas Britt Smiley Closner Alexander Mathis Cavan Croyle Williams Castille Fletcher Luke Bostick

at Georgia Britt Smiley Closner Alexander Mathis Johnston Pennington Williams Castille Fulgham Luke Bostick

USM Britt Smiley Closner Alexnader Mathis Cavan Avalos Williams Castille Fulgham Luke Bostick

at Ole Miss Britt Smiley Closner Alexander Mathis D. Clarke Croyle Williams Castille Fulgham Luke Bostick

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USF Loescher Bryant Clark Odom Ryans Roach Pope Madison Jones Harper Peprah Freelend

Oklahoma Loescher Bryant Childress Odom Ryans Roach Pope Madison Jones Harper Peprah Freelend

Kentucky Loescher Bryant Clark Odom Ryans Roach Pope Madison Jones Harper Peprah Freelend

N. Illinois Loescher Bryant Childress Odom Ryans Roach Pope Madison Jones Harper Peprah Freelend

Arkansas Loescher Bryant Tatum Odom Ryans Roach Pope Madison Jones Harper Peprah Freelend

at Georgia Loescher Bryant Tatum Oodm Ryans Roach Garth Madison Jones Harper Peprah Freelend

USM Anderson Bryant Childress Odom Ryans Roach Garth Madison Jones Harper Peprah Freelend

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OFFENSE LT 70 Wesley Britt (6-8, 312, Jr.) ...... 32 consecutive starts; 460 snaps in 6 gms; preseason All-America 75 Atlas Herrion (6-4, 300, Jr.) ...... Most versatile o-lineman; 2 starts at LG (vs. UK & NIU); 18 career gms; 29 snaps vs. UGA LG 78 Justin Smiley (6-4, 301, Jr.) ...... 30 career starts; missed UK & NIU gms; UK gm snap strk of 27 cons. starts; 321 k’downs 79 Danny Martz (6-4, 290, Jr.) ...... Played in nine career gms,; 42 snaps in 3 gms this season; career-high 23 snaps vs. UK C 74 JB Closner (6-4, 295, So.)...... 7-gm starter at center; 411 snaps this season; replaces All-SEC center Alonzo Ephraim 69 Matt Lomax (6-3, 293, Sr.)...... Played in 12 career gms; 59 snaps this year; 11 snaps vs. Georgia; DNP vs. OU and NIU RG 73 Dennis Alexander (6-6, 352, Sr.)...... Played 42 consecutive gms; 14 career starts; 462 snaps in 7 gms; season-high 79 vs. UK 63 Mark Sanders (6-6, 314, So.)...... Has not seen action for the Crimson Tide in two years with the program RT 51 Evan Mathis (6-5, 294, Jr.) ...... 7-gm starter; 29 consecutive starts; 321snaps; nephew of NFL All-Pro Bob Baumhower 60 Von Ewing (6-5, 300, So.)...... Has not played this season; Appeared in 3 gms as backup RT (2002); UA debut vs. N Texas TE 87 David Cavan (6-5, 256, Jr.) ...... Played in 14 career gms; 8 career starts; 4 career catches (48 yds); 1st career rec. was TD 88 Clint Johnston (6-4, 245, So.)...... Played in 20 gms; 6 starts; starting TE at Georgia (22 snaps); 5 catches for 44 yards this yr 93 Donald Clarke (6-6, 260, Sr.)...... Played in 20 career gms; 6 six career starts for the Tide; season-high 12 snaps vs. USM QB 12 Brodie Croyle (6-2, 198, So.)...... 7-gm starter; 3-4 record; DNP vs. Southern Miss; career-high 3 TDs vs. Ark 7 Brandon Avalos (6-0, 185, Fr.)...... 1st career start vs. USM (Oct. 11); played 78 snaps in last 2 gms; UA debut at Georgia H 21 Shaud Williams (5-9, 189, Sr.)...... Leads SEC in rushing atts. (150), total rushing yds (822) & rushing TDs (9); 20 car TDs 27 Ray Hudson (5-11, 194, Jr.) ...... 32-gm at UA; 2nd leading rusher (52-254 yds); 740 career rush yards; 1,287 all-purpose 33 Ken Darby (5-11, 186, Fr.)...... Best gm vs. UK (8 rushes, 62 yards); 3rd leading rusher (18-103-5.2); DNP vs. Arkansas F 29 Tim Castille (5-11, 231, Fr.)...... 6-gms & 5-gm starter as true frosh; 8 catches for 56 yards; played 28 snaps vs. S. Miss 33 Le’Ron McClain (6-1, 240, Fr.)...... 1st career start vs. UK (Sept. 13); 2 receptions for 35 yds; DNP vs. NIU, Ark. & UGA SE 80 Zach Fletcher (6-3, 200, Sr.)...... 20 career gms; 19 catches for 413 yds, 3 TDs; career-high 12 rec (220 yds, TD) this year 3 Dre Fulgham (6-1, 217, Sr.)...... 39 career gms; 16 catches for 287 yds, 3 TDs this year; 6 career TDs 39 Lance Taylor (5-9, 187, Sr.)...... Played in 32 career gms; 4 catches for 35 yards; 1st career catch vs. USF (15 yards) FL 84 Triandos Luke (6-0, 188, Sr.)...... 39 consecutive gms; 81 career catches for 935 yards and 8 TDs; one catch in 14 str gms 81 Brandon Greer (6-1, 192, Sr.)...... Played in 33 gms; career high 12 rec (135 yds) this yr; only one catch in previous 3 yrs PK 22 Brian Bostick (5-11, 207, Jr.) ...... 16 car gms; 16-22 FGs and 21-of-25 PATs; 69 pts; 10-14 FG (48 long) & 17-20 PATs in ‘03 43 Kyle Robinson (5-10, 175, Sr.)...... First left-footed PK at UA since Georges Mardini (1981); 23-of-24 PATs; 6-10 FGs; 41 pts

