introduction TABLE OF CONTENTS 2014 ALABAMA COACHING STAFF INTRODUCTION THIS IS ALABAMA (Kent State, 1973) Coaching Staff ...... 2 (Nebraska, 1976) Associate Head Coach/Running Backs Athletic Department Directory ...... 2 (, 1993) Assistant Heach Coach/Offensive Line 2014 Schedule and Results ...... 2 Bo Davis (LSU, 1993) Defensive Line Quick Facts ...... 3 (Fresno State, 1998) Offensive Coordinator/ Athletics Communications Personnel . . . . . 3 (Furman, 2003) Wide Receivers President Dr. Judy Bonner ...... 4 (Georgia, 1999) Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Director of Athletics Bill Battle ...... 5 Kevin Steele (Tennessee, 1981) Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Inside Linebackers Senior Staff ...... 5 Lance Thompson (The Citadel, 1987) Outside Linebackers (Purdue, 1982) Tight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator ON THE GRIDIRON Scott Cochran (LSU, 2001) Director of Strength and Conditioning 2014 Roster ...... 6-7 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL DIRECTORY Depth Chart ...... 8 Athletics Director Bill Battle THE CRIMSON TIDE Deputy Director of Athletics/Chief Operations Officer Shane Lyons Player Bios ...... 9-30 Executive Associate Athletics Director/Chief Financial Officer Finus Gaston Non-Scholarship ...... 31 Senior Associate Athletics Director/Support Services Kevin Almond Senior Associate Athletics Director/Technology Advancement Milton Overton COACHING PERSONNEL Senior Associate Athletics Director/Development Sam Branch Head Coach Nick Saban ...... 32-39 Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator Marie Robbins Coaching Staff ...... 40-51 Associate Athletics Director/Compliance Jonathan Bowling Support Staff ...... 52-54 Associate Athletics Director/Student Services Jon Dever Associate Athletics Director/Business Carol Park ALLSTATE NOTES Associate Athletics Director/Football Communications Jeff Purinton Bowl Notes ...... 55-67 Associate Athletics Director/Athletics Communications Douglas Walker Assistant Athletics Director/Ticket Office and Tide Pride Chris Besanceney 2014 SEASON IN REVIEW Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Kevin Whitacker Stats ...... 68-88 Director of Football Operations Game Recaps ...... 89-95 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE BOWL HISTORY Bowl History ...... 96-98 Date Opponent Result Bowl Records...... 99-107 Aug. 30 #vs. West Virginia (ABC/ESPN2) W 33-23 Bowl Recaps ...... 108-128 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic (SEC Network) W 41-0 Sept. 13 Southern Miss (ESPN2) W 52-12 Sept. 20 *Florida (CBS) W 42-21 Oct. 4 *at 11/11 Ole Miss (CBS) L 17-23 Oct. 11 *at Arkansas (ESPN) W 14-13 Oct. 18 *21/21 Texas A&M (CBS) W 59-0 Oct. 25 *at Tennessee (ESPN2) W 34-20 Nov. 8 *at 16/14/15 LSU (CBS) W 20-13 OT Nov. 15 *1/1/1 Mississippi State (CBS) W 25-20 Nov. 22 Western Carolina (SEC Network) W 48-14 Nov. 29 *14/15/16 Auburn (ESPN) W 55-44 Dec. 6 ^vs. 16/14/13 Missouri (CBS) W 42-13

*SEC Game • #Chick-fil-A Kickoff (Atlanta, Ga.) • ^SEC Championship (Atlanta, Ga.) Bold denotes home game • Rankings listed are CFP/AP/Coaches PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

XZAVIER Dickson X-zay-vee-er Malcolm FACIANE Fay-shon Ty FLOURNOY-Smith Fluh-noy J.C. HASSENAUER Haas-en-our Derek KIEF Keef KORREN KIRVEN CORE-in CURVE-in R-ee Kwon-joe Isaac LUATUA Lew-uh-too-uh Piersch-bacher Jer-in Silve ALTEE TENPENNY Al-TEE Ten-penny Brian VOGLER VO-glur 2 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL introduction ALABAMA ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF QUICK FACTS

Department Phone: (205) 348-6084 Location ...... Tuscaloosa, Ala. Department Fax: (205) 348-8841 Enrollment ...... 36,155 Founded ...... April 12, 1831 Associate Athletics Director Associate Director for Athletics Communications: of Athletics Communications: Conference ...... Southeastern (West)

Douglas Walker Aaron Jordan Colors ...... Crimson and White INTRODUCTION Office: (205) 348-7245 Office: (205) 348-5401 Nickname ...... Crimson Tide e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] President ...... Dr. Judy Bonner ...... Bill Battle Associate Athletics Director Associate Director Athletics Director for Football Communications: of Athletics Communications: Faculty Athletics Jeff Purinton Roots Woodruff Representative . . . . Dr. Kevin Whitaker Office: (205) 348-3631 Office: (205) 348-2088 Stadium . . Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,821) e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] First Year of Football ...... 1892 Associate Director Assistant Director of Athletics Communications (football): of Athletics Communications: Overall Football Record 850-324-43 (.716) Josh Maxson Nathan Sheehan 1,217 games over 120 seasons Office: (205) 348-7496 Office: (205) 348-6734 SEC Record ...... 379-166-20 (.688) e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] 565 games over 82 seasons

Director National Championships ...... 15 of Athletics Communications (football): 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, Jessica Paré 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, Office: (205) 348-3673 2009, 2011, 2012 e-mail: [email protected]

SEC Championships ...... 24 1933, 1934, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2009, 2012, 2014

First Team All-Americans ...... 115 players, 135 times First Team All-Conference ...... 232 players, 305 times

Bowl Appearances ...... 62* Bowl Record ...... 34*-23-3 *NCAA Record

CREDITS: The 2014 Football Bowl Media Guide was produced by the staff of the Alabama Athletics Communications Office. The publication was written and edited by Josh Maxson, Jeff Purinton, Doug Walker, Jessica Paré and Alex Thompson. Photography by UA Director of Photography Kent Gidley, Amelia Brackin and staff. Thanks to Crimson Tide Productions for the cover and page designs. Special thanks to the Crimson Tide coaching staff, teams of the NFL for photography assistance and the staff of the SEC office. Copyright 2014 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama. “Roll Tide,” “Crimson Tide” and “Bama,” along with the primary and secondary logos, are registered trademarks of The University of Alabama. SNAPSHOTS ... has an astonishing 115 catches for 1,656 yards and 14 – all Alabama records.

ROLLTIDE.COM 3 Alabama On Your president Campus... dr. judy l. bonner

Dr. Judith L. Bonner was named the 28th president of The University of Alabama on November 1, 2012. Founded in 1831, the University is the state’s flagship and a student-centered comprehensive research university. Dr. Bonner served as interim president from March 5 until August 31, 2012. She was promoted to executive vice president and provost on April 1, 2006, after serving as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs since March 2003. During Dr. Bonner’s tenure as provost and president, the University underwent transformational change growing from just over 19,000 students in 2003 to more than 36,000 students in 2014. Each year, the academic strength of the student body and the faculty exceeded the record set the previous year. Under her leadership as president, the Shelby Science and Engineering Quad has been completed and plans to transform the Peter Bryce campus into a vibrant new academic area are underway. In addition, UA’s athletics programs have excelled in recent years with several teams winning national championships. Dr. Bonner joined the faculty at The University of Alabama in 1981 as an associate professor and head of the department of human nutrition and hospitality. She served as assistant academic vice president from 1985-1990 and as special assistant to the president from 1989-1991. Promoted to professor in 1988, she was named dean of the College of Human Environmental Sciences in 1989 and held that position until 2003. Prior to coming to UA, she held faculty appointments in the department of pediatrics at UAB and the department of medical dietetics at The Ohio State University. Dr. Bonner earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The University of Alabama and her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, all in nutrition. Her research focused on nutritional needs of chronically ill children and on eating disorders, and has resulted in numerous publications. Dr. Bonner is an active member of civic, scientific and professional organizations. Among other awards and honors, her accolades include the Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University, the AHEA Leader Award and the award for Outstanding Dietitian for the state of Alabama.

4 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL BBILLILL BBATTLEATTLE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

William R. he served as an assistant coach under head “Bill” Battle is in coach Doug Dickey for four seasons (1966-69) Battle received a National Football Foundation his second year as until he was named head coach of the Volunteers award in December 2008 for Outstanding Director of Athletics in 1970. When he was named head coach, Battle Contributions to Amateur Football. In June 2010, at The University was the youngest head coach in Bill was inducted into the National Association of of Alabama. Battle at the age of 28. Collegiate Marketing Administrators’ (NACMA) took over the job During his seven-year tenure as head coach Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Tennessee on Friday, March 22, (1970-76), Battle’s teams went 59-22-2, finished Sports Hall of Fame, receiving its Lifetime 2013, succeeding Mal three seasons ranked in the nation’s top 10 Achievement Award in 2011. He currently serves Moore who had held among five top-20 finishes and won four out of on the boards of the Bryant-Jordan Student- the position since five bowl games. Battle’s Tennessee teams won Athlete Foundation, The University of Alabama November, 1999. 11 games once (1970) and at least 10 games in A-Club Educational & Charitable Foundation, Battle joined the Crimson Tide after a career as three different seasons (1970, 1971 and 1972). the Crimson Tide Foundation, and the National a college football coach and entrepreneur that His first Tennessee team finished the season Football Foundation. was consistently hallmarked by innovation and ranked fourth in both national polls. His 1971 Battle’s wife, Mary, is a summa cum laude foresight. team finished ranked ninth in both national polls graduate of the University of Texas School of A native of Birmingham, Ala., Battle attended and the 1972 Tennessee squad finished ranked Nursing with a Bachelor of Science degree in The University of Alabama on a football eighth by the Associated Press and 11th in the nursing. She earned a Master of Science in scholarship and enjoyed a successful playing Coaches’ poll. healthcare administration from the University career as a three-year starter at end for the Battle began a career in the private sector of Alabama-Birmingham. For many years Mary Crimson Tide under legendary head coach after his coaching career ended. He held various worked in the healthcare industry both in the Paul “Bear” Bryant from 1960-62. Battle was a positions within Circle S Industries in Selma, clinical setting and for healthcare corporations member of Bryant’s first national championship Ala., and served as president of two different that developed and managed physician team at Alabama in 1961. Generally regarded companies, as well as vice chairman of the Circle provider networks including the development of as the team’s best end throughout his playing S Holding Company Board. During his six years strategically significant relationships with payors career, Battle came to Tuscaloosa after starring at Circle S, the organization grew from two and business and industry. in three sports at Birmingham’s West End High companies earning $12 million in annual sales to Mary currently serves on the Arthritis School. 10 companies earning $60 million. Foundation National Board of Directors and An excellent student, Battle holds a bachelor’s Battle founded The Collegiate Licensing is the chairperson of the Arthritis Foundation degree from The University of Alabama Company (CLC) in 1981, and served as president Leadership Council for the Birmingham and a master’s degree from The University and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) until 2002. He market. She is also a member of the Volunteer of Oklahoma. He was an Academic All-SEC also served as chairman of the board of Licensing Engagement Task Team for the Arthritis selection as a senior in 1962 and was selected to Partners International (LPI), which was created in Foundation. In addition, Mary is an inaugural play in the all-star game in Mobile, 2001 to represent the licensing interests of non- member of the UAB School of Medicine Board Ala., in January of 1963. He was named first collegiate sports properties, as well as corporate of Visitors and is active in fundraising activities team tight end and second team defensive end and entertainment properties. for UAB that support research projects targeting on The University of Alabama All-Decade Team A 1981 inductee into the Alabama Sports more effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. of the 1960s. Hall of Fame, Battle was inducted as the first The Battles are part of UAB’s Stem Cell Battle entered the coaching profession as a member of the charter class of the National Institute Board and are both active in their graduate assistant at The University of Oklahoma Collegiate Licensing Association Hall of Fame in support of UAB’s Department of Rheumatology. in 1963 under famed head coach Bud Wilkinson. 2000. He was the recipient of the 2005 Paul W. In their leisure time, the Battles enjoy life on their In 1964 and 1965, he served as an assistant Bryant Alumni Athlete Award at The University of ranch in Georgia. Mary is an avid equestrian coach at the United States Military Academy Alabama and was inducted into the International while Bill enjoys working on various projects while serving a two-year military tour. In 1966, he Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association around the ranch. moved on to the , where (LIMA) Hall of Fame in 2008.

SHANE LYONS FINUS GASTON KEVIN ALMOND SAM BRANCH MILTON OVERTON MARIE ROBBINS JONATHAN BOWLING JON DEVER DEPUTY ATHLETICS EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE A.D. SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. ASSOCIATE A.D. ASSOCIATE A.D. ASSOCIATE A.D. DIRECTOR / COO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SUPPORT SERVICES DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR COMPLIANCE STUDENT SERVICES

CAROL PARK JEFF PURINTON DOUG WALKER JEFF ALLEN CHRIS BESANCENEY TOMMY FORD BRAD LEDFORD AARON VOLD DR. KEVIN WHITAKER ASSOCIATE A.D. ASSOCIATE A.D. ASSOCIATE A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. FACULTY ATHLETIC BUSINESS FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS SPORTS MEDICINE TICKETING / TIDE PRIDE DONOR PROGRAMS STRATEGIC MARKETING MAJOR GIFTS REPRESENTATIVE ROLLTIDE.COMROLLTIDE.COM 5 2014 Roster

No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 1 Chris Black WR 93 DL So. 6-3 272 1L Leesburg, Va./Stone Bridge 2 Tony Brown DB 7 Ryan Anderson LB So. 6-2 258 1L Daphne, Ala./Daphne 2 DeAndrew White WR 28 DB Fr. 6-0 180 RS Woodbury, N.J./Woodbury 3 Bradley Sylve DB 94 Dakota Ball DL So. 6-2 280 SQ Lindale, Ga./Pepperell 4 DB 87 Parker Barrineau WR Jr. 6-0 184 1L Northport, Ala./American Christian Academy 4 T.J. Yeldon RB 18 Cooper Bateman QB Fr. 6-3 215 RS Murray, Utah/Cottonwood 5 Ronnie Clark DB/RB 31 Jerrod Bierbower DB Sr. 6-1 198 SQ Dublin, Ohio/Coffman 5 DB 1 Chris Black WR So. 5-11 186 1L Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast 6 Laurence “Hootie” Jones DB 75 OL Fr. 6-5 325 RS Roanoke, Ala./Handley

2014 ROSTER 6 QB 72 Leon Brown OL Sr. 6-6 320 1L Riverdale, Md./Parkdale/ASA College 7 Ryan Anderson LB 2 Tony Brown DB Fr. 6-0 198 HS Beaumont, Texas/Ozen 7 WR 43 Gussie Busch LB Fr. 6-0 210 HS St. Louis, Mo./Priory 8 Robert Foster WR 67 Josh Casher OL Fr. 6-1 295 HS Mobile, Ala./St. Paul’s 9 Amari Cooper WR 5 Ronnie Clark DB/RB Fr. 6-3 215 HS Calera, Ala./Calera 9 Da’Shawn Hand DL 14 QB Jr. 6-5 230 HS Mobile, Ala./St. Paul’s/Florida State 10 LB 26 DB Jr. 6-0 222 2L , La./Dutchtown 11 LB 12 Jonathan Cook DB Fr. 6-0 190 RS Daphne, Ala./Spanish Fort 11 Alec Morris QB 9 Amari Cooper WR Jr. 6-1 210 2L Miami, Fla./Northwestern 12 Jonathan Cook DB 39 Paden Crowder LB Jr. 6-4 235 SQ Vestavia Hills, Ala./Vestavia Hills 12 David Cornwell QB 12 David Cornwell QB Fr. 6-5 234 HS Norman, Okla./Norman North 13 ArDarius Stewart WR 48 David D’Amico TE So. 6-0 213 SQ Birmingham, Ala./Vestavia Hills 14 Jake Coker QB 62 Will Davis OL So. 6-5 316 SQ Letohatchee, Ala./Fort Dale Academy 15 JK Scott P 33 Trey DePriest LB Sr. 6-2 250 3L Springfield, Ohio/Springfield 16 Jamey Mosley LB 30 LB Jr. 6-2 254 2L Bastrop, La./Bastrop 17 RB 55 Josh Dickerson LB Sr. 6-1 228 SQ Evans, Ga./Lakeside 18 Cooper Bateman QB 47 LB Sr. 6-3 268 3L Griffin, Ga./Griffin 19 LB 17 Kenyan Drake RB Jr. 6-1 202 2L Powder Springs, Ga./Hillgrove 20 Tyren Jones RB 36 Johnny Dwight DL Fr. 6-3 300 HS Rochelle, Ga./Wilcox County 20 Jarrick Williams DB 43 Lawrence Erekosima RB Fr. 5-7 175 HS Simpsonville, S.C./Clinton 21 Maurice Smith DB 32 LB Fr. 6-3 225 HS Auburn, Ala./Auburn 22 WR 85 Malcolm Faciane TE Jr. 6-5 265 2L Picayune, Miss./Picayune Memorial 22 Nate Staskelunas DB 80 Raheem Falkins WR So. 6-4 210 1L New Orleans, La./G.W. Carver 23 DB 83 Ty Flournoy-Smith TE Jr. 6-3 245 JC Moultrie, Ga./Colquitt County/Georgia/Georgia Military 24 Geno Smith DB 10 Reuben Foster LB So. 6-1 244 1L Auburn, Ala./Auburn 25 Dillon Lee LB 8 Robert Foster WR Fr. 6-3 191 RS Monaca, Pa./Central Valley 25 Buddy Pell RB 45 RB Sr. 6-1 248 3L Mobile, Ala./Vigor 26 Landon Collins DB 69 DL Fr. 6-3 335 HS Springdale, Ark./Har-Ber 27 RB 37 Daniel Geddes WR Sr. 5-6 170 SQ Northport, Ala./Tuscaloosa County 27 Nick Perry DB 48 Bo Grant DB So. 6-2 198 SQ Valley, Ala./Valley 28 Anthony Averett DB 89 TE So. 6-5 304 1L Ellenwood, Ga./Cedar Grove 28 Altee Tenpenny RB 99 Adam Griffith PK So. 5-10 188 1L Calhoun, Ga./Calhoun 29 DB 11 Shaun Dion Hamilton LB Fr. 6-0 233 HS Montgomery, Ala./Carver 30 Denzel Devall LB 9 Da’Shawn Hand DL Fr. 6-4 273 HS Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge 31 Jerrod Bierbower DB 58 Alex Harrelson SN Jr. 6-0 226 SQ Vestavia Hills, Ala./Vestavia Hills 32 Rashaan Evans LB 86 Truett Harris TE Jr. 6-3 210 SQ Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood 33 Trey DePriest LB 63 J.C. Hassenauer OL Fr. 6-3 290 HS Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge 34 Christian Miller LB 27 Derrick Henry RB So. 6-3 241 1L Yulee, Fla./Yulee 35 Walker Jones LB 64 Grant Hill OL So. 6-6 322 1L Huntsville, Ala./Huntsville 36 Johnny Dwight DL 96 Stephen Hodge DL Jr. 6-1 257 SQ Akron, Ala./Hale County 37 Daniel Geddes WR 42 Keith Holcombe LB Fr. 6-3 215 HS Tuscaloosa, Ala./Hillcrest 37 Zach Houston DB 37 Zach Houston DB Jr. 6-1 192 SQ Daphne, Ala./Daphne 38 Tyler Owens LB 88 O.J. Howard TE So. 6-6 240 1L Prattville, Ala./Autauga Academy 39 Paden Crowder LB 29 Marlon Humphrey DB Fr. 6-1 186 HS Hoover, Ala./Hoover 39 Kyle Kazakevicius WR 99 Brandon Ivory DL Sr. 6-4 308 3L Memphis, Tenn./East 40 Isaac Leon TE 76 Dominick Jackson OL Jr. 6-7 320 JC Cupertino, Calif./Homestead/College of San Mateo 42 Keith Holcombe LB 4 Eddie Jackson DB So. 6-0 188 1L Lauderdale Lakes, Fla./Boyd Anderson 43 Gussie Busch LB 89 Bernel Jones DL Sr. 6-3 253 SQ Montgomery, Ala./Jefferson Davis 43 Lawrence Erekosima RB 22 Christion Jones WR Sr. 5-11 187 3L Adamsville, Ala./Minor 44 Levi Wallace DB 5 Cyrus Jones DB Jr. 5-10 194 2L Baltimore, Md./Gilman 45 Jalston Fowler RB 6 Laurence “Hootie” Jones DB Fr. 6-2 221 HS Monroe, La./Neville 46 Michael Nysewander TE 20 Tyren Jones RB Fr. 5-9 212 RS Marietta, Ga./Walton 6 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL 2014 Roster

No. Name Pos. Class Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown/Previous School No. Name Pos. 35 Walker Jones LB Fr. 6-2 238 RS Germantown, Tenn./Evangelical Christian 47 Xzavier Dickson LB 39 Kyle Kazakevicius WR Sr. 6-0 184 SQ Ocala, Fla./Trinity Catholic 47 Corey McCarron TE 70 Ryan Kelly OL Jr. 6-5 296 2L West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West 48 David D’Amico TE 81 Derek Kief WR Fr. 6-5 200 HS Cincinnati, Ohio/La Salle 48 Bo Grant DB 85 Korren Kirven DL So. 6-5 297 1L Lynchburg, Va./Brookville 49 Kieran Williams TE 77 Arie Kouandjio OL Sr. 6-5 315 2L Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha Catholic 50 Alphonse Taylor OL 95 Darren Lake DL Jr. 6-3 323 2L York, Ala./Sumter Central 51 Jake Long DL 98 Adrian Lamothe P So. 5-9 190 SQ Monterrey, Mexico/Prepa Tec 52 Dee Liner DL 25 Dillon Lee LB Jr. 6-4 243 2L Buford, Ga./Buford 52 Andre Sims OL 40 Isaac Leon TE So. 6-6 215 SQ Boynton Beach, Fla./American Heritage 53 Anthony Orr DL 52 Dee Liner DL So. 6-3 295 SQ Muscle Shoals, Ala./Muscle Shoals 54 DL 51 Jake Long DL So. 5-10 229 SQ Vestavia Hills, Ala./Vestavia Hills 55 Josh Dickerson LB 68 Isaac Luatua OL Jr. 6-2 315 1L La Mirada, Calif./La Mirada 55 SN 55 Cole Mazza SN So. 6-1 251 1L Bakersfield, Calif./Liberty 56 Tim Williams LB

47 Corey McCarron TE Jr. 6-2 245 1L Mobile, Ala./Spanish Fort 57 D.J. Pettway DL 2014 ROSTER 34 Christian Miller LB Fr. 6-4 215 HS Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley 58 Alex Harrelson SN 60 Brandon Moore OL Jr. 6-0 277 SQ Cincinnati, Ohio/Hills Christian Academy 59 MK Taylor SN 11 Alec Morris QB So. 6-3 230 SQ Allen, Texas/Allen 60 Brandon Moore OL 16 Jamey Mosley LB Fr. 6-5 210 HS Mobile, Ala./Theodore 61 Austin Peavler OL 46 Michael Nysewander TE Sr. 6-1 238 SQ Hoover, Ala./Hoover 62 Will Davis OL 53 Anthony Orr DL Sr. 6-4 289 1L Madison, Ala./Sparkman 63 J.C. Hassenauer OL 38 Tyler Owens LB Sr. 6-0 225 SQ Columbiana, Ala./Clay-Chalkville 64 Grant Hill OL 61 Austin Peavler OL So. 6-3 317 SQ Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community 66 Chris Posa OL 25 Buddy Pell RB Fr. 6-0 200 HS Mountain Brook, Ala./Mountain Brook 67 Josh Casher OL 27 Nick Perry DB Sr. 6-1 211 3L Prattville, Ala./Prattville 68 Isaac Luatua OL 57 D.J. Pettway DL Jr. 6-3 265 JC/1L Pensacola, Fla./Catholic/E. Mississippi CC 69 Joshua Frazier DL 71 Ross Pierschbacher OL Fr. 6-4 295 HS Cedar Falls, Iowa/Cedar Falls 69 Paul Waldrop OL 97 John Pizzitola P So. 5-11 175 SQ Birmingham, Ala./Spain Park 70 Ryan Kelly OL 66 Chris Posa OL So. 6-3 269 SQ Commerce, Mich./St. Mary’s Prep 71 Ross Pierschbacher OL 89 Armani Purifoye WR Fr. 6-1 187 HS Kingsland, Ga./Camden County 72 Leon Brown OL 19 Reggie Ragland LB Jr. 6-2 254 2L Madison, Ala./Bob Jones 74 OL 96 Gunnar Raborn K Fr. 5-10 185 HS Lafayette, La./St. Thomas More 75 Bradley Bozeman OL 90 Jarran Reed DL Jr. 6-4 315 JC Goldsboro, N.C./Goldsboro/Hargrave/E. Mississippi CC 76 Dominick Jackson OL 86 A’Shawn Robinson DL So. 6-4 320 1L Fort Worth, Texas/Arlington Heights 77 Arie Kouandjio OL 74 Cam Robinson OL Fr. 6-6 323 HS Monroe, La./West Monroe 79 OL 15 JK Scott P Fr. 6-4 185 HS Denver, Colo./Mullen 80 Raheem Falkins WR 79 Austin Shepherd OL Sr. 6-5 320 3L Buford, Ga./North Gwinnett 81 Derek Kief WR 52 Andre Sims OL So. 6-3 312 SQ Montgomery, Ala./Sidney Lanier 82 Thayer Weaver WR 6 Blake Sims QB Sr. 6-0 208 3L Gainesville, Ga./Gainesville 83 Ty Flournoy-Smith TE 7 Cam Sims WR Fr. 6-4 208 HS Monroe, La./Ouachita Parish 84 Brian Vogler TE 24 Geno Smith DB Jr. 6-0 197 2L Atlanta, Ga./St. Pius X 85 Malcolm Faciane TE 21 Maurice Smith DB So. 6-0 195 1L Sugar Land, Texas/Fort Bend Dulles 85 Korren Kirven DL 91 O.J. Smith DL Fr. 6-2 330 HS Bossier City, La./Airline 86 Truett Harris TE 22 Nate Staskelunas DB So. 6-3 206 SQ Greenville, N.C./Arendell Parrott Academy 86 A’Shawn Robinson DL 13 ArDarius Stewart WR Fr. 6-0 193 RS Fultondale, Ala./Fultondale 87 Parker Barrineau WR 3 Bradley Sylve DB Jr. 5-11 180 2L Port Sulphur, La./South Plaquemines 88 O.J. Howard TE 50 Alphonse Taylor OL So. 6-5 325 1L Mobile, Ala./Davidson 89 Brandon Greene TE 59 MK Taylor SN Sr. 5-10 230 SQ Oxford, Ala./Oxford 89 Bernel Jones DL 28 Altee Tenpenny RB So. 6-0 218 1L North Little Rock, Ark./North Little Rock 89 Armani Purifoye WR 54 Dalvin Tomlinson DL So. 6-2 290 1L McDonough, Ga./Henry County 90 Jarran Reed DL 84 Brian Vogler TE Sr. 6-7 263 3L Columbus, Ga./Brookstone 91 O.J. Smith DL 69 Paul Waldrop OL Jr. 6-4 285 SQ Phenix City, Ala./Central 93 Jonathan Allen DL 44 Levi Wallace DB Fr. 6-1 172 HS Tucson, Ariz./Tucson 94 Dakota Ball DL 23 Jabriel Washington DB Jr. 5-11 183 2L Jackson, Tenn./Trinity Christian Academy 95 Darren Lake DL 82 Thayer Weaver WR Fr. 5-11 170 HS St. Louis, Mo./DeSmet 96 Stephen Hodge DL 2 DeAndrew White WR Sr. 6-0 192 3L Houston, Texas/North Shore 96 Gunnar Raborn K 20 Jarrick Williams DB Sr. 6-1 215 3L Mobile, Ala./Blount 97 John Pizzitola P 49 Kieran Williams TE Fr. 6-4 243 RS Lawrenceville, Ga./Archer 98 Adrian Lamothe P 56 Tim Williams LB So. 6-3 242 1L Baton Rouge, La./University Lab 99 Adam Griffith PK 4 T.J. Yeldon RB Jr. 6-2 221 2L Daphne, Ala./Daphne 99 Brandon Ivory DL

ROLLTIDE.COM 7 Alabama Crimson Tide Depth Chart

DEFENSE DE 93 Jonathan Allen 6-3 272 So. Leesburg, Va. 54 Dalvin Tomlinson 6-2 290 So. McDonough, Ga. 52 Dee Liner 6-3 295 So. Muscle Shoals, Ala. NG 86 A’Shawn Robinson 6-4 320 So. Fort Worth, Texas 99 Brandon Ivory 6-4 308 Sr. Memphis, Tenn. OR 95 Darren Lake 6-3 323 Jr. York, Ala. DE 90 Jarran Reed 6-4 315 Jr. Goldsboro, N.C. OR 57 D.J. Pettway 6-3 265 Jr. Pensacola, Fla. 9 Da’Shawn Hand 6-4 273 Fr. Woodbridge, Va. JACK 47 Xzavier Dickson 6-3 268 Sr. Griffi n, Ga. 7 Ryan Anderson 6-2 258 So. Daphne, Ala.

2014 DEPTH CHART 56 Tim Williams 6-3 242 So. Baton Rouge, La. SAM 30 Denzel Devall 6-2 254 Jr. Bastrop, La. 7 Ryan Anderson 6-2 258 So. Daphne, Ala. OR 25 Dillon Lee 6-4 243 Jr. Buford, Ga. MIKE 33 Trey DePriest 6-2 250 Sr. Springfi eld, Ohio 10 Reuben Foster 6-1 244 So. Auburn, Ala. 11 Shaun Dion Hamilton 6-0 233 Fr. Montgomery, Ala. WILL 19 Reggie Ragland 6-2 254 Jr. Madison, Ala. 10 Reuben Foster 6-1 244 So. Auburn, Ala. 35 Walker Jones 6-2 238 Fr. Germantown, Tenn. CB 4 Eddie Jackson 6-0 188 So. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. 2 Tony Brown 6-0 198 Fr. Beaumont, Texas CB 5 Cyrus Jones 5-10 194 Jr. Baltimore, Md. 21 Maurice Smith 6-0 195 So. Sugar Land, Texas 3 Bradley Sylve 5-11 180 Jr. Port Sulphur, La. SS 26 Landon Collins 6-0 222 Jr. Geismar, La. 20 Jarrick Williams 6-1 215 Sr. Mobile, Ala. 6 Hootie Jones 6-2 221 Fr. Monroe, La. FS 27 Nick Perry 6-1 211 Sr. Prattville, Ala. OR 24 Geno Smith 6-0 197 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. 23 Jabriel Washington 5-11 183 Jr. Jackson, Tenn. STAR 24 Geno Smith 6-0 197 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. OR 20 Jarrick Williams 6-1 215 Sr. Mobile, Ala. 21 Maurice Smith 6-0 195 So. Sugar Land, Texas OFFENSE LT 74 Cam Robinson 6-6 323 Fr. Monroe, La. 71 Ross Pierschbacher 6-4 295 Fr. Cedar Falls, Iowa LG 77 Arie Kouandjio 6-5 315 Sr. Hyattsville, Md. 68 Isaac Luatua 6-2 315 Jr. La Mirada, Calif. C 70 Ryan Kelly 6-5 296 Jr. West Chester, Ohio 75 Bradley Bozeman 6-5 325 Fr. Roanoke, Va. 63 J.C. Hassenauer 6-3 290 Fr. Woodbury, Minn. RG 72 Leon Brown 6-6 320 Sr. Riverdale, Md. OR 50 Alphonse Taylor 6-5 325 So. Mobile, Ala. RT 79 Austin Shepherd 6-5 320 Sr. Buford, Ga. 76 Dominick Jackson 6-7 320 Jr. Cupertino, Calif. TE 84 Brian Vogler 6-7 263 Sr. Columbus, Ga. OR 88 O.J. Howard 6-6 240 So. Prattville, Ala. 89 Brandon Green 6-5 304 So. Ellenwood, Ga. 94 Dakota Ball 6-2 280 So. Lindale, Ga. 83 Ty Flournoy-Smith 6-3 245 Jr. Moultrie, Ga. FB 45 Jalston Fowler 6-1 248 Sr. Mobile, Ala. 46 Michael Nysewander 6-1 238 Sr. Hoover, Ala. QB 6 Blake Sims 6-0 208 Sr. Gainesville, Ga. 14 Jake Coker 6-5 230 Jr. Mobile, Ala. 11 Alec Morris 6-3 230 So. Allen, Texas RB 4 T.J. Yeldon 6-2 221 Jr. Daphne, Ala. 27 Derrick Henry 6-3 241 So. Yulee, Fla. 20 Tyren Jones 5-9 212 Fr. Marietta, Ga. X 9 Amari Cooper 6-1 210 Jr. Miami, Fla. 7 Cam Sims 6-4 208 Fr. Monroe, La. 8 Robert Foster 6-3 191 RS-Fr. Monaca, Penn. H 22 Christion Jones 5-11 187 Sr. Adamsville, Ala. 1 Chris Black 5-11 186 So. Jacksonville, Fla. Z 2 DeAndrew White 6-0 192 Sr. Houston, Texas 13 ArDarius Stewart 6-0 193 Fr. Fultondale, Ala. 1 Chris Black 5-11 186 So. Jacksonville, Fla. SPECIAL TEAMS PK/KO 99 Adam Griffi th 5-10 188 So. Calhoun, Ga. 15 JK Scott 6-4 185 Fr. Denver, Colo. OR 96 Gunnar Raborn 5-10 185 Fr. Lafayette, La. HOLD 18 Cooper Bateman 6-3 215 RS Fr. Murray, Utah 11 Alec Morris 6-3 230 So. Allen, Texas P 15 JK Scott 6-4 185 Fr. Denver, Colo. 11 Alec Morris 6-3 230 So. Allen, Texas SN 55 Cole Mazza 6-1 251 So. Bakersfi eld, Calif. 50 MK Taylor 5-10 230 Sr. Oxford, Ala. OR 46 Michael Nysewander 6-1 238 Sr. Hoover, Ala. PR 22 Christion Jones 5-11 185 Jr. Adamsville, Ala. 5 Cyrus Jones 5-10 194 Jr. Baltimore, Md. KOR 22 Christion Jones 5-11 187 Sr. Adamsville, Ala. AND 26 Landon Collins 6-0 222 So. Geismar, La. 5 Cyrus Jones 5-10 194 Jr. Baltimore, Md. AND 13 ArDarius Stewart 6-0 193 Fr. Fultondale, Ala. 8 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Player Profiles JONATHAN ALLEN’S CAREER BESTS ANDERSON’S CAREER BESTS Tackles ...... 5 (twice); last at Ole Miss, 2014 Tackles ...... 6 vs. Texas A&M, 2014 ALLEN Tackles for Loss . . . 2.0 (twice); last vs. West Virginia, 2014 Tackles for Loss ...... 1.5 at Arkansas, 2014 Yards Lost ...... 12 vs. West Virginia, 2014 Yards Lost ...... 15 vs. FAU, 2014 Sacks ...... 1.5 vs. Texas A&M, 2014 Hurries ...... 3 vs. Missouri, 2014 DL Yards Lost ...... 11 vs. West Virginia, 2014 Sacks ...... 1 (four times); last at Arkansas, 2014 Quarterback Hurries . . . 2 (twice); last vs. Western Carolina, 2014 Kick Returns ...... 1 at Auburn, 2013 So. • 6-3 • 280 • 1L Forced ...... 1 vs. Chattanooga, 2013 ...... 11 at Auburn, 2013 Block Point After ...... 1 at Arkansas, 2014 Recoveries ...... 1 at Arkansas, 2014 Leesburg, Va./ 93 Stone Bridge RYAN DAKOTA SOPHOMORE (2014): Established himself as ANDERSON BALL a playmaker at defensive end and one of the Crimson Tide’s top pass rushers ... first team All- SEC by the Associated Press ... second on the LB TE team with 9.5 tackles for loss (-35 yards) and has So. • 6-2 • 258 • 1L 4.5 sacks (-26 yards) ... has 31 total tackles with 14 So. • 6-2 • 280 • SQ solo stops and six quarterback hurries ... blocked Daphne, Ala./ the decisive extra point at Arkansas ... played in Lindale, Ga./ 7 Daphne all 13 games and has made 11 starts ... earned 94 Pepperell Defensive Player of the Week honors from the Alabama coaching staff against West Virginia, SOPHOMORE (2014): Has seen action in all 13 SOPHOMORE (2014): Has seen action in 13 FAU and Tennessee ... also earned Special Teams games and has recorded 24 tackles, including games this season ... got his first playing time Player of the Week honors for his blocked PAT at three sacks (-28 yards), 7.0 tackles for loss (-36 at tight end in the season opener against West Arkansas. West Virginia: Registered five tackles yards), a fumble recovery and nine quarterback Virginia ... does not have a catch this season. with two tackles for loss (-12 yards) and one sack hurries ... earned Defensive Player of the Week (-11 yards) ... helped limit the Mountaineers to honors from the coaching staff following the just 28 rushing yards on 24 carries ... earned Arkansas and Texas A&M victories. FAU: Came Defensive Player of the Week honors from the off the bench to record two tackles, including his PARKER coaches. FAU: Recorded a tackle for a loss of second career sack. Southern Miss: Recorded a three yards as the Crimson Tide limited the Owls sack for an eight-yard loss in the win over the BARRINEAU to 145 total yards, including just 57 rushing ... Eagles. Florida: Made two tackles, including added an assisted tackle in just over one half one solo stop as the Tide limited the Gators WR of play ... earned Defensive Player of the Week to only 200 total yards. Ole Miss: Came off honors. Southern Miss: Made at least one tackle the bench to tally a single quarterback hurry. Jr. • 6-0 • 184 • 1L for loss for the third straight game and picked Arkansas: Earned Defensive Player of the Week up two quarterback hurries ... added one solo honors from the coaching staff after making Northport, Ala./American PROFILES and one assisted tackle as the Tide limited the three tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss (-6 yards) 87 Christian Academy Eagles to 56 yards rushing and a lowly 263 total and one sack (-5 yards) ... recovered a fumble yards. Florida: Registered one assisted tackle and returned it three yards. Texas A&M: Made JUNIOR (2014): Registered his first game as the Tide held the Gators to only 200 total six tackles and earned Defensive Player of the action of 2014 against Southern Miss ... backs yards. Ole Miss: Recorded five tackles with two Week honors form the Alabama coaches after up Christion Jones and Chris Black at H wide solo stops ... had 1.5 tackles for loss (-3 yards) posting the highest production point totals receiver ... has seen action on special teams at and a quarterback hurry. Arkansas: Blocked against the Aggies ... helped limit the SEC’s Ole Miss, at Arkansas, against Texas A&M, at the deciding extra point to give the Tide a top-ranked offense to 172 yards, including just LSU, home versus Mississippi State, Western 14-13 win in Fayetteville ... added a quarterback 31 yards rushing. Tennessee: Notched four Carolina and Auburn, and then in the SEC hurry. Texas A&M: Recorded three half sacks total tackles in Knoxville with one solo stop Championship against Missouri ... also got for a loss of four yards ... batted passes ... added one tackle for loss (-3 yards). LSU: playing time at against WCU ... as UA limited the SEC’s top-ranked offense to Made two assisted tackles in the Crimson Tide’s made one tackle on special teams in the Iron just 172 yards. Tennessee: Earned Defensive overtime victory in Baton Rouge. Mississippi Bowl. Player of the Week honors versus the Vols with State: Recorded two assisted tackles with three tackles and half of a tackle for loss. LSU: half of a tackle for loss (-1 yard) ... harassed BARRINEAU’S CAREER STATISTICS Sacked LSU quarterback Anthony Jennings on the Bulldogs’ quarterback with two hurries. the first drive of the game ... finished with Western Carolina: Had one quarterback hurry Year G-S Rec. Yards Avg. TD LP two tackles as the Tide limited LSU to 76 total against the Catamounts. Auburn: Finished with 2013 7-0 2 16 8.0 0 10 yards passing. Mississippi State: Recorded three one tackle for loss (-2 yards). Missouri: Had 2014 9-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Total 16-0 2 16 8.0 0 10 assisted tackles in a 25-20 win over the No. 1 a career-best three quarterback hurries and team in the nation. Western Carolina: Had a assited on one tackle. game-high two quarterback hurries with two BARRINEAU’S CAREER BESTS tackles ...helped limit the Catamounts to minus- ANDERSON’S CAREER STATISTICS Receptions ...... 1 (twice); last at Kentucky, 2013 eight yards rushing. Auburn: Dropped Tigers’ Yards ...... 10 at Kentucky, 2013 quarterback Nick Marshall for a sack and finished Tackles Fumbles Long Play ...... 10 at Kentucky, 2013 Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT with three solo tackles. Missouri: Helped hold 2013 13-0 5 2 3 1.5-4 1 1.5-4 0 0-0 0 0-0 the Tigers to just 41 rushing yards and had one 2014 13-0 24 10 14 7-36 9 3-28 0 1-3 0 0-0 quarterback hurry. Total 26-0 29 12 17 8.5-40 10 4.5-32 0 1-3 0 0-0

ALLEN’S CAREER STATISTICS

Tackles Fumbles Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT 2013 12-0 16 10 6 3-11 1 0.5-5 1 0 0 0-0 2014 13-10 31 14 17 9.5-35 6 4.5-26 0 0 1 0-0 Total 25-10 47 24 23 12.5-46 7 5-31 1 0 1 0-0

ROLLTIDE.COM 9 Player Profiles CHRIS LEON TONY BLACK BROWN BROWN

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So. • 5-11 • 186 • 1L Sr. • 6-6 • 320 • 1L Fr. • 6-0 • 190 • HS

Jacksonville, Fla./ Riverdale, Md./ Beaumont, Texas/ 5 First Coast 72 Parkdale/ASA College 2 Ozen

SOPHOMORE (2014): A regular in Alabama’s SENIOR (2014): Has started 11 games at FRESHMAN (2014): Has appeared in 12 games deep and talented rotation at wide receiver ... right guard this season while playing in all 13 and made two starts (Florida and Ole Miss) … played in 10 games, making three starts and contests ... helps an Alabama offense that is has nine tackles, including one for loss and six has 13 receptions for 101 yards ... 10 of his 13 averaging 209.5 yards rushing per game, which solo stops this season ... has one pass breakup receptions have resulted in a first down ... has ranks sixth in the SEC and 34th nationally ... the and one quarterback hurry. FAU: Recorded the four explosive plays of 16 or more yards. West line has surrendered just 13 sacks this season to first tackle of his career. Florida: Finished with Virginia: Came off the bench to catch one pass rank first in the SEC and 10th nationally (1.00 three total tackles, including one for a loss of for eight yards in the Crimson Tide’s 33-23 per game) ... blocking for 490.5 yards of total six yards. Texas A&M: Came off the bench and win. FAU: Recorded three catches for 45 yards offense per game (second in the SEC and 16th registered one quarterback hurry. Tennessee: with a long of 19. Southern Miss: Caught one nationally) ... blocked for seven 100-yard rushers Made one solo tackle on special teams for the pass for five yards. Ole Miss: Both receptions this season and eight in his career as a starter. Tide. converted first downs for Alabama, covering West Virginia: Blocked for 538 yards of total nine and 10 yards, respectively. Tennessee: offense and did not surrender a sack ... opened BROWN’S CAREER STATISTICS Started but did not have a reception. Western holes for 288 yards rushing with two 100-yard Tackles Fumbles Carolina: Caught a career-high six passes for a backs. FAU: Came off the bench to see time at Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT career-best 101 yards ... averaged 16.8 yards right guard ... helped UA roll up 620 yards of 2014 12-2 9 6 3 1-6 1 0 0 0 1 0 per catch ... four of those catches resulted in total offense. Southern Miss: Started at right first downs and three were explosive plays of guard and had two knockdown blocks ... helped BROWN’S CAREER BESTS 16 yards or more. the Tide roll up 333 yards on the ground and Tackles ...... 4 at Ole Miss, 2014 546 yards of total offense. Florida: Graded out Tackles for Loss ...... 1 vs. Florida, 2014 BLACK’S CAREER STATISTICS at a team-high 91 percent with four knockdown Pass Breakups ...... 1 at Ole Miss, 2014 blocks ... opened holes for the second-most

PROFILES Rushing Receiving Year G-S Att Yds Avg. TD LP Rec Yds Avg. TD LP yards in school history as the Crimson Tide 2013 8-0 1 31 31.0 1 31 8 79 9.9 2 16 complied 672 total yards, including 449 in the 2014 10-3 0 0 0.0 0 0 13 178 13.7 0 26 air and 223 on the ground ... blocked for his JAKE Total 18-3 1 31 31.0 1 31 21 257 12.2 2 26 third 100-yard rushing game of the season as sophomore tailback Derrick Henry gained 111 COKER BLACK’S CAREER BESTS yards on 20 carries ... made his first tackle of Receptions ...... 6 (twice); last vs. Western Carolina, 2014 the season. Ole Miss: Started and recorded QB Receiving Yards ...... 101 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 two knockdown blocks in his fourth start of Long Play ...... 26 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 the season ... opened holes for T.J. Yeldon’s Jr. • 6-5 • 230 • TR Rushes ...... 1 vs. Chattanooga, 2013 123 yards rushing. Arkansas: Did not start but Rushing Yards ...... 31 vs. Chattanooga, 2013 replaced Alphonse Taylor at right guard in the Mobile, Ala./St. Paul’s Long Play ...... 31 vs. Chattanooga, 2013 14 Florida State Touchdowns . . . 1 (three times); last vs. Chattanooga, 2013 second half. Texas A&M: Made his fifth start at right guard ... helped the line block for 298 yards rushing ... did not allow a sack and had JUNIOR (2014): Has seen action in seven games one knockdown block. Tennessee: Recorded this season ... transferred from Florida State in three knockdown blocks in his sixth start at right BRADLEY May of 2014 after backing up for the Seminoles guard ... helped Alabama amass 469 yards of in 2012 and 2013 ... completed 64.4 percent BOZEMAN total offense, including 183 yards rushing. LSU: of his passes (38-of-59) for 403 yards and four Started at right guard as Alabama rallied for a touchdowns ... has a passer efficiency rating of OL 20-13 win in overtime. Mississippi State: Played 144.16 ... has not thrown an ... has one of his best games of the season, grading rushed seven times for 13 yards and taken three Fr. • 6-5 • 325 • RS out at 88 percent ... helped open holes against sacks. West Virginia: Came off the bench in the one of the stoutest defensive lines in the nation game’s final drive for two plays. FAU: Entered Roanoke, Ala./ in the No. 1 Bulldogs ... did not allow a sack. on the game’s fourth offensive possession for 75 Handley Western Carolina: Helped open holes for 275 Alabama ... completed 15-of-24 passes for 202 yards on the ground ... provided time for 337 yards and a touchdown ... long throw was a yards passing while not allowing a sack ... had 43-yard completion to ArDarius Stewart ... also SOPHOMORE (2014): A redshirt freshman one knockdown block. Auburn: Had a team- rushed four times for 23 yards while taking one that has played in nine games with two starts high four knockdown blocks while opening sack. Southern Miss: Came off the bench in the (Arkansas and Texas A&M) ... made his first holes for 227 rushing yards and 539 yards of third quarter to throw for 48 yards on 5-of-7 career start in crimson and white at Arkansas total offense. Missouri: Opened holes for 242 passing with a long completion of 22 yards. ... replaced injured starting center Ryan Kelly rushing yards and 504 yards of total offense — Florida: Came off the bench when Blake Sims at Ole Miss. Arkansas: Graded out at 86 the most allowed by the Tigers all season. percent and led the team with three knockdown left with an injury late in third quarter to throw blocks. Texas A&M: Made his second straight a four-yard touchdown pass to Amari Cooper ... start ... helped the line block for 298 yards finished 1-for-2 passing. Texas A&M: Entered rushing ... did not allow a sack and graded the game early in the third quarter ... was 5-of-8 out at 90 percent. Western Carolina: Had one passing for 36 yards and a touchdown ... found knockdown block while playing 28 snaps. Ty Flournoy-Smith on a 14-yard touchdown strike in the fourth quarter. Western Carolina: Came off the bench to throw for 115 yards and 10 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Player Profiles one touchdown ... completed 66.7 percent of while holding UF to just 93 yards passing. Ole six solo stops ... broke up one pass to help the his passes (12-of-18) with one touchdown. Miss: Recorded six total tackles with two solo Tide earn its second victory in the last stops. Arkansas: His fourth-quarter interception three years. Missouri: Registered seven tackles COKER’S CAREER STATISTICS sealed the win for the Crimson Tide ... recorded with six solo stops as the Crimson Tide limited eight tackles with three solo stops ... matched the Tigers to 13 points and just 41 rushing yards Passing Rushing Year G-S Com-Att-Int Pct. Yds TD LP No. Yds Avg. TD LP his season high with two pass breakups ...... had one tackle for loss (-1 yard) ... forced a 2012* 4-0 3-5-0 60.0 45 1 19 0 0 0.0 0 0 notched a tackle for loss (-3 yards). Texas A&M: fumble and then recovered it to end the Tigers 2013* 8-0 18-36-1 50.0 250 0 42 10 15 1.5 1 24 Made four tackles with three solo stops ... final scoring opportunity in the fourth quarter. 2014 6-0 38-59-0 64.4 403 4 43 7 13 1.9 0 15 added a quarterback hurry and broke up his fifth Total 18-0 59-100-1 59.0 696 5 43 17 28 1.6 1 24 pass of the season, which he nearly intercepted *at FSU COLLINS’ CAREER STATISTICS ... helped limit the SEC’s top-ranked offense to just 172 yards, 393 yards below its average Tackles Fumbles COKER’S ALABAMA CAREER BESTS ... also held A&M to 218 passing yards below Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT 2012 14-0 17 8 9 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 Completions ...... 15 vs. FAU, 2014 its average. Tennessee: Registered four solo 2013 13-9 70 52 18 4.0-7 2 0-0 2 2-5 6 2-89 Attempts ...... 24 vs. FAU, 2014 tackles in the Tide’s 34-20 win in Knoxville. 2014 13-13 91 51 40 3.5-7 2 0-0 1 1-0 6 3-14 Passing Yards ...... 202 vs. FAU, 2014 LSU: Totaled seven tackles in the game with Total 40-22 178 111 67 7.5-14 4 0-0 3 3-5 12 5-103 Long Pass ...... 43 vs. FAU, 2014 Rushes ...... 4 vs. FAU, 2014 five solo stops ... helped limit the Tigers to just Rushing Yards ...... 23 vs. FAU, 2014 76 passing yards and 13 points ... turned heads COLLINS’ CAREER BESTS Long Run ...... 15 vs. FAU, 2014 with a big hit on LSU running back Leonard Tackles ...... 12 vs. Southern Miss, 2014 Fournette. Mississippi State: His third pick of Tackles for Loss ...... 1.5 vs. LSU, 2013 the season sealed the Crimson Tide’s win over Yards Lost ...... 3 at Arkansas, 2014 the top-ranked Bulldogs ... finished with seven Pass Breakups ...... 3 vs. Colorado State, 2013 tackles, including four solo stops ... named the Forced Fumbles . . . . 1 (three times); last vs. Missouri, 2014 LANDON Lott Trophy Star of the Week ... also garnered Fumble Recoveries . . 1 (three times); last at Missouri, 2014 Quarterback Hurries . . 1 (three times); last vs. So. Miss, 2014 COLLINS Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts . . . 1 (five times); last vs. Mississippi St., 2014 against MSU. Western Carolina: Recorded a Interception Return Yards ...... 89 vs. Tennessee, 2013 team-high seven tackles with four solo stops Touchdowns ...... 1 vs. Tennessee, 2013 DB and half of a tackle for loss ... thwarted a Catamounts’ scoring drive by snuffing out a Jr. • 6-0 • 222 • 2L fake . Auburn: Made nine tackles with New Orleans, La./ 26 Dutchtown

JUNIOR (2014): Anchor of the Alabama secondary and the Crimson Tide’s most experienced defensive back ... signal-caller in the Alabama secondary ... unanimous first team

All-American (Walter Camp, FWAA, AFCA, AP PROFILES & Sporting News) ... leads the nation’s No. 4 scoring defense ... first team All-SEC selection by the Associated Press and league coaches … finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award in 2014 after being a semifinalist 2013 ... also a finalist for the Nagurski Award and the Lott Trophy … midseason All-American by Sports Illustrated ... started all 13 games at strong safety and leads the team with 91 tackles ... has a team- best three interceptions and the second-most pass breakups with six on the year ... two of those interceptions sealed Alabama victories at Arkansas and against No. 1 Mississippi State ... earned Defensive Player of the Week honors for his play against West Virginia, Southern Miss, Florida, at Arkansas, at LSU and Western Carolina ... named a Lott Trophy Star of the Week for his play against the Gators and top- ranked Bulldogs ... has two double-digit tackle games this season. West Virginia: Made a team-high 11 tackles with four solo stops ... helped the Tide defense limit the Mountaineers to just 28 yards rushing and 393 total yards ... earned Defensive Player of the Week honors from the coaching staff. FAU: Recorded four tackles with two solo stops as the Tide limited the Owls to just 145 total yards and 57 yards rushing. Southern Miss: Registered a career- best 12 tackles with six solo stops ... had half of a tackle for loss (-1 yard) ... added a quarterback hurry as Alabama limited the Golden Eagles to 56 yards rushing and 263 total yards. Florida: Made five tackles with two solo stops and half of a tackle for loss (-1 yard) ... picked off his first pass of the season and returned it 12 yards ... Landon Collins also broke up two passes against the Gators ROLLTIDE.COM 11 Player Profiles

in 2012) ... third in the SEC with an average of of 16 yards or more and six first-down catches AMARI 129.2 all-purpose yards per game ... averaging with two on third down. Ole Miss: Hauled 14.4 yards per catch ... has seven 100-yard in nine passes for 91 yards ... six catches COOPER receiving games this season and 14 in his converted first downs, including two on third career, both of which are school records ... has down. Arkansas: Caught just two passes for WR five rushes for 23 yards and two first downs ... 22 yards and one first down ... a minor injury leads the team offensively with 34 explosive slowed his production. Texas A&M: Recorded Jr. • 6-1 • 210 • 2L plays, including 33 receptions of 16 yards or his fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season more and one rush of 12 yards or more ... 70 with eight catches for 140 yards and two scores Miami, Fla./ of his 115 catches have resulted in Alabama ... three grabs were explosive plays, including 9 Northwestern first downs, including 25 on third down — a 45-yard touchdown grab ... five catches both SEC highs ... UA’s career record holder resulted in first downs. Tennessee: Set a school for receiving touchdowns with 29 and catches record with 224 receiving yards in Knoxville ... JUNIOR (2014): Arguably the nation’s best college (219) ... Walter Camp and Athlon National hauled in nine passes with two touchdowns ... football player ... winner of the Biletnikoff Award, Player of the Week and SEC Offensive Player averaged 24.9 yards per catch against the Vols which goes to the nation’s outstanding receiver oft he Week following the Auburn game ... SEC ... scored on an 80-yard touchdown strike on ... was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy and Co-Offensive Player of the Week and College the first play of the game and then caught a a unanimous first team All-American (Walter Football Performance Award Wide Receiver of 41-yard score on the Tide’s second drive ... had Camp, FWAA, AFCA, AP & Sporting News) ... the Week against Florida ... Offensive Player four explosive receptions with seven first-down SEC Offensive Player of the Year and first team of the Week in the first four games by the grabs, including three on third down ... had 185 All-SEC by the Associated Press and league Alabama coaching staff and then at Tennessee receiving yards at the end of the first quarter coaches ... SEC Back of the Year by the Monday and against Auburn. West Virginia: Came up and 194 at half. LSU: Hauled in eight catches for Morning Touchdown Club ... leads the nation in one catch shy of equaling the school record 83 yards and his 10th touchdown of the season receiving yards (1,656) and receptions (115) ... for receptions in a game with 12 catches for on a highlight-reel catch-and-run from 23 yards is second in receiving yards per game (127.4) ... 130 yards. FAU: Tied the Alabama record for away ... converted four first downs, including ranks second in receptions per game (8.8) and receptions in a game with 13 ... recorded his two on third down. Mississippi State: Was third in receiving touchdowns (14) ... a finalist second 100-yard receiving game of the season instrumental in two of Alabama’s touchdowns for the Walter Camp Player of the Year … with a then-career-high 189 yards ... scored his against the top-ranked Bulldogs ... went up and semifinalist for the Maxwell Award ... consensus first touchdown of the season with a 52-yard over a MSU defender for a four-yard touchdown preseason All-American and midseason All- catch-and-run on a wide receiver screen ... also and then split a double team and high-pointed American ... has a school-record 115 receptions rushed one time for 20 yards, converting a Tide a 50-yard reception to State’s one-yard line ... for an Alabama-best 1,656 yards, both of which first down. Southern Miss: Hauled in eight finished with eight receptions for 88 yards and lead the SEC ... the 115 catches are the most catches for 135 yards and one touchdown ... one touchdown. Western Carolina: Caught in SEC history while the yards rank second ... scored from 22 yards out on the Tide’s first drive three passes for 46 yards and two first downs his 14 receiving touchdowns is a school record,

PROFILES ... all eight catches converted UA first downs ... on the first drive of the game ... left with a breaking his mark set in 2012 ... became averaged 16.9 yards per catch ... rushed once minor injury and did not return as a precaution Alabama’s all-time leader in receiving yards at for nine yards and a first down ... recorded his ... his three catches tied him for the school’s LSU and then surpassed the 3,000-yard barrier fifth straight 100-yard receiving game. Florida: career reception record with 194. Auburn: against No. 1 Mississippi State and now has Tore through the Gators’ vaunted secondary Equaled his school records with 13 receptions 3,392 ... ranks second in SEC history in career with 10 receptions for 201 yards and a career- for 224 yards and three touchdowns ... had five receiving yards and third in receptions ... the best three touchdowns ... averaged 20.1 yards explosive catches of 16 yards or more ... caught second player in school history to record two per catch, including a 79-yard scoring strike in touchdown passes of 17, 39 and 75 yards to 1,000 yard receiving seasons (had 1,000 yards the first quarter ... had three explosive plays earn Walter Camp and SEC Player of the Week honors. Missouri: Set the SEC Championship Game record with 12 receptions while breaking the league’s single-season record for catches with 115 at the conclusion of the game ... had 83 receiving yards with a long of 17 yards ... rushed one time for nine yards ... hauled in five catches for first downs.

COOPER’S CAREER STATISTICS

Year G-S Rec. Yards Avg. TD LP 2012 14-9 59 1,000 16.9 11 54 2013 12-7 45 736 16.4 4 99 2014 13-13 115 1,656 14.4 14 80 Total 39-29 219 3,392 15.5 29 99

COOPER’S CAREER BESTS

Receptions ...... 13 (twice); last vs. Auburn, 2014 Yards ...... 224 (twice); last vs. Auburn, 2014 Long Play ...... 99 at Auburn, 2013 Touchdowns ...... 3 (twice); last vs. Auburn, 2014

Amari Cooper

12 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Player Profiles TREY DEPRIEST’S CAREER STATISTICS XZAVIER Tackles Fumbles DEPRIEST Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT DICKSON 2011 13-0 25 11 14 1.5-10 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 2012 14-13 59 30 29 4-16 2 0-0 0 0 2 0-0 LB 2013 13-13 65 30 35 7.5-23 0 2-15 2 2 1 1-0 LB 2014 12-12 82 37 45 3.5-13 1 0-0 1 0 3 0-0 Sr. • 6-2 • 250 • 3L Total 52-38 231 108 123 16.5-62 4 2-15 3 2 6 1-0 Sr. • 6-3 • 268 • 3L

Springfi eld, Ohio/ DEPRIEST’S CAREER BESTS Griffi n, Ga./ 33 Springfi eld 47 Griffi n Tackles ...... 14 vs. Auburn, 2014 Tackles for Loss ...... 1.5 (twice); last at Auburn, 2013 Yards Lost ...... 11 at Auburn, 2013 SENIOR (2014): Member of the Quarterback Hurries . . 1 (four times); last vs. So. Miss, 2014 SENIOR (2014): One of the Crimson Tide’s best Watch List ... the Crimson Tide’s signal-caller Sacks ...... 1 (twice); last at Auburn, 2013 pass rushers ... has played in all 13 games with on defense and a steadying force ... has 38 Forced Fumble...... 1 (twice); last at Auburn, 2013 eight starts ... has 37 tackles on the season with Fumble Recovery ...... 1 (twice); last vs. LSU, 2013 career starts — 12 in 2014 — and 82 tackles Pass Breakups ...... 1 (six times); last vs. Missouri, 2014 a team-high 10.5 tackles for loss (-40 yards) and this season with 37 solo stops ... first team All- Interceptions ...... 1 vs. Chattanooga, 2013 8.0 sacks (-37 yards) ... added 10 quarterback American by the Coaches hurries and two passes defended ... ranks 53rd Association and first team All-SEC by the nationally and ninth in the SEC with 0.62 sacks league coaches ... second team All-SEC by the per game ... named the Defensive Player of Associated Press ... has 3.5 tackles for loss (-13 DENZEL the Week by the Alabama coaches following yards), one forced fumble, three pass breakups the Southern Miss and Ole Miss games. West and one quarterback hurry ... has had at least DEVALL Virginia: Equaled his career high with two sacks five tackles in 10-of-11 games with 14 against of Mountaineer quarterback Clint Trickett. FAU: Auburn, nine at LSU and nine versus No. 1 LB Notched one unassisted tackle. Southern Miss: Mississippi State ... named the Defensive Player Made his third tackle for loss on the season of the Week by Alabama coaches after the Jr. • 6-2 • 254 • 2L (-1 yard) ... finished with three total tackles, Southern Miss, Florida and Arkansas games ... including two solo stops ... recorded a team- missed the season opener due to suspension. Bastrop, La./ high three quarterback hurries and defended FAU: Started at mike linebacker and made four 30 Bastrop two passes. Ole Miss: Registered two sacks for total tackles with a solo stop ... helped limit the second time this season ... tied his career the Owls to just 57 yards rushing and 145 total high with six tackles (five solo), 3.5 of which JUNIOR (2014): Has started seven games at yards. Southern Miss: Recorded six tackles were for loss (-7 yards). Arkansas: Recorded a outside linebacker, but has missed six games with four solo stops and half of a tackle for loss career-high eight tackles, including seven solo due to injury this season ... returned to the field ... added one quarterback hurry and helped stops, and one sack (-2 yards). Texas A&M: in his home state of Louisiana against LSU ... limit USM to just 56 yards rushing. Florida: Had half of a (-2 yards) and has nine tackles on the season with one tackle Made seven tackles with four solo stops as the an assisted tackle ... helped limit the SEC’s for loss (-2 yards), two quarterback hurries and Crimson Tide limited the Gators to 200 total top-ranked offense to just 172 yards, 393 yards

two solo stops. West Virginia: Notched three PROFILES yards, including 93 passing ... added half of a below their average, including just 31 yards assisted tackles as the Crimson Tide limited the tackle for loss (-2 yards). Ole Miss: Logged six rushing. Tennessee: Made four tackles with Mountaineers to just 28 yards rushing. FAU: tackles with four solo stops and broke up one one sack (-8 yards) ... fourth straight game with Had one assisted tackle in the shutout win. pass. Arkansas: Forced a fumble and made six at least half of a sack. LSU: Recorded half of Florida: Made two solo tackles and one tackle tackles en route to earning Defensive Player a sack (-2 yards) and finished with two tackles for loss (-2 yards) as the Tide limited the Gators of the Week honors from the Tide coaches ...... helped limit LSU to 76 yards passing while to only 200 total yards. Ole Miss: Started and led a defense that surrendered just 89 yards harassing the quarterback into a completion made one tackle before suffering a high-ankle rushing to the league’s best rushing offense. percentage of 30.8. Mississippi State: Had two sprain. LSU: Made his return to the field after Texas A&M: Made six tackles and added a pass assisted tackles and two quarterback hurries. missing three games ... started and made two breakup ... had half of a tackle for loss (-2 yards) Western Carolina: Made four tackles with two assisted tackles and added a quarterback hurry. ... helped limit the SEC’s top-ranked offense to solo stops and helped hold the Catamounts to Mississippi State: Had one quarterback hurry just 172 yards, 393 yards below their average, minus-eight yards rushing. Auburn: Recorded against the No. 1 Bulldogs. including only 31 yards rushing. Tennessee: his eighth sack of the season, dropping the Notched six tackles with four solo stops and Tigers’ Nick Marshall for a loss of four yards DEVALL’S CAREER STATISTICS half of a tackle for loss (-2 yards). LSU: Made a ... finished with two solo tackles and one season-high nine tackles with three solo stops Tackles Fumbles quarterback hurry. Missouri: Recorded a career- as Alabama allowed just 3.3 yards per rush Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU Int high four quarterback hurries ... had two solo and just 76 passing yards. Mississippi State: 2012 14-0 18 7 11 3-28 3 2-15 0 1 0 0-0 tackles. 2013 13-3 30 14 16 5.0-22 3 3-20 2 0 1 0-0 Registered nine tackles for the second straight 2014 7-7 9 2 7 1-2 2 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 week as the Tide took down the nation’s No. Total 34-10 57 23 34 9-52 8 5-35 2 1 1 0-0 DICKSON’S CAREER STATISTICS 1 team ... dropped MSU running back Josh Tackles Fumbles Robinson in the end zone for a safety ... had DEVALL’S CAREER BESTS Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT four solo stops with half of a tackle for loss and 2011 7-0 3 2 1 1.5-7 0 0.5-5 0 0 0 0-0 Tackles ...... 4 (three times); last vs. LSU, 2013 held the Bulldogs’ rushing attack to 117 yards 2012 14-6 33 12 21 5-19 4 3.5-15 1 0 1 0-0 Tackles for Loss ...... 2 (twice); last vs. Ole Miss, 2013 2013 12-0 13 5 8 2-9 2 1-8 0 0 0 0-0 below their average. Western Carolina: Started Yards Lost ...... 21 vs. Mississippi State, 2012 2014 13-8 37 27 10 10.5-40 10 8-37 0 0 2 0-0 and made five tackles, including two solo stops. Quarterback Hurries 2 (twice); last vs. Mississippi St., 2014 Total 46-14 86 46 40 19-75 16 13-65 1 0 3 0-0 Auburn: Recorded a career-best 14 tackles Sacks ...... 2 vs. Ole Miss, 2013 with seven solo stops, half of a tackle for loss Forced Fumble...... 1 at Texas A&M, 2013 DICKSON’S CAREER BESTS and seven assisted tackles. Missouri: Had four Fumble Recovery ...... 1 at Arkansas, 2012 Pass Breakups ...... 1 vs. Tennessee, 2013 tackles with one solo stop while helping limit Tackles ...... 8 at Arkansas, 2014 the Tigers to just 41 rushing yards ... tipped Tackles for Loss ...... 3.5 at Ole Miss, 2014 one pass in the Tide’s 42-13 SEC Championship Yards Lost ...... 14 vs. West Virginia, 2014 Quarterback Hurries ...... 4 vs. Missouri, 2014 Game victory. Sacks ...... 2 (three times); last at Ole Miss, 2014 Forced Fumbles ...... 1 vs. Western Kentucky, 2012 Pass Breakups ...... 2 vs. Southern Miss, 2014

ROLLTIDE.COM 13 Player Profiles KENYAN RASHAAN MALCOME DRAKE EVANS FACIANE

RB LB TE

Jr. • 6-1 • 202 • 2L Fr. • 6-3 • 225 • HS Jr. • 6-5 • 265 • 2L

Powder Springs, Ga./ Auburn, Ala./ Picayune, Miss./ 17 Hillgrove 17 Auburn 85 Picayune Memorial

JUNIOR (2014): A regular in the Alabama FRESHMAN (2014): An outstanding athlete JUNIOR (2014): Played in eight games as rotation at running back before breaking his left who is excelling on special teams while working a reserve tight end with one start at LSU ... leg at Ole Miss in the fifth game of the 2014 his way onto the field at outside linebacker Western Carolina: Posted a pair of receptions season ... elusive with explosive speed that ... has played in 12 games ... has recorded for two yards. excels in third-down situations and catching the 15 tackles on the season with two tackles for ball out of the backfield ... had 22 carries on the loss (-11 yards), one sack (-10 yards) and three FACIANE’S CAREER STATISTICS season for 112 yards and a 5.1 yards per carry quarterback hurries ... tied for the team lead RECEIVING average ... had four rushing touchdowns and in special teams tackles with 12 ... recorded a Year G-S Rec. Yards Avg. TD LP six total scores ... caught five passes for 159 solo tackle on his first career kickoff coverage 2012 8-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 yards, averaging 31.8 yards per catch with two ... earned Special Teams Player of the Week 2013 8-0 2 14 7.0 0 8 receiving touchdowns before his injury ... had honors from the Alabama coaching staff 2014 7-1 2 2 1.0 0 3 Totals 23-1 4 16 4.0 0 8 two explosive rushes of 12 yards or more and following the Southern Miss and Mississippi two explosive receptions of 16 yards or more State games. West Virginia: Notched one solo FACIANE’S CAREER BESTS ... had converted 11 first downs this season, six tackle on kickoff coverage. FAU: Registered rushing and five receiving ... named the Special two unassisted tackles ... had first career sack Receptions ...... 2 (twice); last vs. Western Carolina, 2014 Teams Player of the Week following the Southern for a 10-yard loss ... recorded first quarterback Yards ...... 14 vs. Georgia State, 2013 Long Play ...... 8 vs. Georgia State, 2013 Miss game. West Virginia: Rushed three times hurry. Southern Miss: Named the Special for seven yards in the season opener against the Teams Player of the Week for his efforts against Mountaineers. FAU: Carried the ball six times Southern Miss ... finished with two solo stops. for 31 yards and one rushing touchdown ... Florida: Recorded one tackle off the bench at RAHEEM hauled in two receptions for 53 yards, including outside linebacker against the Gators. Texas a 39-yard catch-and-run touchdown. Southern A&M: Registered one tackle and helped limit FALKINS PROFILES Miss: Recorded a career-high three rushing the SEC’s top-ranked offense to just 172 yards. touchdowns ... averaged 6.6 yards per rush, Tennessee: Made one solo tackle on special WR carrying the ball nine times for 59 yards ... caught teams in Knoxville. Mississippi State: Led the one pass for nine yards. Florida: Caught a team with three special teams tackles to earn So. • 6-4 • 210 • 1L career-long 87-yard touchdown on the Tide’s first Special Teams Player of the Week honors from ... rushed four times for 15 the coaching staff. Western Carolina: Made New Orleans, La./ yards with a long of 11 yards and one first down two tackles with one on kickoff coverage and 80 G.W. Carver ... finished with 102 all-purpose yards. Ole Miss: one behind the line of scrimmage on defense. Broke his lower left leg on his only catch of the Auburn: Came off the bench late to provide game, a 10-yard gain for a first down. a pass-rushing spark, tallying one quarterback SOPHOMORE (2014): Played in eight games hurry. Missouri: Made two special teams tackles but has not recorded a catch ... has seen action DRAKE’S CAREER STATISTICS and recorded a quarterback hurry ... both solo against West Virginia, FAU, Southern Miss, Ole stops in the Tide’s SEC Championship Game Miss, Texas A&M, Western Carolina, Auburn Rushing Receiving and Missouri. Year G-S Att Yds Avg TD LP Rec Yds Avg TD LP victory over the Tigers. 2012 12-0 42 281 6.7 5 38 0 0 0 0 0 2013 11-1 92 694 7.5 8 50 12 135 11.2 1 24 EVANS’ CAREER STATISTICS FALKINS’ CAREER STATISTICS 2014 5-2 22 112 5.1 4 29 5 159 31.8 2 87 Rushing Receiving Total 28-2 156 1,087 7.0 17 50 17 294 17.3 3 87 Tackles Fumbles Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT Year G-S Att Yds Avg. TD LP Rec Yds Avg. TD LP 2014 12-0 15 11 4 2-11 3 1-10 0 0 0 0-0 2013 7-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 DRAKE’S CAREER BESTS 2014 7-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Total 14-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Rushes ...... 14 (twice); last vs. Tennessee, 2013 EVANS’ CAREER BESTS Yards ...... 106 at Kentucky, 2013

Long Play ...... 50 vs. Ole Miss, 2013 Tackles ...... 3 vs. Mississippi State, 2014 Touchdowns ...... 3 vs. Southern Miss, 2014 Sacks ...... 1 vs. FAU, 2014 Receptions ...... 3 at Kentucky, 2013 Tackles for Loss . . 1 (twice); last vs. Western Carolina, 2014 TY Receiving Yards ...... 87 vs. Florida, 2014 Long Play ...... 87 vs. Florida, 2014 FLOURNOY-SMITH Touchdowns: ...... 1 (three times); last vs. Florida, 2014 Blocked ...... 1 vs. Colorado State, 20 TE

Jr. • 6-3 • 245 • JC

Moultrie, Ga./Colquitt 83 Co./UGA/Ga. Military

JUNIOR (2014): Earned playing time in four games this season ... has two catches on the season for 18 yards and a touchdown ... backs up tight ends O.J. Howard and Brian Vogler. Florida Atlantic: Hauled in a pass for four yards. Texas A&M: Tallied his first touchdown 14 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Player Profiles at Alabama with a 14-yard reception from Jake ... his long rush was 20 yards. LSU: Was a key Coker in the fourth quarter. ROBERT factor in the running game with his punishing lead blocks ... had one carry for two yards and a FLOURNOY-SMITH’S CAREER STATISTICS FOSTER first down. Mississippi State: Caught a career- RECEIVING long 35-yard reception in a win over the No. Year G-S Rec. Yards Avg. TD LP WR 1 Bulldogs to set up an Alabama touchdown 2014 4-0 2 18 9.0 1 14 ... also proved to be a devastating blocker in Fr. • 6-3 • 191 • RS the run game. Western Carolina: Saw his most FLOURNOY-SMITH’S CAREER BESTS extended time at tailback this season, carrying Monaca, Pa./ five times for 30 yards with a long of 12 yards. Receptions ...... 1 vs. FAU, 2014 8 Central Valley Receiving Yards ...... 4 vs. FAU, 2014 Auburn: Was a force at fullback opening holes in the Tide’s running game ... rushed three times for 11 yards with a long of eight ... REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2014): Has seen action caught one pass for 15 yards and a first down. REUBEN in eigth games while recording six catches for Missouri: Made his fourth start of the season at FOSTER 44 yards and one solo tackle on special teams. fullback ... caught one pass for 13 yards and an FAU: Made his first career catch for three yards Alabama first down on the first play of the game in the win over the Owls. Southern Miss: Had ... rushed once for two yards. LB one catch for one yard. Western Carolina: Registered season highs with four catches for FOWLER’S CAREER STATISTICS So. • 6-1 • 244 • 1L 40 yards ... three of those catches were for first downs ... also made one tackle. Rushing Receiving Auburn, Ala./ Year G-S Att Yds Avg. TD LP No. Yds Avg. TD LP 2010 11-0 14 111 7.9 1 36 0 0 0 0 0 10 Auburn FOSTER’S CAREER STATISTICS 2011 13-0 56 385 6.9 4 69 0 0 0 0 0 2012 2-0 11 85 7.7 0 18 1 6 6.0 0 6 SOPHOMORE (2014): Made his first career Rushing Receiving Year G-S Att Yds Avg. TD LP Rec Yds Avg. TD LP 2013 13-1 20 88 4.4 0 15 7 15 2.1 5 5 start at mike linebacker against West Virginia 2014 8-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 6 44 7.3 0 14 2014 13-4 12 69 5.8 0 20 9 115 12.8 2 35 ... has 20 tackles on the season with nine solo Total 52-5 113 738 6.5 5 69 17 136 8.0 7 35 stops, two tackles for loss (-5 yards) and one FOSTER’S CAREER BESTS sack (-3 yards) ... played in 10 games and has FOWLER’S CAREER BESTS Receptions ...... 4 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 the third-most special teams tackles on the Rushes ...... 13 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011 team with seven ... developing a reputation Receiving Yards ...... 40 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 Long Play ...... 14 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 Yards ...... 125 at Ole Miss, 2011 for big hits ... missed the Tennessee game Rushing Touchdowns ...... 2 at Ole Miss, 2011 due to injury. West Virginia: Registered seven Long Play ...... 69 at Ole Miss, 2011 total tackles against the Mountaineers with Receptions ...... 2 vs. Florida, 2014 Receiving Touchdowns . 1 (seven times); last vs. Florida, 2014 two solo stops and a tackle for loss (-2 yards). JALSTON Long Play ...... 35 vs. Mississippi State, 2014 FAU: Came off the bench to record two tackles. Southern Miss: Had one tackle as Alabama FOWLER limited the Eagles to just 56 yards rushing. Florida: Recorded two tackles with a solo stop RB JOSHUA PROFILES as the Tide limited the Gators to only 200 total yards ... both stops were big hits on kickoff Sr. • 6-1 • 248 • 3L FRAZIER coverage. Texas A&M: Made four tackles, including three solo tackles, and his first career Mobile, Ala./ DL sack (-3 yards) .... three of those tackles came 45 Vigor on special teams. LSU: Notched two tackles Fr. • 6-3 • 335 • HS in Death Valley, including a crushing special teams tackle in the final seconds of regulation SENIOR (2014): A powerful running back who Springdale, Ark./ after Alabama had tied the game. Mississippi provides added dimensions of blocking and 69 Har-Ber State: Made one assisted tackle on special teams. pass catching at fullback for the Crimson Tide’s Western Carolina: Notched one big hit on kickoff offensive backfield ... played in all 13 games, coverage. making starts against West Virginia, Florida FRESHMAN (2014): Part of Alabama’s rotation Atlantic, Ole Miss and Missouri in the SEC at defensive line ... has seen playing time FOSTER’S CAREER STATISTICS Championship Game … has nine receptions for against FAU, Southern Miss, Florida, Texas 115 yards and two touchdowns ... has 12 rushes A&M, Western Carolina and Missouri ... has one Tackles Fumbles on the season for 69 yards ... averaging 5.8 yards tackle, which was for a sack of minus-12 yards. Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT Western Carolina: Tallied a sack for a loss of 12 2013 10-0 12 4 8 1.0-1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 per rush and 12.8 yards per reception ... has six 2014 10-1 20 9 11 2.0-5 0 1-3 0 0 0 0-0 first-down rushes and five first-down receptions, yards for his first collegiate tackle. Total 20-1 32 13 19 3.0-6 0 1-3 0 0 0 0-0 gaining a first down on 11 of his 21 touches this season ... earned Offensive Player of the Week FRAZIER’S CAREER STATISTICS FOSTER’S CAREER BESTS honors for his play at Arkansas, against No. Tackles Fumbles Tackles ...... 7 vs. West Virginia, 2014 1 Mississippi State and No. 15 Auburn. West Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT Tackles for Loss . . . 1 (three times); last vs. Texas A&M, 2014 Virginia: Recorded one catch for seven yards 2014 6-0 1 1 0 1-12 0 1-12 0 0 0 0-0 Yards Lost ...... 3 vs. Texas A&M, 2014 in the season opener against the Mountaineers. FAU: His three-yard reception from Jake Coker resulted in the Tide’s fourth touchdown of the game. Florida: Caught two passes for 21 yards and a touchdown. Ole Miss: Started but did not have any statistics. Arkansas: Hauled in one reception for nine yards and blocked extremely well at the point of attack to earn Offensive Player of the Week honors. Texas A&M: Caught one pass for 12 yards to convert an Alabama third down opportunity deep in Aggies territory. Tennessee: Had his first two carries of the season at Tennessee for 24 yards ROLLTIDE.COM 15 Player Profiles

... connected on seven extra points ... scored BRANDON 10 points ... kicked off five times for an average SHAUN DION of 62 yards with two touchbacks. Tennessee: GREENE Missed the first extra-point of his career ... HAMILTON scored four points on extra points ... did not TE attempt a field goal. LSU: Knocked a 27-yard LB field goal through the uprights with three So. • 6-5 • 304 • 1L seconds left in the game to send it to overtime Fr. • 6-1 • 244 • HS ... hit both extra point attempts ... was 2-for-3 Ellenwood, Ga./ on field goal attempts, missing from 27 yards Montgomery, Ala./ 89 Cedar Grove in the first half and hitting from 39 yards with 11 Carver nine seconds remaining in the first half ... kicked off four times for a 58.0-yard average with one SOPHOMORE (2014): Made appearances in 10 touchback. Mississippi State: Connected on FRESHMAN (2014): A reserve linebacker who games this season ... the entire nation learned 1-of-2 field goals, hitting a 36-yarder in the first came off the bench in his first appearance in his name with a 24-yard reception on the first half and then missing from 37 in the second ... the crimson and white against West Virginia ... play of overtime at LSU ... started the year at hit both PATs that he attempted ... kicked off starts on the kickoff coverage on special teams offensive tackle but moved back to tight end to five times for an average of 63.2 yards with for the Tide and has made appearances in all help with depth. LSU: Hauled in a 24-yard pass one touchback. Auburn: Booted through two 13 games with three tackles on the season in overtime to set the Tide up on the 1-yard line. extra-point opportunities ... tried a onside kick ... earned Special Teams Player of the Week on the opening possession that failed. Missouri: honors for his efforts in the Iron Bowl. West Missed his only field goal from 43 yards against Virginia: Recorded one assisted tackle off the ADAM the Tigers just wide left ... made all six extra bench against the Mountaineers. Texas A&M: points and had one touchback on two kickoffs. Came off the bench and made two tackles ... GRIFFITH helped limit the SEC’s top-ranked offense to GRIFFITH’S CAREER STATISTICS just 172 yards.