DEFENSE LDE 90 Nautyn McKay-Loescher (6-4, 255, Sr.)...... 42 career gms; missed USM game; 6-gm starter; 9th all-time w/38 QBPs; 10.5 career sacks 48 Leslie Williams (6-5, 216, Sr.)...... 32 career games; 12 career tackles; 344 snaps on defense; 18 snaps vs. USM; 3 tkls this yr LDT 97 Anthony Bryant (6-3, 345, Sr.)...... 32 career games; 79 tkls. 2 TFLs; 7 starts this yr; 27 tackles and six QBPs; 382 snaps in ‘03 85 Kyle Tatum (6-6, 276, Fr.)...... 3 gms; 2 starts (Arkansas/Georgia) this yr; DNP vs. S. Miss; 6 tkls vs. Ark; 77 total snaps RDT 95 Ahmad Childress (6-7, 345, Jr.) ...... 18 career gms; 43 tkls; 6 TFLs; 6 gms this yr; 19 tkls & 4 TFLs; DNP vs. Arkansas 99 Jeremy Clark (6-3, 280, Fr.)...... 5 gms this yr; DNP vs. NIU & Arkansas; 6 tkls vs. Southern Miss (42 snaps); 12 tkls in ‘03 RDE 98 Antwan Odom (6-5, 273, Jr.) ...... 33 career gms; 2nd among active SEC players w/18 career sacks; 7-gms (25 tkls) in ‘03 47 Mark Anderson (6-5, 239, So.)...... 20 career gms; 33 tkls & 4.5 sacks; 7 gms this year (20 tackles, 2.5 sacks); 1st start vs. USM WLB 35 DeMeco Ryans (6-1, 213, So.)...... 20 career gms; 8 starts; leads SEC & ranks 4th NCAA with 85 tackles; 47 tackles last 3 gms 42 Juwan Garth (6-2, 193, Fr.)...... 7 gms; 466 plays this yr; 188 plays in last 2 gms; career high 11 tkls & 1 TD at GA MLB 8 Freddie Roach (6-2, 237, So.)...... 7-gm starter; 3rd leading tackler with 60 stops; 424 snaps; career-high 15 tksl vs. Arkansas 55 Terrence Jones (6-0, 205, Fr.)...... 7-gms; 30 snaps on defense; season-high 23 vs. Arkansas; 76 snaps on special teams SLB 6 Derrick Pope (6-0, 223, Sr.)...... 5-gm starter; DNP vs. USM; played only 12 snaps at UGA; 57 tkls, 3 sacks this year 42 Juwan Garth (6-2, 193, Fr.)...... 7 gms; played 101 snaps at Georgia in 1st career start; scored on 10-yard fumble return RCB 9 Anthony Madison (5-9, 171, Jr.) ...... 20 career gms; 40 tkls; 8 PBUs; 7 starts in 2003; 29 tackles; 437 snaps on defense 1 Thurman Ward (6-1, 186, Jr.) ...... Excellent special teams player; 90 special tms plays; 3 tackles vs. OU; 9 snaps on def (USF) 19 Roberto McBride (5-9, 177, Sr.)...... 32 career gms; 31 career tackles; played in 6 gms this year all on special teams; DNP at GA FS 20 Charles Jones (6-0, 183, Sr.)...... 25-gms; 20 straight starts; 168 tkls; 6 INTs (119 yd, 1 TD); 12 PBUs; 7 gm w/51 tkls, 3 INT 32 Chris James (6-0, 189, Jr.) ...... 32 career gms; 28 career tkls; 7 gms w/7 tackles and two blocked punts; 17 plays vs. USM SS 41 Roman Harper (6-1, 182, So.)...... 19 career gms; 114 tkls; 4 PBUs; 7 starts; 2nd leading tackler (72) this year; 50 solo stops 10 Carlos Andrews (6-0, 208, Jr.) ...... 31 career gms; 23 tackles; 7 gms w/10 tackles this year; career high 4 tkls vs. Arkansas LCB 26 Charlie Peprah (5-11, 195, So.)...... 20 career gms; 15-gm starter; 87 tkls; 6 INTs (147 yds, 2 TDs); 7 gms w/40 tkls and 5 PBU 17 Ramzee Robinson (5-10, 175, Fr.)...... 7-gms in ‘03 (131 snaps); season-high 35 snaps vs. UK; special teams POW vs. USF P 24 Bo Freelend (6-4, 257, Jr.) ...... 3rd yr at UA; 7 gms; 36 punts for 39.3 avg; 10 punts for 45.5 avg (43.3 net) last 2 gms 25 Jeremy Schatz (5-7, 151, So.)...... Has not played this season; Transfer from Troy St.; redshirted at Alabama last year