PK Extra Points Field Goals HAMILTON’S CAREER STATISTICS Year G-S XP-A Pct. FG-A Pct. Long Pts. So. • 5-10 • 188 • 1L 2013 8-0 5-5 100.0 1-3 33.3 20 8 Tackles Fumbles 2014 12-11 48-49 97.9 12-19 63.2 47 84 Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT Total 20-11 53-54 98.1 13-22 59.1 47 92 2014 13-0 3 0 3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 Calhoun, Ga./ 99 Calhoun FG BREAKDOWN HAMILTON’S CAREER BESTS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ 2013 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 Tackles ...... 2 vs. Texas A&M, 2014 2014 0-0 5-6 3-5 4-7 0-1 PROFILES SOPHOMORE (2014): The Crimson Tide’s starting place-kicker and tied for the leading Total 0-0 6-7 3-6 4-7 0-2 scorer in the 2015 season with 84 points (7.0 KICKOFFS points per game) ... 12-for-19 this season on No. Yards Avg. TB OB DA’SHAWN field goal attempts and 48-for-49 on extra points 2013 14 885 63.2 4 0 ... made 4-of-7 attempts beyond 40 yards this 2014 64 3,918 61.2 17 2 HAND season ... averaging 61.2 yards on 64 kickoffs Total 78 4,803 61.6 21 2 this season with 17 touchbacks ... named a Lou DL Groza Award “Star of the Week” and the SEC GRIFFITH’S CAREER BESTS Special Teams Player of the Week following Field Goals Made...... 4 vs. West Virginia, 2014 Fr. • 6-4 • 273 • HS the season opener against West Virginia ... an Field Goal Attempts ...... 4 vs. West Virginia, 2014 Alabama Special Teams Player of the Week Long Field Goal ...... 47 vs. West Virginia, 2014 Woodbridge, Va./ by the coaching staff against West Virginia, PAT Made...... 7 (twice); last vs. Texas A&M, 2014 9 Woodbridge PAT Attempts ...... 7 (twice); last vs. Texas A&M, 2014 Florida Atlantic and at LSU ... missed the Points ...... 15 vs. West Virginia, 2014 Western Carolina game with back spasms. West Kickoffs ...... 8 vs. FAU, 2014 FRESHMAN (2014): A regular in the Crimson Virginia: Connected on all four of his field goal Yards ...... 516 vs. FAU, 2014 Tide defensive line rotation ... played in nine attempts, hitting from 47, 41, 27 and 45 yards ... Average ...... 65.0 (three times); last vs. Tennessee, 2013 games ... the true freshman defensive end became the first Alabama place-kicker to make has seven tackles on the season with four solo three field goals from 40 yards or more since stops and two sacks (-10 yards) ... missed the 1993 ... was 3-for-3 on extra points to score 15 Arkansas game with injury but returned against points ... kicked off seven times, averaging 64.7 Texas A&M. West Virginia: Made one solo yards per kickoff with three touchbacks. FAU: tackle in his first game for the Crimson Tide. Made good on both of his field goal attempts, FAU: Recorded one assisted tackle against hitting from 22 and 28 yards out ... was 5-for-5 the Owls. Southern Miss: Recorded one solo on extra points and averaged 64.5 yards on tackle against the Golden Eagles. Texas A&M: eight kickoffs with two touchbacks. Southern Credited with his first career sack (-1 yard) in a Miss: Hit his only field goal attempt from 30 59-0 win over the Aggies. Tennessee: Recorded yards out against the Golden Eagles ... hit all his second sack of the season, dropping the Vols seven extra point attempts and averaged 62.0 quarterback for a loss of nine yards. Missouri: yards on seven kickoffs with one touchback. Made two assisted tackles in the Tide’s SEC Florida: Hit all six extra points but missed his Championship victory over the Tigers. first field goal of the season ... was wide left from 45 yards out. Ole Miss: Connected from HAND’S CAREER STATISTICS 44 yards after missing from 46 and 51 yards ... hit both extra points ... averaged 55.2 yards Tackles Fumbles on four kickoffs. Arkansas: Missed his only field Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT goal attempt from 30 yards out in rainy and windy 2014 9-0 7 4 3 2-10 0 2-10 0 0 0 0-0 conditions in Fayetteville ... made both extra points in a 14-13 win ... averaged 61.3 yards on three kickoffs with one touchback. Texas A&M: Made his only field goal attempt from 30 yards

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HAND’S CAREER BESTS touchdowns with two rushing and one receiving on a nine-yard catch ... had three explosive rushes O.J. Tackles ...... 2 vs. Missouri, 2014 of 12 yards or more and six first-down rushes on Tackles for Loss ...... 1 (twice); last at Tennessee, 2014 HOWARD Sacks ...... 1 (twice); last at Tennessee, 2014 12 carries. Auburn: Only had five carries, but made the most of them with a 14.4 yards per carry average ... broke off a 49-yard run that TE set up a 25-yard touchdown run two plays later DERRICK ... finished with 72 yards rushing. Missouri: So. • 6-6 • 240 • 1L Ran for a career-high 141 yards while matching HENRY his career-high with 20 carries ... scored two Prattville, Ala./ rushing touchdowns ... broke free on three 88 Autauga Academy RB explosive runs of 12 yards or more, including a long of 45 yards where he was tackled at the So. • 6-3 • 241 • 1L one-yard line ... had seven first-down rushes. SOPHOMORE (2014): A potent weapon at tight end for the Crimson Tide ... has started Yulee, Fla./ HENRY’S CAREER STATISTICS two games and seen action in all 13 contests 27 Yulee ... has 15 catches on the season for 246 yards Rushing Receiving and nine first downs ... averaging 16.4 yards per Year G-S Att Yds Avg TD LP Rec Yds Avg TD LP catch with six explosive receptions of 16 yards 2013 12-0 35 382 10.9 3 80 1 61 61.0 1 61 SOPHOMORE (2014): A dynamic running back 2014 13-1 159 895 5.6 10 49 3 79 26.3 2 41 or more. Florida: Made his first two catches with exceptional size and speed ... has 895 Total 25-1 194 1,277 6.6 13 80 4 140 35.0 3 61 of the season against the Gators ... accounted rushing yards this season on 159 carries ... for 22 receiving yards and converted one first averaging 5.6 yards per carry with 10 rushing HENRY’S CAREER BESTS down. Ole Miss: Turned in his most productive touchdowns ... became the 54th player in game of the season against the Rebels ... caught Rushes ...... 20 (twice); last vs. Missouri, 2014 three passes for 81 yards, averaging 27.0 yards school history to eclipse the 1,000-yard barrier Yards ...... 141 vs. Missouri, 2014 with 1,277 career yards on 194 carries ... has Rushing Touchdowns . .2 (three times); last vs. Missouri, 2014 per catch ... converted two first downs ... hauled three receptions for 79 yards and two receiving Long Play ...... 80 vs. Arkansas, 2013 in a long catch of 53 yards. Arkansas: Turned a touchdowns ... played in all 13 games with Receptions . . 1 (four times); last vs. Western Carolina, 2014 short pass play into a 47-yard gain in Fayetteville one start ... has 19 explosive rushes of 12 Receiving Yards ...... 61 vs. Oklahoma, 2013 for a first down and his only catch of the game. yards or more while converting 41 first downs, Long Play ...... 61 vs. Oklahoma, 2013 LSU: Was instrumental in the game-tying drive Receiving Touchdowns . 1 (three times); last vs. WCU, 2014 including three on third down ... two of his in regulation with two receptions for 12 yards, three receptions have been explosive, taking getting out of bounds both times to stop the screen passes 29 and 41 yards, respectively, clock ... finished with three catches for 21 yards while the third was a nine-yard touchdown grab GRANT ... hauled in a nine-yard reception for a first ... Alabama Offensive Player of the Week after down earlier in the game. Mississippi State: the Florida game. West Virginia: Recorded his HILL Caught one pass for two yards in the Tide’s second straight 100-yard rushing performance 25-20 win over the Bulldogs. Western Carolina: and third of his career with 113 yards on 17 OL Pulled in a 26-yard reception and finished with carries against the Mountaineers ... averaged two grabs for 33 yards ... both catches converted 6.6 yards per carry and scored one touchdown. So. • 6-6 • 322 • 1L first downs for the Crimson Tide. Auburn: Made PROFILES FAU: Rushed five times for 23 yards against the one reception for 20 yards and an Alabama first Owls, helping Alabama total 190 yards on the Huntsville, Ala./ down. Missouri: Caught two passes for 20 yards ground. Southern Miss: Rushed 11 times for 64 Huntsville including an explosive play of 17 yards that 73 yards ... had two rushes of 12 yards or more, converted an Alabama first down. including a long of 21 yards. Florida: Notched his second 100-yard rushing effort of the season SOPHOMORE (2014): A reserve offensive HOWARD’S CAREER STATISTICS going for 111 yards on 20 carries against the tackle who has seen time in seven games this Gators ... converted three first downs and had season (FAU, Southern Miss, Florida, Texas Year G-S Rec. Yards Avg. TD LP two explosive plays ... long rush was 29 yards A&M, Western Carolina, Auburn and Missouri) 2013 13-6 14 269 19.2 2 52 and added one rushing touchdown ... caught ... earned his most extensive playing time 2014 13-2 15 246 16.4 0 53 Total 26-8 29 515 17.8 2 53 one screen pass and turned it into a 29-yard against the Aggies, taking over at right tackle gain ... finished with 140 all-purpose yards. when Austin Shepherd went down with an HOWARD’S CAREER BESTS Ole Miss: Rushed 17 times for 37 yards ... injury ... came on late in the second quarter converted two first downs. Arkansas: Carried and finished the game in the 59-0 win ... came Receptions ...... 3 (four times); last at LSU, 2014 the ball seven times for 25 yards with a long rush off the bench for 17 snaps against Auburn and Yards ...... 81 at Ole Miss, 2014 graded out at 88 percent against the Tigers. Long Play ...... 53 at Ole Miss, 2014 of eight yards ... converted one first down on Touchdowns ...... 1 (twice); last vs. LSU, 2013 the ground, coming on third down. Texas A&M: Rushed 10 times for 70 yards for a 7.0 yards per carry average ... long rush was 13 yards ... scored one touchdown on the ground and one in the air ... turned his only reception into a 43-yard touchdown ... finished with 111 all- purpose yards. Tennessee: Rushed 16 times for 70 yards and a touchdown ... had two explosive rushes with a long of 28 yards ... converted three first downs, including one on third down. LSU: Ran eight times for 24 yards ... carried twice for nine yards in overtime, including an eight-yard run on first down from the 15-yard line. Mississippi State: Ran for 36 yards on 11 carries with a long of nine yards ... scored his fifth rushing touchdown with a one-yard plunge in the second quarter. Western Carolina: Made his first career start and gained 92 yards rushing for a 7.7 yards per carry average ... scored three

ROLLTIDE.COM 17 Player Profiles BRANDON EDDIE CHRISTION IVORY JACKSON JONES

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Memphis, Tenn./ Lauderdale Lakes, Fla./ Adamsville, Ala./ 99 East 4 Boyd Anderson 22 Minor

SENIOR (2014): A returning starter at nose SOPHOMORE (2014): Penciled in to be a SENIOR (2014): A preseason All-American who guard in the Crimson Tide’s base 3-4 defense ... starter at before tearing his ACL in starts at wide receiver, kickoff returner and punt a run stopper who frees the linebackers to make spring practice ... returned to game action on returner ... has 19 catches for 264 yards while plays ... has 13 tackles on the year ... has seen Sept. 6 against FAU and has made the start at averaging 13.9 yards per catch ... has eight playing time in all 13 games this season with cornerback in all 10 appearances this season, explosive receptions of 16 yards or more and starts against Florida, at Arkansas and at LSU. including eight straight … registered 37 total 14 first-down catches ... has returned 30 kickoffs Ole Miss: Made one assisted tackle in Oxford. tackles, including two for loss (-12 yards), one for 749 yards for a 25.0 yards per kick average Arkansas: Recorded two assisted tackles while sack (-11 yards), an interception (18 yards), five that ranks third the SEC and 29th nationally helping to limit the SEC’s best rushing attack pass breakups, one recovered fumble (16 yards) .... has 17 punt returns for 142 yards (8.4 ypr) to just 89 yards. LSU: Started and recorded a and forced a fumble this season ... earned with a long of 47 yards ... has five tackles on career-high eight tackles with a solo stop ... Alabama Defensive Player of the Week honors the season ... named a Special Teams Player earned Defensive Player of the Week honors after the FAU and Mississippi State games. FAU: of the Week following the Auburn game. West from the Alabama coaches for his efforts as Tied for second on the team with four tackles … Virginia: Caught three passes for 31 yards LSU ran the ball 56 times. Mississippi State: three of his tackles were solo, including one while returning four kickoffs for 99 yards. FAU: Recorded one assisted tackle and half a tackle for a loss of a yard … also forced one fumble. Hauled in a 41-yard catch and finished with for loss (-1 yard). Missouri: Made one assisted Southern Miss: Had one solo stop against the two receptions for 52 yards ... returned one tackle in an SEC Championship Game victory Golden Eagles. Arkansas: Started and made six kickoff for 26 yards and two punts for seven over the Tigers ... helping limit Mizzou to just solo tackles ... added a sack (-11 yards). Texas yards. Southern Miss: Made four catches for 50 41 yards rushing. A&M: Made this fourth start of the season and yards with a long of 22 yards ... all four catches recorded two tackles in just over a half of action converted first downs for the Crimson Tide ... IVORY’S CAREER STATISTICS in a 59-0 win over the Aggies where the Tide returned four kickoffs for 111 yards with a long limited the SEC’s top-ranked offense to just 172 of 37 yards ... brought back one punt for 14

PROFILES Tackles Fumbles Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT yards. Tennessee: Recorded four solo tackles in yards. Florida: Returned three kickoffs for 70 2011 4-0 5 0 5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 Knoxville ... picked up a Volunteer fumble and yards, including a long of 28 yards ... returned 2012 13-1 22 7 15 1-3 1 0-0 0 1-0 0 0-0 returned it 16 yards to set up the Crimson Tide’s two punts for 17 yards and caught one pass 2013 12-12 24 8 16 1.5-5 1 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0 fourth touchdown of the first half. LSU: Picked for four yards. Ole Miss: Caught one pass for 2014 13-3 13 1 12 0.5-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 off his first pass of the season and returned it 18 17 yards and a first down ... returned three Total 42-16 64 16 48 3-8 2 0-0 0 1-0 1 0-0 yards to position Alabama for a field goal at the kickoffs for 72 yards and one punt for three end of the first half ... finished with five tackles, yards. Arkansas: Started at wide receiver ... did IVORY’S CAREER BESTS three solo, and his first pass breakup of the not have a catch ... returned two kickoffs for 48 Tackles ...... 8 at LSU, 2014 season. Mississippi State: Recorded a season- yards and lost three yards on his only punt return. Tackles for Loss . . . . 1 (twice); last vs. Georgia State, 2013 high seven tackles and a career-best three pass Texas A&M: Produced his longest punt return Yards Lost ...... 4 vs. Georgia State, 2013 breakups against the No. 1 Bulldogs. of the season with a 47-yard return that set up Fumble Recoveries ...... 1 vs. Western Kentucky, 2012 Auburn: Quarterback Hurries . . . . 1 (twice); last vs. Ole Miss, 2013 Made five tackles with three solo stops against a second-quarter touchdown ... finished with 53 Pass Breakups ...... 1 vs. Ole Miss, 2013 the Tigers. Missouri: Broke up a pass and punt return yards on three returns. Tennessee: made three total tackles with two solo stops in Played only one snap after straining a hamstring a 42-13 win over the Tigers to secure the SEC in warm-ups. LSU: Pulled in a 22-yard first-down Championship. reception at the LSU 26-yard line with less DOMINICK than 20 seconds to play ... finished with three JACKSON’S CAREER STATISTICS receptions for 38 yards ... had two first-down JACKSON catches ... returned three kickoffs for 83 yards Tackles Fumbles Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT with a long of 34 yards. Mississippi State: OL 2013 7-4 19 16 3 1-3 1 0-0 0 2 3 1-0 Returned four kickoffs for 92 yards, including 2014 10-10 37 28 9 2-12 0 1-11 1 1 5 1-18 a long of 26. Western Carolina: Caught one Jr. • 6-7 • 320 • JC Total 17-14 56 44 12 3-15 1 1-11 1 3 8 2-18 pass for 11 yards and a first down while returning Cupertino, Calif./ three punts for 27 yards and a long of 22 yards. 76 Homestead/College of JACKSON’S CAREER BESTS Auburn: Caught one pass for 21 yards and a San Mateo Tackles ...... 10 vs. Oklahoma, 2013 first down ... dropped for a loss of four yards Tackles for Loss . . . . 1 (three times); last at Arkansas, 2014 on his only rush ... returned three kickoffs for Yards Lost ...... 11 at Arkansas, 2014 63 yards with a long of 37 yards ... had two JUNIOR (2014): A junior college transfer Sacks ...... 1 at Arkansas, 2014 punt returns for 24 yards, including a long of offensive lineman who has served as a valuable Quarterback Hurries ...... 1 vs. Georgia State, 2013 29 yards ... also made one tackle following an reserve ... played in his first game with the Interceptions ...... 1 (twice); last at LSU, 2014 interception. Missouri: Caught three passes Crimson Tide against Florida Atlantic ... also Fumble Recoveries 1 (three times); last at Tennessee, 2014 for 30 yards with two explosive receptions of serves as a jumbo-blocking back in goal line Pass Breakups ...... 3 vs. Mississippi State, 2014 12 yards or more and one touchdown grab of situations ... has played in eight games (FAU, six yards in the fourth quarter ... returned three Southern Miss, Florida, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, kickoffs for 85 yards and a long of 36 yards. Western Carolina, Auburn and Missouri) ... saw

time as a blocking back against Southern Miss, Florida and Ole Miss in goal line situations. JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS

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RECEIVING yards off their total offense pace. Tennessee: Year G-S No. Yards Avg. TD LP Recorded three solo tackles in a 34-20 win HOOTIE 2011 12-0 3 49 16.3 0 30 in Knoxville ... intercepted his first pass of 2012 14-10 27 368 13.6 4 34 JONES 2013 13-7 36 349 9.7 2 38 the season and added a pass breakup ... also 2014 13-9 19 264 13.9 1 41 returned kickoffs in the absence of Christion Total 52-26 85 1,030 12.1 7 41 Jones with three for 57 yards. LSU: Broke up the DB Tigers’ fourth-down pass in overtime to secure PUNT RETURNS Year G No. Yards Avg. TD LP the Crimson Tide’s 20-13 come-from-behind Fr. • 6-2 • 221 • HS 2011 12 3 33 11.0 0 18 victory ... added an assisted tackle. Mississippi 2012 14 21 213 10.1 0 31 State: Earned Defensive Player of the Week Monroe, La./ 2013 13 23 321 14.0 2 75 honors from the Alabama coaching staff for the 6 Neville 2014 13 17 142 8.4 0 47 second straight week ... intercepted his second Total 52 64 709 11.1 2 75 pass of the season against the Bulldogs, picking FRESHMAN (2014): Played in six games off KICKOFF RETURNS off Heisman candidate in the end Year G No. Yards Avg. TD LP zone in the fourth quarter ... finished with four the bench as a true freshman … has two tackles 2011 12 1 32 32.0 0 32 solo tackles and two pass breakups. Western on the season. FAU: Made his first appearance 2012 14 8 213 26.6 1 99 Carolina: Recorded four tackles with two solo in the crimson and white. Southern Miss: 2013 13 22 631 28.7 1 94 stops and one pass breakup. Auburn: Made Recorded one tackle in the win over the Golden 2014 13 30 749 25.0 0 38 Eagles. Texas A&M: Came off the bench to Total 52 61 1,625 26.6 2 99 a career-high eight tackles, including six solo stops against the Tigers. Missouri: The Tigers record one assisted tackle in the second half. JONES’ CAREER BESTS rarely challenged the Tide’s top cornerback ... made one tackle. JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS Receptions ...... 9 vs. Colorado State, 2013 Tackles Fumbles Receiving Yards ...... 90 vs. Colorado State, 2013 Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT Long Reception ...... 41 vs. FAU, 2014 JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS 2014 6-0 2 0 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 Punt Returns . . 4 (three times); last vs. Colorado State, 2013 Tackles Fumbles Punt Return Yards ...... 100 vs. Virginia Tech, 2013 Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU Int JONES’ CAREER BESTS Long Punt Return ...... 75 vs. Chattanooga, 2013 2012 11-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 Kickoff Returns 4 (four times); last vs. Mississippi St., 2014 2013 11-5 25 18 7 1.5-10 0 1-10 0 0 5 2-1 Tackles ...... 1 (twice); last vs. Texas A&M, 2014 Kickoff Return Yards ...... 142 vs. Ole Miss, 2012 2014 13-13 44 34 10 2.0-10 0 0-0 2 1 9 2-(-5) Long Kickoff Return ...... 99 vs. Ole Miss, 2012 Total 35-18 69 52 17 3.5-20 0 1-1.0 2 1 14 4-(-4) Touchdowns ...... 3 vs. Virginia Tech, 2013 RECEIVING Year G-S No. Yards Avg. TD LP TYREN 2012 11-0 4 51 12.8 0 35 CYRUS Total 11-0 4 51 12.8 0 35 JONES JONES PUNT RETURNS Year G No. Yards Avg. TD LP RB 2012 11 8 61 7.6 0 32 DB 2013 11 0 0 0 0 0 Fr. • 5-9 • 212 • RS 2014 13 4 82 20.5 0 70 Jr. • 5-10 • 194 • 2L Total 35 12 143 11.9 0 70 Marietta, Ga./ PROFILES 20 Walton KICKOFF RETURNS Baltimore, Md./ Year G No. Yards Avg. TD LP 5 Gilman 2012 11 10 250 25.0 0 41 2013 11 0 0 0 0 0 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2014): Running back 2014 13 4 77 19.2 0 20 who is working to develop a role in Alabama’s JUNIOR (2014): Earned one of the starting Total 35 14 327 23.4 0 41 rotation ... appeared in 10 games for the jobs at cornerback with a strong fall camp Crimson Tide in a reserve role and on the punt and has played his way into second team JONES’ CAREER BESTS coverage team … recorded the first touchdown All-SEC recognition (Associated Press) ... has Tackles ...... 8 vs. Auburn, 2014 of his career late in the Southern Miss game 44 tackles, two tackles for loss (-10 yards), Tackles for Loss ...... 1 (twice); last at Arkansas, 2014 and has two for the season … has 36 carries for two forced fumbles, two interceptions and Yards Lost ...... 10 vs. LSU, 2013 224 yards on the year … averaging 6.2 yards a team-high nine pass breakups … forced a Sacks ...... 1 vs. LSU, 2013 per rush. FAU: Added 33 yards on four carries. fumble at Ole Miss and returned it 17 yards Pass Breakups 2 (three times); last vs. Mississippi St., 2014 Interceptions . . 1 (four times); last vs. Mississippi St., 2014 Southern Miss: Had seven rushes for 57 yards for a touchdown ... also has four punt returns Forced Fumble...... 1 (twice); last at Ole Miss, 2014 and a touchdown … recorded a career-long for 82 yards and four kickoff returns for 77 Touchdowns ...... 1 at Ole Miss, 2014 22-yard run. Florida: Registered two carries in yards ... earned Alabama Defensive Player of Receptions ...... 2 vs. Western Carolina, 2012 the win over the Gators. Texas A&M: Came the Week honors against West Virginia, No. 14 Receiving Yards ...... 35 vs. Florida Atlantic, 2012 into the game in the second half and rushed LSU and No. 1 Mississippi State. West Virginia: Long Reception ...... 35 vs. Florida Atlantic, 2012 nine times for 34 yards ... had one explosive Punt Returns ...... 4 at Tennessee, 2012 Recorded a career-high seven tackles and one Punt Return Yards ...... 70 vs. FAU, 2014 rush of 12 yards. Western Carolina: Notched a pass breakup. FAU: Had three solo tackles, a Long Punt Return ...... 70 vs. FAU, 2014 season-best 75 yards rushing on a career-high 11 forced fumble and a 70-yard punt return, the Kickoff Returns ...... 4 vs. Georgia, 2012 carries for a 6.8 yards per carry average ... scored longest of his career. Southern Miss: Tallied one Kickoff Return Yards ...... 89 vs. Georgia, 2012 his second touchdown on a seven-yard run in the solo stop versus the Golden Eagles. Florida: Long Kickoff Return ...... 41 vs. Mississippi State, 2012 second quarter ... caught one pass for minus-one Added a pair of tackles, both solo, for the Tide yard. Missouri: Ran for 26 yards on three carries defense. Ole Miss: Proved to be a playmaker with a long of 14 yards in fourth-quarter action. on defense against the Rebels ... punched the ball loose from a Rebel running back late in the JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS second quarter and returned it for a 17-yard Rushing Receiving touchdown ... made three tackles from his Year G-S Att Yds Avg. TD LP No. Yds Avg. TD LP starting cornerback spot, all solo, and broke 2014 10-0 36 224 6.2 2 22 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 up two passes. Arkansas: Registered one tackle for a loss (-9 yards) ... added a pass breakup and JONES’ CAREER BESTS returned two punts for seven yards. Texas A&M: Notched six tackles, including four solo stops as Rushes ...... 11 vs. WCU, 2014 Yards ...... 75 vs. WCU, 2014 the Tide held the Aggies 218 yards below their Long Play ...... 22 vs. Southern Miss, 2014 season average in the passing game and 393 Rushing Touchdown . . . . 1 (three times); last vs. WCU, 2014 ROLLTIDE.COM 19 Player Profiles

at 92 percent ... named Alabama’s Offensive RYAN Player of the Week. Auburn: Graded out at 88 ARIE percent and helped open holes and provide KELLY time for 539 yards of total offense, including KOUANDJIO 227 yards on the ground. Missouri: Opened OL holes for 242 rushing yards, including 141 by OL Henry ... provided time for 262 passing yards Jr. • 6-5 • 296 • 2L and 504 yards of total offense, the most allowed Sr. • 6-5 • 315 • 2L by the Tigers’ defense this season. West Chester, Ohio/ Hyattsville, Md./ 70 Lakota West 77 DeMatha Catholic KORREN JUNIOR (2014): A second-year starter at center SENIOR (2014): Alabama’s second-year starter who makes calls and anchors the Crimson Tide’s KIRVEN at left guard and one of the nation’s most offensive line ... a member of the Rimington consistent offensive guards ... a member of the Trophy watch list ... started 11 games at center DL Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award watch this season ... helps lead an offensive line that lists ... first team All-American by the American is averaging 209.5 yards rushing per game, So. • 6-5 • 297 • 1L Football Coaches Association and USA Today which ranks sixth in the SEC and 34th nationally and second team All-American by Walter Camp, ... the line has surrendered just 13 sacks this Lynchburg, Va./ Associated Press and Sporting News ... first season to rank first in the SEC and 10th 85 Brookville team All-SEC by the Associated Press ... first nationally (1.00 per game) ... blocking for 490.5 team midseason All-American by CBS.com ... yards of total offense per game (second in the has 32 knockdown blocks on the season ... just SEC and 16th nationally) ... missed just seven SOPHOMORE (2014): Played in three games six missed assignments in 872 snaps for a 99.3 assignments in 737 snaps this season for a this season with one assisted tackle ... saw percent assignemnt rate this season ... has not 91.1 percent success rate ... has not allowed action against Florida Atlantic, Texas A&M and surrendered a sack ... graded out at a team-high a sack ... blocked for six 100-yard rushers this Auburn. 89 percent ... helps lead an offensive line that is season and 16 in his starting career ... selected averaging 209.5 yards rushing per game, which as Alabama’s Offensive Player of the Week KIRVEN’S CAREER STATISTICS ranks sixth in the SEC and 34th nationally ... the at Tennessee and against Western Carolina. Tackles Fumbles line has surrendered just 13 sacks this season to West Virginia: Opened holes for two 100-yard Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU Int rank first in the SEC and 10th nationally (1.00 rushers as T.J. Yeldon went for 126 yards and 2013 5-0 4 2 2 0.0-0 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0-0 per game) ... blocking for 490.5 yards of total two touchdowns and Derrick Henry added 2014 3-0 1 0 1 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0-0 offense per game (second in the SEC and 16th Totals 8-0 5 2 3 0.0-0 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0-0 113 yards and one score ... blocked for 538 nationally) ... blocked for seven 100-yard rushers PROFILES yards of total offense with no sacks allowed. this season and 17 in his career as a starter ... KIRVEN’S CAREER BESTS FAU: Graded out at a team-best 93 percent named an Offensive Player of the Week by the with one knockdown block and no missed Tackles ...... 2 vs. Georgia State, 2013 UA coaches after the Florida, Texas A&M and assignments ... opened holes for 190 yards on Quarterback Hurries ...... 1 vs. Arkansas, 2013 LSU games and the SEC Lineman of the Week the ground while providing time for 430 yards against the Aggies and again following the win through the air, which is the second-most yards at LSU. West Virginia: Opened holes for two in school history ... did not allow a sack in 38 100-yard rushers as T.J. Yeldon went for 126 pass attempts. Southern Miss: Did not miss yards and two touchdowns and Derrick Henry an assignment and helped the Tide roll up 333 added 113 yards and one score ... blocked for yards on the ground and 546 yards of total 538 total yards, with no sacks allowed. FAU: offense ... had two knockdown blocks. Florida: Recorded two knockdown blocks and graded Blocked for the second-most yards in school out at 90 percent ... opened holes for 190 yards history as the Crimson Tide complied 672 total on the ground while providing time for 430 yards, including 449 in the air and 223 on the ground ... blocked for his third 100-yard rushing game of the season as Henry gained 111 yards on 20 carries ... had two knockdown blocks and played 90 snaps. Ole Miss: Helped Alabama rush for 168 yards and pass for 228 in a loss at Ole Miss ... left the game in the second quarter with a sprained knee. Tennessee: Returned to the starting lineup after missing two weeks with a knee injury ... graded out at a team-high 89 percent and added two knockdown blocks ... earned Offensive Player of the Week honors from the Tide coaching staff. LSU: Recorded two knockdown blocks and graded out at 92 percent as Alabama drove for the game-tying field goal with 50 seconds remaining and won in overtime ... did not allow a sack. Mississippi State: Graded out at 88 percent with one knockdown block ... opened holes against one of the stoutest defensive lines in the nation in the No. 1 Bulldogs ... did not allow a sack and helped open numerous rushing lanes on the game-clinching drive in the fourth quarter that ended with a seven-yard touchdown run by T.J. Yeldon. Western Carolina: Helped open holes for 275 yards on the ground ... provided time for 337 yards passing while not allowing a sack Arie Kouandjio ... had two knockdown blocks and graded out 20 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Player Profiles yards through the air, which is the second-most with one on special teams ... both were solo yards in school history ... did not allow a sack DARREN tackles. Auburn: Had one solo tackle on kickoff in 38 pass attempts. Southern Miss: Helped coverage in the Tide’s Iron Bowl win. Missouri: the Tide account for 333 yards on the ground LAKE Had one special teams tackle against the Tigers. and 546 yards of total offense ... graded out at 88 percent ... tied for the team lead with four DL LEE’S CAREER STATISTICS knockdown blocks ... did not have a missed Tackles Fumbles assignment. Florida: Had six knockdown blocks Jr. • 6-3 • 323 • 2L Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT ... graded out at 90 percent ... blocked for 2012 8-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 the second-most yards in school history as York, Ala./ 2013 13-0 16 7 9 0-0 2 0-0 0 1-6 0 0 the Crimson Tide complied 672 total yards, 95 Sumter Central 2014 13-1 24 10 14 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 including 449 in the air and 223 on the ground Total 34-1 41 18 23 0-0 2 0-0 0 1-6 0 1 ... blocked for his third 100-yard rushing game of the season as Henry gained 111 yards on JUNIOR (2014): Reserve nose tackle who is a LEE’S CAREER BESTS 20 carries ... named an Offensive Player of the key to the Crimson Tide’s run-stopping defense Tackles ...... 6 vs. Texas A&M, 2014 Week by the Crimson Tide coaching staff. Ole ... made his Crimson Tide debut this season Quarterback Hurries ...... 2 vs. Arkansas, 2013 Miss: Helped Alabama rush for 168 yards and against Southern Miss and played extensively at Fumble Recoveries ...... 1 vs. Georgia State, 2013 pass for 228 in a loss at Ole Miss ... did not Arkansas while seeing action against Texas A&M, Interceptions ...... 1 vs. Michigan, 2012 surrender a sack ... graded out at 90 percent LSU, Mississippi State, Western Carolina, Auburn with four knockdown blocks. Arkansas: Second- and Missouri ... has five assisted tackles on the highest grade on the team ... recorded one season and one quarterback hurry. Arkansas: DEE knockdown block ... did not miss an assignment. Made one assisted tackle while helping limit Texas A&M: Earned SEC Offensive Lineman the Hogs to only 89 yards rushing. Texas A&M: LINER of the Week honors after a historic offensive Notched one tackle in a 59-0 win over the Aggies. LSU: Recorded a season-high three tackles with performance from the Tide with 602 yards of total DL offense and 59 points ... graded out at 90 percent two solo stops against the Tigers’ run-heavy offense. Auburn: Had one quarterback hurry in in 54 snaps as the starting unit left the game So. • 6-3 • 295 • SQ after the first drive of the third quarter ... had a 55-44 win over the Tigers. two knockdown blocks. Tennessee: Recorded Muscle Shoals, Ala./ LAKE’S CAREER STATISTICS three knockdown blocks as the Crimson Tide 52 Muscle Shoals posted a 34-20 win in Knoxville ... opened Tackles Fumbles holes for 183 yards rushing and 469 total yards. Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT LSU: Recorded three knockdown blocks and 2012 8-0 3 1 2 1-1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 SOPHOMORE (2014): Played in three games graded out at 92 percent as Alabama drove 2013 13-0 15 8 7 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 this season with one solo tackle ... saw his first 2014 8-0 5 2 3 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 career action against Florida Atlantic in the for they game-tying field goal with 50 seconds Total 29-0 23 11 12 1-1 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 remaining and won in overtime ... did not allow home opener ... came off the bench against Texas A&M and then made his first career tackle a sack. Mississippi State: Opened holes against LAKE’S CAREER BESTS one of the stoutest defensive lines in the nation versus Western Carolina. in the No. 1 Bulldogs ... did not allow a sack Tackles ...... 5 at Kentucky, 2013 PROFILES and helped open numerous rushing lanes on Tackles For Loss ...... 1 vs. Auburn, 2012 Yards Lost ...... 1 vs. Auburn, 2012 the game-clinching drive in the fourth quarter LINER’S CAREER STATISTICS that end with a seven-yard touchdown run by Tackles Fumbles T.J. Yeldon ... added two knockodwn blocks. Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT Western Carolina: Helped open holes for 275 DILLON 2014 3-0 1 1 0 0.0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0-0 yards on the ground ... provided time for 337 yards passing while not allowing a sack ... had LEE LINER’S CAREER BESTS two knockdown blocks and graded out at 92 Tackles ...... 1 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 percent. Auburn: Graded out at 89 percent LB and recorded two knockdown blocks ... opened holes and provided time for 539 yards of total Jr. • 6-4 • 243 • 2L offense, including 227 yards on the ground. ISAAC Missouri: Blocked for 504 yards of offense Buford, Ga./ including 242 yards rushing with 141 from 25 Buford LUATUA Derrick Henry ... graded at 87 percent with two knockdown blocks. OL JUNIOR (2014): A reserve outside linebacker who has the ability to move inside as well in the Jr. • 6-2 • 315 • 1L Alabama defense ... also a stalwart on special teams ... has played in 13 games with one start La Mirada, Calif./ ... has 24 tackles (10 solo) on the season while 68 La Mirada tying for the team lead in special teams tackles with 12. FAU: Had three tackles (one solo) in win over the Owls. Arkansas: Started his first game JUNIOR (2014): A powerful offensive lineman of the season and recorded a then career-high who has been a valuable reserve on the interior four tackles (three solo) as the Tide held the of the offensive line … played in six games this Razorbacks to 89 yards rushing. Texas A&M: season, coming off the bench at guard against Recorded a career-high six tackles and helped Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss, Florida, Texas limit the SEC’s top-ranked offense to 172 yards, A&M, Western Carolina and Missouri. including just 31 yards rushing. Tennessee: Made two solo tackles for the Crimson Tide in a 34-20 win in Knoxville. LSU: Registered two assisted tackles against the Tigers. Mississippi State: Recorded three assisted special teams tackles in the 25-20 victory over the No.1 Bulldogs. Western Carolina: Made two tackles

ROLLTIDE.COM 21 Player Profiles COLE NICK PERRY’S CAREER STATISTICS Tackles Fumbles MAZZA PERRY Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT 2010 4-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0 2011 9-0 2 1 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 SN DB 2012 14-4 38 18 20 2-7 0 1-7 0 1-0 2 0-0 2013 2-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0 So. • 6-1 • 251 • 1L Sr. • 6-1 • 211 • 3L 2014 13-12 74 46 28 3.5-7 1 0-0 0 0-0 6 2-24 Totals 42-16 115 66 49 5.5-14 1 1-7 0 1-0 10 2-24 Bakersfi eld, Calif./ Prattville, Ala./ PERRY’S CAREER BESTS 55 Liberty 27 Prattville Tackles ...... 13 vs. Auburn, 2014 Tackles for Loss ...... 2 vs. Auburn, 2014 SOPHOMORE (2014): Started all 13 games in SENIOR (2014): Earned the starting free safety Sacks ...... 1 vs. Ole Miss, 2012 2014 and 26 straight over the past two seasons job ... has played in all 13 games with 12 starts ... perfect on 130 snapping opportunities as ... SEC Defensive Player of the Week for his a sophomore, including 60 extra points, 22 play in the Tide’s 25-20 win over then-No. field goals and 48 punts ... has four tackles on 1 Mississippi State ... has 74 tackles on the D.J. the season with one against Texas A&M and a season with 46 solo stops to rank fourth on PETTWAY career-best three at LSU. the team ... has two interceptions, six pass breakups, 3.5 tackles for loss (-7 yards) and one quarterback hurry ... earned Alabama Defensive DE Player of the Week honors for his efforts against ALEC LSU, Mississippi State and Auburn ... has 44 Jr. • 6-3 • 265 • JC MORRIS tackles and two interceptions in his last five SEC games (counting SEC title game) ... has Penscaola, Fla./ 57 tackles with two interceptions in seven 57 Catholic/E. Mississippi JC QB games against teams ranked in the top 25 this season ... missed the first half of the Florida So. • 6-3 • 230 • SQ JUNIOR (2014): Returned after a year in game after being penalized for targeting in junior college and earned an extensive role at the third quarter of the Southern Miss game. defensive end following a solid spring and fall Allen, Texas/ West Virginia: Made six tackles with five solo 11 Allen camp ... has played in all 13 games with one stops ... recorded his first tackle for a loss on start ... has 22 tackles with 12 solo stops, 2.0 the season (-2 yards) ... added a forced fumble. tackles for loss (-7 yards), 1.0 sack (-4 yards), FAU: Started and recorded one solo tackle.

PROFILES JUNIOR (2014): Played in four games this three pass breakups and five quarterback hurries season as the Crimson Tide’s third-string Southern Miss: Made one solo tackle before ... Alabama Defensive Player of the Week for his quarterback ... has not attempted a pass ... being ejected for targeting early in the third play against then-No. 1 Mississippi State. West has seen action against Southern Miss, Florida, quarter. Florida: Came off the bench to play Virginia: Started at defensive end against the Texas A&M and Western Carolina. in the second half after sitting out the first Mountaineers and made three tackles with two due to a targeting penalty ... did not have a solo stops ... helped limit WVU to just 28 rushing tackle. Ole Miss: Started and led the team in yards. FAU: Made two assisted tackles against tackles with 10 ... was his second career double- the Owls. Southern Miss: Recorded a solo tackle MICHAEL digit tackle performance ... made seven solo against USM … helped limit the Golden Eagles NYSEWANDER stops. Arkansas: Registered five tackles with two to just 56 rushing yards on 18 attempts. Florida: solo stops, one quarterback hurry and one pass Broke up a pass and added a quarterback hurry. breakup. Texas A&M: Made five tackles with Ole Miss: Made one solo tackle coming off the TE three solo stops ... added two pass breakups bench. Texas A&M: Registered half of a sack ... helped limit the SEC’s top-ranked offense to (-2 yards) with a career-high four tackles (all Sr. • 6-1 • 238 • SQ just 172 yards, 393 yards below their average assisted). Tennessee: Came off the bench as ... also held A&M to 218 passing yards below part of the defensive line rotation and made one its average. Tennessee: Recorded a season- Hoover, Ala./Hoover solo tackle. LSU: Made two assisted tackles with 46 high eight solo tackles in Knoxville. LSU: His half of a sack (-2 yards) ... added a quarterback pass breakup on third down in overtime at the hurry as the Tide allowed just 76 passing yards. three-yard line was key to the Tide come-from- Mississippi State: Earned Alabama Defensive SENIOR (2014): A reserve tight end who has behind victory in Death Valley ... finished with Player of the Week honors for his play against seen action in eight games this season ... has eight tackles as the Tide limited the Tigers the top-ranked Bulldogs ... had three solo stops two catches for 21 yards and one touchdown to just 76 yards passing ... one of Alabama’s and four solo tackles. Auburn: Had a game-high ... played against West Virginia, FAU, Southern Defensive Player of the Week by the coaching two quarterback hurries and knocked down a Miss, Florida, Texas A&M, Western Carolina and staff. Mississippi State: Recorded a team-high pass ... made two solo stops in the Tide’s 55-44 Missouri. Southern Miss: Made his first career 12 tackles with nine solo stops and half of a win in the Iron Bowl. Missouri: Made two solo catch, a nine-yard reception. Western Carolina: tackle for loss (-1 yard) ... SEC Defensive Player tackles as the Tide limited the Tigers to just 41 Found the end zone for the first time in his career of the Week ... intercepted one Dak Prescott rushing yards. on a 12-yard touchdown catch from Jake Coker. pass. Western Carolina: Started and made two total tackles with one solo stop. Auburn: PETTWAY’S CAREER STATISTICS NYSEWANDER’S CAREER STATISTICS Registered a career-high 13 tackles in a 55-44 Tackles Fumbles RECEIVING win over the No. 15 Tigers ... had two tackles Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT Year G-S Rec. Yards Avg. TD LP for loss (-4 yards) ... picked off his second 2012 13-0 8 3 5 4-25 1 2.5-20 0 0-0 0 0-0 2014 7-0 2 21 10.5 1 12 pass in the last three games and returned it 2014 13-1 22 12 10 2-7 5 1-4 0 0-0 3 0-0 23 yards ... had eight solo stops and broke up Total 26-1 30 15 15 6-32 6 3.5-24 0 0-0 3 0-0 NYSEWANDER’S CAREER BESTS one pass ... named one of Alabama’s Defensive Receptions ...... 1 (twice); last vs. Western Carolina, 2014 Players of the Week. Missouri: Made three Receiving Yards ...... 12 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 assisted tackles and broke up a pass in the Receiving Touchdowns ...... 1 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 Tide’s 42-13 victory over the Tigers in the SEC Championship Game.

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PETTWAY’S CAREER BESTS hurry and three pass breakups ... named the Defensive Player of the Week by the Alabama JARRAN Tackles ...... 4 (twice); last vs. Mississippi State, 2014 coaching staff following the Ole Miss, Texas Tackles for Loss ...... 1 (four times); last at Ole Miss, 2014 REED Yards Lost ...... 11 vs. Notre Dame, 2012 A&M, LSU and Western Carolina games ... Sacks ...... 1 (two times); last vs. Notre Dame, 2012 named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week Yards Lost ...... 11 vs. Notre Dame, 2012 for his play in Baton Rouge. West Virginia: DL Quarterback Hurries ...... 2 vs. Auburn, 2014 Made six tackles against the Mountaineers with one solo stop and one pass breakup. FAU: Jr. • 6-4 • 315 • JC Led the team with five tackles including three Goldsboro, N.C./ solo stops ... notched his first career sack (-6 Goldsboro/E. Mississippi JC GUNNAR yards), had 1.5 tackles for loss and recovered a 90 RABORN fumble ... helped limit the Owls to just 57 yards rushing and 145 total yards. Florida: Started and made a team-high eight tackles with five JUNIOR (2014): A junior college transfer PK solo stops ... also recovered a Gator fumble and who arrived in January and has bolstered the added a quarterback hurry. Ole Miss: Earned Alabama defensive line ... earned All-SEC Fr. • 5-10 • 185 • HS coaching staff Defensive Player of the Week honorable mention from the Associated Press honors after making nine tackles with three solo ... has played in all 13 games with 12 starts ... Lafayette, La./ stops ... notched 1.5 tackles for loss (-3 yards). has 52 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss (-14 yards), 96 St. Thomas More Arkansas: Led the team with a career-high one sack (-1 yard) and five pass breakups ... has 12 tackles which included seven solo stops ... the most tackles by a defensive lineman since Wallace Gilberry in 2007 ... had 23 combined FRESHMAN (2014): The Crimson Tide’s backup recorded 0.5 tackle for loss (-1 yard) ... had one tackles against LSU and Mississippi State after place-kicker ... played in two games, getting the pass breakup. Texas A&M: Earned Alabama 20 stops in the first eight contests ... earned start against Western Carolina ... is 2-for-3 on Defensive Player of the Week honors for his play Alabama Defensive Player of the Week honors field goal attempts this season and 9-for-10 against the Aggies ... made seven tackles with following the Florida game. West Virginia: on extra points ... has scored 15 points ... long two solo stops, 1.5 tackles for loss (-7 yards) Made two tackles and batted down one Clint field goal is 28 yards. Western Carolina: Saw and half of a sack (-6 yards) ... intercepted his Trickett pass. FAU: Made one assisted tackle. his first action in an Alabama uniform ... started first career pass with a leaping pick ... helped Southern Miss: Had one solo stop against the at place-kicker and hit 2-of-3 field goals and all limit the SEC’s top-ranked offense to just 172 Golden Eagles. Florida: Recorded a career-best six extra points. Auburn: Connected on two of yards, 393 yards below its average and just 31 five tackles with a tackle for loss (-2 yards) and three extra points with one attempt blocked. yards rushing. Tennessee: Recorded a team- high nine tackles in Knoxville, making six solo broke up a pass. Ole Miss: Started and made two assisted tackles while breaking up one RABORN’S CAREER STATISTICS stops ... had 1.5 tackles for loss and forced a second-quarter fumble that set up the Tide’s pass. Arkansas: Registered his first career sack Extra Points Field Goals fourth touchdown ... also broke up his third pass while making a career-high five tackles — all solo Year G-S XP-A Pct. FG-A Pct. Long Pts. ... also batted down a career-best two passes at 2014 2-2 9-10 90.0 2-3 66.7 28 15 of the season. LSU: Registered a career-high 13 stops en route to winning SEC Defensive the line of scrimmage. Texas A&M: Started and FG BREAKDOWN Player of the Week honors ... notched four made one assisted tackle as the Tide limited 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ solo stops and nine assists ... had one tackle the SEC’s top-ranked offense to just 172 total PROFILES 2014 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 for loss (-3 yards) while helping limit the Tigers yards and a mere 31 yards rushing. Tennessee: Notched three tackles with a solo stop. LSU: RABORN’S CAREER BESTS to just 76 yards passing and 3.3 yards per rush. Mississippi State: Limited one of the nation’s Recorded a game- and career-high 15 tackles Field Goals Made...... 2 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 best offensive attacks while slowing Heisman- against the Tigers in Death Valley ... helped Field Goal Attempts ...... 3 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 candidate quarterback Dak Prescott in the limit the nation’s No. 14 team to just 3.3 yards Long Field Goal ...... 28 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 Crimson Tide’s victory over the then-No. 1 per rush. Mississippi State: Made eight tackles PAT Made...... 6 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 Bulldogs ... finished with 10 tackles, including against the top-ranked Bulldogs ... had seven PAT Attempts ...... 6 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 assisted stops and half of a tackle for loss as Points ...... 12 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 seven solo stops while limiting MSU to just 138 yards rushing, which was 117 yards below the Tide held MSU to 117 rushing yards below their average. Western Carolina: Garnered its season average. Western Carolina: Had one REGGIE Defensive Player of the Week honors from the solo tackle and helped limit the Catamounts to Alabama coaching staff ... made four tackles minus-eight yards rushing. Auburn: Recorded RAGLAND with three solo stops and had one tackle for four total tackles in a 55-44 win over the No. loss (-1 yard) ... helped limit the Catamounts to 15 Tigers, including three solo stops and one LB minus-eight yards rushing. Auburn: Made three tackle for loss (-2 yards). Missouri: Made four tackles with a solo stop in the win over the No. tackles with two solo stops while helping the Jr. • 6-2 • 254 • 2L 15 Tigers. Missouri: Recorded two tackles with Tide limit the Tigers to just 41 yards rushing a solo stop while helping limit the Tigers to a ... made a career-best two tackles for loss (-7 Madison, Ala./ lowly 41 yards rushing in the SEC Championship yards). 19 Bob Jones Game. REED’S CAREER STATISTICS

RAGLAND’S CAREER STATISTICS JUNIOR (2014): Won the starting job at will Tackles Fumbles Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT Tackles Fumbles linebacker, replacing C.J. Mosley ... semifinalist 2014 13-11 52 19 33 6.5-14 0 1-1 0 0-0 5 0-0 for the Butkus Award, which goes to the nation’s Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT best linebacker ... first team All-SEC by the 2012 11-0 8 5 3 0-0 0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-0 2013 13-0 17 6 11 0.5-1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 REED’S CAREER BESTS Associated Press ... started his first career game 2014 13-12 88 43 45 8.5-22 1 1.5-12 1 3-0 3 1-1 Tackles ...... 15 at LSU, 2014 against West Virginia in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Total 37-12 113 54 59 9-23 1 1.5-12 2 3-0 3 1-1 Tackles for Loss ...... 2 vs. Missouri, 2014 Game and has 12 starts on the season while Sacks ...... 1 at Arkansas, 2014 playing in all 13 games ... recorded 88 tackles RAGLAND’S CAREER BESTS Pass Breakups ...... 2 at Arkansas, 2014 on the season, which ranks second on the team Tackles ...... 13 at LSU, 2014 ... has 43 solo stops and four double-digit tackle Tackles for Loss . . . 1.5 (four times); last at Tennessee, 2014 games this season ... has at least seven tackles Yards Lost ...... 7 vs. Texas A&M, 2014 in seven of the last 10 games ... has 8.5 tackles Forced Fumble...... 1 at Tennessee, 2014 for loss (-22 yards) and 1.5 sacks (-12 yards) ... Quarterback Hurry ...... 1 vs. Florida, 2014 has an interception, one forced fumble, a team- Pass Breakup . 1 (three times); last vs. Mississippi St., 2014 high three fumble recoveries, one quarterback ROLLTIDE.COM 23 Player Profiles

ROBINSON’S CAREER BESTS Auburn: Played 44 snaps before leaving with A’SHAWN a sprained right shoulder ... graded out at 89 Tackles ...... 9 vs. Missouri, 2014 percent with three knockdown blocks. Missouri: ROBINSON Tackles for Loss ...... 3 vs. Missouri, 2013 Yards Lost ...... 14 at Kentucky, 2013 Opened holes for 242 rushing yards, including Quarterback Hurries . . . 2 (twice); last vs. Tennessee, 2013 141 by Henry ... provided time for 262 passing DL Sacks ...... 2 at Kentucky, 2013 yards and 504 yards of total offense, the most Forced Fumble...... 1 at Arkansas, 2014 allowed by the Tigers’ defense this season. So. • 6-4 • 320 • 1L Blocked Field Goals ...... 1 vs. Chattanooga, 2013 Blocked Point After Touchdown ...... 1 at Ole Miss, 2014 Fort Worth, Texas/ 86 Arlington Heights JK CAM SCOTT SOPHOMORE (2014): A returning freshman ROBINSON All-American and preseason All-American ... P honorable mention All-SEC by the Assocatied Press ... starts at nose tackle with extra OL Fr. • 6-4 • 185 • HS defensive backs in the game and at the five- Fr. • 6-6 • 323 • HS technique defensive end in the Crimson Tide’s Denver, Colo./ base 3-4 alignment ... has started 12 games and 15 Mullen Monroe, La./ played in all 13 for the Crimson Tide ... has 47 74 West Monroe tackles on the season with 6.5 tackles for loss (-11 yards), a forced fumble, four quarterback FRESHMAN (2014): A true freshman who easily won the starting duties at and is hurries, two pass deflections and a blocked PAT FRESHMAN (2014): The first true freshman to arguably the nation’s best punter ... first team ... earned Special Teams Player of the Week start at left offensive tackle since Andre Smith All-American by Sporting News, ESPN and honors following the Ole Miss game. FAU: in 2006 ... Freshman All-American by Sporting USA Today ... also a Freshman All-American Logged four tackles with two solo stops while News ... has 32 knockdown blocks on the by Sporting News ... dropped 26-of-48 (54.2 limiting the Owls to 57 yards rushing and just season while surrendering just three sacks in percent) punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard 145 total yards ... notched half of a tackle for 792 snaps ... helps lead an offensive line that is line, which is the best in the nation ... ranks loss (-1 yard). Southern Miss: Knocked down a averaging 209.5 yards rushing per game, which third nationally in punting with a 47.0 yards per pass at the line of scrimmage in his second start ranks sixth in the SEC and 34th nationally ... the punt average ... one of the leading candidates of the season ... added one assisted tackle as line has surrendered just 13 sacks this season for first team All-America honors ... first team the Tide limited USM to just 56 yards rushing. to rank first in the SEC and 10th nationally All-SEC (Associated Press and league coaches) Florida: Registered a quarterback hurry and (1.00 per game) ... blocking for 490.5 yards of one assisted tackle as the Tide limited the ... finalist for the Ray Guy Award, which goes

PROFILES total offense per game (second in the SEC and to the nation’s best punter ... named the Ray Gators to just 200 total yards. Ole Miss: Earned 16th nationally) ... blocked for seven 100-yard Guy Award National Punter of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week honors after rushers. West Virginia: Had one knockdown SEC Special Teams Player of the Week following blocking a critical point-after touchdown late in block while helping open holes for two 100-yard the Arkansas game and was again the SEC the fourth quarter, giving Alabama a chance to rushers as T.J. Yeldon went for 126 yards and Special Teams Player of the Week against No. 1 win ... added three assisted tackles and half of two touchdowns and Derrick Henry added 113 Mississippi State ... has 10 starts on the season a tackle for loss (-1 yard). Arkansas: Made five yards and one score ... blocked for 538 yards (Alabama did not punt against FAU or Western tackles with two solo stops and 1.5 tackles (-1 of total offense with no sacks allowed. FAU: Carolina) ... boomed his first collegiate kick yard) for loss while forcing his first career fumble. Recorded a knockdown block and helped block Texas A&M: Had one quarterback hurry and for 190 yards on the ground while providing helped limit the SEC’s top-ranked offense to time for 430 yards through the air, which is the just 172 yards, 393 yards below its average, second-most yards in school history ... did not and 31 yards rushing. Tennessee: Recorded a allow a sack in 38 pass attempts. Southern career-high seven tackles with two solo stops Miss: Had four knockdown blocks as Alabama and half of a tackle for loss (-2 yards). LSU: accounted for 333 on the ground and 547 Equaled his career-high with seven tackles total yards. Florida: Recorded a team-high versus the Tigers ... recorded one solo stop seven knockdown blocks and opened holes and helped limit LSU to just 3.3 yards per rush for the second-most yards in school history as on 56 carries. Mississippi State: Matched his the Crimson Tide complied 672 total yards, career high for the second straight game with including 449 in the air and 223 on the ground seven tackles ... had half of a tackle for loss (-1 ... blocked for his third 100-yard rushing game yard) and knocked down a Dak Prescott pass as of the season as Henry gained 111 yards on his Tide defense held MSU’s vaunted rushing 20 carries. Ole Miss: Recorded a team-high attack to 117 yards below its average. Auburn: six knockdown blocks and graded out as the Made three tackles with a solo stop while second best on the team ... did not allow a recording one quarterback hurry in the win over sack. Arkansas: Had two knockdown blocks and the Tigers. Missouri: Registered a career-high did not allow a sack. Texas A&M: Opened holes three tackles for loss (-5 yards) while making a for a historic offensive performance from the Tide career-best nine total tackles ... had five solo with 602 yards of total offense and 59 points ... stops and added one quarterback hurry. blocked for 298 yards rushing. Tennessee: Played 33 snaps before leaving the game with a high- ROBINSON’S CAREER STATISTICS ankle sprain ... had two knockdown blocks. LSU: Tackles Fumbles Recorded two knockdown blocks and did not Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT allow a sack ... returned to the field just two 2013 13-2 38 15 23 8-40 5 5.5-34 0 0-0 0 0-0 weeks after leaving the Tennessee game with 2014 13-12 47 14 33 6.5-11 4 0-0 1 0-0 2 0-0 a high-ankle sprain. Mississippi State: Did not Total 26-14 85 29 56 14.5-51 9 5.5-34 1 0-0 2 0-0 miss an assignment and had one knockdown block versus the then top-ranked Bulldogs. Western Carolina: Helped open holes for 275 yards on the ground ... providing time for 337 yards passing while not allowing a sack. JK Scott

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62 yards, sending the West Virginia returner kick with four touchbacks ... garnered Special ground and 547 total yards. Florida: Blocked racing toward his end zone to field the punt Teams Player of the Week honors from the Tide for the second-most yards in school history as and lost one yard on the return ... punted 48 coaches. Auburn: Boomed his first kick against the Crimson Tide complied 672 total yards, times for 2,255 yards, which leads the SEC ... the Tigers a career-long 70 yards ... dropped including 449 in the air and 223 on the ground averaging 43.38 net yards per punt to rank his second punt down at the 10-yard line for a ... blocked for his third 100-yard rushing game second nationally by 7/100th of a yard and first 41-yard punt ... averaged 55.5 yards per punt of the season as Henry gained 111 yards on 20 in the SEC ... has allowed just 10 punt returns ... also kicked off eight times for an average carries ... did not surrender a sack. Ole Miss: all season for 73 yards (7.3 yards per return) of 61.9 yards with three touchbacks. Missouri: Helped Alabama rush for 168 yards and pass ... has 18 punts of more than 50 yards, five of Punted three times for an average of 43.3 yards for 228 in a loss at Ole Miss ... did not surrender which were over 60 yards with a long of 70 ... hit his first punt 52 yards, forcing a fair catch a sack or commit a mental error ... had one ... forced 16 fair catches with five touchbacks at the Tigers’ 11-yard line ... second punt was knockdown block. Arkansas: Allowed his only ... kicked off 24 times for a 62.5-yard average 47 yards and fair caught at the MU 13-yard line sack of the season ... had one knockdown block. with eight touchbacks ... named the Alabama ... scrambled to get off a low punt on his final Texas A&M: The Tide’s highest grading offensive Special Teams Player of the Week against West kick that lowered his average ... did not have a lineman at 91 percent in a historic offensive Virginia, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Tennessee, LSU, punt returned and netted 43.3 yards per punt. performance from the Tide with 602 yards of Mississippi State, Western Carolina and Auburn. total offense and 59 points ... opened holes for West Virginia: Averaged 50.5 yards on two SCOTT’S CAREER STATISTICS 298 yards rushing and did not allow a sack with punts with a 62-yarder on his first career punt one knockdown block. Tennessee: Recorded PUNTING In Ret. Net Net ... left the 62-yard punt on the Mountaineers’ Year G-S No. Yds Avg. Lng 20 50+ Blk Yds Yds Avg. a career-best six knockdown blocks as the seven-yard line ... forced a fair catch on his 2014 12-12 48 2,255 47.0 70 26 18 0 75 2,180 45.4 Crimson Tide posted a 34-20 win in Knoxville second punt of the game. FAU: Penciled in as ... opened holes for 183 yards rushing and 469 the starter but did not need to punt against SCOTT’S CAREER BESTS total yards. LSU: Graded out at 92 percent as FAU. Southern Miss: Landed his only punt Alabama drove for the tying field goal with 50 of the game on the Golden Eagles’ nine-yard Punts ...... 9 at LSU, 2014 seconds remaining and won in overtime ... did Yards ...... 437 at LSU, 2014 line, forcing a fair catch ... punt was 34 yards Long ...... 70 vs. Auburn, 2014 not allow a sack. Mississippi State: Did not ... kicked off two times for a 65.0-yard average Average ...... 55.5 (two punts) vs. Auburn, 2014 miss an assignment and had one knockdown with one touchback. Florida: Punted two times Inside 20 ...... 7 at Arkansas, 2014 block versus the then-top-ranked Bulldogs ... for an average of 43.5 yards ... had a long of 50+ Yards ...... 3 (three times); last at LSU, 2014 graded out at a team-best 89 percent. Western 57 yards. Ole Miss: Turned in the best game Carolina: Helped open holes for 275 yards to date of his young career with a 51.8-yard on the ground ... provided time for 337 yards average, three kicks inside the 20-yard line, AUSTIN passing while not allowing a sack ... graded three over 50 yards, including a career-long out at 92 percent. Auburn: Started the game of 64 yards ... had two touchbacks. Arkansas: SHEPHERD at right tackle but made the switch to the left Named the Ray Guy Award Player of the Week side after a shoulder injury to Cam Robinson and SEC Special Teams Player of the Week for his ... graded out at a game-high 92 percent with OL performance against the Razorbacks ... punted two knockdown blocks ... helped open holes a career-high eight times, with seven pinned Sr. • 6-5 • 320 • 3L for 539 yards of total offense and 227 rushing inside the opponent’s 20-yard line ... had three yards ... earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the punts over 50 yards ... averaged 44.2 yards per Week for his play. Missouri: Opened holes for Buford, Ga./ PROFILES kick while also netting 44.2 yards per punt. Texas 242 rushing yards, including 141 by Henry ... 79 North Gwinnett A&M: Averaged 50.0 yards on four punts with a provided time for 262 passing yards and 504 long of 56 yards ... placed one punt inside the yards of total offense, the most allowed by the Aggies’ 20-yard line ... two punts were over 50 SENIOR (2014): A second-year starter at right Tigers’ defense during the 2014 season. yards. Tennessee: Recorded three knockdown tackle who has allowed just two sacks in his blocks as the Crimson Tide posted a 34-20 26 career starts with only one this season ... win in Knoxville ... opened holes for 183 yards second team All-SEC by the Associated Press rushing and 469 total yards ... injury limited him ... has only seven missed assignments in 871 BLAKE to just 33 snaps. Tennessee: Earned Special snaps ... recorded 21 knockdown blocks on SIMS Teams Player of the Week honors from the the year ... helps lead an offensive line that is coaching staff for the fourth time this season for averaging 209.5 yards rushing per game, which his performance in Knoxville ... averaged 42.8 ranks sixth in the SEC and 34th nationally ... the QB yards on four punts with three landing inside line has surrendered just 13 sacks this season Sr. • 6-0 • 208 • 3L the Vols’ 20-yard line ... booted his third 60-plus to rank first in the SEC and 10th nationally yard punt while forcing three fair catches ... (1.00 per game) ... blocking for 490.5 yards Gainesville, Ga./ the only punt returned lost four yards. LSU: of total offense per game (second in the SEC Once again proved to be one of the keys to and 16th nationally) ... blocked for seven 100- 6 Gainesville an Alabama victory, punting nine times at No. yard rushers this season and 17 in his career 14 LSU ... averaged 48.6 yards per punt ... left as a starter ... earned SEC Offensive Lineman SENIOR (2014): The senior started his first two punts inside the Tigers’ 20-yard line and of the Week and Alabama Offensive Player career game in the season opener against West boomed a career-long 66-yard punt that was of the Week for his efforts in the Iron Bowl. Virginia and has progressed into one of the downed at the LSU eight-yard line ... had three West Virginia: Opened holes for two 100-yard nation’s best quarterbacks ... a finalist for the punts over 50 yards. Mississippi State: Turned rushers as T.J. Yeldon went for 126 yards and Manning Award and a semifinalist for the Davey in another performance that was a key to victory two touchdowns and Derrick Henry added 113 O’Brien Award, which goes to the country’s for the Crimson Tide, this time against top- yards and one score ... blocked for 538 yards of top QB ... MVP of the SEC Championship ranked Mississippi State, consistently flipping total offense with no sacks allowed ... graded Game ... second-team All-SEC by both the the field in Alabama’s 25-20 win ... punted out at a team-high 88 percent. FAU: Graded Associated Press and the league coaches ... has seven times for an average of 45.6 yards with out at 88 percent with two knockdown blocks started all 13 games in 2014 and was selected five inside the 20-yard line and three inside the and no missed assignments ... opened holes second team All-SEC ... set Alabama records 10 ... booted two beyond 50 yards with a long for 190 yards on the ground while providing for the most completions and attempts of any of 56 and forced three fair catches ... his first time for 430 yards through the air, which is the quarterback in a starting debut ... broke the five punts against the Bulldogs were downed second-most yards in school history ... did not Alabama single-season total offense record in inside the 20-yard line. Western Carolina: Did allow a sack in 38 pass attempts. Southern the Iron Bowl and now has 3,571 yards (274.2 not punt (Alabama’s was not forced to punt for Miss: Recorded a team-high five knockdown ypg) ... ranks second nationally with an 88.4 the second time this season) but kicked off for blocks and graded out at a team-high 92 total QBR rating from ESPN ... also recorded the Alabama nine times, averaging 63.6 yards per percent ... helped block for 333 yards on the second-highest passing total in a single game in ROLLTIDE.COM 25 Player Profiles

school history with 445 yards against Florida ... the 445 yards passing was the second-highest drive at the end of regulation ... threw for two has thrown for a school-record 3,250 yards this total in school history ... completed 23-of-33 touchdowns. Mississippi State: Accounted for season, passing AJ McCarron’s record of 3,063 passes with one interception ... hooked up 229 yards of total offense ... completed 19-of- set in 2013 ... is 230-of-355 passing, good for on the longest pass play of his career with 31 passes for 211 yards and one touchdown ... a 64.8 percent completion percentage ... has an 87-yard completion to Drake on the first did not throw a pick as his streak of consecutive thrown 26 touchdowns and seven interceptions play of the game ... named the Walter Camp passes without an interception increased to 148 ... did not throw an interception in 156 pass National Player of the Week for his efforts. throws, which was the sixth longest in school attempts (Arkansas to Western Carolina), which Ole Miss: Threw for 228 yards on 19-of-31 history at the time ... rushed four times for 18 was the third-longest streak in school history ... passing with one interception ... completed six yards, including scampers of 10 and 11 yards on has 73 rushes on the season for 321 yards and explosive plays of 16 yards or more ... rushed third down in the game-clinching drive in the six touchdowns ... actually gained 430 yards seven times for eight yards with one sack ... fourth quarter to convert first downs. Western rushing, but lost 109 on sacks ... responsible for also scored his third rushing touchdown of the Carolina: Completed 68 percent of his passes a school-record 32 touchdowns this season (26 season on a naked bootleg from one-yard out. for 222 yards while playing only in the first half passing, six rushing), passing McCarron’s 31 in Arkansas: Completed 11-of-21 passes for 161 ... threw two touchdown passes, but also tossed 2012 ... converted 21 first downs on the ground yards and two touchdowns ... did not throw his first interception in 156 pass attempts ...... has a 161.92 quarterback efficiency rating an interception ... long pass play was 47 yards had three passes of 25 yards or longer. Auburn: that ranks seventh nationally and first in the SEC to O.J. Howard ... had two explosive plays .. Registered his second 300-yard passing game ... has 73 explosive passes of 16 yards or more sacked twice to finish with five yards rushing on with 312 yards and matched his career high with this season and 28 passes of 25-plus yards ... seven carries. Texas A&M: Threw for 268 yards four passing touchdowns and set a personal named the Walter Camp National Player of the and three touchdowns against no interceptions ... best with five total touchdowns ... posted a Week and a Manning Award Star of the Week completed 16-of-27 passes with scoring strikes of 197.81 passing efficiency rating ... rushed for after the Florida game ... Offensive Player of 45 and 24 yards to Cooper, and a 41-yard score 23 total yards, including an 11-yard touchdown the Week by the Alabama coaching staff against to Derrick Henry ... rushed four times for 54 yards, run ... tossed a career-high three interceptions Southern Miss, Florida and Tennessee. West breaking free with several jump cuts for a 43-yard ... completed 10 of his final 12 passes after Virginia: Led Alabama to a 33-23 victory in his first-half touchdown ... totaled 322 yards of total throwing his third pick on the second play of first start ... completed 24-of-33 passes for 250 offense. Tennessee: Recorded 328 yards of the third quarter. Missouri: Named the MVP yards and one interception ... set UA records total offense and accounted for three touches of the SEC Championship Game after setting a for completions and attempts in his first start (two passing, one rushing) ... connected on league-record by completing 85.2 percent (23- at quarterback ... rushed six times for 42 yards. 14-of-24 passes for 286 yards ... found Cooper of-27) of his passes in a 42-13 Alabama victory FAU: Completed 85.7 percent of his passes (12- on scoring plays of 80 and 41 yards ... rushed ... threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns ... of-14), which is the fifth-best percentage among six times for 42 yards, including a 28-yard rushed nine times for 19 yards (two sacks) with quarterbacks with a minium of 10 completions touchdown ... connected of five explosive three first downs ... completed five passes of 16 in a single game in school history ... threw for passes of 16 yards or more. LSU: Attempted yards or more, including a 58-yard touchdown 228 yards and two touchdowns in four drives a career-high 45 passes against the Tigers in a strike to DeAndrew White ... broke the school

PROFILES as a starter, leading the Tide to 21 points ... deafening environment ... threw for 209 yards record for passing yards in a season (McCarron, rushed for a seven-yard touchdown to open on 20 completions ... with his team trailing by 2013) in the game and totaled 281 yards of total the scoring, found Amari Cooper on a 52-yard three points and just 50 seconds on the clock, offense ... also set the single-season touchdown scoring play and Kenyan Drake from 39 yards led a 55-yard drive that allowed Adam Griffith responsibility record with 32 on the season. out. Southern Miss: Completed 12-of-17 passes to kick the tying 27-yard field goal ... was 4-for- for 168 yards and two touchdowns ... found 6 on the drive for 50 yards, including a third- SIMS’ CAREER STATISTICS Cooper on a 22-yard scoring strike and tight down strike to Christion Jones for 22 yards with Passing Rushing end Brian Vogler from five yards out ... rushed under 20 seconds to play ... then went 2-for-2 Year G-S Com-Att-Int Pct. Yds TD LP No. Yds Avg. TD LP five times for 46 yards with a touchdown and a in overtime for 30 yards, culminating in a six- 2011 5-0 0-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 22 107 4.9 0 45 long rush of 20 yards. Florida: Set career highs yard touchdown pass to DeAndrew White for 2012 10-0 5-10-0 50.0 77 0 35 30 187 6.2 2 36 with 445 yards passing and four touchdowns ... the win ... connected on seven explosive passes 2013 8-0 18-29-0 62.1 167 2 26 15 61 4.1 0 11 rushed eight times for 39 yards to finish with an for 16 yards or more ... rushed for two first 2014 13-13 230-355-7 64.8 3,250 26 87 73 321 4.4 6 43 Total 36-13 253-394-7 64.2 3,494 28 87 140 676 4.8 8 45 Alabama-record 484 yards of total offense ... downs, including one during the game-tying

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Completions ...... 24 vs. West Virginia, 2014 Attempts ...... 45 at LSU, 2014 Passing Yards ...... 445 vs. Florida, 2014 Touchdowns ...... 4 (twice); last vs. Auburn, 2014 Long Pass ...... 87 yards vs. Florida, 2014 Rushes ...... 9 vs. Missouri, 2014 Rushing Yards ...... 74 at Ole Miss, 2011 Long Run ...... 45 at Ole Miss, 2011 Receptions ...... 2 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011 Yards ...... 18 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011

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Had five totaltackles with two solo stops while CAM making his third start of the season. Western ARDARIUS Carolina: Made two assisted tackles in a 48-14 SIMS win over the Catamounts. Auburn: Earned STEWART Defensive Player of the Week honors from the WR Tide coaches after making a career-best 10 WR tackles with seven solo stops. Missouri: Started Fr. • 6-4 • 208 • HS his fifth game of the season in the Tide’s SEC Fr. • 6-0 • 193 • RS Championship Game victory over the Tigers ... Monroe, La./ had five tackles with four solo stops and a pass Fultondale, Ala./ 7 Ouachita Parish breakup. 13 Fultondale

SMITH’S CAREER STATISTICS FRESHMAN (2014): Saw action in his first REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2014): One of the first collegiate game as a true freshman while Tackles Fumbles wide receivers off the bench for the Crimson playing in 12 games ... has seven catches Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT Tide ... has played in 12 games with two starts 2012 13-2 9 4 5 0.5-2 0 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-0 for 62 yards and three first downs ... came 2013 12-0 10 7 3 1-2 0 0-0 0 0-0 4 0-0 ... has recorded 12 receptions for 149 yards off the bench in the second quarter against 2014 13-5 50 27 23 3.5-9 0 0-0 1 0-0 1 0-0 ... seven of his 12 catches have been for first West Virginia in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. Total 38-7 69 38 31 5-13 0 0-0 1 0-0 7 0-0 downs ... also has two tackles on special teams Southern Miss: Recorded his first career tackle ... earned Offensive Player of the Week honors (solo). Arkansas: Hauled in one reception for SMITH’S CAREER BESTS from the Alabama coaching staff following 15 yards and a first down. Texas A&M: Made the Western Carolina game. FAU: Recorded Tackles ...... 10 vs. Auburn, 2014 three catches for 14 yards and a first down in Tackles for Loss ...... 2 vs. Auburn, 2014 three catches for 63 yards with a long of 40 ... extended action in the Tide’s 59-0 win over Yards Lost ...... 6 at Tennessee, 2014 notched his first career tackle. Florida: Made the Aggies. Western Carolina: Caught three Pass Breakups . . . 1 (six times); last vs. Chattanooga, 2013 one solo tackle on special teams. Texas A&M: passes for a season-best 33 yards and one first Caught his fourth pass of the season for eight down ... pulled in the longest reception of his yards. LSU: Caught one pass for two yards. career with a 22-yard gain ... also caught his first Mississippi State: Made his first career start touchdown, on a four-yard pass from Blake Sims MAURICE against the Bulldogs, catching two passes for in the first quarter. SMITH 25 yards with a long of 17 yards. Western Carolina: Caught a season-best five passes for SIMS’ CAREER STATISTICS 51 yards with three converting first downs. DB RECEIVING STEWART’S CAREER STATISTICS Year G-S No. Yards Avg. TD LP So. • 6-0 • 195 • 1L 2014 12-0 7 62 8.9 1 22 RECEIVING Sugar Land, Texas/ Year G-S No. Yards Avg. TD LP 2014 12-2 12 149 12.4 0 40 21 Fort Bend Dulles

GENO STEWART’S CAREER BESTS PROFILES SMITH SOPHOMORE (2014): A reserve defensive Receptions ...... 5 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 back who can play both cornerback and star in Yards ...... 63 vs. FAU, 2014 nickel formations ... played in all 13 games this Long Reception ...... 40 vs. FAU, 2014 DB season with one start ... is a regular on special Jr. • 6-0 • 197 • 2L teams … has 10 tackles, half of a tackle for loss (-2 yards) and a pass breakup to his credit. FAU: BRADLEY Atlanta, Ga./ Recorded the fourth pass breakup of his career 24 St. Pius X in the win. Southern Miss: Added three tackles, SYLVE including a pair of solo stops, for the Crimson Tide. Florida: Had one solo tackle in the win DB JUNIOR (2014): Fills a multitude of roles in over the Gators. Ole Miss: Recorded two solo tackles against the Rebels. Texas A&M: Had the Alabama secondary ... co-starter at free Jr. • 5-11 • 180 • 2L safety and plays in the Tide’s dime formation ... half of a tackle for loss (-2 yards) to go along with seven total tackles and six solo stops. LSU: appeared in all 13 games … made his first start Port Sulphur, La./ of the season against Southern Miss and has Made one assisted tackle. Western Carolina: 3 South Plaquemines five starts on the season … has 50 total tackles Registered two solo tackles as the Crimson in 2014 with 2.0 tackles for loss (-9 yards), a Tide held the Catamounts to just 213 yards of pass breakup and one forced fumble ... named total offense. JUNIOR (2014): Started the season opener at the Alabama Defensive Player of the Week cornerback for the Crimson Tide ... has seen following the Auburn game. West Virginia: SMITH’S CAREER STATISTICS playing time in all 13 games ... has eight tackles Recorded two tackles in the season opener. Tackles Fumbles on the season with seven solo stops. West FAU: Had three assisted stops against the Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT Virginia: Started and made five tackles against Owls. Southern Miss: Tallied a career-best four 2013 12-1 13 5 8 0.5-2 0 0-0 0 0-0 3 0-0 the Mountaineers while recording four solo tackles, including three solo, versus the Golden 2014 13-1 10 7 3 0.5-2 0 0.5-2 0 0-0 1 0-0 stops. Auburn: Saw his most extensive playing Eagles. Florida: Finished with two solo tackles Total 25-2 23 12 11 1-4 0 0.5-2 0 0-0 4 0-0 time at cornerback since the season opener ... in the win. Ole Miss: Came off the bench to filled in for Eddie Jackson in the second half record one assisted tackle. Arkansas: Made SMITH’S CAREER BESTS and made three solo tackles while breaking up two assisted stops against the Razorbacks. Tackles ...... 4 vs. Colorado State, 2013 two passes ... appeared to have an interception Texas A&M: Registered a career-best seven Tackles for Loss ...... 0.5 vs. Colorado State, 2013 before referees ruled it a simultaneous catch. tackles against the Aggie’s top-ranked SEC Yards Lost ...... 2 vs. Colorado State, 2013 offense ... made six solo stops and forced a Pass Breakups ...... 1 (four times); last vs. FAU, 2014 fumble ... had half of a tackle for loss (-1 yard). Tennessee: Recorded three tackles with two solo stops in a win in Knoxville ... added a tackle for loss (-6 yards). LSU: Made four assisted tackles against the Tigers. Mississippi State: ROLLTIDE.COM 27 Player Profiles

SYLVE’S CAREER STATISTICS … helped limit the Golden Eagles to only 56 ALTEE rushing yards on 18 attempts ... added his first Tackles Fumbles quarterback hurry of the season. Florida: Made Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT TENPENNY 2012 12-0 6 4 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-0 one solo tackle, including one solo stop as the 2013 8-3 10 8 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-0 Tide limited the Gators to only 200 total yards. 2014 13-1 8 7 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-0 RB Arkansas: Added an assisted tackle in the Tide’s Total 33-4 24 19 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 6 0-0 win over the Razorbacks, while helping limit the So. • 6-0 • 218 • 1L SEC’s best rushing attack to just 89 yards, 227 SYLVE’S CAREER BESTS yards below their previous average. Tennessee: Tackles ...... 5 vs. West Virginia, 2014 North Little Rock, Ark./ Registered the first sack of his career, dropping 28 North Little Rock Pass Breakups ...... 2 vs. Auburn, 2014 Vols quarterback Joshua Dobbs for a one-yard loss ... finished with two solo tackles. LSU: Made three tackles, including two solo stops ... SOPHOMORE (2014): A special teams stalwart had two tackles for loss (-2 yards) and helped ALPHONSE for the Crimson Tide and a reserve running limit the Tigers to just 3.3 yards per rush and back ... played in 12 games this season … 76 passing yards. Mississippi State: Turned in TAYLOR has 26 carries for 136 yards with a long of 23 a career-best seven tackles with two tackles for … averaging 5.2 yards per carry … has eight loss (-7 yards) and one sack (-4 yards). Auburn: OL first-down rushes and three explosive rushes Recorded two assisted tackles with half of a of 12-yards or more ... also has two tackles tackle for loss (-1 yard) ... added his second So. • 6-5 • 325 • 1L on special teams. FAU: Rushed the ball twice quarterback hurry of the season in the win over for three yards … had two tackles on special the No. 15 Tigers. Mobile, Ala./ teams. Southern Miss: Recorded a career-high 50 Davidson 39 yards rushing on five carries, including a long TOMLINSON’S CAREER STATISTICS of 13. Texas A&M: Came off the bench in the second half to rush for 30 yards on a career-best Tackles Fumbles SOPHOMORE (2014): A redshirt sophomore eight carries ... had one explosive rush of 13 Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT who has been battling for the starting job at 2013 1-0 4 2 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 yards. Western Carolina: Ran for a career-best 2014 13-0 22 8 14 5.5-11 2 2-5 0 0-0 0 0-0 right guard ... came off the bench in the season 64 yards on 11 carries with a long of 23 yards. Total 14-0 26 10 16 5.5-11 2 2-5 0 0-0 0 0-0 opener against West Virginia, but played well over half the snaps with the starting unit ... TENPENNY’S CAREER STATISTICS TOMLINSON’S CAREER BESTS earned his first career start against Florida Atlantic and then started at Arkansas ... has Rushing Receiving Tackles ...... 7 vs. Mississippi State, 2014 Year G-S Att Yds Avg. TD LP Rec Yds Avg. TD LP seen playing time in 11 games ... helps an Tackles for Loss . . .2 (twice); last vs. Mississippi State, 2014 2013 13-0 22 82 3.7 1 20 1 4 4.0 0 0 Yards Lost ...... 7 vs. Mississippi State, 2014 offensive line that is averaging 209.5 yards 2014 12-0 26 136 5.2 0 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 Sacks ...... 1 (twice); last vs. Mississippi State, 2014 PROFILES rushing per game, which ranks sixth in the SEC Total 25-0 48 218 4.5 1 20 1 4 4.0 0 0 Yards Lost ...... 4 vs. Mississippi State, 2014 and 34th nationally ... the line has surrendered Quarterback Hurries ...... 1 (twice); last vs. Auburn, 2014 just 13 sacks this season to rank first in the Tackles Fumbles Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU INT SEC and 10th nationally (1.00 per game) ... 2013 13-0 5 2 3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 blocking for 490.5 yards of total offense per 2014 11-0 2 2 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 game (second in the SEC and 16th nationally). Totals 24-0 7 4 3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 BRIAN West Virginia: Opened holes for two 100-yard VOGLER rushers as T.J. Yeldon went for 126 yards and TENPENNY’S CAREER BESTS two touchdowns and Derrick Henry added 113 Rushes ...... 11 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 TE yards and one score ... blocked for 538 yards Rushing Yards ...... 64 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 of total offense with no sacks allowed. FAU: Long Run ...... 23 vs. Western Carolina, 2014 Sr. • 6-7 • 263 • 3L Recorded a knockdown block and helped block Touchdowns ...... 1 at Kentucky, 2013 for 190 yards on the ground while providing Receptions ...... 1 vs. Georgia State, 2013 time for 430 yards through the air, the second- Receiving Yards ...... 4 vs. Georgia State, 2013 Columbus, Ga./ Long Reception ...... 4 vs. Georgia State, 2013 most yards in school history ... did not allow a 84 Brookstone sack in 38 pass attempts. Southern Miss: Came off the bench at right guard and did not have SENIOR (2014): A fifth-year senior who returns a missed assignment ... helped the Tide roll DALVIN for his final season and second year as a starter up 333 yards on the ground and 546 yards of at tight end ... a force in the Alabama rushing total offense. Florida: Came off the bench as a TOMLINSON attack as an elite blocker at the point of attack reserve in the fourth quarter. Ole Miss: Played ... started 10 games this season while playing in 18 snaps off the bench at right guard. Arkansas: DL 12 ... has four catches on the year for 18 yards Started at right guard and had one knockdown and a touchdown ... two of his receptions have block. Texas A&M: Came off the bench in the So. • 6-2 • 290 • 1L converted first downs ... missed the Iron Bowl second series of the third quarter and finished with an injury. Southern Miss: Recorded his the game in a 59-0 win over the Aggies. McDonough, Ga./ first catch of the season, a five-yard touchdown 54 Henry County reception. Florida: As the primary blocking tight end for the Tide, helped accumulate the second-most yards in school history as SOPHOMORE (2014): A regular in the the Crimson Tide complied 672 total yards, defensive line rotation at end for the Crimson including 449 in the air and 223 on the ground. Tide defense ... played in 13 games and has 22 Ole Miss: Caught one pass for three yards and a tackles on the season with eight solo stops, 2.0 first down against the Rebels. Mississippi State: sacks (-5 yards), 5.5 tackles for loss (-11 yards) Hauled in his third catch of the season, gaining and two quarterback hurries. West Virginia: five yards. Missouri: Started his 10th game of Came off the bench but was a force for the the season and made one catch for five yards. Alabama defense with five tackles ... helped limit the Mountaineers to just 28 rushing yards ... had two solo tackles. FAU: Played but did not record any stats vs. the Owls. Southern Miss: Recorded one solo tackle off the bench 28 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Player Profiles VOGLER’S CAREER STATISTICS DEANDREW WHITE’S CAREER BESTS RECEIVING Receptions ...... 6 (twice); last vs. Florida, 2014 Year G-S Rec. Yards Avg. TD LP WHITE Yards ...... 139 vs. Oklahoma, 2013 2011 9-0 1 6 6.0 0 6 Touchdowns ...... 2 vs. Vanderbilt, 2011 2012 14-0 2 21 10.5 0 16 Long Reception ...... 67 vs. Oklahoma, 2013 2013 12-12 8 71 8.9 1 18 WR Kickoff Returns . 1 (five times); last vs. Mississippi St., 2014 2014 13-10 4 18 4.5 1 5 Kickoff Return Yards ...... 24 vs. Kent State, 2011 Total 48-22 15 116 7.7 2 18 Sr. • 6-0 • 192 • 3L Long Kickoff Return ...... 24 vs. Kent State, 2011 Punt Returns ...... 2 vs. Kent State, 2011 VOGLER’S CAREER BESTS Punt Return Yards ...... 34 vs. Kent State, 2011 Houston, Texas/ Long Punt Return ...... 20 vs. Kent State, 2011 Receptions ...... 3 at Texas A&M, 2013 2 North Shore Yards ...... 24 at Texas A&M, 2013 Touchdowns ...... 1 (twice); last vs. Southern Miss, 2014 Long ...... 18 at Mississippi State, 2013 SENIOR (2014): Veteran leader in the wide JARRICK receiver corps and talented playmaker ... has the second-most receptions on the team with WILLIAMS JABRIEL 37 catches on the year for 439 yards and four touchdowns ... averages 11.9 yards per catch DB WASHINGTON ... injured his shoulder against West Virginia in the opener but returned against Florida ... 21 Sr. • 6-1 • 215 • 3L of his catches have gone for first downs and 12 DB have been explosive plays of 16 yards or more Mobile, Ala./ ... has played in 11 games, making 10 starts ... Jr. • 5-11 • 183 • 2L 20 Blount named the Offensive Player of the Week by the Alabama coaching staff following the LSU game Jackson, Tenn./ ... also sat out the Western Carolina game with SENIOR (2014): In his second year as the 23 Trinity Christian Academy a tight hamstring. West Virginia: Caught six Crimson Tide’s starter at star (nickel defensive passes for 73 yards before injuring his shoulder back) ... missed three weeks with an injured JUNIOR (2014): Appeared in 12 games ... averaged 12.2 yards per catch with a long foot suffered in the season opener against West … made the first start of his career against of 38 yards where he caught the ball in front Virginia ... returned to game action and started Southern Miss … has 16 tackles, two pass of the first-down marker, made as many as five at Ole Miss ... played in 10 games, making five breakups and one interception this season. Mountaineer defenders miss and raced up the starts ... has 12 tackles on the season with half West Virginia: Recorded one tackle versus the left sideline to move the chains. Florida: Caught of a tackle for loss, six solo stops and two pass Mountaineers. FAU: Had one tackle and a pass six passes for 48 yards with a long of 17 yards breakups. West Virginia: Started and made breakup. Southern Miss: Made two tackles ... first game back after missing two games three tackles with one solo stop as the Tide in his first start. Florida: Hauled in his first with a bruised shoulder. Arkansas: Caught four limited the Mountaineers to just 28 rushing career interception in the win over the Gators. passes for 33 yards and a touchdown ... had a yards. Arkansas: Broke up one pass off the Arkansas: Contributed with one solo tackle off long of 21 yards. Texas A&M: Started and hauled bench against the Razorbacks. Texas A&M: the bench for the Crimson Tide in a 14-13 win in in three receptions for 30 yards with a long of Recorded two tackles with one solo stop as PROFILES Fayetteville. Texas A&M: Came off the bench to 17 yards. Tennessee: Turned in one of his best the Tide held the Aggie’s top-ranked offense make one solo tackle. LSU: Helped break up the games of the season with four receptions for 59 to just 172 yards. Tennessee: Made a season- Tigers fourth-down pass in overtime in the end yards ... averaged 14.8 yards per catch with three high four tackles, all solo ... broke up a pass and zone ... added one assisted tackle. Mississippi explosive receptions (16 yards or more) ... had finished his five years at the Capstone with a 5-0 State: Made a season-high three tackles with three grabs for first downs. LSU: Caught three record against the Volunteers. LSU: Came off the one solo stop. Western Carolina: Recorded two passes for 36 yards, but made the biggest impact bench to make two assisted tackles. Western solo tackles against the Catamounts. Auburn: when the game was on the line for the Tide ... Carolina: Started and registered one assisted Made two tackles with one solo stop ... also hauled in a 16-yard first down catch at the LSU tackle for loss. broke up a pass. Missouri: Recorded two solo 10-yard line with seven seconds remaining in the tackles as the Tide’s fifth defensive back in the game to setup Adam Griffith’s game-tying 27-yard WILLIAMS’ CAREER STATISTICS SEC Championship Game victory. field goal ... then snagged his second touchdown Tackles Fumbles of the season on a six-yard fade route in overtime Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU Int WASHINGTON’S CAREER STATISTICS to give Alabama the win. Mississippi State: 2010 3-0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 Caught four passes for 40 yards ... three catches 2011 7-0 5 4 1 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 Tackles Fumbles converted first downs for the Tide with a long of 2012 DNP due to injury Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU Int 17 yards. Caught his third touchdown 2013 12-10 40 24 16 2-10 1 1-9 0 0-0 2 0-0 2012 8-0 2 0 2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 Auburn: 2014 10-5 12 6 6 0.5-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 2 0-0 2013 8-0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 of the season on a six-yard pass from Sims ... Total 32-15 57 34 24 2.5-10 1 1-9 0 0-0 4 0-0 2014 12-1 16 10 6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 2 1-0 finished with three catches for 19 yards with Total 28-1 19 10 9 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 2 1-0 one converting a first down. Missouri: Hauled WILLIAMS’ CAREER BESTS in a season-long 58-yard touchdown catch for WASHINGTON’S CAREER BESTS the Tide’s second touchdown of the game ... Tackles ...... 6 vs. Arkansas, 2013 Tackles for Loss ...... 1 (twice); last at Kentucky, 2013 Tackles ...... 3 vs. Mississippi State, 2014 finished with four catches for 101 yards and his Yards Lost ...... 9 at Kentucky, 2013 Interceptions ...... 1 vs. Florida, 2014 fourth score of the season ... three of his four Quarterback Hurries ...... 1 vs. Arkansas, 2013 grabs converted first downs while two were Sacks ...... 1 at Kentucky, 2013 explosive plays of 16 yards or more. Pass Breakups ...... 1 (four times); last at LSU, 2014

WHITE’S CAREER STATISTICS

RECEIVING Year G-S No. Yards Avg. TD LP 2011 12-2 14 151 10.8 2 39 2012 5-5 8 105 13.1 2 51 2013 13-8 32 534 16.7 4 67 2014 11-10 37 439 11.9 4 58 Total 41-25 91 1,229 13.5 12 67

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... earned Offensive Player of the Week honors a twisted ankle ... had two explosive rushes with TIM from the Alabama coaches after the season- a long of 18 yards ... caught one pass for five opening win against West Virginia, Ole Miss, yards ... converted three first downs rushing. WILLIAMS Texas A&M and No. 1 Mississippi State ... has Mississippi State: Rushed 16 times for 72 yards a team-best 43 first-down rushes and nine and a touchdown ... caught two passes for 16 LB first-down receptions. West Virginia: Rushed yards with both converting first downs ... had for 126 yards on 23 carries in a 33-23 win over four first-down runs ... has six rushes for 33 So. • 6-3 • 242 • 1L the Mountaineers ... averaged 5.5 yards per yards in the Tide’s fourth-quarter, 76-yard drive carry and scored two rushing touchdowns. that consumed 6:07 of clock time ... capped Baton Rouge, La./ FAU: Rushed for 43 yards on seven carries for a off the drive with a seven-yard touchdown 56 University Lab 6.1 yards per carry average ... caught one pass run around right end ... his runs of 10 and for 18 yards and a first down. Southern Miss: 11 yards leading up to the touchdown both Started and rushed for 56 yards on nine carries converted first downs for Alabama ... earned SOPHOMORE (2014): A versatile defender ... long rush of 15 yards. Florida: Carried the Offensive Player of the Week honors for his who has played in 12 games ... has five tackles ball 18 times for 59 yards with a long rush of 10 efforts. Auburn: Recorded his fourth 100-yard on the season, including 1.5 sacks (-24 yards) yards ... also caught one pass for 37 yards and a rushing game, going for 127 yards and two and four quarterback hurries. FAU: Recorded first down ... finished with 96 all-purpose yards. touchdowns ... had five first-down rushes on two assisted tackles in the game for a defense Ole Miss: Turned in his second 100-yard rushing 19 carries ... caught one pass for 13 yards ... that gave up just 57 rushing yards. Texas game of the season with 123 yards on 20 had four explosive rushes of 12 yards or more. A&M: Made one half sack for a loss (-7 yards) carries for a 6.2 yards per carry average ... long Missouri: Was limited with a hamstring ... but ... registered his first career quarterback hurry. rush was 22 yards ... had two explosive rushes did score two rushing touchdowns and gained Mississippi State: Had one quarterback hurry in of 12-yards or more. Arkansas: Converted 47 yards rushing ... converted three first downs the Tide’s win over the No. 1-ranked Bulldogs. two first downs with one explosive rush of 12 on the ground. Western Carolina: Registered one sack for a yards ... carried the ball 16 times for 45 hard- loss of 17 yards. Auburn: Came on late in the fought yards ... also caught two passes out of YELDON’S CAREER STATISTICS game as a pass-rushing specalist ... made one the backfield for 35 yards, including a long of Rushing Receiving solo tackle and recorded one quarterback hurry. 22 yards and his first receiving touchdown of Missouri: Had one quarterback hurry in the Year G-S Att Yds Avg. TD LP Rec Yds Avg. TD LP the year. Texas A&M: Gained 114 yards on 13 2012 14-0 175 1,108 6.3 12 43 11 131 11.9 1 28 fourth quarter against the Tigers. first-half carries in a 59-0 route of the Aggies in 2013 12-11 207 1,235 6.0 14 68 20 183 9.1 0 23 which the Tide led 45-0 at halftime ... averaged 2014 12-10 184 932 5.1 10 31 15 180 12.0 1 37 WILLIAMS’ CAREER STATISTICS 8.7 yards per rush and scored two touchdowns Total 38-21 566 3,275 5.8 36 68 46 494 10.7 2 37 Tackles Fumbles on runs of one and nine yards ... long rush was 31 YELDON’S CAREER BESTS Year G-S TT UT AT TFL QBH Sacks FF FR PBU Int yards ... caught three passes for 45 yards with a 2013 7-0 3 2 1 1-9 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 long of 17 yards and three first downs. Tennessee: Rushes ...... 26 at Auburn, 2013 2014 12-0 5 2 3 1.5-24 4 1.5-24 0 0-0 0 0-0 Rushing Yards ...... 160 at Mississippi State, 2013 PROFILES Rushed 14 times for 52 yards and one touchdown Total 19-0 8 4 4 2.5-33 4 1.5-24 0 0-0 0 0-0 ... long rush was 15 yards with three rushing first Long Run ...... 68 vs. Ole Miss, 2013 downs ... caught one pass for three yards. LSU: Rushing Touchdowns ...... 3 vs. Tennessee, 2013 WILLIAMS’ CAREER BESTS Receptions ...... 4 (twice); last vs. Arkansas, 2013 Carried the ball 15 times for 68 yards before Receiving Yards ...... 47 vs. Western Kentucky, 2012 Tackles ...... 2 vs. FAU, 2014 leaving the game late in the fourth quarter with Long Reception ...... 37 vs. Florida, 2014 Tackles for Loss . . 1 (twice); last vs. Western Carolina, 2014 T.J. YELDON

RB

Jr. • 6-2 • 221 • 2L

Daphne, Ala./ 4 Daphne

JUNIOR (2014): In his second year as Alabama’s starting running back ... second team All-SEC by the league coaches ... a candidate for the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s best running back ... the first player in Crimson Tide history to rush for at least 1,000 yards as both a freshman and sophomore ... needs 68 yards rushing to be the first player in school history to have three 1,000- yard seasons ... has rushed for a team-high 932 yards on 184 carries this season for a 5.1 yards per carry average ... has 10 rushing touchdowns and a team-high 19 explosive rushes of 12 yards or more ... just the sixth player in school history to rush for over 3,000 yards with 3,275 and needs 50 yards to pass Kenneth Darby for third place in school history ... is 290 yards behind ’s school record of 3,565 yards (1996-99) ... has four 100-yard rushing games this season to move him into a tie for the career lead at Alabama with 15 ... has caught 15 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown this season with five explosive receptions of 16 yards or more T.J. Yeldon

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31 39 48 62 55 41

Sr. • 6-1 • 198 • SQ DB Jr. • 6-4 • 235 • SQ LB So. • 6-0 • 213 • SQ TE So. • 6-5 • 316 • SQ OL Sr. • 6-1 • 228 • SQ LB Sr. • 5-6 • 170 • SQ DB JERROD BIERBOWER PADEN CROWDER DAVID D’AMICO WILL DAVIS JOSH DICKERSON DANIEL GEDDES

Dublin, Ohio/ Vestavia Hills, Ala./ Birmingham, Ala./ Letohatchee, Ala./ Evans, Ga./ Northport, Ala./ Coffman Vestavia Hills Vestavia Hills Fort Dale Academy Lakeside Tuscaloosa County

48 58 86 96 37 89

So. • 6-3 • 198 • SQ DB Jr. • 6-0 • 226 • SQ SN Jr. • 6-3 • 210 • SQ TE Jr. • 6-1 • 257 • SQ DL Jr. • 6-1 • 192 • SQ DB Sr. • 6-3 • 253 • SQ DL BO GRANT ALEX HARRELSON TRUETT HARRIS STEPHEN HODGE ZACH HOUSTON BERNEL JONES

Valley, Ala./ Vestavia Hills, Ala./ Brentwood, Tenn./ Akron, Ala./ Daphne, Ala./ Montgomery, Ala./ Valley Vestavia Hills Brentwood Hale County Daphne Jefferson Davis

39 98 40 51 60 34 PROFILES

Sr. • 6-0 • 184 • SQ WR So. • 5-9 • 190 • SQ P So. • 6-6 • 215 • SQ TE So. • 5-10 • 229 • SQ DL Jr. • 6-0 • 277 • SQ OL Sr. • 6-0 • 225 • SQ LB KYLE KAZAKEVICIUS ADRIAN LAMOTHE ISSAC LEON JAKE LONG BRANDON MOORE TYLER OWENS

Ocala, Fla./ Monterrey, Mexico/ Boynton Beach, Fla./ Vestavia Hills, Ala./ Cincinnati, Ohio/ Columbiana, Ala./ Trinity Catholic Prepa Tec American Heritage Vestavia Hills Hills Christian Academy Clay-Chalkville

60 25 97 66 22 59

So. • 6-3 • 317 • SQ OL Fr. • 6-0 • 200 • HS RB So. • 5-11 • 175 • SQ P So. • 6-3 • 269 • SQ OL So. • 6-3 • 206 • SQ DB Sr. • 5-10 • 230 • SQ SN AUSTIN PEAVLER BUDDY PELL JOHN PIZZITOLA CHRIS POSA NATE STASKELUNAS MK TAYLOR

Wellington, Fla./ Mountain Brook, Ala./ Birmingham, Ala./ Commerce, Mich./ Greenville, N.C./ Oxford, Ala./ Wellington Community Mountain Brook Spain Park St. Mary’s Prep Arendell Parrott Academy Oxford

69 49

Jr. • 6-4 • 285 • SQ OL Fr. • 6-4 • 243 • RS TE PAUL WALDROP KIERAN WILLIAMS

Phenix City, Ala./ Lawrenceville, Ga./ Central Archer

ROLLTIDE.COM 31 SSabanN i c k aban eighth Year • Head Coach • Kent State, 1973 A man of vision who has a proven record of championship success, head coach Nick Saban has returned the University of Alabama to the top of the college football landscape with his commitment to building the total program. After the victory over Notre Dame in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game, Saban joined Frank Leahy, Paul “Bear” Bryant and John McKay as the only coaches to win four national titles in the modern era.

In his eighth season in Tuscaloosa, Saban’s uncompromising dedication to excellence in every phase of the program has resulted in the school’s 13th, 14th and 15th national championships and the foundation has been set to yield long-term success for the Crimson Tide. A fi ve-time National Coach of the Year, Saban has achieved resounding success as a head coach and has earned a reputation as an outstanding tactician, leader, organizer and motivator. Those qualities have sparked impressive turnarounds at every stop of his career. Saban’s consistent approach and disciplined leadership are the reasons his teams are known for exhibiting 32 grit, determination and resilience, often overcoming adversity to achieve victory. ROLLTIDE.COM 33 coaches and staff

Saban has led the Crimson Tide to the fi rst ships in four years, joining Frank Leahy of Notre the AP Top 25 to 81 weeks, the longest in school and a date with Ohio Dame (1946-47, 1949) and of history. State in the 2015 Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Nebraska (1994-95, 1997). He is also the fourth The Crimson Tide featured four fi rst team All- Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. coach in the poll era to win four national cham- Americans in 2012, including two along the of- Alabama won its fi nal eight games to earn the pionships (Alabama’s Paul “Bear” Bryant, John fensive line in center and left guard top seed, including a closing gauntlet that in- McKay of Southern California and Leahy). . A pair of defensive standouts cluded wins at No. 14 LSU, over No. 1 Mississippi Saban led the 2013 Alabama team to the All- also earned All-America honors in cornerback State, No. 15 Auburn and No. 14 Missouri. The state Sugar Bowl, making a sixth straight New and Mosley. Jones captured the senior class has a 48-5 record and will be making Year’s bowl appearance and the third straight in Rimington Trophy, presented to the nation’s best its fourth straight New Year’s Six Bowl appear- a BCS bowl. That senior class posted a remark- center, and the prestigious Campbell Award, as ance, including national championships in 2011 able record of 60-7 over the last fi ve years with the student-athlete who best combined perfor- and 2012. The 2014 Crimson Tide features Heis- four bowl wins and three national titles. Their re- mance on the fi eld, success in the classroom and man Trophy fi nalist and Biletnikoff Award winner cord in the classroom was just as impressive as service away from the fi eld. The 2012 senior class Amari Cooper and Nagurski Trophy and Thorpe 28 Crimson Tide graduates took the fi eld for the set school and SEC records for wins while gar- Award fi nalist Landon Collins. Along with Coo- bowl matchup with Oklahoma. Senior quarter- nering a 49-5 record since 2009, a mark that tied per and Collins, Ray Guy Award fi nalist punter back AJ McCarron was named a fi rst team All- Nebraska’s 49 wins from 1994-97. It also broke JK Scott, linebacker Trey DePriest and offensive American, won the Maxwell and Unitas Awards, the Cornhuskers’ record (60 wins from 1993-97) guard Arie Kounadjio also garnered fi rst team and fi nished as the runner-up in the Heisman for the most major college football victories in a All-America honors. Senior signal-caller Blake Trophy voting while directing one of the most fi ve-year period with 61 (2008-12). Sims set school records for total offense (3,571 productive offenses in school history. On the The 2011 squad produced one of the most yards) and passing yards (3,250) while being se- other side of the ball, senior linebacker C.J. Mos- dominant defenses in the history of college foot- lected as a Manning Award fi nalist. ley took home Alabama’s third Butkus Trophy ball and captured Alabama’s 14th national cham- Saban has compiled a 177-58-1 (.752) record and earned All-America honors for the second pionship with a 21-0 victory over LSU in the BCS as a college head coach and has gone 84-10 straight year as he led a defense that entered the National Championship Game. The Tide defense (.894) in the past seven seasons in Tuscaloosa, ranked second nationally in fewest led the nation in all major categories, becoming COACHES/STAFF which includes a 49-7 mark in regular season points allowed. Safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and of- the second team since national statistics have conference play. In 2014, the Tide reached the fensive tackle joined McCarron been compiled, and the fi rst since 1986 (Okla- 10-win milestone for the seventh consecutive and Mosley as fi rst team All-Americans. homa), to accomplish that feat. UA allowed only season under Saban. With another SEC Cham- Alabama remained at the forefront of the 8.2 points per game, 183.6 total yards, 72.2 rush- pionship victory in 2014, Saban is 9-1 all-time in college football world in 2012 with an explosive ing yards, 111.5 passing yards and an 83.7 pass conference or national championship games. offense and a retooled defense that maintained effi ciency defense. Alabama fi nished with a 12-1 He is the fi rst coach to win back-to-back BCS its place as one of the most dominant units in record. national championships and has won four titles the nation. The Crimson Tide won the program’s Saban’s 2011 senior class won 48 games in his last nine years of coaching college football. 23rd SEC championship (the most in league his- over the span of four seasons (2008-11). Seven Saban is one of three college coaches in the poll tory) with a victory over Georgia that propelled members of the 2011 Crimson Tide (including era (since 1936) to win three national champion- Alabama into the 2013 Discover BCS National fi ve on defense) were recognized as fi rst team Championship Game, where they soundly de- All-Americans by major media outlets, while feated Notre Dame by a score of 42-14 to earn Jones took home Alabama’s third Outland Tro- the school’s 15th national title. For his efforts fol- phy and Heisman Trophy fi nalist Trent Richard- lowing the season, Saban was named the Bobby son received the Tide’s fi rst Doak Walker Award. Bowden National Coach of the Year, his third The team was recognized with the Disney Spirit such honor in the last four years. Under Saban’s Award, which was presented to snapper Carson guidance, Alabama boasted a 978 APR score Tinker, for the team’s response to the community that ranked 11th nationally in 2012 and second following a tornado that devastated Tuscaloosa in the SEC. The Crimson Tide also had a 75 per- on April 27, 2011. Jones also received the ARA cent graduation rate, which was among the best Sportsmanship Award and the Wuerffel Trophy. in the nation. Saban’s efforts earned him the Bobby Bowden The Alabama defense led the nation in rush National Coach of the Year Award. The Tide also defense (76.4 ypg), total defense (250.0 ypg), had extensive success in the classroom with 38 and scoring defense (10.9 ppg) in 2012. The Tide SEC Academic Honor Roll selections (a league offense ranked 12th nationally in scoring at 38.7 record) and produced an Academic All-American points per game and 16th nationally in rushing in Jones. at 227.5 yards per game. The Crimson Tide set Despite a young roster that listed only eight a school record with 542 points scored in 2012 scholarship seniors, the 2010 Alabama team fi n- and extended a streak of consecutive weeks in ished with its third consecutive 10-win season following a dominant 49-7 win over Michigan AAMONGMONG TTHEHE NNATION’SATION’S BBESTEST

Only four coaches in the modern poll era of college football have won four or more national championships during their careers.

COACH SCHOOL(S) CHAMPIONSHIP YEARS Nick Saban LSU & Alabama 2004, 2009, 2011-12 Paul “Bear” Bryant Alabama 1961,1964-65,1973,1978-79 Frank Leahy Notre Dame 1943, 1946-47, 1949 John McKay Southern California 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974

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State in the Capital One Bowl. Five players were players with degrees at the time of the bowl named fi rst team All-SEC by either the AP or the game. league coaches, while six more earned second Saban’s fi rst Alabama team fi nished 7-6 in team All-SEC honors. Most impressively, two 2007, but the 2008 season saw a vastly improved players (quarterback Greg McElroy and Jones) squad take the fi eld. Saban’s infl uence had tak- THE were named fi rst team CoSIDA/ESPN Academic en hold in Tuscaloosa and – behind a small and All-Americans, which marked two consecutive united senior class along with a talented group years in which Alabama boasted two of the three of newcomers – the Tide returned to national CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-Americans in the prominence. Alabama developed a reputation SEC. McElroy, the ESPN Academic All-American as the most physical football team in the country of the Year, was named a National Football Foun- and methodically dominated the competition. ROAD dation National-Scholar-Athlete as a fi nalist for Saban produced the largest win increase from the Campbell Trophy. year one to year two in school history, as the Tide The 2009 season at Alabama turned out to went from a seven-win team in 2007 to 12 wins be one of the most memorable in program his- in 2008. tory, as the Tide compiled a perfect 14-0 mark Alabama swept through the 2008 regular and won the 2009 BCS National Championship season schedule with a 12-0 record, moving to TO BAMA by defeating Texas, 37-21, at the in No. 1 in all of the polls and capturing the SEC Pasadena, Calif. Alabama earned a spot in the Western Division Championship before falling title game with a resounding 32-13 win over de- late to Florida in a hard-fought SEC Champion- fending national champion Florida in the SEC ship Game. The team’s efforts earned them a trip Kent State, 1973-76 Championship Game, as the Tide moved to No. to the Allstate Sugar Bowl for the 13th time in Syracuse, 1977 1 in both major polls. The SEC championship was school history. Saban was named the 2008 Home West Virginia, 1978-79 the program’s 22nd. Depot Coach of the Year at the ESPN Awards On Dec. 12, 2009, more history was made Show in Orlando and won several other national Ohio State, 1980-81 for both Alabama and Saban when running back coach-of-the-year honors including the FWAA/ Navy, 1982 Mark Ingram became the fi rst Heisman Trophy Eddie Robinson, Associated Press, Sporting Michigan State, 1983-87 winner for both. Saban’s 2009 squad also was News, Walter Camp Football Foundation and prominent when it came to other honors, as Ro- Liberty Mutual. Houston Oilers, 1988-89 lando McClain received the Butkus Award as the Lessons learned from the 2007 season – Toledo, 1990 nation’s top linebacker and six players earned which was capped with a win over Colorado in Cleveland Browns, 1991-94 fi rst-team AP All-America status — a college the – no doubt carried into Michigan State, 1995-99 football record. spring and summer preparations for the 2008 After the perfect 2009 season concluded, Sa- run. The win also continued an impressive streak LSU, 2000-04 ban was presented with the fi rst Bobby Bowden for Saban as he has yet to have a losing season as , 2005-06 National Coach of the Year Award. In addition to a college head coach. Of the six losses in 2007, Alabama, 2007-Present the on-fi eld success, the 2009 Tide active roster none was by more than seven points. In addition featured a nation’s-best 13 players who already to an improvement in the win column from the had graduated. That number increased to 22 ROLLTIDE.COM 35 coaches and staff COACHES/STAFF

Coach Saban holding the BCS National Championship Trophy after defeating Notre Dame in Miami.

year prior, the 2008 signing class was rated by Prior to his stint at Miami, Saban’s impact Saban’s 2000 Tigers rebounded from two many analysts as the best in the country. on the LSU program transcended the success straight losing seasons to post an 8-4 record, Off the fi eld, the focus on academics by Sa- on the fi eld. His commitment to building the capped by a 31-20 win over 15th-ranked Geor- ban and his staff made an immediate impact as total program, placing education fi rst and instill- gia Tech in the Peach Bowl. Home victories over the 2007 team put together one of the fi nest ac- ing discipline with responsibility on and off the Tennessee, Mississippi State and Alabama high- ademic fall semesters in school history. The fresh- fi eld transformed the Tigers into a force on the lighted that season, along with a key road win at man class set a solid foundation for their future at national stage. LSU produced 84 Academic all- Mississippi. Alabama as they led the way with an impressive SEC honorees in Saban’s fi ve seasons, including The 2001 Tigers improved to 10-3 overall and combined grade-point average of 3.10 in the fall. 25 members of the 2003 national championship won the program’s fi rst outright SEC title since Before arriving in Tuscaloosa, Saban’s most squad. LSU’s graduation rate for football players 1986, with a 31-20 win over second-ranked Ten- recent college head coaching stint was a fi ve- improved dramatically under his watch and two nessee in the SEC Championship Game. An im- season run at LSU that produced a record of 48- players – offensive tackle Rodney Reed (2002 pressive second half against the Volunteers was 16 (.750), one national championship (2003), two and 2003) and offensive lineman a trademark of Saban’s coaching acumen, as the championships, three (2004) – earned fi rst team Academic All-America Tigers outscored the Vols 21-3 in the fi nal half SEC Western Division championships, and a 3-2 honors. Linebacker Bradie James earned a post- to erase a 17-10 defi cit. LSU won the game de- record in bowl games, with two Sugar Bowl vic- graduate scholarship from the National Football spite the absence of starting quarterback Rohan tories and a Peach Bowl win. LSU constructed a Foundation (2003). Davey and running back LaBrandon Toefi eld. 28-12 (.700) record against SEC opponents un- Saban also spearheaded a $15 million fund- Sparked by one of the most prolifi c offenses der Saban’s guidance. He was named the 2003 raising effort to construct a new academic cen- in the nation, a unit that averaged 451.5 yards National Coach of the Year by the Associated ter for student-athletes at LSU, and he and his per game, the Tigers capped the 2001 season Press and earned both the Paul W. “Bear” Bry- players were active in community involvement in with a 47-34 defeat of Big Ten champion Illinois ant National Coach of the Year Award and the the Baton Rouge area, taking part in community in the Sugar Bowl, LSU’s fi rst victory in a New Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award by the service projects, visiting schools to mentor chil- Year’s Day bowl game since 1968. Football Writers Association of America. Saban dren, and taking time to visit local hospitals on a Stifl ing defense was the trademark of the was named SEC Coach of the Year twice (by The regular basis. More than 50 of Saban’s LSU play- 2002 Tigers. LSU posted an 8-5 record and a sec- Birmingham News in 2001 and by the Associated ers earned their college degrees, in addition to ond consecutive New Year’s Day bowl appear- Press in 2003) while at LSU. 28 who were selected in the NFL draft (including ance. The Tigers, who faced Texas in the Cotton Saban took over the Alabama program af- seven in both 2004 and 2006). Bowl, held opponents to under 275 yards per ter serving two seasons at the helm of the Mi- Named head coach at LSU on Nov. 30, game through the season’s fi rst six games and ami Dolphins. Saban’s teams showed marked 1999, Saban led an immediate turnaround of a scored a school-record 30 or more points in six improvement over the unit he inherited. Taking program that had suffered through seven los- straight games. LSU just missed winning a sec- over a team that fi nished 4-12 in 2004, Saban led ing seasons during the 1990s. His 48 victories ond consecutive SEC West title, as a last-minute the 2005 Dolphins to a 9-7 record, the third-big- over fi ve seasons ranked third among Division comeback by Arkansas in the regular-season fi - gest turnaround in the NFL that season and the I-A head coaches during that time. Saban, Paul nale prevented LSU from another appearance second-highest victory turnaround for a Dolphins Dietzel and current LSU head coach in the SEC Championship Game. That LSU team team in any non-strike season. Most impressively, are the only coaches in the program’s history to overcame the midseason loss of starting quarter- the Dolphins fi nished 2005 on a six-game win- post multiple 10-win seasons. Saban, Dietzel and back , free safety Damien James and ning streak to end the year, the longest streak in Bernie Moore are the only head coaches in Tiger Toefi eld in successive weeks to make a run at an the NFL that season. history to win two SEC championships. SEC Western Division title.

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Saban’s philosophy of “out of yourself and into the team” paid huge dividends in 2003. The “I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE Tigers produced a 13-1 record, won their sec- ond SEC championship and earned the school’s THE ATTITUDE THAT WE’RE WORKING second national championship with a squad that was among the nation’s most dominant on both sides of the line of scrimmage. The LSU of- TO BE A CHAMPION, THAT WE WANT fense scored a school-record 475 points (33.9 per game) while holding 13 of 14 opponents to TO BE A CHAMPION IN EVERYTHING fewer than 20 points. LSU’s defense ranked fi rst nationally in points allowed per game (11.0) and total defense (252.0 yards per game). After a 7-1 THAT WE DO. EVERY CHOICE, EVERY start, LSU ended the season with six dominating victories by an average margin of 35-10. An im- DECISION, EVERYTHING THAT WE pressive 34-13 victory over Georgia in the 2003 SEC title game paved LSU’s way to an appear- ance in the BCS Championship Game against DO EVERY DAY, WE WANT TO BE A top-ranked Oklahoma. The Tigers produced a dominant defensive effort against the Sooners CHAMPION.” in the Sugar Bowl, limiting the Sooners to 154 yards of total offense in a 21-14 victory. Saban’s fi nal LSU team in 2004 overcame the loss of 13 players from the 2003 squad who went — NICK SABAN on to NFL rosters, posting a 9-3 record while producing the SEC’s best rushing offense (200.7 yards per game). The Tiger defense ranked third nationally during the regular season in total de- fense (249.9 yards per game) and passing de- fense (145.4 yards per game), allowing only 15.9 points per contest. Over its fi nal six games, the 2004 LSU de- fense allowed only 12 points in the second half on the way to a berth in the Capital One Bowl against Iowa – LSU’s fourth consecutive January bowl berth (a fi rst for the Tiger program). Saban served as head coach at Michigan State from 1995-99, his second stint at the East Lansing school as he also spent 1983-87 as the Spartans’ defensive coordinator/secondary coach. After playing in only one bowl game in the previous four years, Michigan State made four postseason appearances in Saban’s fi ve years at the helm. Saban led MSU to a 34-24-1 (.585) record. In 1999, Saban led his fi nal Spartans team to a No. 7 national ranking, fi nishing in a tie for second place in the Big Ten. The Spartans de- feated Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State in the same year for the fi rst time since 1965 and recorded six wins at home for the fi rst time since the 1912 season. The Spartans’ RECORD AS A COLLEGE HEAD COACH (177-58-1)

YEAR SCHOOL RECORD POSTSEASON BOWL OR FINISH 1990 Toledo 9-2 Finished fi rst in the Mid-American Conference

1995 Michigan State 6-5-1 Independence Bowl 1996 Michigan State 6-6 1997 Michigan State 7-5 Aloha Bowl 1998 Michigan State 6-6 1999 Michigan State 9-2 ^Invited to

2000 LSU 8-4 Peach Bowl 2001 LSU 10-3 Sugar Bowl 2002 LSU 8-5 Cotton Bowl 2003 LSU 13-1 *BCS National Champions; SEC Champions; Sugar Bowl 2004 LSU 9-3 Capital One Bowl

2007 Alabama 7-6 (2-6 after NCAA ruling) Independence Bowl 2008 Alabama 12-2 Sugar Bowl 2009 Alabama 14-0 *BCS National Champions; SEC Champions 2010 Alabama 10-3 Capital One Bowl 2011 Alabama 12-1 *BCS National Champions 2012 Alabama 13-1 *BCS National Champions; SEC Champions 2013 Alabama 11-2 Sugar Bowl 2014 Alabama 12-1 College Football Playoff; SEC Champions; Sugar Bowl

*Won the national championship ^Saban did not coach in the bowl game ROLLTIDE.COM 37 coaches and staff

bans supported several charitable and civic proj- ects in Louisiana. The largest of those efforts was with the Children’s Miracle Network, for which Terry and Nick Saban raised more than $100,000 per year. At Michigan State, the Sabans started the Nick’s Kids Fund, which they have continued in Tuscaloosa, a vibrant example of their continuing concern for disadvantaged children. Since Nick and Terry arrived in Tuscaloosa, more than $4.6 million has been distributed to over 150 charities through the Nick’s Kids Fund. The Sabans also have played a big role in tornado relief efforts in Tuscaloosa and the surrounding areas. Imme- diately following the devastating storm on April 27, 2011, Nick and Terry visited shelters, where they paid for and served meals to those in need. Through Nick’s Kids, the Sabans joined with Proj- ect Team Up and Habitat for Humanity in helping to rebuild 15 homes lost in the tornado. In receiv- ing the 2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award, Saban was awarded a $50,000 gift at the A-Day Game. He designated the gift for Nick’s Kids, as well as an additional $20,000 gift for The University of Alabama scholarship fund. In June COACHES/STAFF SNAPSHOTS of 2008, the Sabans announced a $1 million gift to benefi t Alabama’s fi rst-generation scholarship The Saban family, from left to right, Kelsé and Nicholas with their program. The gift has a special meaning to the daughter Amélie, Nick, Terry, Kristen and her fiancée Adam Setas. Sabans as both Nick and Terry were fi rst-gener- ation graduates. performance that year landed them a spot in Saban joined Toledo after serving as second- the Citrus Bowl. Michigan State led the Big Ten ary coach with the Houston Oilers for two sea- in rushing defense (77.0 ypg) and total defense sons under Jerry Glanville (1988-89), his fi rst NFL (299.0 ypg) while ranking fi fth nationally in rush- coaching position. He quickly made an impact on ing defense and 11th in total defense. The MSU the Oilers defense, as the team’s secondary tied offense averaged 31.0 points per game. for fourth in the AFC in 1988 with 21 intercep- Saban was the fi rst coach in school history to tions and then tied for second in the conference put the Spartans in postseason bowl games in in 1989 with 22 picks. each of his fi rst three seasons – as he led Michi- In his fi rst stint at Michigan State, Saban gan State to the Independence Bowl in 1995, the served as secondary coach and defensive coor- Sun Bowl in 1996 and the Aloha Bowl in 1997. dinator under George Perles from 1983-87. Sa- Before Michigan State, Saban spent four sea- ban played an integral part in helping the Spar- sons (1991-94) as defensive coordinator with the tans make three postseason bowl appearances, Cleveland Browns under head coach Bill Belich- including a Big Ten championship in 1987 and ick. The Browns went from allowing the most a 20-17 victory over Southern California in the points (462) in the NFL prior to Saban’s arrival 1988 Rose Bowl. Michigan State led the nation Coach Nick Saban during the Crimson Tide’s 2011 to allowing the fewest points (204) in the league in rushing defense in 1987, allowing only 61.2 national championship celebration. in 1994, the sixth-fewest points surrendered in yards per game, and ranked second in scoring NFL history at the time. In each of Saban’s four defense, permitting only 12.4 points per game. years guiding the Browns defense, they never A native of Fairmont, W.Va., Saban is a permitted an average of more than 19.2 points 1973 graduate of Kent State University where per game. He built a reputation as one of the fi n- he earned a bachelor’s degree in business. He est defensive coaches in the league and also was earned a master’s degree in sports administra- heavily involved in the team’s player personnel tion from Kent State in 1975. Born Oct. 31, 1951, and scouting process. Saban and his wife, the former Terry Constable, Saban’s fi rst head coaching position came at have two children, Nicholas and Kristen. They the University of Toledo in 1990, as he guided have one granddaughter, Amélie, and a daugh- the Rockets to a record of 9-2 that year, fi nish- ter-in-law Kelsé. ing as co-champions of the Mid-American Con- Saban co-authored Tiger Turnaround in 2001, ference. The Rockets ranked among the NCAA documenting his fi rst two years as head coach leaders in both total defense (12th at 284.8 at LSU. He then co-authored How Good Do You yards) and scoring defense (16th at 16.2 points) Want to Be? in 2005, a book that offers real-life and missed posting an undefeated record by a principles for success at work and at home. mere fi ve points. In addition to their work as fundraisers for Coach Nick Saban and 2009 Heisman Trophy winner LSU’s Student-Athlete Academic Center, the Sa- Mark Ingram.

38 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL coaches and staff COACHES/STAFF

Coach Nick Saban (above) after helping build 15 homes with Habitat for Humanity and Project Team Up. Terry Saban (upper right) helping to donate bikes at a Nick’s Kids event. Saban (below) with members of the 2011 Kent State football team and some of his Alabama players as they work together to build a house in Tuscaloosa during the summer of 2011.

“When we travel throughout the state, we recognize names and faces who share the same goal: to make the University of Alabama the very best it can be in every regard, on the field, in the class- room and in the eyes of the nation one day at a time. Thank you to all of the supporters and the University of Alabama community. Roll Tide!” — TERRY SABAN

ROLLTIDE.COM 39 coaches and staff

BURTON BURNS

Assoc. Head Coach/RB Eighth Year NEBRASKA, 1976

COACHES/STAFF Burton Burns is in his eighth season with the Alabama were explosive in the passing game as well. Richardson producing six of the top 10 offenses in Clemson history. Crimson Tide football program in 2014 as associate was fourth on the 2011 team with 266 yards on 23 As running backs coach for the Tigers, Burns tutored head coach and running backs coach. The New Orleans catches (4 TDs), while Ingram added 21 catches for 282 star runners such as 2005 ACC Rookie of the Year James native is regarded as one of the best assistant coaches yards and a touchdown. Davis, 2006 freshman record-setter C.J. Spiller, Reggie in college football and was named the Football Scoop Under Burns’ guidance in 2009, Ingram was Merriweather, Travis Zachery and Duane Coleman at Running Backs Coach of the Year following the 2008 awarded Alabama’s fi rst Heisman Trophy and earned Clemson, plus former back Jerald Sowell season. Burns was also named one of the nation’s top unanimous All-America honors. Ingram set the school’s at Tulane. In 2006, Davis led the Tigers with 1,187 recruiters in all of college sports in 2011 by ESPN The single-season rushing record with 1,658 yards and 17 rushing yards on 203 carries and scored 17 touchdowns, Magazine. touchdowns while adding 32 receptions for 334 yards while Spiller had 938 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. Over 17 seasons as a college assistant coach, Burns and three scores. Richardson, a true freshman, was the The Tigers averaged 5.7 yards per carry during the 2006 has produced versatile running backs who have been team’s second-leading rusher (642 yards, 6 TD) and was regular season. effective in every phase of the game. His players have a Freshman All-SEC selection. In the BCS Championship Burns spent eight seasons with head coach Tommy proven to be equally effective on the ground and in Game against Texas, Ingram and Richardson both Bowden at Clemson, after a four-year stint at Tulane the passing game. Few in college football can say they rushed for 100-plus yards to help lead Alabama to that concluded with a 12-0 season in 1998. He logged have coached a Heisman Trophy fi nalist, but Burns can the school’s 13th title. Roy Upchurch added valuable nine seasons as assistant head coach and offensive claim a pair dating back to the 2009 season, including production in 2009, and earned an invite to the Senior coordinator at Saint Augustine High School in New the 2009 recipient Mark Ingram and 2011 fi nalist Trent Bowl at the conclusion of the season. Orleans before joining Bowden’s staff at Tulane. Burns Richardson. Burns also developed one of the nation’s strongest helped lead Saint Augustine to district titles in 1987, Burns is on the cusp of a pair of 1,000-yard rushers running games in 2008, as Alabama fi nished third in 1992 and 1993, his second stint at the school. His fi rst in 2014 with junior T.J. Yeldon leading the team with 932 the SEC and 30th nationally with an average of 184.6 experience as a coach also was at Saint Augustine, where yards on the season while sophomore Derrick Henry has rushing yards per game. , a fi rst team All- he served as an assistant from 1977-79 and helped the added 895. The pair both have 10 rushing touchdowns SEC selection and third-round draft pick of the San school win three other district championships on the apiece while Jalston Fowler has exceled in his new role Francisco 49ers, led the way with 1,383 yards on the way to consecutive state titles in 1978-79. Burns also at fullback, becoming the top fullback prospect in the ground. That single-season total tied for second in coached at New Orleans’ Booker T. Washington High 2015 NFL Draft. The Tide has averaged 209.5 rushing school history and was third in the conference. Ingram School in 1980 before a fi ve-year stint as an assistant yards per game. was eighth in the SEC in rushing (728 yards), captured coach at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., from He turned in another masterful coaching job in 2013 Freshman All-SEC honors and set a Tide rookie record 1981-85. with Yeldon cracking the 1,000-yard barrier with 1,235 with 12 rushing scores. As a player, Burns played fullback (1971-75) at yards and 14 touchdowns while backup sophomore In his fi rst year at Alabama (2007), Burns helped fi rst- Nebraska under head coach Tom Osborne. A member Kenyan Drake accounted for 694 yards and eight scores year tailback Terry Grant set school records for rushing of three Cornhusker teams that won at least nine and true freshman Derrick Henry produced 382 yards yards (891) and touchdowns (8) by a freshman. Grant games, Burns participated in the Orange Bowl, Cotton on just 35 carries. Alabama ranked 25th nationally and was a three-time SEC Freshman of the Week honoree Bowl and Sugar Bowl. He earned a bachelor’s degree fourth in the SEC in rushing offense, averaging 205.6 and was named to the Freshman All-SEC Team as well as in education from Nebraska in 1976. Burns is married yards per game. , a second-round draft pick Sporting News Freshman All-America team (honorable to the former Connie Winder. The couple has three by Green Bay in 2013, earned NFL Rookie of the Year mention). daughters, Amber, Christy and Erin, and a son Damon. honors, rushing for 1,178 yards and 11 scores. An assistant coach at Clemson for eight seasons They have one granddaughter, Kendal Mackenzie, and As injuries hammered away at the Tide’s depth at before coming to Alabama, Burns was a major factor in a son-in-law Sylvester Anderson. running back in 2012, Lacy and Yeldon stepped to the forefront and combined to rush for 2,430 yards and 29 rushing touchdowns (32 total touchdowns). The pair became the fi rst Alabama running backs to rush for more than 1,000 yards in the same season. UA ranked 16th nationally in rushing and second in the SEC with an average of 227.5 yards per game. Under Burns, the 2011 Crimson Tide rushing offense ranked 16th in the nation and fi rst in the Southeastern Conference, collecting 214.5 yards per game. In addition to being a Heisman Trophy fi nalist, Richardson became the fi rst Alabama player to win the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running back. He was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Year, ranking fi fth in the nation and fi rst in the league with 129.2 yards on the ground per game. Richardson’s 21 rushing touchdowns, set the school record and tied for second in SEC history. He equaled the school and SEC record with 24 total touchdowns. Lacy fi nished the 2011 season ninth in the SEC with 56.2 rushing yards per game and seven TDs. In 2010, Alabama’s ground game accumulated 2,378 yards to rank 29th in the country. Playing in only 11 games each, Ingram led the way with 875 yards and 13 scores followed by Richardson’s 700 yards with six touchdowns. With two scores against Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl, Ingram set the Alabama career BURNS FAMILY rushing touchdown record at 42. He fi nished his career Erin and Christy (left), Damon and Amber (right) fourth on the career rushing yardage list with 3,261 yards in three seasons. Both Ingram and Richardson with Burton and his wife Connie (middle). 40 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL coaches and staff

MARIO CRISTOBAL

Asst. Head Coach/OL Second Year MIAMI (FLA.), 1993

Mario Cristobal is in his second season on the classes in 2011 and 2012 that were regarded among the Cristobal was a critical factor in Rutgers’ resurgence Alabama coaching staff as the assistant head coach best in the . Cristobal’s teams at FIU to competitiveness and helped lay the foundation in and offensive line coach, after joining the Crimson Tide produced such NFL talent as third-rounder T. Y. Hilton, recruiting and coaching for a program that went from in February of 2013. He had been the head coach at second-round pick Jonathan Cyprien and . obscurity to college football’s upper echelon in a matter Florida International University (FIU) for six years (2007- Prior to accepting the head coaching job at FIU, of fi ve years. During Cristobal’s tenure at Rutgers, the 12) before joining Alabama after a brief stay at his alma Cristobal coached at the for three Scarlet Knights improved from records of 2-9 and 1-11 to mater, Miami. years under head coach . The Hurricanes a 5-7 mark in 2003, the school’s best record since 1998. Cristobal engineered another productive offensive compiled a 24-12 record in that time, with appearances One of Cristobal’s most accomplished pupils was tight

line in 2014 with a group adept at opening holes on the in the 2004 and 2005 Chick-fi l-A Peach Bowls and the end L.J. Smith, the ’ second-round COACHES/STAFF ground while providing fi rst-year quarterback Blake Sims 2006 Micron PC Bowl. Cristobal coached Miami’s tight pick in the 2003 NFL Draft and an eventual starter. ample time to throw the football. Led by fi rst team All- ends in the 2004 and 2005 seasons, tutoring 2005 Buffalo Cristobal began his coaching career in 1998, when he American Arie Kouandjio, the Tide ranks 10th nationally Bills third-round pick Kevin Everett, 2006 free-agent joined the Miami staff as a graduate assistant, working in fewest sacks allowed, surrendering an average of one signee Buck Ortega and 2007 fi rst-round with the Hurricanes for three seasons (1998-2000) under per game, while rushing for 209.5 yards per game on the selection Greg Olsen. head coach . He helped his alma mater ground. Senior Austin Shepherd allowed just one sack at In 2006, Cristobal took over a Miami offensive line that compile a 29-8 record while winning three bowls and a right tackle and junior Ryan Kelly developed into one of featured four new starters, including a true sophomore pair of BIG EAST Conference championships in that time. the country’s best centers. Cristobal also tutored Cam at left tackle and a true freshman at right tackle. Despite A four-year letterwinner for the University of Miami Robinson, who became only the second player in school coaching a unit wrought with inexperience and riddled from 1988-92, Cristobal played for Hall of Fame coach history to start at left tackle as a true freshman (Andre by injuries throughout the season, the Hurricanes offense Jimmy Johnson and . During his four Smith, 2006) and earned Freshman All-America honors. saw a 39 percent decrease in sacks allowed from 36 to years, the Hurricanes won a pair of national championships The Alabama offensive line faced many challenges at 22, only seven of which Cristobal’s line was deemed (1989 and 1991) while playing in two Sugar Bowls, one the start of the 2013 season, replacing three starters from responsible. Following that season, junior guard Derrick Cotton Bowl and an Orange Bowl. Cristobal was a fi rst the 2012 season who departed to the NFL. Cristobal’s Morse was selected honorable mention All-ACC and true team All-Big East selection as an offensive tackle in 1992. leadership melded together the 2013 line and produced freshman tackle Jason Fox was named a second team Following his college playing career, Cristobal signed another in a long line of outstanding Tide offensive Freshman All-American by Rivals.com. Fox was a fourth- a free-agent contract with the in 1994. fronts. Cyrus Kouandjio and Anthony Steen anchored the round draft pick of the Detroit Lions in 2010. He played for the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe in unit while Kelly (center), Arie Kouandjio (left guard) and While coaching at Rutgers from 2001-03 Cristobal 1995 and 1996. Shepherd (right tackle) joined the starting lineup. Cyrus helped set the table for one of the biggest success stories The Miami native was a prep standout at Christopher Kouandjio was a consensus fi rst team All-American and in the past 30 years of college football. Cristobal worked Columbus High School. He graduated from Miami in garnered fi rst team All-SEC honors along with Steen. As under head coach , coaching the Rutgers 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration the season progressed the group’s chemistry became offensive tackles and tight ends for two seasons before and later earned a master’s degree from Miami in 2001. apparent, surrendering just 17 sacks on the year to rank shifting his focus solely to the offensive line in 2003. Cristobal and his wife Jessica were married in June of 23rd nationally in sacks allowed (1.31 per game). The Tide 2006 and have two sons Mario Mateo and Rocco. ranked 25th nationally in rushing offense (205.6 ypg), as the offensive line helped propel the Tide to an average of 454.1 yards per game (33rd nationally). UA averaged a school-record 7.15 yards per play, the fi fth-best average per play in the FBS and ranked 17th nationally in scoring offense (38.2 ppg). During his six years at the helm of the FIU program, Cristobal was regarded as one of the country’s top young college football coaches and was the architect of a successful program that went to back-to-back bowl games in 2010 and 2011. The 2011 season was the most successful year in program history with the school capturing a program-record eight victories during the regular season, along with milestone wins on the road at eventual Co-BIG EAST Champion Louisville and at home against Conference USA power Central Florida. FIU began its historic run during the 2010 season, when Cristobal led FIU to its fi rst Sun Belt Conference championship and a bowl victory over MAC champion Toledo. For his efforts, Cristobal was named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year. Named the second head football coach in FIU history on Dec. 19, 2006, Cristobal implemented his philosophy of hard work and dedication that paid quick dividends both on the fi eld and in the CHRISTOBAL FAMILY classroom. During his time at FIU, Cristobal also proved Mario and his wife Jessica with their children to be an effective recruiter, with consecutive recruiting Mario Mateo and Rocco. ROLLTIDE.COM 41 coaches and staff

BO DAVIS

Defensive Line Fifth Year LSU, 1993

COACHES/STAFF Bo Davis returned to Alabama in 2014 for his straight season and was a fi nalist for the Lombardi, conditioning coach with the Miami Dolphins under second stint as the Crimson Tide’s defensive line Nagurski and Bednarik Awards. Seniors Lorenzo Saban. coach under Nick Saban. He spent four seasons with Washington and Brandon Deaderick anchored the He has a deep history in Southeastern Conference the Crimson Tide from 2007-10 before coaching the defensive end positions while Dareus emerged as a football. Prior to his stint with the Dolphins, Davis defensive line at Texas for three seasons (2011-13). It pass-rusher as a sophomore and led the team with 6.5 spent four years (2002-05) as an assistant strength and is Davis’ fi fth overall year on Saban’s staff at Alabama sacks. Dareus had a breakout game against Texas in conditioning coach at LSU under Saban and current after originally joining the Alabama staff in 2007. the National Championship as he earned defensive Tigers’ head coach Les Miles. Davis did a masterful job in 2014 as the Crimson MVP honors. A former All-SEC defensive lineman for LSU in Tide was forced to replace both starting defensive The Alabama defensive line saw great improvement the early 1990s, Davis joined the LSU strength and ends. Sophomore Jonathan Allen secured one of the in 2008, which helped the Crimson Tide develop into conditioning staff as assistant coordinator in June of jobs at end and turned in a fi rst team All-SEC season one of the top defensive units overall nationally. Davis 2002. He joined the LSU staff after a stint at North while A’Shawn Robinson and Jarran Reed both started added Cody to the starting lineup at nose guard Shore High School in Galena Park, Texas, where he 12 games on the defensive line. Robinson was a second- and the junior was named an All-American in his fi rst served as an assistant football coach from 1997-2002. team All-SEC selection while Reed earned honorable season. Alabama ranked second nationally in terms Davis played football at LSU from 1990 to 1992, mention honors. Reed’s 52 tackles are the most by an of rush defense, allowing just 74.1 yards per game on earning second team All-SEC honors as a nose guard Alabama defensive lineman since Wallace Gilberry in the ground. UA also ranked among the top seven in in 1992. He fi nished his LSU career with 90 tackles, one 2007. Brandon Ivory anchored the nose tackle position the country in total defense (263.5 ypg) and scoring sack and one fumble recovery. As a senior in 1992, in the Tide’s base 3-4 defense, while Dalvin Tomlinson defense (14.3 ppg). Davis started all 11 games at nose guard, recording 66 and D.J. Pettway gave the Crimson Tide tremendous Under Davis’ watch in 2007, senior defensive end tackles, including four tackles for loss. depth and play-making ability in the front. Wallace Gilberry put together one of the fi nest seasons A native of Magee, Miss., Davis graduated from Led by the defensive front, Alabama’s 2014 in Alabama history. Gilberry earned fi rst team All-SEC LSU in 1993 and he then served as a graduate assistant defense ranks second nationally against the rush, status, leading the league in tackles for loss (27) and with the LSU strength and conditioning program from surrendering just 88.6 yards per game. The Tide lead fi nishing second in sacks (10). 1995-1997. Davis and his wife, Omeika, have two sons the nation allowing just three rushing touchdowns on Davis spent the 2006 season as an assistant Bo and Jackson and a daughter Juliana. the season, while recording 29 sacks, which is already defensive line coach and assistant strength and seven more than a season ago. During his three years on Mack Brown’s staff at Texas, Davis’ defensive front was the backbone of the Longhorns’ defense. The 2013 unit was led by senior Chris Whaley and . Brown fi nished third on the team with 12.0 TFL while Whaley scored two touchdowns. In 2012, Davis rotated fi ve players at his defensive tackle positions who accounted for 31 tackles for loss. The 2011 Texas defensive line helped the Longhorns rank sixth nationally in rush defense, allowing just 96.23 yards per game. The defensive tackles group was led by fi rst team All-Big 12 selection Kheeston Randall who was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the 2012 NFL Draft. The fi nal season of Davis’ fi rst stint in Tuscaloosa in 2010 saw the Crimson Tide defensive line rank 10th nationally in rushing yards allowed (110.2 ypg) while Alabama ranked fi fth nationally in total defense (286.4 ypg) and third in scoring defense (12.5 ppg). Marcell Dareus anchored the line with 33 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. He was the third overall selection in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. Davis’ 2009 defensive line was again the key in setting the tone for an Alabama defense that ranked second nationally and led the SEC in four major categories - rush defense (78.1 ypg), pass effi ciency defense (87.7), total defense (244.1) and scoring DAVIS FAMILY defense (11.7 ppg). Senior nose guard Terrence Cody Bo and his wife Omeika with sons Bo and earned consensus All-America honors for the second Jackson and daughter Juliana. 42 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL coaches and staff

LANE KIFFIN

Offensive Coord./QB First Year FRESNO STATE, 1998

Lane Kiffi n joined the Alabama staff on Jan. 10, arrival, the Trojans were averaging 26.5 points per Trojans, USC captured two national championships 2014, as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks game in scoring offense and 389.1 yards per game in and compiled a 65-12 record. Kiffi n was promoted to coach and has revitalized the Crimson Tide’s offense total offense. In his fi rst two seasons, those numbers passing game coordinator in 2004 and helped Matt this season. For his efforts, Kiffi n was selected as a increased to 31.0 points per game and 431.5 yards in Leinart win the Heisman Trophy as he passed for 3,322 fi nalist for the Frank Broyles Award, which goes to the 2011 and 35.8 points and 456.8 yards in 2012. yards with 33 touchdowns and just six interceptions. country’s best assistant coach. Prior to his tenure at Southern California, Kiffi n He took over as USC’s offensive coordinator in One of Kiffi n’s fi rst responsibilities at Alabama was served as the head coach at Tennessee in 2009. He 2005 and led the Trojans to a scoring average of 49.1 identifying a starting quarterback and then developing led the Volunteers to a second-place fi nish in the SEC points per game and 579.8 yards per game of total COACHES/STAFF Blake Sims in 2014. With three-year starter and All- East and an appearance in the Chick-fi l-A Bowl. The offense during his two years as offensive coordinator. American AJ McCarron off to the NFL, Kiffi n oversaw Volunteers’ offense jumped at least 34 places in every Kiffi n started at USC in 2001 as the tight ends coach Sims’ rise to the top of the Alabama depth chart en national statistical category over the 2008 fi gures. and then coached the wide receivers during his route to a school-record 3,250 passing yards and 3,571 Tennessee improved from 17.3 to 29.3 points per remaining fi ve years. yards of total offense while completing 84.8 percent game while going from 268.8 to 383.5 yards per game Kiffi n graduated from Fresno State in 1998 after of his passes. Sims ranked second nationally in total in total offense. playing quarterback for three seasons (1994-96) for the QBR (88.9) and seventh in passing effi ciency (161.92). Kiffi n came to Tennessee from the Oakland Raiders, Bulldogs. He began his coaching career as a student He not only proved profi cient in the passing game but where he served as head coach from 2007-08. At 31, assistant at Fresno State under Pat Hill in 1997 and gave Alabama a running threat at quarterback not he was the youngest head coach in the NFL’s modern 1998. He moved on to Colorado State in 1999 as seen during Saban’s tenure in Tuscaloosa. Sims was era. Oakland’s offense signifi cantly improved in his fi rst offensive line assistant. He spent the 2000 season as selected second-team All-SEC, named to the Senior year, up 7.2 points per game and 48.6 yards per game defensive quality control assistant with the Jacksonville Bowl, tabbed as a fi nalist for the Manning Award and a from 2006. Jaguars under Tom Coughlin. semifi nalist for the Davey O’Brien Award. Prior to his fi rst head coaching job, Kiffi n spent six Kiffi n attended Bloomington (Minn.) Jefferson Kiffi n’s offense ranks 16th nationally in total offense years as an assistant coach for Pete Carroll at Southern High, where he played football, basketball and per game (489.5) while scoring an average of 37.1 California, including two years as the offensive baseball. He and his wife, Layla, have two daughters points per game. The passing game averaged a school- coordinator (2005-06). During his fi rst tenure with the Landry and Presley and one son Knox. record 281.0 yards per game (3,653) to rank 21st nationally and third in the SEC. His squad also ranked second nationally in third-down conversion percentage at 54.1 percent, ninth in fi rst downs (319), seventh in team passing effi ciency (159.0) and 11th in time of possession. Amari Cooper won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s best receiver, after catching a school- and SEC-record 115 passes for a UA-record 1,656 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns. He spent the last three-plus seasons as the head coach at Southern California, where he compiled a record of 28-15. Kiffi n’s 2012 USC squad went 7-6 overall and 5-4 in the Pac-12 South, good for second place. Wide receiver Marqise Lee was a unanimous fi rst team All-American and won the Biletnikoff Award while also being named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year. Quarterback Matt Barkley, who won the Wuerffel Trophy, set conference records for passing yards and passing touchdowns. Kiffi n led the Trojans to a 10-2 record in 2011 and a sixth-place fi nish in the fi nal Associated Press poll. The team fi nished fi rst in the Pac-12 South with a 7-2 mark. His 2011 USC offense produced a 3,500-yard passer, a pair of 1,000-yard receivers and a 1,000-yard rusher. Three Trojans earned fi rst team All-America honors (Matt Kalil, Robert Woods and T.J. McDonald) and fi ve KIFFIN FAMILY were named Freshman All-Americans. In his fi rst year as the head coach USC, Kiffi n led Lane and his wife Layla with their daughters Landry and Presley, and son Knox. the Trojans to an 8-5 record (5-4 Pac-10). Before his ROLLTIDE.COM 43 coaches and staff

BILLY NAPIER

Wide Receivers Second Year FURMAN, 2003

COACHES/STAFF Billy Napier is in his second season on the Alabama Napier split his time from 2006-08 as Clemson’s committing only 11 turnovers, roughly one-third of the coaching staff as wide receivers coach. Napier joined recruiting coordinator. In those three seasons, he total from the previous season (32). Napier developed the Crimson Tide staff after serving as the assistant head compiled two top 25 recruiting classes, according to Cleve McCoy and molded him into the MEAC Player coach and quarterbacks coach at Colorado State in 2012 Rivals.com, and in 2008, his class was tabbed as the of the Year. He also recruited offensive tackle Johnny for former Tide offensive coordinator Jim McElwain. second-best in the nation by ESPN.com. Known to Culbreath, who became a unanimous All-America Napier, who was an offensive analyst for the Crimson his peers as a top recruiter, Napier has signed several selection and was drafted by the Detroit Lions. Napier Tide in 2011, returned to the Capstone to replace Mike players who went on to the NFL, including Kavell was offered the position of offensive coordinator after Groh, who accepted an assistant coaching job with the Conner, Crezdon Butler, Brandon Thompson and the 2005 season, but declined, instead taking over as Chicago Bears. Marcus Gilchrist. Fourteen players from Clemson’s 2011 the tight ends coach at Clemson. Napier’s unit was led by Alabama’s fi rst Biletnikoff two-deep roster were signed by Napier, including fi ve Napier began his coaching career as a graduate Award winner Amari Cooper who has caught a school- who earned all-ACC honors. assistant at Clemson in 2003-04. In 2003, he worked and SEC-record 115 passes for a UA record 1,656 Napier was the 2007-08 tight ends coach at with video coordinating. The Tigers won nine games, receiving yards and 14 touchdowns. He leads the Clemson, helping lead the Tigers to two bowl games including the Peach Bowl against Tennessee. The country in receiving yards (1,656) and receptions (115), and a prolifi c offense. The 2007 season featured a 9-4 following season, Napier was the on-fi eld graduate while ranking second nationally in catches per game record and the ACC’s highest-scoring offense. In his fi rst assistant on defense, and gained his fi rst experience (8.8) and yards per game (127.4). Cooper, a Heisman year back with Clemson (2006), Napier worked primarily with recruiting off the fi eld. Trophy fi nalist and unanimous fi rst team All-American, with the Tigers’ tight ends but also was responsible for As a player, Napier was a four-year letterwinner also smashed all of the Tide’s career receiving marks the punt team and assisted in several special-teams and two-time All-Southern Conference selection as with 219 receptions, 3,392 yards and 29 touchdowns capacities. The 2006 Tigers led the ACC in total offense, the starting quarterback at Furman. The Paladins won entering the Sugar Bowl. Senior DeAndrew White rushing and scoring offense, advancing to the Music two conference championships and in 2001, Napier’s provided Alabama with a dangerous and reliable target City Bowl. Clemson averaged 410.9 yards per game and junior year, advanced to the Division I-AA national opposite Cooper with 37 receptions for 439 yards and 32.7 points, more than doubling its opponent’s totals. championship game, losing to Montana. He completed four scores. Christion Jones is third on the team with 19 Tight end Hunter Thomas started all 11 games for the 64.8 percent of his career passes, setting a school receptions (264). Tigers, averaging 19.1 yards per reception. Michael record. As the team captain during a record-setting In his fi rst season as the Crimson Tide’s receivers Palmer, who Napier coached for three seasons, went senior season, Napier amassed 2,475 passing yards, also coach, Napier built a deep and talented group of on to the NFL. He also worked with the special teams a Furman record, and was a fi nalist for the Walter Payton receivers. Alabama had four players with at least 32 units, helping develop one of the most talented players Award, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding receptions, led by sophomore Cooper with 45 catches in Clemson history, C.J. Spiller. FCS offensive player. for 736 yards. The wide receivers accounted for 72.1 In 2005, Napier spent one season as the quarterbacks Napier grew up in Chatsworth, Ga., and graduated percent of the passes caught in 2013 and 20 of the 30 coach at South Carolina State. The Bulldogs fi nished the from Murray County High School in 1998. He is passing touchdowns. produced a career year 9-2 and ranked among the nation’s best in several married to the former Ali Gunn and the couple has a year with seven touchdowns and 568 receiving yards offensive categories, including: rushing (12th), passing daughter Annie and a son Sammy Nelson. He earned on 38 grabs. Jones also caught 36 balls for 349 yards effi ciency (15th) and scoring offense (17th). S.C. State his bachelor’s degree in health & exercise science from and White hauled in 32 catches for 534 yards and four also had the country’s fourth-best turnover margin, Furman in 2002. scores. Injuries forced Napier to go deep down the bench looking for quarterbacks during his one season in Fort Collins. The Rams saw three quarterbacks play signifi cant snaps as the starter with Garrett Grayson going down early in the season, M.J. McPeek following two weeks later forcing redshirt freshman Conner Smith into action. The trio combined to throw for 2,520 yards and 17 touchdowns in 2012 as Colorado State won three of their fi nal fi ve games. Napier spent the 2011 season on the Alabama staff as an offensive analyst, helping the Crimson Tide win the 2011 BCS National Championship. The Tide ranked 16th in scoring offense, 30th in total offense and 17th in rushing offense in 2011. Prior to Alabama, Napier spent seven of the previous eight years in two different stints at Clemson. During Napier’s fi nal two seasons at Clemson he earned an elevated position as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. At the age of 29, he became the youngest coordinator in Clemson history. In his fi rst season as CU’s coordinator, the 2009 Tigers scored a school-record 436 points and scored 54 touchdowns (third-most in school history), averaged 5.73 yards per play (fourth best) and fi nished as the ACC Atlantic Division champions. Quarterback Kyle Parker was named a Freshman All-American and nine players NAPIER FAMILY Napier coached from 2009-10 went on to have careers Billy and his wife Ali with their daughter Annie. in the NFL. 44 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL coaches and staff

KIRBY SMART

Defensive Coord./DB Eighth Year GEORGIA, 1999

Kirby Smart, the 2012 AFCA Assistant Coach while replacing nearly the entire defense (nine starters). coach under Saban at LSU, where he tutored two of the Year and the 2009 Broyles Award winner as Alabama led the SEC and ranked third nationally in NFL draft picks: (2nd round, New York college football’s top assistant coach, is in his eighth scoring defense (13.5 ppg) and fi fth nationally in total Giants) and (4th round, Miami Dolphins). season with the Alabama football staff and seventh as defense (286.4 ypg). The Tide also ranked fi rst in the SEC That season, LSU allowed 157.2 passing yards per game defensive coordinator. A former standout defensive (sixth in the NCAA) in pass effi ciency defense. Safety to rank second in the SEC and fi fth nationally. back and scholar-athlete at Georgia, Smart is one of and defensive lineman Marcell Dareus Smart was a graduate assistant coach under Bobby the nation’s most respected defensive coordinators. He earned fi rst team all-SEC honors while Hightower, safety Bowden and Mickey Andrews at Florida State in 2002- also coached defensive backs in 2014 after spending the Robert Lester and cornerback were 03, having served as defensive coordinator/linebackers past fi ve seasons tutoring the inside linebackers. second team all-SEC selections. coach (2001) and defensive backs (2000) coach at COACHES/STAFF His 2014 defense has proven to be one of his best The 2009 season was a special one for Smart, Valdosta State the previous two seasons. He began against the run, ranking second nationally, surrendering as he not only helped lead Alabama to the national his coaching career as an administrative assistant at just 88.6 yards a game. The Crimson Tide rank fourth championship but also took home the Broyles Award as Georgia in 1999. nationally in scoring defense (16.6 ppg), while ranking the top assistant coach in the country. The UA defense As a player, Smart was a four-year letterman at 11th nationally in total defense (312.4 ypg). He helped again was regarded as one of the nation’s top units, defensive back for Georgia, where he was a fi rst team junior safety Landon Collins earn unanimous fi rst-team leading the SEC and ranking second nationally in scoring all-SEC pick as a senior. He fi nished his career with 13 All-America honors while being selected as a fi nalist for defense (11.7 ppg), pass effi ciency defense (87.7), rush interceptions, which was fourth in Georgia annals, and the Nagurski Trophy, Thorpe Award and Lott Trophy. defense (78.1 ypg) and total defense (244.1 ypg). led the Bulldogs with six interceptions in 1997 and fi ve Senior safety Nick Perry also developed into a key cog in In the 2010 BCS National Championship game in 1998. A four-time member of the SEC Academic the secondary under Smart’s guidance in 2014, making against Texas, the Tide recorded four interceptions Honor Roll, Smart earned his undergraduate degree a career-best 74 tackles with two interceptions and six and scored a defensive touchdown. Three players on in fi nance from Georgia and his master’s degree from pass breakups. Smart’s defense earned fi rst-team All-America honors – Florida State in 2003. Smart crafted another elite Alabama defense linebacker Rolando McClain, cornerback Javier Arenas A native of Bainbridge, Ga., Smart is married to in 2013 after losing six more players to the NFL. The and nose guard Terrence Cody – while Barron was a the former Mary Beth Lycett of McDonough, Ga. The Crimson Tide ranked fourth nationally in scoring third team Associated Press All-American. McClain couple are the proud parents of twins Weston and Julia defense (13.9 ppg) while ranking fi fth in total defense captured the Butkus Award and Cody was a fi nalist for and son Andrew. (286.5 ypg), seventh in rushing defense (106.2 ypg) and several national awards. 11th in pass defense (180.3 ypg). Alabama was fourth The 2008 Alabama defense was nationally in red zone defense and fourth in fewest fi rst rated among the nation’s best. The downs allowed. He helped mold defensive leader C.J. Tide fi nished third in total defense Mosley into the nation’s best linebacker and winner of (263.5 ypg) and seventh in scoring the Butkus Award. He was also a fi nalist for the Nagurski defense (14.3 ppg). Senior captain Trophy, the Lombardi Award and the Bednarik Award. Rashad Johnson earned fi rst team Mosley led all Alabama tacklers in 2013 with 108 stops All-America honors at safety as well and nine tackles for loss while fi nishing third in career as fi rst team all-SEC recognition tackles with 319. after intercepting fi ve passes, Smart retooled the Alabama defense in 2012, including two that were returned for molding a unit that lost six starters to the NFL after the touchdowns. Alabama snagged 15 2011 season. The Tide led the nation in total defense interceptions in 2008 and brought (250.0 ypg), scoring defense (10.9 ppg) and rush back four of those for scores. defense (76.4 ypg) while ranking seventh in pass defense Under Smart’s guidance in (174.3 ypg) and pass effi ciency defense (103.72). The 2007, Johnson led the SEC with Tide defense featured two fi rst team All-Americans in six interceptions and earned fi rst cornerback Dee Milliner and linebacker Mosley. Milliner team all-SEC honors along with was a fi nalist for the Thorpe Award, presented to the cornerback Simeon Castille. A third nation’s top defensive back, after making 54 tackles, member of the Alabama secondary, with a nation-leading 20 pass defl ections and two cornerback Kareem Jackson, was interceptions. Mosley was a fi nalist for the Butkus Award honored at the end of the season and led the team with 107 tackles while making seven as a second team Sporting News tackles for loss, four sacks and intercepting two passes. Freshman All-American. The 2011 defense led the nation in all fi ve major Smart joined the Tide after categories including total defense (183.6 ypg), scoring spending the 2006 season as safeties defense (8.2 ppg), rushing defense (72.2 ypg), passing coach with head coach Nick Saban defense (111.5 ypg) and pass effi ciency defense (83.69 and the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. Prior rating). Dont’a Hightower (a fi nalist for the Lombardi to his stint with the Dolphins, Smart Award, Lott Trophy, Butkus Award and Bednarik Award) spent six years on the collegiate level led the team in total tackles with 85. The fi rst team All- with Georgia (1999 and 2005), LSU SEC selection also recorded 11 tackles for loss, four (2004), Florida State (2002-03) and sacks, eight quarterback hurries, one interception and a Valdosta State (2000-01). blocked kick. Hightower was selected in the fi rst round As the running backs coach at of the 2012 NFL Draft by the with Georgia in 2005, Smart’s Bulldogs SMART FAMILY the 25th pick. unit averaged 162.2 yards per game, Kirby and his wife Mary Beth with their children: twins Julia and Smart’s rebuilding job in 2010 was impressive, as the third in the SEC. Smart spent the Weston, and son Andrew. Tide remained one of the nation’s elite defensive units 2004 season as defensive backs ROLLTIDE.COM 45 coaches and staff

KEVIN STEELE

Special Asst. to HC/ILB Third Year TENNESSEE, 1981

COACHES/STAFF A veteran coach with a wealth of top-level Award with the Seattle Seahawks, as well as fi rst round He has held assistant coaching jobs at Tennessee experience in the college and pro ranks, Kevin Steele picks Ernie Sims (Detroit Lions) and Lawrence Timmons (1987-88), Oklahoma State (1984-86) and New Mexico is in his second stint with the Crimson Tide. Steele, (). Steele came to Florida State after State (1983). who returned to Alabama in 2013 as the Director of serving as the head coach at from The Dillon, S.C., native is a 1981 graduate of the Player Personnel, made the transition to linebackers 1999-2002. University of Tennessee. He spent his freshman year coach in February of this year. He has also served as Steele coached linebackers for the Carolina at Furman before transferring to Tennessee, where special assistant to the head coach. Steele helped the Panthers in the NFL from 1995-98. Under head he was a member of ’ 1978 and 1979 Crimson Tide put together the nation’s top-ranked coach , the Panthers reached the NFC squads. He was a student assistant coach in 1980 and 2014 recruiting class and has developed another stellar Championship game in their second season (1996). then a graduate assistant the following year (1981) group of inside linebackers on the fi eld this season. After four years with Carolina, Steele was hired as head before being promoted to outside linebackers coach Alabama’s inside linebackers led the charge coach at Baylor in 1999. in 1982. against the run in 2014, helping Alabama rank second From 1989-94, Steele coached the linebackers Steele and his wife, Linda, have one son Gordon nationally in rush defense (88.6 ypg) and fourth in under Nebraska legend Tom Osborne. During his six and one daughter Caroline. Gordon is now an assistant scoring defense (16.6 ppg) while starters Trey DePriest years in Lincoln, the Cornhuskers went 60-11, appeared coach at Murray State. and Reggie Ragland combined for 170 tackles and 12 in six bowl games, won four conference championships tackles for loss. DePriest, a fi rst team All-American and captured the 1994 national championship with a and third-year starter, quarterbacked the Crimson 13-0 record. Tide defense and served as the signal-caller in the front seven while making 82 stops. Ragland, in his fi rst year starting on the weak side, has 88 tackles and 8.5 tackles for loss on the season. Both players earned All-SEC honors (Ragland from the Associated Press and DePriest from the league coaches). Ragland was a semifi nalist for the Butkus Award, which goes to the nation’s top linebacker. The UA defense performed impressively under Steele in 2007, ranking 27th nationally and fourth in the SEC in scoring defense (22.0 ppg). In addition, inside linebacker Rolando McClain was recognized as a fi rst team Sporting News Freshman All-American. The 2008 Alabama defense was second nationally in rush defense, allowing just 74.1 yards per game. That unit was third in the NCAA in total defense (263.5 ypg) and seventh in scoring defense (14.3 ppg) as the Crimson Tide went 12-2, won the SEC West, and earned a BCS bowl bid. Steele spent three years (2009-11) as the defensive coordinator at Clemson. The Tigers won the 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, which was their fi rst league title since 1991. The 2010 defense led the ACC and ranked 13th nationally in points allowed, surrendering 18.8 points per game. Clemson claimed the Atlantic Division Championship in 2009. Prior to Clemson and Alabama, Steele worked at Florida State under head coach Bobby Bowden for four seasons (2003-06) as the executive head coach. He was named the Rivals.com National Recruiter of the Year in 2005 at FSU after helping the Seminoles sign the top STEELE FAMILY class in the country. His pupils at FSU included Michael Boulware, a fi nalist for the 2004 NFL Rookie of Year Kevin and his wife, Linda. 46 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL coaches and staff

LANCE THOMPSON

Outside Linebackers Fifth Year THE CITADEL, 1987

Lance Thompson is in his third season of his third Thompson served as the defensive coordinator at BCS bowl berth (2000 Orange Bowl). Players Thompson stint at Alabama after returning to the Crimson Tide in Central Florida for three seasons (2004-06). In 2005, coached at Alabama during that two-year period January of 2012. He coaches the outside linebackers his unit produced a pair of All-Conference USA fi rst included all-SEC defensive lineman Jarret Johnson, now for the Tide (as he did in 2007 and 2008). Thompson team selections in defensive end Paul Carrington and regarded as one of the most consistent performers in returned to the Alabama staff after spending three cornerback Joe Burnett. The Knights also were the the NFL as a starter with the Baltimore Ravens. seasons at Tennessee. 2005 Conference USA Eastern Division champions. Prior to his initial seasons at Alabama, Thompson In 2014, senior Xzavier Dickson exploded on the Thompson helped develop one of the nation’s youngest was a part of the Georgia Tech staff for 11 years.

scene at outside linebacker, leading the team with eight defenses at UCF in 2004, and the group came together During his stay with the Yellow Jackets, Thompson was COACHES/STAFF sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss while recording 37 tackles. to hold the opposition to 21 points or fewer in three of defensive line coach in 1998, defensive ends coach in Ryan Anderson added 24 tackles with seven tackles for the fi nal four games of the season. 1996 and 1997, and tight ends coach in 1995. He served loss (-36 yards) and three sacks (-28 yards). The Crimson In his fi rst stint with Saban, Thompson spent two as Georgia Tech’s recruiting coordinator from 1995- Tide defense ranked second nationally against the run, seasons at LSU as the assistant head coach in charge of 98 and then again in 2001. Prior to serving as an on- allowing just 88.6 yards per game and fourth in scoring recruiting and the tight ends coach for the Tigers during fi eld coach for the Yellow Jackets, Thompson held the defense at 16.6 points per contest. their 2003 national championship season. Thompson position of director of football operations at Georgia Junior and Denzel Devall led began his tenure at LSU in 2002 as the defensive line Tech from 1992-94. the Crimson Tide defense in production at outside coach. In his fi rst year with the Tigers, he coached Thompson started in coaching in 1988, serving as linebacker in 2013. Both players accounted for three defensive tackle to fi rst team All-SEC a graduate assistant for two years at Georgia Tech, sacks apiece while Hubbard made 33 total tackles with honors while the Tigers front four racked up 22 sacks. followed by two more years as a volunteer assistant in 5.5 tackles for loss and Devall checked in with 30 stops Thompson also coached four seasons on head 1990 and 1991. He coached the defensive ends, including and fi ve TFLs. Junior Dickson was also productive with coach George O’Leary’s staff at Georgia Tech. In All-America and All-Pro Marco Coleman. Georgia Tech two tackles for loss and a sack. The 2013 Alabama 2001, he coached a defensive line that recorded 21 earned a share of the national championship in 1990. defense ranked fourth in the FBS in scoring defense, sacks, including 10 by All-America defensive end Greg As a player, Thompson was a four-year letterman allowing just 13.9 points per contest and was fi fth Gathers. at The Citadel, where he earned his bachelor’s degree nationally in total defense, giving up a total of 286.5 In Thompson’s fi rst stint at Alabama, he served as in education and mathematics in 1987. A native of yards per game. the defensive line coach from 1999-2000. The Crimson Riverdale, Ga., Thompson has three daughters: Allie, The Crimson Tide defense had to replace several Tide won the 1999 SEC championship and earned a Christina and Lane. veterans in 2012, including both starting outside linebackers ( and ) along with key reserve . Dickson and Hubbard stepped into starting roles and performed well, while Devall also earned playing time. Hubbard led the outside linebackers with 41 tackles, a team-high 11 tackles for loss (54 yards), seven sacks (44 yards), four quarterback hurries and three forced fumbles. Dickson added 33 tackles with fi ve tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. Thompson spent three years at Tennessee (2009- 11) working with the linebackers the fi rst two seasons and the defensive line in 2011. As linebackers coach, he guided Nick Reveiz to a team-high 108 tackles in 2010. Reveiz also was a fi nalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, presented to a former walk-on having the biggest impact on his team. Alabama put together a 12-2 record in Thompson’s second season, of his second stint in Tuscaloosa, winning the 2008 SEC West title and earning a BCS bowl bid. UA ranked third nationally in total defense (263.5 ypg) and seventh in scoring defense (14.3 ppg) in 2008. Thompson was named the Rivals.com National Recruiter of the Year for his work in helping land what was regarded as the nation’s top signing class in 2008. Previously, Thompson was a member of national championship staffs at Georgia Tech and LSU. He has been a member of two SEC championship coaching staffs, two ACC championship staffs and one Conference THOMPSON FAMILY USA divisional winner. Lance with his daughters Allie, Christina and Lane.

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BOBBY WILLIAMS

Special Teams Coord./TE Seventh Year PURDUE, 1982

COACHES/STAFF Bobby Williams is in his seventh season in Tuscaloosa The veteran coach had to replace both kickers in game in 2004. Prior to LSU, Williams had a one-year stint as Alabama’s tight ends coach and special teams 2010, with the losses of Leigh Tiffi n and P.J. Fitzgerald. with the Detroit Lions as wide receivers coach in 2003. coordinator. A veteran coach with both college and NFL Mandell won the punting duties as a true freshman and Williams followed Saban as the head coach at experience, Williams is a member of head coach Nick averaged 39.2 yards per kick, knocking 13 inside the Michigan State and served in that post from 2000-02. Saban’s coaching staff for the fourth time in his career, 20. Fellow freshman Foster split fi eld goal duties with He led the Spartans to a victory over Florida in the 2000 also working together at Michigan State, LSU and with sophomore Shelley. Foster drilled seven fi eld goals, Citrus Bowl after the 1999 season, in his fi rst game as the the Miami Dolphins. including fi ve over 40 yards, while Shelley handled the school’s head coach. He also guided Michigan State to a In 2014, freshman punter JK Scott was named a closer attempts. ranked 29th nationally 7-5 mark in 2001, his second full season as head coach. fi nalist for the Ray Guy Award and earned All-America in kickoff returns and Maze was 16th in punt returns. That season culminated with a victory over Fresno State honors after averaging 47.0 yards per punt to rank third During the 2009 national championship season, in the Silicon Valley Football Classic, as he became the nationally. He led the nation in percentage of punts Williams had to replace a pair of senior tight ends from fi rst coach in Michigan State history to lead his team to inside the 20-yard line (54.2 percent). Adam Griffi th, in the 2008 roster. The Alabama offense did not miss a beat, victories in his fi rst two bowl appearances. his fi rst year as the starting place-kicker, hit 12-of-19 fi eld as Colin Peek emerged as one of the team’s top targets, Previously an assistant on the Spartans staff from goals. Christion Jones ranks 29th nationally and third in earning second team Associated Press all-SEC honors 1990-99, Williams tutored the running backs under the SEC with an average of 25.0 yards. O.J. Howard led with 26 catches for 313 yards and three touchdowns. Saban. MSU backs produced nine individual 1,000-yard all tight ends with 15 receptions for 246 yards with Brian Williams also oversaw 2009 Lou Groza fi nalist Tiffi n rushing seasons in Williams’ 10 years in that post, led by Vogler adding four catches for 18 yards and a score. at place-kicker. Tiffi n earned fi rst team AP All-America T.J. Duckett, Atlanta’s fi rst-round draft choice in 2002. Williams’ developed Howard into a Freshman All- status. Javier Arenas set the SEC career records for punt Williams earned his start in coaching as running American and dangerous threat at tight end for the return yards and touchdowns. Fitzgerald had a career backs/defensive backs coach at Ball State from 1983- Crimson Tide as a true freshman. Howard averaged season for the Tide in 2009 by averaging 41.5 yards per 84. He followed that with a fi ve-year stint (1985-89) as a team-best 19.2 yards per catch while grabbing two kick, with 19 inside the 20-yard line. offensive backfi eld coach at Eastern Michigan. touchdowns. His guidance also helped Brain Vogler The special teams in 2008 were a big weapon for the Williams is a 1982 graduate of Purdue, where he replace three-year starter Michael Williams at tight end Tide under Williams. Arenas broke two punt returns for earned his degree in general management and was a with impressive results while Jalston Fowler took over touchdowns, Tiffi n was a Groza Award semifi nalist and four-year letterman for the Boilermakers. He started his at h-back in the Tide offense. Vogler fi nished with eight connected on 20-of-29 on fi eld goals, while Fitzgerald career at running back before moving to the secondary catches for 71 yards and a touchdown while Fowler was had a then-career-best average of 41.1 yards per punt and starting in his fi nal three seasons. A tri-captain as a second on the team with fi ve touchdown grabs on seven with 15 inside the 20. Tight ends Nick Walker and Travis senior in 1981, Williams was a part of three bowl teams receptions. Senior punter also fl ourished McCall combined for 23 starts, the best seasons of their as a player. He then served one year (1982) as a graduate under Williams’ tutelage with a school-record 47.1 yard career in terms of production. assistant at his alma mater. punting average on 39 attempts while leading the nation Williams spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons as the A native of St. Louis, Williams and his wife Sheila in net punting at 42.4 yards per punt. Christion Jones running backs coach with the Dolphins. In his fi rst season, have a daughter Nataly and a son Nicholas. Nataly ranked second in the SEC in both kickoff and punt Miami averaged 118.6 yards rushing per game, the earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in communications returns while handled fi eld goal duties and second-best fi gure by the team from 1985-2005. and information sciences from Alabama in 2010. connected on 12-of-17 attempts. In 2004, Williams served as the associate head coach/ Nicholas played football at Alabama and earned his Williams was a nominee for the 2012 Frank Broyles wide receivers coach at LSU, where he coached a pair of Bachelor of Science degree in commerce and business Award, presented to the national assistant coach of the future NFL fi rst-round picks in Craig Davis and Dwayne administration. He is currently the wide receivers and year. Alabama’s tight ends combination of Williams and Bowe. Davis and Bowe ranked in the top 10 in the SEC special teams assistant at Jacksonville State. walk-on senior Kelly Johnson performed well with 29 for both receptions per game and receiving yards per receptions for 222 yards and four scores. was the only kicker in the nation to not miss a kick, going 69-for-69 on extra points and hitting all 11 of his fi eld goals. Mandell turned in a career season with a 44.3 yards per kick average with 19 punts inside the 20-yard line and 14 punts of more than 50 yards. In 2011, Williams’ tight end duo of and Michael Williams combined for 50 receptions resulting in 547 yards. Smelley recorded a team-best four receiving touchdowns, while Williams tacked on another two scores. On special teams, ranked ninth in the nation and third in the SEC, averaging 13.2 yards per punt return with one touchdown. Those numbers earned Maze a spot on the all-SEC second team as a specialist. Alabama ranked 19th in the nation in kickoff returns (24.1 ypg). The Tide allowed only 11 punts to be returned in 2011, for a total of 51 yards. Williams was instrumental in the development of Preston Dial in 2010, as the senior had a breakout season under his tutelage. On top of his exceptional blocking abilities, Dial hauled in a career-best 25 passes for 264 yards and three scores. Williams also had an outstanding WILLIAMS FAMILY 2010 season as a dominating blocker on the edge in the Bobby and his wife Sheila with their children Alabama running game, while catching eight passes for Nicholas and Nataly. 100 yards and a touchdown. 48 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL coaches and staff

SCOTT COCHRAN

Strength & Conditioning Eighth Year LSU, 2001

The booming voice you hear leading a pre-practice While in the NBA with the Hornets from 2004-06, A native of New Orleans, Cochran received a stretch or encouraging a Crimson Tide player to fi nish Cochran’s duties included assisting with the exercise bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from LSU in 2001 and a workout session strong is that of Director of Strength and strength conditioning programs to help players added a master’s degree in sports management from and Conditioning Scott Cochran. The high-energy achieve and maintain optimal fi tness throughout the LSU in 2003. Cochran was born on March 21, 1979, coach, who is a two-time national strength coach of the NBA season. With the Hornets, he worked with NBA and is married to the former Cissy Schepens. They year, joined the Alabama staff in 2007 after spending standouts Chris Paul, Baron Davis, David West and have three children, including one son Beau and two three seasons with the New Orleans Hornets of the Tyson Chandler. daughters Savannah and Lucy. NBA as an assistant strength coach. Cochran has been Prior to joining the Hornets staff, Cochran worked COACHES/STAFF on Nick Saban’s staff for all four national titles, as he for his alma mater Louisiana State as an assistant served as an assistant at LSU in 2003. strength coach in 2003 (13-1, BCS national champions) Cochran, in his eighth year at Alabama, is nationally and 2004 (9-3, Capital One Bowl). He was a graduate regarded as one of the best in the area of strength and assistant in Baton Rouge from 2001-03. Cochran conditioning – and the performances of Alabama’s returned to LSU after starting his career in the strength players on the fi eld prove that to be true. He received and conditioning fi eld at University Laboratory High one of the highest honors in his fi eld when he was School in Baton Rouge, La. He held that position from named the 2011 Samson Strength & Conditioning 1998-2001 before returning to LSU as a graduate Coach of the Year, as featured in American Football assistant for all sports from 2001-03. Cochran then was Quarterly. He earlier was named the Samson Strength hired on to the full-time staff for the 2003-04 season. & Conditioning Coach of the Year following the 2008 season. Prior to the start of spring drills, Cochran implements Coach Saban’s offseason workout plan, which includes the well-known “Fourth Quarter Program” – a very important step in helping Alabama players develop physically and prepare for the upcoming practices. It is no coincidence that through improvements off the fi eld in strength and conditioning, Alabama is known as one of the most physically dominant teams in the country. The main goal of the program is to win the fourth quarter and wear down the opponent as the game goes on. On the way to the 2009 national championship, Alabama did just that as they won the fourth quarter by an astounding scoring margin of 121- 32. The Tide continued the trend of fi nishing in 2011, as it again dominated the fourth quarter en route to the program’s second national championship in three years with a 111-18 fourth-quarter scoring margin. Cochran oversees Alabama’s 37,000-square-foot weight room that is one of the largest venues of its kind in the country. The $9-million facility features 21,000-square feet on the fi rst level and 16,000-square feet on the second level. The ground level comprises a weight room, highlighted by 20 combination racks that feature platforms built into the ground for a level surface that provides a safer training environment. The weight room has a state-of-the-art performance nutrition center to fuel Alabama student-athletes, COCHRAN FAMILY plus physicians’ offi ces and strength and conditioning Scott and his wife Cissy with their children offi ces. Lucy, Savannah and Beau. ROLLTIDE.COM 49 coaches and staff

JOE PANNUNZIO

Football Operations Fourth Year SOUTHERN COLORADO, 1982

COACHES/STAFF Joe Pannunzio is in his fourth year on the Crimson The Pueblo, Colo., native was a standout Tide coaching staff serving as director of football quarterback at Southern Colorado, where he graduated operations. with a degree in physical education in 1982. He was Pannunzio has three decades of college football named honorable mention all-conference in 1980 and experience. Prior to joining the Crimson Tide, he led his team to a No. 9 ranking in NAIA Division I. spent fi ve years at the University of Miami (2006-10) Pannunzio and his wife Rita have two daughters, and was the head coach at Murray State the previous Angela and Nico, and a son Mario. The Pannunzio’s six seasons (2000-05). His primary role at Alabama is welcomed their fi rst grandchild this fall, Michael Jo. to oversee the administration and operation of the football program. Pannunzio served as the tight ends/special teams coordinator at Miami from 2006-10. The Hurricanes made four bowl appearances during his fi ve years in Coral Gables, including trips to the 2006 MPC Computers Bowl, the 2008 Emerald Bowl, the 2009 Champs Sports Bowl and the 2010 Sun Bowl. During his tenure at Miami, Pannunzio coached the likes of Greg Olsen, a fi rst-round NFL Draft pick of the Chicago Bears. He also tutored Jimmy Graham, a third- round pick of the New Orleans Saints, and Dedrick Epps, who was selected in the seventh round by the San Diego Chargers. While the head coach at Murray State from 2000- 05, Pannunzio led the Racers to the 2002 Ohio Valley championship, joining , and as one of the four coaches to win a conference title at the school. Pannunzio also led Murray State to the 2002 NCAA Championship Subdivision playoffs. Prior to becoming a head coach for the Racers, Pannunzio spent fi ve years working for at Mississippi and Auburn. Before that, he served four years under Jim Wacker at TCU and Minnesota. Pannunzio coached for seven years at Mesa (Colo.) College, where the team appeared in the NAIA National Championship Game twice and led the nation in total offense and scoring once. His two stints at Mesa wrapped around two years at Kansas, where he worked under Gottfried.

PANNUNZIO FAMILY Joe and his wife Rita with their children Angela, Mario and Nico. 50 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL TYLER SISKEY

Player Personnel Second Year TROY, 2000

Tyler Siskey joined the Alabama football staff in Siskey also held an offensive graduate assistant March of 2013 and serves as the Director of Player coaching position at Northwestern State University, Personnel. Siskey spent his fi rst season as the associate where he was responsible for coaching tight ends. In director of player personnel before being elevated to 2000-01, he helped lead the Demons to the NCAA his current post in January of 2014. Division I-AA playoffs and a national ranking. The 2001 Siskey’s responsibilities with the Crimson Tide Northwestern State team also upset TCU 27-24 in include the organization of all recruiting efforts. overtime. Alabama put together the No. 1 signing class in the Siskey worked as a student assistant coach at Troy, country this February according to all four major where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 2000. He recruiting services. Siskey also works with compliance earned his master’s in education from Northwestern regarding initial eligibility and assists with coaching State in 2003. clinics, camps and other on-campus events. Tyler is married to the former Erin Hoffman of The Alabama native was previously the Coordinator Greenville, S.C. Tyler and Erin have two children, of Recruiting Development at Ole Miss. The 2013 class Jackson and Brock. was widely regarded as one of the nation’s top 10 by analysts and recruiting services. Siskey spent four seasons (2008-11) as Arkansas State’s wide receivers coach. During his time there, ASU set single-season school records for passing yards, completions, passing touchdowns and passing yards per game. In 2011, Dwayne Frampton broke the Red Wolves’ single-season record for receptions and ranked 13th nationally in catches. ASU fi nished the regular season ranked in the top 25 nationally in total offense and passing offense. Prior to ASU, Siskey spent the previous four years at St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Mobile, Ala., where he helped lead the Saints to the 2007 Alabama Class 5A state championship as the team’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He spent his fi rst season as the Saints’ defensive coordinator and secondary coach. In addition to the 2007 state championship, Siskey also helped guide St. Paul’s to the 2005 and 2006 state quarterfi nals. He helped guide the Saints to the 2004 state playoffs, working as the secondary coach and assisting the head coach in game planning and execution of the defensive game plan. Prior to joining the St. Paul’s coaching staff, Siskey was an offensive graduate assistant at Arkansas State for the 2002 and 2003 seasons. He assisted with SISKEY FAMILY offensive line in 2002, wide receivers in 2003 and Tyler and his wife Erin with their children quarterbacks in the spring of 2004. Jackson and Brock. ROLLTIDE.COM 51 coaches and staff

JEFF JEFF WILLIE CARL ALLEN SPRINGER MARTIN

ASSISTANT AD FOR SPORTS MEDICINE ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT DIRECTOR DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT COACHES/STAFF Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Medicine The all-important role of athletic equipment Willie Carl Martin joined the Alabama football Jeff Allen is in his eighth season at The University of director is coordinated by Jeff Springer, entering his staff as director of player development (academics) in Alabama. Before joining the Crimson Tide, Allen was fourth season with the Crimson Tide. Springer joined 2007, after serving as head football coach at Benjamin the head athletic trainer at the University of Central the Alabama staff in 2011 after serving four years Russell High School in Alexander City from 2001-07. Florida. At UCF, Allen was responsible for all of the (2007-10) as the head athletic equipment manager at Martin’s role at Alabama is to help in the personal sports medicine needs for the entire department. Louisiana Tech. development of each student-athlete and see to it that One of the most well-respected athletic trainers Prior to his time at Louisiana Tech, Springer held they reach their full potential from an academic and in the country, Allen has authored several published the same position at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., personal standpoint. articles and is a regular speaker at national and state from 2006-07. Martin compiled a 52-24 record in six seasons as athletic training conferences. He had work published A native of Slidell, La., Springer spent three years head coach at Benjamin Russell. Previously an assistant by The Journal of Athletic Training and Athletic (2003-05) as the fi rst assistant equipment manager at coach for the school, where he coached future NFL Therapy Today. Allen has served as a featured speaker Louisiana State University. He worked primarily with receiver Terrell Owens, Martin served 24 years in the at conferences held by the National Athletic Trainers LSU’s football program while also managing women’s Alexander City School System as a coach, teacher and Association and the Southeast Athletic Trainers soccer, women’s gymnastics, cheerleading, track and administrator. A native of Alexander City, Martin joined Association, as well as state meetings in Georgia, fi eld/cross country and swimming and diving. the school system there in 1983 as a teacher and coach Kentucky and Tennessee. In the summer of 2001, Springer interned with for Alexander Middle School. In 1985, he moved on to Prior to his post at UCF, Allen was head athletic the Miami Dolphins. He spent the next two seasons Benjamin Russell High School in a similar capacity and trainer at Chattanooga from 2000-04, overseeing the working as an intern in his home state at LSU and was elevated to head football coach in 2001. He led athletic training operations for 16 varsity sports while Tulane University. the Wildcats to the state championship in 2001 and handling all of the duties associated with the football Springer earned a kinesiology degree from LSU was an assistant during the 1997 and 2000 seasons program. in 2001. He is a member of the Athletic Equipment when they fi nished as runner-up. Martin served four Allen was an assistant athletic trainer at the Managers Association and the American Football years on the Central Board of Control for the Alabama University of Kentucky from 1997-2000 and earlier Coaches Association. High School Athletic Association (AHSAA). served as an assistant athletic trainer from 1995-97 Springer is married to the former Anna Bannister A 1975 graduate of Northeastern State University at Valdosta (Ga.) State, where he was head athletic and the couple has one daughter, Bailey. in Tahlequah, Okla., Martin was inducted into the trainer for the football and baseball teams. He earned NSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. He was a four- his master’s degree in health and physical education year letterman (1969-72) in football for NSU as an from Valdosta State University in 1995, while also offensive lineman and earned All-America and fi rst serving as a graduate assistant for two years. team All-Oklahoma Collegiate Conference honors as A 1993 graduate of Georgia Southern University a senior in 1972. After graduation, the Houston Oilers with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical of the (NFL) drafted Martin. education, Allen and his wife Mary have one daughter, However, he chose to compete in the Canadian Makennah. Football League (CFL), where his 10-year career featured stops in Edmonton and Winnipeg. Martin was named All-Pro in eight of his 10 seasons in the CFL, participated in six games and won two championships. Martin and his wife Leslie Ruth have two daughters, Carla and Kizzy, and a grandson Malik.