SPECIAL TEAMS SN 50 Nick Ridings (6-0, 246, Sr.)...... Fourth season as primary snapper for PATs, field goals and punts; 43 consecutive games HOLD 18 Gabe Giardina (5-6, 172, Sr.)...... Made his Alabama debut as holder vs. USF (Aug. 30); played in all seven games as holder 13 Spencer Pennington (6-4, 227, So.)...... Also serves as the back-up quarterback; has not held this season KOR 17 Ramzee Robinson (5-9, 181, Fr.)...... 7 PR for 130 (18.6 avg) this season; 4 returns for 83 yards against Georgia 27 Ray Hudson (5-11, 194, Jr.) ...... 30 career gms; 21 KOR for 429 yards; 6 gms in 2003; 8 KOR for 162 yards (27.0 avg) PR 21 Shaud Williams (5-9, 189, Sr.)...... UA leader w/15 PR for 107 yds; 73-yard TD vs. USF (Aug. 30); 56 PR for 459 yds, 1 TD KO 43 Kyle Robinson (5-10, 175, Sr.)...... First left-footed PK at UA since Georges Mardini (1981); Handled KOs vs. UK and NIU 14 Jeff Aul (6-2, 200, Fr.)...... Handled UA kickoffs vs. USF & OU; made debut vs. USF; born in Seoul, South Korea

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ALABAMA FOOTBALL STATISTICS (FIRST QUARTER)

ALABAMA USF OU UK NIU ARK GA USM MISS UT MSU LSU AU UH Points7076 737 0 First Downs 2386 502 2 Rushing Yds 7 13 68 45 28 -1 77 31 Passing Yds 2 33 59 62 46 6 2 28 Total Off. 9 46 127 107 74 -5 79 59 3rd Dwn 0/3 1/4 0/2 0/0 1/3 0/3 2/4 0/2 4th Dwn 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0