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CHRIS GLENN SAMUELS SCHUMANN

DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT/ DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL

Chris Samuels joined the Alabama staff in February Glenn Schumann was promoted to the director 2014 as the director of player development. Samuels of player development and associate director of spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons as a student assistant personnel in February of 2014 after spending six years coach helping tutor the Crimson Tide’s offensive line. with the Crimson Tide fi rst as an undergraduate analyst In his new role as the Tide’s director of player (2008-Dec. 2011) and then as a graduate assistant development, Samuels’ main focus is off-the-fi eld (Dec. 2011-Feb. 2014). activities of Alabama’s football student-athletes, and In his new role as the Tide’s director of player COACHES/STAFF he serves as an important resource in balancing the development and associate director of player demands of academics, athletics and community personnel, Schumann’s focus is two part, fi rst he will outreach. He also serves as a liaison for high school focus on off-the-fi eld activities of Alabama’s football coaches, while assisting with Alabama camps and student-athletes, and he serves as an important clinics. resource in balancing the demands of academics, Samuels spent 10 years in the National Football athletics and community outreach. He also serves as League as the starting left tackle for the Washington a liaison for high school coaches, while assisting with Redskins. He earned All-Pro honors in 2001 and was Alabama camps and clinics. Secondly, he will assist in a six-time Pro Bowl selection. The Redskins drafted the organization of the Tide’s recruiting efforts while Samuels with the third overall pick of the 2000 NFL working with compliance regarding initial eligibility Draft. He was a four-year starter along the Alabama and assisting with coaching clinics and camps. offensive line from 1996-99, winning the Outland Schumann arrived at Alabama as an undergraduate Trophy as the nation’s top interior lineman as a senior analyst in 2008 and worked with the defensive in 1999. He also was a consensus All-American as a support staff on opponent breakdowns and scouting senior and won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, which reports, defensive self-scouts and defensive playbook goes to the SEC’s outstanding blocker. installations. He was promoted to a defensive After retiring from the NFL following the 2009 graduate assistant in December of 2011, prior to the season, Samuels participated in the NFL’s Minority 2012 Allstate National Championship Game. As a Coaching Fellowship as an assistant to the Redskins defensive graduate assistant, Schumann assisted with offensive line coach Chris Foerster in 2010. In 2011, the defensive backs (2012 bowl and spring practice), Samuels volunteered as the offensive coordinator at the linebackers (2012 season and the defensive line Blount High School in Prichard, Ala., where he helped (2013 season). lead the Leopards to a 10-2 record and a trip to the Schumann comes from a long line of coaches with playoffs. his father Eric spending 20 in college football as a A native of Mobile, Ala., he attended John Shaw defensive coordinator after playing safety for Alabama High School where he starred along both the offensive in the mid-70s. His mother Sherry is the Athletics and defensive lines. Samuels and his wife Monique Director at Collin College in Collin County, Texas, while have one son Christopher. He graduated from T he his grandfather Jack Haskins was a coach on the fi rst University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in football team at Florida State and is a member of the December of 2013. FSU Hall of Fame. Born in Valdosta, Ga., Schumann graduated from McKinney Boyd High School in McKinney, Texas, where he lettered in both football and basketball. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from Alabama in December of 2011 and a masters in sports management from the Capstone in December of 2013.

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DEAN DOUG AMY RODNEY CEDRIC TIM KEARY ALTOBELLI BELK BRAGG BROWN BURNS CASTILLE COLBERT

DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF COORDINATOR OF ANALYST ANALYST ANALYST ANALYST PERFORMANCE NUTRITION REHAB SERVICES ATHLETIC RELATIONS COACHES/STAFF GARY GLENDA BRENDAN TROY GINGER JEREMY MARK CRAMER EDWARDS FARRELL FINNEY GILMORE GSELL HOCKE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STRENGTH & DIRECTOR OF THE FCA ANALYST BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE/ ATHLETIC TRAINER FOR HEAD COACH VIDEO OPERATIONS CONDITIONING ATHLETIC TRAINER

TERRY ASHLEIGH TOSH DANIEL BRANDY KINDAL ALEX JONES KIMBLE LUPOI LYERLY MOORE MOOREHEAD MORTENSEN

ASSISTANT HEAD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF VIDEO FOOTBALL OPERATIONS STRENGTH & ANALYST GRADUATE ASSISTANT STRENGTH COACH PLAYER PERSONNEL OPERATIONS FOR FOOTBALL COORDINATOR CONDITIONING

WES JEFF JESSIE MARK AAZAAR A. BEN KERRY NEIGHBORS NORRID PEOPLES PERSCHEL RAHIM SETAS STEVENSON

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF VIDEO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF STRENGTH & GRADUATE ASSISTANT ANALYST STATE TROOPER ANALYST OPERATIONS FOR FOOTBALL FOOTBALL OPERATIONS CONDITIONING

WILLIAM LANCE LARRY EDDIE VLACHOS WALKER WATERS WILDER

ACADEMIC PROGRAM ASSISTANT EQUIPMENT GRADUATE ASSISTANT STATE TROOPER ADVISOR MANAGER

54 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics 15 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | 115 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS | 62 BOWL APPEARANCES | 34 BOWL VICTORIES | 24 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS

NO. 1/1/1 ALABAMA (12-1, 7-1 SEC) GAME 14 Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia (ABC/ESPN2) W, 33-23 Date ...... Thursday, Jan. 1 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic (SEC Network) W, 41-0 Time ...... 7:30 p.m. CT Sept. 13 Southern Miss (ESPN2) W, 52-12 Location ...... New Orleans, La. Sept. 20 *Florida (CBS) W, 42-21 Venue. . . .Mercedes-Benz Superdome Oct. 4 *at 11/11 Ole Miss (CBS) L, 17-23 Capacity ...... 74,000 Oct. 11 *at Arkansas (ESPN) W, 14-13 Television ...... ESPN Oct. 18 *21/21 Texas A&M (CBS) W, 59-0 Alabama (12-1, 7-1 SEC) Series Record . . . . Alabama leads 3-0 Ohio State (12-1, 8-0 Big Ten) Oct. 25 *at Tennessee (ESPN2) W, 34-20 CRIMSON TIDE Last Meeting ...... Jan. 2, 1995 BUCKEYES Nov. 8 *at 16/14/15 LSU (CBS) W, 20-13 OT Alabama 24, Ohio State 17 Nov. 15 *1/1/1 Mississippi State (CBS) W, 25-20 THE GAME: The No. 1/1/1 University of Alabama football team takes on No. 4/5/4 Nov. 22 Western Carolina (SEC Network) W, 48-14 Ohio State in the 2015 Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 1, at the Mercedes-Benz Nov. 29 *14/15/16 Auburn (ESPN) W, 55-44 Superdome in New Orleans. The game between the Crimson Tide and Buckeyes will Dec. 6 vs. 16/14/13 Missouri (CBS) W, 42-13 kick off at 7:30 p.m. CT on ESPN. Brad Nessler will serve as the play-by-play announcer, Jan. 1 vs. 4/5/4 Ohio State (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. with Todd Blackledge at his side as the color analyst. The two will be joined by sideline reporter Holly Rowe. Eli Gold and Phil Savage will handle the radio call on the Crimson Tide Sports Network, with Chris Stewart serving as sideline reporter. NO. 4/5/4 OHIO STATE (12-1, 8-0 BIG TEN) RANKINGS: Alabama enters week 16 of the 2014 season ranked No. 1 in both the Aug. 30 at Navy (CBS Sports Network) W, 34-17 Associated Press and Amway Coaches polls while also being ranked No. 1 in the fi nal Sept. 6 RV/RV Virginia Tech (ESPN) L, 21-35 College Football Playoff Committee rankings. Ohio State is ranked fi fth in the AP poll, fourth in the coaches poll and fourth by the CFP Committee. Sept. 13 Kent State (ABC) W, 66-0 Sept. 27 Cincinnati (BTN) W, 50-28 OHIO STATE: The Ohio State Buckeyes are led by third-year coach Urban Meyer and Oct. 4 *at RV/NR Maryland (ABC) W, 52-24 enter the College Football Playoff semifi nal in New Orleans as Big Ten champions with a 12-1 record. The Buckeyes went 8-0 in league play and won the Big Ten Championship Oct. 18 *RV/RV Rutgers (ABC) W, 56-17 game, 59-0, over Wisconsin. OSU averages 45.2 points per game and is surrendering OT Oct. 25 *at Penn State (ABC) W, 31-24 21.1 ppg while averaging 507.6 yards of total offense. The offense is led by quarterback Nov. 1 *Illinois (ABC) W, 55-14 Cardale Jones, who took over for J.T. Barrett (after being lost for the season against Nov. 8 *at 8/7/6 Michigan State (ABC) W, 49-37 Michigan to a broken ankle). Jones led the Buckeyes to victory in the Big Ten Championship Game and is completing 64.7 percent of his passes for 375 yards and fi ve Nov. 15 *at 25/RV/RV Minnesota (ABC) W, 31-24 touchdowns this season. Ezekiel Elliott leads the Buckeye’s rushing attack with 1,402 Nov. 22 *Indiana (BTN) W, 42-27 yards and 12 touchdowns. Michael Thomas leads OSU with 43 catches while Devin Nov. 29 *Michigan (ABC) W, 42-28 Smith paces the team with 780 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. Joshua Perry leads Dec. 6 vs. 13/11/11 Wisconsin (FOX) W, 59-0 Ohio State in tackles with 113 while Joey Bosa has 20 tackles for loss and 13.5 sacks. Jan. 1 vs. 1/1/1 Alabama (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. SERIES HISTORY: Alabama leads the Ohio State series 3-0, which include two bowl *Conference Game game victories. The Crimson Tide and Buckeyes fi rst met in the 1978 Sugar Bowl (at the All times are Central and subject to change conclusion of the 1977 season) with Alabama posting a 35-6 victory in the Superdome. Rankings listed are College Football Playoff/AP/Amway Coaches The two teams then opened the 1986 season at the Kickoff Classic at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where the Tide captured a 16-10 win. Alabama then won 24-17 at the 1995 Citrus Bowl in Orlando (conclusion of 1994 season). ON THE AIR

ALABAMA NO. 1 IN FINAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKING: Alabama NOTES AND STATS TELEVISION remained fi rst in the fi nal release of the College Football Playoff rankings by the College ESPN Football Playoff committee on Dec. 7. Oregon is ranked second followed by Florida Play-by-Play: Brad Nessler State and then Ohio State. The fi nal rankings set up an Alabama/Ohio State showdown Color Analyst: Todd Blackledge in the Sugar Bowl and an Oregon/Florida State matchup in the Rose Bowl. Sideline: Holly Rowe ALABAMA WINS 24TH SEC CHAMPIONSHIP: Alabama won its SEC-leading 24th SEC football championship with a 42-13 win over Missouri in the 2014 SEC Championship game. The Crimson Tide has more SEC Championships than any other school, winning RADIO its third title since 2009 and third under head coach Nick Saban. Alabama won its fi rst Crimson Tide Sports Network SEC Championship during the 1933 season and Paul Bryant directed the Crimson Play-by-Play: Eli Gold Tide to 13 SEC titles during his 25-year run in Tuscaloosa. In addition to its 24 SEC Color Analyst: Phil Savage Championships, Alabama also won four Southern Conference titles (1924, 1925, 1926 and 1930), giving the school 28 conference football championships. Sideline: Chris Stewart No. 1 FOR SEVEN STRAIGHT YEARS: The 2014 season marks the seventh straight year for the Crimson Tide to make an appearance at No. 1. The Tide is just the second SATELLITE RADIO team in the era of the AP poll to appear at No. 1 for this many years in a row. Alabama’s CTSN on Sirius: 83 streak began in 2008 and has seen the Crimson Tide fi nish fi rst in the fi nal AP poll in CTSN on XM: 83 three of the past fi ve years. Alabama now shares the record for consecutive seasons with at least one week at No. 1 with Miami (Fla.), who did it seven straight years from 1986-92. NATIONAL RADIO ESPN Radio

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ALL-AMERICAN: Alabama had fi ve players garner fi rst-team All-America honors in ALABAMA FOOTBALL 2014, including Amari Cooper and Landon Collins who both earned unanimous honors. True freshman punter JK Scott also garnered fi rst-team honors from Sporting News, QUICK FACTS while linebacker Trey DePriest and offensive guard Arie Kounadjio were selected fi rst Location Tuscaloosa, Ala. team by the AFCA. Outside of the fi ve offi cial selectors, both USA Today and ESPN Enrollment 36,155 recognized Cooper, Collins and Scott on their fi rst team. Cam Robinson also garnered Founded April 12, 1831 Freshman All-America honors from Sporting News. Kouandjio was also named to the Conference Southeastern (West) fi rst team by USA Today while garnering second-team honors from Walter Camp and Colors Crimson and White Sporting News. Nickname Crimson Tide President Dr. Judy Bonner KNOCKING OFF NO. 1: Alabama’s win over top-ranked Mississippi State on Nov. 15 Athletic Director Bill Battle was the program’s seventh victory over the nation’s No. 1 team. The Crimson Tide own Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Kevin Whitaker a 7-4 record in 11 all-time games against top-ranked teams, which equates to a winning percentage of 63.6 that is the best in college football history. Alabama is 4-1 against No. 1 teams since Nick Saban took over in Tuscaloosa in 2007. Alabama has defeated FOOTBALL HISTORY Florida (2009), LSU (BCS 2011), Notre Dame (2012) and Mississippi State (2014) with the First Season 1892 only loss coming to LSU in the 2011 regular season. The Tide exacted revenge in the All-Time Record 850-324-43 (.716) Allstate BCS National Championship Game at the conclusion of the 2011 season, 21-0. All-Time SEC Record 379-166-20 (.688) National Championships 15 CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS: Alabama head coach Nick Saban has won his last six SEC Championships 23 “championship” games with wins over Florida (2009), Georgia (2012) and Missouri First Team All-Americans 115 players, 135 times First Team All-Conference 232 players, 305 times (2014) in the SEC Championship and victories over Texas (2009), LSU (2011) and Notre Bowl Appearances 62 Dame (2012) in National Championship contests. Overall, Saban is 9-1 in those games Bowl Victories 34 at Alabama and LSU with fi ve SEC titles and four national titles. Saban’s fi ve SEC Championship Game victories equals Steve Spurrier for the most in the 23-year history of the title game. COACHING STAFF Head Coach Nick Saban COOPER’S SEASON AMONG THE BEST EVER: Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper Alma Mater Kent State, 1973 not only set the SEC single-season record for receptions with 115 following the SEC Collegiate Career Record (Years) 177-58-1 (19) Championship Game victory, he also moved into the top 10 in Football Bowl Subdivision Alabama Record (Years) 86-16 (8) history. He is just the second player in SEC history to catch 100 passes in a season Offensive Coordinator Lane Kiffi n (, Vanderbilt, 2013). The feat hasn’t been that common by players who Alma Mater Fresno State, 1998 play in the Power 5 conferences with only 30 triple-digit seasons all time. Defensive Coordinator Kirby Smart Alma Mater Georgia, 1999 NCAA Single-Season Receptions Player, School (Season) No. 1. Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech (2007) 134 TEAM INFORMATION 2. Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma (2010) 131 2013 Overall Record 11-2 3. Brandin Cooks, Oregon State (2013) 128 2013 SEC Record/Finish 7-1/Second (West) 4. Jordy Nelson, Kansas State (2007) 122 2013 Bowl Allstate Sugar Bowl Justin Blackmon Oklahoma St. (2011) 122 Bowl Result Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31 Final Ranking No. 7 Associated Press 6. Chris Daniels, Purdue (1999) 121

NOTES AND STATS No. 8 USA TODAY Coaches 7. Marquise Lee, USC (2012) 118 8. Jordan Shipley, Texas (2009) 116 9. AMARI COOPER, ALABAMA (2014) 115 2014 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS 10. Tavon Austin, West Virginia (2012) 114

EASTERN DIVISION HISTORIC OFFENSE: The Alabama offense has produced four games of at least 600 School Overall SEC yards of total offense in 2014 under the direction of offensive coordinator Lane Kiffi n Missouri 10-3 7-1 and eight games over 500 yards. You have to go back 307 games and 24 years prior to Georgia 9-3 6-2 the 2014 season to fi nd four games in which Alabama gained 600 yards of total offense. Florida 6-5 4-4 The Tide had one 600-yard game in 2013, one in 2011 and one in 2010 at Duke. Prior to Tennessee 6-6 3-5 the 2010 Duke game on Sept. 18, the last time Alabama had cracked the 600-yard mark South Carolina 6-6 3-5 in total offense was Nov. 11, 1989, at LSU (644 yards). Alabama surpassed 600 yards of Kentucky 5-7 2-6 Vanderbilt 3-9 0-8 total offense four times in the fi rst 11 games of the 2014 season. 10-WIN SEASONS: With a win over Western Carolina on Nov. 22, Alabama reached the WESTERN DIVISION 10-win milestone for the seventh consecutive season. The seven straight years with 10 School Overall SEC wins extends the school record that was set by the Tide last season. Prior to fi nishing ALABAMA 12-1 7-1 2013 with 11 wins, the previous total for most consecutive 10-win seasons was fi ve, set Mississippi State 10-2 6-2 by coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s teams from 1971-75. In 119 seasons, the Tide has won Ole Miss 9-3 5-3 10 or more games 34 times, one back of Oklahoma (35) for the most 10-win seasons in Auburn 8-4 4-4 college football history. Alabama has produced nine 10-win seasons since 2002 (2002, LSU 8-4 4-4 2005, 2008-2014). Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban is the 11th coach in school Texas A&M 7-5 3-5 history to lead his team to a 10-win season and is the fi fth coach in school history to Arkansas 6-6 2-6 have more than one 10-win season. Bryant had a school-record 12 10-win seasons at Alabama, while Saban is second with seven. Other coaches to reach the milestone include Gene Stallings (4), Wallace Wade (2), Frank Thomas (2), Harold “Red” Drew (1), Ray Perkins (1), Bill Curry (1), Mike DuBose (1), Dennis Franchione (1) and (1).

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SEC RECORD: Alabama broke its tie with the Florida teams of 1993 through 1998 for most consecutive 10-win seasons in SEC history when it defeated Western Carolina on NATIONAL AND CONFERENCE HONORS Nov. 22, to improve to 10-1 for the 2014 campaign (now 12-1). Alabama had a 12-2 record in 2008, 14-0 in 2009, 10-3 in 2010, 12-1 in 2011, 13-1 in 2012 and 11-2 in 2013. Amari Cooper Biletnikoff Award Winner Heisman Trophy Finalist TIDE GETS 11th WIN: Alabama got its 11th victory of the season on Nov. 29 against Unanimous First Team All-American (Walter Camp, FWAA, Auburn (now 12-1). The Crimson Tide has won 11 games in a season 18 times. Under AFCA, AP, Sporting News, ESPN, USA Today) head coach Nick Saban, Alabama has had six 11-win seasons (2008-09, 2011-14). It is Walter Camp National Player of the Year Award Finalist the fourth straight season with at least 11 wins, which is the fi rst streak of its kind in SEC Maxwell Award Semifi nalist history. The SEC has had three other streaks of three seasons with at least 11 victories, Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year (AP, including Alabama from 1973 through 1975, LSU from 2005 through 2007 and South Coaches) First Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) Carolina from 2011 through 2013. Walter Camp National Player of the Week (Auburn) Athlon National Player of the Week (Auburn) TIDE WINS 12 FOR EIGHTH TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY: With Alabama’s victory Midseason All-American by CBSSports.com and Sports over Missouri in the SEC Championship Game, the Crimson Tide moves to 12-1 on the Illustrated season, reaching the 12-win plateau for the eighth time in school history. Under head Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week coach Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide has collected 12 or more wins fi ve times in his eight (Auburn, Florida) College Football Performance Award Wide Receiver of the seasons in Tuscaloosa. Week (Florida) Consensus Preseason First Team All-America (CBSSports, ALABAMA DEGREES: Alabama’s success on the fi eld over the past seven seasons under ESPN/Phil Steele, Athlon, SI.com) the direction of head coach Nick Saban has coincided with the Crimson Tide’s success in the classroom. The 2014 squad features 22 players who already have degrees in hand Landon Collins when they take the fi eld for the 2015 Allstate Sugar Bowl. That number equals Kansas Bronko Nagurski Award Finalist State and Texas for the most in the FBS. Over the past seven seasons (2008-present) Jim Thorpe Award Finalist Lott IMPACT Trophy Finalist Alabama has seen 131 degrees earned (graduate and undergraduate) by players still Unanimous First Team All-American (Walter Camp, FWAA, suiting up for the Crimson Tide after already having graduated. AFCA, AP, Sporting News) First Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) Team Degrees Lott Trophy Star of the Week (Florida, MSU) ALABAMA 22 Midseason All-American (SI.com) Bednarik Award Watch List Clemson 22 Walter Camp Award Watch List Kansas State 22 Consensus Preseason First Team All-American (CBSSports, Texas 22 ESPN/Phil Steele, Athlon, USA Today) Auburn 21 Florida 19 Arie Kouandjio First Team All-American (AFCA, USA Today) Utah 19 Second Team All-American (Walter Camp, AP) First Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) SEVEN PLAYERS EARN GRADUATE DEGREES: Alabama had seven players fi nish their Outland Trophy Watch List master’s degrees this December, which is the most in the nation. The who group fi nished Lombardi Award Watch List their masters include Jalston Fowler (Sports Management), Arie Kouandjio (Economics), Midseason All-American by CBSSports.com Nick Perry (Sports Management), Brian Vogler (Sports Management), Austin Shepherd Southeastern Conference Offensive Lineman of the Week (A&M, LSU) (Marketing), Daniel Geddes (Sports Management) and MK Taylor (Sports Management). Preseason Second Team All-American (ESPN/Phil Steele)

INEXPERIENCED FACTOR: Alabama is one of the least-experienced teams in the JK Scott nation according to Phil Steele’s 2014 Combined Experience Chart. The Crimson Tide Ray Guy Award Finalist ranks 107th out of 128 teams in total experience. Alabama has only 12 seniors on the First Team All-American (Sporting News, ESPN, USA Today) two-deep roster, returns just 68.6 percent of lettermen, 57.8 percent of the offensive First Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) yards from last season and only 59.1 percent of the tackles from a season ago. A look Freshman All-Southeastern Conference (Coaches) Southeastern Conference Special Teams Player of the at this weeks’ Associated Press poll compared to the Phil Steele Combined Experience Week (Arkansas, MSU) Chart shows No. 1 Mississippi State ranked fi fth nationally in returning experience, No. Ray Guy National Punter of the Week (Arkansas) 7 Ole Miss ranked 26th, No. 4 Auburn ranked sixth and No. 5 Oregon ranked 31st by

Steele. Blake Sims NOTES AND STATS Manning Award Finalist ALABAMA HAS MOST WINS SINCE 2008: Dating back to the start of the 2008 season, Davey O’Brien Quarterback Award Semifi nalist Alabama has won 84 games, which is the most in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Second Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) Walter Camp National Player of the Week (Florida) Crimson Tide won 12 games in 2008, followed by a perfect 14-0 record in 2009, a 10-3 Manning Award National Player of the Week (Florida) mark in 2010 and a 12-1 record in 2011. Alabama fi nished 13-1 in 2012 and 11-2 in 2013. Boise State is second with 80 wins while Oregon is third with 79 victories. Trey DePriest First Team All-American (AFCA) Total Wins (since 2008) Butkus Award Watch List Bednarik Award Watch List Team Wins 2008+2009+2010+2011+2012+2013+2014 Preseason First Team All-American (USA Today) 1. ALABAMA 84 12+14+10+12+13+11+12 Preseason Second Team All-American (ESPN/Phil Steele, 2. Boise State 80 12+14+12+12+11+8+11 Athlon, SI.com) 3. Oregon 79 10+10+12+12+12+11+12 4. TCU 70 11+12+13+11+7+5+11 Reggie Ragland Butkus Award Semifi nalist 5. LSU 69 8+9+12+13+9+10+8 First Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP) SEC Defensive Player of the Week (LSU) LARGEST WIN OVER RANKED OPPONENT: Alabama’s 59-0 victory over Texas A&M was the largest win over a ranked opponent in Crimson Tide history. The old record was Cam Robinson a 55-point win over No. 14 Syracuse in a 61-6 victory in the 1953 Orange Bowl on Jan. Freshman All-American (Sporting News, ESPN) 1, 1953. Freshman All-Southeastern Conference (Coaches) T.J. Yeldon Second Team All-Southeastern Conference (Coaches) Doak Walker Award Watch List

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BEATING THE BEST: Alabama is 31-10 (.756) against the Associated Press top 25, NATIONAL AND CONFERENCE HONORS including a 17-5 (.773) mark against AP top-10 teams since the start of 2008. The Crimson Tide is 5-1 in 2014 against the AP top 25 after going 3-2 in 2013 and 5-1 in Jonathan Allen 2012. The Tide held a 4-1 mark vs. top-25 teams in 2011 and went 5-3 against the AP First Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP) top 25 in 2010. Cyrus Jones Second Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP) Alabama vs. AP Top 25 Opponents (since the 2008 season) Date Team Opp. Rank Result Derrick Henry Aug. 30, 2008 vs. Clemson (Atlanta) 9 W, 34-10 Maxwell Award Watch List Sept. 27, 2008 at Georgia 3 W, 41-30 Doak Walker Award Watch List Nov. 8, 2008 at LSU 15 W, 27-21 (OT) Preseason Third Team All-America (Athlon) Dec. 6, 2008 vs. Florida (Atlanta) 2 L, 20-31 Jan. 2, 2009 vs. Utah (New Orleans) 7 L, 17-31 Da’Shawn Hand Freshman All-Southeastern Conference (Coaches) Sept. 5, 2009 vs. Virginia Tech (Atlanta) 7 W, 34-24 Oct. 10, 2009 at Ole Miss 20 W, 22-3 Ryan Kelly Oct. 17, 2009 South Carolina 22 W, 20-6 Honorable Mention All-Southeastern Conference (AP) Nov. 6, 2009 LSU 9 W, 24-15 Rimington Trophy Watch List Dec. 5, 2009 vs. Florida (Atlanta) 1 W, 32-13 Outland Trophy Watch List Jan. 7, 2010 vs. Texas (Pasadena, Calif.) 2 W, 37-21 Sept. 11, 2010 Penn State 18 W, 24-3 Adam Griffi th Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (WVU) Sept. 25, 2010 at Arkansas 10 W, 24-20 Southeastern Conference Special Teams Player of the Oct. 2, 2010 Florida 7 W, 31-6 Week (WVU) Oct. 9, 2010 at South Carolina 19 L, 21-35 Nov. 6, 2010 at LSU 11 L, 21-24 Austin Shepherd Nov. 13, 2010 Mississippi State 17 W, 30-10 Second Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP) Nov. 26, 2010 Auburn 2 L, 27-28 Southeastern Conference Offensive Lineman of the Week (Auburn) Jan. 1, 2011 vs. Michigan State (Orlando) 7 W, 49-7 Sept. 10, 2011 at Penn State 23 W, 27-11 A’Shawn Robinson Sept. 24, 2011 Arkansas 14 W, 38-14 Honorable Mention All-Southeastern Conference (AP) Oct. 1, 2011 at Florida 12 W, 38-10 Nov. 5, 2011 LSU 1 L, 6-9 (OT) Jarran Reed Jan. 9, 2012 vs. LSU 1 W, 21-0 Honorable Mention All-Southeastern Conference (AP) Sept. 1, 2012 Michigan 8 W, 41-14 Oct. 28, 2012 Mississippi State 13 W, 38-7 O.J. Howard John Mackey Award Watch List Nov. 3, 2012 at LSU 5 W, 21-17 Preseason Second Team All-America (CBSSports, ESPN/ Nov. 10, 2012 Texas A&M 15 L, 24-29 Phil Steele, Athlon, SI.com, USA Today) Dec. 1, 2012 vs. Georgia (Atlanta) 3 W, 32-28 Jan. 7, 2013 vs. Notre Dame (Miami Gardens, Fla.) 1 W, 42-14 Christion Jones Sept. 14, 2013 at Texas A&M 6 W, 49-42 Preseason Second Team All-American (CBSSports, ESPN/ Sept. 28, 2013 Ole Miss 21 W, 25-0 Phil Steele) Nov. 9, 2013 LSU 10 W, 38-17 Nov. 30, 2013 at Auburn 4 L, 28-34 Jan. 2, 2014 vs. Oklahoma (New Orleans) 11 L, 45-31 NOTES AND STATS COACHING ASSIGNMENTS Oct. 4, 2014 at Ole Miss 11 L, 17-23 SIDELINE Oct. 18, 2014 Texas A&M 21 W, 59-0 Nov. 8, 2014 at LSU 14 W, 20-13 (OT) Kirby Smart - Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs Nov. 15, 2014 Mississippi State 1 W, 25-20 Lane Kiffi n - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Nov. 29, 2014 Auburn 15 W, 55-44 Mario Cristobal - Offensive Line Dec. 6, 2014 vs. Missouri (Atlanta) 14 W, 42-13 Bo Davis - Defensive Line COOPER WINS BILETNIKOFF AND WAS HEISMAN FINALSIT: Junior receiver Amari Bobby Williams - Tight Ends/Special Teams Cooper was named the winner of the Biletnikoff Award, which is awarded annually to the nation’s most outstanding college receiver. Cooper was also named the SEC Offensive BOOTH Player of the Year by the Associated Press and the league coaches. He was one of three Burton Burns - Running Backs fi nalists for the Heisman Trophy, fi nishing third behind Oregon’s Marcus Mariota and Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon. Cooper was Alabama’s fourth fi nalist since 2009 and the Billy Napier - Wide Receivers fi rst receiver since 2003 to go to New York. Kevin Steele - Linebackers Lance Thompson - Linebackers

2014 ALL-SEC TEAMS

ASSOCIATED PRESS (U - unanimous) COACHES First Team Second Team Honorable Mention First Team Second Team Jonathan Allen Cyrus Jones Trey DePriest Landon Collins Blake Sims Landon Collins (U) Austin Shepherd Ryan Kelly Amari Cooper T.J. Yeldon Amari Cooper (U) Blake Sims Jarran Reed Trey DePriest Arie Kouandjio A’Shawn Robinson Arie Kouandjio Reggie Ragland JK Scott JK Scott

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FINALISTS ANNOUNCED: Junior safety Landon Collins was named a fi nalist for the Bronko Nagurski Award (defensive MVP) and the Jim Thorpe Award (best defensive COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS back). He has 84 tackles on the season with a team-best three interceptions. Junior receiver Amari Cooper was a fi nalist for the Biletnikoff Award (outstanding receiver) and The College Football Playoff was introduced this season JK Scott was named a fi nalist for the Ray Guy Award (best punter). with the fi rst rankings being released on Oct. 28. The selection committee members met weekly, in person, SEMIFINALISTS NAMED: As the regular season draws to a close, national awards are on Mondays and Tuesdays to produce rankings. The announcing their semifi nalists and several Alabama players have been acknowledged. committee’s rankings were announced on ESPN each Wide receiver Amari Cooper is a semifi nalist for the Maxwell Award (top player) while Tuesday evening for the fi nal fi ve weeks of the season. safety Landon Collins has been selected as a semifi nalist for the Thorpe Award (best The fi nal rankings were announced on Dec. 7. defensive back) and Lott IMPACT Trophy (impact defensive player). Senior quarterback Blake Sims is a semifi nalist for the Davey O’Brien Quarterback Award while freshman COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TOP 25 - DEC. 7 punter JK Scott made the semifi nalist list for the Ray Guy Award (best punter). Previous SABAN AGAINST MEYER: Nick Saban and current Ohio State head coach Urban Rank Team Record Rank Meyer have squared off three times over their illustrious careers with all three meetings 1 ALABAMA 12-1 1 coming during Meyer’s time at Florida. The fi rst contest between the two came in the 2 Oregon 12-1 2 2008 Southeastern Conference Championship Game on Dec. 6, when Meyer’s Gators 3 Florida State 13-0 4 took down Saban’s Crimson Tide, 31-20. The following year, the two coaches met once 4 OHIO STATE 12-1 5 again in the Dec. 5, 2009, SEC Championship Game, with Saban claiming the 32-13 5 Baylor 11-1 6 victory in the second go-around. The two coaches met for a third and fi nal time when 6 TCU 11-1 3 the Gators were dominated, 31-6, inside Bryant-Denny Stadium in a regular season 7 MISSISSIPPI STATE 10-2 10 contest on Oct. 2, 2010. Following the 2010 season, Meyer took a leave of absence for 8 Michigan State 10-2 8 health reasons from Florida and would eventually become the head coach at Ohio State 9 OLE MISS 9-3 12 at the start of the 2012 season. 10 Arizona 10-3 7 11 Kansas State 9-3 9 SABAN AGAINST THE BIG TEN: Alabama head coach Nick Saban has long history of 12 Georgia Tech 10-3 11 facing off with the Big Ten over his career, playing in 48 games against the conference. 13 Georgia 9-3 14 Nearly all 48 of those games came during his time at Michigan State from 1995-99. 14 UCLA 9-3 15 For his career, Saban has compiled a 28-19-1 (.583) record against Big Ten opposition. 15 Arizona State 9-3 17 Since leaving the conference and MSU, Saban has faced Big Ten opponents a total of 16 MISSOURI 10-3 16 six times, including twice at LSU, fi rst defeating Illinois 47-34 in the 17 Clemson 9-3 18 and then losing to Iowa, 30-25, in his last game at LSU, the . 18 Wisconsin 10-3 13 Over his eight seasons at Alabama, Saban has faced off with Big Ten opponents four 19 AUBURN 8-4 19 times, sweeping a home-and-home series with Penn State University. The series against 20 Boise State 11-2 22 the Nittany Lions began fi rst at home in Tuscaloosa in 2010 with the Tide claiming a 21 Louisville 9-3 21 24-3 victory, and the series then wrapped up in State College with Alabama coming 22 Utah 8-4 23 out on top, 27-11. He followed those victories up by dismantling his former employer, 23 LSU 8-4 24 Michigan State, 49-7 in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, 2011. His most recent contest 24 USC 8-4 25 against Big Ten competition came on Sept. 1, 2012, when Alabama met Michigan in 25 Minnesota 8-4 NR the season-opening Cowboy Classic in Arlington, Texas. The Crimson Tide came away with a decisive 41-14 victory over the Wolverines on the way to Alabama’s 15th national 2014 Opponents in BOLD championship.

ALABAMA AND OHIO STATE ALL-TIME: Alabama and Ohio State have met just three times in the past, with the Tide owning a 3-0 all-time record against the Buckeyes. The fi rst meeting between the two storied programs came in the 1978 Sugar Bowl (1977 season) on Jan. 2, 1977, when ’s Crimson Tide took down Woody Hayes’ Buckeyes, 35-6. The second meeting came in the 1986 season opener with Alabama claiming a 16-10 victory over Ohio State at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J.

The most recent contest between the two teams came at the conclusion of the 1994 NOTES AND STATS season, with Gene Stallings and Alabama claiming the 24-17 victory over John Cooper’s Buckeyes in the Jan. 2, 1995, Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. DEFENSIVE NOTES

HARD TO FIND END ZONE AGAINST ALABAMA: Since the start of the 2009 season, no defense has allowed fewer touchdowns than the Crimson Tide. Alabama’s defense, led by coordinator Kirby Smart and head coach Nick Saban, has surrendered just 114 SABAN AMONG THE BEST touchdowns over the last 79 games. That is 35 fewer than the second most in the nation (LSU with 149). TOP WINNING PERCENTAGE (DIVISION I) BY ACTIVE COACHES (10 YEARS) Fewest TDs Allowed by Defense since 2009 Urban Meyer Ohio State (13) 140-26 .843 Team Touchdowns Oklahoma (16) 168-43 .796 1. ALABAMA 114 2. LSU 149 NICK SABAN ALABAMA (19) 177-58-1 .752 3. Florida 155 Gary Patterson TCU (15) 131-45 .744 Mark Richt Georgia (14) 135-48 .738 DEFENSIVE RANKINGS RUNDOWN: Alabama enters the College Football Playoff Steve Spurrier South Carolina (25) 225-85-2 .724 second nationally and fi rst in the SEC in rushing defense (88.6 ypg) while ranking 11th nationally in total defense (312.4 ypg) and third in the league. The Crimson Tide is also fourth nationally and third in the SEC, allowing 16.6 points per game (Ole Miss leads at 13.8 ppg).

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RUSH D: Alabama ranks second in the FBS in rushing defense at 88.7 yards per game ALABAMA IN THE AP POLL while ranking fi rst in fewest rushing touchdowns allowed with just three. The Tide are the only FBS team that has not allowed a player to run for more than 90 yards this season. Alabama has been ranked in 725 of the 1,088 Associated On runs inside the tackles, Alabama has surrendered a Power 5-low two touchdowns Press college football polls since 1936, according to and an SEC-best 3.6 yards per rush. the AP Poll Archive. The Crimson Tide owns a 441- 125-8 (.775) all-time record in games when ranked in COLLINS LEADS DEFENSE: Junior Landon Collins leads the Crimson Tide defense the Associated Press college football poll, including an with 91 tackles in 13 games, including two double-digit tackle efforts. He also has three 83-13 (.865) mark under head coach Nick Saban. The interceptions, six pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and two Crimson Tide is also ranked in the AP poll for the 114th quarterback hurries in 2014. He had a team-best 11 tackles against West Virginia and consecutive week, topping its previous streak set in the then 12 against Southern Miss. He has logged seven or more tackles in nine of the last mid 1990s when UA was ranked for 71 straight weeks 13 games. under head coach Gene Stallings. Alabama has started four seasons at No. 1 (2013, 2010, 1978, 1966). RAGLAND STEPS UP AT INSIDE LINEBACKER: Reggie Ragland has stepped up this season at will linebacker for the Crimson Tide, which includes a 13-tackle performance, ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 - WEEK 16 with four solos and one for loss, at LSU, and 10 stops against No. 1 Mississippi State. Previous Ragland is second on the team in 2014 with 88 total tackles while accounting for 8.5 Rank Team (FPV) Record Points Rank tackles for loss (-22 yards), 1.5 sacks (-12 yards), one interception, three pass breakups, 1 Alabama (27) 12-1 1,452 1 three fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and a quarterback hurry. 2 Florida State (25) 13-0 1,436 2 3 Oregon (8) 12-1 1,426 3 XZAVIER DICKSON GETTING PRESSURE: Alabama’s senior outside linebacker 4 Baylor 11-1 1,265 5 Xzavier Dickson leads the team with 8.0 sacks including two against West Virginia and 5 OHIO STATE 12-1 1,262 6 two at Ole Miss. He also has 10 quarterback hurries while totaling 37 tackles, 10.5 of 6 TCU 11-1 1,257 4 which have been for loss (-40 yards). 7 Michigan State 10-2 1,105 7 8 MISSISSIPPI STATE 10-2 1,070 10 REED HAS CAREER NIGHT: Junior defensive lineman Jarran Reed fi nished as the 9 OLE MISS 9-3 976 13 Tide’s leader in tackles against No. 14 LSU with a career-high 15 stops. He had just 20 10 Georgia Tech 10-3 876 12 total tackles on the season entering the game. Reed is fi fth in the team in tackles with 11 Kansas State 9-3 875 9 52, including 6.5 tackles for loss (-14 yards), one sack and fi ve pass breakups. 12 Arizona 10-3 819 8 13 Georgia 9-3 745 15 In head coach Nick Saban’s 107-game tenure at 14 UCLA 9-3 663 16 HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 300: 15 Arizona State 9-3 602 17 Alabama, the Crimson Tide has limited opponents to under 300 yards of total offense 16 MISSOURI 10-3 599 14 66 times, or 61.7 percent of the time. UA has held six of 13 opponents below 300 yards 17 Wisconsin 10-3 542 11 in 2014. 18 Clemson 9-3 509 19 19 AUBURN 8-4 450 20 HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 200: During head coach Nick Saban’s last 93 games 20 Louisville 9-3 406 21 at the Capstone (since the start of the 2008 season), the Crimson Tide defense has held 21 Boise State 11-2 368 22 the opposing offense to fewer than 200 yards of total offense 32 times, most recently 22 LSU 8-4 221 23 against Texas A&M on Oct. 18, 2014, which was the second time the Tide accomplished 23 Utah 8-4 134 24 the feat in 2014 after doing it four times in 2013. In 2012, Alabama did so fi ve times, 24 USC 8-4 112 NR and in 2011, the Tide accomplished the feat eight times, limiting Kent State to 90 25 Nebraska 9-3 79 25 yards and LSU to only 92 yards in the BCS Championship Game (the second and third times a Saban defense has limited its opponent to less than 100 yards of total offense). NOTES AND STATS Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota 58, Oklahoma 46, Alabama’s best came in 2009 when the Tide held Chattanooga to 84 yards of total Marshall 36, Memphis 34, Duke 32, Colorado State 13, offense. The Tide held opponents under 200 yards three times in 2010, four times in Northern Illinois 11, Air Force 7, Cincinnati 5, UCF 4, 2009 and six times in 2008. WEST VIRGINIA 4, Stanford 1 10 POINTS OR FEWER: Under head coach Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide has held 2014 Opponents in BOLD opponents to 10 points or fewer 51 times since the start of the 2007 season, with its most recent against Texas A&M on Oct. 18, 2014. The Tide’s shutout of Texas A&M was the second shutout of the season. Alabama held 9-of-13 opponents to 10 points or less in 2013 with three shutouts. The Tide limited seven of its opponents to 10 points or less in 2012, four of which were shutouts. The Tide was successful in holding opponents in the 0-10 point range in nine games in 2011 and eight times in 2010. Alabama limited opponents to that range seven times in both 2008 and 2009, and in 2007 posted two games in which it held opponents to 0-10 points. Alabama has shut out the opposition 15 times during the Saban era.

DEFENSIVE SUCCESS: Alabama led the SEC in total defense for the last six seasons, becoming the fi rst team in conference history to accomplish the feat. In the 60 seasons prior, no team has led its respective league in total defense for more than two straight years. After 13 games in 2014, Alabama is third in the SEC and 11th nationally in total defense, surrendering 312.4 ypg.

FIVE STRAIGHT: Alabama led the Southeastern Conference in scoring defense for fi ve consecutive seasons (2009-13). No other school has accomplished that feat and only one school has led the SEC in scoring defense for four consecutive seasons – Auburn from 1986 through 1989. The Crimson Tide are allowing 16.6 points per game during the 2014 season to rank fourth nationally and third in the SEC (Ole Miss, 13.8). Alabama led the nation in scoring defense for two straight years (2011 and 2012), allowing 8.2 points per game in 2011 and 10.9 ppg in 2012. The Crimson Tide fi nished fourth in the nation in 2013, allowing 13.9 points per contest.

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GETTING TO THE QUARTERBACK: The Crimson Tide defense recorded six sacks against Texas A&M on Oct. 18. The last time UA recorded six or more sacks was on Nov. ALABAMA IN THE COACHES POLL 8, 2003, at Mississippi State when the Tide fi nished with eight. Alabama now has 27 sacks on the season for an average of 2.08 per game. The Crimson Tide has enjoyed much success in the coaches rankings over the past half century. The United TOUGH SLEDDING ON THE GROUND: Alabama has allowed only three rushing Press International debuted the coaches poll in 1950 touchdowns through 13 games of the 2014 season, which is the fewest in the nation and ran the poll through the 1990 season. USA TODAY (UCF, 8). The Tide lead the nation in allowing the fewest rushing touchdowns since the has administered the poll for the past 24 seasons (1991- start of the 2005 season, surrendering only 71. Since head coach Nick Saban arrived in 2014), and in 2014, Amway became the title sponsor. 2007, the Crimson Tide has allowed 53 rushing touchdowns. Ohio State is No. 2 in that Alabama was ranked No. 1 in the 2010 preseason category, giving up 83 since 2007. coaches’ poll after starting out the 2009 preseason poll at No. 5. Alabama remained in the top fi ve the RUSHING DEFENSE: Limiting opposing running backs to fewer than 100 yards is entire season, reaching No. 1 after defeating Florida nothing new for the Crimson Tide. Alabama has surrendered only 14 individual 100-yard in the SEC Championship and holding the position to rushing games dating back to the 2005 season, a mark that leads the nation. Since head claim the national championship after defeating Texas coach Nick Saban’s arrival, the Tide has allowed only nine players to rush for more than in Pasadena. The Tide then claimed the No. 1 spot to 100 yards in a game: Auburn’s Tre Mason (164 on Nov. 30, 2013), Virginia Tech’s Trey close out the 2011 and 2012 seasons. The Tide has Edmunds (132 on Aug. 31, 2013), Georgia’s Todd Gurley (122 yards on Dec. 1, 2012), compiled fi ve UPI (1961, 1964, 1973 & 1979) and four LSU’s Jeremy Hill (107 on Nov. 3, 2012), Georgia Southern’s Dominique Swope (153 on USA TODAY (1992, 2009, 2011 & 2012) coaches poll Nov. 19, 2011), Tennessee’s Tauren Poole (117 on Oct. 23, 2010), Ole Miss’s BenJarvus Green-Ellis (131 on Oct. 13, 2007), Houston’s Anthony Alridge (100 on Oct. 6, 2007) and national titles. Darren McFadden of Arkansas (195 on Sept. 15, 2007). AMWAY COACHES TOP 25 - WEEK 16 Previous Fewest 100-Yard Rushers Allowed (FBS teams since 2005) Rank Team (FPV) Record Points Rank 1. ALABAMA 14 1 ALABAMA (28) 12-1 1486 1 3. Boston College 21 2 Florida State (25) 13-0 1450 2 2. Ohio State 23 3 Oregon (7) 12-1 1439 3 4. Boise State 30 4 OHIO STATE 12-1 1307 6 5. Penn State 33 5 Baylor 11-1 1277 5 6 TCU (1) 11-1 1276 4 ROBINSON SETS CAREER-HIGH FOR TACKLES: Sophomore defensive lineman 7 Michigan State 10-2 1143 7 A’Shawn Robinson entered the Missouri game with a career high of seven for tackles 8 MISSISSIPPI STATE 10-2 1079 10 in a game, which he had accomplished three times previously. He fi nished the SEC title 9 Georgia Tech 10-3 922 12 game with a team-high nine tackles, including three for a loss, to set a new career-highs 10 Kansas State 9-3 915 9 11 Arizona 10-3 903 8 in both categories. The three tackles for loss were also an Alabama all-time record by an 12 OLE MISS 9-3 882 14 individual in the SEC Championship game. 13 Georgia 9-3 759 15 14 MISSOURI 10-3 676 13 OFFENSIVE NOTES 15 UCLA 9-3 661 17 16 Arizona State 9-3 599 18 17 Wisconsin 10-3 566 11 COOPER SIMPLY THE BEST: Alabama receiver Amari Cooper has proven to be simply 18 Clemson 9-3 518 19 the nation’s best receiver and arguably its best overall player. He has an astonishing 19 AUBURN 8-4 395 21 115 catches for 1,656 yards and 14 touchdowns – all Alabama records. He is the most 20 Louisville 9-3 381 20 prolifi c single-season pass-catcher in SEC history, passing Jordan Matthews (112 in 21 Boise State 11-2 325 22 2013) of Vanderbilt in receptions with 115 while ranking second to LSU’s Josh Reed in 22 Nebraska 9-3 200 23 receiving yards 1,740 in 2001). His 14 receiving touchdowns are tied for fi fth. Cooper 23 LSU 8-4 173 24 ranks second in the SEC in career receiving yards – in just under three years – with 3,392, 24 Oklahoma 8-4 100 16 tied for third in receptions (219) and tied for third in career receiving touchdowns (29). 25 Utah 8-4 72 NR

Southeastern Conference Receiving Records Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota 71, USC 59,

Career Yards Marshall 55, Duke 39, Northern Illinois 29, Memphis NOTES AND STATS 1. 3,759 Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt (262 rec.) 2010-13 18, Cincinnati 14, Colorado State 9, UCF 8, Stanford 7, 2. 3,392 AMARI COOPER, ALABAMA (219 rec.) 2012-PRES. Air Force 6, BYU 6 3. 3,093 Terrence Edwards, Georgia (204 rec.) 1999-2002 4. 3,042 Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina (183 rec.) 2009-11 2014 Opponents in BOLD 5. 3,001 Josh Reed, LSU (167 rec.) 1999-2001

Receptions in a Season 1. 115 AMARI COOPER, ALABAMA (1,656 yds.) 2014 2. 112 Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt (1,477 yds.) 2013 3. 97 Keith Edwards, Vanderbilt (909 yds.) 1893 4. 94 Josh Reed, LSU (1,740 yds.) 2001 94 Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt (1,323 yds.) 2012

Receiving Yards in a Season 1. 1,740 Josh Reed, LSU (94 rec.) 2001 2. 1,656 AMARI COOPER, ALABAMA (115 rec.) 2014 3. 1,517 Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina (88 rec.) 2010 4. 1,477 Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt (112 rec.) 2013 5. 1,394 Mike Evans, Texas A&M (69 rec.) 2013

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Receiving Touchdowns in a Season 2014 COACHING STAFF PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 1. 18 Reidel Anthony, Florida (12 games) 1996 2. 17 Chris Doering, Florida (12 games) 1995 The Alabama coaching staff recognizes players of the week 3. 15 Ike Hilliard, Florida (11 games) 1995 after each game. Below is a game-by-game look at the winners. 15 Jack Johnson, Florida (12 games) 1994 WEST VIRGINIA (ANNOUNCED SEPTEMBER 1) 5. 14 AMARI COOPER, Alabama (12 games) 2014 Offense Amari Cooper, T.J. Yeldon, Jalston Fowler 14 Allama Matthews, Vanderbilt (11 games) 1982 Defense Jonathan Allen, Landon Collins, Cyrus Jones 14 Craig Yeast, Kentucky (11 games) 1998 Specialists Adam Griffi th, JK Scott 14 Jabar Gaffney, Florida (12 games) 2000 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (ANNOUNCED SEPTEMBER 8) COOPER ON FIRE: Alabama junior Amari Cooper leads the nation with 1,656 receiving Offense Amari Cooper, Jalston Fowler, Christion Jones yards while leading the SEC and ranking second nationally in receptions per game (8.8 Defense Eddie Jackson, Jonathan Allen Specialists Adam Griffi th, Cyrus Jones, Kenyan Drake rpg). He is second nationally and fi rst in the league in receiving yards per game (127.4 ypg). His 14 touchdown receptions rank third nationally. Cooper is currently on pace to SOUTHERN MISS (ANNOUNCED SEPTEMBER 15) catch 124 passes in a 14-game season for 1,783 yards and 16 touchdowns. He shares the Offense Amari Cooper, Austin Shepherd, Blake Sims single-game record (twice this season) with DJ Hall, who caught 13 passes on Oct. 20, Defense Landon Collins, Xzavier Dickson, Trey DePriest 2007 vs. Tennessee, and owns the single-game yardage record with 224 vs. Tennessee Specialists Rashaan Evans, Kenyan Drake and Auburn in 2014. Cooper also owns the school record for consecutive 100-yard receiving games with six, the single-season record for 100-yard games with seven and FLORIDA (ANNOUNCED SEPTEMBER 22) the career record with 14 100-yard receiving games. Offense Amari Cooper, Derrick Henry, Arie Kouandjio, Blake Sims Defense Landon Collins, Trey DePriest, Jarran Reed Alabama Career Records Specialists Reuben Foster, Ardarius Stewart Receptions 1. 219 AMARI COOPER (3,392 YARDS) 2012-PRES. OLE MISS (ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 6) 2. 194 DJ Hall (2,923 yards) 2004-07 Offense T.J. Yeldon, Cam Robinson 3. 179 Julio Jones (2,653 yards) 2008-10 Defense Xzavier Dickson, Reggie Ragland Specialists JK Scott, A’Shawn Robinson 4. 152 Freddie Milions (1,859 yards) 1998-2001 5. 136 Marquis Maze (1,844 yards) 2008-11 ARKANSAS (ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 13) Offense Jalston Fowler, T.J. Yeldon Receiving Yards Defense Landon Collins, Trey DePriest, Ryan Anderson 1. 3,392 AMARI COOPER (219 REC.) 2012-PRES. Specialists JK Scott, Reggie Ragland, Jonathan Allen 2. 2,923 DJ Hall (194 rec.) 2004-07 TEXAS A&M (ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 20) 3. 2,653 Julio Jones (179 rec.) 2008-10 Offense T.J. Yeldon, Arie Kouandjio 4. 2,070 Ozzie Newsome (102 rec.) 1974-77 Defense Reggie Ragland, Ryan Anderson 5. 1,859 Freddie Milions (152 rec.) 1998-2001 Specialists Reuben Foster, Dillon Lee Touchdown Receptions TENNESSEE (ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 27) 1. 29 AMARI COOPER 2012-PRES. Offense Amari Cooper, Blake Sims, Ryan Kelly 2. 18 Dennis Homan 1965-67 Defense Jonathan Allen Specialists Landon Collins, JK Scott 3. 17 DJ Hall 2004-07 4. 16 Ozzie Newsome 1974-77 LSU (ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 10) NOTES AND STATS 5. 15 Joey Jones 1980-83 Offense DeAndrew White, Arie Kouandjio 15 Julio Jones 2008-10 Defense Reggie Ragland, Brandon Ivory, Nick Perry, Landon Collins, Cyrus Jones COOPER VERSUS NATION’S BEST PASS DEFENSES: Amari Cooper has squared off Specialists Adam Griffi th, Reuben Foster, Cole Mazza against eight of the nation’s top 50 pass effi ciency defenses, including two top-10 units MISSISSIPPI STATE (ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 17) and three in the top 20. In those eight games he has caught 81 passes (10.1 per game) Offense T.J. Yeldon, Jalston Fowler for 1,124 yards (140.5 yards per game) with 10 touchdowns. He has three 200-yard Defense Eddie Jackson, D.J. Pettway, Nick Perry performances while his lowest output was eight catches for 83 yards and a touchdown in Specialists JK Scott, Dillon Lee, Rashaan Evans, the Tide’s win at LSU, which is the nation’s No. 2 pass effi ciency defense. Tennessee was Landon Collins ranked as the SEC’s best pass effi ciency defense when the Tide traveled to Knoxville, where Cooper caught nine passes for a school-record 224 yards and two touchdowns. WESTERN CAROLINA (ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 24) Offense Ryan Kelly, ArDarius Stewart COOPER AT HIS BEST AGAINST TOP 25: Amari Cooper has also been at his best Defense Landon Collins, Reggie Ragland against teams ranked in the Associated Press’ top 25 at some point in the 2014 season. In Specialists Gunnar Raborn, JK Scott those seven games, Cooper has caught 70 passes for 839 yards and seven touchdowns. AUBURN (ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 1) That includes games against Missouri, Auburn, Mississippi State, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas Offense Amari Cooper, Jalston Fowler, Austin Shepherd A&M and West Virginia (WVU ranked in the top 25 after Alabama game). That is an Defense Nick Perry, Geno Smith average of 10.0 receptions per game and 119.9 yards per contest. Specialists Christion Jones, JK Scott, Shaun Dion Hamilton COOPER BECOMES ALABAMA’S CAREER LEADER IN RECEIVING YARDS & CATCHES: Amari Cooper passed DJ Hall for the No. 1 spot on Alabama’s all-time receiving yards list with his fi fth reception at LSU on Nov. 8, catching eight passes for 83 yards and a touchdown. He then passed Hall for the all-time receptions record with 13 against Auburn.

COOPER SETS SINGLE-SEASON RECEIVING YARDS RECORD: With his fi rst reception of the LSU game on Nov. 8, a nine-yarder in the fi rst quarter, Amari Cooper set the Alabama record for receiving yards in a season, passing Julio Jones for the top spot. Jones racked up 1,133 yards during the 2010 season on 78 catches. His fi nal catch of the night also moved Cooper past Jones’ single-season receptions mark with 79 (Jones had 78 in 2010). Cooper now has 115 receptions for 1,656 receiving yards this season, which is 37 more receptions than Jones in 13 games and 523 yards.

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YELDON OVER THE 3,000-YARD MARK: With 68 yards rushing against 1-2 PUNCH AT RUNNING BACK: Alabama’s talented corps of running LSU on Nov. 8, junior running back T.J. Yeldon surpassed 3,000 career backs have been on display this season as returning starter T.J. Yeldon rushing yards. Following the Missouri game, he has 3,275 rushing yards has rushed for 932 yards and 10 scores while sophomore Derrick Henry in his Alabama career, ranking fourth on the Alabama career rushing added 895 yards and 10 touchdowns. Yeldon is averaging 5.1 yards per yardage list. Yeldon passed 2009 Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram for rush while Henry boasts 5.6 yards per carry. Yeldon has 15 100-yard fourth place against Missouri and now trails Kenneth Darby by 49 yards rushing games in his 38-game career, which is tied for the most in school entering the College Football Playoff. history ( and Shaun Alexander).

MOST PROLIFIC OFFENSE IN BAMA HISTORY: The Alabama offense is YELDON APPROACHING 1,000 RUSHING YARDS FOR THIRD TIME: already the most prolifi c in school history with 6,376 yards of total offense Junior running back T.J. Yeldon is approaching the 1,000-yard rushing in 13 games this season for an average of 490.5 yards per game, which barrier for the third time in his career in 932 yards in 12 games and 184 is also ahead of school-record pace, which was 480.7 yards per game in carries in 2014. He topped the 1,000-yard rushing barrier for the second 1973 (11 games, 5,288 yards). The 1973 team had 5,605 yards of total time in his career with 1,235 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2013. Yeldon is offense (467.1 ypg) if you count the bowl game against Notre Dame the fi rst Alabama player in school history to go for 1,000 yards in his fi rst (which is not counted in the record book). two seasons on campus, after rushing for 1,108 yards and 12 scores as a freshman in 2012. He becomes the fi fth player to have multiple 1,000- TIDE TOPS 500 AGAIN: For the eighth time this season Alabama yard seasons, joining (1970-71), Bobby Humphrey (1986- recorded at least 500 yards of total offense as the Crimson Tide fi nished 87), Shaun Alexander (1998-99) and Kenneth Darby (2004-05). Yeldon with 504 yards against Missouri. The Tide has also eclipsed the 600-yard also is the 13th player in Alabama history to rush for 2,000 yards in their barrier on four occasions this season. career and sixth to pass the 3,000-yard mark, currently ranking fourth with 3,275 yards, 49 yards behind Kenneth Darby for third place. Alexander is YELDON MOVES UP THE ALL-TIME TOUCHDOWN RANKS: Junior the program’s career rushing leader with 3,565 yards. tailback T.J. Yeldon’s two rushing touchdowns in the SEC title game moved him past Johnny Musso (1969-71) and Trent Richardson (2009-11) RUSHING TO SUCCESS: Alabama is 69-2 since the start of the 2008 into sole possession of third place for rushing touchdowns in a career with season when rushing for at least 140 yards. The only losses were at 36. Next on the list is Shaun Alexander (1996-99) with 41. Auburn in 2013 and Ole Miss in 2014.

OFFENSIVE RANKINGS: The Alabama offense is establishing itself as BALANCED ATTACK: Alabama has fi elded one of the most balanced one of the best in the nation and enters the College Football Playoff offenses in the nation over the past six-plus years. Since the 2009 season, ranked 16th nationally and second in the SEC in total offense at 490.5 Alabama has passed for 18,792 while rushing for 16,835, a difference yards per game. The Crimson Tide rushing attack is 34th nationally and of only 1,948 yards (or 24.35 yards per game difference in 80 contests). sixth in the SEC at 209.5 yards per game. The Tide is throwing for 281.0 The Crimson Tide has passed for 3,653 yards this season (most in school yards per game to rank 21st nationally and third in the league while its history) while rushing for 2,723, a difference of 930 yards. passing effi ciency is seventh nationally and fi rst in the SEC at 161.92. BALL PROTECTION: In its past 94 games, the Tide has turned the ball EXCELLING ON THIRD DOWN: The Alabama offense has been very over only 107 times (63 fumbles, 44 interceptions) for 1.14 turnovers per good on third down in 2014. The Crimson Tide is second nationally and game. Since 2009, that mark is even better as the Tide has turned the fi rst in the SEC in third down conversion percentage on offense, moving ball over only 88 times in 80 games (1.10/gm). Since 2009, UA starting the chains 54.1 percent of the time. Alabama converted 11 of its 15 third quarterbacks have thrown an impressively low 31 interceptions in 2,123 downs at Tennessee (73.3 percent), 12 of 16 against Florida (75 percent) attempts (1 INT every 68.5 attempts). Dating back to the 2009 season, the against Florida and nine of 13 (69.2 percent) vs. Missouri in the SEC title top two running backs in the rotation have lost a fumble only 16 times. game. Georgia Tech leads the nation at 57.0. Over that 94-game span, the Tide’s top two running backs have recorded 2,325 touches, losing a fumble once every 145.3 touches. TOTAL OFFENSE DIFFERENTIAL: Alabama outgained FAU on Sept. 6, by 475 total yards (620 to 145), which is the sixth-largest yardage SCORING STREAK CONTINUES: With T.J. Yeldon’s one-yard rush into differential in a game in Crimson Tide history. UA then bested Florida the end zone on Alabama’s fi rst offensive drive of the SEC Championship by 472 yards on Sept. 20, which ranks eighth in school annals. Below is a Game, the Tide has scored in 182 consecutive games – the longest streak look at the top eight. in program history.

Top Eight Offensive Yardage Differentials in School History QUARTERBACK CONSISTENCY: Alabama had a new quarterback under center for the fi rst time in three years and only the fourth starting

1. 544 Virginia Tech 1973 NOTES AND STATS 2. 503 Richmond 1961 quarterback in head coach Nick Saban’s tenure at the Capstone (107 3. 500 Southern Miss 1974 games). John Parker Wilson started all 27 games from 2007-08 while 4. 498 Kentucky 2013 Greg McElroy (2009-10) followed with 27 straight starts and AJ McCarron 5. 488 Kentucky 1945 (2011-13) just completed a run of 40 straight starts. Blake Sims has started 6. 475 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2014 each of the 13 games in 2014. 7. 474 Ole Miss 2011 200 YARDS PASSING X2: Alabama quarterbacks Blake Sims and Jake 8. 472 FLORIDA 2014 Coker turned in an Alabama football fi rst on Sept. 6, against FAU, becoming the fi rst QBs to both throw for over 200 yards in a game. SIMS ON TARGET: Blake Sims has started all 13 of the Crimson Tide’s games at quarterback and turned in impressive performances in the Sims connected on 12-of-14 passes for 228 yards and two scores, while process. He is completing 64.8 percent of his passes for a school-record Coker went for 202 yards on 15-of-24 passing and one touchdown. The 3,250 yards (250.0 per game) with 26 touchdowns with just seven 430 passing yards was the second most in school history, behind Scott interceptions. He boasts a 161.92 quarterback effi ciency rating that ranks Hunter’s 484 yards in the 1969 Iron Bowl (Now third behind Sims’ 445 seventh in the nation and fi rst in the SEC. yards against Florida).

SIMS SETS RECORD FOR PASSING YARDS IN A SEASON: Crimson Tide senior quarterback Blake Sims became Alabama’s single-season leader in passing yards in the SEC Championship Game. He set the record with his 58-yard touchdown pass to DeAndrew White in the second quarter, passing AJ McCarron’s mark of 3,063 yards set in 2013. Sims fi nished with 262 yards through the air against the Tigers and has 3,250 for the season.

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RECORD-BREAKING DEBUT: Alabama quarterback Blake Sims had a COMPLETION PERCENTAGE RECORD FOR SEC CHAMPIONSHIP record-breaking debut vs. West Virginia on Aug. 30. Sims, who fi nished GOES TO SIMS: Quarterback Blake Sims fi nished the SEC title game the game by connecting on 24-of-33 passes for 250 yards, secured the 23-of-27 passing, an all-time record-setting 85.2 percent completion school record for most completions and attempts of any quarterback in percentage. The previous record was 77.1 (27-of-35) percent by Auburn’s a debut game at Alabama. The former completions record was held by Jason Campbell in the 2004 SEC Championship Game. John David Phillips, who connected on 17 passes in his debut vs. BYU in 1998. The former attempts record was 30, held by three different Tide COOPER SETS SEC SEASON RECEPTIONS RECORD: With his 12 quarterbacks. In addition, Sims’ 250 yards passing ranks third among receptions against Missouri in the SEC Championship Game, junior Alabama quarterbacks in their debut. The record of 285 passing yards receiver Amari Cooper passed Vanderbilt’s Jordan Matthews for most is held by Brody Croyle vs. Arkansas in 2002, followed by John Parker receptions in a season in the Southeastern Conference. Matthews Wilson’s 253 yards passing in 2006 vs. Hawai’i. accumulated 112 receptions for 1,477 yards in 2013. Cooper has 115 receptions for 1,656 yards this season. CRACKING 100: For the fi rst time since the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game against Notre Dame, Alabama accounted for two COOPER SETS SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RECEPTIONS RECORD: 100-yard rushers (Yeldon, 126; Henry, 113) and a 100-yard receiver against Junior wideout Amari Cooper collected 12 receptions in the 2014 West Virginia. Amari Cooper hauled in 12 passes (the second most in a SEC Championship Game to set the all-time record for catches in a game in school history) for 130 yards versus the Mountaineers. Against Southeastern Conference Championship Game. He surpassed the Notre Dame, Eddie Lacy rushed for 140 yards while Yeldon added 108. previous leader, Reidel Anthony of Florida, who recorded 11 in the 1996 Cooper caught six passes for 105 yards. The last time Alabama had a pair SEC Championship. of running backs rush for more than 100 yards came when Henry (111) and Kenyan Drake (104) accomplished the feat vs. Arkansas on Oct. 19, HENRY HAS A CAREER DAY: Sophomore tailback Derrick Henry fi nished 2013. the SEC Championship Game with 141 yards rushing on 20 attempts and two rushing touchdowns. The 141 yards rushing marked a career- RARE TRIFECTA: The win over Florida featured a 400-yard passer, a 200- high for Henry, eclipsing his previous total of 113 in this season’s opener yard receiver and a 100-yard passer. That is the only time in Alabama against West Virginia. The two rushing touchdowns and 20 attempts tie football history in which that trifecta has occurred. Blake Sims passed his previous career-highs. Henry rushed 20 times earlier this season in for 445 yards, Amari Cooper had 201 receiving yards and Derrick Henry the Florida game on Sept. 20. He has previously recorded two rushing rushed for 111 yards. touchdowns in a game twice, with his last multi-score effort coming versus Western Carolina on Nov. 22 of this year. ALABAMA SCORES MOST POINTS IN A QUARTER: The Crimson Tide’s 35 points in the second quarter in the Texas A&M game on Oct. WHITE GOES FOR 100: Senior DeAndrew White recorded the second 18, were the most in a quarter in program history (records dating from 100-yard receiving game of his career (last was a 139-yard performance 1945 to present). The previous high was 34 at Ole Miss on Oct. 7, 1989. against Oklahoma in 2013), fi nishing with four receptions for 101 yards against Missouri in the SEC title game. SCORING SPREE IN TUSCALOOSA: Alabama’s 59 points against Texas A&M were the most the Crimson Tide has scored since recording 62 in TIDE SCORES IN FIRST HALF FOR 102nd CONSECUTIVE GAME: a win at Duke on Sept. 18, 2010. It was also the largest margin of victory With the one-yard touchdown run by T.J. Yeldon on the Crimson Tide’s since a 66-3 win at Vanderbilt on Sept. 29, 1979, and the biggest shutout opening drive, Alabama has now scored in the fi rst half in 102 straight victory since a 62-0 win over Tulane on Oct. 12, 1991. games, the longest active streak in the nation.

MORE SCORING: Alabama’s 59-0 win also tied for the fourth-largest AN ALBAMA FIRST (DOWN): Alabama gained a school-record 36 fi rst shutout win over a ranked team in the history of the Associated Press downs in its 48-14 win over Western Carolina on Nov. 22. The previous poll (since 1936). No. 8 Florida State’s 63-0 win over No. 25 Maryland last school record of 35 had been set against Western Carolina in 2007 and NOTES AND STATS season is the record followed by a 62-0 win by No. 4 Virginia Tech over matched against Kentucky last season. No. 16 Syracuse in 1999 and a 61-0 win by No. 1 Army over No. 6 Penn in 1945. FIRST-HALF POINTS: Alabama has scored in the fi rst half of the last 101 games it has played, which is the longest streak in the nation. The last time TIDE PUTS UP SECOND-MOST POINTS IN A HALF: Alabama scored the Tide failed to score in the fi rst half was Sept. 29, 2007, when Alabama 45 points in the fi rst half against Texas A&M marking the most points in and Florida State headed into halftime tied at 0-0. The Seminoles won a half since scoring 45 at Duke on Sept. 18, 2010, and the second-most the game 21-14. The Tide has scored in the fi rst half of every game since. points in a half in program history. The most scored by the Crimson Tide Alabama has an 87-14 record during the streak. in a half came during the 1990 matchup with Vanderbilt when Alabama put up 52 in the fi rst half. SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES TIDE SETS SINGLE-GAME HIGHS FOR SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Alabama offense accumulated 28 fi rst downs and 42 points on 76 total PUNTING PROWESS: Freshman JK Scott logged the fi rst punt of his plays in the SEC title game against Missouri. The Tide also recorded four career, a 62-yard kick, which sailed to the 7-yard line to pin West Virginia rushing touchdowns and completed 23 passes for the afternoon. All were deep in their own territory. Since that time Scott has been nothing short single-game highs for an Alabama team in the Southeastern Conference of amazing, averaging 47.0 yards per punt this season, ranking him third Championship Game. nationally and fi rst in the SEC. He has placed 26 of his 48 punts (54.2 percent) inside the 20, which is the best percentage in the nation. Scott SIMS SETS ALABAMA RECORD FOR TOTAL OFFENSE IN SEC also has 18 punts of 50 yards or more this year and is averaging 43.38 net CHAMPIONSHIP: With his 262 yards passing and 19 yards rushing, yards this season to rank second nationally by 7/100th of a yard. He has quarterback Blake Sims accumulated 281 total yards of offense for the fi ve kicks of over 60 yards with a career long of 70. game. His 281 yards are the all-time record by an Alabama player in a SEC Championship Game. INSIDE-THE-20: As mentioned above, JK Scott leads the nation in percentage of punts downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line. He has SIMS OWNS RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE COMPLETIONS IN placed 24 of 45 punts (53.3 percent) inside the 20 with eight inside the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP: Senior Blake Sims started off the SEC title 10-yard line. game completing his fi rst 10 passes through the fi rst quarter and part of the second. The 10 consecutive completions is the most all-time in Percentage Inside the 20 a Southeastern Conference Championship Game. Shane Matthews of Player, Team G No. In20 Pct. Florida (1st Quarter, 1992) and Danny Wuerffel of Florida (1st Quarter, 1. JK SCOTT, ALABAMA (FR.) 12 48 26 54.2 1995) were tied for the previous all-time mark with nine. 2. Will Gleeson, Ole Miss (Fr.) 10 50 23 46.0 3. Tom Hackett, Utah (Jr.) 12 77 35 45.5 64 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics

4. Tyler Wedel, Northern Illinois (Sr.) 12 54 24 44.4 All-Time Leaders – Bowl Victories 5. Nick O’Toole, West Virginia (Jr.) 12 52 23 44.2 Rank Wins 1. ALABAMA 34 KICKING GAME: Sophomore Adam Griffi th is 12-for-19 on fi eld goal 2. Southern California 31 attempts this season, including four from 40-plus yards. In the season 3. Penn State 27 opener, Griffi th began the season scoring by hitting one from 47 yards Texas 27 out in the opening quarter against West Virginia and another from 41 to Georgia 27 give Alabama a 20-17 lead at the half. He also hit a 27-yarder in the third Oklahoma 27 quarter and a 45-yarder in the fourth quarter, which resulted in the fi nal 7. Nebraska 26 score against the Mountaineers. Griffi th then hit from 22 and 28 yards Florida State 26 against Florida Atlantic and from 30 yards out vs. Southern Miss and 21 9. Tennessee 25 yards against Texas A&M. Griffi th missed from 27 yards at LSU before 10. Georgia Tech 23 hitting from 39 yards out and nailing the game-tying fi eld goal with three seconds remaining in a come-from-behind win at No. 14 LSU. He hit from CRIMSON TIDE BOWL HIGHLIGHTS: Below are some highlights of the 36 and missed from 37 against No. 1 Mississippi State. Crimson Tide’s storied bowl history that dates back to the 1925 season:

JONES SETS AVERGAGE FOR KICK RETURN YARDS RECORD: Senior • Alabama made its bowl debut on Jan. 1, 1926, with a 20-19 come- kick returner Christion Jones returned three kickoffs for 85 total yards from-behind win over Washington. The Crimson Tide erased a 12-0 for an average of 28.33 yards against Missouri in the SEC Championship halftime defi cit with a 20-point third quarter to earn its fi rst bowl win. Game. The 28.3 return yards average is a Southeastern Conference Pooley Hubert scored the fi rst touchdown in Alabama bowl history with a Championship game record, eclipsing the previous total of 27.5 by 1-yard run in the third quarter. Johnny Mack Brown had two touchdown Peerless Price of Tennessee who returned two kicks for 55 yards in 1998. receptions (59 yards and 27 yards) in the win.

FIRST TIME IN OVER 20 YEARS: Adam Griffi th became the • The Tide captured back-to-back national championships with Rose Bowl fi rst Alabama kicker in 21 years to make three fi eld goals of 40 yards wins in 1926 and 1927. In fact, the Tide’s fi rst fi ve bowl appearances came or longer in a single game. Griffi th hit from 47, 41 and 45 along with a at the Rose Bowl. Alabama went 3-1-1 in those games, with wins over 27-yarder in the 33-23 win. The last player to accomplish that feat was Washington (1926), Washington State (1931) and Stanford (1935). Michael Proctor on Oct. 23, 1993 against Ole Miss. Proctor hit from 46, 53 and 49 yards (as well as 22 yards). • Alabama great rushed for 113 yards in the 1946 Rose Bowl win over Southern California. The 113 rushing yards ranks 15th on the all- time bowl list for quarterback rushing stats. Gilmer had eight straight pass SUGAR BOWL NOTES completions, the ninth-highest total in bowl history.

• Alabama’s Bobby Luna tied the bowl record with nine extra-point SUGAR BOWL BOUND: The Crimson Tide has posted a 34-23-3 (.592) attempts (made seven) in the Crimson Tide’s 61-6 win over Syracuse at all-time record in its 61 previous bowl appearances (not including a the 1953 Orange Bowl. The Crimson Tide’s 55-point win is the largest vacated victory in the 2006 Cotton Bowl). Alabama, making its 62nd bowl margin of victory in bowl history. Alabama’s 61 points are the second appearance, owns the record for most bowl games played (61) and most most in bowl history (Nebraska posted a 66-17 win over Northwestern in victories (34). The Crimson Tide is going bowling for the 11th year in a the 2000 Alamo Bowl). row, after playing in the (2004), Cotton Bowl (2006), Independence Bowl (2006-07), the Sugar Bowl (2009), the Citi BCS • All-American and future all-pro Lee Roy Jordan set a bowl record with National Championship Game (2010), the Capital One Bowl (2011), the 31 tackles in the Crimson Tide’s 17-0 win over Oklahoma in the 1963 Allstate BCS National Championship Game (2012), Discover BCS National Orange Bowl. Championship Game (2013) and Allstate Sugar Bowl (2014) over the past 10 seasons. Alabama’s bowl history dates back to Jan. 1, 1926, at the • Alabama’s Tim Davis drilled four fi eld goals on a snow-covered Tulane Rose Bowl, where coach Wallace Wade’s team upset the Washington Stadium as Alabama beat Ole Miss, 12-7, on Jan. 1, 1964, at the Sugar Huskies, 20-19, to fi nish Alabama’s fi rst perfect season (10-0). The Bowl in New Orleans. Davis connected on 4-of-5 fi eld goals in the win. landmark win over the Huskies also secured the Crimson Tide the 1925 The four made fi eld goals are tied for the sixth-most in bowl history while national championship, the fi rst of 15 titles claimed by the school. the fi ve attempts equal the fourth-most. Alabama has played in 17 different bowl games in its history, including a bowl-record 15th appearance in the Sugar Bowl in 2015 against Ohio • Quarterback Richard Todd had an excellent game against Penn State on NOTES AND STATS State. The Crimson Tide has also won the most Sugar Bowl games, with Dec. 31, 1975, at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. Todd completed 10-of- eight victories. Alabama has played bowl games in eight different states: 12 passes in the Crimson Tide’s 13-6 win over the Nittany Lions. Todd’s Arizona, California, Florida, Hawai’i, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee .833 completion percentage is the fi fth-highest in bowl history. and Texas. The Tide has also played bowl games in 19 different stadiums. Alabama players have garnered 47 MVP awards in the 60 previous bowl • Alabama defeated Illinois, 21-15, in coach Paul Bryant’s fi nal game as games. Another 21 players and coaches have been selected to various head coach of the Crimson Tide on Dec. 29, 1982, at the Liberty Bowl in all-time bowl teams. Memphis. On that frigid night, senior Jeremiah Castille set an Alabama and Liberty Bowl record with three interceptions en route to game MVP All-Time Bowl Appearance Leaders honors. Rank Appearances 1. ALABAMA 61 • Alabama captured the school’s 12th national title with a 34-13 win 2. Texas 51 over top-ranked Miami in the 1993 Sugar Bowl (1992 season). Running Nebraska 51 back earned MVP honors with 135 yards rushing and two 4. Tennessee 50 touchdowns. Georgia 50 Southern California 50 • The Crimson Tide earned its 13th national title in the 2010 Citi BCS 7. Oklahoma 49 National Championship Game following the 2009 season. The Tide defeated the Texas Longhorns, 37-21. Mark Ingram was named the 8. Penn State 46 offensive MVP, while Marcell Dareus was selected as the defensive MVP. LSU 46 10. Ohio State 45

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• The Crimson Tide won its 14th national title in the 2012 Allstate BCS SABAN/ALABAMA COACHES BOWL RECORDS: Alabama head coach National Championship Game. Alabama posted a 21-0 shutout of top- Nick Saban is the 12th coach in school history to lead the Crimson Tide to ranked LSU inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. AJ McCarron was the a postseason bowl game. Saban made his Alabama bowl debut during the offensive MVP, throwing for 234 yards, while Courtney Upshaw was the 2007 season with a 30-24 win over Colorado at the Independence Bowl in defensive MVP with seven tackles and a sack. Shreveport, La. Saban captured the school’s 13th national championship with a win over Texas in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game • Alabama won its 15th national title in the 2013 Discover BCS National in Pasadena, Calif., the 14th title with a win over LSU at the 2012 BCS Championship Game. Alabama posted a 42-14 victory over top-ranked National Championship Game in New Orleans and 15th against Notre Notre Dame at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Eddie Lacy was Dame in the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game. Saban the offensive MVP, rushing for 140 yards and two total touchdowns, while made his Alabama BCS bowl debut in the 2009 Sugar Bowl with a loss C.J. Mosley was the defensive MVP with eight tackles and a TFL. to Utah and his Tide squad defeated Michigan State in the 2011 Capital One Bowl. He has taken three different schools (Michigan State, LSU ALABAMA’S BOWL BREAKDOWN: Alabama has played in 17 and Alabama) to bowl games and is 8-7 (.533) as a head coach in 15 different bowl games since its fi rst bowl appearance following the 1925 career bowl games, but has a 5-2 record at Alabama. Saban has made season (1926 Rose Bowl). Overall, Alabama has made 39 of its 61 bowl eight BCS bowl appearances, including two at LSU and six at Alabama appearances (40 of 62 with the 2015 Sugar Bowl, including vacated 2006 (including the 2015 Sugar Bowl). He led the Tigers to a win over Illinois in Cotton Bowl) in the Cotton, Orange, Rose, Fiesta or Sugar Bowls as the 2002 Sugar Bowl and later coached LSU to the national championship well as the BCS National Championship Game. Alabama is making its win over Oklahoma in the . Saban’s fi rst bowl game as 15th appearance in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, where it has an 8-6 record. a head coach came on Dec. 29, 1995, when he led Michigan State to Alabama has a .500 or better winning percentage in 14 of the 17 different the Independence Bowl where the Spartans lost to LSU. Saban was 0-3 bowls. Below is the record breakdown at each game in which the Crimson in bowl games at Michigan State. He also led the Spartans to the 2000 Tide has played. Capital One Bowl but did not coach the game, after taking the head coaching position at LSU. Saban was 3-2 (.600) in bowl games at LSU. Alabama’s Bowl Breakdown Bowl (Appearances) Alabama Record Alabama Bowl Records by Coach Sugar Bowl (14) 8-6 (.571) Coach Wins Overall Record Orange Bowl (8) 4-4 (.500) Paul Bryant 12 12-10-2 (.520) Cotton Bowl (7) 3-4 (.429) Gene Stallings 5 5-1 (.833) Rose Bowl (6) 4-1-1 (.750) NICK SABAN 5 5-2 (.714) Liberty Bowl (4) 2-2 (.500) Frank Thomas 4 4-2 (.667) Sun Bowl (3) 3-0 (1.00) Ray Perkins 3 3-0 (1.00) Independence Bowl (3) 2-1 (.667) Wallace Wade 2 2-0-1 (.833) Gator Bowl (2) 1-1 (.500) Dennis Franchione 1 1-0 (1.00) Bluebonnet Bowl (2) 0-0-2 (.500) Mike Shula 1 1-1 (.500) Music City Bowl (2) 0-2 (.000) Red Drew 1 1-2 (.333) BCS Championship Game (3) 3-0 (1.00) Bill Curry 1 1-2 (.333) Aloha Bowl (1) 1-0 (1.00) Mike DuBose 0 0-2 (.000) Blockbuster Bowl (1) 1-0 (1.00) Joe Kines 0 0-1 (.000) Capital One [Citrus Bowl] (2) 2-0 (1.00) Hall of Fame Bowl (1) 1-0 (1.00) GENERAL NOTES Outback Bowl (1) 1-0 (1.00) (1) 0-1 (.000) NOTES AND STATS DOME SWEET DOME: Alabama is 17-6-1 (.729) in domed stadiums, ALL-TIME BOWL OPPONENTS: Alabama has played 37 different including an 8-1 mark since 2009 and a 9-3 record in Coach Saban’s opponents in its illustrious bowl history. The 2015 Allstate Sugar Bowl tenure. The Tide defeated West Virginia 33-23 in the to Game marks the third time that Alabama and Ohio State have squared off open the 2014 campaign and then knocked off Missouri in the SEC title in a bowl game (1978 Sugar Bowl and 1995 Citrus Bowl). game on Dec. 6. Alabama had two appearances in a dome during the 2013 season with the opener against Virginia Tech at the Georgia Dome CONFERENCE BOWL BREAKDOWN: Alabama has faced teams from 10 and versus Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl inside the Superdome. different conferences and six independents in its bowl history. Alabama will be playing its 12th bowl game against those teams the currently SEC WESTERN DIVISION TITLE: By virtue of Mississippi State’s 31-17 comprise the Big Ten. The Crimson Tide own a 9-5 record against teams loss to Ole Miss early in the day on Saturday, Nov. 29, Alabama clinched from the Big Ten in bowl games, most recently defeating Michigan State at least a tie for its 10th SEC Western Division title and then clinched the 49-7 in the 2011 Capital One Bowl. Alabama’s most success has come title outright with the win over Auburn. The Crimson Tide represented the against the Pac-10/12 Conference, where Alabama has compiled a 7-1-1 Western Division against SEC Eastern Division champion Missouri in the (.833) all-time bowl record. SEC Championship Game, a contest the Tide won, 42-14, at The Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Bowl Record vs. Conferences Conference Alabama Record THE FRIENDLY CONFINES OF BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM: Alabama ACC 4-4 (.500) fi nishes its 2014 home slate with a 16-game home winning streak inside American Athletic 1-0 (1.000) Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Crimson Tide has not lost a game at home Big Ten 9-5 (.643) since falling to Texas A&M in 2012. It is tied for the longest home winning Big 12 5-6-2 (.462) streak in Football Bowl Subdivision football (Baylor, 16). Alabama also Conference USA 0-1 (.000) boasts the fourth-best winning percentage in the FBS inside Bryant- Pac-10/12 9-3-1 (.731) Denny Stadium with an .818 mark (239-52-3) since the stadium opened in SEC 5-2 (.714) 1929. Only Baylor’s McLane Stadium, which opened this year (6-0, 1.000), Independents 2-2 (.500) Marshall’s Edwards Stadium (.845) and Boise State’s Albertsons Stadium (.827) are better than the Tide.