OPPONENT USF OU UK NIU ARK GA USM MISS UT MSU LSU AU UH Points7602 76024 First Downs 4304 561 8 Rushing 8 33 3 42 72 16 2 49 Passing 52 18 5 40 51 130 29 121 Total Off. 60 51 8 82 123 146 31 170 3rd Dwn 1/3 2/5 0/3 3/5 2/4 3/5 1/5 3/4 4th Dwn 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0

ALABAMA FOOTBALL STATISTICS (SECOND QUARTER)

ALABAMA USF OU UK NIU ARK GA USM MISS UT MSU LSU AU UH Points1033337310 First Downs 4 573655 9 Rushing Yds 35 40 40 18 1 7 69 38 Passing Yds 72 34 61 59 71 78 9 106 Total Off. 107 74 101 77 72 85 78 144 3rd Dwn 1/3 2/5 1/5 2/4 1/3 1/3 4/6 1/2 4th Dwn 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0

OPPONENT USF OU UK NIU ARK GA USM MISS UT MSU LSU AU UH Points1077333137 First Downs 6 2 4 3 6 10 5 4 Rushing 32 10 0 7 100 60 19 37 Passing 95 95 58 45 23 91 44 51 Total Off. 127 105 58 52 123 151 63 88 3rd Dwn 3/6 0/3 1/2 1/4 1/3 2/4 1/3 2/3 4th Dwn 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0

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ALABAMA FOOTBALL STATISTICS (THIRD QUARTER)

ALABAMA USF OU UK NIU ARK GA USM MISS UT MSU LSU AU UH Points1673021606 First Downs 9 7 7 2 4 5 1 1 Rushing Yds 40 50 96 9 106 34 32 45 Passing Yds 99 83 40 70 82 31 0 6 Total Off. 139 113 136 79 188 68 32 51 3rd Dwn 3/4 0/3 1/2 2/6 1/2 1/4 1/3 0/2 4th Dwn 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/2 0/0 0/0

OPPONENT USF OU UK NIU ARK GA USM MISS UT MSU LSU AU UH Points07377007 First Downs 2 4 3 5 8 2 3 8 Rushing 11 5 10 22 56 -2 -4 114 Passing 58 127 40 16 59 38 49 48 Total Off. 69 132 50 38 115 36 45 162 3rd Dwn 0/3 1/4 2/4 1/4 2/3 0/3 3/5 4/6 4th Dwn 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0

ALABAMA FOOTBALL STATISTICS (FOURTH QUARTER)

ALABAMA USF OU UK NIU ARK GA USM MISS UT MSU LSU AU UH Points 7 3 14 7 0 7 7 12 First Downs 9 4 7 4 1 2 4 9 Rushing Yds 107 5 62 46 12 54 65 2 Passing Yds 30 45 38 85 19 0 1 108 Total Off. 137 50 100 131 31 54 66 110 3rd Dwn 5/5 2/5 2/4 2/6 1/3 0/3 0/2 2/3 4th Dwn 0/0 1/1 1/1 2/3 0/0 0/2 0/0 0/0

OPPONENT USF OU UK NIU ARK GA USM MISS UT MSU LSU AU UH Points007714005 First Downs 0444 8373 Rushing 0 26 13 47 56 22 0 16 Passing 0 41 66 48 69 15 122 10 Total Off. 0 67 79 95 125 37 122 26 3rd Dwn 0/1 1/4 1/3 2/5 2/4 2/6 0/5 0/3 4th Dwn 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/1 2/3 0/0