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Home Winning Percentage (Current Stadium) RETURNING SUCCESS: Alabama returns 13 starters and 51 lettermen School Stadium Name (Opened) Record (Percentage) from its 2013 squad that fi nished 11-2, tied for the SEC’s Western 1. Baylor McLane Stadium (2014) 6-0 (1.000) Division title and played in the Sugar Bowl. The Crimson Tide returns 2. Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1991) 142-26 (.845) seven starters on offense, including Amari Cooper, Christion Jones, Ryan Kelly, Arie Kouandjio, Austin Shepherd, Brian Vogler and T.J. Yeldon while 3. Boise State Albertsons Stadium (1970) 244-51 (.827) the defense returns fi ve starters, including Landon Collins, Trey DePriest, 4. ALABAMA BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM (1929) 239-52-3 (.818) Denzel Devall, Brandon Ivory and Jarrick Williams. 5. Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium (1939) 303-75-7 (.796) RETURNING RECEPTIONS: Alabama returns 15 of the 19 players who SWEET HOME ALABAMA: Bryant-Denny Stadium has proven to be a hauled in a reception a season ago, which ranks tied for fi fth nationally very comfortable setting for the Crimson Tide this season. The statistics with Northern Illinois and Georgia. Syracuse leads the nation with 18. The tell the story of the Tide’s 7-0 record and 16-game winning streak. Crimson Tide also returns 77.9 percent (190 of 244) of its receptions from Alabama has outscored its opponents by a staggering 323-111 in its the 2013 season, which ranks 20th nationally. Maryland leads the country seven home games (46.1-15.9) while averaging 561.0 yards per game on with 93.5 percent of its receptions returning in 2014. Amari Cooper leads offense and limited its opponents to just 293.0 total yards for a difference all Crimson Tide returning pass catchers with 45 grabs for 736 yards last of 268.0 yards per game. UA is averaging 238.6 rushing yards per game season. Christion Jones (36 for 349 yards) and DeAndrew White (32 for and a school-best 330.3 yards through the air. Alabama has scored 43 534 yards) are close behind. touchdowns, allowing only 11. ANOTHER PERFECT SEPTEMBER: Alabama’s 42-21 win over Florida on Individually, Blake Sims has been impressive with a 186.29 passing Sept. 20 completed another perfect September for the Crimson Tide. effi ciency rating. He has completed 68.4 percent of his throws for 1,854 Alabama went 3-0 with wins over Florida Atlantic, Southern Mississippi and the Gators. The Tide’s last loss in September came on September 20, yards (264.9 per game) with 18 touchdowns while rushing for 193 yards 2007, to Florida State in Jacksonville by a score of 21-14. Since that time, and four touchdowns. Amari Cooper has hauled in 63 receptions (9.0 per UA has won 27 straight September contests. If you add games in August, game) for 1,023 yards (146.1 ypg) and 11 touchdowns with a 16.2 yards that record improves to 30-0. Alabama’s earliest loss since the start of the per catch average in the friendly confi nes of Bryant-Denny Stadium. T.J. 2008 season is Oct. 9 (a loss at South Carolina in 2010). Yeldon and Derrick Henry have led the rushing attack with 78.5 and 68.1 yards per game, respectively. TIDE REACHES 11 WINS FOR THE 18th TIME: With the win against Auburn last weekend, Alabama secured its 11th victory of the season, FIRST-TIME STARTERS: Six players made their fi rst career starts against marking the 18th time in program history that the Tide achieved the West Virginia, including four on defense and two on offense. Freshman feat. Under head coach Nick Saban, Alabama has had six 11-win seasons Cam Robinson became the fi rst true freshman to start at left tackle since (2008-09, 2011-14). fi rst-round pick Andre Smith in 2006. Blake Sims made his fi rst start at quarterback and threw for 250 yards while completing 72.7 percent of his TIDE WINS 12 FOR EIGHTH TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY: With passes. On the defensive side of the football, defensive ends Jonathan Saturday’s victory over Missouri in the Southeastern Conference Allen and D.J. Pettway along with linebackers Reuben Foster and Reggie Championship game, Alabama moved to 12-1 on the season, reaching Ragland made their fi rst start for the Tide. Alphonse Taylor, Chris Black the 12-win plateau for the eighth time in school history. Under head coach and Jarran Reed added their fi rst career start against FAU while Jabriel Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide has collected 12 or more wins fi ve times in his eight seasons in Tuscaloosa. Saban also accomplished the feat in 2012, Washington made his fi rst start against Southern Miss and Tony Brown 2011, 2009 and 2008. against Florida. Bradley Bozeman then started at center in place of an injured Ryan Kelly at Arkansas. Malcolm Faciane earned his fi rst start at ALABAMA’S TV RECORD: Alabama has compiled a 225-130-4 (.632) tight end at LSU and ArDarius Stewart against Mississippi State. Derrick all-time record in 359 televised games (not including pay-per-view, tape- Henry started at tailback against Western Carolina and Gunnar Raborn at delayed or closed circuit telecasts). place-kicker. 77 NATIONAL TV APPEARANCES IN 93 GAMES: Following the FRESHMEN PLAYING TIME: Sixteen freshmen have seen playing time Southeastern Conference Championship victory over Missouri, Alabama during the 2014 season, including redshirt freshmen Cooper Bateman, has now participated in 77 nationally televised games since the start of Bradley Bozeman, Jonathan Cook, Robert Foster and ArDarius Stewart the 2008 season, including every contest in 2014. This season UA has and true freshmen Tony Brown, Rashaan Evans, Joshua Frazier, Shaun been televised in seven games on the ABC family of networks including Dion Hamilton, Da’Shawn Hand, J.C. Hassenauer, Hootie Jones, Gunnar contests with West Virginia (ABC), FAU (SEC Network), Southern Miss Raborn, Cam Robinson, Cam Sims and JK Scott. (ESPN2), at Arkansas (ESPN), at Tennessee (ESPN2), Western Carolina (SEC Network) and the most-viewed college football game ever on ESPN, the Iron Bowl against Auburn. The Tide has also played in six contests NON-OFFENSIVE TDs IN THE SABAN ERA: Junior Cyrus Jones’ 17- NOTES AND STATS yard fumble return for a touchdown in the second quarter of the Ole Miss that were televised on CBS, including versus Florida, at Ole Miss, against game on Oct. 4, 2014, marked the 36th non-offensive touchdown of the Texas A&M, in the Bayou against LSU, versus top-ranked Mississppi State, and most recently in the SEC Championship against the Missouri Tigers. Nick Saban era. Since Saban took over in 2007, the Crimson Tide has Eleven of the Crimson Tide’s 13 games in 2013 were televised nationally garnered 15 interception returns, nine punt returns, fi ve kickoff returns, with the Virginia Tech, Arkansas, Mississippi State and Oklahoma games four fumble returns and three blocked punt returns for a touchdown. on ESPN, the Texas A&M, Tennessee, LSU and Auburn games on CBS, Alabama has one non-offensive touchdown in 2014. The Tide had seven the Colorado State and Kentucky games on ESPN2. The Tide played 12 non-offensive touchdowns in 2013, including three in the season opener nationally televised games in 2012, with one game on ABC, six on CBS against Virginia Tech, marking the fi rst time the Crimson Tide has done so and fi ve on ESPN. In 2011, Alabama played on CBS four times, while in a game since Sept. 30, 1995, against Georgia. having one game on ABC, two on ESPN and ESPN2, and one game on ESPNU. In 2010, Alabama had fi ve games on CBS, three on ESPN, two Non-Offensive TDs In The Saban Era on ESPN2, one on ABC and one on ESPNU. In 2009, UA played two Season INT FR KOR PR BkPR Totals games on ABC (including the BCS title game), and six on CBS, while ESPN 2014 — 1 — — — 1 televised two more Crimson Tide games. In 2008, Alabama had 10 of its 2013 3 — 1 2 1 7 14 games televised nationally, including fi ve on CBS, three on ESPN, one on ABC and one on FOX. 2012 1 1 1 — — 3 2011 3 — — 1 1 5 OVERTIME RECORD: Alabama is 5-8 (.385) all-time in overtime games 2010 2 — 1 — 1 4 including the game against LSU on Nov. 8. Prior to this season’s trip 2009 2 1 2 1 — 6 to Baton Rouge, the Tide fell in its last overtime game, 9-6, to LSU at 2008 4 1 — 4 — 9 Bryant-Denny Stadium on Nov. 5, 2011. Alabama has lost seven of its 2007 — — — 1 — 1 last 11 overtime game and is 5-7 (.417) in overtime games against SEC TOTALS 15 4 5 9 3 36 teams. Alabama is 3-3 (.500) in overtime games away from Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Crimson Tide is 4-5 (.444) in single-overtime games.

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TIDE 84-5 UNDER SABAN WHEN LEADING AT THE HALF: The NFL DRAFT: The Crimson Tide saw eight former UA players selected in Crimson Tide is 84-5 when leading at halftime under head coach Nick the 2014 NFL Draft, including fi rst-round picks C.J. Mosley (17th overall Saban. Alabama had converted 36 straight halftime leads into wins before to the Baltimore Ravens) and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (21st overall to the Green falling at Auburn on Nov. 30, 2013. The Crimson Tide had also converted Bay Packers). Cyrus Kouandjio was next to go in the second round as the 28 consecutive halftime leads into victories before seeing that streak 44th overall pick to the Buffalo Bills. Kevin Norwood came off the draft snapped in 2010 against LSU. The fi rst two losses in the current run (when board in the fourth round to the defending Super Bowl Champion Seattle leading at the break) came against LSU, followed by a defeat to Auburn in Seahawks. The Tide had a trio of players drafted in the fi fth round with 2010. In 2007, Alabama held a 20-17 halftime lead before losing to LSU, going to the Arizona Cardinals as the 160th overall pick, AJ 41-34, in 2007 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. In 2010, the Tide led 10-3 at the McCarron to the as the 164th overall pick and Vinnie half before the Tigers rallied for a 24-20 win in Death Valley. Alabama lost Sunseri at No. 167 to the New Orleans Saints. Defensive lineman Jeoffrey 28-27 to Auburn to close out the 2010 season, after leading 24-7 at the Pagan was the fi nal Tide player selected, taken by the Houston Texans in half. The Crimson Tide is 3-7 under Saban when trailing at halftime and the sixth round at No. 177 overall. 3-3 when tied at halftime. The three wins in the Saban era when trailing at the half: 34-24 over No. 7 Virginia Tech in 2009 (in Atlanta); a 24-15 LEADING THE WAY TO THE NFL: Alabama has had more draft picks over No. 9 LSU in 2009; and 24-20 at Arkansas in 2010. And Alabama’s over the last fi ve years (37) and three years (25) than any school in the three wins under Saban when tied at halftime: at LSU in 2008, (27-21), at country. UA is second among teams in the last two years (17). In 2014, the Auburn in 2009 (26-21) and against Tennessee in 2011 (37-6). Crimson Tide had two players taken in the fi rst round of the draft with C.J. Mosley (Ravens) and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (Packers). The Tide has had 15 4- AND 5-YEAR WIN TOTALS: Alabama’s 2014 senior class has won 58 players drafted in the fi rst round of the NFL Draft over the last fi ve years games over fi ve seasons while losing only eight contests, including a 48-5 and 13 fi rst-round selections in the last four years. Only Miami had more mark over the last four seasons (since 2011). This senior class’ victory fi rst-round picks during a 3 or 4-year span (UM had 19 from 2001-04 and total is currently more than any other team (power fi ve conference) in the 15 from 2002-04 in the modern draft era). country during that span. The 48 wins includes an active home winning streak of 15 games that is tied for the longest in the nation. This senior CRIMSON TIDE PLAYERS ON NFL ROSTERS: The Alabama football class has also extended the school-record streak of 10-win seasons to program is well-represented in the NFL during the 2014 season with seven and helped earn the 2011 and 2012 BCS National Championships. numerous former players dotting league rosters. The Tide has 42 former The 2012 Alabama senior class garnered a school record 49 wins in four players (active or injured reserve) working in the NFL this season with seasons and 61 victories in fi ve seasons, both of which also tie Nebraska another fi ve players currently on NFL team’s practice squads. In the last for the national record. six NFL Drafts, Alabama has had 41 players selected, including 16 players in fi rst round, fi ve in the second and third rounds, three in the fourth, Most Wins by a Senior Class In a 4-Year Span (among BCS schools) seven in the fi fth, one in the sixth and fi ve in the seventh round. Team Sr. Season W-L Titles 1. ALABAMA 2012 49-5 3 Most Players in the NFL Nebraska 1997 49-2 3 1. ALABAMA 42 3. ALABAMA 2011 48-6 2 Southern California 42 Florida 2009 48-7 2 3. LSU 41 USC 2006 48-4 2 4. Georgia 38 USC 2005 48-4 2 5. Miami 37 ALABAMA 2014 48-5 2 Florida 37 Oklahoma 2003 48-6 1 9. Oklahoma 2004 47-7 0 10. Miami 2003 46-4 1 Florida 1996 46-6 1 ALABAMA 2013 46-7 3 NOTES AND STATS

SABAN MOVING UP SEC WINS LIST: Alabama head coach Nick Saban is quickly moving up the charts for victories in SEC regular-season games with 85. His 85 wins rank seventh in SEC history, fi ve wins ahead of current Georgia head coach Mark Richt (80) on the league’s list of conference wins. Each coach ahead of them on the list, except for South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier, is in the College Football Hall of Fame. Paul “Bear” Bryant tops the list with 159 conference wins at Kentucky (1946-53) and Alabama (1958-82). Spurrier is second with 131 league wins followed by John Vaught (Ole Miss, 106), Vince Dooley (Georgia, 105), Ralph “Shug” Jordan (Auburn, 98) and Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee, 98). Saban ranks second in league history in SEC regular-season winning percentage at .780 (85-24). He is fi fth in league history in all-time winning percentage at .806 (133-32) and tied with Georgia’s Mark Richt for 11th in career wins.

NEW HIRES: Nick Saban made three new additions to his coaching staff following the 2013 season. Lane Kiffi n joined the staff as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after three-plus seasons as the head coach at Southern California and one season as the head man at Tennessee (2009). Bo Davis returned to the Alabama staff to coach the defensive line after three years at Texas. He was on Saban’s fi rst staff in Tuscaloosa, coaching the line from 2007-2010. Kevin Steele also returned to the fi eld for Alabama as the inside linebackers coach. He was Saban’s defensive coordinator during the 2007 and 2008 seasons at Alabama before moving to Clemson. He returned to Alabama in 2013 as the director of player personnel. Steele’s move to coach the inside linebackers moves Kirby Smart back to the secondary where he coordinates the defense and coaches the safeties.

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SCHEDULE/RESULTS/RECORD BREAKDOWN Date Opponent Result Score Overall SEC Start Time Temp Attend Sat., Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia W 33-23 1-0 — 3:36 P 3:29 Indoor 70,502 Sat., Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic W 41-0 2-0 — 11:01 A 2:47 88° 100,306 Sat., Sept. 13 Southern Miss W 52-12 3-0 — 5:06 P 3:16 81° 101,821 Sat., Sept. 20 *Florida W 42-21 4-0 1-0 2:40 P 3:39 85° 101,821 Sat., Oct. 4 *at Ole Miss L 17-23 4-1 1-1 2:39 P 3:29 63° 61,826 Sat., Oct. 11 *at Arkansas W 14-13 5-1 2-1 5:00 P 3:34 53° 72,337 Sat., Oct. 18 *Texas A&M W 59-0 6-1 3-1 2:40 P 3:13 75° 101,821 Sat., Oct. 25 *at Tennessee W 34-20 7-1 4-1 7:37 P 3:24 63° 102,455 Sat., Nov. 8 *at LSU W 20-13 OT 8-1 5-1 7:12 P 3:55 59° 102,321 Sat., Nov. 15 *Mississippi State W 25-20 9-1 6-1 2:40 P 3:32 51° 101,821 Sat., Nov. 22 Western Carolina W 48-14 10-1 6-1 3:01 P 3:20 68° 101,325 Sat., Nov. 29 *Auburn W 55-44 11-1 7-1 6:52 P 3:57 60° 101,821 Sat., Dec. 6 vs. Missouri W 42-13 12-1 7-1 4:12 P 3:25 Indoor 73,526 * Southeastern Conference game

TEAM STATISTICS BREAKDOWN ALABAMA OPPONENT Overall 12-1 SCORING 482 216 Home 7-0 Points Per Game 37.1 16.6 Away 3-1 Points Off Turnovers 204 193 Neutral 2-0 FIRST DOWNS 319 211 SEC 7-1 Rushing 142 69 Passing 162 131 Non-Conference 4-0 Penalty 15 11 Overtime 0-0 RUSHING YARDAGE 2723 1152 Day 6-1 Yards gained rushing 2968 1488 Night 6-0 Yards lost rushing 245 336 Televised 12-1 Rushing Attempts 533 410 Non-Televised 0-0 Average Per Rush 5.1 2.8 vs. Top 25 5-1 Average Per Game 209.5 88.6 vs. Top 15 3-1 TDs Rushing 32 3 vs. Top 10 1-0 PASSING YARDAGE 3653 2909 Comp-Att-Int 268-415-7 249-457-10 vs. Top 5 1-0 Average Per Pass 8.8 6.4 Scores First 8-0 Average Per Catch 13.6 11.7 Opponent Scores First 4-1 Average Per Game 281.0 223.8 Leading after 1st Qtr 9-0 TDs Passing 30 17 Trailing after 1st Qtr 1-1 TOTAL OFFENSE 6376 4061 Tied after 1st Qtr 2-0 Total Plays 948 867 Leading at Half 11-1 Average Per Play 6.7 4.7 Trailing at Half 1-0 Average Per Game 490.5 312.4 Tied at Half 0-0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 42-904 58-1268 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 23-224 10-73 Leading after 3rd Qtr 9-1 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-52 7-47 Trailing after 3rd Qtr 2-0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.5 21.9 Tied after 3rd Qtr 1-0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.7 7.3 Wins Coin Toss 7-0

INT RETURN AVERAGE 5.2 6.7 Loses Coin Toss 5-1 NOTES AND STATS FUMBLES-LOST 18-12 18-8 Natural Grass 9-0 PENALTIES-Yards 65-526 57-492 Artifi cial Surface 3-1 Average Per Game 40.5 37.8 PUNTS-Yards 48-2255 82-3511 Average Per Punt 47.0 42.8 Net punt average 43.4 37.9 SCORE BY QUARTERS KICKOFFS-Yards 88-5419 55-3220 Average Per Kick 61.6 58.5 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Net kick average 40.1 37.1 Alabama 111 184 85 95 7 482 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:59 27:24 Opponents 43 66 60 47 0 216 3RD-DOWN Conversions 100/185 72/199 3rd-Down Pct 54% 36% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 8/11 7/18 4th-Down Pct 73% 39% SACKS BY-Yards 29-185 13-91 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 63 22 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 14-22 21-23 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (51-60) 85% (33-40) 82% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (41-60) 68% (15-40) 38% PAT-ATTEMPTS (58-60) 97% (19-21) 90% ATTENDANCE 710736 338939 Games/Avg Per Game 7/101534 4/84735 Neutral Site Games 2/72014 ROLLTIDE.COM 69 Notes and Statistics ALABAMA GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

OFFENSE RUSHING RECEIVING PASSING KICK RETURNS PUNT RETURNS tot Date Opponent No Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg off Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia 49 288 3 26 24 250 0 38 24-33-1 250 0 38 4 99 0 26 1 -1 0 0 538 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic 32 190 2 20 27 430 3 52 27-38-0 430 3 52 1 26 0 26 3 77 0 70 620 Sept. 13 Southern Miss 49 333 5 29 17 214 2 27 17-24-0 214 2 27 4 111 0 37 2 14 0 14 547 Sept. 20 Florida 52 223 1 25 24 449 5 87 24-35-1 449 5 87 3 70 0 28 2 17 0 17 672 Oct. 4 at Ole Miss 44 168 1 22 19 228 0 53 19-31-1 228 0 53 4 92 0 38 1 3 0 3 396 Oct. 11 at Arkansas 32 66 0 12 11 161 2 47 11-21-0 161 2 47 3 62 0 26 4 4 0 6 227 Oct. 18 Texas A&M 45 298 4 43 21 304 4 45 21-35-0 304 4 45 0 0 0 0 3 53 0 47 602 Oct. 25 at Tennessee 41 183 3 28 14 286 2 80 14-24-0 286 2 80 4 73 0 20 0 0 0 0 469 Nov. 8 at LSU 29 106 0 18 20 209 2 24 20-46-0 209 2 24 3 83 0 34 0 0 0 0 315 Nov. 15 Mississippi State 32 124 2 11 19 211 1 50 19-31-0 211 1 50 6 98 0 26 0 0 0 0 335 Nov. 22 Western Carolina 45 275 3 23 29 337 3 27 29-43-1 337 3 27 3 42 0 30 4 32 0 22 612 Nov. 29 Auburn 34 227 4 49 20 312 4 75 20-27-3 312 4 75 4 63 0 37 2 24 0 29 539 Dec. 6 vs. Missouri 49 242 4 45 23 262 2 58 23-27-0 262 2 58 3 85 0 36 1 1 0 1 504 Totals 533 2723 32 49 268 3653 30 87 268-415-7 3653 30 87 42 904 0 38 23 224 0 70 6376 Opponent 410 1152 3 44 249 2909 17 68 249-457-10 2909 17 68 58 1268 1 100 10 73 0 23 4061 DEFENSE TACKLES SACKS FUMBLE PASS DEFENSE Blkd KICKS — XPTS Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Made Run Rcv Saf Pts Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia 34 38 72 6.0-30 3.0-25 0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 33 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic 28 26 54 6.0-36 3.0-31 2 1-0 0-0 1 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 41 Sept. 13 Southern Miss 33 16 49 4.0-12 1.0-8 0 0-0 0-0 10 3 0 7-7 0 0 0 52 Sept. 20 Florida 28 20 48 4.0-13 0.0-0 0 1-0 2-12340 6-600042 Oct. 4 at Ole Miss 34 28 62 9.0-22 2.0-5 1 1-13 0-0 2 6 1 2-2 0 0 0 17 Oct. 11 at Arkansas 40 30 70 9.0-35 4.0-19 2 2-3 1-0 2 8 1 2-2 0 0 0 14 Oct. 18 Texas A&M 32 44 76 9.0-32 6.0-27 1 0-0 1-1 4 5 0 8-8 0 0 0 59 Oct. 25 at Tennessee 52 18 70 8.0-33 3.0-18 1 1-16 1--5 1 3 0 5-4 0 0 0 34 Nov. 8 at LSU 28 76 104 6.0-20 2.0-13 0 0-0 1-18230 2-200020 Nov. 15 Mississippi State 42 56 98 5.0-13 1.0-4 0 0-0 3-3 6 6 0 2-2 0 0 1 25 Nov. 22 Western Carolina 29 16 45 5.0-32 2.0-29 0 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 6-6 0 0 0 48 Nov. 29 Auburn 60 30 90 9.0-19 2.0-6 0 1-0 1-23860 6-501055 Dec. 6 vs. Missouri 31 22 53 6.0-13 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 11 4 0 6-6 0 0 0 42 Totals 471 420 891 86.0-306 29.0-185 8 8-36 10-52 53 54 2 60-58 0 1 1 482 Opponent 550 436 986 58.0-210 13.0-91 10 12-76 7-47 24 31 1 21-19 1 0 0 216 SPECIAL TEAMS PUNTING FIELD GOALS KICKOFFS Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB

NOTES AND STATS Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia 2 101 50.5 62 0 0111 4-4470 745364.7 3 0 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic 0 0 0.0 0 0 0000 2-2280 851664.5 2 0 Sept. 13 Southern Miss 1 34 34.0 34 0 0101 1-1300 956462.7 2 0 Sept. 20 Florida 2 87 43.5 57 0 1010 1-00 0 744062.9 1 1 Oct. 4 at Ole Miss 6 311 51.8 64 0 2133 3-1440 422155.2 0 0 Oct. 11 at Arkansas 8 354 44.2 58 0 0237 1-00 0 318461.3 1 0 Oct. 18 Texas A&M 4 200 50.0 56 0 0021 1-12101061461.4 2 0 Oct. 25 at Tennessee 4 171 42.8 60 0 0313 0-00 0 638163.5 3 0 Nov. 8 at LSU 9 437 48.6 66 0 1232 3-2390 423258.0 1 0 Nov. 15 Mississippi State 7 319 45.6 56 0 0325 2-1360 531663.2 1 0 Nov. 22 Western Carolina 0 0 0.0 0 0 0000 3-2280 957263.6 4 1 Nov. 29 Auburn 2 111 55.5 70 0 1111 0-00 0 951657.3 3 1 Dec. 6 vs. Missouri 3 130 43.3 52 0 0212 1-00 0 741058.6 2 0 Totals 48 2255 47.0 70 0 5 16 18 26 22-14 47 0 88 5419 61.6 25 3 Opponent 82 3511 42.8 66 0 9 20 20 22 23-21 46 0 55 3220 58.5 11 1 RED ZONE Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia W 33-23 4 4 24 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic W 41-0 8 5 27 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 Sept. 13 Southern Miss W 52-12 7 7 45 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 20 Florida W 42-21 5 4 28 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct. 4 at Ole Miss L 17-23 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 11 at Arkansas W 14-13 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 18 Texas A&M W 59-0 5 5 31 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 25 at Tennessee W 34-20 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov. 8 at LSU W 20-13 3 2 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nov. 15 Mississippi State W 25-20 5 4 23 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nov. 22 Western Carolina W 48-14 9 7 41 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Nov. 29 Auburn W 55-44 5 5 35 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec. 6 vs. Missouri W 42-13 4 4 28 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 60 51 316 41 25 16 10 4 1 0 1 3 0 51 of 60 (85.0%) 70 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics OPPONENT GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

OFFENSE RUSHING RECEIVING PASSING KICK RETURNS PUNT RETURNS tot Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg off Aug. 30 West Virginia 24 28 0 14 29 365 1 32 29-45-0 365 1 32 4 152 1 100 1 -1 0 0 393 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic 24 57 0 31 12 88 0 16 12-19-0 88 0 16 6 118 0 26 0 0 0 0 145 Sept. 13 Southern Miss 18 56 0 24 19 207 0 36 19-37-0 207 0 36 7 135 0 25 0 0 0 0 263 Sept. 20 Florida 27 107 1 18 9 93 1 28 9-28-2 93 1 28 5 85 0 20 0 0 0 0 200 Oct. 4 at Ole Miss 32 72 0 15 18 251 3 50 18-31-0 251 3 50 4 112 0 54 1 9 0 9 323 Oct. 11 at Arkansas 39 89 1 21 21 246 1 54 21-40-1 246 1 54 2 23 0 15 0 0 0 0 335 Oct. 18 Texas A&M 24 31 0 9 19 141 0 26 19-31-1 141 0 26 8 198 0 75 2 18 0 18 172 Oct. 25 at Tennessee 43 180 0 44 21 203 2 28 21-36-1 203 2 28 3 63 0 33 1 -4 0 0 383 Nov. 8 at LSU 56 183 0 15 8 76 1 17 8-26-1 76 1 17 2 45 0 31 3 28 0 18 259 Nov. 15 Mississippi State 40 138 0 22 27 290 2 30 27-48-3 290 2 30 4 69 0 23 2 23 0 23 428 Nov. 22 Western Carolina 13 -8 0 8 23 221 2 31 23-39-0 221 2 31 4 75 0 21 0 0 0 0 213 Nov. 29 Auburn 47 174 1 28 27 456 3 68 27-43-1 456 3 68 5 104 0 29 0 0 0 0 630 Dec. 6 vs. Missouri 23 41 0 15 16 272 1 63 16-34-0 272 1 63 4 89 0 27 0 0 0 0 313 Totals 410 1152 3 44 249 2909 17 68 249-457-10 2909 17 68 58 1268 1 100 10 73 0 23 4061 Alabama 533 2723 32 49 268 3653 30 87 268-415-7 3653 30 87 42 904 0 38 23 224 0 70 6376 DEFENSE TACKLES SACKS FUMBLE PASS DEFENSE Blkd KICKS — XPTS Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Made Run Rcv Saf Pts Aug. 30 West Virginia 42 62 104 3.0-9 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-4 0 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 23 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic 43 26 69 3.0-8 1.0-5 0 1-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 13 Southern Miss 42 36 78 4.0-14 1.0-11 0 1-0 0-0 2 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 12 Sept. 20 Florida 45 54 99 8.0-25 1.0-8 3 3-76 1-20 1 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 21 Oct. 4 at Ole Miss 44 42 86 6.0-26 1.0-4 1 1-0 1-0 2 3 0 3-2 0 0 0 23 Oct. 11 at Arkansas 26 40 66 7.0-34 2.0-18 1 2-0 0-0 2 4 0 2-1 0 0 0 13 Oct. 18 Texas A&M 47 22 69 3.0-9 1.0-4 0 0-0 0-0 4 5 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 25 at Tennessee 43 20 63 5.0-21 1.0-6 2 2-0 0-0 0 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 20 Nov. 8 at LSU 24 52 76 2.0-11 1.0-9 1 1-0 0-0 4 6 0 1-1 0 0 0 13 Nov. 15 Mississippi State 40 20 60 5.0-14 1.0-7 0 0-0 0-0 5 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 20 Nov. 22 Western Carolina 59 20 79 3.0-4 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-0 1 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 14 Nov. 29 Auburn 45 10 55 4.0-15 1.0-7 0 0-0 3-23 0 1 1 3-3 1 0 0 44 Dec. 6 vs. Missouri 50 32 82 5.0-20 2.0-12 1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 13 Totals 550 436 986 58.0-210 13.0-91 10 12-76 7-47 24 31 1 21-19 1 0 0 216 Alabama 471 420 891 86.0-306 29.0-185 8 8-36 10-52 53 54 2 60-58 0 1 1 482 SPECIAL TEAMS PUNTING FIELD GOALS KICKOFFS Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Aug. 30 West Virginia 4 175 43.8 5800224 4-3420 6 38864.7 2 0 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic 7 299 42.7 6000120 0-00 0 1 6565.0 0 0 Sept. 13 Southern Miss 6 256 42.7 5201121 4-4430 5 31362.6 1 0 Sept. 20 Florida 7 369 52.7 6602153 0-00 0 4 25463.5 1 0 Oct. 4 at Ole Miss 6 278 46.3 5501122 2-1460 5 32364.6 1 0 Oct. 11 at Arkansas 7 256 36.6 4601101 0-00 0 3 16755.7 0 0 Oct. 18 Texas A&M 9 405 45.0 5601331 0-00 0 1 6565.0 1 0 Oct. 25 at Tennessee 5 209 41.8 4801202 2-2270 4 23759.2 0 0 Nov. 8 at LSU 9 405 45.0 6202324 2-2390 4 24862.0 0 1 NOTES AND STATS Nov. 15 Mississippi State 5 172 34.4 4200200 2-2320 6 29348.8 0 0 Nov. 22 Western Carolina 8 301 37.6 5100012 0-00 0 3 12040.0 0 0 Nov. 29 Auburn 2 82 41.0 4400000 5-5330 9 49054.4 4 0 Dec. 6 vs. Missouri 7 304 43.4 5000312 2-2330 4 25764.2 1 0 Totals 82 3511 42.8 66 0 9 20 20 22 23-21 46 0 55 3220 58.5 11 1 Alabama 48 2255 47.0 70 0 5 16 18 26 22-14 47 0 88 5419 61.6 25 3 RED ZONE Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game Aug. 30 West Virginia W 33-23 3 3 13 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic W 41-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 13 Southern Miss W 52-12 3 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 20 Florida W 42-21 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 4 at Ole Miss L 17-23 3 2 13 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 11 at Arkansas W 14-13 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Oct. 18 Texas A&M W 59-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Oct. 25 at Tennessee W 34-20 4 4 20 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov. 8 at LSU W 20-13 3 3 13 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov. 15 Mississippi State W 25-20 6 4 20 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 Nov. 22 Western Carolina W 48-14 3 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Nov. 29 Auburn W 55-44 8 7 30 2 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 Dec. 6 vs. Missouri W 42-13 3 3 13 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 33 158 15 3 12 18 1 2 3 1 0 0 33 of 40 (82.5%) ROLLTIDE.COM 71 Notes and Statistics TEAM COMPARISON GAME-BY-GAME

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards TOs West Virginia 33-23 30/22 13/5 14/17 3/0 49-288/24-28 24-33-1/29-45-0 250/365 82-538/69-393 98/155 1/0 Florida Atlantic 41-0 27/9 10/3 17/4 0/2 32-190/24-57 27-38-0/12-19-0 430/88 70-620/43-145 103/118 1/1 Southern Miss 52-12 31/13 16/3 14/9 1/1 49-333/18-56 17-24-0/19-37-0 214/207 73-547/55-263 125/135 1/0 Florida 42-21 28/11 13/5 13/5 2/1 52-223/27-107 24-35-1/9-28-2 449/93 87-672/55-200 99/181 4/3 Ole Miss 17-23 20/16 7/4 13/12 0/0 44-168/32-72 19-31-1/18-31-0 228/251 75-396/63-323 108/121 2/1 Arkansas 14-13 10/18 3/5 6/12 1/1 32-66/39-89 11-21-0/21-40-1 161/246 53-227/79-335 69/23 2/3 Texas A&M 59-0 30/8 14/1 15/7 1/0 45-298/24-31 21-35-0/19-31-1 304/141 80-602/55-172 54/216 0/1 Tennessee 34-20 23/21 11/10 10/10 2/1 41-183/43-180 14-24-0/21-36-1 286/203 65-469/79-383 84/59 2/2 LSU 20-13 15/17 6/12 9/5 0/0 29-106/56-183 20-46-0/8-26-1 209/76 75-315/82-259 101/73 1/1 Mississippi State 25-20 17/26 7/11 9/13 1/2 32-124/40-138 19-31-0/27-48-3 211/290 63-335/88-428 101/92 0/3 Western Carolina 48-14 36/12 19/0 16/10 1/2 45-275/13--8 29-43-1/23-39-0 337/221 88-612/52-213 74/75 2/0 Auburn 55-44 24/28 9/9 13/18 2/1 34-227/47-174 20-27-3/27-43-1 312/456 61-539/90-630 110/127 3/2 vs. Missouri 42-13 28/10 14/1 13/9 1/0 49-242/23-41 23-27-0/16-34-0 262/272 76-504/57-313 86/89 0/1 Totals 482-216 319/211 142/69 162/131 15/11 533-2723/410-1152 268-415-7/249-457-10 3653/2909 948-6376/867-4061 1216/1464 19/18

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards West Virginia 9-15/5-14 0-1/0-1 37:47/22:13 15:34 5.9/1.2 7.6/8.1 6.6/5.7 2-50.5/4-43.8 7-49/6-55 Florida Atlantic 6-12/2-10 1-1/0-1 28:30/23:37 4:53 5.9/2.4 11.3/4.6 8.9/3.4 0-0.0/7-42.7 6-60/3-23 Southern Miss 7-11/3-13 0-0/0-0 34:40/25:20 9:20 6.8/3.1 8.9/5.6 7.5/4.8 1-34.0/6-42.7 3-25/6-50 Florida 12-16/2-13 0-1/0-1 39:16/20:44 18:32 4.3/4.0 12.8/3.3 7.7/3.6 2-43.5/7-52.7 11-80/5-36 Ole Miss 6-16/6-14 1-1/0-0 33:21/26:39 6:42 3.8/2.2 7.4/8.1 5.3/5.1 6-51.8/6-46.3 8-52/3-25 Arkansas 4-15/9-19 0-1/0-2 25:47/34:13 -8:26 2.1/2.3 7.7/6.2 4.3/4.2 8-44.2/7-36.6 4-30/4-28 Texas A&M 9-15/2-13 1-1/0-2 36:31/23:29 13:02 6.6/1.3 8.7/4.5 7.5/3.1 4-50.0/9-45.0 0-0/2-6 Tennessee 11-15/11-19 0-0/0-1 29:26/30:34 -1:08 4.5/4.2 11.9/5.6 7.2/4.8 4-42.8/5-41.8 6-50/4-33 LSU 8-20/9-22 1-1/1-2 21:44/38:16 -16:32 3.7/3.3 4.5/2.9 4.2/3.2 9-48.6/9-45.0 3-29/2-20 Mississippi State 5-14/5-15 0-0/3-3 27:50/31:55 -4:05 3.9/3.5 6.8/6.0 5.3/4.9 7-45.6/5-34.4 7-61/4-33 Western Carolina 9-14/3-12 2-2/0-1 38:01/21:59 16:02 6.1/-0.6 7.8/5.7 7.0/4.1 0-0.0/8-37.6 5-50/5-68 Auburn 5-9/9-19 2-2/2-3 26:06/33:54 -7:48 6.7/3.7 11.6/10.6 8.8/7.0 2-55.5/2-41.0 3-30/7-55 vs. Missouri 9-13/6-16 0-0/1-1 36:43/23:17 13:26 4.9/1.8 9.7/8.0 6.6/5.5 3-43.3/7-43.4 2-10/6-60 Totals 100-185/72-199 8-11/7-18 415:42/356:10 59:32 5.1/2.8 8.8/6.4 6.7/4.7 48-47.0/82-42.8 526/492 ALABAMA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING RECEIVING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G T.J. Yeldon 12 184 965 33 932 5.1 10 31 77.7 Amari Cooper 13 115 1656 14.4 14 80 127.4 Derrick Henry 13 159 928 33 895 5.6 10 49 68.8 DeAndrew White 11 37 439 11.9 4 58 39.9

NOTES AND STATS Blake Sims 13 73 430 109 321 4.4 6 43 24.7 Christion Jones 13 19 264 13.9 1 41 20.3 Tyren Jones 10 36 233 9 224 6.2 2 22 22.4 O.J. Howard 13 15 246 16.4 0 53 18.9 Altee Tenpenny 12 26 139 3 136 5.2 0 23 11.3 T.J. Yeldon 12 15 180 12.0 1 37 15.0 Kenyan Drake 5 22 118 6 112 5.1 4 29 22.4 Chris Black 10 13 178 13.7 0 26 17.8 Jalston Fowler 13 12 69 0 69 5.8 0 20 5.3 ArDarius Stewart 12 12 149 12.4 0 40 12.4 Amari Cooper 13 5 38 15 23 4.6 0 20 1.8 Jalston Fowler 13 9 115 12.8 2 35 8.8 Buddy Pell 1 2 15 0 15 7.5 0 8 15.0 Cam Sims 12 7 62 8.9 1 22 5.2 Jake Coker 7 7 33 20 13 1.9 0 15 1.9 Robert Foster 8 6 44 7.3 0 14 5.5 Christion Jones 13 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0.3 Kenyan Drake 5 5 159 31.8 2 87 31.8 DeAndrew White 11 2 0 4 -4 -2.0 0 0 -0.4 Brian Vogler 13 4 18 4.5 1 5 1.4 Team 7 4 0 9 -9 -2.2 0 0 -1.3 Derrick Henry 13 3 79 26.3 2 41 6.1 Total 13 533 2968 245 2723 5.1 32 49 209.5 Michael Nysewander 7 2 21 10.5 1 12 3.0 Opponents 13 410 1488 336 1152 2.8 3 44 88.6 Ty Flournoy-Smith 4 2 18 9.0 1 14 4.5 Malcolm Faciane 7 2 2 1.0 0 3 0.3 Brandon Greene 10 1 24 24.0 0 24 2.4 PASSING Tyren Jones 10 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Total 13 268 3653 13.6 30 87 281.0 Blake Sims 13 161.92 230-355-7 64.8 3250 26 87 250.0 Opponents 13 249 2909 11.7 17 68 223.8 Jake Coker 7 144.16 38-59-0 64.4 403 4 43 57.6 Team 7 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 13 159.00 268-415-7 64.6 3653 30 87 281.0 Opponents 13 115.85 249-457-10 54.5 2909 17 68 223.8 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Christion Jones 17 142 8.4 0 47 Cyrus Jones 4 82 20.5 0 70 Tyren Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0 Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 23 224 9.7 0 70 Opponents 10 73 7.3 0 23

72 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics ALABAMA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

INTERCEPTIONS FIELD GOALS No. Yds Avg TD Long FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Landon Collins 3 14 4.7 0 12 Adam Griffith 12-19 63.2 0-0 5-6 3-5 4-7 0-1 47 0 Cyrus Jones 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 Gunnar Raborn 2-3 66.7 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 28 0 Nick Perry 2 24 12.0 0 23 Reggie Ragland 1 1 1.0 0 1 FG SEQUENCE Alabama Opponents Eddie Jackson 1 18 18.0 0 18 West Virginia (47),(41),(27),(45) (20),47,(42),(41) Jabriel Washington 1 0 0.0 0 0 Florida Atlantic (22),(28) - Total 10 52 5.2 0 23 Southern Miss (30) (33),(43),(37),(30) Opponents 7 47 6.7 0 20 Florida 45 - Ole Miss 46,51,(44) (46),33 Arkansas 30 - KICK RETURNS Texas A&M (21) - Tennessee - (27),(24) No. Yds Avg TD Long LSU 27,(39),(27) (35),(39) Christion Jones 30 749 25.0 0 38 Mississippi State (36),37 (23),(32) Cyrus Jones 4 77 19.2 0 20 Western Carolina (20),(28),31 - Landon Collins 3 55 18.3 0 30 Auburn - (20),(24),(24),(20),(33) O.J. Howard 2 10 5.0 0 5 Missouri 43 (33),(33) Xzavier Dickson 2 7 3.5 0 7 DeAndrew White 1 1 1.0 0 1 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Ryan Anderson 0 5 0.0 0 5 Total 42 904 21.5 0 38 Opponents 58 1268 21.9 1 100 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd FUMBLE RETURNS JK Scott 48 2255 47.0 70 5 16 26 0 Total 48 2255 47.0 70 5 16 26 0 No. Yds Avg TD Long Opponents 82 3511 42.8 66 9 20 22 0 Eddie Jackson 1 16 16.0 0 16 Ryan Anderson 1 3 3.0 0 3 Cyrus Jones 1 17 17.0 1 17 Total 3 36 12.0 1 17 KICKOFFS Opponents 2 76 38.0 1 49 No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Adam Griffith 64 3918 61.2 17 2 JK Scott 24 1501 62.5 8 1 SCORING Total 88 5419 61.6 25 3 1268 40.1 24 Opponents 55 3220 58.5 11 1 904 37.1 27 |------PATs ------| TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Adam Griffith 0 12-19 48-49 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 84 Amari Cooper 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 84 ALL PURPOSE Derrick Henry 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72 G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G T.J. Yeldon 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66 Amari Cooper 13 23 1656 0 0 0 1679 129.2 Kenyan Drake 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Christion Jones 13 -4 264 142 749 0 1151 88.5 Blake Sims 6 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1-2 0 0 36 T.J. Yeldon 12 932 180 0 0 0 1112 92.7 DeAndrew White 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 26 Derrick Henry 13 895 79 0 0 0 974 74.9 Gunnar Raborn 0 2-3 9-10 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 15 DeAndrew White 11 -4 439 0 1 0 436 39.6 Tyren Jones 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Blake Sims 13 321 0 0 0 0 321 24.7 Jalston Fowler 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Kenyan Drake 5 112 159 0 0 0 271 54.2 Cyrus Jones 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 O.J. Howard 13 0 246 0 10 0 256 19.7 Michael Nysewander 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Tyren Jones 10 224 -1 0 0 0 223 22.3 Ty Flournoy-Smith 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Jalston Fowler 13 69 115 0 0 0 184 14.2 Christion Jones 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Chris Black 10 0 178 0 0 0 178 17.8 Cam Sims 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Cyrus Jones 13 0 0 82 77 -5 154 11.8 Brian Vogler 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ArDarius Stewart 12 0 149 0 0 0 149 12.4 Trey DePriest 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 Altee Tenpenny 12 136 0 0 0 0 136 11.3 JK Scott 0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1 Landon Collins 13 0 0 0 55 14 69 5.3 Total 63 14-22 58-60 0-1 1 1-2 0 1 482 Cam Sims 12 0 62 0 0 0 62 5.2 NOTES AND STATS Opponents 22 21-23 19-21 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 216 Robert Foster 8 0 44 0 0 0 44 5.5 Nick Perry 13 0 0 0 0 24 24 1.8 Brandon Greene 10 0 24 0 0 0 24 2.4 TOTAL OFFENSE Michael Nysewander 7 0 21 0 0 0 21 3.0 G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Eddie Jackson 10 0 0 0 0 18 18 1.8 Blake Sims 13 428 321 3250 3571 274.7 Brian Vogler 13 0 18 0 0 0 18 1.4 T.J. Yeldon 12 184 932 0 932 77.7 Ty Flournoy-Smith 4 0 18 0 0 0 18 4.5 Derrick Henry 13 159 895 0 895 68.8 Buddy Pell 1 15 0 0 0 0 15 15.0 Jake Coker 7 66 13 403 416 59.4 Jake Coker 7 13 0 0 0 0 13 1.9 Tyren Jones 10 36 224 0 224 22.4 Xzavier Dickson 13 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.5 Altee Tenpenny 12 26 136 0 136 11.3 Ryan Anderson 13 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.4 Kenyan Drake 5 22 112 0 112 22.4 Malcolm Faciane 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.3 Jalston Fowler 13 12 69 0 69 5.3 Reggie Ragland 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 Amari Cooper 13 5 23 0 23 1.8 Team 7 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -1.3 Buddy Pell 1 2 15 0 15 15.0 Total 13 2723 3653 224 904 52 7556 581.2 Christion Jones 13 1 -4 0 -4 -0.3 Opponents 13 1152 2909 73 1268 47 5449 419.2 DeAndrew White 11 2 -4 0 -4 -0.4 Team 7 5 -9 0 -9 -1.3 Total 13 948 2723 3653 6376 490.5 Opponents 13 867 1152 2909 4061 312.4

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Tackles Sacks Pass Def Fumbles Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf Landon Collins 13 51 40 91 3.5-7 . 3-14 6 2 1-0 1 . . Reggie Ragland 13 43 45 88 8.5-22 1.5-12 1-1 3 1 3-0 1 . . Trey DePriest 12 37 45 82 3.5-13 . . 3 1 . 1 . 1 Nick Perry 13 46 28 74 3.5-7 . 2-24 5 1 . . . . Jarran Reed 13 19 33 52 6.5-14 1.0-1 . 5 . . . . . Geno Smith 13 27 23 50 3.5-9 . . 1 . . 1 . . A’Shawn Robinson 13 14 33 47 6.5-11 . . 2 4 . 1 1 . Cyrus Jones 13 34 10 44 2.0-10 . 2--5 9 . 1-17 2 . . Eddie Jackson 10 28 9 37 2.0-12 1.0-11 1-18 5 . 1-16 1 . . Xzavier Dickson 13 27 10 37 10.5-40 8.0-37 . 2 10 . . . . Jonathan Allen 13 14 17 31 9.5-35 4.5-26 . 1 7 . . 1 . Dillon Lee 13 10 14 24 ...... Ryan Anderson 13 10 14 24 7.0-36 3.0-28 . . 9 1-3 . . . D.J. Pettway 13 12 10 22 2.0-7 1.0-4 . 3 5 . . . . Dalvin Tomlinson 13 8 14 22 5.5-11 2.0-5 . . 2 . . . . Reuben Foster 10 9 11 20 2.0-5 1.0-3 ...... Jabriel Washington 12 10 6 16 . . 1-0 2 . . . . . Rashaan Evans 12 11 4 15 2.0-11 1.0-10 . . 3 . . . . Brandon Ivory 13 1 12 13 0.5-0 ...... Jarrick Williams 10 6 6 12 0.5-0 . . 2 . . . . . Maurice Smith 13 7 3 10 0.5-2 0.5-2 . 1 . . . . . Tony Brown 12 6 3 9 1.0-6 . . 1 1 . . . . Denzel Devall 7 2 7 9 1.0-2 . . . 2 . . . . Bradley Sylve 13 7 1 8 . . . 2 . . . . . Da'Shawn Hand 9 4 3 7 2.0-10 2.0-10 ...... Christion Jones 13 5 . 5 ...... Tim Williams 12 2 3 5 1.5-24 1.5-24 . . 4 . . . . Darren Lake 8 2 3 5 . . . . 1 . . . . Cole Mazza 12 1 2 3 ...... Kenyan Drake 5 3 . 3 ...... Shaun Hamilton 13 . 3 3 ...... O.J. Howard 13 2 . 2 ......

NOTES AND STATS Hootie Jones 6 . 2 2 ...... ArDarius Stewart 12 1 1 2 ...... Altee Tenpenny 12 2 . 2 ...... Jalston Fowler 13 1 . 1 ...... Josh Dickerson 2 . 1 1 ...... Dee Liner 3 1 . 1 ...... Cam Sims 12 1 . 1 ...... Arie Kouandjio 13 . 1 1 ...... Cam Robinson 13 1 . 1 ...... Ryan Kelly 11 . 1 1 ...... Korren Kirven 3 . 1 1 ...... Josh Frazier 6 1 . 1 1.0-12 1.0-12 ...... Robert Foster 8 1 . 1 ...... Adam Griffi th 12 1 . 1 ...... Parker Barrineau 9 1 . 1 ...... Tyren Jones 10 . 1 1 ...... Leon Brown 13 1 . 1 ...... Derrick Henry 13 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . Team 7 ...... 1-0 . . . Total 13 471 420 891 86-306 29-185 10-52 54 53 8-36 8 2 1 Opponents 13 550 436 986 58.0-210 13-91 7-47 31 24 12-76 10 1 .

74 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics PARTICIPATION CHART

Name GP/GS WVU FAU USM UF OM ARK TAMU UT LSU MSU WCU AUB MIZZOU Jonathan Allen 13/11 START START START START START XXX START START XXX START START START START Ryan Anderson 13/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Anthony Averett 1/- ...... XXX ...... Dakota Ball 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX Parker Barrineau 9/- ...... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Cooper Bateman 13/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Jerrod Bierbower 1/- ...... XXX ...... Chris Black 10/3 XXX START START XXX XXX ... XXX START ...... XXX XXX XXX Bradley Bozeman 9/2 ... XXX XXX XXX XXX START START XXX ...... XXX ... XXX Leon Brown 13/11 START XXX START START START XXX START START START START START START START Tony Brown 12/2 XXX XXX XXX START START XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX Jake Coker 7/- XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX ... XXX Landon Collins 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START Jonathan Cook 3/- ...... XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX ...... Amari Cooper 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START Trey DePriest 12/12 ... START START START START START START START START START START START START Denzel Devall 7/7 START START START START START ...... START START ...... Josh Dickerson 2/- ... XXX ...... XXX ...... Xzavier Dickson 13/8 XXX START XXX XXX XXX START START START START XXX START START START Kenyan Drake 5/1 XXX XXX XXX START XXX ...... Rashaan Evans 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Malcolm Faciane 7/1 ... XXX XXX ...... XXX ... START ... XXX XXX XXX Raheem Falkins 8/- XXX XXX XXX ... XXX ... XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX Ty Flournoy-Smith 4/- ... XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX ...... Reuben Foster 10/1 START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX ...... Robert Foster 8/- XXX XXX XXX ... XXX ... XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX Jalston Fowler 13/4 START START XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START Josh Frazier 6/- ... XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX ... XXX Brandon Greene 10/- ... XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Adam Griffith 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX Shaun Hamilton 13/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Da’Shawn Hand 9/- XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX J.C. Hassenauer 1/- ...... XXX ...... Derrick Henry 13/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX Grant Hill 7/- ... XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX O.J. Howard 13/2 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX START XXX Brandon Ivory 13/3 XXX START XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX Dominick Jackson 7/- ... XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX Eddie Jackson 10/10 ... START START ...... START START START START START START START START Christion Jones 13/8 XXX XXX START START START START START XXX XXX START START START XXX Cyrus Jones 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START Hootie Jones 6/- ... XXX XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX ... Tyren Jones 10/- ... XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Walker Jones 1/- ...... XXX ...... Ryan Kelly 11/11 START START START START START ...... START START START START START START Korren Kirven 3/- ... XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX ... Arie Kouandjio 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START Darren Lake 8/- ...... XXX ...... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Dillon Lee 13/1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Dee Liner 3/- ... XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX ...... Isaac Luatua 6/- ... XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX ... XXX Cole Mazza 12/- XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Alec Morris 4/- ...... XXX XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX ...... Michael Nysewander 7/- XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX ... XXX Tyler Owens 1/- ...... XXX ...... NOTES AND STATS Buddy Pell 1/- ...... XXX ...... Nick Perry 13/12 START START START XXX START START START START START START START START START D.J. Pettway 13/1 START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Gunnar Raborn 2/- ...... XXX XXX ... Reggie Ragland 13/12 START START XXX START START START START START START START START START START Jarran Reed 13/12 XXX START START START START START START START START START START START START A’Shawn Robinson 13/12 START XXX START START START START START START START START START START START Cam Robinson 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START JK Scott 12/- XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Austin Shepherd 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START Blake Sims 13/13 START START START START START START START START START START START START START Cam Sims 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Geno Smith 13/5 XXX XXX START START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START XXX START START Maurice Smith 13/1 XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ArDarius Stewart 12/2 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX START START ... XXX Bradley Sylve 13/1 START XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Alphonse Taylor 11/2 XXX START XXX XXX XXX START XXX XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX MK Taylor 1/- ...... XXX ...... Altee Tenpenny 12/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX Dalvin Tomlinson 13/- XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Brian Vogler 13/10 START START START START XXX START START START XXX START START XXX START Jabriel Washington 12/1 XXX XXX START XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX DeAndrew White 11/10 START ...... START START START START START START START XXX START START Jarrick Williams 10/5 START ...... START XXX START START XXX XXX START XXX XXX Tim Williams 12/- ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX T.J. Yeldon 12/10 START START START XXX START START START START START XXX ... START START

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RUSHING No-Yds/TD WVU FAU USM UF OM ARK TAMU UT LSU MSU WCU AUB MIZZOU T.J. Yeldon 184-932/10 23-126/2 7-43/0 9-56/0 18-59/0 20-123/0 16-45/0 13-114/2 14-52/1 15-68/0 16-72/1 DNP 19-127/2 14-47/2 Derrick Henry 159-895/10 17-113/1 5-23/0 11-73/0 20-111/1 17-37/0 7-25/0 10-70/1 16-78/1 8-24/0 11-36/1 12-92/2 5-72/1 20-141/2 Blake Sims 73-321/6 6-42/0 3-14/1 5-46/1 8-39/0 7-8/1 7-5/0 4-54/1 6-42/1 5-12/0 4-18/0 4--1/0 5-23/1 9-19/0 Tyren Jones 36-224/2 DNP 4-33/0 7-57/1 2--1/0 DNP DNP 9-34/0 - - - 11-75/1 - 3-26/0 Altee Tenpenny 26-136/0 - 2-3/0 5-39/0 - - - 8-30/0 - - DNP 11-64/0 - - Kenyan Drake 22-112/4 3-7/0 6-31/1 9-59/3 4-15/0 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jalston Fowler 12-69/0 ------2-24/0 1-2/0 - 5-30/0 3-11/0 1-2/0 Amari Cooper 5-23/0 - 1-20/0 1-9/0 - - 1--6/0 - 1--9/0 - - - - 1-9/0 Buddy Pell 2-15/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-15/0 DNP DNP Jake Coker 7-13/0 - 4-23/0 2--6/0 - DNP DNP 1--4/0 DNP DNP DNP - DNP - Christion Jones 1--4/0 ------1--4/0 - DeAndrew White 2--4/0 - DNP DNP - - 1--3/0 - 1--1/0 - - - - - Team 4--9/0 - DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP 1--3/0 - 1--2/0 DNP 1--2/0 1--2/0

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD WVU FAU USM UF OM ARK TAMU UT LSU MSU WCU AUB MIZZOU Amari Cooper 115-1656/14 12-130/0 13-189/1 8-135/1 10-201/3 9-91/0 2-22/0 8-140/2 9-224/2 8-83/1 8-88/1 3-46/0 13-224/3 12-83/0 DeAndrew White 37-439/4 6-73/0 DNP DNP 6-48/0 - 4-33/1 3-30/0 4-59/0 3-36/1 4-40/0 - 3-19/1 4-101/1 Christion Jones 19-264/1 3-31/0 2-52/0 4-50/0 1-4/0 1-17/0 - - - 3-38/0 - 1-11/0 1-21/0 3-40/1 O.J. Howard 15-246/0 - - - 2-22/0 3-81/0 1-47/0 - - 3-21/0 1-2/0 2-33/0 1-20/0 2-20/0 T.J. Yeldon 15-180/1 1-1/0 1-18/0 - 1-37/0 2-7/0 2-35/1 3-45/0 1-3/0 1-5/0 2-16/0 DNP 1-13/0 - Chris Black 13-178/0 1-8/0 3-45/0 1-5/0 - 2-19/0 DNP - - DNP DNP 6-101/0 - - Kenyan Drake 5-159/2 - 2-53/1 1-9/0 1-87/1 1-10/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP ArDarius Stewart 12-149/0 - 3-63/0 - - - - 1-8/0 - 1-2/0 2-25/0 5-51/0 DNP - Jalston Fowler 9-115/2 1-7/0 1-3/1 - 2-21/1 - 1-9/0 1-12/0 - - 1-35/0 - 1-15/0 1-13/0 Derrick Henry 3-79/2 - - - 1-29/0 - - 1-41/1 - - - 1-9/1 - - Cam Sims 7-62/1 - - - - DNP 1-15/0 3-14/0 - - - 3-33/1 - - Robert Foster 6-44/0 - 1-3/0 1-1/0 DNP - DNP - DNP DNP DNP 4-40/0 - - Brandon Greene 1-24/0 DNP - - - DNP DNP - - 1-24/0 - - - - Michael Nysewander 2-21/1 - - 1-9/0 - DNP DNP - DNP DNP DNP 1-12/1 DNP - Brian Vogler 4-18/1 - - 1-5/1 - 1-3/0 - - - - 1-5/0 - - 1-5/0 Ty Flournoy-Smith 2-18/1 DNP 1-4/0 - - DNP DNP 1-14/1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Malcolm Faciane 2-2/0 DNP - - DNP DNP DNP - DNP - DNP 2-2/0 - - Tyren Jones 1--1/0 DNP - - - DNP DNP - - - - 1--1/0 - - NOTES AND STATS PASSING Blake Sims Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effi c West Virginia 33 24 1 72.7 250 0 38 0 0 130.3 FAU 14 12 0 85.7 228 2 52 0 0 269.7 Southern Miss 17 12 0 70.6 168 2 27 0 0 192.4 Florida 33 23 1 69.7 445 4 87 1 8 216.9 Ole Miss 31 19 1 61.3 228 0 53 1 4 116.6 Arkansas 21 11 0 52.4 161 2 47 2 18 148.2 Texas A&M 27 16 0 59.3 268 3 45 0 0 179.3 Tennessee 24 14 0 58.3 286 2 80 1 6 185.9 LSU 45 20 0 44.4 209 2 24 1 9 98.1 Mississippi State 31 19 0 61.3 211 1 50 1 7 129.1 Western Carolina 25 17 1 68.0 222 2 27 0 0 161.0 Auburn 27 20 3 74.1 312 4 75 1 7 197.8 Missouri 27 23 0 85.2 262 2 58 2 12 191.1 TOTALS 355 230 7 64.8 3250 26 87 10 71 161.9

Jake Coker Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effi c FAU 24 15 0 62.5 202 1 43 1 5 146.9 Southern Miss 7 5 0 71.4 46 0 22 1 11 126.6 Florida 2 1 0 50.0 4 1 4 0 0 231.8 Texas A&M 8 5 0 62.5 36 1 14 1 4 141.6 Western Carolina 18 12 0 66.7 115 1 26 0 0 138.7 TOTALS 59 38 0 64.4 403 4 43 3 20 144.2

76 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics TACKLES GAME-BY-GAME

TOTAL TACKLES UA-A TOT WVU FAU USM UF OM ARK TAMU UT LSU MSU WCU AUB MIZZOU Landon Collins 51-40 91 4-7 2-2 6-6 2-3 2-4 3-5 3-1 4-0 5-2 4-3 4-3 6-3 6-1 Reggie Ragland 43-45 88 1-5 3-2 - 5-3 3-6 7-5 2-5 6-3 4-9 7-3 3-1 1-2 1-1 Trey DePriest 37-45 82 DNP 1-3 4-2 4-3 4-2 2-4 1-5 4-2 3-6 4-5 2-3 7-7 1-3 Nick Perry 46-28 74 5-1 1-0 1-0 - 7-3 2-3 3-2 8-0 1-7 9-3 1-1 8-5 0-3 Jarran Reed 19-33 52 0-2 0-1 1-0 3-2 0-2 5-0 0-1 1-2 2-13 1-7 1-0 3-1 2-2 Geno Smith 27-23 50 1-1 0-3 3-1 2-0 0-1 0-2 6-1 2-1 0-4 2-3 0-2 7-3 4-1 A’Shawn Robinson 14-33 47 - 2-2 0-1 0-1 0-3 2-3 - 2-5 1-6 1-6 - 1-2 5-4 Cyrus Jones 34-10 44 4-3 3-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 4-2 3-0 0-1 4-0 2-2 6-2 1-0 Xzavier Dickson 27-10 37 2-0 1-0 2-1 - 5-1 7-1 0-1 3-1 1-1 0-2 2-2 2-0 2-0 Eddie Jackson 28-9 37 DNP 3-1 1-0 DNP DNP 6-0 2-0 4-0 3-2 4-3 - 3-2 2-1 Jonathan Allen 14-17 31 3-2 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-3 - 0-3 2-1 1-1 0-3 1-1 3-0 - Ryan Anderson 10-14 24 - 2-0 1-0 1-1 - 1-2 3-3 1-3 0-2 0-2 - 1-0 0-1 Dillon Lee 10-14 24 - 1-2 - - - 3-1 1-5 2-0 0-2 0-3 2-0 1-0 0-1 Dalvin Tomlinson 8-14 22 2-3 - 1-0 0-1 - 0-1 - 2-0 2-1 1-6 - 0-2 - D.J. Pettway 12-10 22 2-1 0-2 1-0 - 1-0 - 0-4 1-0 0-2 3-1 - 2-0 2-0 Reuben Foster 9-11 20 2-5 1-1 0-1 1-1 - - 3-1 DNP 1-1 0-1 1-0 DNP DNP Jabriel Washington 10-6 16 0-1 1-0 1-1 - DNP 1-0 1-0 - 0-1 1-2 2-0 1-1 2-0 Rashaan Evans 11-4 15 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-1 - DNP 0-1 1-0 - 1-2 2-0 - 2-0 Brandon Ivory 1-12 13 - - - - 0-1 0-2 - - 1-7 0-1 - - 0-1 Jarrick Williams 6-6 12 1-2 DNP DNP DNP - - 1-1 4-0 0-2 - 0-1 - - Maurice Smith 7-3 10 - - 2-1 1-0 2-0 - 0-1 - 0-1 - 2-0 - - Tony Brown 6-3 9 - 0-1 - 2-1 3-1 - - 1-0 DNP - - - - Denzel Devall 2-7 9 0-3 0-1 - 2-0 0-1 DNP DNP DNP 0-2 - DNP DNP DNP Bradley Sylve 7-1 8 4-1 ------3-0 - Da’Shawn Hand 4-3 7 1-0 0-1 1-0 - DNP DNP 1-0 1-0 DNP DNP - - 0-2 Tim Williams 2-3 5 DNP 0-2 - - - - 0-1 - - - 1-0 1-0 - Christion Jones 5-0 5 - 1-0 1-0 - 1-0 ------1-0 1-0 Darren Lake 2-3 5 DNP DNP - DNP DNP 0-1 0-1 DNP 2-1 - - - - Shaun Hamilton 0-3 3 0-1 - - - - - 0-2 ------Kenyan Drake 3-0 3 - 1-0 2-0 - - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Cole Mazza 1-2 3 - DNP ------1-2 - - - - ArDarius Stewart 1-1 2 - 0-1 - 1-0 ------DNP - O.J. Howard 2-0 2 ------2-0 - Hootie Jones 0-2 2 DNP - 0-1 DNP DNP DNP 0-1 DNP DNP - - - DNP Altee Tenpenny 2-0 2 - 2-0 ------DNP - - - Derrick Henry 1-0 1 - - - 1-0 ------Robert Foster 1-0 1 - - - DNP - DNP - DNP DNP DNP 1-0 - - Adam Griffi th 1-0 1 - - - - 1-0 - - - - - DNP - - Josh Frazier 1-0 1 DNP - - - DNP DNP - DNP DNP DNP 1-0 DNP - Korren Kirven 0-1 1 DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP Ryan Kelly 0-1 1 - - - 0-1 - DNP DNP ------Leon Brown 1-0 1 - - - 1-0 ------Cam Robinson 1-0 1 1-0 ------Arie Kouandjio 0-1 1 - - - 0-1 ------NOTES AND STATS Tyren Jones 0-1 1 DNP - - - DNP DNP ------0-1 Cam Sims 1-0 1 - - 1-0 - DNP ------Dee Liner 1-0 1 DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP DNP DNP 1-0 DNP DNP Josh Dickerson 0-1 1 DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jalston Fowler 1-0 1 ------1-0 ------Parker Barrineau 1-0 1 DNP DNP - DNP - - - DNP - - - 1-0 -

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INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes 23 T.J. Yeldon vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Rushes 25 C. Artis-Payne, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Yards Rushing 141 Derrick Henry vs Missouri (Dec 06, 2014) Yards Rushing 83 J. Williams, at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) TD Rushes 3 Kenyan Drake vs Southern Miss (Sep 13, 2014) TD Rushes 1 Driskel,J., vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Long Rush 49 Derrick Henry vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) J. Williams, at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) Pass attempts 45 Blake Sims at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Corey Grant, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Pass completions 24 Blake Sims vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Long Rush 44 Lane, M., at Tennessee (Oct 25, 2014) Yards Passing 445 Blake Sims vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Pass attempts 48 Dak Prescott, vs Mississippi State (Nov 15, 2014) TD Passes 4 Blake Sims vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Pass completions 29 Trickett, Clint, vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Blake Sims vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Yards Passing 456 Nick Marshall, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Long Pass 87 Blake Sims vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) TD Passes 3 Bo Wallace, at Ole Miss (Oct 04, 2014) Receptions 13 Amari Cooper vs FAU (Sep 06, 2014) Nick Marshall, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Amari Cooper vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Long Pass 68 Nick Marshall, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Yards Receiving 224 Amari Cooper at Tennessee (Oct 25, 2014) Receptions 9 White, Kevin, vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Amari Cooper vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) K. Benson, vs Western Carolina (Nov 22, 2014) TD Receptions 3 Amari Cooper vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Yards Receiving 206 , vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Amari Cooper vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) TD Receptions 2 S. Robinson, vs Western Carolina (Nov 22, 2014) Long Reception 87 Kenyan Drake vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Sammie Coates, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Field Goals 4 Adam Griffith vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Long Reception 68 Sammie Coates, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Long Field Goal 47 Adam Griffith vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Field Goals 5 Daniel Carlson, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Punts 9 JK Scott at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Long Field Goal 46 Gary Wunderlich, at Ole Miss (Oct 04, 2014) Punting Avg 55.5 JK Scott vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Punts 9 Drew Kaser, vs Texas A&M (Oct 18, 2014) Long Punt 70 JK Scott vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Jamie Keehn, at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Punts inside 20 7 JK Scott at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) Punting Avg 52.7 Christy,K., vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Long Punt Return 70 Cyrus Jones vs FAU (Sep 06, 2014) Long Punt 66 Christy,K., vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Long Kickoff Return 38 Christion Jones at Ole Miss (Oct 04, 2014) Punts inside 20 4 O’Toole, Nick, vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Tackles 15 Jarran Reed at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Jamie Keehn, at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Sacks 2.0 Xzavier Dickson vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Long Punt Return 23 Fred Ross, vs Mississippi State (Nov 15, 2014) Xzavier Dickson at Ole Miss (Oct 04, 2014) Long Kickoff Return 100 Alford, Mario, vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Tackles For Loss 3.5 Xzavier Dickson at Ole Miss (Oct 04, 2014) Tackles 18 Joseph, Karl, vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Interceptions 1 J. Washington vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Sacks 1.0 KIRK, Andrae, vs FAU (Sep 06, 2014) Landon Collins vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) McCULLUM, D., vs Southern Miss (Sep 13, 2014) Landon Collins at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) McCalister,A., vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Reggie Ragland vs Texas A&M (Oct 18, 2014) Bryon Bennett, at Ole Miss (Oct 04, 2014) Cyrus Jones at Tennessee (Oct 25, 2014) , at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) Eddie Jackson at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Darius Philon, at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) Nick Perry vs Mississippi State (Nov 15, 2014) Daeshon Hall, vs Texas A&M (Oct 18, 2014) Cyrus Jones vs Mississippi State (Nov 15, 2014) Maggitt, C., at Tennessee (Oct 25, 2014) Landon Collins vs Mississippi State (Nov 15, 2014) Kwon Alexander, at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Nick Perry vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Preston Smith, vs Mississippi State (Nov 15, 2014) Anthony Swain, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Vincent, Lucas, vs Missouri (Dec 06, 2014) TEAM GAME HIGHS Tackles For Loss 3.0 Trey Flowers, at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) Rushes 52 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Interceptions 1 Worley, Daryl, vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Yards Rushing 333 vs Southern Miss (Sep 13, 2014) Morrison,A., vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Yards Per Rush 6.8 vs Southern Miss (Sep 13, 2014) Senquez Golson, at Ole Miss (Oct 04, 2014) TD Rushes 5 vs Southern Miss (Sep 13, 2014) Trey Morgan, vs Western Carolina (Nov 22, 2014) Pass attempts 46 at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Jonathan Jones, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Pass completions 29 vs Western Carolina (Nov 22, 2014) J. Whitehead, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Yards Passing 449 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014)

NOTES AND STATS Johnathan Ford, vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Yards Per Pass 12.8 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) TD Passes 5 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Total Plays 88 vs Western Carolina (Nov 22, 2014) Total Offense 672 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS Yards Per Play 8.9 vs FAU (Sep 06, 2014) Points 59 vs Texas A&M (Oct 18, 2014) Rushes 56 at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Sacks By 6 vs Texas A&M (Oct 18, 2014) Yards Rushing 183 at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) First Downs 36 vs Western Carolina (Nov 22, 2014) Yards Per Rush 4.2 at Tennessee (Oct 25, 2014) Penalties 11 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) TD Rushes 1 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Penalty Yards 80 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) Turnovers 4 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Interceptions By 3 vs Mississippi State (Nov 15, 2014) Pass attempts 48 vs Mississippi State (Nov 15, 2014) Punts 9 at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Punting Avg 55.5 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Pass completions 29 vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) Long Punt 70 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Yards Passing 456 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Punts inside 20 7 at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) Yards Per Pass 10.6 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Long Punt Return 70 vs FAU (Sep 06, 2014) TD Passes 3 at Ole Miss (Oct 04, 2014) vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Total Plays 90 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Total Offense 630 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Yards Per Play 7.0 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Points 44 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Sacks By 2 at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) vs Missouri (Dec 06, 2014) First Downs 28 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Penalties 7 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Penalty Yards 68 vs Western Carolina (Nov 22, 2014) Turnovers 3 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) at Arkansas (Oct 11, 2014) vs Mississippi State (Nov 15, 2014) Interceptions By 3 vs Auburn (Nov 29, 2014) Punts 9 vs Texas A&M (Oct 18, 2014) at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Punting Avg 52.7 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Long Punt 66 vs Florida (Sep 20, 2014) Punts inside 20 4 vs West Virginia (Aug 30, 2014) at LSU (Nov 08, 2014) Long Punt Return 23 vs Mississippi State (Nov 15, 2014)

78 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics ALABAMA DRIVE CHARTS WEST VIRGINIA OLE MISS Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP UA 1st A25 10:58 Kickoff W30 08:18 *FIELD GOAL 7-45 2:40 UA 1st A41 13:17 Kickoff O29 08:26 Missed FG 9-30 4:51 UA 1st A05 06:08 Punt W00 14:11 *TOUCHDOWN 14-95 6:57 UA 1st A20 03:47 Missed FG A43 02:07 Punt 4-23 1:40 UA 2nd A25 11:58 Kickoff A31 10:28 Punt 3-6 1:30 UA 1st A30 00:08 Punt A49 13:07 Punt 6-19 2:01 UA 2nd A12 08:17 Punt W00 01:57 *TOUCHDOWN 13-88 6:20 UA 2nd A20 11:30 Punt A38 08:14 Punt 6-18 3:16 UA 2nd A26 01:31 Kickoff W24 15:00 *FIELD GOAL 7-50 1:31 UA 2nd A32 07:11 Punt O00 03:44 *TOUCHDOWN 12-68 3:27 UA 3rd A24 14:53 Kickoff W36 11:53 Downs 6-40 3:00 UA 2nd A20 01:44 Punt A18 00:51 Punt 3--2 0:53 UA 3rd A30 09:34 Missed FG W00 07:44 *TOUCHDOWN 6-70 1:50 UA 2nd O13 00:42 Fumble O13 00:42 *TOUCHDOWN 0-0 0:00 UA 3rd A26 04:54 Kickoff W10 01:27 *FIELD GOAL 9-64 3:27 UA 3rd A25 15:00 Kickoff O34 08:35 Missed FG 14-41 6:25 UA 4th A25 13:29 Kickoff A25 13:15 Interception 1-0 0:14 UA 3rd A14 07:20 Kickoff O27 03:54 *FIELD GOAL 7-59 3:26 UA 4th A12 12:23 Punt W28 08:07 *FIELD GOAL 11-60 4:16 UA 4th A11 15:00 Punt O48 11:31 Punt 8-41 3:29 UA 4th A13 06:49 Punt A33 02:24 Punt 7-20 4:25 UA 4th A01 08:00 Punt A05 06:24 Punt 3-4 1:36 UA 4th W46 01:05 Downs W45 00:00 End of half 2-1 1:05 UA 4th A31 05:29 Kickoff A31 05:29 Fumble 0-0 0:00 UA 3rd T47 05:18 Punt T00 03:43 *TOUCHDOWN 4-47 1:35 UA 4th A13 02:54 Kickoff O32 00:37 Interception 6-55 2:17 UA 4th A19 14:06 Punt A19 11:59 Punt 5-0 2:07 UA 4th A19 11:31 Punt A21 09:45 Punt 3-2 1:46 UA 4th A10 08:10 Punt T49 04:18 Punt 7-41 3:52 ARKANSAS UA 4th A39 00:50 Punt A39 00:00 End of half 2-0 0:50 Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP UA 1st V34 00:00 Punt V31 13:27 Fumble 0--3 0:00 FLORIDA ATLANTIC UA 1st V20 11:16 Fumble V27 10:30 Punt 3-7 0:46 Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed UA 1st V35 03:40 Downs V35 02:21 Punt 3-0 1:19 Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP UA 1st V39 00:00 Punt V39 00:14 Fumble 0-0 0:00 UA 1st A26 15:00 Kickoff F00 12:31 *TOUCHDOWN 7-74 2:29 UA 2nd V20 14:09 Punt H13 09:48 Missed FG 8-67 4:21 UA 1st A26 09:40 Punt F00 08:20 *TOUCHDOWN 3-74 1:20 UA 2nd H23 09:37 Fumble H00 08:40 *TOUCHDOWN 3-23 0:57 UA 1st A22 05:23 Punt F00 01:48 *TOUCHDOWN 8-78 3:35 UA 2nd V28 03:47 Kickoff H37 00:43 Punt 7-35 3:04 UA 1st F42 01:34 Fumble F05 12:31 *FIELD GOAL 9-37 4:03 UA 3rd V27 15:00 Kickoff V28 12:35 Punt 3-1 2:25 UA 2nd A13 10:15 Punt F00 06:23 *TOUCHDOWN 12-87 3:52 UA 3rd V11 06:55 Punt V15 05:45 Punt 3-4 1:10 UA 2nd A22 00:54 Punt F09 00:00 End of half 7-69 0:54 UA 3rd V35 04:43 Kickoff V44 03:05 Punt 3-9 1:38 UA 3rd A34 12:46 Punt F03 10:29 Fumble 6-63 2:17 UA 3rd V44 00:36 Punt H00 12:36 *TOUCHDOWN 8-56 3:00 UA 3rd A29 06:31 Downs F00 02:19 *TOUCHDOWN 8-71 4:12 UA 4th V48 10:50 Punt H43 09:37 Downs 4-9 1:13 UA 3rd A48 01:04 Punt F11 12:02 *FIELD GOAL 9-41 4:02 UA 4th V48 07:21 Downs H46 05:45 Punt 3-6 1:36 UA 4th F10 09:39 Punt F04 07:53 End of half 3-6 1:46 UA 4th V43 05:09 Punt V47 02:50 Punt 3-4 2:19 UA 4th V49 01:59 Interception H42 00:00 End of half 3-9 1:59 SOUTHERN MISS TEXAS A&M Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed UA 1st A30 11:35 Kickoff S00 07:42 *TOUCHDOWN 7-70 3:53 Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP UA 1st A50 05:22 Punt S43 03:36 Punt 3-7 1:46 UA 1st A25 15:00 Kickoff T04 11:07 *FIELD GOAL 10-71 3:53# UA 1st A20 01:39 Punt S00 09:32 *TOUCHDOWN 13-80 7:07 UA 1st A28 09:30 Punt T00 04:38 *TOUCHDOWN 11-72 4:52# UA 2nd S38 08:25 Punt S00 05:36 *TOUCHDOWN 6-38 2:49 UA 1st A16 03:19 Punt T00 13:36 *TOUCHDOWN 10-84 4:43# UA 2nd A29 00:00 Punt A29 02:50 Fumble 0-0 0:00 UA 2nd A36 11:51 Punt T00 11:06 *TOUCHDOWN 4-64 0:45 UA 2nd A20 01:25 Kickoff A25 00:00 End of half 3-5 1:25 UA 2nd A20 09:07 Punt T00 05:26 *TOUCHDOWN 11-80 3:41# UA 3rd A25 15:00 Kickoff S00 12:06 *TOUCHDOWN 8-75 2:54 UA 2nd T24 04:15 Punt T00 04:10 *TOUCHDOWN 1-24 0:05 UA 3rd A32 08:15 Kickoff S00 05:12 *TOUCHDOWN 7-68 3:03 UA 2nd A40 02:13 Punt T00 00:22 *TOUCHDOWN 5-60 1:51 UA 3rd A01 02:10 Punt S00 13:48 *TOUCHDOWN 8-99 3:22 UA 3rd A43 13:00 Punt T00 11:47 *TOUCHDOWN 3-57 1:13

UA 4th A41 09:52 Kickoff S13 06:03 *FIELD GOAL 9-46 3:49 UA 3rd A32 09:02 Downs A41 06:47 Punt 3-9 2:15 NOTES AND STATS UA 4th A31 04:50 Punt S00 00:16 *TOUCHDOWN 10-69 4:34 UA 3rd A25 05:14 Punt A28 04:13 Punt 3-3 1:01 UA 3rd A18 00:34 Interception A40 10:24 Punt 8-22 5:10 UA 4th A43 08:57 Punt T00 04:16 *TOUCHDOWN 9-57 4:41# FLORIDA UA 4th A23 02:44 Downs A28 00:23 Punt 3-5 2:21 Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP TENNESSEE UA 1st A13 13:59 Punt F00 13:47 *TOUCHDOWN 1-87 0:12 UA 1st A24 12:18 Punt A31 12:09 Fumble 1-7 0:09 Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed UA 1st A22 11:26 Kickoff A49 09:24 Fumble 4-27 2:02 Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP UA 1st A20 09:24 Kickoff F28 05:46 Missed FG 9-52 3:38 UA 1st A20 12:52 Punt T00 12:39 *TOUCHDOWN 1-80 0:13 UA 1st A21 04:23 Punt F00 04:12 *TOUCHDOWN 1-79 0:11 UA 1st A21 11:04 Punt T00 08:55 *TOUCHDOWN 7-79 2:09 UA 1st A13 01:07 Interception F38 13:12 Fumble 8-49 2:55 UA 1st A10 07:12 Punt T00 03:12 *TOUCHDOWN 9-90 4:00 UA 2nd A12 11:58 Punt A21 10:18 Punt 3-9 1:40 UA 1st A10 01:30 Punt A24 00:07 Punt 5-14 1:23 UA 2nd A44 09:42 Fumble F00 07:19 *TOUCHDOWN 6-56 2:23 UA 2nd T34 12:48 Fumble T00 12:03 *TOUCHDOWN 3-34 0:45 UA 2nd A17 05:34 Punt A43 01:44 Punt 8-26 3:50 UA 2nd A28 06:58 Kickoff A29 03:53 Punt 6-1 3:05 UA 3rd A25 15:00 Kickoff A39 13:20 Interception 4-14 1:40 UA 3rd A23 14:56 Kickoff A43 12:38 Punt 4-20 2:18 UA 3rd A34 12:42 Kickoff F00 05:27 *TOUCHDOWN 16-66 7:15 UA 3rd A24 05:46 Kickoff T00 00:13 *TOUCHDOWN 13-76 5:33 UA 3rd A20 03:28 Punt F00 00:21 *TOUCHDOWN 8-80 3:07 UA 4th A40 14:42 Punt T45 12:30 Punt 4-15 2:12 UA 4th A40 13:52 Interception F00 10:10 *TOUCHDOWN 8-60 3:42 UA 4th A30 11:49 Interception A23 11:45 Fumble 1--7 0:04 UA 4th A50 08:34 Downs F08 03:00 Downs 9-42 5:34 UA 4th A21 09:37 Kickoff T01 02:29 Fumble 11-78 7:08 UA 4th A20 00:58 Punt A19 00:00 End of half 2--1 0:58 UA 4th T32 00:16 Downs T35 00:00 End of half 1--3 0:16

ROLLTIDE.COM 79 Notes and Statistics ALABAMA DRIVE CHARTS LSU MISSOURI Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP UA 1st A24 15:00 Kickoff L48 12:32 Punt 7-28 2:28 UA 1st A32 15:00 Kickoff M00 11:24 *TOUCHDOWN 10-68 3:36 UA 1st A25 09:21 Punt A33 08:35 Punt 3-8 0:46 UA 1st A44 10:50 Punt A37 08:31 Punt 3--7 2:19 UA 1st A11 06:50 Punt A13 06:10 Punt 3-2 0:40 UA 1st A30 06:44 Punt A42 03:49 Punt 5-12 2:55 UA 1st A25 02:01 Kickoff A25 00:41 Punt 3-0 1:20 UA 1st A39 01:41 Punt M26 13:18 Missed FG 9-35 3:23 UA 2nd A20 14:46 Punt L10 08:59 Missed FG 17-70 5:47 UA 2nd A42 11:58 Punt M00 11:48 *TOUCHDOWN 1-58 0:10 UA 2nd A49 07:27 Punt L00 05:40 *TOUCHDOWN 7-51 1:47 UA 2nd A25 08:30 Kickoff M00 02:47 *TOUCHDOWN 14-75 5:43 UA 2nd A12 02:26 Punt A12 01:21 Punt 3-0 1:05 UA 2nd A09 01:29 Punt A20 00:00 End of half 3-11 1:29 UA 2nd L29 01:03 Interception L22 00:09 *FIELD GOAL 4-7 0:54 UA 3rd A20 10:54 Kickoff A47 08:02 Punt 6-27 2:52 UA 3rd A35 09:12 Kickoff A44 07:58 Punt 3-9 1:14 UA 3rd A36 04:29 Kickoff M00 14:55 *TOUCHDOWN 10-64 4:34 UA 3rd A20 00:18 Punt A26 14:04 Punt 3-6 1:14 UA 4th A10 12:15 Punt M00 07:38 *TOUCHDOWN 8-90 4:37 UA 4th A10 06:57 Punt A28 05:10 Punt 5-18 1:47 UA 4th A38 06:24 Fumble M00 03:38 *TOUCHDOWN 5-62 2:46 UA 4th A24 03:38 Punt A26 02:40 Punt 3-2 0:58 UA 4th A28 02:05 Punt A47 00:00 End of half 3-19 2:05 UA 4th A01 01:56 Punt A06 01:13 Fumble 2-5 0:43 UA 4th A35 00:50 Kickoff L10 00:03 *FIELD GOAL 9-55 0:47 UA OT L25 15:00 Possession L00 15:00 *TOUCHDOWN 6-25 0:00 UA OT A25 00:00 Downs A25 00:00 0-0 0:00

MISSISSIPPI STATE Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP UA 1st A27 15:00 Kickoff A36 13:13 Punt 3-9 1:47 UA 1st A22 10:16 Punt M38 08:02 Punt 5-40 2:14 UA 1st A39 07:49 Kickoff M18 02:06 *FIELD GOAL 11-43 5:43 UA 1st M47 00:35 Punt M45 14:44 Punt 3-2 0:51 UA 2nd A22 12:07 Interception A29 10:43 Punt 3-7 1:24 UA 2nd A39 09:36 Punt M00 07:45 *TOUCHDOWN 5-61 1:51 UA 2nd A49 06:06 Punt M00 05:32 *TOUCHDOWN 2-51 0:34 UA 2nd A33 00:00 Kickoff A33 00:00 End of half 0-0 0:00 UA 3rd A31 12:06 Kickoff A39 10:58 Punt 3-8 1:08 UA 3rd A44 10:03 Punt M20 06:12 Missed FG 8-36 3:51 UA 3rd A20 01:44 Interception A15 01:10 Punt 3--5 0:34 UA 4th A24 14:16 Kickoff M00 08:09 *TOUCHDOWN 15-76 6:07 UA 4th A17 05:01 Interception A26 03:18 Punt 3-9 1:43 UA 4th M39 00:15 Kickoff M41 00:00 1--2 0:00

WESTERN CAROLINA

NOTES AND STATS Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP UA 1st A48 11:57 Kickoff W00 07:51 *TOUCHDOWN 9-52 4:06 UA 1st W34 06:25 Punt W03 04:08 *FIELD GOAL 6-31 2:17 UA 1st W40 03:04 Punt W29 02:16 Interception 3-11 0:48 UA 1st A37 00:46 Punt W00 12:31 *TOUCHDOWN 9-63 3:15 UA 2nd A06 10:54 Punt A12 10:46 Fumble 1-6 0:08 UA 2nd A31 10:41 Kickoff W00 06:44 *TOUCHDOWN 10-69 3:57 UA 2nd A23 05:46 Punt W00 03:16 *TOUCHDOWN 7-77 2:30 UA 2nd A43 01:54 Punt W00 00:48 *TOUCHDOWN 6-57 1:06 UA 3rd A38 15:00 Kickoff W11 10:10 *FIELD GOAL 11-51 4:50 UA 3rd A15 07:07 Downs W00 01:49 *TOUCHDOWN 9-85 5:18 UA 4th A18 14:09 Punt W14 09:26 Missed FG 12-68 4:43 UA 4th A41 05:03 Punt W12 00:00 End of half 8-47 5:03

AUBURN Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP UA 1st B35 14:53 Fumble B00 12:47 *TOUCHDOWN 5-35 2:06 UA 1st A20 08:08 Kickoff B00 06:17 *TOUCHDOWN 5-80 1:51 UA 1st A25 02:57 Kickoff A30 01:12 Punt 3-5 1:45 UA 2nd A21 11:01 Kickoff A21 10:41 Interception 1-0 0:20 UA 2nd A25 10:16 Kickoff A44 08:14 Punt 5-19 2:02 UA 2nd A42 04:42 Punt B00 01:23 *TOUCHDOWN 7-58 3:19 UA 2nd A25 00:54 Kickoff A36 00:37 Interception 2-11 0:17 UA 3rd A38 15:00 Kickoff A41 14:10 Interception 2-3 0:50 UA 3rd A25 11:02 Kickoff B00 08:01 *TOUCHDOWN 8-75 3:01 UA 3rd A25 03:30 Kickoff B00 03:20 *TOUCHDOWN 1-75 0:10 UA 3rd B31 01:40 Interception B00 14:33 *TOUCHDOWN 5-31 2:07 UA 4th A28 12:54 Punt B00 08:05 *TOUCHDOWN 10-72 4:49 UA 4th A08 06:55 Downs B00 03:46 *TOUCHDOWN 6-92 3:09 UA 4th B41 00:20 Kickoff B43 00:00 End of half 1--2 0:20