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Opponent Scoring Play (Quarter) Scoring Drive LONGEST SCORING DRIVE Most Plays: 15 vs. South Florida (Aug. 30) USF Peprah 51-yard INT return (1st) No Drive Most Yards: 97 vs. South Florida (Aug. 30) USF Luke 10-yard pass from Croyle (2nd) 5-80-1:15 TOP: 7:59 vs. Southern Miss (Oct. 11) USF Bostick 40-yard FG (2nd) 3-1-0:17 USF Bostick 25-yard FG (3rd) 11-72-3:53 Scoring Drives: 30 drives USF Williams 73-yard PUNT return (3rd) No Drive Total Plays: 221 USF Williams 3-yard run (3rd) 11-97-5:01 Avg. Plays: 7.37 plays USF Williams 1-yard run (4th) 15-90-7:37 Total Yards: 1,747 Avg. Yards: 58.23 yards OU Bostick 44-yard FG (2nd) 11-51-5:32 OU Luke 20-yard pass from Croyle (3rd) 6-80-1:28 POINTS OFF TURNOVERS OU Bostick 36-yard FG (4th) 13-44-2:45 Opp. Turnover Points Off USF Interception 7 (TD Return) UK Williams 15-yard run (1st) 5-44-1:44 USF Fumble 0 (Punt) USF Fumble 3 (40-yard FG) UK Bostick 43-yard FG (2nd) 8-25-2:40 ARK Interception 7 (TD Pass) UK Bostick 30-yard FG (3rd) 10-59-4:35 ARK Fumble 0 (Punt) UK Williams 2-yard run (4th) 7-79-2:26 ARK Interception 0 (Fumble) UK Williams 7-yard run (4th) 9-68-4:09 ARK Interception 0 (Miss FG) GA Interception 3 (42-yard FG) GA Interception 6 (TD Return) NIU Fletcher 28-yard pass from Croyle (1st) 8-82-4:05 GA Fumble 7 (TD Return) NIU Bostick 35-yard FG (2nd) 8-62-3:53 USM Fumble 0 (Interception) NIU Williams 54-yard run (4th) 7-80-1:52 USM Fumble 0 (End Game)

ARK Luke 16-yard pass from Croyle (1st) 7-68-2:52 TWO-POINT CONVERSIONS ARK Bostick 48-yard FG (2nd) 12-49-1:52 Alabama Crimson Tide (0-for-2) ARK Fulgham 71-yard pass from Croyle (3rd) 3-80-1:32 Opp. 2-point chances ARK Fulgham 12-yard pass from Croyle (3rd) 3-23-1:14 USF None ARK Williams 80-yard run (3rd) 2-83-0:57 OU None UK None NIU None GA Bostick 42 FG (1st) 4- 7-1:03 ARK None GA Fulgham 18-yard pass from Pennington (2) 7-70-3:03 GA None USM None GA Charles Jones 30-yard interception return (3rd) NO DRIVE MISS 0-for-2 (2 incomplete passes) GA Juwan Garth 10-yard fumble return (4th) NO DRIVE

USM Williams 44-yard run (1st) 3-53-1:21 GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS USM Bostick 23-yard FG (2nd) 15-62-7:59 Opp Total TDs FGs TOs USM Williams 1-yard run (4th) 1-1-0:05 USF3300 OU0000 MISS Williams 3-yard run (1st) 9-65-4:19 UK3201 MISS Bostick 32-yard FG (2nd) 9-66-6:12 NIU0000 MISS James 44-yard blocked punt ret (3rd) NO DRIVE ARK0000 MISS Hudson 22 yard pass from Croyle (4th) 4-80-1:01 GA0000 MISS Williams 5-yard pass from Croyle (4th) 8-46-2:14 USM1100 MISS 3 2 1 0 Totals 10 8 1 1

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Opponent Scoring Play (Quarter) Scoring Drive LONGEST SCORING DRIVE Most Plays: 15 by N. Illinois (Sept. 20) USF Fisher 13 yard pass from Banks (1st) 7-50-3:10 Most Yards: 88 by Ole Miss (Oct. 18) USF Fisher 17-yard run (2nd) 2-20-0:14 TOP: 7:53 by N. Illinois (Sept. 20) USF Gramatica 45-yard FG (2nd) 5-32-1:53 Scoring Drives: 33 drives OU Trey DiCarlo 34-yard FG (1st) 7-16-2:32 Total Plays: 242 plays OU DiCarlo 40-yard FG (1st) 9-31-3:13 Avg. Plays: 7.33 plays OU M. Clayton 46-yard psss from Jason White (2nd) 3-81-1:01 OU Brandon Jones 47-yard pass from White (3rd) 5-69-2:22 Total Yards: 1685 yards Avg. Yards: 51.1 yards

UK Draak Davis 1-yard run (2nd) 8-75-3:40 POINTS OFF TURNOVERS UK Taylor Begley 27-yard FG (3rd) 10-32-5:37 Opp. Turnover Points Off UK 24-yard pass from Lorenzen (4th) 3-45-1:08 USF Fumble 7 (Rush TD) OU Interception 3 (FG) NIU Steve Azar 51-yard FG (2nd) 15-60-7:53 OU Interception 0 (Punt) UK Interception 0 (Halftime) NIU S. Powers 12-yard pass from Josh Haldi (3rd) 4-40-1:07 ARK Fumble 7 (Rush TD) NIU Dan Sheldon 48-yard pass from Haldi (4th) 7-80-1:52 ARK Interception 3 (FG, 2 OT) GA Fumble 7 (TD Rush) ARK Matt Jones 39-yard run (1st) 7-68-2:52 GA Fumble 7 (TD Pass) GA Interception 0 (Punt) ARK Chris Belserio 38-yard FG (2nd) 9-64-3:42 USM Interception 0 (Fumble) ARK Cedric Cobbs 5-yard run (3rd) 12-87-5:18 MISS Interception 7 (TD Pass) ARK Mark Pierce 2-yard run (4th) 2-31-0:17 MISS Interception 0 (End Half) ARK Richard Smith 3-yard pass from Jones (4th) 12-71-5:25 MISS Fumble 3 (FG) ARK Belserio 19-yard FG (2OT) 7-23-No Time TWO-POINT CONVERSIONS Opponents (0-for-0) GA Billy Bennett 27 FG (1st) 14-71-6:01 GA Bennett 44 FG (1st) 7-35-2:38 Opp. 2-point chances GA Bennett 52 FG (2nd) 9-37-2:20 USF None OU None GA Thomas Davis 7-yd block punt ret (2nd) NO DRIVE UK None GA Jamario Smith 10-yard pass from DJ Shockley 6-44-3:20 (2nd) NIU None GA Kregg Lumpkin 1-yard run (2nd) 4-13-0:50 ARK None GA Ben Watson 3-yd pass from David Greene (2nd) 6-29-1:02 GA None USM None USM Darren McCaleb 27-yard FG (2nd) 12-70-2:56 GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS MISS Jonathan Nichols 51-yard FG (1st) 9-32-3:38 Opp Total TDs FGs TOs MISS Taye Biddle 23-yard pass from (1) 1-23-0:07 USF1000* MISS Biddle 55-yard pass from Manning (1st) 5-80-2:21 OU0000 MISS 10-yard run (1st) 5-35-2:06 UK1100 MISS Kerry Johnson 41-yard pass from Manning (2) 6-76-3:01 NIU0000 MISS Manning 3-yard run (3rd) 12-88-5:26 ARK5310* MISS Nichols 19-yard FG (4th) 14-77-5:32 GA2200 MISS Team Safety (4th) NO DRIVE USM0000 MISS 3 2 1 0 Totals 12 8 2 0