80 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics OPPONENT DRIVE CHARTS WEST VIRGINIA OLE MISS Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP WVU 1st W18 15:00 Kickoff A03 10:58 *FIELD GOAL 14-79 4:02 OM 1st A39 15:00 Kickoff A29 13:17 *FIELD GOAL 5-10 1:43 WVU 1st W27 08:12 Kickoff A43 06:08 Punt 6-30 2:04 OM 1st O29 08:26 Missed FG A16 03:47 Missed FG 11-55 4:39 WVU 2nd W25 14:11 Kickoff A00 11:58 *TOUCHDOWN 9-75 2:13 OM 1st O20 02:07 Punt O20 00:08 Punt 3-0 1:59 WVU 2nd W06 10:28 Punt W38 08:17 Punt 7-32 2:11 OM 2nd O18 13:07 Punt O33 11:30 Punt 4-15 1:37 WVU 2nd A00 01:43 Kickoff A00 01:43 *TOUCHDOWN 0-0 0:00 OM 2nd O13 08:14 Punt O31 07:11 Punt 4-18 1:03 WVU 3rd W36 11:53 Downs A30 09:34 Missed FG 8-34 2:19 OM 2nd O43 03:44 Kickoff O45 01:44 Punt 3-2 2:00 WVU 3rd W09 07:36 Kickoff A25 04:59 *FIELD GOAL 9-66 2:37 OM 2nd O18 00:51 Punt O13 00:42 Fumble 1--5 0:09 WVU 3rd W25 01:27 Kickoff A24 13:37 *FIELD GOAL 9-51 2:50 OM 2nd O27 00:40 Kickoff O32 00:00 End of half 2-5 0:40 WVU 4th W49 13:15 Interception A46 12:23 Punt 3-5 0:52 OM 3rd O34 08:35 Missed FG A00 07:20 *TOUCHDOWN 4-66 1:15 WVU 4th W25 08:07 Kickoff W28 06:49 Punt 3-3 1:18 OM 3rd O20 03:54 Kickoff A48 00:00 Punt 9-32 3:54 WVU 4th W28 02:24 Punt W46 01:05 Downs 5-18 1:19 OM 4th O20 11:31 Punt O50 08:00 Punt 9-30 3:31 OM 4th O44 06:24 Punt A00 05:29 *TOUCHDOWN 3-56 0:55 OM 4th A31 05:29 Fumble A00 02:54 *TOUCHDOWN 5-31 2:35 FLORIDA ATLANTIC OM 4th O20 00:37 Interception O18 00:00 End of half 2--2 0:37 Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP ARKANSAS FAU 1st F21 12:31 Kickoff A49 09:40 Punt 4-30 2:51 FAU 1st F25 08:20 Kickoff F36 05:23 Punt 5-11 2:57 Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed FAU 1st F26 01:48 Kickoff F42 01:34 Fumble 1-16 0:14 Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP FAU 2nd F13 12:31 Kickoff F20 10:15 Punt 3-7 2:16 AR 1st H25 15:00 Kickoff H31 13:27 Punt 3-6 1:33 FAU 2nd F20 06:23 Kickoff F45 00:54 Punt 11-25 5:29 AR 1st V31 13:27 Fumble V00 11:16 Fumble 5-31 2:11 FAU 3rd F20 15:00 Kickoff F24 12:46 Punt 3-4 2:14 AR 1st H15 10:30 Punt V35 03:40 Downs 13-50 6:50 FAU 3rd F03 10:29 Fumble A29 06:31 Downs 10-68 3:58 AR 1st H15 02:21 Punt H25 00:14 Punt 5-10 2:07 FAU 3rd F25 02:19 Kickoff F17 01:04 Punt 3--8 1:15 AR 1st V39 00:14 Fumble V38 14:09 Punt 3-1 1:05 FAU 4th F22 12:02 Kickoff F20 09:39 Punt 3--2 2:23 AR 2nd H20 09:48 Missed FG H26 09:37 Fumble 1-6 0:11 AR 2nd H19 08:40 Kickoff V00 03:47 *TOUCHDOWN 10-81 4:53 AR 2nd H02 00:43 Punt H22 00:00 End of half 5-20 0:43 SOUTHERN MISS AR 3rd H17 12:35 Punt V35 06:55 Punt 12-48 5:40 AR 3rd H43 05:45 Punt V00 04:43 *TOUCHDOWN 3-57 1:02 Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed AR 3rd H15 03:05 Punt H10 00:36 Punt 3--5 2:29 Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP AR 4th H15 12:36 Kickoff H20 10:50 Punt 3-5 1:46 USM 1st S25 15:00 Kickoff A16 11:35 *FIELD GOAL 10-59 3:25 AR 4th H43 09:37 Downs V48 07:21 Downs 4-9 2:16 USM 1st S19 07:42 Kickoff S13 05:22 Punt 3--6 2:20 AR 4th H12 05:45 Punt H19 05:09 Punt 3-7 0:36 USM 1st S10 03:36 Punt S48 01:39 Punt 4-38 1:57 AR 4th H14 02:50 Punt H28 01:59 Interception 6-14 0:51 USM 2nd S08 09:32 Kickoff S16 08:25 Punt 3-8 1:07 USM 2nd S30 05:36 Kickoff S23 02:50 Punt 3--7 2:46 USM 2nd A29 02:50 Fumble A26 01:25 *FIELD GOAL 4-3 1:25 TEXAS A&M USM 3rd S21 12:06 Kickoff A20 08:15 *FIELD GOAL 8-59 3:51 Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed USM 3rd S25 05:12 Kickoff A43 02:10 Punt 9-32 3:02 Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP USM 4th S25 13:48 Kickoff A13 09:50 *FIELD GOAL 11-62 3:58 TAMU 1st T25 11:07 Kickoff T28 09:30 Punt 3-3 1:37 USM 4th S25 06:03 Kickoff S29 04:50 Punt 3-4 1:13 TAMU 1st T25 04:38 Kickoff T30 03:19 Punt 3-5 1:19 USM 4th S21 00:16 Kickoff S24 00:00 End of half 1-3 0:16 TAMU 2nd T23 13:36 Kickoff T39 11:51 Punt 5-16 1:45 TAMU 2nd T25 11:06 Kickoff T46 09:07 Punt 4-21 1:59 FLORIDA TAMU 2nd T22 05:26 Kickoff T15 04:15 Punt 3--7 1:11 TAMU 2nd T22 04:10 Kickoff T31 02:13 Punt 3-9 1:57 Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed TAMU 2nd T31 00:22 Kickoff T35 00:00 End of half 2-4 0:22 Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP TAMU 3rd T17 15:00 Kickoff T16 13:00 Punt 3--1 2:00

UF 1st F25 15:00 Kickoff F29 13:59 Punt 3-4 1:01 NOTES AND STATS TAMU 3rd T17 11:47 Kickoff A31 09:02 Downs 9-52 2:45 UF 1st F23 13:47 Kickoff F35 12:18 Punt 5-12 1:29 TAMU 3rd T24 06:47 Punt T31 05:14 Punt 3-7 1:33 UF 1st A31 12:09 Fumble A00 11:26 *TOUCHDOWN 3-31 0:43 TAMU 3rd T29 04:13 Punt A17 00:34 Interception 9-54 3:39# UF 1st A49 09:24 Fumble A49 09:24 *TOUCHDOWN 0-0 0:00 TAMU 4th T04 10:24 Punt T09 08:57 Punt 3-5 1:27 UF 1st F28 05:46 Missed FG F30 04:23 Punt 3-2 1:23 TAMU 4th A23 04:16 Kickoff A23 02:44 Downs 4-0 1:32 UF 1st F36 04:12 Kickoff A39 01:07 Interception 7-25 3:05 TAMU 4th T24 00:23 Punt T28 00:00 End of half 1-4 0:23 UF 2nd F38 13:12 Fumble A39 11:58 Punt 3-23 1:14 UF 2nd F49 10:18 Punt A44 09:42 Fumble 2-7 0:36 UF 2nd F14 07:19 Kickoff F29 05:34 Punt 5-15 1:45 TENNESSEE UF 2nd F20 01:44 Punt F28 00:00 End of half 3-8 1:44 Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed UF 3rd A16 13:20 Interception A00 12:42 *TOUCHDOWN 2-16 0:38 Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP UF 3rd F35 05:27 Kickoff F43 03:28 Punt 3-8 1:59 UT 1st T33 15:00 Kickoff A46 12:52 Punt 6-21 2:08 UF 3rd F17 00:21 Kickoff F47 13:52 Interception 4-30 1:29 UT 1st T25 12:39 Kickoff T34 11:04 Punt 3-9 1:35 UF 4th F20 10:10 Kickoff A49 08:34 Downs 7-31 1:36 UT 1st T25 08:55 Kickoff T42 07:12 Punt 4-17 1:43 UF 4th F09 03:00 Downs F34 00:58 Punt 5-25 2:02 UT 1st T23 03:07 Kickoff A46 01:30 Punt 5-31 1:37 UT 1st T12 00:07 Punt T35 12:48 Fumble 5-23 2:19 UT 2nd T16 11:57 Kickoff A00 07:03 *TOUCHDOWN 10-84 4:54 UT 2nd T31 03:53 Punt A10 15:00 *FIELD GOAL 11-59 3:53 UT 3rd T16 12:38 Punt A00 05:52 *TOUCHDOWN 15-84 6:46 UT 3rd T25 00:13 Kickoff T26 14:42 Punt 3-1 0:31 UT 4th T16 12:30 Punt T27 11:49 Interception 3-11 0:41 UT 4th A23 11:45 Fumble A06 09:42 *FIELD GOAL 6-17 2:03 UT 4th T01 02:29 Fumble T32 00:16 Downs 10-31 2:13

ROLLTIDE.COM 81 Notes and Statistics OPPONENT DRIVE CHARTS LSU MISSOURI Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP LS 1st L20 12:32 Punt L26 09:21 Punt 6-6 3:11 MU 1st M19 11:19 Kickoff M19 10:50 Punt 3-0 0:29 LS 1st L25 08:35 Punt L49 06:50 Punt 5-24 1:45 MU 1st M11 08:31 Punt M20 06:44 Punt 3-9 1:47 LS 1st A41 06:10 Punt A00 02:07 *TOUCHDOWN 7-41 4:03 MU 1st M13 03:49 Punt M20 01:41 Punt 6-7 2:08 LS 1st L30 00:41 Punt L38 14:46 Punt 3-8 0:55 MU 2nd M26 13:18 Missed FG M32 11:58 Punt 3-6 1:20 LS 2nd L20 08:59 Missed FG L19 07:27 Punt 3--1 1:32 MU 2nd M27 11:42 Kickoff A15 08:30 *FIELD GOAL 9-58 3:12 LS 2nd L34 05:32 Kickoff A49 02:26 Punt 6-17 3:06 MU 2nd M25 02:47 Kickoff M48 01:29 Punt 4-23 1:18 LS 2nd L31 01:21 Punt L42 01:03 Interception 3-11 0:18 MU 3rd M25 15:00 Kickoff A00 11:00 *TOUCHDOWN 10-75 4:00 LS 2nd L19 00:09 Kickoff L18 00:00 End of half 1--1 0:09 MU 3rd M20 08:02 Punt A15 04:37 *FIELD GOAL 9-65 3:25 LS 3rd L25 15:00 Kickoff A18 09:20 *FIELD GOAL 12-57 5:40 MU 4th M28 14:48 Kickoff M45 12:15 Punt 6-17 2:33 LS 3rd L11 07:58 Punt A49 00:18 Punt 13-40 7:40 MU 4th M28 07:38 Kickoff A38 06:24 Fumble 3-34 1:14 LS 4th L08 14:04 Punt L48 06:57 Punt 11-40 7:07 MU 4th M17 03:33 Kickoff M26 02:05 Punt 3-9 1:28 LS 4th L33 05:10 Punt L39 03:38 Punt 3-6 1:32 LS 4th L35 02:40 Punt L42 01:56 Punt 3-7 0:44 LS 4th A06 01:13 Fumble A22 00:50 *FIELD GOAL 4--16 0:23 LS 4th L20 00:00 Kickoff L20 00:00 End of half 0-0 0:00 LS OT A25 15:00 Possession A25 00:00 Downs 4-0 0:00

MISSISSIPPI STATE Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP MS 1st M16 13:13 Punt M43 10:16 Punt 8-27 2:57 MS 1st M05 08:02 Punt M00 07:49 *SAFETY 2--5 0:13 MS 1st M21 02:06 Kickoff M24 00:35 Punt 3-3 1:31 MS 2nd M10 14:44 Punt A40 12:07 Interception 7-50 2:37 MS 2nd M18 10:43 Punt M24 09:36 Punt 3-6 1:07 MS 2nd M12 07:45 Kickoff M09 06:06 Punt 3--3 1:39 MS 2nd M25 05:32 Kickoff A05 00:03 *FIELD GOAL 14-70 5:29 MS 3rd M19 15:00 Kickoff A14 12:06 *FIELD GOAL 9-67 2:54 MS 3rd M21 10:58 Punt M22 10:03 Punt 3-1 0:55 MS 3rd M20 06:12 Missed FG A15 01:44 Interception 10-65 4:28 MS 3rd A38 01:10 Punt A00 14:16 *TOUCHDOWN 5-38 1:54 MS 4th M26 08:09 Kickoff A20 05:01 Interception 10-54 3:08 MS 4th M28 03:18 Punt A00 00:15 *TOUCHDOWN 13-72 3:03

WESTERN CAROLINA Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed

NOTES AND STATS Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP WCU 1st W25 15:00 Kickoff A00 11:57 *TOUCHDOWN 9-75 3:03 WCU 1st W23 07:51 Kickoff W30 06:25 Punt 3-7 1:26 WCU 1st W15 04:08 Kickoff W17 03:04 Punt 3-2 1:04 WCU 1st W20 02:16 Interception W17 00:46 Punt 3--3 1:30 WCU 2nd W25 12:31 Kickoff A36 10:54 Punt 5-39 1:37 WCU 2nd A12 10:46 Fumble A00 10:41 *TOUCHDOWN 1-12 0:05 WCU 2nd W25 06:44 Kickoff W25 05:46 Punt 3-0 0:58 WCU 2nd W25 03:16 Kickoff W26 01:54 Punt 3-1 1:22 WCU 2nd W20 00:48 Kickoff W26 00:00 End of half 2-6 0:48 WCU 3rd W18 10:10 Kickoff A14 07:07 Downs 9-68 3:03 WCU 3rd W35 01:49 Kickoff W31 14:09 Punt 5--4 2:40 WCU 4th W20 09:26 Missed FG W32 05:03 Punt 6-12 4:23

AUBURN Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP AU 1st B44 15:00 Kickoff B35 14:53 Fumble 1--9 0:07 AU 1st B25 12:47 Kickoff A03 08:08 *FIELD GOAL 12-72 4:39 AU 1st B25 06:17 Kickoff A07 02:57 *FIELD GOAL 11-68 3:20 AU 1st B20 01:12 Punt A07 11:01 *FIELD GOAL 14-73 5:11 AU 2nd A32 10:41 Interception A00 10:16 *TOUCHDOWN 2-32 0:25 AU 2nd B10 08:14 Punt B49 04:42 Punt 7-39 3:32 AU 2nd B25 01:23 Kickoff A00 00:54 *TOUCHDOWN 2-75 0:29 AU 2nd A41 00:37 Interception A03 15:00 *FIELD GOAL 3-38 0:37 AU 3rd A39 14:10 Interception A00 11:02 *TOUCHDOWN 7-39 3:08 AU 3rd B18 08:01 Kickoff A16 03:30 *FIELD GOAL 10-66 4:31 AU 3rd B19 03:20 Kickoff B37 01:40 Interception 5-18 1:40 AU 4th B26 14:33 Kickoff B23 12:54 Punt 3--3 1:39 AU 4th B31 08:05 Kickoff A07 06:55 Downs 5-62 1:10 AU 4th B35 03:46 Kickoff A00 00:20 *TOUCHDOWN 13-65 3:26

82 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics BY QUARTER STATS

3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia W 33-23 9-15 60.0% 3-4 75.0% 4-5 80.0% 0-2 0.0% 2-4 50.0% Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic W 41-0 6-12 50.0% 3-3 100.0% 2-4 50.0% 1-2 50.0% 0-3 0.0% Sept. 13 Southern Miss W 52-12 7-11 63.6% 1-2 50.0% 3-4 75.0% 3-3 100.0% 0-2 0.0% Sept. 20 Florida W 42-21 12-16 75.0% 2-3 66.7% 3-5 60.0% 6-6 100.0% 1-2 50.0% Oct. 4 at Ole Miss L 17-23 6-16 37.5% 1-3 33.3% 2-6 33.3% 2-4 50.0% 1-3 33.3% Oct. 11 at Arkansas W 14-13 4-15 26.7% 0-2 0.0% 2-4 50.0% 0-3 0.0% 2-6 33.3% Oct. 18 Texas A&M W 59-0 9-15 60.0% 4-5 80.0% 3-4 75.0% 0-2 0.0% 2-4 50.0% Oct. 25 at Tennessee W 34-20 11-15 73.3% 3-4 75.0% 2-3 66.7% 4-5 80.0% 2-3 66.7% Nov. 8 at LSU W 20-13 8-20 40.0% 1-5 20.0% 4-8 50.0% 0-1 0.0% 2-5 40.0% 1-1 100.0% Nov. 15 Mississippi State W 25-20 5-14 35.7% 1-4 25.0% 0-2 0.0% 1-4 25.0% 3-4 75.0% Nov. 22 Western Carolina W 48-14 9-14 64.3% 2-3 66.7% 1-3 33.3% 3-4 75.0% 3-4 75.0% Nov. 29 Auburn W 55-44 5-9 55.6% 1-2 50.0% 0-2 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 3-3 100.0% Dec. 6 vs. Missouri W 42-13 9-13 69.2% 1-3 33.3% 4-5 80.0% 2-3 66.7% 2-2 100.0% Alabama 100-185 54.1% 23-43 53.5% 30-55 54.5% 23-41 56.1% 23-45 51.1% 1-1 100.0% Opponents 72-199 36.2% 15-51 29.4% 18-51 35.3% 26-50 52.0% 13-46 28.3% 0-1 0.0%

4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia W 33-23 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic W 41-0 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% Sept. 13 Southern Miss W 52-12 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Sept. 20 Florida W 42-21 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0% Oct. 4 at Ole Miss L 17-23 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Oct. 11 at Arkansas W 14-13 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0% Oct. 18 Texas A&M W 59-0 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Oct. 25 at Tennessee W 34-20 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Nov. 8 at LSU W 20-13 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Nov. 15 Mississippi State W 25-20 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Nov. 22 Western Carolina W 48-14 2-2 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 2-2 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Nov. 29 Auburn W 55-44 2-2 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% Dec. 6 vs. Missouri W 42-13 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% Alabama 8-11 72.7% 0-0 0.0% 6-6 100.0% 1-2 50.0% 1-3 33.3% 0-0 0.0% Opponents 7-18 38.9% 1-2 50.0% 1-1 100.0% 2-5 40.0% 3-9 33.3% 0-1 0.0%

TIME OF POSSESSION

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia W 33-23 37:47 8:48 10:22 8:29 10:08 NOTES AND STATS Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic W 41-0 28:30 8:58 7:15 7:33 4:44 Sept. 13 Southern Miss W 52-12 34:40 7:18 9:42 8:07 9:33 Sept. 20 Florida W 42-21 39:16 7:19 9:41 12:02 10:14 Oct. 4 at Ole Miss L 17-23 33:21 6:39 9:29 9:51 7:22 Oct 11 at Arkansas W 14-13 25:47 2:05 8:22 5:49 9:31 Oct. 18 Texas A&M W 59-0 36:31 12:04 7:46 5:03 11:38 Oct. 25 at Tennessee W 34-20 29:26 7:45 3:55 8:01 9:45 Nov. 8 at LSU W 20-13 21:44 5:20 9:33 1:40 5:11 0:00 Nov. 15 Mississippi State W 25-20 27:50 10:19 4:08 5:33 7:50 Nov. 22 Western Carolina W 48-14 38:01 7:57 10:10 10:08 9:46 Nov. 29 Auburn W 55-44 26:06 5:42 5:58 5:41 8:45 Dec. 6 vs. Missouri W 42-13 36:43 10:31 9:04 7:35 9:33 Alabama Total 415:42 100:45 105:25 95:32 114:00 0:00 Avg. 31:58 7:45 8:06 7:20 8:46 0:00 Opponents Total 356:10 94:15 89:35 99:28 72:52 0:00 Avg. 27:23 7:15 6:53 7:39 5:36 0:00

ROLLTIDE.COM 83 Notes and Statistics ALABAMA’S 20-PLUS YARD PLAYS

20-YARD PLUS PLAYS LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS Yards Type Player(s) Opponent Long Plays By Yards No. TD *87 Pass Kenyan Drake from Blake Sims Florida 100+ 0 0 *80 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Tennessee 90-99 0 0 *79 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Florida 80-89 2 2 *75 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Auburn 70-79 3 2 70 PR Cyrus Jones FAU 60-69 0 0 *58 Pass DeAndrew White from Blake Sims Missouri 50-59 4 2 53 Pass O.J. Howard from Blake Sims Ole Miss 40-49 11 4 *52 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims FAU 30-39 17 2 50 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Mississippi State 20-29 77 10 49 Rush Derrick Henry Auburn 47 Pass O.J. Howard from Blake Sims Arkansas Long Plays By Type No. TD 47 PR Christion Jones Texas A&M Rushing 24 7 45 Rush Derrick Henry Missouri Passing 53 15 *45 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Texas A&M Punt returns 4 0 *43 Rush Blake Sims Texas A&M Kick returns 32 0 43 Pass Amari Cooper from Jake Coker FAU Interceptions 1 0 *41 Pass Derrick Henry from Blake Sims Texas A&M Fumble returns 0 0 *41 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Tennessee Other 0 0 41 Pass Christion Jones from Blake Sims FAU TOTAL 114 22 40 Pass ArDarius Stewart from Jake Coker FAU *39 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Auburn *39 Pass Kenyan Drake from Blake Sims FAU 38 Pass DeAndrew White from Blake Sims West Virginia 20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER 38 KR Christion Jones Ole Miss Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR 37 Pass T.J. Yeldon from Blake Sims Florida Christion Jones 36 0 0 5 28 3 0 0 37 KR Christion Jones Auburn Amari Cooper 27 10 1 26 0 0 0 0 37 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Florida Derrick Henry 10 5 8 2 0 0 0 0 37 KR Christion Jones Southern Miss T.J. Yeldon 7 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 36 KR Christion Jones Missouri Blake Sims 5 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 35 Pass Jalston Fowler from Blake Sims Mississippi State O.J. Howard 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 34 KR Christion Jones LSU DeAndrew White 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 32 Pass DeAndrew White from Blake Sims Missouri Cyrus Jones 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 31 Rush T.J. Yeldon Texas A&M Kenyan Drake 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 30 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Tennessee Chris Black 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 30 KR Christion Jones Southern Miss Tyren Jones 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Ole Miss Jalston Fowler 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 30 KR Landon Collins Western Carolina Altee Tenpenny 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 Pass Derrick Henry from Blake Sims Florida Nick Perry 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 PR Christion Jones Auburn Cam Sims 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 29 KR Christion Jones Missouri Brandon Greene 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 *29 Rush Kenyan Drake Southern Miss Landon Collins 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 *28 Rush Derrick Henry Tennessee ArDarius Stewart 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 *28 Rush Blake Sims Tennessee TOTAL 114 22 24 53 32 4 1 0 28 KR Christion Jones Florida 27 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Western Carolina 27 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Southern Miss NOTES AND STATS 26 KR Christion Jones West Virginia LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR 26 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Florida 26 Pass Chris Black from Jake Coker Western Carolina Rushing 26 Rush T.J. Yeldon West Virginia 49 Derrick Henry vs Auburn (11/29/2014) *26 Rush Derrick Henry Missouri 26 KR Christion Jones Mississippi State Rushing Touchdown 26 KR Christion Jones FAU 43 Blake Sims vs Texas A&M (10/18/2014) 26 KR Christion Jones Arkansas 26 Pass O.J. Howard from Blake Sims Western Carolina Passing 25 Rush T.J. Yeldon Texas A&M 25 Pass Chris Black from Blake Sims Western Carolina 87 Kenyan Drake from Blake Sims 25 KR Christion Jones West Virginia vs Florida (9/20/2014) 25 KR Christion Jones LSU *25 Rush Derrick Henry Auburn Passing Touchdown 25 Rush T.J. Yeldon Auburn 87 Kenyan Drake from Blake Sims 25 Pass Chris Black from Jake Coker Western Carolina vs Florida (9/20/2014) 25 Rush Derrick Henry Florida 24 KR Christion Jones West Virginia Punt Return 24 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Ole Miss 24 Rush Blake Sims Florida 70 Cyrus Jones vs FAU (9/6/2014) 24 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims West Virginia 24 KR Christion Jones West Virginia Kick Return 24 KR Christion Jones LSU 38 Christion Jones vs Ole Miss (10/4/2014) 24 KR Christion Jones Mississippi State 24 KR Christion Jones Southern Miss Interception Return *24 Pass Amari Cooper from Blake Sims Texas A&M 23 Nick Perry vs Auburn (11/29/2014) 24 Pass Brandon Greene from Blake Sims LSU 23 Rush Altee Tenpenny Western Carolina *23 Rush Derrick Henry Western Carolina Fumble Return * touchdown scored on play 13 Cyrus Jones vs Ole Miss (10/4/2014)

Punt 70 JK Scott vs Auburn (11/29/2014)

Field Goal 47 Adam Griffi th vs West Virginia (8/30/2014)

84 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics SEASON/CAREER STATISTICS

OFFENSE SEASON STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G T.J. Yeldon 12 184 965 33 932 5.1 10 31 77.7 38 566 3375 100 3275 5.8 36 68 86.2 Derrick Henry 13 159 928 33 895 5.6 10 49 68.8 25 194 1322 45 1277 6.6 13 80 51.1 Blake Sims 13 73 430 109 321 4.4 6 43 24.7 36 140 827 151 676 4.8 8 45 18.8 Tyren Jones 10 36 233 9 224 6.2 2 22 22.4 10 36 233 9 224 6.2 2 22 22.4 Altee Tenpenny 12 26 139 3 136 5.2 0 23 11.3 25 48 228 10 218 4.5 1 23 8.7 Kenyan Drake 5 22 118 6 112 5.1 4 29 22.4 29 156 1103 16 1087 7.0 17 50 37.5 Jalston Fowler 13 12 69 0 69 5.8 0 20 5.3 52 113 755 17 738 6.5 5 69 14.2 Amari Cooper 13 5 38 15 23 4.6 0 20 1.8 39 6 66 15 51 8.5 0 28 1.3 Buddy Pell 1 2 15 0 15 7.5 0 8 15.0 1 2 15 0 15 7.5 0 8 15.0 Jake Coker 7 7 33 20 13 1.9 0 15 1.9 7 7 33 20 13 1.9 0 15 1.9 Christion Jones 13 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0.3 52 5 40 4 36 7.2 0 20 0.7 DeAndrew White 11 2 0 4 -4 -2.0 0 0 -0.4 41 2 0 4 -4 -2.0 0 0 -0.1 Team 7 4 0 9 -9 -2.2 0 0 -1.3 Total 13 533 2968 245 2723 5.1 32 49 209.5 Opponents 13 410 1488 336 1152 2.8 3 44 88.6

PASSING GP Effi c Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G GP Effi c Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Blake Sims 13 161.92 230-355-7 64.8 3250 26 87 250.0 36 158.60 253-394-7 64.2 3494 28 87 97.1 Jake Coker 7 144.16 38-59-0 64.4 403 4 43 57.6 7 144.16 38-59-0 64.4 403 4 43 57.6 Team 7 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 13 159.00 268-415-7 64.6 3653 30 87 281.0 Opponents 13 115.85 249-457-10 54.5 2909 17 68 223.8

RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Amari Cooper 13 115 1656 14.4 14 80 127.4 39 219 3392 15.5 29 99 87.0 DeAndrew White 11 37 439 11.9 4 58 39.9 41 91 1229 13.5 12 67 30.0 Christion Jones 13 19 264 13.9 1 41 20.3 52 85 1030 12.1 7 41 19.8 O.J. Howard 13 15 246 16.4 0 53 18.9 26 29 515 17.8 2 53 19.8 T.J. Yeldon 12 15 180 12.0 1 37 15.0 38 46 494 10.7 2 37 13.0 Chris Black 10 13 178 13.7 0 26 17.8 18 21 257 12.2 2 26 14.3 ArDarius Stewart 12 12 149 12.4 0 40 12.4 12 12 149 12.4 0 40 12.4 Jalston Fowler 13 9 115 12.8 2 35 8.8 52 17 136 8.0 7 35 2.6 Cam Sims 12 7 62 8.9 1 22 5.2 12 7 62 8.9 1 22 5.2 Robert Foster 8 6 44 7.3 0 14 5.5 8 6 44 7.3 0 14 5.5 Kenyan Drake 5 5 159 31.8 2 87 31.8 29 17 294 17.3 3 87 10.1 Brian Vogler 13 4 18 4.5 1 5 1.4 48 15 116 7.7 2 18 2.4 Derrick Henry 13 3 79 26.3 2 41 6.1 25 4 140 35.0 3 61 5.6 Michael Nysewander 7 2 21 10.5 1 12 3.0 10 2 21 10.5 1 12 2.1 Ty Flournoy-Smith 4 2 18 9.0 1 14 4.5 4 2 18 9.0 1 14 4.5 Malcolm Faciane 7 2 2 1.0 0 3 0.3 15 2 2 1.0 0 3 0.1 Brandon Greene 10 1 24 24.0 0 24 2.4 23 1 24 24.0 0 24 1.0 Tyren Jones 10 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 10 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 Total 13 268 3653 13.6 30 87 281.0 Opponents 13 249 2909 11.7 17 68 223.8 NOTES AND STATS

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Blake Sims 13 428 321 3250 3571 274.7 36 534 676 3494 4170 115.8 T.J. Yeldon 12 184 932 0 932 77.7 38 566 3275 0 3275 86.2 Derrick Henry 13 159 895 0 895 68.8 25 194 1277 0 1277 51.1 Jake Coker 7 66 13 403 416 59.4 7 66 13 403 416 59.4 Tyren Jones 10 36 224 0 224 22.4 10 36 224 0 224 22.4 Altee Tenpenny 12 26 136 0 136 11.3 25 48 218 0 218 8.7 Kenyan Drake 5 22 112 0 112 22.4 29 156 1087 0 1087 37.5 Jalston Fowler 13 12 69 0 69 5.3 52 113 738 0 738 14.2 Amari Cooper 13 5 23 0 23 1.8 39 6 51 0 51 1.3 Buddy Pell 1 2 15 0 15 15.0 1 2 15 0 15 15.0 DeAndrew White 11 2 -4 0 -4 -0.4 41 2 -4 0 -4 -0.1 Christion Jones 13 1 -4 0 -4 -0.3 52 5 36 0 36 0.7 Team 7 5 -9 0 -9 -1.3 Total 13 948 2723 3653 6376 490.5 Opponents 13 867 1152 2909 4061 312.4

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OFFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS SEASON STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS PATs PATs SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Amari Cooper 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 84 29 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 174 Adam Griffi th 0 12-19 48-49 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 84 0 13-22 53-54 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 92 Derrick Henry 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 96 T.J. Yeldon 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66 38 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 230 Blake Sims 6 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1-2 0 0 36 8 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1-2 0 0 48 Kenyan Drake 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 20 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 120 DeAndrew White 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 26 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 74 Gunnar Raborn 0 2-3 9-10 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 15 0 2-3 9-10 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 15 Jalston Fowler 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Tyren Jones 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72 Cyrus Jones 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Cam Sims 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Michael Nysewander 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Ty Flournoy-Smith 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Christion Jones 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66 Brian Vogler 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Trey DePriest 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 JK Scott 0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1 Total 63 14-22 58-60 0-1 1 1-2 0 1 482 Opponents 22 21-23 19-21 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 216

SEASON STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long Christion Jones 17 142 8.4 0 47 64 709 11.1 2 75 Cyrus Jones 4 82 20.5 0 70 12 143 11.9 0 70 Tyren Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 23 224 9.7 0 70 Opponents 10 73 7.3 0 23

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long Christion Jones 30 749 25.0 0 38 61 1625 26.6 2 99 Cyrus Jones 4 77 19.2 0 20 14 327 23.4 0 41 Landon Collins 3 55 18.3 0 30 3 55 18.3 0 30 O.J. Howard 2 10 5.0 0 5 2 10 5.0 0 5

NOTES AND STATS Xzavier Dickson 2 7 3.5 0 7 4 30 7.5 0 14 DeAndrew White 1 1 1.0 0 1 5 81 16.2 0 24 Ryan Anderson 0 5 0.0 0 5 0 5 0.0 0 5 Total 42 904 21.5 0 38 Opponents 58 1268 21.9 1 100

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long Landon Collins 3 14 4.7 0 12 5 103 20.6 1 89 Nick Perry 2 24 12.0 0 23 2 24 12.0 0 23 Cyrus Jones 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 4 -4 -1.0 0 1 Jabriel Washington 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Reggie Ragland 1 1 1.0 0 1 1 1 1.0 0 1 Eddie Jackson 1 18 18.0 0 18 2 18 9.0 0 18 Total 10 52 5.2 0 23 Opponents 7 47 6.7 0 20

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long Cyrus Jones 1 17 17.0 1 17 1 17 17.0 1 17 Ryan Anderson 1 3 3.0 0 3 1 3 3.0 0 3 Eddie Jackson 1 16 16.0 0 16 2 51 25.5 0 35 Total 3 36 12.0 1 17 Opponents 2 76 38.0 1 49

86 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics SEASON/CAREER STATISTICS

OFFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS SEASON STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Amari Cooper 13 23 1656 0 0 0 1679 129.2 39 51 3392 0 0 0 3443 88.3 Christion Jones 13 -4 264 142 749 0 1151 88.5 52 36 1030 709 1625 0 3400 65.4 T.J. Yeldon 12 932 180 0 0 0 1112 92.7 38 3275 494 0 0 0 3769 99.2 Derrick Henry 13 895 79 0 0 0 974 74.9 25 1277 140 0 0 0 1417 56.7 DeAndrew White 11 -4 439 0 1 0 436 39.6 41 -4 1229 34 81 0 1340 32.7 Blake Sims 13 321 0 0 0 0 321 24.7 36 676 18 0 0 0 694 19.3 Kenyan Drake 5 112 159 0 0 0 271 54.2 29 1087 294 19 0 0 1400 48.3 O.J. Howard 13 0 246 0 10 0 256 19.7 26 0 515 0 10 0 525 20.2 Tyren Jones 10 224 -1 0 0 0 223 22.3 10 224 -1 0 0 0 223 22.3 Jalston Fowler 13 69 115 0 0 0 184 14.2 52 738 136 0 0 0 874 16.8 Chris Black 10 0 178 0 0 0 178 17.8 18 31 257 0 0 0 288 16.0 Cyrus Jones 13 0 0 82 77 -5 154 11.8 35 2 51 143 327 -4 519 14.8 ArDarius Stewart 12 0 149 0 0 0 149 12.4 12 0 149 0 0 0 149 12.4 Altee Tenpenny 12 136 0 0 0 0 136 11.3 25 218 4 0 0 0 222 8.9 Landon Collins 13 0 0 0 55 14 69 5.3 40 0 0 13 55 103 171 4.3 Cam Sims 12 0 62 0 0 0 62 5.2 12 0 62 0 0 0 62 5.2 Robert Foster 8 0 44 0 0 0 44 5.5 8 0 44 0 0 0 44 5.5 Brandon Greene 10 0 24 0 0 0 24 2.4 23 0 24 0 0 0 24 1.0 Nick Perry 13 0 0 0 0 24 24 1.8 42 0 0 0 0 24 24 0.6 Michael Nysewander 7 0 21 0 0 0 21 3.0 10 0 21 0 0 0 21 2.1 Brian Vogler 13 0 18 0 0 0 18 1.4 48 0 116 0 7 0 123 2.6 Eddie Jackson 10 0 0 0 0 18 18 1.8 17 0 0 0 0 18 18 1.1 Ty Flournoy-Smith 4 0 18 0 0 0 18 4.5 4 0 18 0 0 0 18 4.5 Buddy Pell 1 15 0 0 0 0 15 15.0 1 15 0 0 0 0 15 15.0 Jake Coker 7 13 0 0 0 0 13 1.9 7 13 0 0 0 0 13 1.9 Xzavier Dickson 13 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.5 46 0 0 0 30 0 30 0.7 Ryan Anderson 13 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.4 26 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.2 Malcolm Faciane 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.3 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1 Reggie Ragland 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 37 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 Team 7 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -1.3 Total 13 2723 3653 224 904 52 7556 581.2 Opponents 13 1152 2909 73 1268 47 5449 419.2

FIELD GOALS Att Good Long Blkd Att Good Long Blkd Pct. Adam Griffi th 19 12 47 0 22 13 47 0 .545 Gunnar Raborn 3 2 28 0 3 2 28 0 .667 Total 22 14 47 0 Opponents 23 21 46 0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd JK Scott 48 2255 47.0 70 5 16 26 0 48 2255 47.0 70 5 16 26 0 Total 48 2255 47.0 70 5 16 26 0 Opponents 82 3511 42.8 66 9 20 22 0 NOTES AND STATS KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB No. Yds Avg TB OB Adam Griffi th 64 3918 61.2 17 2 78 4803 61.6 21 2 JK Scott 24 1501 62.5 8 1 24 1501 62.5 8 1 Total 88 5419 61.6 25 3 Opponents 55 3220 58.5 11 1

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DEFENSE SEASON STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL Sacks Int PBU FR FF Blk GP Solo Ast Total TFL Sacks Int PBU FR FF Blk Landon Collins 13 51 40 91 3.5-7 . 3-14 6 1 1 . 39 105 66 171 6.5-13 . 5-103 12 2 2 1 Reggie Ragland 13 43 45 88 8.5-22 1.5-12 1-1 3 3 1 . 36 53 58 111 9.0-23 1.5-12 1-1 3 3 2 . Trey DePriest 12 37 45 82 3.5-13 . . 3 . 1 . 51 107 120 227 16.5-62 2.0-15 1-0 5 2 3 . Nick Perry 13 46 28 74 3.5-7 . 2-24 5 . . . 41 66 46 112 5.5-14 1.0-7 2-24 8 1 . . Jarran Reed 13 19 33 52 6.5-14 1.0-1 . 5 . . . 12 17 31 48 4.5-7 1.0-1 . 5 . . . Geno Smith 13 27 23 50 3.5-9 . . 1 . 1 . 37 34 30 64 5.0-13 . . 6 . 1 . A’Shawn Robinson 13 14 33 47 6.5-11 . . 2 . 1 1 25 24 52 76 11.5-46 5.5-34 . 2 . 1 2 Cyrus Jones 13 34 10 44 2.0-10 . 2--5 9 1 2 . 34 51 17 68 3.5-20 1.0-10 4--4 14 1 2 . Eddie Jackson 10 28 9 37 2.0-12 1.0-11 1-18 5 1 1 . 16 42 11 53 3.0-15 1.0-11 2-18 6 3 1 . Xzavier Dickson 13 27 10 37 10.5-40 8.0-37 . 2 . . . 45 44 40 84 19.0-75 13.0-65 . 3 . 1 . Jonathan Allen 13 14 17 31 9.5-35 4.5-26 . 1 . . 1 24 24 23 47 12.5-46 5.0-31 . 1 . 1 1 Ryan Anderson 13 10 14 24 7.0-36 3.0-28 . . 1 . . 25 12 16 28 8.5-40 4.5-32 . . 1 . . Dillon Lee 13 10 14 24 ...... 33 18 22 40 . . 1-0 . 1 . . D.J. Pettway 13 12 10 22 2.0-7 1.0-4 . 3 . . . 25 13 15 28 6.0-32 3.5-24 . 3 . . . Dalvin Tomlinson 13 8 14 22 5.5-11 2.0-5 . . . . . 13 10 16 26 5.5-11 2.0-5 . . . . . Reuben Foster 10 9 11 20 2.0-5 1.0-3 . . . . . 20 13 19 32 3.0-6 1.0-3 . . . . . Jabriel Washington 12 10 6 16 . . 1-0 2 . . . 27 8 9 17 . . 1-0 2 . . . Rashaan Evans 12 11 4 15 2.0-11 1.0-10 . . . . . 11 9 4 13 2.0-11 1.0-10 . . . . . Brandon Ivory 13 1 12 13 0.5-0 ...... 41 16 47 63 3.0-8 . . 1 1 . . Jarrick Williams 10 6 6 12 0.5-0 . . 2 . . . 31 34 24 58 2.5-10 1.0-9 . 4 . . . Maurice Smith 13 7 3 10 0.5-2 0.5-2 . 1 . . . 24 12 11 23 1.0-4 0.5-2 . 4 . . . Denzel Devall 7 2 7 9 1.0-2 ...... 34 23 34 57 9.0-52 5.0-35 . 1 1 2 . Tony Brown 12 6 3 9 1.0-6 . . 1 . . . 11 6 3 9 1.0-6 . . 1 . . . Bradley Sylve 13 7 1 8 . . . 2 . . . 32 19 5 24 . . . 6 . . . Da'Shawn Hand 9 4 3 7 2.0-10 2.0-10 . . . . . 8 4 1 5 2.0-10 2.0-10 . . . . . Tim Williams 12 2 3 5 1.5-24 1.5-24 . . . . . 18 4 4 8 2.5-33 1.5-24 . . . . . Darren Lake 8 2 3 5 ...... 28 11 12 23 1.0-1 ...... Christion Jones 13 5 . 5 ...... 51 16 4 20 . . . . . 3 . Kenyan Drake 5 3 . 3 ...... 29 6 2 8 ...... 1 Shaun Hamilton 13 . 3 3 ...... 12 . 3 3 ...... Cole Mazza 12 1 2 3 ...... 24 1 2 3 ...... NOTES AND STATS O.J. Howard 13 2 . 2 ...... 25 4 . 4 ...... Hootie Jones 6 . 2 2 ...... 6. 2 2 ...... ArDarius Stewart 12 1 1 2 ...... 11 1 1 2 ...... Altee Tenpenny 12 2 . 2 ...... 24 4 3 7 ...... Cam Robinson 13 1 . 1 ...... 12 1 . 1 ...... Arie Kouandjio 13 . 1 1 ...... 36 . 1 1 ...... Ryan Kelly 11 . 1 1 ...... 29 . 1 1 ...... Leon Brown 13 1 . 1 ...... 21 1 . 1 ...... Parker Barrineau 9 1 . 1 ...... 15 1 . 1 ...... Robert Foster 8 1 . 1 ...... 71 . 1 ...... Cam Sims 12 1 . 1 ...... 11 1 . 1 ...... Josh Dickerson 2 . 1 1 ...... 2. 1 1 ...... Jalston Fowler 13 1 . 1 ...... 51 4 . 4 ...... Tyren Jones 10 . 1 1 ...... 9...... Dee Liner 3 1 . 1 ...... 42 1 3 ...... Korren Kirven 3 . 1 1 ...... 82 3 5 ...... Derrick Henry 13 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . 24 3 1 4 . . . 1 . 1 . Josh Frazier 6 1 . 1 1.0-12 1.0-12 . . . . . 5 1 . 1 1.0-12 1.0-12 . . . . . Adam Griffi th 12 1 . 1 ...... 19 2 . 2 ...... Team 7...... 1.. Total 13 471 420 891 86-306 29-185 10-52 54 8 8 2 Opponents 13 550 436 986 58.0-210 13-91 7-47 31 12 10 1

88 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Notes and Statistics 2014 RECAPS AND BOXSCORES

WEST VIRGINIA (0-1) 23 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (0-2) 0

2/2 ALABAMA (1-0) 33 2/2 ALABAMA (2-0) 41

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 • GEORGIA DOME • ATLANTA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, ALA. ATTENDANCE: 70,502 • TV: ABC/ESPN 2 ATTENDANCE: 100,306 • TV: SEC NETWORK

ATLANTA — The Alabama football team compiled 538 total yards of offense, TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The No. 2 ranked Alabama football team beat Florida with the rushing attack accounting for 288 yards and three touchdowns to help Atlantic, 41-0, in the Crimson Tide’s home opener in Bryant-Denny Stadium. propel the No. 2 ranked Crimson Tide to a 33-23 victory over the West Virginia Alabama goes to 2-0 on the season, while FAU drops to 0-2. The game ended Mountaineers to kick off the 2014 season in the Georgia Dome Saturday. with 7:53 left on the clock in the fourth quarter by mutual agreement between the school’s athletics directors due to inclement weather. Junior T.J. Yeldon led the Tide rushing attack, collecting two touchdowns and 126 yards on 23 carries. Sophomore Derrick Henry contributed a touchdown and a Senior Blake Sims and junior Jake Coker shared time at quarterback, with Sims career-high 113 yards to help seal the victory for Alabama. In the passing game, getting the Tide’s scoring started thanks to a seven-yard plunge up the middle for Amari Cooper caught a career-high 12 passes for 130 yards. Cooper recorded his a touchdown. Both quarterbacks threw for over 200 yards. Junior wide receiver eighth 100-plus yard performance of his career while recording 100+ yards for the Amari Cooper had a career day with a school-record-tying 13 receptions to go with third straight game (previous, 178 yards at Auburn and 121 yards vs. Oklahoma). career-best 189 receiving yards and a touchdown. Cooper’s 12 catches put him one off the school record for catches in a game, set by DJ Hall against Tennessee in 2007. 1 2 3 4 Score Florida Atlantic 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 Score Alabama 21 10 7 3 41 West Virginia 3 14 3 3 23 Alabama 3 17 10 3 33 SCORING SUMMARY 1st 12:31 UA Blake Sims 7 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 7-74 2:29 FAU 0 - UA 7 SCORING SUMMARY 08:20 UA Amari Cooper 52 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 3-74 1:20 FAU 0 - UA 14 1st 10:58 WVU Josh Lambert 20 yd fi eld goal, 14-79 4:02 WVU 3 - UA 0 01:48 UA Kenyan Drake 39 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 8-78 3:35 FAU 0 - UA 21 08:18 UA Adam Griffi th 47 yd fi eld goal, 7-45 2:40 WVU 3 - UA 3 2nd 12:31 UA Adam Griffi th 22 yd fi eld goal, 9-37 4:03 FAU 0 - UA 24 2nd 14:11 UA T.J. Yeldon 15 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 14-95 6:57 WVU 3 - UA 10 06:23 UA Jalston Fowler 3 yd pass from Jake Coker (Adam Griffi th kick), 12-87 3:52 FAU 0 - UA 31 11:58 WVU Kevin White 19 yd pass from Clint Trickett (Josh Lambert kick), 9-75 2:13 WVU 10 - UA 10 3rd 02:19 UA Kenyan Drake 3 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 8-71 4:12 FAU 0 - UA 38 01:57 UA T.J. Yeldon 1 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 13-88 6:20 WVU 10 - UA 17 4th 12:02 UA Adam Griffi th 28 yd fi eld goal, 9-41 4:02 FAU 0 - UA 41 01:43 WVU Mario Alford 100 yd kickoff return (Josh Lambert kick) WVU 17 - UA 17 00:00 UA Adam Griffi th 41 yd fi eld goal, 7-50 1:31 WVU 17 - UA 20 3rd 07:44 UA Derrick Henry 19 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 6-70 1:50 WVU 17 - UA 27 FAU UA 04:59 WVU Josh Lambert 42 yd fi eld goal, 9-66 2:37 WVU 20 - UA 27 FIRST DOWNS 9 27 01:27 UA Adam Griffi th 27 yd fi eld goal, 9-64 3:27 WVU 20 - UA 30 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 24-57 32-190 4th 13:37 WVU Josh Lambert 41 yd fi eld goal, 9-51 2:50 WVU 23 - UA 30 PASSING YDS (NET) 88 430 08:07 UA Adam Griffi th 45 yd fi eld goal, 11-60 4:16 WVU 23 - UA 33 Passes Att-Comp-Int 19-12-0 38-27-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 43-145 70-620 WVU UA Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 FIRST DOWNS 22 30 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 3-77 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 24-28 49-288 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-118 1-26 PASSING YDS (NET) 365 250 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 45-29-0 33-24-1 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-42.7 0-0.0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 69-393 82-538 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-23 6-60 Punt Returns-Yards 1--1 1--1 Possession Time 23:37 28:30 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-152 4-99 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 10 6 of 12 Interception Returns-Yards 1-4 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 1 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-43.8 2-50.5 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 5-8 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-5 3-31 Penalties-Yards 6-55 7-49 Possession Time 22:13 37:47 RUSHING: FAU - Jay Warren 9-56; Martese Jackson. 6-11; Lucky Whitehead 3-8; Third-Down Conversions 5 of 14 9 of 15 Tony Moore 2-4; Greg Hankerson 4-minus 22. Alabama - T.J. Yeldon 7-43; Tyren Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1 Jones 4-33; Kenyan Drake 6-31; Jake Coker 4-23; Derrick Henry 5-23; Amari Cooper Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 4-4 1-20; Blake Sims 3-14; Altee Tenpenny 2-3. NOTES AND STATS Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 3-25 PASSING: FAU - Greg Hankerson 12-19-0-88. Alabama - Jake Coker 15-24-0-202; Blake Sims 12-14-0-228. RUSHING: West Virginia - Rushel Shell 10-38; Wendell Smallwood 5-9; Dreamius Smith 3-9; Dustin Garrison 1-2; Clint Trickett 4-minus 11; TEAM 1-minus 19. Alabama RECEIVING: FAU - Lucky Whitehead 6-42; Henry Bussey 2-3; Jenson Stoshak 1-16; - T.J Yeldon 23-126; Derrick Henry 17-113; Blake Sims 6-42; Kenyan Drake 3-7. Kamrin Solomon 1-16; William Dukes 1-8; Jay Warren 1-3. Alabama - Amari Cooper 13-189; ArDarius Stewart 3-63; Chris Black 3-45; Kenyan Drake 2-53; Christion Jones West Virginia - Clint Trickett 29-45-0-365. Alabama - Blake Sims 24-33- PASSING: 2-52; T.J. Yeldon 1-18; Ty Flournoy-Smith 1-4; Jalston Fowler 1-3; Robert Foster 1-3. 1-250. INTERCEPTIONS: FAU - None. Alabama - None. RECEIVING: West Virginia - Kevin White 9-143; Wendell Smallwood 6-73; Jordan Thompson 5-62; Mario Alford 5-54; Rushel Shell 2-19; Elijah Wellman 1-10; Shelton FUMBLES: FAU - Henry Bussey 1-0; Jay Warren 1-0; Kamrin Solomon 1-1. Alabama Gibson 1-4. Alabama - Amari Cooper 12-130; DeAndrew White 6-73; Christion - Blake Sims 1-1. Jones 3-31; Chris Black 1-8; Jalston Fowler 1-7; T.J. Yeldon 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS: West Virginia - Daryl Worley 1-4. Alabama - None.

FUMBLES: West Virginia - TEAM 1-0. Alabama - None.

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SOUTHERN MISS (1-2) 12 RV/RV FLORIDA (2-1; 1-1 SEC) 21

3/2 ALABAMA (3-0) 52 3/2 ALABAMA (4-0; 1-0 SEC) 42

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, ALA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, ALA. ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: ESPN 2 ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: CBS

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The No. 3/2 ranked Alabama football team beat Southern TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Blake Sims threw for 445 yards and four touchdowns, Miss, 52-12, Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd of 101,821. including 10 passes for 201 yards and two scores to receiver Amari Cooper, to lead the No. 2/3 Crimson Tide (4-0 overall; 1-0 in the Southeastern Conference) to a Junior wide receiver Amari Cooper once again led the way for the Crimson Tide, 42-21 win over Florida (2-1; 1-1) Saturday afternoon at Bryant-Denny Stadium. In notching a school-record-tying fi fth consecutive game with over 100 yards receiving, front of a sellout crowd of 101,821, Alabama overcame several miscues to rack up a tallying 135 yards on eight catches with one touchdown. On the ground, the Tide methodical yet impressive victory in its Southeastern Conference opener. had fi ve players with more than 40 yards rushing, led by sophomore Derrick Henry, who rumbled for 73 yards on 11 carries. Defensively, junior Landon Collins led the Sims completed 23-of-33 passes on the afternoon and his 445 yards through the air way with a dozen tackles. ranks second on the Alabama single-game passing yards list behind Scott Hunter’s 484-yard performance against Auburn in 1969. Sims passed for 335 yards and three scores in the fi rst half, including an 87-yard touchdown pass on the Tide’s fi rst 1 2 3 4 Score offensive play. The fi rst-half yardage ranks second in Alabama history for passing Southern Miss 3 3 3 3 12 yards in a half behind Greg McElroy’s 339-yard outing against Auburn in 2010. Alabama 7 14 14 17 52 Cooper continued his incredible start to the season with 10 catches for 201 yards and three touchdowns, including a 79-yard catch that erased an early 14-7 defi cit, SCORING SUMMARY on the way to his school-record sixth consecutive outing of 100 or more receiving 1st 11:35 USM ACOSTA, Corey 33 yd fi eld goal, 10-59 3:25 USM 3 - UA 0 yards. The Alabama offense eclipsed the 500-yard mark for the fi fth consecutive 07:42 UA Amari Cooper 22 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 7-70 3:53 USM 3 - UA 7 game, racking up 645 total yards (449 passing, 196 rushing) and surpassed 600 2nd 09:32 UA Blake Sims 4 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 13-80 7:07 USM 3 - UA 14 yards for the second time this season. Derrick Henry rushed for 111 yards and a 05:36 UA Kenyan Drake 1 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 6-38 2:49 USM 3 - UA 21 touchdown on 20 carries. 01:25 USM ACOSTA, Corey 43 yd fi eld goal, 4-3 1:25 USM 6 - UA 21 3rd 12:06 UA Kenyan Drake 1 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 8-75 2:54 USM 6 - UA 28 08:15 USM ACOSTA, Corey 37 yd fi eld goal, 8-59 3:51 USM 9 - UA 28 1 2 3 4 Score 05:12 UA Brian Vogler 5 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 7-68 3:03 USM 9 - UA 35 Florida 14 0 7 0 21 4th 13:48 UA Kenyan Drake 29 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 8-99 3:22 USM 9 - UA 42 Alabama 14 7 14 7 42 09:50 USM ACOSTA, Corey 30 yd fi eld goal, 11-62 3:58 USM 12 - UA 42 06:03 UA Adam Griffi th 30 yd fi eld goal, 9-46 3:49 USM 12 - UA 45 00:16 UA Tyren Jones 2 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 10-69 4:34 USM 12 - UA 52 SCORING SUMMARY 1st 13:47 UA Kenyan Drake 87 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 1-87 0:12 UF 0 - UA 7 USM UA 11:26 UF Showers,V. 28 yd pass from Driskel,J. (Velez,F. kick), 3-31 0:43 UF 7 - UA 7 FIRST DOWNS 13 31 09:24 UF Neal,K. 49 yd fumble recovery (Velez,F. kick) UF 14 - UA 7 04:12 UA Amari Cooper 79 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 1-79 0:11 UF 14 - UA 14 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 18-56 49-333 2nd 07:19 UA Jalston Fowler 2 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 6-56 2:23 UF 14 - UA 21 PASSING YDS (NET) 207 214 3rd 12:42 UF Driskel,J. 14 yd run (Velez,F. kick), 2-16 0:38 UF 21 - UA 21 Passes Att-Comp-Int 37-19-0 24-17-0 05:27 UA Derrick Henry 3 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 16-66 7:15 UF 21 - UA 28 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 55-263 73-547 00:21 UA Amari Cooper 4 yd pass from Jake Coker (Adam Griffi th kick), 8-80 3:07 UF 21 - UA 35 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 4th 10:10 UA Amari Cooper 6 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 8-60 3:42 UF 21 - UA 42 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-14 Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-135 4-111 UF UA Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 FIRST DOWNS 11 28 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-42.7 1-34.0 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 27-107 52-223 NOTES AND STATS Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 PASSING YDS (NET) 93 449 Penalties-Yards 6-50 3-25 Passes Att-Comp-Int 28-9-2 35-24-1 Possession Time 25:20 34:40 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 55-200 87-672 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 13 7 of 11 Fumble Returns-Yards 2-76 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-17 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 7-7 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-85 3-70 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-11 1-8 Interception Returns-Yards 1-20 2-12 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-52.7 2-43.5 RUSHING: Southern Miss - PARKS, Tez 3-25; SMITH, Ito 6-15; MULLENS, Nick 6-12; Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-3 PAYNE, George 3-4. Alabama - Derrick Henry 11-73; Kenyan Drake 9-59; Tyren Penalties-Yards 5-36 11-80 Jones 7-57; T.J. Yeldon 9-56; Blake Sims 5-46; Altee Tenpenny 5-39; Amari Cooper Possession Time 20:44 39:16 1-9; Jake Coker 2-minus 6. Third-Down Conversions 2 of 13 12 of 16 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1 PASSING: Southern Miss - MULLENS, Nick 19-35-0-207; WEEKS, Cole 0-2-0-0. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-5 Alabama - Blake Sims 12-17-0-168; Jake Coker 5-7-0-46. Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-8 0-0 RECEIVING: Southern Miss-TRIPLETT, M. 5-46; SMITH, Ito 3-33; MARTIN, Casey 3-26; THOMPSON, D.J. 2-42; DAVIS, Daythan 2-30; COX, James 2-12; THOMAS, RUSHING: Florida - Driskel,J. 11-59; Jones,M. 12-37; Taylor,Kel. 4-11. Alabama - Michael 1-18; RICARD, M. 1-0. Alabama - Amari Cooper 8-135; Christion Jones Derrick Henry 20-111; T.J. Yeldon 18-59; Blake Sims 8-39; Kenyan Drake 4-15; Tyren 4-50; M. Nysewander 1-9; Kenyan Drake 1-9; Brian Vogler 1-5; Chris Black 1-5; Jones 2-minus 1. Robert Foster 1-1. PASSING: Florida - Driskel,J. 9-28-2-93. Alabama - Blake Sims 23-33-1-445; Jake INTERCEPTIONS: Southern Miss - None. Alabama - None. Coker 1-2-0-4.

FUMBLES: Southern Miss - None. Alabama - Tyren Jones 1-1. RECEIVING: Florida - Burton,C. 3-33; Robinson,D. 2-14; Showers,V. 1-28; Dunbar,Q. 1-17; Brown,M. 1-4; Debose,A. 1-minus 3. Alabama - Amari Cooper 10-201; DeAndrew White 6-48; O.J. Howard 2-22; Jalston Fowler 2-21; Kenyan Drake 1-87; T.J. Yeldon 1-37; Derrick Henry 1-29; Christion Jones 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Florida - Morrison,A. 1-20. Alabama - Landon Collins 1-12; J. Washington 1-0.

FUMBLES: Florida - Jones,M. 1-1; Fowler,D. 1-0. Alabama - DeAndrew White 1-1; Blake Sims 1-1; Kenyan Drake 1-1.

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3/1 ALABAMA (4-1; 1-1 SEC) 17 7/7 ALABAMA (5-1; 2-1 SEC) 14

11/11 OLE MISS (5-0; 2-0 SEC) 23 RV/RV ARKANSAS (3-3; 0-3 SEC) 13

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 • VAUGHT-HEMINGWAY STADIUM • OXFORD, MISS. SAT., OCTOBER 11 • DONALD W. REYNOLDS RAZORBACK STADIUM • FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. ATTENDANCE: 61,826 • TV: CBS ATTENDANCE: 72,337 • TV: ESPN

OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace threw three touchdown FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The No. 7 Alabama Crimson Tide took down the Arkansas passes in the second half to lead the 11th-ranked Rebels (5-0 overall; 2-0 in the Razorbacks, 14-13, in sloppy conditions at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Southeastern Conference) to a 23-17 win over the No. 3/1 Alabama Crimson Tide in Alabama’s second Southeastern Conference road game of the season. Alabama before a sold-out crowd of 61,826 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford. moves to 5-1 on the season (2-1 SEC) while Arkansas falls to 3-3 (0-3 SEC).

A mistake in special teams ended up being the difference in the tightly contested Nick Saban’s Alabama teams are now 78-5 when leading at the half. Senior Blake game between two of the nation’s best teams as a fumbled kickoff inside Alabama Sims threw for two scores in the game, the fourth time in his career he has thrown territory with 5:29 left set up the deciding score. Wallace passed for 251 yards and for multiple touchdown passes. The Tide defense created three turnovers (two three touchdowns while completing 18-of-31 attempts without an interception. fumble recoveries and one interception) and blocked an extra point to help limit Alabama quarterback Blake Sims threw for 228 yards while completing 19-of-31 the Razorback scoring. with one interception without throwing a touchdown pass. Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper was held under 100 yards for the fi rst time in seven games, but had game-high totals with nine catches for 91 yards. His totals moved him into third 1 2 3 4 Score place in Alabama history for career receptions with 156. Alabama 0 7 0 7 14 Arkansas 0 6 7 0 13

1 2 3 4 Score Alabama 0 14 3 0 17 SCORING SUMMARY Ole Miss 3 0 7 13 23 2nd 08:40 UA T.J. Yeldon 22 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 3-23 0:57 UA 7 - AR 0 03:47 AR J. Williams 3 yd run (John Henson kick blockd), 10-81 4:53 UA 7 - AR 6 3rd 04:43 AR AJ Derby 54 yd pass from Brandon Allen (John Henson kick), 3-57 1:02 UA 7 - AR 13 SCORING SUMMARY 4th 12:36 UA DeAndrew White 6 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 8-56 3:00 UA 14 - AR 13 1st 13:17 OM Gary Wunderlich 46 yd fi eld goal, 5-10 1:43 UA 0 - OM 3 2nd 03:44 UA Blake Sims 1 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 12-68 3:27 UA 7 - OM 3 UA ARK 00:42 UA Cyrus Jones 13 yd fumble recovery (Adam Griffi th kick) UA 14 - OM 3 FIRST DOWNS 10 18 3rd 07:20 OM L. Treadwell 14 yd pass from Bo Wallace (Gary Wunderlich kick), 4-66 1:15 UA 14 - OM 10 03:54 UA Adam Griffi th 44 yd fi eld goal, 7-59 3:26 UA 17 - OM 10 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-66 39-89 4th 05:29 OM Vince Sanders 34 yd pass from Bo Wallace (Gary Wunderlich kick), 3-56 0:55 UA 17 - OM 17 PASSING YDS (NET) 161 246 02:54 OM Jaylen Walton 10 yd pass from Bo Wallace (Andrew Fletcher kick blockd), 5-31 2:35 UA 17 - OM 23 Passes Att-Comp-Int 21-11-0 40-21-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 53-227 79-335 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-3 0-0 UA OM Punt Returns-Yards 4-4 0-0 FIRST DOWNS 20 16 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-62 2-23 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 44-168 32-72 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 228 251 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-44.2 7-36.6 Passes Att-Comp-Int 31-19-1 31-18-0 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 3-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 75-396 63-323 Penalties-Yards 4-30 4-28 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-13 0-0 Possession Time 25:47 34:13 Punt Returns-Yards 1-3 1-9 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 15 9 of 19 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-92 4-112 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 2 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 1-2 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-51.8 6-46.3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-19 2-18 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-52 3-25 Possession Time 33:21 26:39 RUSHING: Alabama - T.J. Yeldon 16-45; Derrick Henry 7-25; Blake Sims 7-5; Third-Down Conversions 6 of 16 6 of 14 DeAndrew White 1-minus 3; Amari Cooper 1-minus 6. Arkansas - J. Williams 20-83; Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0 Alex Collins 6-13; Brandon Allen 9-5; K. Marshall 2-minus 1; TEAM 2-minus 11. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 2-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-5 1-48 PASSING: Alabama - Blake Sims 11-21-0-161. Arkansas - Brandon Allen 21-40-1- 246.

RUSHING: Alabama - T.J. Yeldon 20-123; Derrick Henry 17-37; Blake Sims 7-8. Ole RECEIVING: Alabama - DeAndrew White 4-33; T.J. Yeldon 2-35; Amari Cooper NOTES AND STATS Miss - Jaylen Walton 11-39; Bo Wallace 11-32; Jordan Wilkins 2-6; I. Mathers 2-1; 2-22; O.J. Howard 1-47; Cam Sims 1-15; Jalston Fowler 1-9. Arkansas-AJ Derby Jeremy Liggins 2-0; Q. Adeboyejo 1-minus 1; TEAM 2-minus 2; L. Treadwell 1-minus 4-77; 3-58; Hunter Henry 3-38; Kody Walker 3-15; D. Wilson 2-29; J. 3. Williams 2-9; Patrick Arinze 1-7; Jeremy Sprinkle 1-6; K. Marshall 1-4; Alex Collins 1-3. PASSING: Alabama - Blake Sims 19-31-1-228. Ole Miss - Bo Wallace 18-31-0-251. INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama - Landon Collins 1-0. Arkansas - None. RECEIVING: Alabama - Amari Cooper 9-91; O.J. Howard 3-81; Chris Black 2-19; T.J. Yeldon 2-7; Christion Jones 1-17; Kenyan Drake 1-10; Brian Vogler 1-3. Ole Miss - L. FUMBLES: Alabama - Team 1-1; Christion Jones 1-1; Landon Collins 1-0; Cyrus Treadwell 5-55; Evan Engram 3-71; Cody Core 3-38; Vince Sanders 2-41; I. Mathers Jones 1-0. Arkansas - Brandon Allen 1-0; Alex Collins 1-1; Kody Walker 1-1. 2-19; Markell Pack 1-18; Jaylen Walton 1-10; Mark Dodson 1-minus 1.

INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama - None. Ole Miss - Senquez Golson 1-0.

FUMBLES: Alabama - Christion Jones 1-1. Ole Miss - I. Mathers 1-1.

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21/21 TEXAS A&M (5-3; 2-3 SEC) 0 4/4 ALABAMA (7-1; 4-1 SEC) 34

7/7 ALABAMA (6-1; 3-1 SEC) 59 TENNESSEE (3-5; 0-4 SEC) 20

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, ALA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 • NEYLAND STADIUM • KNOXVILLE, TENN. ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: CBS ATTENDANCE: 102,455 • TV: ESPN2

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — No. 7 ranked Alabama football team used a big fi rst half KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The No. 4 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Tennessee to shut out No. 21 Texas A&M, 59-0, in Bryant-Denny Stadium. It was the Crimson Vols, 34-20 in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday night in front of 102,455 inside Neyland Tide’s largest margin of victory since downing Vanderbilt, 66-3, on Sept. 29, 1979, Stadium. and the largest shutout win since beating Tulane, 62-0, on Oct. 12, 1991. Wide receiver Amari Cooper had a career night, tallying a school-record 224 yards The Crimson Tide (6-1, 3-1 SEC) scored 45 points in the fi rst half against Texas A&M on nine catches. Through the fi rst six-plus minutes of the game, the junior had four (5-3, 2-3 SEC), which is the most points scored by Alabama in the fi rst half since catches for 155 yards and two touchdowns. The previous single-game mark - 221 Sept. 8, 2010, against Duke. The 35 points scored in the second quarter are the yards by Julio Jones in 2010 - also came in Knoxville against the Vols. most points ever scored by Alabama in a single quarter, topping the previous record of 34 set against Ole Miss on Oct. 7, 1989. The Tide’s points total was the most since scoring 62 at Duke in 2010. The game marked the fi rst time Texas A&M has been 1 2 3 4 Score Alabama 20 7 7 0 34 shutout since a 77-0 loss to Oklahoma in 2003. Tennessee 0 10 7 3 20

1 2 3 4 Score Texas A&M 0 0 0 0 0 SCORING SUMMARY Alabama 10 35 7 7 59 21st 12:39 UA Amari Cooper 80 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick failed), 1-80 0:13 UA 6 - UT 0 08:55 UA Amari Cooper 41 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 7-79 2:09 UA 13 - UT 0 03:12 UA T.J. Yeldon 1 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 9-90 4:00 UA 20 - UT 0 SCORING SUMMARY 2nd 12:03 UA Blake Sims 28 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 3-34 0:45 UA 27 - UT 0 07:03 UT Malone, J. 9 yd pass from Dobbs, J. (Medley, A. kick), 10-84 4:54 UA 27 - UT 7 1st 11:07 UA Adam Griffi th 21 yd fi eld goal, 10-71 3:53 TAMU 0 - UA 3 00:00 UT Medley, A. 27 yd fi eld goal, 11-59 3:53 UA 27 - UT 10 04:38 UA T.J. Yeldon 9 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 11-72 4:52 TAMU 0 - UA 10 3rd 05:52 UT Pearson, V. 10 yd pass from Dobbs, J. (Medley, A. kick), 15-84 6:46 UA 27 - UT 17 2nd 13:36 UA T.J. Yeldon 1 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 10-84 4:43 TAMU 0 - UA 17 00:13 UA Derrick Henry 28 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 13-76 5:33 UA 34 - UT 17 11:06 UA Blake Sims 43 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 4-64 0:45 TAMU 0 - UA 24 4th 09:42 UT Medley, A. 24 yd fi eld goal, 6-17 2:03 UA 34 - UT 20 05:26 UA Derrick Henry 8 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 11-80 3:41 TAMU 0 - UA 31 04:10 UA Amari Cooper 24 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 1-24 0:05 TAMU 0 - UA 38 00:22 UA Derrick Henry 41 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 5-60 1:51 TAMU 0 - UA 45 UA UT 3rd 11:47 UA Amari Cooper 45 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 3-57 1:13 TAMU 0 - UA 52 FIRST DOWNS 23 21 4th 04:16 UA Flournoy-Smith 14 yd pass from Jake Coker (JK Scott kick), 9-57 4:41 TAMU 0 - UA 59 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 41-183 43-180 PASSING YDS (NET) 286 203 TAMU UA Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-14-0 36-21-1 FIRST DOWNS 8 30 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 65-469 79-383 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 24-31 45-298 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-16 0-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 141 304 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1--4 Passes Att-Comp-Int 31-19-1 35-21-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-73 3-63 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 55-172 80-602 Interception Returns-Yards 1--5 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-42.8 5-41.8 Punt Returns-Yards 2-18 3-53 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-1 Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-198 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-50 4-33 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-1 Possession Time 29:26 30:34

NOTES AND STATS Punts (Number-Avg) 9-45.0 4-50.0 Third-Down Conversions 11 of 15 11 of 19 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 1 Penalties-Yards 2-6 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-4 Possession Time 23:29 36:31 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-18 1-6 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 13 9 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 5-5 RUSHING: Alabama - Derrick Henry 16-78; T.J. Yeldon 14-52; Blake Sims 6-42; Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 6-27 Jalston Fowler 2-24; DeAndrew White 1-minus 1; Team 1-minus 3; Amari Cooper 1-minus 9. Tennessee - Dobbs, J. 19-74; Hurd, J. 16-59; Lane, M. 3-48; Pearson, V. 3-7; Johnson, A.J. 1-0; Peterman, N. 1-minus 8. RUSHING: Texas A&M - B. Williams 4-21; Trey Williams 3-12; Tra Carson 5-6; James White 1-4; Kyle Allen 1-minus 1; Kenny Hill 10-minus 11. Alabama - T.J. Yeldon 13- PASSING: Alabama - Blake Sims 14-24-0-286. Tennessee - Dobbs, J. 19-32-1-193; 114; Derrick Henry 10-70; Blake Sims 4-54; Tyren Jones 9-34; Altee Tenpenny 8-30; Peterman, N. 2-4-0-10. Jake Coker 1-minus 4. RECEIVING: Alabama - Amari Cooper 9-224; DeAndrew White 4-59; T.J. Yeldon PASSING: Texas A&M - Kenny Hill 17-26-1-138; Kyle Allen 2-5-0-3. Alabama - Blake 1-3. Tennessee - Hurd, J. 6-27; North, M. 4-56; Howard, A. 4-49; Pearson, V. 3-22; Sims 16-27-0-268; Jake Coker 5-8-0-36. Ellis, A. 1-25; Wolf, E. 1-10; Malone, J. 1-9; Wharton, V. 1-5.

RECEIVING: Texas A&M - Speedy Noil 4-32; Malcome Kennedy 4-4; Josh Reynolds INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama - Cyrus Jones 1-minus 5. Tennessee - None. 3-42; B. Niederhofer 3-34; Edward Pope 2-22; Sabian Holmes 1-4; B. Williams 1-2; James White 1-1. Alabama - Amari Cooper 8-140; T.J. Yeldon 3-45; DeAndrew White FUMBLES: Alabama - Blake Sims 1-1; T.J. Yeldon 1-0; Jalston Fowler 1-1. Tennessee - Sutton, C. 1-0; Dobbs, J. 1-1. 3-30; Cam Sims 3-14; Derrick Henry 1-41; Flournoy-Smith 1-14; Jalston Fowler 1-12; A. Stewart 1-8.

INTERCEPTIONS: Texas A&M - None. Alabama - Reggie Ragland 1-1.

FUMBLES: Texas A&M - Josh Reynolds 1-0. Alabama - None.

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5/4/4 ALABAMA (8-1; 5-1 SEC) 20 1/1/1 MISS. STATE (9-1; 5-1 SEC) 20

16/14/15 LSU (7-3; 3-3 SEC) 13 5/4/3 ALABAMA (9-1; 6-1 SEC) 25

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 • TIGER STADIUM • BATON ROUGE, LA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 • BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, ALA. ATTENDANCE: 102,321 • TV: CBS ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: CBS

BATON ROUGE, La. — The No. 4/4 Alabama Crimson Tide improved to 8-1 (5-1 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The No. 4/3 ranked Alabama football team beat No. SEC) on the season, earning a 20-13 overtime victory against No. 14/15 LSU (7-3, 1 Mississippi State, 25-13 in Bryant-Denny Stadium in front of a sellout crowd of 3-3 SEC) Saturday night inside Tiger Stadium in front of a capacity crowd of 102,321. 101,821. Alabama has now won four straight and six of the last eight in the series with the Tigers. Wide receiver Amari Cooper had eight catches for 88 yards and a touchdown in the winning effort, which took him past the 3,000 mark for career receiving yards, On the evening, Amari Cooper cemented his name in Alabama history as the all- making him the fi rst Alabama receiver to break past that plateau. The Tide started time leader for career receiving yards and single-season receiving yards. With his its scoring in the opening quarter with its fi rst safety since getting a two-pointer in fi fth reception of the night, Cooper passed DJ Hall’s career total of 2,923 yards set a win over Ole Miss in 2013. Running back T.J. Yeldon racked up 75 yards and a from 2004-07. Cooper fi nished the game with 83 yards and now sits at 2,951 for his touchdown on 16 carries. Nick Perry and Reggie Ragland paced the Tide on defense career. The junior wideout also claimed the all-time mark for yards in a single season with 12 and 10 tackles, respectively. with his fi rst reception of the game, a 9-yard catch in the fi rst quarter, to pass Julio Jones who tallied 1,133 yards on 78 catches during the 2010 season. Following 1 2 3 4 Score tonight’s game, Cooper has amassed 1,215 yards on 79 catches with three games Mississippi State 0 3 3 14 20 remaining in the regular season. Alabama 5 14 0 6 25

1 2 3 4 OT Score SCORING SUMMARY Alabama 0 10 0 3 7 20 LSU 7 0 3 3 0 13 1st 07:49 UA Trey DePriest safety MSU 0 - UA 2 02:06 UA Adam Griffi th 36 yd fi eld goal, 11-43 5:43 MSU 0 - UA 5 2nd 07:45 UA Amari Cooper 4 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 5-61 1:51 MSU 0 - UA 12 SCORING SUMMARY 05:32 UA Derrick Henry 1 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 2-51 0:34 MSU 0 - UA 19 00:03 MS Evan Sobiesk 23 yd fi eld goal, 14-70 5:29 MSU 3 - UA 19 1st 02:07 LS Malachi Dupre 14 yd pass from A. Jennings (C. Delahoussaye kick), 7-41 4:03 UA 0 - LSU 7 3rd 12:06 MS Evan Sobiesk 32 yd fi eld goal, 9-67 2:54 MSU 6 - UA 19 2nd 05:40 UA Amari Cooper 23 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 7-51 1:47 UA 7 - LSU 7 4th 14:16 MS Fred Ross 4 yd pass from Dak Prescott (Evan Sobiesk kick), 5-38 1:54 MSU 13 - UA 19 00:09 UA Adam Griffi th 39 yd fi eld goal, 4-7 0:54 UA 10 - LSU 7 08:09 UA T.J. Yeldon 7 yd run (Blake Sims pass failed), 15-76 6:07 MSU 13 - UA 25 3rd 09:20 LS C. Delahoussaye 35 yd fi eld goal, 12-57 5:40 UA 10 - LSU 10 00:15 MS Jameon Lewis 4 yd pass from Dak Prescott (Evan Sobiesk kick), 13-72 3:03 MSU 20 - UA 25 4th 00:50 LS C. Delahoussaye 39 yd fi eld goal, 4--16 0:23 UA 10 - LSU 13 00:03 UA Adam Griffi th 27 yd fi eld goal, 9-55 0:47 UA 13 - LSU 13 OT 15:00 UA DeAndrew White 6 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 6-25 0:00 UA 20 - LSU 13 MSU UA FIRST DOWNS 26 17 UA LSU RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-138 32-124 FIRST DOWNS 15 17 PASSING YDS (NET) 290 211 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 29-106 56-183 Passes Att-Comp-Int 48-27-3 31-19-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 209 76 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 88-428 63-335 Passes Att-Comp-Int 46-20-0 26-8-1 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 75-315 82-259 Punt Returns-Yards 2-23 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-69 6-98 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 3-28 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 3-3 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-83 2-45 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-34.4 7-45.6 Interception Returns-Yards 1-18 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 9-48.6 9-45.0 Penalties-Yards 4-33 7-61 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Possession Time 31:55 27:50 Penalties-Yards 3-29 2-20 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 15 5 of 14 Possession Time 21:44 38:16 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 3 0 of 0 Third-Down Conversions 8 of 20 9 of 22 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-6 4-5 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 1-4 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-13 1-9 RUSHING: Mississippi State - Dak Prescott 22-82; Josh Robinson 12-37; Jameon

Lewis 3-18; B.Holloway 1-2; Ashton Shumpert 1-0; Fred Ross 1-minus 1. Alabama - NOTES AND STATS RUSHING: Alabama - T.J. Yeldon 15-68; Derrick Henry 8-24; Blake Sims 5-12; T.J. Yeldon 16-72; Derrick Henry 11-36; Blake Sims 4-18; Team 1-minus 2. Jalston Fowler 1-2. LSU - L. Fournette 21-79; A. Jennings 13-40; Terrence Magee 12- PASSING: Mississippi State - Dak Prescott 27-48-3-290. Alabama - Blake Sims 19- 29; Kenny Hilliard 3-15; Darrel Williams 5-14; Brandon Harris 1-7; TEAM 1-minus 1. 31-0-211. PASSING: Alabama - Blake Sims 20-45-0-209; Team 0-1-0-0. LSU - A. Jennings 8-26- RECEIVING: Mississippi State - D.Wilson 8-91; Josh Robinson 6-69; Jameon Lewis 1-76. 5-42; Malcolm Johnson 4-74; Fred Ross 2-4; Robert Johnson 1-9; B.Holloway 1-1. RECEIVING: Alabama-Amari Cooper 8-83; Christion Jones 3-38; DeAndrew White Alabama - Amari Cooper 8-88; DeAndrew White 4-40; A. Stewart 2-25; T.J. Yeldon 3-36; O.J. Howard 3-21; Brandon Greene 1-24; T.J. Yeldon 1-5; A. Stewart 1-2. LSU 2-16; Jalston Fowler 1-35; Brian Vogler 1-5; O.J. Howard 1-2. - Travin Dural 3-25; Terrence Magee 1-17; Malachi Dupre 1-14; C. Neighbors 1-10; INTERCEPTIONS: Mississippi State - None. Alabama - Landon Collins 1-2; Nick Darrel Williams 1-8; Travis Dickson 1-2. Perry 1-1; Cyrus Jones 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama - Eddie Jackson 1-18. LSU - None. FUMBLES: Mississippi State - None. Alabama - None. FUMBLES: Alabama - T.J. Yeldon 1-1. LSU - T. White 1-0.

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WCU (7-5; 5-2 SOCON) 14 15/15/16 AUBURN (8-4; 4-4 SEC) 44

1/2/2 ALABAMA (10-1; 6-1 SEC) 48 1/2/1 ALABAMA (11-1; 7-1 SEC) 55

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 • BRYANT-DENNTY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, ALA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 • BRYANT-DENNTY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, ALA. ATTENDANCE: 101,325 • TV: SEC Network ATTENDANCE: 101,821 • TV: ESPN

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide beat Western TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The No. 1 ranked Alabama football team came back strong Carolina 48-14 on Homecoming in Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday afternoon in to beat a tough Auburn squad Saturday night, 55-44, in front of a capacity crowd of front of 101,325 fans. 101,821 in Bryant-Denny Stadium in the Crimson Tide’s last regular-season contest. The 99 points and 1,169 combined offense were both Iron Bowl records. Sophomore running back Derrick Henry led the way for the Tide with three touchdowns on the day, two rushing and one receiving, as well as 92 rushing yards Junior wide receiver Amari Cooper tied his own school record with 224 receiving on 12 carries. Overall, Alabama broke the school record for fi rst downs in a game yards on 13 catches to go with three touchdowns. On Senior Night, fi fth-year senior with 36. The previous mark of 35 was set in 2007 against Western Carolina and was quarterback Blake Sims overcame three interceptions to go 20-of-27 for 312 yards, tied last season against Kentucky. four passing touchdowns and a rushing score. Junior T.J. Yeldon shouldered the scoring responsibility early, running for two of the Tide’s fi rst three touchdowns and fi nished the game with 127 rushing yards on 19 carries. Seniors Trey DePriest and 1 2 3 4 Score Nick Perry led the Tide defense with 14 and 13 tackles, respectively. Western Carolina 7 7 0 0 14 Alabama 10 28 10 0 48 1 2 3 4 Score Auburn 6 20 10 8 44 SCORING SUMMARY Alabama 14 7 13 21 55 1st 11:57 WCU S. Robinson 2 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Richard Sigmon kick), 9-75 3:03 WCU 7 - UA 0 07:51 UA Cam Sims 4 yd pass from Blake Sims (Gunnar Raborn kick), 9-52 4:06 WCU 7 - UA 7 04:08 UA Gunnar Raborn 20 yd fi eld goal, 6-31 2:17 WCU 7 - UA 10 SCORING SUMMARY 2nd 12:31 UA Derrick Henry 10 yd run (Gunnar Raborn kick), 9-63 3:15 WCU 7 - UA 17 1st 12:47 UA T.J. Yeldon 8 yd run (Gunnar Raborn kick), 5-35 2:06 AU 0 - UA 7 10:41 WCU S. Robinson 12 yd pass from Troy Mitchell (Richard Sigmon kick), 1-12 0:05 WCU 14 - UA 17 08:08 AU Daniel Carlson 20 yd fi eld goal, 12-72 4:39 AU 3 - UA 7 06:44 UA Tyren Jones 7 yd run (Gunnar Raborn kick), 10-69 3:57 WCU 14 - UA 24 06:17 UA Amari Cooper 17 yd pass from Blake Sims (Gunnar Raborn kick), 5-80 1:51 AU 3 - UA 14 03:16 UA Derrick Henry 23 yd run (Gunnar Raborn kick), 7-77 2:30 WCU 14 - UA 31 02:57 AU Daniel Carlson 24 yd fi eld goal, 11-68 3:20 AU 6 - UA 14 00:48 UA Derrick Henry 9 yd pass from Blake Sims (Gunnar Raborn kick), 6-57 1:06 WCU 14 - UA 38 2nd 11:01 AU Daniel Carlson 24 yd fi eld goal, 14-73 5:11 AU 9 - UA 14 3rd 10:10 UA Gunnar Raborn 28 yd fi eld goal, 11-51 4:50 WCU 14 - UA 41 10:16 AU Sammie Coates 34 yd pass from Nick Marshall (Daniel Carlson kick), 2-32 0:25 AU 16 - UA 14 01:49 UA M. Nysewander 12 yd pass from Jake Coker (Gunnar Raborn kick), 9-85 5:18 WCU 14 - UA 48 01:23 UA T.J. Yeldon 1 yd run (Gunnar Raborn kick), 7-58 3:19 AU 16 - UA 21 00:54 AU Sammie Coates 68 yd pass from Nick Marshall (Daniel Carlson kick), 2-75 0:29 AU 23 - UA 21 WCU UA 00:00 AU Daniel Carlson 20 yd fi eld goal, 3-38 0:37 AU 26 - UA 21 3rd 11:02 AU 5 yd pass from Nick Marshall (Daniel Carlson kick), 7-39 3:0 AU 33 - UA 21 FIRST DOWNS 12 36 08:01 UA Amari Cooper 39 yd pass from Blake Sims (Gunnar Raborn kick blocked), 8-75 3:01 AU 33 - UA 27 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 13--8 45-275 03:30 AU Daniel Carlson 33 yd fi eld goal, 10-66 4:31 AU 36 - UA 27 PASSING YDS (NET) 221 337 03:20 UA Amari Cooper 75 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 1-75 0:10 AU 36 - UA 34 Passes Att-Comp-Int 39-23-0 43-29-1 4th 14:33 UA Blake Sims 11 yd run (DeAndrew White pass from Blake Sims), 5-31 2:07 AU 36 - UA 42 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 52-213 88-612 08:05 UA DeAndrew White 6 yd pass from Blake Sims (Blake Sims rush failed), 10-72 4:49 AU 36 - UA 48 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 03:46 UA Derrick Henry 25 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 6-92 3:09 AU 36 - UA 55 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 4-32 00:20 AU Corey Grant 5 yd run (Nick Marshall rush), 13-65 3:26 AU 44 - UA 55 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-75 3-42 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0 AUB UA Punts (Number-Avg) 8-37.6 0-0.0 FIRST DOWNS 28 24 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 47-174 34-227 Penalties-Yards 5-68 5-50

NOTES AND STATS PASSING YDS (NET) 456 312 Possession Time 21:59 38:01 Passes Att-Comp-Int 43-27-1 27-20-3 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 12 9 of 14 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 90-630 61-539 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 2 of 2 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 7-9 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-24 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-29 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-104 4-63 Interception Returns-Yards 3-23 1-23 RUSHING: Western Carolina - Darius Ramsey 4-10; Richard Sigmon 1-0; Detrez Punts (Number-Avg) 2-41.0 2-55.5 Newsome 2-minus 1; Troy Mitchell 6-minus 17. Alabama - Derrick Henry 12-92; Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Tyren Jones 11-75; Altee Tenpenny 11-64; Jalston Fowler 5-30; Buddy Pell 2-15; Penalties-Yards 7-55 3-30 Blake Sims 4-minus 1. Possession Time 33:54 26:06 Third-Down Conversions 9 of 19 5 of 9 PASSING: Western Carolina - Troy Mitchell 23-39-0-221. Alabama - Blake Sims 17- Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 2 of 2 25-1-222; Jake Coker 12-18-0-115. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 7-8 5-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 2-6 RECEIVING: Western Carolina - K. Benson 9-118; S. Robinson 5-45; Detrez Newsome 2-16; Tyler Sexton 2-15; Darius Ramsey 2-14; Shaun Warren 2-7; Willie Police 1-6. Alabama - Chris Black 6-101; A. Stewart 5-51; Robert Foster 4-40; RUSHING: Auburn - C. Artis-Payne 25-77; Nick Marshall 13-49; Corey Grant 4-34; Amari Cooper 3-46; Cam Sims 3-33; O.J. Howard 2-33; Malcolm Faciane 2-2; M. Quan Bray 3-21; Marcus Davis 1-2; Roc Thomas 1-minus 9. Alabama-T.J. Yeldon Nysewander 1-12; Christion Jones 1-11; Derrick Henry 1-9; Tyren Jones 1-minus 1. 19-127; Derrick Henry 5-72; Blake Sims 5-23; Jalston Fowler 3-11; Team 1-minus 2; Christion Jones 1-minus 4. INTERCEPTIONS: Western Carolina - Trey Morgan 1-0. Alabama - None. PASSING: Auburn - Nick Marshall 27-43-1-456. Alabama - Blake Sims 20-27-3-312. FUMBLES: Western Carolina - None. Alabama - Derrick Henry 1-1. RECEIVING: Auburn - D. Williams 7-121; Sammie Coates 5-206; Quan Bray 4-74; Marcus Davis 4-21; Corey Grant 3-14; C. Artis-Payne 2-14; Ricardo Louis 2-6. Alabama - Amari Cooper 13-224; DeAndrew White 3-19; Christion Jones 1-21; O.J. Howard 1-20; Jalston Fowler 1-15; T.J. Yeldon 1-13.

INTERCEPTIONS: Auburn - Johnathan Ford 1-14; J. Whitehead 1-5; Jonathan Jones 1-4. Alabama - Nick Perry 1-23.

FUMBLES: Auburn - Roc Thomas 1-1; Marcus Davis 1-0. Alabama - None.

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1/1/1 ALABAMA (12-1; 7-1 SEC) 42

16/14/13 MISSOURI (10-3; 7-1 SEC) 13

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6 • GEORGIA DOME • ATLANTA, GA. ATTENDANCE: 73,526 • TV: CBS

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The No. 1 ranked Alabama football team won its 24th Southeastern Conference Championship with a decisive 42-13 win over the SEC Eastern Division Champion Missouri Tigers inside the Georgia Dome.

Running backs T.J. Yeldon and Derrick Henry rushed for two touchdowns apiece while quarterback Blake Sims threw a pair of scores, fi rst a 58-yard strike to DeAndrew White followed by six-yard toss to Christion Jones. Henry led all rushers with a career-best 141 yards on 20 carries. White led the Tide in receiving with 101 yards on four catches.

1 2 3 4 Score Alabama 7 14 0 21 42 Missouri 0 3 10 0 13

SCORING SUMMARY 1st 11:24 UA T.J. Yeldon 1 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 10-68 3:36 UA 7 - MU 0 2nd 11:48 UA DeAndrew White 58 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 1-58 0:10 UA 14 - MU 0 08:30 MU Baggett, Andrew 33 yd fi eld goal, 9-58 3:12 UA 14 - MU 3 02:47 UA T.J. Yeldon 2 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 14-75 5:43 UA 21 - MU 3 3rd 11:00 MU Sasser, Bud 1 yd pass from Mauk, Maty (Baggett, Andrew kick), 10-75 4:00 UA 21 - MU 10 04:37 MU Baggett, Andrew 33 yd fi eld goal, 9-65 3:25 UA 21 - MU 13 4th 14:55 UA Christion Jones 6 yd pass from Blake Sims (Adam Griffi th kick), 10-64 4:34 UA 28 - MU 13 07:38 UA Derrick Henry 26 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 8-90 4:37 UA 35 - MU 13 03:38 UA Derrick Henry 1 yd run (Adam Griffi th kick), 5-62 2:46 UA 42 - MU 13

UA MU FIRST DOWNS 28 10 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 49-242 23-41 PASSING YDS (NET) 262 272 Passes Att-Comp-Int 27-23-0 34-16-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 76-504 57-313 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-85 4-89 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-43.3 7-43.4 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 2-10 6-60 Possession Time 36:43 23:17 Third-Down Conversions 9 of 13 6 of 16 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-12

RUSHING: Alabama - Derrick Henry 20-141; T.J. Yeldon 14-47; Tyren Jones 3-26; Blake Sims 9-19; Amari Cooper 1-9; Jalston Fowler 1-2; Team 1-minus 2. Missouri - Hansbrough, Rus 13-21; Murphy, Marcus 7-20; Witter, Ish 1-1; Mauk, Maty 2-minus

1. NOTES AND STATS

PASSING: Alabama - Blake Sims 23-27-0-262. Missouri - Mauk, Maty 16-34-0-272. RECEIVING: Alabama - Amari Cooper 12-83; DeAndrew White 4-101; Christion Jones 3-40; O.J. Howard 2-20; Jalston Fowler 1-13; Brian Vogler 1-5. Missouri - Hunt, Jimmie 6-169; Sasser, Bud 5-31; White, Darius 3-56; Murphy, Marcus 1-11; Culkin, Sean 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Alabama - None. Missouri - None. FUMBLES: Alabama - Blake Sims 2-0; Team 1-0. Missouri - TEAM 1-0; White, Darius 1-1.

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The Tide is making its 62nd bowl appearance, more than any team in the country. HHowow The Alabama football team is making its NCAA-leading 62nd bowl appearance. The Crimson Tide has played in more bowl games (61) and earned more bowl wins (34) than any team in college football history. Alabama is making SSweetweet its 15th Sugar Bowl appearance and the Tide has more Sugar Bowl wins (eight) than any other program in the bowl’s storied history. The Tide has also made eight Orange Bowl appearances, seven Cotton Bowl appearances and played in six Rose Bowl games in its history. Alabama has been bowling for 11 consecutive seasons, something that has not happened since the Crimson Tide played in 10 straight bowl games from 1985-94. Alabama is making iitt is.is. its fourth appearance in New Orleans under Nick Saban and playing in its third Sugar Bowl. Here is a breakdown of the Tide’s 1926 Rose Alabama 20, Washington 19 1979 Sugar Alabama 14, Penn State 7 bowl appearances. 1927 Rose Alabama 7, Stanford 7 1980 Sugar Alabama 24, Arkansas 9 1931 Rose Alabama 24, Washington State 0 1981 Cotton Alabama 30, Baylor 2 sugarsugar 1935 Rose Alabama 29, Stanford 13 1982 Cotton Texas 14, Alabama 12 1155 bowl 1938 Rose California 13, Alabama 0 1982 Liberty Alabama 21, Illinois 15 1942 Cotton Alabama 29, Texas A&M 21 1983 Sun Alabama 28, SMU 7 OrangeOrange 1943 Orange Alabama 37, Boston College 21 1985 Aloha Alabama 24, Southern Cal 3 8 bowl 1945 Sugar Duke 29, Alabama 26 1986 Sun Alabama 28, Washington 6 1946 Rose Alabama 34, Southern Cal 14 1988 Hall of Fame Michigan 28, Alabama 24 CottonCotton 1948 Sugar Texas 27, Alabama 7 1988 Sun Alabama 29, Army 28 7 bowl 1953 Orange Alabama 61, Syracuse 6 1990 Sugar Miami 33, Alabama 25 1954 Cotton Rice 28, Alabama 6 1991 Fiesta Louisville 34, Alabama 7 roserose 1959 Liberty Penn State 7, Alabama 0 1991 Blockbuster Alabama 30, Colorado 25 6 bowl 1960 Bluebonnet Alabama 3, Texas 3 1993 Sugar Alabama 34, Miami 13 1962 Sugar Alabama 10, Arkansas 3 1993 Gator Alabama 24, North Carolina 10 libertyliberty 1963 Orange Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0 1995 Citrus Alabama 24, Ohio State 17 4 bowl 1964 Sugar Alabama 12, Mississippi 7 1997 Outback Alabama 17, Michigan 14 1965 Orange Texas 21, Alabama 17 1998 Music City Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7 cchampionshiphampionship BCSB CS GameGame 1966 Orange Alabama 39, Nebraska 28 2000 Orange Michigan 35, Alabama 34 (OT) 3 bowl 1967 Sugar Alabama 34, Nebraska 7 2001 Independence Alabama 14, Iowa State 13 1968 Cotton Texas A&M 20, Alabama 16 2004 Music City Minnesota 20, Alabama 16 IndependenceIndependence 1968 Gator Missouri 35, Alabama 10 2005 Cotton *Alabama 13, Texas Tech 10 3 bowl 1969 Liberty Colorado 47, Alabama 33 2006 Independence Oklahoma St. 34, Alabama 31 1970 Bluebonnet Alabama 24, Oklahoma 24 2007 Independence Alabama 30, Colorado 24 sunsun 1972 Orange Nebraska 38, Alabama 6 2009 Sugar Utah 31, Alabama 17 3 bowl 1973 Cotton Texas 17, Alabama 13 2010 Citi BCS Game Alabama 37, Texas 21 1973 Sugar Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23 2011 Capital One Alabama 49, Michigan State 7 BluebonnetBluebonnet 1975 Orange Notre Dame 13, Alabama 11 2012 Allstate BCS Game Alabama 21, LSU 0 2 bowl 1975 Sugar Alabama 13, Penn State 6 2013 Discover BCS Game Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14 1976 Liberty Alabama 36, UCLA 6 2014 Sugar Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31 CapitalCapital OOne/Citrusne/Citrus 1978 Sugar Alabama 35, Ohio State 6 2 *Win later vacated due to NCAA ruling bowl gatorgator 2 bowl MusicMusic ccityity 2 bowl BlockbusterBlockbuster 1 bowl AlohaAloha 1 bowl hallhall ofof ffameame 1 bowl fiestafiesta 1 bowl outbackoutback 1 bowl Bowl Records and Recaps Bowl Bound ALABAMA ON ALL-TIME BOWL TEAMS Rose Bowl Cotton Bowl Johnny Mack Brown (HB), 1926 Holt Rast (E), 1942 TOTAL APPEARANCES: 61 Millard “Dixie” Howell (HB), 1935 Don Whitmire (T), 1942 Jimmy Nelson (HB), 1942 WINS: *34 LOSSES: 23 TIES: 3 Sugar Bowl Paul Bryant (Coach), 1968, ‘73, ‘81, ‘82 Vaughn Mancha (C), 1945 Year Bowl Result Tom Whitley (T), 1948 1926 Rose Alabama 20, Washington 19 Harry Gilmer (HB), 1945 1927 Rose Alabama 7, Stanford 7 Ray Richeson (G), 1948 1931 Rose Alabama 24, Washington State 0 1935 Rose Alabama 29, Stanford 13 Orange Bowl 1938 Rose California 13, Alabama 0 Joe Domnanovich (C), 1943 1942 Cotton Alabama 29, Texas A&M 21 Don Whitmire (T), 1943 1943 Orange Alabama 37, Boston College 21 Lee Roy Jordan (LB), 1963 1945 Sugar Duke 29, Alabama 26 Joe Namath (QB), 1965 1946 Rose Alabama 34, Southern Cal 14 Ray Perkins (E), 1966 1948 Sugar Texas 27, Alabama 7 Steve Sloan (QB), 1966 1953 Orange Alabama 61, Syracuse 6 John Hannah (G), 1972 1954 Cotton Rice 28, Alabama 6 1959 Liberty Penn State 7, Alabama 0 Leroy Cook (E), 1975 1960 Bluebonnet Alabama 3, Texas 3 Mike Washington (CB), 1975 1962 Sugar Alabama 10, Arkansas 3 1963 Orange Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0 1964 Sugar Alabama 12, Mississippi 7 ALL-TIME BOWL OPPONENTS 1965 Orange Texas 21, Alabama 17 1966 Orange Alabama 39, Nebraska 28 Opponent Bowl Record 1967 Sugar Alabama 34, Nebraska 7 Arkansas 2-0 1968 Cotton Texas A&M 20, Alabama 16 Army 1-0 1968 Gator Missouri 35, Alabama 10 Baylor 1-0 1969 Liberty Colorado 47, Alabama 33 Boston College 1-0 1970 Bluebonnet Alabama 24, Oklahoma 24 California 0-1 1972 Orange Nebraska 38, Alabama 6 Colorado 2-1 1973 Cotton Texas 17, Alabama 13 Duke 0-1 1973 Sugar Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23 Illinois 1-0 1975 Orange Notre Dame 13, Alabama 11 Iowa State 1-0 1975 Sugar Alabama 13, Penn State 6 LSU 1-0 1976 Liberty Alabama 36, UCLA 6 1978 Sugar Alabama 35, Ohio State 6 Louisville 0-1 1979 Sugar Alabama 14, Penn State 7 Miami 1-1 1980 Sugar Alabama 24, Arkansas 9 Michigan 1-2 1981 Cotton Alabama 30, Baylor 2 Michigan State 1-0 1982 Cotton Texas 14, Alabama 12 Missouri 0-1 1982 Liberty Alabama 21, Illinois 15 Minnesota 0-1 1983 Sun Alabama 28, SMU 7 Mississippi 1-0 1985 Aloha Alabama 24, Southern Cal 3 Nebraska 2-1 1986 Sun Alabama 28, Washington 6 North Carolina 1-0 1988 Hall of Fame Michigan 28, Alabama 24 Notre Dame 1-2 1988 Sun Alabama 29, Army 28 Ohio State 2-0 1990 Sugar Miami 33, Alabama 25 Oklahoma 1-1-1 1991 Fiesta Louisville 34, Alabama 7 Oklahoma State 0-1 1991 Blockbuster Alabama 30, Colorado 25 Penn State 2-1 1993 Sugar Alabama 34, Miami 13 Rice 0-1 1993 Gator Alabama 24, North Carolina 10 SMU 1-0 1995 Citrus Alabama 24, Ohio State 17 USC 2-0 1997 Outback Alabama 17, Michigan 14 Stanford 1-0-1 1998 Music City Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7 Syracuse 1-0 2000 Orange Michigan 35, Alabama 34 (OT) Texas 1-4-1 2001 Independence Alabama 14, Iowa State 13 Texas A&M 1-1 2004 Music City Minnesota 20, Alabama 16 *Texas Tech 1-0 *2005 Cotton Alabama 13, Texas Tech 10 Utah 0-1 2006 Independence Oklahoma State 34, Alabama 31 UCLA 1-0 2007 Independence Alabama 30, Colorado 24 Virginia Tech 0-1 2009 Sugar Utah 31, Alabama 17 Washington 2-0 2010 BCS National Championship Alabama 37, Texas 21 Washington State 1-0 2011 Capital One Alabama 49, Michigan State 7 2012 BCS National Championship Alabama 21, LSU 0 *later vacated per NCAA ruling 2013 BCS National Championship Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14 2014 Sugar Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31 BOWL RECORDS *Vacated per NCAA ruling BOWL RECORD VS. 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Conference UA Record BOWL GAME APPEARANCES (BY GAME): ACC 4-4 (.500) American Athletic 1-0 (1.000) 14 – Sugar 2 – Gator Big Ten 9-5 (.643) 8 – Orange 2 – Music City Big 12 *4-6-2 (.454) 7 – Cotton 1 – Aloha Conference USA 0-1 (.000) 6 – Rose 1 – Blockbuster Pac-10/12 9-3-1 (.731) 4 – Liberty 1 – Capital One SEC 5-2 (.714) 3 – BCS National Championship Game 1 – Citrus Independents 2-2 (.500) 3 – Independence 1 – Fiesta * Actual record is 5-6-2. 2006 Cotton Bowl win over Texas Tech was later 3 – Sun 1 – Hall of Fame vacated per NCAA ruling. 2 – Bluebonnet 1 – Outback

ROLLTIDE.COM 97 Bowl Records and Recaps BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THE SUGAR BOWL THE SUN BOWL Various Sites New Orleans, Louisiana El Paso, Texas Record: Won 3, Lost 0 Record: Won 8, Lost 6 Record: Won 3, Lost 0 2010 Alabama 37, Texas 21 1945 Duke 29, Alabama 26 1983 Alabama 28, SMU 7 2012 Alabama 21, LSU 0 1948 Texas 27, Alabama 7 1986 Alabama 28, Washington 6 2013 Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14 1962 Alabama 10, Arkansas 3 1988 Alabama 29, Army 28 1964 Alabama 12, Mississippi 7 Outstanding Player Award 1967 Alabama 34, Nebraska 7 Outstanding Player Award 2010 Running Back Mark Intram (Offense) 1973 Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23 1983 Quarterback Walter Lewis Defensive Tackle Marcell Dareus (Defense) 1975 Alabama 13, Penn State 6 1983 Center Wes Neighbors 2012 Quarterback AJ McCarron (Offense) 1978 Alabama 35, Ohio State 6 1986 Linebacker Cornelius Bennett Linebacker Courtney Upshaw (Defense) 1979 Alabama 14, Penn State 7 1988 Quarterback David Smith (Player) 2013 Running Back Eddie Lacy (Offense) 1980 Alabama 24, Arkansas 9 Linebacker Derrick Thomas (Lineman) Linebacker C.J. Mosley (Defense) 1990 Miami 33, Alabama 25 1993 Alabama 34, Miami 13 2009 Utah 31, Alabama 17 THE ALOHA BOWL 2014 Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31 THE ORANGE BOWL Honolulu, Hawai’i Miami, Florida Outstanding Player Award Record: Won 1, Lost 0 Record: Won 4, Lost 4 1962 Fullback Mike Fracchia 1964 Field Goal Kicker Tim Davis 1985 Alabama 24, Southern Cal 3 1943 Alabama 37, Boston College 21 1967 Quarterback Outstanding Player Award 1953 Alabama 61, Syracuse 6 1975 Quarterback Richard Todd 1985 Linebacker Cornelius Bennett (Defense) 1963 Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0 1978 Quarterback Jeff Rutledge 1985 Halfback Gene Jelks (Offense) 1965 Texas 21, Alabama 17 1979 Linebacker Barry Krauss 1966 Alabama 39, Nebraska 28 1980 Halfback Major Ogilvie 1972 Nebraska 38, Alabama 6 1993 Tailback Derrick Lassic 1975 Notre Dame 13, Alabama 11 THE CITRUS BOWL/CAPITAL ONE BOWL 2000 Michigan 35, Alabama 34 (OT) Orlando, Florida Outstanding Player Award THE GATOR BOWL Record: Won 2, Lost 0 1963 Linebacker Lee Roy Jordan Jacksonville, Florida 1995 Alabama 24, Ohio State 17 1965 Quarterback Joe Namath Record: Won 1, Lost 1 1966 Quarterback Steve Sloan 2011 Alabama 49, Michigan State 7 1975 End Leroy Cook (Defense) 1968 Missouri 35, Alabama 10 Outstanding Player Award 1993 Alabama 24, North Carolina 10 1995 Tailback Sherman Williams (Offense) THE COTTON BOWL Outstanding Player Award 2011 Linebacker Courtney Upshaw 1993 Quarterback Brian Burgdorf Dallas, Texas *Record: Won 2, Lost 4 THE HALL OF FAME BOWL 1942 Alabama 29, Texas A&M 21 THE BLOCKBUSTER BOWL Tampa, Florida 1954 Rice 28, Alabama 6 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Record: Won 0, Lost 1 1968 Texas A&M 20, Alabama 16 Record: Won 1, Lost 0 1988 Michigan 28, Alabama 24 1973 Texas 17, Alabama 13 1981 Alabama 30, Baylor 2 1991 Alabama 30, Colorado 25 1982 Texas 14, Alabama 12 *2006 Alabama 13, Texas Tech 10 Outstanding Player Award THE FIESTA BOWL 1991 Receiver/PR David Palmer *Vacated per NCAA ruling Tempe, Arizona Record: Won 0, Lost 1 Outstanding Player Award 1942 End Holt Rast, Tackle Don Whitmire, THE LIBERTY BOWL 1991 Louisville 34, Alabama 7 and Halfback Jimmy Nelson Philadelphia & Memphis 1981 Halfback Major Ogilvie and Record: Won 2, Lost 2 Middle Guard Warren Lyles THE MUSIC CITY BOWL 1982 Linebacker Robbie Jones 1959 Penn State 7, Alabama 0 2006 Quarterback Brodie Croyle (Offense) Nashville, Tennessee 1969 Colorado 47, Alabama 33 Record: Won 0, Lost 2 Linebacker DeMeco Ryans (Defense) 1976 Alabama 36, UCLA 6 1982 Alabama 21, Illinois 15 1998 Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7 2004 Minnesota 20, Alabama 16 THE ROSE BOWL Outstanding Player Award 1976 Linebacker Barry Krauss Pasadena, California BOWL RECORDS 1982 Defensive Back Jeremiah Castille Record: Won 4, Lost 1, Tied 1 THE OUTBACK BOWL 1926 Alabama 20, Washington 19 Tampa, Florida 1927 Alabama 7, Stanford 7 THE BLUEBONNET BOWL Record: Won 1, Lost 0 1931 Alabama 24, Washington State 0 Houston, Texas 1997 Alabama 17, Michigan 14 1935 Alabama 29, Stanford 13 Record: Won 0, Lost 0, Tied 2 1938 California 13, Alabama 0 Outstanding Player Award 1946 Alabama 34, Southern Cal 14 1960 Alabama 3, Texas 3 1997 Linebacker Dwayne Rudd 1970 Alabama 24, Oklahoma 24 Outstanding Player Award 1926 Back Johnny Mack Brown Outstanding Player Award 1927 Tackle Fred Pickhard 1960 Linebacker Lee Roy Jordan (Defensive Player) THE INDEPENDENCE BOWL 1931 Back John Campbell 1970 Linebacker Jeff Rouzie (Defensive Player) Shreveport, Louisiana 1935 Back Millard “Dixie” Howell Record: Won 2, Lost 1 1946 Back Harry Gilmer 2001 Alabama 14, Iowa State 13 2006 Oklahoma State 34, Alabama 31 2007 Alabama 30, Colorado 24 Co-Defensive Player Award 2001 Strong Safety Waine Bacon Outstanding Player Award 2007 Quarterback John Parker Wilson

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TOTAL OFFENSE 5.9 .....vs. Boston College, 1943 Orange ALABAMA BOWL RECORDS 42 rushes, 246 yards Most Total Yards TEAM BESTS 586 ....vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange Fewest Yards Per Rush 546 ....vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One -1.5 ....vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 529 ....vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 29 plays, -45 yards FIRST DOWNS 521 ....vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 0.9 ....vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 518 ....vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 33 rushes, 31 yards Most Total First Downs 1.0 ....vs. Minnesota, 2004 Music City 29 ...... vs. Army, 1988 Sun Fewest Total Yards 21 rushes, 21 yards 29 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 23 ....vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 1.3 ....vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 28 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 75 ....vs. Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton 29 rushes, 38 yards 28 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 98 ....vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose 1.5 ....vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 28 ...... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 103 ....vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar 32 rushes, 50 yards 25 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 131 ....vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 1.5 ....vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar 25 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 28 rushes, 41 yards 25 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One Most Yards Per Play 10.6 ...vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose Most Touchdowns Rushing Fewest Total First Downs 36 plays, 383 yards 6 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 1 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 8.7 ...vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 4 ...... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship 4 ...... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 67 plays, 586 yards 4 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 6 ...... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 8.1 ...vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 3 ...... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 7 ...... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar 67 plays, 546 yards 3 ...... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar 8 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 7.9 ...vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 3 ...... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun 65 plays, 516 yards 3 ...... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton Most First Downs Rushing 7.2 ...vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 3 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar 17 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 73 plays, 529 yards 3 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 17 ...... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 3 ...... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty 16 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange Fewest Yards Per Play 3 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Cotton 14 ...... vs. North Carolina, 1993 Gator 0.4 .....vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 3 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Sugar 14 ...... vs. Southern California, 1985 Aloha 56 plays, 23 yards 14 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar 2.27 ...vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton Fewest Touchdowns Rushing 14 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 33 plays, 75 yards 0 ...... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 2.28 ...vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar 0 ...... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence Fewest First Downs Rushing 45 plays, 103 yards 0 ...... vs. Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton 0 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 2.6 .....vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose 0 ...... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 0 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 38 plays, 98 yards 0 ...... vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster 1 ...... vs. Minnesota, 2004 Music City 2.8 .....vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 0 ...... vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 2 ...... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 68 plays 189 yards 0 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 3 ...... vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar 2.8 .....vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 0 ...... vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton 3 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 47 plays, 131 yards 0 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 3 ...... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 2.8 .....vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 0 ...... vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet 69 plays, 194 yards 0 ...... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator Most First Downs Passing 0 ...... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange 0 ...... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 23 ...... vs. Army, 1988 Sun RUSHING 18 ...... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 0 ...... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 14 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship Most Rush Attempts 0 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 14 ...... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange 68 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 0 ...... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar 13 ...... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence 67 ...... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton 0 ...... vs. California, 1938 Rose 13 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 64 ...... vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster 13 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 62 ...... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun PASSING 60 ...... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar Fewest First Downs Passing 60 ...... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar Most Pass Attempts 1 ...... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar 52 ...... vs. Army, 1988 Sun 1 ...... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar Fewest Rush Attempts 44 ...... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange 1 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 21 ...... vs. Minnesota 2004, Music City 43 ...... vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar 1 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 26 ...... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange 40 ...... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 2 ...... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 28 ...... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar 37 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 2 ...... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 29 ...... vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar 29 ...... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator Fewest Pass Attempts Most First Downs By Penalty 7 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar 4 ...... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty Most Yards Rushing 7 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 4 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 293 ....vs. USC, 1946 Rose 8 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 3 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 286 ....vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 8 ...... vs. Duke, 1945 Sugar 3 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton 284 ....vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar 10 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 3 ...... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun 280 ....vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 268 ....vs. Illinois, 1982 Liberty Most Pass Completions Fewest First Downs By Penalty 268 ....vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 32 ...... vs. Army, 1988 Sun 0 ...... 21 times – most recent: vs. Oklahoma, 2014 27 ...... vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar BOWL RECORDS Sugar Fewest Yards Rushing 23 ...... vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship (Others – vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty; vs. -45 .....vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 23 ...... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet; vs. Arkansas, 1962 21 .....vs. Minnesota, 2004 Music City 22 ...... vs. Minnesota 2004 Music City Sugar; vs. Oklahoma, 1963 Orange; vs. Texas, 31 .....vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 22 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 1965 Orange; vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar; vs. 38 .....vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar Nebraska, 1972 Orange; vs. Texas, 1973 41 .....vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar Fewest Pass Completions Cotton; vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange; vs. Penn 1 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton State, 1975 Sugar; vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton; vs. Most Yards Per Rush 2 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty Illinois, 1982 Liberty; vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall 7.3 .....vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose 3 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange of Fame; vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster; vs. 23 rushes, 167 yards 3 ...... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar Michigan, 1997 Outback; vs. Virginia Tech, 6.4 .....vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange Bowl 1998 Music City; vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange; vs. 4 ...... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar 45 rushes, 286 yards Iowa State, 2001 Independence; vs. Colorado, 4 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar 6.3 ....vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 2007 Independence) 4 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 44 rushes, 275 yards 4 ...... vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar 5.9 .....vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 4 ...... vs. Southern California, 1946 Rose 45 rushes, 265 yards 4 ...... vs. California, 1937 Rose ROLLTIDE.COM 99 Bowl Records and Recaps

Highest Completion Percentage Most Punting Yards 1 ...... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback (Minimum 10 Completions) 581 ....vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 1 ...... vs. Iowa State, 2001 Independence 83.3 ...vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar (10 of 12) 419 ....vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 1 ...... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 82.6 ...vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 412 ....vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose 1 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One (19 of 23) 412 ....vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 1 ...... vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 76.9 ...vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose (10 of 13) 402 ....vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose 71.4 ... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship Most Kickoff Return Yards (20 of 28) Fewest Punting Yards 149 ....vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 70.6 ...vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster (12 of 17) 33 ....vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 128 ....vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange 53 ....vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 127 ....vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty Notable Performance: 77 ....vs. USC, 1946 Rose 119 ....vs. Army, 1988 Sun 100.0 ..vs. Duke, 1945 Sugar (8 of 8) 79 ....vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 113 ....vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet 90 ....vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange Lowest Completion Percentage Fewest Kickoff Return Yards 14.3 ...vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose (1 of 7) Best Punting Average 0 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 14.3 ...vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton (1 of 7) 49.2 ... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 0 ...... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 23.1 ...vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange (3 of 13) 46.5 ...vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback 0 ...... vs. Oklahoma 1963 Orange 23.5 ...vs. Texas, 1948 Sugar (4 of 17) 45.7 ...vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 0 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange 25.0 ...vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose (2 of 8) 45.5 ...vs. Army, 1988 Sun 5 ...... vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence 25.0 ...vs. California, 1938 Rose (3 of 12) 45.2 ...vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton 25.0 ...vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty (2 of 8) FUMBLES Worst Punting Average Most Passing Yards 19.8 ...vs. USC, 1946 Rose Most Fumbles 412 ....vs. Army, 1988 Sun 23.0 ...vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 10 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 387 ....vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 24.0 ...vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 7 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 317 ....vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 26.5 ...vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 6 ...... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 300 ....vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 29.0 ...vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 5 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton 298 ....vs. Texas, 1966 Orange 5 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange 5 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange PUNT RETURNS Fewest Passing Yards 5 ...... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton 9 ...... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose Most Punt Returns 16 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 6 ...... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange Fewest Fumbles 18 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 6 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 0 ...... vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose 20 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 6 ...... vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster 0 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 22 ...... vs. California, 1938 Rose 5 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 0 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 5 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton 0 ...... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha Most Touchdown Passes 5 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 0 ...... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 4 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 5 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 0 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 3 ...... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence 0 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 3 ...... vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster Fewest Punt Returns 0 ...... vs. Iowa State, 2001 Independence 3 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 0 ...... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 0 ...... vs. Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton 3 ...... vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet 0 ...... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 0 ...... vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 3 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 0 ...... vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 0 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 0 ...... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback Fewest Touchdown Passes 0 ...... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence Most Fumbles Lost 0 ...... 20 times – most recent: 4 ...... vs. Rice, 1954 Cotton vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship Most Punt Return Yards 4 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 168 ....vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 3 ...... vs. California, 1938 Rose Most Interceptions Thrown 136 ....vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange 3 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 3 ...... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 108 ....vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 3 ...... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 3 ...... vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 86 ....vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence 3 ...... vs. Illinois, 1982 Liberty 3 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton 74 ....vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster 3 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 3 ...... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 3 ...... vs.Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 2 ...... vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar Fewest Punt Return Yards 2 ...... vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar -3 ...... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City Fewest Fumbles Lost 2 ...... vs. Illinois, 1982 Liberty 0 ...... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 0 ...... vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose 2 ...... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar 0 ...... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 0 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 2 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 0 ...... vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 0 ...... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 2 ...... vs. Texas, 1973 Cotton 0 ...... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback 0 ...... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha 2 ...... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 0 ...... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence 0 ...... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 2 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar 0 ...... vs. Army, 1988 Sun BOWL RECORDS 2 ...... vs. Texas, 1965 Orange 0 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 2 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange KICKOFF RETURNS 0 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 2 ...... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar Most Kickoff Returns 0 ...... vs. North Carolina, 1993 Gator 8 ...... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty 0 ...... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange Fewest Interceptions Thrown 7 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange 0 ...... vs. Iowa State, 2001 Independence 0 ...... 25 times – last: vs. Notre Dame, 6 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 0 ...... vs. Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton 2013 BCS National Championship 6 ...... vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 0 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 6 ...... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 0 ...... vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship PUNTING 6 ...... vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 0 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship

Most Punts Fewest Kickoff Returns PENALTIES 16 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 0 ...... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 13 ...... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose 0 ...... vs. Oklahoma, 1963 Orange Most Penalties 11 ...... vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose 0 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange 18 ...... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 10 ...... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar 0 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 11 ...... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar 10 ...... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 1 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 10 ...... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha 1 ...... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 10 ...... vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City Fewest Punts 1 ...... vs, UCLA, 1976 Liberty 8 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 1 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 1 ...... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar 8 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 2 ...... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 1 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar 8 ...... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback 2 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 1 ...... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton 8 ...... vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence 3 ...... vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 1 ...... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun 8 ...... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback 3 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 1 ...... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun

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Fewest Penalties Most Points – Fourth Quarter 31 ...... vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence 0 ...... vs. Washington, 1926 Rose 20 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 26 ...... vs. Duke, 1945 Sugar 0 ...... vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar 15 ...... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 25 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 1 ...... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose 14 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 1 ...... vs. California, 1938 Rose 14 ...... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton Most Combined Points (Both Teams) 1 ...... vs. Duke, 1945 Sugar 14 ...... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha 80 ...... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty (CU 47, UA 33) 1 ...... vs. Oklahoma, 1963 Orange 14 ...... vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback 76 ...... vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar (OU 45, UA 31) 1 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar 14 ...... vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence 69 ...... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange (UM 35, UA 34) 1 ...... vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 67 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange (UA 61, SU 6) 1 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange Most Points - Any Half 67 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange (UA 39, NU 28) 1 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 40 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange (2nd) 1 ...... vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton 28 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship Fewest Combined Points (Both Teams) 1 ...... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun (1st) 6 ...... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet (UA 3, UT 3) 1 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 28 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One (1st) 7 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty (PSU 7, UA 0) 1 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 28 ...... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun (1st) 13 ...... vs. California, 1938 Rose (Cal 13, UA 0) 1 ...... vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton 27 ...... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence (1st) 13 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar (UA 10, Ark 3) 1 ...... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 14 ...... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose (UA 7, SU 7) 1 ...... vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship Most Points – First Half 28 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship TOUCHDOWNS Most Penalty Yards 28 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 132 ....vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 28 ...... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun Most Total Touchdowns 94 ....vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 27 ...... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence 9 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 93 ....vs. USC, 1985 Aloha 24 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 7 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 89 ....vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton 24 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar 5 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 81 ....vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 24 ...... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 5 ...... vs. Boston College, 1943 Orange 24 ...... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship 5 ...... vs. USC, 1946 Rose Fewest Penalty Yards 5 ...... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty 0 ...... Penn State, 1975 Sugar Most Points – Second Half 5 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 5 ...... vs. Stanford, 1927 Rose 40 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 5 ...... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 5 ...... vs. California, 1938 Rose 22 ...... vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 5 ...... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship 5 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 22 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 21 ...... vs. USC, 1985 Aloha 5 ...... vs. Ohio State, 1978 Sugar FIELD GOALS 5 ...... vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton 21 ...... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 5 ...... vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 21 ...... vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame Most Field Goal Attempts 21 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 7 ...... vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 21 ...... vs. Michigan State 2011 Capital One 5 ...... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar SCORING Most Points Fewest Points in a Win Most Field Goals Made 61 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 10 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 5 ...... vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 49 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 12 ...... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 4 ...... vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 42 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 13 ...... vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar 3 ...... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 39 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 13 ...... vs. Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton 3 ...... vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton 37 ...... vs. Boston College, 1943 Orange 14 ...... vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar 3 ...... vs. Army, 1988 Sun 37 ...... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship 14 ...... vs. Iowa State, 2001 Independence 3 ...... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence

Fewest Points Most Points in a Loss 0 ...... vs. California, 1938 Rose 34 ...... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 0 ...... vs. Penn State, 1959 Liberty 33 ...... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty 3 ...... vs. Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 6 ...... vs. Rice, 1954 Cotton 6 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange

Most Points - Any Quarter 24 ...... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship (2nd) 22 ...... vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose Bowl (2nd) 22 ...... vs. Boston College, 1943 Orange (2nd) 21 ...... vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose (2nd) 21 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One (2nd)

Most Points – First Quarter 20 ...... vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence 17 ...... vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar 17 ...... vs. UCLA, 1976 Liberty 14 ...... vs. Arkansas, 1980 Sugar 14 ...... vs. SMU, 1983 Sun 14 ...... vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship

Most Points – Second Quarter BOWL RECORDS 24 ...... vs. Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship 22 ...... vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose 22 ...... vs. Boston College, 1943 Orange 21 ...... vs. Washington State, 1931 Rose 21 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One

Most Points – Third Quarter 20 ...... vs. Washington, 1926 Rose 20 ...... vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 14 ...... vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty 14 ...... vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 14 ...... vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar SNAPSHOTS ... 14 ...... vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange Derrick Henry had eight carries for 100 yards 14 ...... vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One and a touchdown in the 2014 Allstate Sugar Bowl.

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7.3 .....Boston College, 1943 Orange PASSING OPPONENT BOWL RECORDS 55 plays, 402 yards 7.3 .....Louisville, 1991 Fiesta Most Pass Attempts 78 plays, 571 yards 58 ...... Illinois, 1982 Liberty TEAM BESTS 7.1 .....Stanford, 1927 Rose 56 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 43 plays, 305 yards 47 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange 44 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar FIRST DOWNS 7.1 .....Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 49 plays, 346 yards 43 ...... Washington, 1986 Sun Most Total First Downs 29 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty Fewest Yards Per Play Fewest Pass Attempts 25 ...... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 0.9 .....USC, 1946 Rose 6 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator 24 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 44 plays, 41 yards 6 ...... Army, 1988 Sun 24 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 2.1 .....LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 7 ...... Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet 23 ...... Iowa State, 2001 Independence 44 plays, 92 yards 8 ...... Duke, 1945 Sugar 23 ...... Minnesota, 2004 Music City 2.5 .....Baylor, 1981 Cotton 8 ...... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange 23 ...... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence 62 plays, 158 yards 8 ...... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 2.7 .....Penn State, 1979 Sugar Fewest Total First Downs 68 plays, 182 yards Most Pass Completions 3 ...... USC, 1946 Rose 2.8 .....Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 35 ...... Illinois, 1982 Liberty 5 ...... LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 74 plays, 204 yards 35 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange 7 ...... Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 32 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 8 ...... Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster RUSHING 27 ...... Utah, 2009 Sugar 9 ...... Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 25 ...... Iowa State, 2001 Independence Most Rush Attempts Most First Downs By Penalty 82 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator Fewest Pass Completions 4 ...... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 72 ...... Minnesota, 2004 Music City 0 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator 3 ...... Texas, 1965 Orange 69 ...... Texas, 1973 Cotton 0 ...... Army, 1988 Sun 3 ...... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship 66 ...... Penn State, 1959 Liberty 2 ...... California, 1938 Rose 2 ...... Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 64 ...... Duke, 1945 Sugar 2 ...... USC, 1946 Rose 2 ...... Notre Dame, 1973 Sugar 2 ...... Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 2 ...... Arkansas, 1980 Sugar Fewest Rush Attempts 3 ...... Penn State, 1959 Liberty 2 ...... Baylor, 1981 Cotton 16 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty 2 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 18 ...... Washington State, 1931 Rose Highest Completion Percentage 2 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 18 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar (Minimum 10 Completions) 2 ...... Utah, 2009 Sugar 19 ...... Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 75.0 ...Stanford, 1927 Rose (12 of 16) 2 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 23 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange 74.4 ...Michigan, 2000 Orange (35 of 47) 72.7 ...Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar (32 of 44) Fewest First Downs By Penalty Most Yards Rushing 63.2 ...Nebraska, 1966 Sugar (12 of 19) 0 ...... 18 times – most recent: LSU, 2012 BCS 473 ....Colorado, 1969 Liberty 62.9 ...Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar (17 of 27) National Championship 402 ....Missouri, 1968 Gator (Others – California, 1938 Rose; Penn State, 379 ....Rice, 1954 Cotton Lowest Completion Percentage 1959 Liberty; Oklahoma, 1963 Orange; 350 ....Army, 1988 Sun 0.0 ...Missouri, 1968 Gator (0 of 6) Mississippi, 1964 Sugar; Nebraska, 1967 Sugar; 349 ....Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet 0.0 ...Army, 1988 Sun (0 of 6) Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton; Colorado, 1969 16.7 ...Arkansas, 1962 Sugar (2 of 12) Liberty; Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet; Penn Fewest Yards Rushing 18.2 ...USC, 1946 Rose (2 of 11) State, 1975 Sugar; UCLA, 1976 Liberty; Ohio -48 .....Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 18.2 ...Boston College, 1943 Orange (2 of 11) State, 1978 Sugar; Penn State, 1979 Sugar; -11 .....Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster Texas, 1982 Cotton; Illinois, 1982 Liberty; 6 .....USC, 1946 Rose Most Passing Yards SMU, 1983 Sun; Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster; 13 .....Utah, 2009 Sugar 458 ....Louisville, 1991 Fiesta Colorado, 2007 Independence) 19 .....Penn State, 1979 Sugar 423 ....Illinois, 1982 Liberty 369 ....Michigan, 2000 Orange TOTAL OFFENSE Most Yards Per Rush 348 ....Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 8.7 .....Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 336 ....Utah, 2009 Sugar Most Plays 32 rushes, 278 yards 88 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator 7.8 .....Washington State, 1931 Rose Fewest Passing Yards 86 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty 18 rushes, 140 yards 0 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator 85 ...... Minnesota, 2004 Music City 7.4 .....Colorado, 1969 Liberty 0 ...... Army, 1988 Sun 83 ...... Illinois, 1982 Liberty 64 rushes, 473 yards 19 ...... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 81 ...... Texas A&M 1941 Cotton 7.0 .....Rice, 1954 Cotton 22 ...... California, 1938 Rose 81 ...... Arkansas, 1980 Sugar 54 rushes, 379 yards 35 ...... USC, 1946 Rose 6.3 .....Boston College, 1943 Orange

BOWL RECORDS Fewest Plays 35 rushes, 232 yards Most Touchdown Passes 35 ...... Washington State, 1931 Rose 4 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange 43 ...... Stanford, 1927 Rose Fewest Yards Per Rush 4 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 43 ...... Nebraska, 1966 Orange -1.7 ....Michigan State, 2011 Capital One Bowl 3 ...... Nebraska, 1966 Orange 44 ...... LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 28 rushes, -48 yards 3 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 44 ...... USC, 1946 Rose -0.4 ....Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster 3 ...... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 30 rushes, -11 yards 3 ...... Colorado, 2007 Independence Most Total Yards 0.2 ....USC, 1946 Rose 3 ...... Utah, 2009 Sugar 571 ....Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 33 rushes, 6 yards 563 ....Colorado, 1969 Liberty 0.5 ....Utah, 2009 Sugar Fewest Touchdown Passes 477 ....Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 24 rushes, 13 yards 0 ...... 29 times – most recent: LSU, 2012 BCS 456 ....Iowa State, 2001 Independence 0.5 ....Penn State, 1979 Sugar National Championship 444 ....Illinois, 1982 Liberty 38 rushes, 19 yards Most Interceptions Thrown Fewest Total Yards Most Touchdowns Rushing 7 ...... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 41 ....USC, 1946 Rose 5 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty 7 ...... Illinois, 1982 Liberty 92 ....LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 4 ...... Duke, 1945 Sugar 5 ...... Syracuse, 1953 Orange 158 ....Baylor, 1981 Cotton 4 ...... Rice, 1954 Cotton 5 ...... Nebraska, 1967 Sugar 168 ....Arkansas, 1962 Sugar 4 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator 4 ...... Stanford, 1935 Rose 171 ....Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 4 ...... Nebraska, 1972 Orange 4 ...... Penn State, 1975 Sugar 4 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 4 ...... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship Most Yards Per Play 8.8 .....Nebraska, 1966 Orange Fewest Touchdowns Rushing 43 plays, 377 yards 0 ...... 26 times – most recent: LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 102 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Bowl Records and Recaps

SNAPSHOTS ... Crimson Tide stars Jess Richrardson (68), Tommy Lewis (42) and (32) enjoy the closing minutes of 9th-ranked Alabama’s stunning 61-6 rout of 14th-ranked Syracuse in the 1953 Orange Bowl.game on January 1, 1953, in Miami.

PUNTING 30.3 ...Stanford, 1927 Rose Fewest Kickoff Returns 0 ...... Penn State, 1959 Liberty Most Punts 0 ...... Nebraska, 1972 Orange 12 ...... Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster PUNT RETURNS 1 ...... Penn State, 1979 Sugar 10 ...... California, 1938 Rose Most Punt Returns 1 ...... Michigan, 1997 Outback 10 ...... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange 7 ...... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 1 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 10 ...... Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton 6 ...... Nebraska, 1972 Orange 1 ...... Minnesota, 2004 Music City 10 ...... Penn State, 1975 Sugar 5 ...... Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 5 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator Most Kickoff Return Yards Fewest Punts 5 ...... Washington, 1986 Sun 222 ....Colorado, 1969 Liberty 2 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty 5 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 171 ....Michigan State 2011 Capital One 2 ...... Texas, 1973 Cotton 150 ....Notre Dame, 1973 Sugar 2 ...... UCLA, 1976 Liberty Fewest Punt Returns 146 ....Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 3 ...... Nebraska, 1966 Orange 0 ...... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 141 ....UCLA, 1976 Liberty 3 ...... Illinois, 1982 Liberty 0 ...... UCLA, 1976 Liberty 3 ...... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 0 ...... Illinois, 1982 Liberty Fewest Kickoff Return Yards 3 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 0 ...... Colorado, 2007 Independence 0 ...... Penn State, 1959 Liberty 0 ...... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship 0 ...... Nebraska, 1972 Orange Most Punting Yards 11 ...... Penn State, 1979 Sugar 492 ....Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster Most Punt Return Yards 14 ...... Minnesota, 2004 Music City 411 ....LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 136 ....Nebraska, 1972 Orange 22 ...... Michigan, 1997 Outback 410 ....Texas A&M, 1968 Cotton 95 ....Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 393 ....California, 1938 Rose 68 ....Washington, 1986 Sun 387 ....Penn State, 1979 Sugar 68 ....Michigan, 1997 Outback FUMBLES 44 ....Missouri, 1968 Gator Fewest Punting Yards Most Fumbles 65 ....UCLA, 1976 Liberty 11 ...... Mississippi, 1964 Sugar Fewest Punt Return Yards 6 ...... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton

75 ....Colorado, 1969 Liberty BOWL RECORDS 0 ...... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 88 ....Texas, 1973 Cotton 6 ...... Duke, 1945 Sugar 0 ...... UCLA, 1976 Liberty 100 ....Illinois, 1982 Liberty 6 ...... USC, 1946 Rose 0 ...... Illinois, 1982 Liberty 123 ....Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 5 ...... Boston College, 1943 Orange 0 ...... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence 5 ...... Nebraska, 1967 Sugar 0 ...... Colorado, 2007 Independence Best Punting Average 5 ...... Baylor, 1981 Cotton 0 ...... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship 48.5 ...Penn State, 1975 Sugar 47.8 ...USC, 1946 Rose Fewest Fumbles 0 ...... Syracuse, 1953 Orange 46.7 ...Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City KICKOFF RETURNS 0 ...... Texas, 1973 Cotton 45.7 ...LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship Most Kickoff Returns 0 ...... Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 45.0 ...Utah, 2009 Sugar 8 ...... Syracuse, 1953 Orange 0 ...... Texas, 1982 Cotton Worst Punting Average 8 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty 0 ...... Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 25.1 ...Rice, 1954 Cotton 8 ...... UCLA, 1976 Liberty 0 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 26.1 ...Michigan, 1997 Outback 7 ...... Nebraska, 1967 Sugar 29.0 ...Penn State, 1959 Liberty 7 ...... Michigan State, 2011 Capital One Most Fumbles Lost 6 ...... Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 30.1 ...North Carolina, 1993 Gator 7 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar ROLLTIDE.COM 103 Bowl Records and Recaps

5 ...... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 3 ...... USC, 1985 Aloha 28 ...... Nebraska, 1972 Orange 4 ...... Washington State, 1931 Rose 25 ...... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 4 ...... Stanford, 1935 Rose Most Points in Any Quarter 24 ...... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence 4 ...... Penn State, 1959 Liberty 25 ...... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta (1st) 21 ...... Boston College, 1943 Orange 4 ...... Nebraska, 1966 Orange 21 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator (4th) 21 ...... Texas, 1965 Orange 4 ...... Baylor, 1981 Cotton 21 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange (3rd) 21 ...... Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet 21 ...... Colorado, 2007 Independence (2nd) 21 ...... Utah, 2009 Sugar Fewest Fumbles Lost 21 ...... Utah, 2009 Sugar (1st) 0 ...... California, 1938 Rose Most Points – Second Half 0 ...... Syracuse, 1953 Orange Most Points – First Quarter 28 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 0 ...... Rice, 1954 Cotton 25 ...... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 21 ...... Nebraska, 1966 Orange 0 ...... Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet 21 ...... Utah, 2009 Sugar 21 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator 0 ...... Texas, 1973 Cotton 14 ...... Boston College, 1943 Orange 21 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange 0 ...... Penn State, 1975 Sugar 14 ...... Nebraska, 1972 Orange 20 ...... Texas, 1948 Sugar 0 ...... Ohio State, 1978 Sugar 14 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 0 ...... Penn State, 1979 Sugar Fewest Points in a Win 0 ...... Texas, 1982 Cotton Most Points – Second Quarter 7 ...... Penn State, 1959 Liberty 0 ...... Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 21 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty 13 ...... California, 1938 Rose 0 ...... Army, 1988 Sun 17 ...... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence 13 ...... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 0 ...... Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster 17 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 14 ...... Texas, 1982 Cotton 0 ...... Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 14 ...... Rice, 1954 Cotton 17 ...... Texas, 1973 Cotton 0 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 14 ...... Texas, 1965 Orange 0 ...... Iowa State, 2001 Independence 14 ...... Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet Most Points in a Loss 28 ...... Nebraska, 1966 Orange 0 ...... Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton 14 ...... Nebraska, 1972 Orange 28 ...... Army, 1988 Sun 14 ...... Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 0 ...... Colorado, 2007 Independence 25 ...... Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster 14 ...... Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 0 ...... Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 24 ...... Colorado, 2007 Independence 0 ...... Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 14 ...... Colorado, 2007 Independence 21 ...... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 21 ...... Boston College, 1943 Orange Most Points – Third Quarter 21 ...... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship PENALTIES 21 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange Most Penalties 14 ...... Army, 1988 Sun 11 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 14 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City TOUCHDOWNS 11 ...... Minnesota, 2004 Music City Most Total Touchdowns 11 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar Most Points – Fourth Quarter 6 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty 10 ...... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta 21 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator 6 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 10 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange 16 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty 5 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator 10 ...... Texas Tech, 2006 Cotton 15 ...... Nebraska, 1966 Orange 5 ...... Nebraska, 1972 Orange 10 ...... Utah, 2009 Sugar 14 ...... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 5 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar 14 ...... USC, 1946 Rose 5 ...... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta Fewest Penalties 14 ...... Texas, 1982 Cotton 5 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 0 ...... Texas, 1973 Cotton 14 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 5 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange 1 ...... Washington, 1926 Rose 14 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 1 ...... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton FIELD GOALS 1 ...... Duke, 1945 Sugar Most Points In Any Half 1 ...... Texas, 1948 Sugar 31 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty (1st) Most Field Goals Made 1 ...... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange 31 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar (1st) 2 ...... Penn State, 1975 Sugar 1 ...... Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 28 ...... Nebraska, 1972 Orange (1st) 2 ...... Washington, 1986 Sun 1 ...... Arkansas, 1980 Sugar 28 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City (2nd) 2 ...... Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 2 ...... Michigan, 1997 Outback 1 ...... Washington, 1986 Sun 25 ...... Louisville, 1991 Fiesta (1st) 2 ...... Iowa State, 2001 Independence 1 ...... Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 24 ...... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence (1st) 2 ...... Minnesota, 2004 Music City 1 ...... North Carolina, 1993 Gator Most Points – First Half 2 ...... Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence Most Penalty Yards 31 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty 2 ...... Texas, 2010 BCS National Championship 115 ....Michigan, 2000 Orange 31 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 95 ....Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 94 ....Colorado, 1969 Liberty 91 ....Utah, 2009 Sugar 89 ....Rice, 1954 Cotton

Fewest Penalty Yards 0 ...... Texas, 1973 Cotton BOWL RECORDS 5 ...... Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 5 ...... Duke, 1945 Sugar 5 ...... Texas, 1948 Sugar 5 ...... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange 5 ...... Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame

SCORING Most Points 47 ...... Colorado, 1969 Liberty 45 ...... Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 38 ...... Nebraska, 1972 Orange 38 ...... Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 35 ...... Missouri, 1968 Gator 35 ...... Michigan, 2000 Orange

Fewest Points 0 ...... Washington State, 1931 Rose 0 ...... Oklahoma, 1963 Orange 0 ...... LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship SNAPSHOTS ... 2 ...... Baylor, 1981 Cotton 3 ...... Texas, 1960 Bluebonnet Eddie Lacy ran for 140 yards on 20 carries and accounted for 3 ...... Arkansas, 1962 Sugar three touchdowns in the 2013 BCS National Championship.

104 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Bowl Records and Recaps ALABAMA BOWL RECORDS RECEIVING Most Receptions 9 ...... Amari Cooper vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar INDIVIDUAL BESTS 9 ...... Marco Battle vs. Army, 1988 Sun 9 ...... Greg Payne vs. Army, 1988 Sun RUSHING 8 ...... Shaun Alexander vs. Virginia Tech, 1998 Music City 8 ...... Sherman Williams vs., Ohio State, 1995 Citrus Most Rushing Attempts 8 ...... Joe Curtis vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 28 ...... Derrick Lassic vs. Miami (Fla.), 1993 Sugar 28 ...... Bobby Humphrey vs. Washington, 1986 Sun Most Yards Receiving 28 ...... Ricky Moore vs. SMU, 1983 Sun 178 ....Ray Perkins vs. Nebraska, 1967 Sugar 27 ...... Sherman Williams vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 155 ....Sherman Williams vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 27 ...... Bobby Humphrey vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 139 ....DeAndrew White vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 27 ...... Johnny Musso vs. Oklahoma, 1970 Bluebonnet 126 ....Russ Schamun vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Orange 121 ....Amari Cooper vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar Most Yards Rushing 166 ....Sherman Williams vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus Most Touchdowns Receiving 161 ...Shaun Alexander vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 2 ...... Don Hutson vs, Stanford, 1935 Rose 159 ....Bobby Humphrey vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 2 ...... Ray Perkins vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 149 ....Bobby Humphrey vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 2 ...... Amari Cooper vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship Game 145 ....Eddie Lacy vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship Game

Most Touchdowns Rushing ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 3 ...... Shaun Alexander vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 359* ...Sherman Williams (116 Rush, 155 Rec., 38 KOR) vs. Ohio State, 1995 2 ...... Mark Ingram vs. Texas, 2010 BCS Citrus 2 ...... Trent Richardson vs. Texas, 2010 BCS 223 ....Bobby Humphrey (149 Rush, 34 Rec., 21 KOR) vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 2 ...... Mark Ingram vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 207 ....Javier Arenas (134 KOR, 73 PR) vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 2 ...... Eddie Lacy vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 197 ....Bobby Humphrey (159 Rush, 43 Rec., 14 KOR) vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame Longest Rushing Touchdown * NCAA Record 67 ...... Dixie Howell vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose 64 ...... Bobby Humphrey vs. Washington, 1986 Sun TOTAL OFFENSE 62 ...... Eddie Lacy vs. Michigan State, 2011 Capital One 382 ....David Smith (412 Pass, -30 Rush) vs. Army, 1988 Sun 50 ...... Shaun Alexander vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 344 ....AJ McCarron (387 Pass, -43 Rush) vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 49 ...... Trent Richardsion vs. Texas, 2010 BCS 315 ....Jay Barker (317 Pass, -2 Rush) vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 296 ....Steve Sloan (296 Pass, 0 Rush) vs. Nebraska 1966 Orange PASSING 280 ....John Parker Wilson (256 Pass, 24 Rush) vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence Most Pass Attempts 52 ...... David Smith vs. Army, 1988 Sun SCORING 43 ...... Gary Hollingsworth vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar Most Points Scored 40 ...... Jeff Dunn vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 19 ...... Bobby Luna vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange (2 TDs, 7 PATs) 37 ...... Jay Barker vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 18 ...... Shaun Alexander vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange (3 TDs) 37 ...... Scott Hunter vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 18 ...... Bobby Humphrey vs. Washington, 1986 Sun (3 TDs) 37 ...... Joe Namath vs. Texas, 1965 Orange 15 ...... Jeremy Shelley vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship (5 FGs)

Most Pass Completions 33 ...... David Smith vs. Army, 1988 Sun KICKOFF RETURNS 27 ...... Gary Hollingsworth vs. Miami (Fla.), 1990 Sugar Most Kickoff Returns 23 ...... Jeff Dunn vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 7 ...... Sherman Williams vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 23 ...... AJ McCarron vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 6 ...... Steve Williams vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange 20 ...... AJ McCarron vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS National Championship 5 ...... Javier Arenas vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar

Most Yards Passing Most Kickoff Return Yards 412 ....David Smith vs. Army, 1988 Sun 146 ....Sherman Williams vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar 387 ....AJ McCarron vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 134 ....Javier Arenas vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 317 ....Jay Barker vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 122 ....Steve Williams vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange 296 ....Steve Sloan vs. Nebraska, 1966 Orange 104 ....Christion Jones vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 269 ....Jeff Dunn vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame Longest Kickoff Return Best Completion Percentage 62 ...... Lou Ikner vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar 1.000 ..Tyler Watts vs. Michigan (6-6), 2000 Orange 61 ...... Joey Jones vs. Texas, 1982 Cotton

1.000 ..Harry Gilmer vs. Duke (8-8), 1945 Sugar BOWL RECORDS .833 ...Richard Todd vs. Penn State (10-12), 1975 Sugar PUNT RETURNS Longest Pass Completion Most Returns 67 ...... AJ McCarron to DeAndrew White vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 6 ...... David Palmer vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster 63 ...... AJ McCarron to DeAndrew White vs. Oklahoma, 2014 Sugar 5 ...... David Palmer vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar 61 ...... to John Suther vs. Washington, 1931 Rose 5 ...... Willie Shelby vs. Notre Dame, 1975 Sugar 59 ...... Dixie Howell to Don Hutson vs. Stanford, 1935 Rose 4 ...... Freddie Milons vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 59 ...... Grant Gillis to Johnny Mack Brown vs. Washington, 1926 Rose 4 ...... Willie Shelby vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar 55 ...... Ned Hayden to Griff Langston vs. Colorado, 1969 Liberty 4 ...... Robert McKinney vs. Nebraska, 1972 Orange 55 ...... Richard Todd to Ozzie Newsome vs. Penn State, 1975 Sugar Most Punt Return Yards 108 ....Freddie Milons vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange (1 TD, 62 yards) 86 ...... Javier Arenas vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence (1 TD, 86 yards) 95 ...... Sherman Williams vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar

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SNAPSHOTS ... Mark Ingram, the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner, surges through a hole opened by 2011 first team All-American (75) Barrett Jones and Michael Williams (89) in the 2009 Citi BCS National Championship game. The Tide beat Texas 37-31 for the school’s 13th national championship.

74 ...... David Palmer vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster FIELD GOALS 73 ...... Javier Arenas vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar (1 TD, 73 yards) Most Field Goal Attempts Longest Punt Return 7 ...... Jeremy Shelley vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 5 ...... Tim Davis vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 86 ...... Javier Arenas (TD) vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Independence 3 ...... Leight Tiffin vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 80 ...... Cecil Ingram (TD) vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 3 ...... Leigh Tiffin vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence 78 ...... Sherman Williams (TD) vs. Miami, 1993 Sugar 3 ...... Michael Proctor vs. Ohio State, 1995 Citrus 73 ...... Javier Arenas (TD) vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar 3 ...... Philip Doyle vs. Army, 1988 Sun 72 ...... Jimmie Nelson (TD) vs. Texas A&M, 1942 Cotton 3 ...... Peter Kim vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton

PUNTING Most Field Goals Made Most Punts 5 ...... Jeremy Shelley vs. LSU, 2012 BCS National Championship 10 ...... Woody Umphrey (388 yards) vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar 4 ...... Tim Davis vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 10 ...... Frank Mann (419 yards) vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 3 ...... Leigh Tiffin vs. Colorado, 2007 Independence 9 ...... Patrick Morgan (310 yards) vs. Michigan, 2000 Orange 3 ...... Philip Doyle vs. Army, 1988 Sun 9 ...... Chris Mohr (412 yards) vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 3 ...... Peter Kim vs. Baylor, 1981 Cotton

BOWL RECORDS 8 ...... Tank Williamson (322 yards) vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta Longest Field Goal Made 8 ...... Bill Smith (306 yards) vs. Miami, 1990 Sugar 52 ...... Leigh Tiffin vs. Utah, 2009 Sugar Most Punting Yards 51 ...... Philip Doyle vs. Michigan, 1988 Hall of Fame 419 ....Frank Mann (10 punts) vs. Missouri, 1968 Gator 50 ...... Greg Gantt vs. Texas, 1973 Cotton 412 ....Chris Mohr (9 punts) vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 48 ...... Van Tiffin vs. Southern Cal, 1985 Aloha 388 ....Woody Umphrey (10 punts) vs. Penn State, 1979 Sugar 48 ...... Tim Davis vs. Mississippi, 1964 Sugar 322 ....Tank Williamson (8 punts) vs. Louisville, 1991 Fiesta INTERCEPTIONS Best Punting Average 49.2 ...Cody Mandell (4 for 197) vs. Notre Dame, 2013 BCS Most Interceptions 3 ...... Jeremiah Castille vs. Illinois, 1982 Liberty 46.5 ...Hayden Stockton (6 for 279) vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback 2 ...... Javier Arenas vs. Texas 2010 BCS 46.3 ...Greg Gantt (6 for 278) vs. Notre Dame, 1973 Sugar 2 ...... Kermit Kendrick vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 45.7 ...Chris Mohr (9 for 412) vs. Washington, 1986 Sun 2 ...... Steve Wade vs. Texas, 1973 Cotton 45.5 ...Chris Mohr (4 for 182) vs. Army, 1988 Sun Longest Interception Return 88 ...... Dwayne Rudd (TD) vs. Michigan, 1997 Outback 75 ...... Hugh Morrow (TD) vs. Duke, 1945 Sugar 60 ...... Buster Hill (TD) vs. Syracuse, 1953 Orange 49 ...... Mark McMillian vs. Colorado, 1991 Blockbuster

106 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Bowl Records and Recaps OPPONENT BOWL RECORDS RECEIVING Receptions 12 .....Freddie Brown, Utah (2009 Sugar) INDIVIDUAL BESTS 10 ...... David Terrell, Michigan (2000 Orange) 10 ...... Jordan Shipley, Texas (2010 BCS National Championship) RUSHING 9 ...... Corey Holliday, North Carolina (1993 Gator) 9 ...... Tyson DeVree, Colorado (2007 Independence) Attempts 37 ...... Marion Barber III, Minnesota (2004 Music City) Receiving Yards 35 ...... Bob Anderson, Colorado (1969 Liberty) 150 ....David Terrell, Michigan (2000 Orange) 32 ...... Vic Bottari, California (1938 Rose) 146 ....Joey Galloway, Ohio State (1995 Citrus) 29 ...... Laurence Maroney, Minnesota (2004 Music City) 142 ....James Sterling, Texas A&M (1942 Cotton) 28 ...... Jim Grisham, Oklahoma (1963 Orange) 127 ....Mike Martin, Illinois (1982 Liberty) 125 ....Corey Holliday, North Carolina (1993 Gator) Rushing Yards 125 ....Freddie Brown, Utah (2009 Sugar) 265 ....Dicky Moegle, Rice (1954 Cotton) 254 ....Bob Anderson, Colorado (1969 Liberty) Receiving Touchdowns 234 ....Jamie Morris, Michigan (1988 Hall of Fame) 3 ...... David Terrell, Michigan (2000 Orange) 187 ....Marion Barber III, Minnesota (2004 Music City) 2 ...... Tony Jeter, Nebraska (1966 Orange) 179 ....Greg Cook, Missouri (1968 Gator) 2 ...... Joey Galloway, Ohio State (1995 Citrus) 2 ...... Tyson DeVree, Colorado (2007 Independence) Rushing Touchdowns 2 ...... Jordan Shipley, Texas (2010 BCS National Championship) 3 ...... Mike Holovak, Boston College (1943 Orange) 2 ...... , Oklahoma (2014 Sugar) 3 ...... Dicky Moegle, Rice (1954 Cotton) 3 ...... Terry McMillan, Missouri (1968 Gator) 2 ...... George Clark, Duke (1945 Sugar) 2 ...... Ernie Koy, Texas (1965 Orange) 2 ...... Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma (1970 Bluebonnet) 2 ...... Alan Lowry, Texas (1973 Cotton) 2 ...... Lamont Pegues, Virginia Tech (1998 Music City) 2 ...... Marion Barber III, Minnesota (2004 Music City) 2 ...... Keith Toston, Oklahoma State (2006 Independence)

PASSING Attempts 56 ...... , Miami (Fla.) (1993 Sugar) 55 ...... Tony Eason, Illinois (1982 Liberty) 46 ...... Tom Brady, Michigan (2000 Orange) 44 ...... Trevor Knight, Oklahoma (2014 Sugar) 43 ...... Chris Chandler, Washington (1986 Sun)

Completions 35 ...... Tony Eason, Illinois (1982 Liberty) 34 ...... Tom Brady, Michigan (2000 Orange) 32 ...... Trevor Knight, Oklahoma (2014 Sugar) 27 ...... Brian Johnson, Utah (2009 Sugar) 25 ...... Seneca Wallace, Iowa State (2001 Independence)

Passing Yards 451 ....Browning Nagle, Louisville (1991 Fiesta) 423 ....Tony Eason, Illinois (1982 Liberty) 369 ....Tom Brady, Michigan (2000 Orange) 348 ....Trevor Knight, Oklahoma (2014 Sugar) 336 ....Brian Johnson, Utah (2009 Sugar)

Touchdown Passes 4 ...... Tom Brady, Michigan (2000 Orange) 4 ...... Trevor Knight, Oklahoma (2014 Sugar) 3 ...... Bob Churchich, Nebraska (1966 Orange) 3 ...... , Miami (Fla.) (1990 Sugar) 3 ...... Cody Hawkins, Colorado (2007 Independence) 3 ...... Brian Johnson, Utah (2009 Sugar) BOWL RECORDS

Interceptions Thrown 5 ...... Derace Moser, Texas A&M (1942 Cotton) 4 ...... Tony Eason, Illinois (1982 Liberty) 4 ...... Garret Gilbert, Texas (2010 BCS National Championship) 3 ...... Kris Jenner, Illinois (1982 Liberty) 3 ...... Browning Nagle, Louisville (1991 Fiesta) 3 ...... Gino Torretta, Miami (Fla.) (1993 Sugar) SNAPSHOTS ... Alabama defeated Miami, 34-13, in the 1993 Sugar Bowl with the help of George Teague to win the 1992 national championship. ROLLTIDE.COM 107 Bowl Records and Recaps

1926 ROSE BOWL 1927 ROSE BOWL 1931 ROSE BOWL Alabama 20, Washington 19 Alabama 7, Stanford 7 Alabama 24, Washington State 0

PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1926) — Trailing 12-0 at halftime, PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1927) — Alabama head coach PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1931) — Head Coach Wallace Coach Wallace Wade’s Alabama team battled back in the second Wallace Wade’s Crimson Tide was invited to return for the 1927 Wade’s last Alabama team before he left for Duke typifi ed the half to capture a thrilling 20-19 win over Washington in the renewal after another perfect season. His great backs of 1925 personality of the coldly effi cient strategist. Alabama crushed Crimson Tide’s fi rst bowl outing. It was a game that was long were gone and he was not wealthy in reserves. But it was a Washington State, 24-0, before a crowd of 60,000. Wade remembered as one of the best contests in Rose Bowl history team wealthy with colorful nicknames: “Lovely” Barnes, “Goofy” announced on New Year’s Eve that he planned to start his and Alabama’s victory brought new and permanent national Bowdoin, “Snake” Vines and “Rosy” Caldwell. second team. The sportswriters were incredulous. But Wade, respect for Southern football. who felt Alabama was two touchdowns better, meant it and, in The game matched two of college football’s legendary coaches: fact, did open with his second unit. Washington’s great halfback, George Wilson, lived up to his Wallace Wade of Alabama and Glenn “Pop” Warner of Stanford. pregame billing. He rushed for 134 yards and completed fi ve As usual, the Rose Bowl stadium was packed with record crowd The Cougars entered the fi eld dressed completely in red from passes for 77 yards and two touchdowns. But injuries put him out of 57,417. Gross receipts were $218,047 – the highest ever. head to toe. Their helmets, jerseys, pants, socks and shoes were of the game for 22 minutes. It was during those 22 minutes that Approximately $100,000 was refunded. red. The ploy seemed to work early on, as the Cougars held the Crimson Tide scored all of its points. the upper hand most of the fi rst quarter but didn’t come close Both teams entered the game undefeated and would end the to scoring. During the 38 minutes that Wilson was healthy and on the fi eld, game there, as well, with Stanford fi nishing 10-0-1 and Alabama the Huskies scored three touchdowns and gained 300 yards. 9-0-1 and sharing the national championship. Stanford was Late in the period Wade inserted his fi rst string and things During the 22 minutes he was on the sidelines nursing an injury, the No. 1 team in the nation under the Dickinson System, and began to pop. The Crimson Tide rushed for 21 points in the Washington gained just 17 yards and failed to score, giving up all awarded the Rissman Trophy, while Alabama was No. 1 in the second quarter – much like its 20-point third quarter in 1926 that three scores that Alabama would need to win in the third quarter Helms System (The Associated Press poll would not begin until spelled defeat for a stunned Washington team – and another in what many considered the greatest played 1936). fi eld goal in the third to win, 24-0. Much of the damage was done to that point. in a wild, six-minute stretch. For Stanford, it was All-American Ted Shipkey doing most of “As George Wilson went, so went Washington,” wrote famed the damage against the Crimson Tide. Stanford dominated the After 13 straight plays on the ground, from its own 39, Alabama sportswriter Damon Runyan. “If there was ever a one-man game statistically (305 total yards to 98) but played “stale” as left end Jimmy Moore returned and sped into his own backfi eld football team, George was it. When Wilson was on the fi eld it one writer described it throughout. Fumbles were frequent and when the march reached the WSU 43-yard line. He received the was a ball game.” Stanford missed on two chances to score inside the 10-yard line. ball from fullback Johnny Cain, took a few steps and spiraled a Stanford scored fi rst on a 20-yard pass play from George Bogue long pass downfi eld. Left halfback John “Flash” Suther gathered Wilson was named the game’s most outstanding player, but to end Ed Walker, who ran the fi nal 15 yards for the touchdown. it in full stride on the Washington State 22 and raced untouched his greatness was not enough to prevent an Alabama victory. Bogue, who had missed an 18-yard fi eld goal earlier in the fi rst to the end zone to complete the 43-yard scoring play. Alabama had some stars of its own as quarterback “Pooley” period, then kicked the point-after and Stanford had a 7-0 lead Hubert and halfback Johnny Mack Brown wreaked havoc on that would last until the game’s fi nal moments. Crimson Tide center Jess Eberdt intercepted a Cougar pass on the Washington defense, especially when Wilson was not on the the WSU 47. From the WSU 41, Moore again passed, hitting end fi eld. After scoreless second and third quarters, it appeared Stanford Ben Smith on the Cougar one where he outfought three Cougar was on its way to a shutout but Alabama center Clarke “Babe” defenders to make the catch. “Monk” Campbell powered in for “He is a great football player, this George Wilson – one of the Pearce blocked a punt by Stanford’s Frankie Wilton, giving the score from a yard out on the next play. very greatest,” Runyan wrote. “His brief absence probably made Alabama the ball on the 14-yard line. Into the game went a big difference to Washington, but, still ‘Pooley’ Hubert was 170-pound Jimmy Johnston at halfback. A dislocated shoulder Lightning struck quickly the next time Alabama got the ball. always on hand for Alabama. It was a great team that the South had prevented him from playing much that season, but he had Campbell, on a beautifully setup fake to Moore, shot through sent to California to take its part in the Tournament of Roses, been regarded as one of the fi nest backs in the South prior to left guard, wriggled free of a State man’s clutches and bolted 43 probably the greatest that ever came out of the South.” the injury. yards to score. In that quick stretch, the Crimson Tide had settled the issue for the day. Wilson missed the third quarter, and that’s when Alabama Wu Winslett started the march with a run for three yards, then scored its 20 points, all in seven minutes. First it was Hubert Johnson raced forward for seven to the Stanford four-yard line. Wade’s second team was on the fi eld in the third quarter when scoring from the one with Bill Buckler kicking the point after. Winslett smashed for three yards to the one. Then Johnson the fi nal points were registered. Guard J. B. “Ears” Whitworth, After holding Washington and forcing a punt, Grant Gillis faded banged into right guard, the resistance crumpling under his later head coach at Alabama, kicked a 30-yard fi eld goal for the back from his own 41 and found Johnny Mack Brown at the charge. It was 7-6 now and a ruse was coming up next. game’s fi nal points. Husky 25, who eluded one tackler and continued untouched on BOWL RECORDS a 59-yard touchdown pass and run. As the teams lined up for the crucial extra point attempt with It was a dominant victory for the Crimson Tide. Alabama ran the crowd respectfully hushed, captain Emile Barnes barked for 232 yards and passed for 101 for a total of 333 yards of total A fumble gave Alabama another chance at the Washington 30. signals. Suddenly, someone shouted “signals off.” Stanford’s offense. Washington State only mustered 204 total yards and On fi rst down Hubert told Brown to run as fast as he could for the line stood at ease in anticipation of another signal sequence. only once seriously threatened to score, fumbling its only real goal. “When I reached the three, I looked around,” said Brown. At that moment center Gordon Holmes snapped the ball to scoring chance on the Alabama 1-yard line. “Sure enough, the ball was coming down over my shoulder. I Winslett, who touched it down. Unrushed and with plenty of took it in stride, used my stiff arm on one man and went over time, Herschel Caldwell smoothly kicked it through the posts SCORE BY QUARTERS carrying somebody. The place was really in an uproar.” and over the bar. 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 21 3 0 - 24 Washington scored a fi nal time in the fourth quarter, but The 7-7 game ended three plays later. Washington State 0 0 0 0 - 0 couldn’t overcome the Alabama lead. Attendance: 60,000 (capacity: 83,000). SCORE BY QUARTERS SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 0 0 7 - 7 Alabama 0 0 20 0 - 20 Stanford 7 0 0 0 - 7 Washington 6 6 0 7 - 19 Attendance: 57,417 (capacity: 57,000). Attendance: 55,000 (capacity: 57,000).

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1935 ROSE BOWL 1938 ROSE BOWL 1942 COTTON BOWL Alabama 29, Stanford 13 (2) California 13, (4) Alabama 0 (20) Alabama 29, (9) Texas A&M 21

PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1935) — “Dixie Howell, the human PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1938) — Head Coach Frank Thomas’ DALLAS (Jan. 1, 1942) — It was the early days of World War II, howitzer from Hartford, Ala., blasted the Rose Bowl dreams of 1937 Alabama team was not one of his best, but none was so the nation’s attention certainly wasn’t focused on football, but Stanford today with one of the greatest all-around exhibitions better coached or accomplished quite so much with what it what the crowd at the Cotton Bowl Stadium witnessed on the football has ever known,” was the lead written by legendary had. After four previously victorious trips to Pasadena, Alabama fi rst day of 1942 would be long remembered as one of the most sportswriter Grantland Rice. Alabama blasted Stanford, 29-13, fi nally faced the other side of the outcome in its fi fth Rose Bowl unlikely football games ever played. Alabama’s opportunistic with Howell teaming with the incomparable pass catching end, appearance as the Golden Bears of California dominated the Crimson Tide whipped Texas A&M, 29-21, under very bizarre Don Hutson, to electrify the crowd of 84,474 with a 22-point Crimson Tide, 13-0. circumstances. second quarter explosion. This Crimson Tide team had experienced several close calls in The Crimson Tide made only one fi rst down while A&M had Stanford’s “Vow Boys,” named for their vow as freshmen the season on the way to this Rose Bowl berth. Sandy Sanford 13. Alabama gained only 75 yards total offense, as opposed to never lose again to USC after a loss to the freshman team literally kicked his team to Pasadena, winning two crucial games to 309 for the Aggies. The Tide completed just one pass while in 1932, were now juniors. There was nothing tricky about with fi eld goals. In the Tulane game, Sanford booted a 32-yard A&M completed 13 and Alabama ran just 33 plays, as opposed Alabama’s game this day – the Crimson Tide relied on the lethal, fi eld goal late in the fourth quarter when Alabama had only to 81 by the Aggies. Yet the Tide led 29-7 midway in the fourth immortal connection of Howell and Hutson to pass for 214 yards. six men on the line of scrimmage. The illegal formation was quarter, and held off an Aggie rush at the end to wind up with undetected by offi cials and the Tide won, 9-6. Later in the what remains to this day one of the most amazing bowl wins In the entire calendar year of 1934 – including the 1934 season, Sanford beat Vanderbilt, 9-7, with another late-game in history. Rose Bowl game – this Stanford team had given up a total of fi eld goal. In the Rose Bowl, however, there was no opportunity 21 points. In the 13 minutes before halftime in the 1935 Rose for Sanford’s heroics. In spite of all the statistical anomalies, the only signifi cant Bowl game, Alabama scored 22. In those 15 minutes, Alabama statistics were seven Alabama pass interceptions and fi ve fumble completed eight-of-nine passes for 150 yards and gained California, coached by Leonard B. “Stub” Allison, recoveries, for a total of 12 turnovers by A&M. Perhaps only one another 106 yards on the ground. Howell gained 96 yards in the demonstrated too much power and speed, better balance, and fact made the difference in this game – Alabama had Jimmie air on four completions to Hutson and three more to end Paul some exceptionally skilled and rugged players in center Bob Nelson while the Aggies didn’t. “Bear” Bryant. Howell also had a sensational 67-yard sprint for Herwig, end Perry Schwartz, quarterback Johnny Meek, guard a touchdown. Vard Stockton, and halfback Sam Chapman, the latter soon to The Aggies scored fi rst. Leo Daniels set up the touchdown on become a major league outfi elder. his fi rst play in the game by returning a punt 44 yards to the Alabama had the ball for four plays in the fi rst quarter and Alabama 18-yard line. Three plays later – on the second play collected four yards. Stanford actually opened the scoring. But the star of the game was Vic Bottari, a junior tailback who of the second quarter – Daniels pitched a pass to end Herman Recovering a fumble on the Alabama 29-yard line, Stanford started his career as a virtual nonentity on the Golden Bear Cowley for a 12-yard touchdown. Jake Webster’s kick gave A&M – carried by Bobby Grayson, “Bones” Hamilton and “Buck” squad. Bottari scored both touchdowns against Alabama on a 7-0 lead. Van Dellen – thundered through the Alabama defense and almost identical plays in the second and third quarters, quick, marched straight to a 7-0 lead. Then came the Crimson Tide’s well-escorted trips around right end of three and fi ve yards, Alabama responded less than three minutes later. Daniels reinforcements. respectively. Bottari rushed for 137 yards and both touchdowns fumbled and Alabama tackle Don Whitmire recovered the ball in the game. on the Aggie 25. Nelson connected with Holt Rast on a 17-yard Howell completed a 17-yard pass to Hutson, then threw pass to the Aggie 8. On third down, Nelson crossed up the completions of 12 and 15 yards to other receivers before Howell The scoring started soon after California’s Sam Chapman Aggie defense on a beautifully executed reverse as he started to scored from the fi ve early in the second quarter to tie the game. punted to Alabama’s safety, who was hit so hard by end the right, then handed the ball to halfback , who raced As rules allowed in those days, Stanford chose to kickoff as if to Perry Schwartz that the ball squirted to the turf, and Schwartz to the left to go the eight yards for a touchdown. show Alabama’s score was a fl uke. Howell started the ensuing recovered. California punched over the fi rst touchdown to possession with a 25-yard pass to Hutson, then passed to Bryant culminate a 63 yard, 13-play land march. Alabama couldn’t Nelson stopped an Aggie threat with an interception in the for 18 and then back to Hutson for fi ve more. On fourth down check driving, brutal power smashes accompanied by paralyzing end zone at the end of the fi rst half to preserve the tie. Nelson with the ball on the Stanford six, Hutson held while Riley Smith blocking. Bottari scored from four yards out to give the Golden then put the Tide ahead for good, taking Derace Moser’s low kicked a 22-yard fi eld goal for a 9-7 Alabama lead. Still not Bears a lead they would never lose. line drive kick at the 28 and following a convoy of blockers to convinced, Stanford stubbornly kicked off again. complete a 72-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 13-7 The second scoring drive, this one in the third quarter, was an Crimson Tide lead. Hecht’s try for the extra point was blocked. On the second play following the kickoff, Howell swung to uncanny resemblance of the fi rst. California took over on the his right and swerved for the sidelines and raced 67 yards for a Alabama 48-yard line, and Chapman and Bottari led another Late in the third quarter, Nelson again scored. Daniels fumbled touchdown that sent the crowd to its feet, agog at this masterly hard-charging ground march that took nine plays (no passes) to a Nelson punt and Alabama end Sam Sharp recovered at the piece of running. Alabama now led, 16-7. reach paydirt. Bottari again punched it in, this time from 5 yards Aggie 21. On the fi rst play, Nelson started to the right, cut back out. Chapman missed the extra point, but it wouldn’t matter. through the Aggie left tackle and managed to avoid six tacklers Joe Riley replaced Howell at quarterback, but the results were on a 21-yard touchdown run. Hecht’s conversion gave the Tide similar. He hit Hutson with a 54-yard pass for a touchdown on Alabama threatened twice in the game, reaching the Bears’ a 20-7 lead. Alabama’s next possession to end the half and seal the verdict 2- and 7-yard lines, but they fumbled both times. In fact, because with a 22-7 Crimson Tide lead. of the four fumbles Alabama lost, the Cal victory was criticized Early in the fourth quarter, an interception led to a 31-yard fi eld as one wrought with bad breaks for the Tide that, inversely, were goal by Hecht for a 23-7 Alabama lead. A Nelson punt that rolled From the Alabama 41, the duo struck again. Hutson caught good breaks for the Bears. But the consensus was that those dead on the Aggie 4-yard line enabled the Tide to the margin a

Howell’s long spiral on the Stanford 30 and sprinted in from “breaks” were actually forced fumbles caused by strong, hard short time later. Passing from his own 10-yard line, A&M’s Moser BOWL RECORDS there for his second touchdown, this one spanning a total of 59 tackling by the Cal defenders. fi red a pass to Aggie end Jake Webster, who tipped it into the yards to close the scoring. hands of Rast, who promptly returned the intercepted pass 12 SCORE BY QUARTERS yards for a touchdown. Hecht’s conversion kick was blocked. in the fourth quarter after a 52-yard When Howell left the game 1 2 3 4 - F punt, he had accounted for 239 yards of total offense (71 yards Alabama 0 0 0 0 - 0 Alabama claimed its fourth victory in six bowl games. Alabama rushing, 160 yards passing), while completing 9-of-12 passes, California 6 7 6 0 - 13 coach Frank Thomas clearly had his team prepared for the punted six times for an average of 43.8 yards, and returned four Aggies, the nation’s leading passing team. The victory was kickoffs for 74 yards. All told, he amassed 313 all-purpose yards. Attendance: 89,650 (capacity: 87,677). a typical Alabama bowl victory as the Tide simply wasted few Hutson fi nished the day with eight catches for 164 yards and scoring opportunities; seizing every break and making them pay two scores. off.

SCORE BY QUARTERS SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 22 0 7 - 29 Alabama 0 7 13 9 - 29 Stanford 7 0 6 0 - 13 Texas A&M 0 7 0 14 - 21 Attendance: 84,474 (capacity: 83,000). Attendance: 38,000 (capacity: 46,200).

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1943 ORANGE BOWL 1945 SUGAR BOWL 1946 ROSE BOWL (10) Alabama 37, (8) Boston College 21 (11) Duke 29, Alabama 26 (3) Alabama 34, (11) Southern California 14

MIAMI (Jan. 1, 1943) — Stung by two fi rst quarter Boston NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 1, 1945) — To say that the 1945 Sugar PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 1946) — This was Alabama’s sixth College touchdowns, Alabama’s All-American center Joe Bowl game was charged with drama every minute, it wouldn’t trip to the Rose Bowl and, although the Crimson Tide had Domnanovich called his team into a huddle as they awaited a be much of an exaggeration. The lead changed four times. The enjoyed great success against the West Coast powers, a lot of kickoff. “Don’t give up,” he said, simply but fi rmly. “We haven’t outcome was uncertain until the last second. that region’s news media and fans had always said, “You’ve never had a chance to go with the ball yet. We’re going to receive and played Southern Cal.” There wasn’t much of that commentary we’re going to run them into the ground.” The heart-throbbing fi nish pulled 72,000 people out of their after the outcome of this one as Alabama won, 34-14. seats. In the fi nal analysis, it was the power and experience of Twenty minutes later, at halftime, Alabama was in front, 22- 21, Duke’s Navy trainees that prevailed over Alabama’s inspired At halftime, Alabama led 20-0. Troy’s 21 plays had resulted in and won the game, 37-21. wartime civilian group, 29-26. a net loss of 24 yards. Not until the score was 27-0 in the third quarter did Southern California make a fi rst down. Mike Holovak, the Eagles’ swift-striding right halfback, scored Harry Gilmer hit the tough Duke line hard for important gains on runs of 65 and 35 yards to put Boston College in front early. and made many tackles, personally downing the Blue Devils ball Alabama’s “wooden horse” toppled the men of Troy like no Then Alabama went to work. carrier after every kickoff. One of Gilmer’s passes stood out. team ever before. USC had won eight straight Pasadena battles Forced far back, Gilmer tripped over one Duke man. Two more since 1923. Fortunately, Alabama head coach Frank Thomas Russ Craft, Dave Brown, Johnny August and Russ Mosley tore Blue Devils got a piece of him. Suddenly, he broke loose for an was merciful. For Thomas it was his last bowl trip as a coach. off big chunks of turf and the Eagle defense caved in. Bobby instant, leaped high, and whipped the ball 41 yards to Ralph His health began to fail in 1946 and he was forced to give up Tom Jenkins raced 40 yards for one score. Boston College made Jones, a big end. coaching in 1947. He died May 10, 1954. a comeback effort and went ahead 21-19 just before halftime, but George Hecht booted a 25-yard fi eld goal to put Alabama On the game’s fi nal play, Gilmer fi red another long pass to Alabama outgained USC 351 to 41. Troy’s running offense on top, 22 21, at intermission. The Tide added 15 more points Jones, who just missed scoring a touchdown on a 33-yard gainer netted just six yards. in the second half. to Duke’s 25. It was written and said that, at the time, never had one so young performed so brilliantly in a bowl game. Harry Gilmer, the Crimson Tide’s extraordinary passer, threw Wheeler Leeth scored on a 14-yard pass from Mosley, Ted Cook only 11 times, resulting in one touchdown. But he ran for 116 grabbed a 17-yard scoring aerial from August, Jenkins scored Duke led early, 7-0, but Gilmer’s aerial attack set up three yards on 16 carries. Hal Self scored twice, sneaking over from twice on runs of 40 and one, and August faked a pass and ran Crimson Tide touchdowns before Duke could score again, the one and on a 24-yard Gilmer pass. Gilmer went over from the around right end for a 15 yard score. Hecht kicked a fi eld goal making it 19-13 at halftime. one, and hit left guard from the two for points and and two extra points and Domnanovich even put two points on Norwood Hodges scored up the middle on a one-yard plunge. the board by tackling an Eagle in the end zone for a safety. Trailing 20-19 early in the fourth quarter, Alabama threw back Hugh Morrow kicked four extra points. the Blue Devils on the Tide 12. But the Crimson Tide surged Bill Cullingham, a columnist for the Boston Post, wrote, forward again, this time with Hugh Morrow intercepting a Cliff The resounding victory assured Thomas a place among the “When you’re beaten as clearly and as splendidly as was Boston Lewis pass and running 78 yards for the score. all-time coaching greats. Some 15 years later, Alabama team College today, the only thing to do is stand and salute as the captain Tom Whitley remarked: “Coach Thomas’s system would victors go by. It was a fi ne game, played in the truest tradition of Duke took the kickoff and drove to the Alabama 1-yard line go today. He used innovations no scout could capture with notes sportsmanship, brilliantly won and gallantly lost in a magnifi cent before the Crimson Tide held on a goal-line stand, getting the and against which no defense could be surely set.” setting, so in taste with the times that none who saw it will ever ball back on downs. forget it.” SCORE BY QUARTERS coach Frank Thomas With three minutes remaining, Alabama 1 2 3 4 - F took a calculated risk and sent in orders to give up two points SCORE BY QUARTERS Alabama 7 13 7 7 - 34 through an intentional safety. Thomas hoped for a long, high 1 2 3 4 - F Southern California 0 0 0 14 - 14 punt from the 20 by John Wade, who would have plenty of time. Alabama 0 22 6 9 - 37 Attendance: 94,000 (capacity: 87,677). Boston College 14 7 0 0 - 21 The strategy backfi red. The punt sailed 40 yards. Duke’s Attendance: 30,000 (capacity: 23,330). George Clark returned it 20 yards to Alabama’s 40, from where the Blue Devils cracked the Tide defense for the winning touchdown in two inspired runs.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F BOWL RECORDS Alabama 7 6 7 9 - 26 Duke 12 7 0 7 - 29 Attendance: 72,000 (capacity: 72,000).

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1948 SUGAR BOWL 1953 ORANGE BOWL 1954 COTTON BOWL (5) Texas 27, (6) Alabama 7 (9) Alabama 61, (14) Syracuse 6 (6) Rice 28, (13) Alabama 6

NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 1, 1948) — It is a peculiar fact that some MIAMI (Jan. 1, 1953) — New Year’s Day 1953 was the fi rst on DALLAS (Jan. 1, 1954) — Rice’s Dicky Moegle rolled back the of the most celebrated backs in the Southeastern Conference which football fans could see, through the medium of television, Crimson Tide with one of the greatest exhibitions of football came to grief in New Orleans in their fi nal game. Names coming bowl games in Pasadena, Dallas, New Orleans, and Miami. history, scoring touchdowns on on runs of 79, 95 and 34 yards to mind of those so ill-fated are Billy Cannon (1960), Johnny Receipts increased greatly with bigger checks for competing while gaining a total of 265 yards as the Owls swamped Alabama, Majors (1957), Hank Lauricella (1952), and Harry Gilmer (1948). schools and their conference brethren. 28-6 in the Cotton Bowl.