* - USF missed a FG against Alabama * - Arkansas missed a FG against Alabama

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South Florida (Aug. 30) RED ZONE Yds Description Opp. No. TD FG TOs 73 Shaud Williams 73-yard punt return (TD) USF 4 3 1 0 51 Charlie Peprah 51-yard interception return (TD) OU2110 UK7311 49 Brodie Croyle pass to Zach Fletcher NIU 1 0 1 0 28 Brodie Croyle pass to Tim Castille ARK 2 2 0 0 26 Ray Hudson 26-yard KO return GA2100 USM 3 1 1 0 MISS 3 2 1 0 Oklahoma (Sept. 6) Totals 24 13 6 1 Yds Description 42 Brodie Croyle pass to Dre Fulgham Red Zone Stats: 19 for 24 (.792) TD Stats: 13 for 24 (.542) Kentucky (Sept. 13) Total Points: 107 points Yds Description 29 Croyle pass to Luke OPENING DRIVE 29 Croyle pass to McClain Opp. 1st Half 2nd Half 27 Darby rush USF Punt FG OU Interception Punt UK Missed FG FG Northern Illinois (Sept. 20) NIU Punt Punt Yds Description ARK Punt TD 54 WIlliams 54-yard rush (TD) GA FG Punt 43 Croyle pass to Fulgham USM Punt Punt 37 Croyle pass to Fletcher MISS Interception Punt 28 Croyle pass to Luke 25 Croyle pass to Fletcher GAME-BY-GAME TURNOVERS Opp. Fum INT Tot Arkansas (Sept. 27) USF 1 0 1 Yds Description OU 0 2 2 UK 0 1 1 80 Williams 8-yard rush (TD) NIU 0 0 0 71 Fulgham 71-yard pass from Croyle (TD) ARK 1 1 2 29 Madison 29-yard interception return GA 2 1 3 USM 0 1 1 at Georgia (Oct. 4) MISS 1 2 3 Totals 5 8 13 Yds Description 33 Charles Jones 33-yard interception return 32 Ray Hudson 32-yard KO return ALABAMA TURNOVER MARGIN 30 Jones 30-yard interception return (TD) (Takeaways/Giveaways) 30 Ramzee Robinson 30-yard KO return Opp. UA Opp. +/- USF 1 3 +2 25 Williams 25-yard run OU20-2 25 Luke 25-yard pass from Pennington UK10-1 NIU 0 0 0 Southern Miss (Oct. 11) ARK 2 4 +2 Yds Description GA 3 3 0 USM 1 2 +1 44 Williams 44-yard run (TD) MISS 3 0 -3 25 Chris James and Greg McClain 25-yard blk punt ret (4th) Totals 13 12 -1 at Ole Miss (Oct. 18) Yds Description 44 James 44-yard blocked punt return (TD) 41 Darby 41-yard rush 34 Fulgham 34-yard pass from Croyle 27 WIlliams 27-yard KO Return

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South Florida (Aug. 30) RED ZONE Yds Description Opp. No. TD FG TOs 49 Ronnie Banks pass to Casey Cobbs USF4210 37 Ronnie Banks pass to Huey Whittaker OU2010 UK3210 28 J.R. Reed 28-yard KO return (Twice) NIU1100 27 Brian Fisher 27-yard KO return ARK7321 GA4310 Oklahoma (Sept. 7) USM2011 Yds Description MISS 3 2 1 0 Totals 26 13 8 2 47 Jason White pass to Brandon Jones (TD) 46 Jason White pass to Mark Clayton (TD) Red Zone Stats: 21 for 26 (.808) 44 Jason White pass to Mark Bradley TD Stats: 13 for 26 (.500) 28 JeJuan Rankins kickoff return Total Points: 115 points

Kentucky (Sept. 13) OPENING DRIVE Yds Description Opp. 1st Half 2nd Half 44 Derek Abney kickoff return USF Punt Punt 42 Abney kickoff return OU FG Punt 33 pass to Win Gaffron UK Punt Punt 28 Lorenzen pass to Abney NIU Punt Punt ARK TD Interception GA Interception Punt Northern Illinois (Sept. 20) USM Punt Punt Yds Description MISS FG Touchdown 48 Jason Haldi pass to Dan Sheldon (TD) 26 L. Hickenbottom KO Return GAME-BY-GAME TURNOVERS Arkansas (Sept. 27) Opp. Fum INT Tot Yds Description USF 2 1 3 39 Matt Jones 39-yard run (TD) OU 0 0 0 UK 0 0 0 31 C. Washington 31-yard KO Return NIU 0 0 0 30 Jones 30-yard pass to George Wilson ARK 1 3 4 26 Ryan Sorahan 26-yard pass to Steven Harris GA 1 2 3 USM 2 0 2 at Georgia (Oct. 4) MISS 0 0 0 Totals 6 6 12 Yds Description 41 David Greene 41-yard pass to 26 Greene 26-yard pass to Damien Gary 25 Greene 25-yard pass to Ben Watson

Southern Miss (Oct. 11) Yds Description 30 Dustin Almond 30-yd pass to Anton Courington 26 Almond 26-yard pass to Tim Blackwell at Ole Miss (Oct. 18) Yds Description 55 Taye Biddle 55-yard pass from Eli Manning (TD) 44 Ronald McClendon 44-yard KO return 41 Kerry Johnson 41-yard pass from Manning (TD) 37 Mike Espy 37-yard punt return 32 McClendon 32-yard run

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