Three years before, Gilmer, the Alabama sharpshooter, had Meanwhile, Alabama crushed Syracuse, champion of the East, On Moegle’s second touchdown run, one of the weirdest heard the multitudes’ roar of applause in the Sugar Bowl. It was 61-6, in the Orange Bowl. Many in the crowd of 66,280 left in events in bowl history occurred when Alabama fullback Tommy a far cry from the reaction of 72,000 fans who saw Texas thwart the third quarter so they could see more of other bowl games Lewis leaped off the bench as Moegle was roaring past, along Gilmer and the Crimson Tide, 27-7. He completed only three on TV at home. the 45-yard line, and downed him with a fi erce block. At the of his 11 passes and ran for a mere fi ve yards. Loudest cheers time, Moegle was steaming along with only one man having a went to Texas quarterback Bobby Layne. He sent the ball aloft 24 Because the game was lasting so long, an Orange Bowl chance – and that a doubtful one – of stopping him. times and made connections ten times for 183 yards. committee man reportedly approached the timekeeper and suggested the game, nearly three hours old at the time, might Rice was leading, 7-6, midway in the second quarter. The Owls Both ground attacks were virtually ineffective as Alabama be sped up because it was about to be cut off the network. were in possession on their own 5. Alabama had just muffed a rushed for 41 yards and Texas to 59. scoring opportunity. Moegle, taking a handoff from quarterback Fifteen records were set in the fi asco, televised nationally LeRoy Fenstemaker, went around right end as his blockers did The Tide was not outplayed to the extent the score would by CBS. Even the deepest Alabama substitutes among the 46 their job effi ciently and headed for the Alabama goal line. indicate. The difference could have been a touchdown. The Crimson Tide players were record-minded. “We didn’t want to fi rst half ended in a 7-7 standoff. Texas’ last three touchdowns leave any still standing,” explained tackle Van Marcus. As Moegle approached midfi eld near the sidelines in front of were achieved by defensive alertness. Or, to say it another the Alabama bench, it appeared no player could stop him. No way, Alabama committed three expensive errors – having a Alabama rushed for 286 yards and passed for 300. Its total one, that is, except Lewis, who was on the bench, and suddenly punt blocked, having a pass intercepted and run back for a offense of 586 yards and the sum of 818 for both teams were ran onto the fi eld bareheaded, and threw his body into Moegle’s touchdown, and fumbling deep in its own territory. Orange Bowl records. legs. Moegle was felled on Alabama’s 41. Then the alternate captain of the Tide retreated quickly to the spot he had vacated It was a close contest for a quarter when Alabama led, 7-6. The left side of the Longhorns’ line swarmed into the backfi eld and sat there with his head down in embarrassment as Coach After two periods the score was 20-6. And in the second half, when Norman Mosley tried to punt from Alabama’s 25 in the Red Drew stood before him and looked at Lewis in disbelief. “I just couldn’t stop them,” said Coach Harold (Red) Drew, a third quarter. Left tackle George Petrovich blocked the kick and Referee Cliff Shaw ruled that Moegle should be credited with a native of Maine who came to Alabama as end coach under Frank left guard Vic Vasicek recovered in the end zone for a touchdown. touchdown. The play had started on the Owl 5-yard-line and thus Thomas and developed Don Hutson, Paul Bryant, and Holt Rast, was good for 95 yards. Alabama appeared to wilt after that but displayed the heart among others. to stall Texas drives twice within its 10. Then, with six minutes Although Tide coach Harold (Red) Drew said the Lewis incident Soon after the game the Orange Bowl committee signed left and the Tide gambling to tie or win, Gilmer was rushed hard had no demoralizing effect on his team, the Southeastern contracts with the Big Eight (then Big Seven) and the Atlantic and threw desperately over oncoming Longhorns’ upraised Conference champions were never the same again. A letdown Coast Conference. Their representatives met for the next fi ve arms. End Lewis Holder intercepted the soft, short, high pitch. was evident. He raced for the red fl ag at the corner of the fi eld 18 yards away, years. just making it in. It was Lewis who plunged the fi nal foot for a touchdown on SCORE BY QUARTERS a 47-yard advance in the fi rst quarter. Rice went ahead on a A few plays after that, Holder pounced on a Gilmer fumble 1 2 3 4 - F 79-yard run by Moegle. Moegle scurried 34 yards for another fi ve yards from another touchdown. Layne scored that one on Alabama 7 14 20 20 - 61 touchdown in the third period as he gained 265 yards of his a sneak. Syracuse 6 0 0 0 - 6 team’s whopping 379 rushing yards. He carried the ball only 11 Attendance: 89,650 (capacity: 87,677). times, averaging 24.1 yards. After this game, Moegle held four In addition to the times they reached the promised land the Cotton Bowl records and three all-time major bowl records. Longhorns, in writing a brilliant fi nale to Blair Cherry’s fi rst season as head coach, missed the boat on several other occasions. In In the third quarter, Moegle sizzled through right tackle and the second quarter Texas went from the Alabama 46 to the 12 went 34 yards to score. In the fi nal period, he almost did it again where Rebel Steiner knocked down Layne’s fourth down pass as he raced 20 yards down the right side line. Center Ralph intended for Billy Pyle, who was a great back all afternoon. Carrigan caught Moegle by a heel to prevent him scoring again. The Owls gained a total of 448 yards to Alabama’s 225. Moegle Again in the third quarter, Texas went from the Alabama 45 was the difference in the game. Except for his unbridled running, to the 27 where another passing attack died. But the Steers the affair might have been close. Rice was hampered by the early came back knocking and went to the seven before bogging loss of its All-American fullback Kosse Johnson, who went out in down. Layne fi nally attempted a fi eld goal from the 15, but it was the fi rst period when his ailing ankle was sprained again. partially blocked. Texas also missed a third score in the fourth period when a 65-yard drive carried all the way to within one foot The scoring action began when quarterback stole of the Crimson Tide goal. But there the center of the Crimson a Rice pass to put the ball in Alabama’s possession on the Owl BOWL RECORDS forward wall rose up and smacked down Jimmy Canady on a try 49. Lewis surged through the middle of the line for 15 yards. through the middle. On a keeper play, Starr got 12 through left tackle. Lewis got 13 more in two tries to put the ball on the 5. Rice was offside on The result was a shock to Alabama followers who expected the next play. With the ball on the 1, Lewis managed to get the the large senior contingent, stars of freshman and sophomore ball to within inches of the goal line and then leaped high for the appearances in bowl games, to fi nish in grand fashion. Texas was touchdown. The Rice line rolled him back but he had crossed faster, more powerful, and deserved to win. the line with his forward motion. The extra point try of Halfback Bobby Luna was blocked and Alabama led 6 to 0. SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F SCORE BY QUARTERS Texas 7 0 7 13 - 27 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 7 0 0 - 7 Rice 0 14 7 7 - 28 Attendance: 72,000 (capacity: 72,000). Alabama 6 0 0 0 - 6 Attendance: 75,504 (capacity: 75,504).

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1959 LIBERTY BOWL 1960 BLUEBONNET BOWL 1962 SUGAR BOWL (12) Penn State 7, (10) Alabama 0 (9) Alabama 3, Texas 3 (1) Alabama 10, (9) Arkansas 3

PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 19, 1959) — Quarterback Galen Hall HOUSTON (Dec. 17, 1960) — A pair of linemen provided all NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 1, 1962) — Alabama’s defense proved to led Penn Slate to a 7-0 victory over Alabama in the fi rst Liberty the scoring as Texas and Alabama battled to a 3-3 deadlock in be the difference once again as the national collegiate football Bowl game. Hall’s pass to Roger Kochman on a fake fi eld goal the second annual Bluebonnet Bowl played in Rice Stadium. A champs carved out a 10-3 victory over stubborn Arkansas in the was good for 18 yards and the touchdown on the last play of crowd of 68,000 saw Alabama End Tommy Brooker boot a 30- Sugar Bowl classic. the second period. Sam Stellatella added the extra point by yard fi eld goal in the third period to put the Crimson Tide out placement and that was the ball game. front. Then Texas tackle Dan Petty kicked a 20-yard fi eld goal Alabama wasted no time in lighting up the scoreboard. With with just 3:44 left to play as the underdog Longhorns tied the only eight minutes gone in the opening period, the Crimson Fumbles plagued both clubs, each team losing the ball four score. Tide moved 79 yards, with Fullback Mike Fracchia’s 43 yard times. In addition, Alabama recovered three of its own. The rash dash to the Porker’s 12 highlighting the march. Quarterback Pat of fumbles was attributed to the 42-degree temperature that Alabama, with a 7-1-1 season record, went into the game as a Trammell, who called a near perfect game, carried the remainder seemed colder because of a brisk wind. slim one-point favorite. Except for one strong Alabama threat of the way on a rollout. in the fading seconds of the fi rst period, the game was one of Penn State completely dominated the fi rst half , but fi zzled booming punts by Texas’ Bobby Nunis and Alabama’s Laurien A record crowd of 82,910 watched as Tim Davis booted a 32- on three scoring chances before fi nally breaking through. The Stapp. The defenses played a mighty role in the game. Texas yard fi eld goal in the second period to put Alabama out in front, Nittany Lions fumbled and lost the ball on the Alabama eight contained one Alabama drive on the one-yard line, and the Tide 10-0. in the fi rst period. In the second quarter, they got to the one, blunted Texas’ offense and kept the Longhorns bottled up in Coach Frank Broyles’ Razorbacks, fi nding it hard to puncture but Hall’s fourth down pass misfi red. A fi eld goal attempt by there own end of the fi eld most of the game. Stellatella from the Alabama 12 was blocked by Billy Richardson. Bama’s granite like defense, cut the Tide’s lead to seven points Alabama got its score midway in the third period. Texas was when Mickey Cissell split the uprights with a 23 yard fi eld goal After a four-yard punt against the stiff wind by Tommy White, forced to punt. Nunez’ kick was taken on the Tide 40 by Bill in the third period. Alabama Head Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, Penn State had one more chance on the Alabama 22 with less Piper, who returned all the way to the Texas 34. Pat Trammel who guided the Crimson Tide to a perfect season (11-0), was than a minute to go. They ran off one play, gaining four yards, and Mike Fracchia worked to the 28 on two plays. Skelton hit bubbling with joy. and then came Hall’s scoring pass to Kochman. This was the and Norbie Ronsonnet with a pass on thee 14. Wilson carried to “I thought it was a great game,” Bryant said with a smile. “I’m trickery coach Rip Engle had promised. It was Penn State’s fi rst the 13 and then the Tide lost two downs on incomplete passes. fake fi eld goal of the season. as proud of them as if the score had been 100-0. Wee came to With fourth down and seven needed for a fi rst down, the Tide play. Our boys rose up real well and stopped them on the big Hall took over early in the second period after Lucas left the elected to try a fi eld goal. The ball was spotted on the 20-yard plays.” game because of a hip injury. Penn State’s talented triple threat line and Brooker neatly toed it through the uprights with 7:21 “Fracchia didn’t let them catch their breath with his shots up quarterback never got back into the ball game. While he was remaining in the period, in, Lucas gained 54 yards in nine carries and completed one of the middle and Trammell, like always, did whatever he had to do. four passes for 23 yards. Lucas, however, was the leading ground Texas took the following kickoff and marched from the 23 to Our boys did a good job stopping Lance Alworth. He’s a good gainer. the Alabama 19 and bogged down. Petty came in for a fi eld goal competitor, but we just didn’t give him a chance today. If we had, try. The ball was spotted on the 25, but Petty’s kick was wide to it could have been a different ball game.” On the fake fi eld goal, Hall appeared to be ready to hold the the left. The big gainer in the Texas march was a 38-yard pass Trammell, the Southeastern Conference total offensive leader ball for Stellalella’s kick. Instead, he bounced up and pitched play from Mike Cotten to James Saxton. Texas fi nally broke into in 1961, repeatedly picked up yardage with his seemingly slow to Kochman, who made his way through the startled Alabama the scoring deep in the last period. defense. It was Alabama’s fi rst defeat since its opening loss to style of running. However, the decisive factor was the hot pursuit Georgia, and Penn State’s ninth victory in 11 games. The Longhorns took over on a punt on the 26 and marched to of the Alabama line. The Crimson Tide, champions of the SEC, the Tide three in 13 plays. A personal foul against Alabama aided showed why they had the best defensive record in the country Two beautiful quick kicks by Gary O’Steen that carried 61 the Texans in a key spot. in 1961. They swarmed into the Arkansas backfi eld all afternoon. and 64 yards with the help of a following wind, kept Penn At the end of the fi rst half, Alabama halted a Razorbacks drive on Stale penned up most of the fi rst period. Still the Nittanv Lions Texas pulled a fake fi eld goal on the seven. Petty went in to its own 10 and in the third period, halted the Hogs on the seven. managed an 89-yard march to the Alabama 1 before Don boot, but instead of kicking, Cotton fl ipped a pass to Jack Collins Cochran, who recovered two fumbles, pounced on a ball jarred on the four. Texas kicked its game-tying fi eld goal on a fourth “We knew when we went into the game that we were going loose from Kochman. down and three situation. The ball was spotted on the 10 and to have trouble grinding out yardage against this team.” Petty kicked good. Broyles said. “But, we never thought it would be this hard. We Jay Huffman was named the outstanding lineman of the day just couldn’t get our offense going. I guess the main reason

BOWL RECORDS for his fi ne center play and excellent linebacking. Engle’s Penn Alabama tried to come back via passes, but only got as far as was Alabama’s great defense. Bama’s offense was just what State club, which has used a variety of formations in a successful the Texas 35. Texas mustered enough drive to move back into we expected - tough and aggressive. Our boys were tight and season, leaned heavily to the unbalanced line with both ends Bama territory and Petty attempted his third fi eld goal try of uneasy in the fi rst half. That didn’t help, but when you’re playing on the same side of the center. In the dressing room, Alabama the day from the 25. The kick was made just as the fi nal gun the number one team in the nation, you expect that. In the coach Paul “Bear” Bryant had this comment: “We just got a sounded, but the kick was wide. second half, I thought we did a respectable job.” good old sound thrashing.” Statistics showed Texas had the best offense of the day, The game ended almost like it started, on a note of high drama. It was Penn State’s fi rst bowl victory in three attempts. In the picking up 11 fi rst downs to four and outgaining the Tide 124 It started when Arkansas surged down the fi eld with Alworth dressing room, Coach Engle smiled as he said, “We beat them at yards to 65 on the ground. Alabama picked up 151 yards passing catching a 31-yard pass from quarterback George McKinney on their own game - defense.” to 108 for Texas. the Alabama 43, only to fumble. After failing to move, Alabama punted to the Razorbacks’ 20. Two plays later, Arkansas was the A crowd of 36,211 braved the elements at cavernous SCORE BY QUARTERS benefi ciary of a pass interference call that gave the Razorbacks Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (later named John F. Kennedy 1 2 3 4 - F the ball on the Tide 40. McKinney immediately went to the air Stadium). Alabama 0 0 3 0 - 3 again, tossing one that barely eluded Alworth’s hands at the goal Texas 0 0 0 3 - 3 line. SCORE BY QUARTERS Attendance: 68,000 (capacity: 70,000). 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama knocked down another pass and then Butch Wilson Penn State 0 7 0 0 - 7 jumped high to intercept a third and stepped out of bounds Alabama 0 0 0 0 - 0 inches short of the goal. Trammell butted up the middle three Attendance: 36,211 (capacity: 102,000). times and failed to budge the Razorbacks’ line.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 7 3 0 0 - 10 Arkansas 0 0 3 0 - 3 Attendance: 82,910 (capacity: 80,985). 112 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Bowl Records and Recaps

1963 ORANGE BOWL 1964 SUGAR BOWL 1965 ORANGE BOWL (5) Alabama 17, (8) Oklahoma 0 (8) Alabama 12, (7) Mississippi 7 (5) Texas 21, (1) Alabama 17

MIAMI (Jan. 1, 1963) — In the Alabama dressing room after NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 1, 1964) — This was no ordinary Sugar MIAMI (Jan. 1, 1965) — Favoring a knee that he had severly the Crimson Tide’s 17-0 Orange Bowl victory over Oklahoma, a Bowl game. It snowed on the eve of the game and that was just injured earlier in the 1964 season, Alabama quarterback Joe photographer asked Coach Paul Bryant to spell the name of a the fi rst of some unusual occurrences. Namath put on a memorable show while nearly pulling out a player whose picture he had just taken. comeback victory, but the Texas Longhorns rose up to stop With junior standout quarterback Joe Namath suspended for Namath inches short of the goal line late in the game to win, “That’s Namath, son – N-A-M-A-T-H,” Bryant said. “But don’t disciplinary reasons, sophomore Steve Sloan, showing the poise 21-17, over the national champion Crimson Tide. worry about it. You’ll learn how to spell it in the next couple of and savvy of a veteran, guided the Crimson Tide to a 12-7 victory years.” over the heavily favored Mississippi Rebels, but it took four Tim Namath was a shoo-in for the game’s Most Valuable Player Davis fi eld goals to turn the trick. honors, hitting on 18 of 37 passes for 255 yards and two If the photographer was unfamiliar with the name, the crowd touchdowns. All of this after his knee was hurting so much that of 73,380 that attended the 1963 Orange Bowl game – and Davis’s kicks of 31, 46, 22 and 48 yards earned the senior from he couldn’t start the game. millions more watching on television – were not. Columbus, Ga., the Outstanding Player award. His four fi eld goals were a bowl record and his 48-yarder was the longest in Texas struck fi rst, scoring with just 23 seconds left in the fi rst Long before that game, Bryant said the precocious young man bowl history at the time. quarter when big Ernie Koy sped 79 yards. In the second period, from Pennsylvania was ahead of Babe Parilli (whom he coached Jim Hudson fi red a 69-yard bomb to to put Texas at Kentucky) as a sophomore. He rated Namath “potentially the It was 3-0 after the fi rst quarter, 9-0 at halftime and 12-0 going on top, 14-0. fi nest quarterback I’ve ever coached.” into the fi nal quarter. The Rebels fi nally got on the scoreboard when Larry Smith took a fi ve-yard pass from Perry Lee Dunn. Billy The Tide battled back, marching 87 yards, with Namath passing Namath piloted his team 61 yards in ten plays for a touchdown Irwin kicked good and it ended just that way, 12-7, Alabama. seven yards to sophomore Wayne Trimble for the score. in the fi rst quarter. From the Oklahoma 5-yard line, he faked a handoff and a short pass, whirled, and sailed a long pass into end With snow piled on the edge of the playing fi eld, the Tide Texas got a couple of breaks for its next score just before Richard Williamson’s hands in the end zone. put on a great display of how to win under adversity. The alert halftime. The Longhorns were seemingly stopped and went for Crimson Tide gobbled up six Rebels fumbles and intercepted a fi eld goal. Alabama’s Creed Gilmer raced through to block it A sleight of hand pitch-out to halfback Cotton Clark resulted three Rebels passes. And while Mississippi piled up more and David Ray recovered for the Tide and rambled three yards in a 15-yard scoring sprint in the second period. It was the third yardage (248 to 194), it was Alabama that controlled the football before fumbling. Texas recovered to regain possession. play after Billy Piper returned a punt by Joe Don Looney to the by running 69 plays to only 48 for the Rebels. Sooners’ 34. First, Namath threw a pass to Williamson, good for On the next play Hudson went back to pass and was dumped 20 yards. In the fi nal quarter the Tide defense stopped the Rebels on by Jim Simmons for a loss, but on the play Alabama was guilty of Alabama’s 2, 9 and 28-yard lines to seal the verdict. holding a receiver down fi eld and it gave the Horns a fi rst down Next, and fi nally, Namath conducted a Tide surge from on the Tide 13. Three plays later, Koy went around right end from Oklahoma’s 33 to the two-yard line. There, it was fourth down. SCORE BY QUARTERS the one and it was 21-7 at halftime. Tim Davis, Alabama’s placekicker, toed a 19-yard fi eld goal. 1 2 3 4 - F This third quarter opportunity arose when Looney, the nation’s Alabama 3 6 3 0 - 12 Namath then put the Tide into motion in the second half. He leading punter with an average of 43.4 yards, was hurried by Mississippi 0 0 0 7 - 7 hit Tommy Tolleson, Wayne Cook and Ray Perkins for passes to guard Frankie McClendon’s rush and got off a kick of only seven Attendance: 80,785 (capacity: 80,985). move to the Texas 20, then hurled a perfect strike to Perkins for yards. the score. In the fourth quarter, Namath got the offense going again, only to bog down and have to settle for a David Ray fi eld Lee Roy Jordan was as fi ne a linebacker as has ever played in goal to cut it to 21-17. the South. Perhaps no one in college football in 1962 had his almost instinctive ability to seek out the ball carrier so quickly Jimmy Fuller intercepted a Texas pass in the fourth quarter, and bring him down so abruptly. It is doubtful if Bryant ever then Namath and Steve Bowman moved the ball within inches of praised a player quite as much. the Longhorn goal, but on fourth down, linebacker Tommy Nobis and the Texas line stopped Namath and ended Alabama’s hopes. Jordan fi nished the game with an Alabama bowl record 31 tackles. Moments later, when Alabama swarmed into the offensive again, Pete Lammons, who played a titanic role for Texas on Fifteen seniors fi nished the best three years (29-2-2) Alabama defense, snared a pass on the Texas 32, and that was the ball had ever known to that point in football. Only a matter of a game. There was less than three minutes to play and time ran few inches, the distance by which Jack Hurlbut failed to make out for Alabama. a two-pointer after the only touchdown against Georgia Tech (Tech won, 7-6), separated the Tide from two straight national Koy, son of a former major league baseball player, was the championships. leading ground gainer of the game. He ran for 145 yards in 24 tries for a 5.5 average. SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama’s leading ground gainer was Bowman, with 23 yards Alabama 7 7 3 0 - 17 in 10 carries. This gave and indication of the might of the Texas Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 - 0 defense, rated fi fth best in the country on the ground. BOWL RECORDS Attendance: 73,380 (capacity: 72,000). Steve Sloan, who started the game at quarterback for Alabama on a fragile knee hurt in the season’s fi nal game, threw seven times for 43 yards. He and Namath threw 44 passes between them - an Orange Bowl record at the time.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Texas 7 14 0 0 - 21 Alabama 0 7 7 3 - 17 Attendance: 73,647 (capacity: 72,000).

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1966 ORANGE BOWL 1967 SUGAR BOWL 1968 COTTON BOWL (4) Alabama 39, (3) Nebraska 28 (3) Alabama 34, (6) Nebraska 7 Texas A&M 20, (8) Alabama 16

MIAMI (Jan. 1, 1966) — The third-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 1, 1967) — Nebraska’s hopes for a DALLAS (Jan. 1, 1968) — “The big plays won for us again,” and the fourth ranked Alabama Crimson Tide both entered their revenge victory over Alabama’s Crimson Tide in the 1967 Sugar said head coach Gene Stallings of Texas A&M as he reviewed Orange Bowl matchup with longshot aspirations at the National Bowl Classic ended abruptly — the fi rst play of the game, to his team’s 20-16 triumph over Alabama in the Cotton Bowl. Championship. Things looked up by game time as number one be exact. Big plays and Alabama mistakes - the kind of mistakes that led ranked Michigan State was upset by UCLA in the Rose Bowl and Alabama head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant to contend earlier in the number two ranked Arkansas fell victim to LSU in the Cotton The Cornhuskers, 39-28 Alabama victims in the 1966 Orange 1967 seasons that the defense can outscore the offense. Bowl. The scene was set for the winner of the Orange Bowl to Bowl, picked the Sugar Bowl for a chance to meet the Tide claim the national crown. again, and by doing so became the only Big 8 team to land a Alabama was making the mistakes and the Aggie defense spot in the four major bowls. But that was the only satisfaction was cashing in on them. Bryant, who coached Stallings at A&M The Orange Bowl featured two explosive offensive teams with the Huskers could gain as The Tide struck early and quickly in the 1950s, took the young man with him to Alabama as an different approaches to their attack. Bear Bryant’s Crimson Tide established dominant superiority. assistant, lamented over his team’s mistakes, but spent his time Tide used the accurate throwing arm of quarterback Steve Sloan telling Stallings how proud he was that he could bring A&M to rebound from an early season loss to Georgia and a tie with On the fi rst play after the opening kickoff, Tide quarterback out of a four-game losing streak to the Southwest Conference Tennessee, while Bob Devaney’s Cornhuskers hit the ground Kenny Stabler blazed the ball through the soggy, leaden skies championship, then victory in the Cotton Bowl to run his winning running averaging 290 rushing yards per game and 32.1 points to All America end Ray Perkins sailing full speed at the NU 40. string to seven. per game. Perkins wasn’t hauled down until he hit the Husker 27. Seven plays later Alabama scored and launched the rout that was to Bryant came across the fi eld and carried Stallings around like Alabama took the fi rst lead fi ve and a half minutes into the see the Tide lead, 17-0 at the quarter, 24-0 at the half and 27-0 a football team often does a winning coach. Stallings couldn’t game. Sloan guided the Tide on a 61-yard drive to score on a before the Huskers could muster a fourth-quarter touchdown help himself — the Bear outweighed him by about 75 pounds. 21-yard pass play to Ray Perkins. Perkins grabbed the scoring and avert a shutout. pass at the 15 and wiggled away from a pair of defenders to skip The Aggies took the fi eld with a 6-4 record compared with into the end zone. It was a convincing display of Alabama speed, quickness and proud Alabama’s 8-1-1. The Aggies, playing in their fi rst bowl determination as the Tide sought to become the only major game in 26 years while Alabama was in its 21st, cashed in on The Huskers rallied back early in the second to tie the score. unbeaten claimant to the national title. a pass interception and a recovered fumble for touchdowns, The fi rst Husker tally came on a 33-yard pass from quarterback then saw Wendell Housley smash 33 yards in two runs for the Bob Churchich to end Tony Jeter. Alabama coach Bear Bryant Stabler’s pin-point passing, Perkins’ amazing pass catching touchdown that sealed the game. gave quarterback Steve Sloan the green light to throw on any skills and some fi ne running by Stabler — he won the Miller- down who then opened up an offensive onslaught to bury the Digby Memorial Trophy as the outstanding player of the game Ken Stabler ran for two Alabama touchdowns, and Steve Huskers by halftime. — put the Cornhuskers in a huge hole early and they were never Davis kicked a 36-yard fi eld goal for the Alabama scores. Stabler able to regain the initiative. worried the Aggies throughout with his passing. He had three Alabama scored two touchdowns and a fi eld goal in the of his throws intercepted and was smothered repeatedly by the second period to post a 24-7 lead by halftime. The fi rst score The heavier Cornhuskers, unable to utilize their ball-control vicious Aggie rush. Alabama scored fi rst on an 80-yard drive followed a 39-yard Sloan to Perkins pass that took the ball down strategy against the lighter, swifter Tide, were forced to play with Stabler running the last three yards. A&M’s Tommy Maxwell to the NU 13. Leslie Kelley took the ball over from 4 yards out for catch-up from the opening gong and simply couldn’t master intercepted a Stabler pass to set up the tying touchdown, made the touchdown. The second score followed a 93-yard Tide drive, Alabama’s rock-ribbed defense until the fi nal period. by Larry Stegent, who took a 13-yard toss from Hargett. capped by an 11-yard pass from Sloan to Perkins. A David Ray Nebraska, led by quarterback Bob Churchich, made a game fi eld goal later in the period sent the teams to the locker rooms Davis kicked his fi eld goal opening the second period, and try — Churchich tied a pass attempt record (34), set a new with the Tide sporting a 17-point lead. Alabama led 10-7. With only 21 seconds left in the half, the completion record (21) and passed for 201 yards — but fi ve Aggies scored after a 56-yard drive with Hargett throwing for 59, Nebraska pulled back into the game early in the third period on interceptions (two against Churchich) dashed comeback hopes three of which made up for an Aggie loss. His seven-yard toss to a 49-yard touchdown pass from Churchich to Ben Gregory, but at every turn. Maxwell in the end zone brought the score. Charlie Riggs missed the point-after kick was missed. The Tide lengthened their lead the extra point try when the ball hit the cross bar and A&M led Alabama’s win was bolstered by a solid edge in statistics. The with a 1-yard touchdown run by Steve Bowman and a two point 13-10 at the half. Tide out-rushed Nebraska 157-84, out-passed the Huskers 279- conversion to make the score 32-13 after three periods. 213 and out-downed NU, 19-16. A 28-yard kick by Davis set the Aggies up on their 48 early in Nebraska wasn’t ready to give up in the fourth period. the third period, and A&M, behind the passing of Hargett and The Cornhuskers fi nally broke the scoring ice on the fi rst play Churchich scored his fi rst touchdown of the day on a 1-yard the running of Housley, slammed 52 yards for the touchdown

BOWL RECORDS of the fourth quarter when Churchich capped a 70-yard, 9-play plunge. Alabama kept the comeback in check later in the period that gave A&M victory. Hargett passed for 10 and ran for one with a 15-yard, scoring toss to junior fullback Dick Davis. Davis by turning in another Bowman touchdown run, this time from and Stegent ran for seven before Hargett turned it over to took the ball at the 10 and powered in for the Husker touchdown three yards out. Nebraska added a late 14-yard touchdown pass Housley, who battered the Alabama line for 13 yards and then and Larry Wachholtz kicked the point-after conversion. from Churchich to Tony Jeter but it wouldn’t be enough as the 20 more and the touchdown. Crimson Tide claimed the National Championship with a 39-28 Following the game, Nebraska Coach Bob Devaney confi rmed Alabama came back fi ghting and surged 83 yards for a Orange Bowl win. what most of the fans were thinking when he said: “The Alabama touchdown, with David Chatwood running for 28, Ed Morgan team today is the best football team I’ve ever seen - they’re No. Sloan’s 20 for 28 passing performance broke the Orange Bowl chipping in with a six-yard dash and Stabler passing for 41. 1, all right.” pass completion record, set just one year prior by fellow Tide Stabler got the score with a run over tackle from the seven. quarterback Joe Namath. Sloan’s 296 yards in the air also set There was no more scoring as A&M failed to cash in on a Stabler SCORE BY QUARTERS a new Orange Bowl standard. Perkins fi nished his day with 9 interception and again fumbled the ball away on what appeared 1 2 3 4 - F completions for 159 yards. Alabama 17 7 3 7 - 34 to be another touchdown drive. Nebraska was held to 232 yards rushing, almost 60 yards Nebraska 0 0 0 7 - 7 The Aggies had pushed to the Alabama 22 when Hargett below their average, and were victimized by four fumbles and Attendance: 82,000 (capacity: 80,985). fumbled and Alvin Samples recovered on the Tide 27. The Tide an intercepted pass. The Huskers fi nished the season 10-1 and then started its last desperate drive with Stabler throwing the ranked number fi ve in the nation by the Associated Press. football. The Tide was aided by a personal foul against the Aggies that put the ball on the Alabama 44. Stabler pitched to SCORE BY QUARTERS All-American Dennis Homan on the A&M but the Aggies held 1 2 3 4 - F and took over on their 26. Alabama 7 17 8 7 - 19 Nebraska 0 7 6 15 - 28 SCORE BY QUARTERS Attendance: 72,214 (capacity: 72,000). 1 2 3 4 - F Texas A&M 7 6 7 0 - 20 Alabama 7 3 6 0 - 15 Attendance: 75,000 (capacity: 75,504). 114 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL Bowl Records and Recaps

1968 GATOR BOWL 1969 LIBERTY BOWL 1970 BLUEBONNET BOWL (16) Missouri 35, (12) Alabama 10 Colorado 47, Alabama 33 Alabama 24, (20) Oklahoma 24

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 28, 1968) — Missouri startled MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Dec. 13, 1969) — The enthusiastic Liberty HOUSTON (Dec. 21, 1970) — Two offensive-minded football Alabama with a newly-installed Power I offense that the Tigers Bowl committee wanted a high-scoring football game to teams battled to a 24-24 deadlock in Houston’s Astrodome in perfected in secret workouts and blunted the Crimson Tide’s enhance its reputation and they certainly got it when they the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl as Alabama and Oklahoma fought attack with a vicious defense that swept the Tigers to a 35-10 matched Colorado and Alabama. tooth-and-nail down to the wire. victory before 68,011 in the 24th annual Gator Bowl. All-American Bob Anderson rushed for three touchdowns and There was a total of 843 yards total offense in the game but, It was the worst beating a Paul Bryant-coached Alabama team 254 yards Saturday to lead the University of Colorado to a come- while the defenses weren’t anything to brag about, both teams had ever suffered and the statistics told the story. Alabama from-behind 47-33 victory over Alabama in the 11th annual did make some key stops along the way. had minus-45 yards rushing and a total offensive output of just Liberty Bowl. 23 yards. Missouri banged out 402 yards rushing, but didn’t Alabama scored fi rst as tight end Randy Moore gathered in a complete a single pass although it really wasn’t necessary. Trailing 33-31 going into the fi nal period, Anderson, who earlier four-yard Scott Hunter pass to cap a 54-yard, eight-play drive. Alabama made just six fi rst downs to 21 for the Tigers. had run four yards for a touchdown, turned in scoring jaunts of Oklahoma responded with a touchdown drive to tie the game two and three yards to carry the Buffaloes to victory. with Joe Wylie scoring from the two. It was 7-7 after one quarter McMillan scored three Tiger touchdowns on short runs and and things were just heating up. baffl ed Alabama throughout the nationally televised football Alabama’s Bear Bryant had told his team “honor and pride” battle with his deft pitchouts on the option. McMillan never were awaiting them if they could win the post-season game since In the second quarter, Alabama marched to within the shadow completed a pass, but he never had to. He did have a pair of they had posted the worst regular season record (6-4) in more of the Oklahoma end zone, only to have an interception kill the tosses picked off that gave Alabama its only points. Defensive than a decade. drive. The Sooners came back with a 58-yard scoring run out back Donnie Sutton raced 38 yards with an interception for an from swift Greg Pruitt to go on top, 14-7. Colorado jumped off to a 17-0 lead and went to the dressing Alabama touchdown in the second quarter, and Mike Dean’s room at halftime leading 31-19. Colorado scored on the After a missed fi eld goal attempt by Alabama, Oklahoma fourth quarter interception set up his 25-yard fi eld goal. opening drive with Ward Walsh blasting over from the 13 to cap extended its lead to 21-7 as Pruitt followed a key block from The Missouri defense, anchored by ends Elmer Benhardt and an 80-yard drive in eight plays. Later in the quarter, Dave Haney Wylie and dashed 25 yards to score. With the game in danger of Bill Schmitt, blunted Alabama’s running and passing attack. kicked a 30-yard fi eld goal to extend the Colorado lead to 10-0. getting out of hand, Alabama was able to bounce back just 14 Crimson Tide quarterbacks were thrown for losses nine times. The Buffaloes made it 17-0 via the power running of Anderson, seconds left in the second quarter as Hunter hit David Bailey with Alabama, losing three games in a season for the fi rst time since who barged over from four yards out to cap an 80-yard march a fi ve-yard scoring pass to narrow the defi cit to 21-14 at halftime. 1958, managed only three fi rst downs in the fi rst three quarters. in just eight plays. In the third quarter, Alabama’s Richard Ciemny kicked a 20- The Tide stayed in contention until the late minutes only with the But the Tide got in a few surprises of their own, with dropback yard fi eld goal to narrow the gap to 21-17. That set up an intense help of its two pass interceptions and a pair of Tiger fumbles. passer Scott Hunter dashing 31 yards on a surprise run to make fourth quarter. But Roger Wehrli, Missouri’s All-American safety, clinched the it 17-7. Later in the quarter Alabama’s George Ranager took a With 7:36 left and Alabama facing a fourth down at the Sooner Tigers’ fourth straight bowl triumph with a late interception that pitchout and got a key block from Johnny Musso to score from 25, running back Johnny Musso took a handoff and started wide set up McMillan’s third touchdown, a two-yard run. In the dosing the six and it was 17-13, as Alabama went for two and failed. to his right. He then stopped and fi red a left-handed pass back minutes, Greg Cook ran 37 yards from scrimmage and Dennis But it took the Buffaloes only six plays to respond with Walsh to quarterback Hunter. That pass caught the Sooners napping, Poppe raced 47 yards with an interception to pad the margin. popping over from the 15. Alabama wasn’t fi nished, however, with Hunter making a dash to score. The play gave Alabama the McMillan scored in the fi rst quarter on a four-yard burst, and and drove 72 yards in seven plays to score with Musso going in lead, 24-21. he gave the Tigers a 14-7 lead in the second period with a fi ve- from the two. Again, the Tide went for two and failed, but it was With only 59 seconds left, OU fi eld goal specialist Bruce Derr yard scoring run. The Tigers, who operated from the “regular 24-19 with just 46 seconds left in the fi rst half. Jim Duke’s kickoff hit on a 42-yard attempt to tie the game at 24-24. But Alabama I” during a 7-3 season, changed their attack during Gator Bowl was fi elded by Bob Mastern on the Buffs’ 9, where Mastern was able to mount one fi nal threat. Oklahoma tried an onside workouts “to give us stronger running.” Missouri head coach handed the ball off to Steve Engle, who raced 91 yards to score kick, but it was recovered by the Tide had it at the OU 40. Musso Dan Devine said. for a 31-19 Colorado lead at halftime. broke loose for 21 yards to the 19. Dave Brungard got two yards, The switch paid off with Cook, McMillan, Jim Harrison and Alabama received to open the second half. On second and 10 then Hunter was sacked for a one-yard loss. Ron McBride all cracking through the Tide line. Missouri gained from its 45-yard line, Neb Hayden arched a long pass to Griff With just fi ve seconds left Alabama called time out. Ciemny 404 yards rushing, with Cook collecting 179. Alabama gained Langston, who gathered it in and raced home to score, to trim lined up for a 34-yard fi eld goal try that would win the game, but only 45 yards on the ground and added but 68 through the air. the Colorado lead to 31-26. Oklahoma’s John Shelley get a hand on it and defl ected the kick Quarterback Scott Hunter was so harassed by the Missouri ends Alabama’s Steve Williams intercepted a CU pass a few minutes to preserve the tie. that be hit only seven of 25 throws and was thrown for losses later and the Tide was at it again. Hayden again went to the air totaling 61 yards. and hit Musso with a 10-yard touchdown pass to put the Tide out Hunter completed 13 of 26 passes for 174 yards as the Crimson Tide rolled up a total offense of 428 yards. Oklahoma, with Leon Alabama, a slim favorite after its 8-2 season record, never led. in front of the hectic offensive show by a 33-31 margin. Crosswhite gaining 111 yards in 20 carries and Pruitt adding 97 The Tigers took the opening kickoff and McMillan drove the Colorado’s Anderson then slid off left tackle from the two to in eight carries, fi nished with a 415 total. Tigers to a 7-0 lead in 11 plays. Alabama never led although put the Buffs in front for good, 38-33. Alabama’s Hayden was the Tide did roll to a brief tie on Sutton’s scoring interception. caught in the end zone later in the game for a safety to give Pruitt took the game’s outstanding back award while Alabama linebacker Jeff Rouzie was named the top lineman. BOWL RECORDS Bryant bad not lost three times in a season since his fi rst year Colorado a 40-33 lead. at Alabama in 1958. The Missouri explosion was particularly With time running out and Alabama trying to make a last ditch SCORE BY QUARTERS surprising because the Tigers rolled without completing a pass comeback, the Crimson Tide went for it on fourth and 18 from 1 2 3 4 - F against a team that had given up only 104 points during the its own 18 and could not convert. Colorado then marched down Alabama 7 7 3 7 - 24 regular season. the short distance with Anderson scoring from the three with just Oklahoma 7 14 0 3 - 24 45 seconds left to make it a 47-33 fi nal score. SCORE BY QUARTERS Attendance: 53,822 (capacity: 53,050). 1 2 3 4 - F SCORE BY QUARTERS Missouri 7 7 0 21 - 35 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 7 0 3 - 10 Colorado 10 21 0 16 - 47 Attendance: 68,011(capacity: 70,000). Alabama 0 19 14 0 - 33 Attendance: 50,042 (capacity: 50,160).

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1972 ORANGE BOWL 1973 COTTON BOWL 1973 SUGAR BOWL (1) Nebraska 38, (2) Alabama 6 (7) Texas 17, (4) Alabama 13 (3) Notre Dame 24, (1) Alabama 23

MIAMI (Jan. 1, 1972) — It was billed as the National DALLAS (Jan. 1, 1973) — Billed as “The Battle of the NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 31, 1973) — It was the fi rst meeting Championship Game as Nebraska entered the game ranked fi rst Wishbones”, this Cotton Bowl clash found Texas storming from between two giants of college football – Alabama and Notre with Alabama ranked second. But the Cornhuskers quickly salted behind in the fourth quarter to capture a 17-13 decision on a Dame. The game was the latest version of “The Game of the away not only the game but the national title with a 38-6 win that cold and blustery day in which the Crimson Tide was unable to Century,” and it certainly lived up to every inch of newspaper was greatly aided by a mistake-fi lled effort by the Crimson Tide. get it together on offense. space and moment of air time on radio and television.

Played before 78,151 in 70-degree weather, the Orange Bowl Following Steve Wade’s interception for Alabama, the Crimson Notre Dame won 24-23, in one of the true classics of college showed no ill effects from a two-hour downpour that ended just Tide’s Gregg Gantt kicked a Cotton Bowl record 50-yard fi eld football history. The game had everything – six lead changes, before the game. Nebraska’s incomparable Johnny Rodgers’ 77- goal to give the Tide an early 3-0 lead. After an exchange of outstanding plays in all phases of the game, a tense fi nish and yard punt return in the opening quarter served notice that the punts, Wade grabbed his second interception of the young dramatic play calling. With the close victory, Notre Dame vaulted Huskers’ one touchdown favorite odds were not nearly enough. game and raced 42 yards to the Texas 31. On the next play, from third to fi rst in the fi nal Associated Press (AP) rankings. took a pitch wide to the right and behind Joe Alabama had fi nished fi rst in both polls in the regular season and But it was the work of the Huskers defense that was responsible LaBue’s clearing block, cruised untouched for the touchdown remained the United Press International (UPI) champion, as that for keeping the Huskers’ unbeaten string going up to 32 and and Bill Davis quickly added the extra point to make it 10-0. ranking did not have a post-bowl survey. winning streak to 23. The Blackshirts held the Tide to a single touchdown. The unit set up three touchdowns by recovering Texas drove to a fi eld goal of 24 yards by Billy Schott to pull Alabama could have put the game away in the third quarter, but fumbles and a fourth via an interception returned to the Tide Texas within 10-3. A short time later, with just eight seconds the Tide couldn’t deliver the knockout punch. Notre Dame ran 1-yard line. remaining in the fi rst half, Bill Davis banged through a 30-yard back a kickoff for a touchdown and dominated the earlygoing. fi eld goal for Alabama to push its halftime lead to 13-3. Led by quarterback Tom Clements, who sprayed passes of 19, 26 With Nebraska clinging to a 6-0 lead eight seconds before and 14 yards to split end Pete Demmerle, the Irish offense scored the end of the fi rst quarter, the Blackshirts forced a punt by A short Tide punt in the third quarter gave Texas good fi eld fi rst in the opening quarter. Fullback Wayne Bullock capped a 64- Alabama’s Gregg Gantt. It was not the long, driving type of position and the wishbone-driven Horns drove 59 yards in 15 yard scoring drive with a six-yard run into the end zone. punt, beyond the defensive cover that is Rogers’ favorite type. plays. Quarterback Alan Lowry raced in from three yards out and He gambled by picking up a bouncer with enemies in close at Schott’s kick cut the Alabama lead to 13-10. Alabama responded in the second quarter, producing three his 23. He darted to his right, shaking loose from the fi rst foe. long drives that resulted in a pair of scores – the fi rst when Randy A key block by Jim Anderson allowed the junior sprinter to turn Alabama reeled off an impressive fourth quarter drive from Billingsley scored on a six-yard run and Bill Davis added the extra the corner. Another block was supplied by Jerry List, who lost its 20 to the Texas 34 where on fi rst down Terry Davis went for point that put Alabama up by one (7-6) with 7:30 remaining. On his helmet in the process. From midfi eld on, it was no contest as broke and tried to hit Wayne Wheeler with a touchdown pass, the ensuing kickoff, Notre Dame’s Al Hunter stunned the crowd Rodgers logged his fourth punt return touchdown of the season only to have Texas defensive back Terry Melancon intercept in with a dazzling 93-yard return, the longest in Sugar Bowl history. and sixth of his career. The 77-yarder was three yards short of the the end zone. The Irish went for two and converted for a 14-7 lead. Orange Bowl record. Texas, going to the air behind Lowry, marched to the Tide Alabama moved deep into Notre Dame territory late in the If that play didn’t take the starch out of the Tide, the next play 34, from where Lowry bootlegged the fi nal 34 yards, tightrope second quarter but had to settle for a 39-yard fi eld goal by Davis. did. Steve Williams was decked by Randy Borg while returning walking the sidelines for the winning touchdown. Television At the start of the second half, Alabama marched 93 yards to the kickoff. The ball popped free and into the inviting arms of replays and newspaper still photos showed that Lowry may have take a 17-14 lead after Wilbur Jackson’s fi ve-yard scoring run. John Peterson 27 yards from the Tide goal. Seven plays later, the stepped out of bounds on his winning run, but the play stood Huskers were sitting happily on a 21-0 lead. Tagge’s 20-yard pass and Schott’s kick made it 17-13. A short time later, Notre Dame linebacker Drew Mahalic to Gary Dixon, only the second reception of the year by Dixon, recovered a Tide fumble in mid-air and took the ball to the The Tide wasn’t fi nished, though, and marched from its 10 to carried it to the nine. Two carries by Dixon netted two yards and Alabama 12-yard line. On the fi rst play from scrimmage, Eric the Texas 43, where Jackson was stopped short on a fourth and Tagge passed to substitute fullback Maury Damkroger, who was Penick dashed 12 yards for the score. The extra point gave the one play, Texas taking over and hammering the fi nal nail into jolted out of bounds inches from the end zone. Tagge’s fourth- Irish a 21-17 lead with 2:30 left in the third quarter. the Tide’s coffi n. down sneak for the touchdown came with 12:43 left in the half. Early in the fourth period, the game took a wild turn with three Alabama came back in the second half with grit and SCORE BY QUARTERS turnovers in 90 seconds. Alabama gambled with a trick play that determination to earn whatever comfort can be found in 1 2 3 4 - F paid off. With the ball on the Notre Dame 25, second-string statistics. The Tide’s All-American halfback Johnny Musso gained Texas 0 3 7 7 - 17 quarterback Richard Todd handed off to halfback Mike Stock, a much-deserved 79 yards on 15 carries, but he, like other highly Alabama 10 3 0 0 - 13 then raced to the sidelines where he took a return pass from BOWL RECORDS touted backs, toiled in the shadows of NU’s Kinney, who rushed Attendance: 72,032 (capacity: 72,032). Stock and went in for the score – but Davis missed the conversion for 99 yards on 20 carries. try and Alabama was left with a 23-21 lead and 9:33 remaining.

Alabama’s most effective weapon was the option running Notre Dame responded by driving 79 yards in 11 plays. The and draw plays of its quarterbacks, Terry Davis during a third Irish reached the Alabama 3-yard line and Thomas came on to quarter bid and Butch Hobson after Davis was injured in the kick a 19-yard fi eld goal with 4:26 remaining for the fi nal 24-23 fourth quarter. After Husker cornerback Joe Blahak punted, margin. Alabama’s initial post-intermission threat ended with an end- zone interception, the Tide rolled 55 yards, with Davis stepping SCORE BY QUARTERS 28 and 10 yards before turning the left side on fourth and three 1 2 3 4 – F and taking Blackshirts Dave Mason and John Dutton into the end Notre Dame 6 8 7 3 – 24 zone with him. But that was the extent of Alabama’s challenge Alabama 0 10 7 6 – 23 until the game-ending drive that ended on Nebraska’s eight. Attendance: 85,161 (capacity: 80,985).

Nebraska added three more points on a 21-yard Sanger fi eld goal on the last play of the third quarter and a fi nal touchdown following Anderson’s interception. Nebraska’s last touchdown was scored by backup quarterback Van Brownson.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Nebraska 14 14 3 7 - 38 Alabama 0 0 6 0 - 6 Attendance: 78,151 (capacity: 80,010).

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1975 ORANGE BOWL 1975 SUGAR BOWL 1976 LIBERTY BOWL (9) Notre Dame 13, (2) Alabama 11 (4) Alabama 13, (8) Penn State 6 (16) Alabama 36, (7) UCLA 6

MIAMI (Jan. 1, 1975) — A rematch of the previous year’s NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 31, 1975) — Alabama ended its eight- MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Dec. 20, 1976) — A Liberty Bowl-record national championship showdown produced another painful, year bowl losing streak in a memorable way with a hard-fought crowd of 52,737 braved freezing temperatures and gusting winds close loss for Alabama. Notre Dame once again proved to be the victory over an outstanding team. The Crimson Tide’s fi rst bowl at speeds up to 31 miles per hour at the 18th annual Liberty spoiler for Alabama’s national championship dreams, upsetting victory since January 1, 1967 (a 34-7 victory over Nebraska in the Bowl. This game, playfully referred to as “The Refrigerator the Crimson Tide, 13-11. Sugar Bowl) was a 13-6 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions. Bowl”, was blown open by the Alabama defense, which stopped the Bruins twice on fourth down plays – once at the Crimson Tide Alabama was ranked fi rst in the nation in the United Press It was the fi rst Sugar Bowl played inside the climate-controlled 1-yard line, and another time by an interception on a third down International (UPI) poll and second by the Associated Press (AP) Louisiana Superdome, matching third-ranked Alabama (10-1) at the Alabama 1. going into the game, with Notre Dame being eighth and ninth. against seventh-ranked Penn State (9-2). A year before when the two had met with the Sugar Bowl as the After Bucky Berrey opened the scoring with a 37-yard fi eld setting, Notre Dame won 24-23 and vaulted to the national title. Richard Todd, Alabama’s senior quarterback, put on an goal midway through the fi rst quarter for a 3-0 Alabama lead, the offensive show, completing 10 of 12 passes for 205 yards. Crimson Tide defense began asserting its dominance. Alabama Notre Dame built a 13-0 lead in the fi rst half and withstood a In running the Tide’s wishbone offense to near perfection, he sophomore linebacker Barry Krauss, the game’s most valuable furious Alabama rally in the game’s fi nal minutes. was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. Todd passed 55 player, intercepted a pass and rambled 44 yards for the Tide’s yards to split end Ozzie Newsome to set up the game’s only fi rst touchdown. “Our defense was simply magnifi cent most of The scoring started midway through the fi rst quarter when touchdown in the fourth quarter. the time,” said Alabama head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. “Not Alabama fumbled a Notre Dame punt and Al Samuel recovered only were we stopping them, our defense put some points on for the Irish at the Crimson Tide’s 16-yard line. Three plays later Todd, who had suffered a cut fi nger on Christmas Day, came the board, too.” Notre Dame faced a fourth-and-one play at the Alabama 7-yard out with his fi nger bandaged, and Penn State stacked its defense line. Wayne Bullock powered his way over the left side for three while daring him to throw. That strategy cost the Nittany Lions Late in the fi rst quarter, running back Johnny Davis plunged yards and a fi rst down. On the next play, he rumbled into the dearly in the early going. Joe Dale Harris, a surprise starter, ran one yard for the Tide’s fi rst offensive touchdown and a 17-0 end zone on a four-yard run for the fi rst Irish score. Dave Reeve a turn-in pattern while Todd released his throw just before being Alabama lead. The lone scoring play in the second quarter added the extra point. engulfed by the defense. came about when Alabama used trickery to move the lead to 24-0. Quarterback Jack O’Rear handed off to running back Tony With 50 seconds left in the fi rst quarter, the Irish offense took With State’s minimal coverage, Harris broke free and turned Nathan, who drifted to his right before throwing back to O’Rear control at its own 23-yard line as quarterback Tom Clements the short pass into a 54-yard gain. That play eventually led to a on a 20-yard scoring play. engineered a 77-yard scoring drive in 17 plays, taking 7:21 25-yard fi eld goal by Danny Ridgeway and a 3-0 Alabama lead off the clock. The Irish attempted only one pass in the march, that held up to the half. Two more fi eld goals by Berrey in the third quarter – from 25 rushing 16 times for 68 yards on the drive. An offsides call on and 28 yards out – extended the lead to 30-0 early in the fourth Penn State’s Chris Bahr tied the score with a 42-yard fi eld goal Alabama on a fi eld-goal attempt revived the drive. The Irish quarter. The three fi eld goals by Berrey set a Liberty Bowl record. made the most of the opportunity, with Mark McLane breaking in the third quarter, but Todd brought the Tide back quickly. At free from nine yards out for the score. Reeve missed the point- the Penn State 35 following a timeout, Todd pump faked PSU After UCLA notched its only score on a 61-yard run by Leotis after, but Notre Dame led 13-0. freshman Bill Crummy and Newsome broke back to the sideline Brown with 9:32 left in the fourth quarter, Alabama closed the and caught the pass 25 yards downfi eld, being brought down at scoring when Rick Watson broke through on a 1-yard run with 22 A Notre Dame fumble on their next possession gave the Tide the 10. Todd lost four yards recovering a fumble, but Mike Stock seconds left in the game for the fi nal 36-6 margin. the football on the Irish 40-yard line. Alabama went to the air swept into the end zone behind a ferocious block by Newsome. with quarterback Richard Todd hitting Ozzie Newsome for 11 SCORE BY QUARTERS 10-6 with a 37-yard fi eld goal in the yards and Jerry Brown for 12 yards, as the Tide marched to the Bahr cut the margin to 1 2 3 4 - F Notre Dame 8-yard line. The Irish defense held, and Alabama fourth quarter, but Ridgeway answered for Alabama with a 28- Alabama 17 7 3 9 - 36 scored on a 21-yard fi eld goal by Danny Ridgeway with 1:45 left yard kick for a 13-6 lead. With 3:19 left, Penn State got its last UCLA 0 0 0 6 - 6 before halftime. chance. The Nittany Lions inched out to their 39 before Alabama stopped the Nittany Lions on a fourth-and-one play with 1:15 Attendance: 52,736 (capacity: 50,160). After a scoreless third quarter Alabama – which averaged only to go. 11 passes a game during the season – again went to the air. Todd carried the Tide to the Irish 12-yard line but then threw an SCORE BY QUARTERS interception to John Dubenetzky 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 3 0 7 3 - 13 On fourth down of the next Tide drive, needing fi ve yards Penn State 0 0 3 3 - 6 for a fi rst down, Todd threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to Russ Attendance: 75,212 (capacity: 75,212). Schamun with 3:13 remaining. The Tide added two points on a conversion pass from Todd to George Pugh to close the defi cit to 13-11.

With 1:39 left, Alabama got the ball back at its own 38-yard line needing only a fi eld goal to win. Todd tossed to Schamun for a 16-yard gain and hit Randy Billinsley for an eight-yard reception BOWL RECORDS to the Irish 38. But Notre Dame’s Reggie Barnett intercepted Todd’s next throw to clinch the verdict in favor of the Irish.

For Alabama, linebacker Leroy Cook was the defensive standout while fellow linebacker Ronnie Robertson led in tackles with 11. Alabama outgained the Irish in total offense, 285 to 204, but had four turnovers. Todd completed 13 of 24 passes, six of them to the freshman Newsome for 68 yards and fi ve to Schamun for 126.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 3 0 8 - 11 Notre Dame 7 6 0 0 - 13 Attendance: 71,801 (capacity: 80,010).

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1978 SUGAR BOWL 1979 SUGAR BOWL 1980 SUGAR BOWL (3) Alabama 35, (9) Ohio State 6 (2) Alabama 14, (1) Penn State 7 (2) Alabama 24, (6) Arkansas 6

NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 2, 1978) — Alabama had rebounded NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 1, 1979) — One vivid image was NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 1, 1980) — A tweak in the offensive nicely after an early-season 31-24 loss at Nebraska, racing into permanently etched into the minds of the 76,824 in the scheme played a major role as the University of Alabama its Sugar Bowl encounter with the Ohio State Buckeyes riding a Superdome and the millions of television viewers who watched reached a new pinnacle of success by beating Arkansas, 24-9, strong crest of momentum that had set the Crimson Tide up for the 45th annual Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day, 1979. Penn State, in the 46th annual Sugar Bowl. In the process of winning its fi fth a shot at a national title if things broke their way in the other New the nation’s No. 1 team, was stopped on two consecutive plays straight bowl, four of them Sugar Bowls, this unbeaten Alabama Year’s Day bowl games. inside the one-yard line by the Alabama defense to preserve a team became the fi rst Tide squad in the school’s history to win 14-7 victory for Alabama’s second-ranked Crimson Tide. The 12 games in a season. A record Sugar Bowl crowd of 77,468 and Alabama won easily, 35-6, and with the upset by fi fth-ranked famous goal line stand won a national championship for Paul millions of viewers on national television watched Alabama win. Notre Dame of top-ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl, it appeared “Bear” Bryant and the Crimson Tide. the Crimson Tide were in position to claim another national In the weeks preceding the Sugar Bowl game, Alabama head championship. But in a controversial and tight vote, the Irish The outcome of this tight defensive battle was determined by coach Paul “Bear” Bryant installed a double wing with motion vaulted from fi fth to fi rst, with Alabama fi nishing a close second. a small number of critical decisions and crucial plays in a game off the wishbone formation. The Crimson Tide could run its basic in which the nation’s top two teams proved to be amazingly plays off the set, but its real value was in catching the Arkansas Alabama quarterback Jeff Rutledge and the Crimson Tide evenly matched. The teams battled evenly for the entire fi rst players and coaches off-guard. offense wasted no time in getting the game under their control. half and appeared headed for a scoreless deadlock as halftime On the Tide’s second possession, a 10-play, 76 yard march, approached. After the Razorbacks took an early lead on a 34-yard fi eld running back scored from a one-yard out. goal by Ish Ordonez, courtesy of a lost Alabama fumble on the With the ball at the Alabama 33-yard line in the half’s fi nal opening kickoff, the Tide showed its new look. The Crimson Tide Rutledge guided Alabama 76 yards in the fi rst quarter with moments, the Crimson Tide appeared content to run out the immediately embarked on a seven-play, 82-yard drive featuring Tony Nathan scoring from one-yard out. clock with 1:11 left. But Penn State called a timeout after two a fullback in motion and plenty of counter-action movement, consecutive plays to stop the clock, hoping to get the ball back slowing the aggressive Arkansas defense. Rutledge and the Crimson Tide then pushed Ohio State around and set up a fi eld goal. But Alabama senior halfback Tony Nathan on an 11-play, 76-yard touchdown drive. The scoring play came countered with runs of 30 and 7 yards down to the Penn State Alabama’s Major Ogilvie took a pitchout from quarterback when fullback Johnny Davis moved to his right on a fake at the 30-yard line. Steadman Shealy and scored from 22 yards out midway through Buckeye 27 while split end Bolton, who had lined up as a right the fi rst quarter, marking the third straight year in which Ogilvie halfback, rolled out of the backfi eld and raced down the sideline. Suddenly, Alabama was within range of a score to end the half scored a Sugar Bowl touchdown. Rutledge dropped back and handed the ball to Bolton, who was and had the time to get even closer to the Penn State end zone. barely inbounds. The extra point was missed, but Alabama led Within fi eld goal range, Alabama presumably would position On the fourth play after the ensuing kickoff, another Razorback 13-0. itself for a go-ahead kick in the fi nal seconds of the second fumble was recovered by Crimson Tide linebacker Thomas Boyd quarter. But Penn State coach ’s plan backfi red on the Arkansas 22. Four plays later, Ogilvie scored his second After the Alabama defense again stopped the Buckeyes at enormously when Crimson Tide quarterback Jeff Rutledge touchdown on a one-yard run to put the Tide ahead 14-3 with the Crimson Tide 28, Rutledge took the Tide 72 yards for a dropped back and found split end Bruce Bolton wide open 3:46 left in the fi rst period. That defi cit forced the Arkansas touchdown. He hit Richard Neal with a three-yard scoring pass in the end zone for a 30-yard touchdown pass with just eight offense into an accelerated passing game. for the touchdown and added another pass to Neal on a two- seconds left in the half. Alan McElroy kicked the extra point to point conversion for a 21-0 lead late in the third quarter. When the Tide’s Alan McElroy kicked a 25-yard fi eld goal for a give Alabama a 7-0 halftime lead. 17-3 lead at intermission, it appeared that Alabama was content Ohio State fought back to within 21-6 on the ensuing An interception by Penn State’s Pete Harris at Alabama’s with sitting on its lead and running out the clock. possession, marching 85 yards in seven plays to score on a 38- 48 yard line late in the third period set up Penn State’s only yard pass from Gerald to Jim Harrell with 13:34 left in the game. But Arkansas quarterback Kevin Scanlon, who had been touchdown. Nittany Lions quarterback Chuck Fusina hit Scott A two-point conversion attempt was stopped by Alabama. punished throughout the fi rst half, gathered himself and found Fitzkee deep in the end zone for a touchdown. Matt Bahr’s extra his touch, guiding the Razorbacks 80 yards to a touchdown after point kick tied the game at 7-7 with 4:25 left in the third quarter. Sophomore quarterback Steadman Shealy assumed control the second half kickoff. The two-point conversion fell short and of the Alabama offense in the fi nal quarter and engineered two A few moments later Alabama halfback Lou Ikner ran 62 yards the Razorbacks now trailed 17-9. touchdown drives. The fi rst was an 84-yard march in 14 plays with a Penn State punt before being dragged down at the Nittany that ended with a 1-yard run by Major Ogilvie with 6:30 left. But Bryant’s troops were at their best when it counted, racing Lions’ 11-yard line. Three plays later, Major Ogilvie rammed into A short time later, Johnny Davis capped a 24-yard drive in four 98 yards in 9 plays to the touchdown. Steve Whitman ran for six the corner of the end zone, sprung by a key block by tight end plays following a Buckeyes turnover by scoring on a 7-yard run yards to start the drive. Ogilvie rushed for seven to the Tide 15. Rick Neal. McElroy kicked the extra point to extend the Alabama BOWL RECORDS with 5:09 left. Billy Jackson’s 35-yard sprint with a Shealy pitchout keyed the lead to 14-7 with 21 seconds left in the third quarter. march, reaching the 50-yard line. Jackson came right back on the Rutledge fi nished as the game’s Most Valuable Player, hitting The Nittany Lions had a chance to tie the score when the Lions’ next play with a 14-yard run up the middle to the Arkansas 36. on 8 of 11 passes for 109 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Johnny Joe Lally fell on a misdirected pitchout by Rutledge on an option Ogilvie gained six off guard, then Shealy ran an option keeper Davis, the Tide’s bullish senior fullback, led the Alabama ground play at the Tide 19 with 7:57 remaining. Penn State drove to for 22 yards at the Arkansas 11. assault with 95 yards on 24 carries. a third down and goal at the Alabama one. But the Alabama After two plays and a fi ve-yard penalty on the Tide, Alabama defense sealed off its end zone in a tremendous defensive effort, SCORE BY QUARTERS faced third-and-11 at the Arkansas 12-yard line. Offensive climaxed by Crimson Tide linebacker Barry Krauss stopping Penn 1 2 3 4 - F coordinator Mal Moore suggested the play, “43 Read”, to State tailback Mike Guman short of the goal line. Alabama 0 13 8 14 - 35 Shealy, who ran the option play to the right side of the line and Ohio State 0 0 0 6 - 6 handed to Whitman, who raced through the Arkansas defense SCORE BY QUARTERS for the clinching touchdown. The 98-yard drive, Alabama’s Attendance: 76,811 (capacity: 76,800). 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 7 7 0 - 14 longest of the season, sealed the outcome. Penn State 0 0 7 0 - 7 SCORE BY QUARTERS Attendance: 76,824 (capacity: 76,800). 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 14 3 0 7 - 24 Arkansas 3 0 6 0 - 9 Attendance: 77,486 (capacity: 76,800).

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1981 COTTON BOWL 1982 COTTON BOWL 1982 LIBERTY BOWL (9) Alabama 30, (6) Baylor 2 (6) Texas 14, (3) Alabama 12 Alabama 21, Illinois 15

DALLAS (Jan. 1, 1981) — Alabama capped off a 10-2 season DALLAS (Jan. 1, 1982) — Alabama marched into Dallas as the MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Dec. 29, 1982) — The 1982 Liberty Bowl is by decking Southwest Conference champion Baylor 30-2 in Southeastern Conference co-champion and its head coach, Paul remembered almost solely as the last football game Alabama the 45th . For only the second time since “Bear” Bryant, entered as the winningest man in the history of played under the direction of legendary head coach Paul “Bear” 1971, Alabama had failed to win the Southeastern Conference the game, but Fred Akers’ Texas Longhorns were not impressed. Bryant, who announced his retirement from coaching just two championship, fi nishing second behind eventual national weeks prior to the game. champion Georgia. The Tide had been upset by Mississippi State Five weeks after Bryant had earned his record-breaking (6-3) to snap the nation’s longest winning streak at 28, then fell to 315th head coaching victory against in-state rival Auburn, the At the end of an atypical season, Alabama enterd the 1982 old nemesis Notre Dame (7-0). Longhorns came from behind to hand Alabama a 14-12 defeat. Liberty Bowl coming off three straight season-ending losses. foe Illinois, 7-4 and boasting a potent offense But against ’s Baylor Bears, Paul “Bear” Bryant’s The Longhorns overcame a 10-0 defi cit with two touchdowns and in the midst of a resurgence under 46-year-old head coach, Crimson Tide was impressive. The Alabama defense was in the fourth quarter, then gave the Crimson Tide an intentional Mike White, was appearing in its fi rst bowl in 19-years. the primary factor, as the likes of middle guard Warren Lyles, safety before weathering a counter-charge. Not only did the E.J. Junior and Thomas Boyd shut down Baylor’s previously victory by Texas keep alive a Longhorns jinx of never having lost Alabama retired Coach Bryant in proper fashion by registering unstoppable running tandem of Walter Abecrombie and Dennis to Alabama, but it kept Bryant from winning an NCAA record a 21-15 victory over the Fighting Illini. The win gave Coach Gentry. The pair had combined for nearly 2,000 yards during seventh consecutive bowl game in seven years. Bryant a fi nal record of 323-85-17 – the most wins by any head Baylor’s 10-1 regular season, but on this sunny day in Dallas, they coach in college football history up to that point. Alabama quarterback Walter Lewis’s six-yard touchdown pass were limited to a combined total of 54 yards. to Jesse Bendross and Peter Kim’s 24-yard fi eld goal gave the “Many thanks to the staff for one heck of a job,” he said Major Ogilvie, Don Jacobs and Mark Nix scored touchdowns Longhorns a big fourth quarter hill to climb. afterward in a crowded press interview tent. “The players’ for the Crimson Tide and sophomore Peter Kim added a Cotton preparation and the coaches’ preparation, especially in this Texas quarterback Robert Brewer, starting only his fourth bowl record three fi eld goals to send Alabama to its record- circus-type atmosphere, were exceptional. I am thankful to have game for the Longhorns, raced 30 yards for a touchdown on a tying sixth consecutive bowl victory. Baylor’s offense was all but won my fi nal game. Whether the team likes it or not, they will tricky draw play. After a punt, Brewer directed the Longhorns 80 blunted by the swarming Crimson Tide defense, which helped always be remembered for winning my last game. I am proud yards in 11 plays climaxed by Terry Orr’s eight-yard touchdown bring Bryant his 306th career coaching victory. they wanted to win this one for me.” run. Included in the drive was a 37-yard completion to tight end Kim kicked fi eld goals of 29 and 28 yards in the fi rst half and Lawrence Sampleton on a third-and 10 play. Alabama jumped ahead in the early going as fullback Ricky added a 42-yarder in the third quarter. His three fi eld goals Moore started the scoring with a four-yard touchdown run in the Alabama’s Joey Jones returned the ensuing kickoff a equaled a Cotton Bowl record set in 1972 by Penn State’s fi rst quarter. After Illinois closed the gap to 7-6 on a one-yard run Cotton Bowl record 61 yards, but cornerback William Graham Alberto Vitiello. Ogilvie, who carried 15 times for 74 yards, by Joe Curtis and failed extra point in the second quarter, the intercepted Lewis on the next play at the Texas 1, setting up scored Alabama’s fi rst touchdown of the game, going over Tide took the lead into the locker room at halftime. an ending that was steeped in strategic decisions by both head from the 1 in the second quarter and thus becoming the fi rst coaches. In the third quarter, split end Jesse Bendross ran scored on a person ever to score a rushing touchdown in four consecutive reverse from 8 yards out to put Alabama up 14-6. Then, Illinois bowl games. Akers ordered Texas punter John Goodson to take a safety rallied behind quarterback Tony Eason on a two-yard pass from with less than a minute to play. And Texas held Alabama after it Alabama, which fi nished with 241 yards on the ground, added Eason to wide receiver Oliver Williams to draw within 14-12 after got a free punt from its own 20. a pair of touchdowns in the fi nal quarter on a one-yard run by a failed two-point conversion attempt. Jacobs and a three-yard run by Nix with 1:16 to play. Baylor, shut The win improved Texas’ record to 10-1-1, while the loss The Crimson Tide surged further ahead in the fi nal quarter as out 45-0 by Alabama during the 1979 season could manage only dropped Alabama to 9-2-1. Brewer, who completed 12 of 21 Craig Turner scored the last touchdown of the Bryant Era for a safety that coming in the second quarter when defensive tackle passes on the day for 201 yards, was named the offensive most Alabama on a one-yard run with 7:34 left in the game for a 21- Tommy Tabor tackled Alabama’s Lewis in the end zone as Lewis valuable player and Alabama linebacker Robbie Jones, who had 12 lead. Illinois roared back and drew closer on a 23-yard fi eld was trying to throw the ball. 12 tackles, was the defensive MVP. goal by Mike Bass with 6:12 remaining, but the Fighting Illini the season with 10-2 records could get no closer due to a clutch defensive effort spearheaded Alabama and Baylor both fi nished SCORE BY QUARTERS and the game was never a contest after the Bears missed on their by cornerback Jeremiah Castille’s three interceptions. Castille 1 2 3 4 - F earned Most Valuable Player honors for that performance. only good touchdown opportunity late in fi rst quarter. Texas 0 7 0 5 - 12 Alabama 0 0 0 14 - 14 giving up 444 yards of total SCORE BY QUARTERS Alabama won the game despite offense and surviving a Liberty Bowl record, 423 yards of passing 1 2 3 4 - F Attendance: 73,243 (capacity: 72,032). Alabama 6 7 3 14 - 30 from Eason. Alabama’s bruising ground attack plowed for 217 Baylor 2 0 0 0 - 2 yards while the Tide defense allowed only 21 yards on the ground. Attendance: 74,281 (capacity: 72,032). Bryant died on January 26, 1983, less than four weeks following the Liberty Bowl.

SCORE BY QUARTERS BOWL RECORDS 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 7 0 7 7 - 21 Illinois 0 6 0 9 - 15 Attendance: 54,123 (capacity: 61,008).

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1983 SUN BOWL 1985 ALOHA BOWL 1986 SUN BOWL Alabama 28, (6) SMU 7 (15) Alabama 24, Southern California 3 (13) Alabama 28, (12) Washington 6

EL PASO, Texas (Dec. 24, 1983) — Alabama entered the 50th HONOLULU, Hawai’i (Dec. 28, 1985) — Alabama dominated EL PASO, Texas (Dec. 25, 1986) — Alabama’s memorable 1986 Annual Sun Bowl after a disappointing 7-4 regular season. the second half to hand Southern California a 24-3 defeat in the senior class went out in impressive style with a dominant 28-6 Playing before the largest crowd (41,412) ever to witness an fourth annual Aloha Bowl in Honolulu to end the 1985 season victory over Pac-10 Conference runner-up Washington. The win event in El Paso, Texas, sports history up to that point, the with a 9-2-1 record. Before a crowd of 35,183, the Crimson gave the Crimson Tide a 10-3 record against one of the nation’s Crimson Tide football team gave the fans their money’s worth Tide victory tied USC with the most bowl victories (21) as the toughest schedules. Alabama head coach Ray Perkins’ fi nal team by shocking sixth-ranked Southern Methodist (SMU), 28-7. traditional football powers met for only the second time in bowl at the Capstone opened the season 7–0, only to lose three of its That crowd braved wind gusts of up to 35 miles per hour and competition. fi nal fi ve regular season games to fi nish with a 9–3 record. temperatures in the 20s. The fi rst half was a defensively-domniated sloppy affair that Senior All-American linebacker Cornelius Bennett was Fullback Ricky Moore ran for two fi rst-period touchdowns ended in a 3-3 tie. Alabama was whistled for 68 yards on seven selected the game’s most valuable player. He led the defense and Walter Lewis riddled the nation’s second best defense penalties in the fi rst half. The Tide scored on its fi rst possession, that allowed Washington’s high powered offense just 62 yards with his passing to lead Alabama to its most impressive victory driving 54 yards from its own 15-yard line to the USC 31 where on the ground, and 241 yards total offense. The Tide didn’t allow of the season, Moore carried 28 times for 113 yards and his Van Tiffi n kicked a 48 yard fi eld goal. Early in the second quarter, a touchdown. sixth consecutive 100-yard effort, capped early drives of 59 USC tied the score on a 24-yard fi eld goal by Don Shafer with and 51 yards with touchdown runs of 1 yard and 11 yards to 9:36 left in the half after UA stopped the Trojans at the eight yard After a scoreless fi rst quarter, All-American halfback Bobby give the Crimson Tide a 14-0 lead after one period. Lewis, who line on a drive that started from the USC 37. Humphrey broke loose on a 64-yard sprint for the game’s fi rst completed 9-of-14 passes for 148 yards and was named the score with 13:55 left in the second quarter. The Huskies’ kicker, game’s most valuable player, scored from a yard out to end an The charged up Crimson Tide scored a touchdown on its second Jeff Jaeger, booted a 31-yard fi eld goal with 5:55 left and added 86-yard drive midway through the second quarter. He lofted a possession in the third quarter. Greg Richardson returned a punt a 34-yarder with 44 seconds remaining as Alabama took a 7-6 19-yard touchdown pass to split end Joey Jones 43 seconds 14 yards to the Trojans 42. Ten plays later, fullback Craig Turner halftime lead. before halftime to make it 28-0. dove into the end zone from the one. Tiffi n converted the extra point for a 10-3 lead. Midway through the third quarter, Alabama’s Freddie SMU quarterback Lance Mcllhenny fumbled a snap from center Robinson recovered a Washington fumble on the Huskies’ 47- on the Mustangs’ fi rst possession and Alabama cornerback Moments later, Kermit Kendrick intercepted a USC pass and yard line. In six plays, quarterback Mike Shula sharply guided Sammy Hood, who was blitzing, recovered at the Tide 19. returned it 16 yards to the Trojans 44. Five plays later, Alabama the Crimson Tide to a touchdown, completing two passes to Alabama needed only 64 seconds and three plays to make it 14- quarterback Mike Shula hit wide receiver Clayton Whitehurst in Humphrey and a 32-yard scoring strike to Greg Richardson. All- 0. Lewis passed 32 yards to Richardson, scrambled for eight and the end zone for a 24-yard touchdown pass. Tiffi n converted for American placekicker Van Tiffi n converted his second point-after fl ipped a pitchout to Moore, who started right, cut back sharply a 17-3 lead with 13:25 left in the fourth quarter. kick of the day with 6:24 remaining in the period and Alabama and scored from the 11 without a hand being laid on him. led, 14-6. Alabama forced USC to punt on its next possession and The Crimson Tide went 86 yards in 6:22 for its third touchdown. Richardson called for a fair catch on the Trojans 44. Seven plays On the Crimson Tide’s next possession, Humphrey ran three Reserve tailback Linnie Patrick started it with a 14-yard run and later, fl anker Albert Bell ran a reverse around the left side for a plays for 15 yards. Then Shula hit Angelo Stafford for 27 yards, Lewis whipped passes of 18 yards to tight end Preston Gothard 14-yard touchdown with 8:25 remaining. Tiffi n kicked the extra Richardson for 25 and Humphrey for an 18-yard touchdown pass. and 17 to Jones. Lewis fooled the SMU defense with a fake to point for the 24-3 fi nal score. The six-play, 83-yard drive took but 2:11 off the clock and with Moore up the middle, hesitated for a second and then darted Tiffi n’s conversion kick, Alabama was in charge 21-6. Alabama freshman running back Gene Jelks gained 79 yards on around right end to score easily. Freshman Van Tiffi n’s conversion 17 carries and was named the game’s Most Valuable Offensive Alabama scored again on its next possession, covering 92 yards made it 21-0. Player. Junior All-American linebacker Cornelius Bennett had in 16 plays. Humphrey ran in the score from three yards out after Free safety Freddie Robinson intercepted a McIlhenny pass at nine tackles, broke up one pass, and pressured opposing passers gaining 48 yards on ten carries and catching three passes for 30 the Alabama 38 with 1:09 left in the half and Lewis needed only throughout the game to earn the Most Valuable Defensive Player yards from Shula on the drive. Tiffi n converted at the 7:16 mark four plays and 26 seconds to make it 28-0. Lewis found Jones honor. The game was televised nationally by Innovative Sports in the last quarter for the fi nal 28-6 margin. in the rear of the end zone behind cornerback Fred Nichols for TV. Shula, starting his 27th consecutive game for Alabama, Alabama’s fi nal touchdown. SMU scored with 3:41 left in the completed 15 of 26 passes for 176 yards with two touchdown third periodwith McIlhenny tossing a touchdown pass to split SCORE BY QUARTERS passes in his fi nal collegiate game. Humphrey ended a end Marquis Pleasant, another freshman. 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 3 0 7 14 - 24 sensational year with three touchdowns and his 159 yards After SMU’s third period score, the Mustangs threatened on Southern California 0 3 0 0 - 3 rushing gave him eight 100-yard rushing games for the season. BOWL RECORDS two other occasions. But tailback Reggie Dupard fumbled the Attendance: 35,183 (capacity: 50,000). A crowd of 48,722 witnessed the game and CBS televised it ball away at the Tide 2l with 4:16 left in the third period and nationally. McIlhenny threw an incomplete pass on fourth down from the Alabama nine with 7:02 remaining. SCORE BY QUARTERS It was Alabama’s 37th bowl game and 25th in a row, both 1 2 3 4 - F national records, but the fi rst since head coach Ray Perkins Alabama 0 7 14 7 - 28 succeeded the late Paul “Bear” Bryant as head coach. The Washington 0 6 0 0 - 6 victory enabled the Crimson Tide to snap a two-game losing Attendance: 48,722 (capacity: 51,500). streak which had dropped them out of the Top 20 rankings and wind up 8-4 in Perkins’ fi rst season, the same record as Bryant’s fi nal team a year earlier.

SMU, the nation’s winningest team over the span of 1981-82 with a 31-2-1 record before the Sun Bowl debacle, fi nished the season with a 10-2 record. The Mustangs two setbacks in that three-year stretch were by two and three points to Texas.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 14 14 0 0 - 28 SMU 0 0 7 0 - 7 Attendance: 41,412 (capacity: 51,500).

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1988 HALL OF FAME BOWL 1988 SUN BOWL 1990 SUGAR BOWL Michigan 28, Alabama 24 (20) Alabama 29, Army 28 (2) Miami 33, (7) Alabama 25

TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 2, 1988) — In a battle of two traditional EL PASO, Texas (Dec. 24, 1988) — Resilient Alabama, behind a NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 1, 1990) — On the fi rst day of the 1990s, football powers, Alabama and Michigan met for the fi rst time in record-setting performance by senior quarterback David Smith, Miami clinched the 1989 National Championship with a 33-25 the second Hall of Fame Bowl in Tampa, Fla., and the Wolverines rallied to defeat upset-minded Army 29-28 in the 55th annual victory over seventh-ranked Alabama in a game that was Bill won, 28-24, on a fourth down play in the game’s fi nal minute. Sun Bowl Classic. Smith shattered passing records set by such Curry’s last as head coach of the Crimson Tide. esteemed Alabama greats as Steve Sloan and Joe Namath in NBC televised the game nationally and 60,156 fans looked on guiding the Crimson Tide to the win on a near perfect day in Miami struck early, moving ahead 7-0 with 4:55 left in the as Alabama head coach Bill Curry faced Michigan assistant head El Paso. fi rst quarter on a three-yard run by fullback Stephen McGuire. coach Gary Moeller, who replaced head coach Bo Schembechler, The Tide had held the Hurricanes on downs and forced a fi eld who had suffered a heart attack three weeks prior to the game. A 51-yard run by Army fullback Ben Barnett set up the fi rst goal attempt by but Alabama was offsides, giving score of the game, a one-yard run by Mike Mayweather, with less Miami a fi rst down at the three-yard line to set up McGuire’s A 51-yard Philip Doyle fi eld goal at 8:43 in the fi rst quarter than three minutes elapsed. touchdown run. gave the Crimson Tide a 3-0 lead. Michigan’s All-American halfback Jamie Morris, who fi nished with a career-high 234 Alabama cut the lead to 7-3 in the fi rst quarter on a 37-yard Two series later, a short punt and a 10-yard return by Gene rushing yards on the day, proceeded to score three unanswered fi eld goal by Philip Doyle but, early in the second period, the Jelks which put Alabama within striking range from the Miami touchdowns. Two came in the second quarter from 25 and 14 Cadets took a 14-3 lead when quarterback Bryan McWilliams 36. It took nine plays to move that distance against the Miami yards out, enabling Michigan to build a 14-3 lead at halftime. On capped a 69-yard, six-play drive with a 30-yard touchdown run defense, but a four-yard reception of a Gary Hollingsworth pass Michigan’s second possession of the third quarter, Morris broke on a wishbone option play. Alabama settled for another Doyle by Marco Battle scored the Tide touchdown and tied the score through the left side of his line for a 77-yard touchdown sprint fi eld goal, this time from 22 yards out, to draw within 14-6. at 7-7. with 9:36 remaining. The end of the fi rst half brought some of the game’s most The Hurricanes answered quickly by going 78 yards in fi ve Down 21-3, Alabama came to life and scored three touchdowns pivotal moments. While the Alabama defense was trying to plays with Craig Erickson and Wesley Carroll connecting on three for the lead. With 4:55 left in the third quarter, tight end Howard fi gure out the intricacies of the Black Knights’ wishbone, Army completions for 50 yards, including an 18-yarder for the score. Cross took a 16-yard scoring strike from quarterback Jeff Dunn went to the air on a halfback pass, but passer Calvin Cass Carlos Huerta’s extra point was blocked by Alabama’s Mike to complete a 72-yard drive but the Tide failed on a two-point overshot a wide open Otto Leone for what would have been an Ramil, leaving the score at 13-7. conversion. On Alabama’s next possession, the team put easy score. Instead, Army had to settle for a fi eld goal attempt together an 85-yard drive with All-American tailback Bobby from the Alabama 24 yard line. The Crimson Tide’s Derrick The second quarter fi reworks continued with Tide freshman Humphrey leaping over from the one yard line. Thomas blocked the kick, keeping Army from adding to its lead. Antonio London recovering a fumbled Miami punt to set up an eventual 45-yard fi eld goal by Philip Doyle. Nine plays later, After forcing Michigan to punt on its next two possessions, David Smith rapidly drove Alabama 76 yards in 1:12 for a the Hurricanes went up 20-10 after Alex Johnson scored from the passing of Dunn and the running of Humphrey completed a score. With only 35 seconds left in the fi rst half, Doyle converted three yards out. The Tide struck back with its most impressive 79-yard drive with Humphrey scoring on a determined 17-yard the extra point to narrow the lead to 14-13. Five plays later and drive of the night, covering 80 yards in 11 plays and scoring on a run. Dunn completed a two-point play to Clayton Whitehurst for with only a few ticks left on the clock, Army lined up for another seven-yard pass from Hollingsworth to Lamonde Russell with 40 a 24-21 lead with 4:49 remaining to play. fi eld goal try, this time from the Alabama 27-yard line. Keith seconds left in the half. Walker’s 44-yard attempt was blocked, again by the omnipresent Starting from its own 38-yard line after the kickoff, Michigan Thomas. Alabama was back in business seconds later when senior Lee quickly moved to Alabama’s 20-yard line where the Wolverines Ozmint intercepted an Erickson toss and ran it back 23 yards to faced a fourth-and-three situation. From there, quarterback Trailing 28-20, the Crimson Tide and Smith did not panic, the Miami 19. Three plays later Doyle tried a 40-yard fi eld goal Demetrius Brown completed a beautifully executed touchdown driving to the Army two-yard line where the Army defense on the fi nal play of the fi rst half. Doyle had the distance to hit it pass to fl anker John Kolesar with 50 seconds left in the game to stiffened and Doyle was called on to kick a 32-yard fi eld goal from better than 60 yards, but the kick sailed to the left and the give the Wolverines a 28-24 victory. Kolesar, who beat Alabama with 7:25 left. halftime score read Miami 20, Alabama 17. cornerback John Mangum, jumped high into the air on the play to catch the winning pass, his only reception of the day. Now behind 28-23, Alabama surged to the winning touchdown. Both teams came out slow in the second half, and failed to A 19-yard pass from Smith to Todd Richardson and a 16-yard run score in a conservative third quarter. The fourth quarter, however, Dunn completed 23 of 40 passes for 269 yards and Humphrey by Wayne Shaw led to senior David Casteal leaping into the end began with the Hurricane offense in high gear, as Erickson hit rushed for 149 yards on 27 attempts to lead Alabama offensively. zone for the winning score. tight end for an 11-yard score. Only minutes later, Erickson found his other tight end, Randy Bethel, from 12 SCORE BY QUARTERS Smith, the game’s Most Valuable Player, completed 33 of 52 yards out to give Miami a commanding 33-17 lead. 1 2 3 4 - F passes for 412 yards and two touchdown, setting Alabama bowl Alabama 3 0 6 15 - 24 records for attempts, completions and yardage. Thomas was Late in the game, Alabama made a heroic comeback effort as Michigan 0 14 7 7 - 28 voted the game’s best lineman. Hollingsworth hit Miami native Prince Wimbley with a scoring Attendance: 60,156 (capacity: 60,000). pass from nine yards out with 2:53 left. A Hollingsworth to SCORE BY QUARTERS Russell two-point conversion pass pulled the Tide within eight, 1 2 3 4 - F 33-25. However, Alabama’s on-side kick attempt failed and the Alabama 3 10 7 9 - 29 Hurricanes had little trouble running out the clock and claiming Army 7 7 14 0 - 28 not only the Sugar Bowl crown but the unanimous No. 1 ranking

Attendance: 48,719 (capacity: 51,500). in the nation as well. BOWL RECORDS Miami’s Dennis Erickson became only the second coach in college football history to win the national championship in his fi rst season at a school, and Craig Erickson was named the game’s Most Outstanding Player. For Alabama, Hollingsworth threw for 214 yards and three touchdowns. On defense, Alabama was led by defensive backs Lee Ozmint and Efrum Thomas, both of whom had a team-leading nine tackles.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 17 0 8 - 25 Miami 7 13 6 7 - 33 Attendance: 77,452 (capacity: 76,800).

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1991 FIESTA BOWL 1991 BLOCKBUSTER BOWL 1993 SUGAR BOWL (18) Lousiville 34, (25) Alabama 7 (8) Alabama 30, (15) Colorado 25 (2) Alabama 34, (1) Miami 13

TEMPE, Ariz. (Jan. 1, 1991) — The Louisville Cardinals, behind MIAMI (Dec. 28, 1991) — Alabama relied on a second half rally NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 1, 1993) — All week long Alabama coach four fi rst-quarter touchdowns, jumped to a 25-0 lead over the and three Jay Barker touchdown passes to come from behind Gene Stallings said he did not consider his Crimson Tide an Crimson Tide and coasted to a 34 7 victory in the 1991 Sunkist and defeat defending national champion Colorado, 30-25, at underdog. In front of 76,789 in the Superdome and a national Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona. Joe Robbie Stadium in South Florida. television audience, Alabama proved the skeptics wrong as the Tide handily defeated the No. 1-ranked Miami Hurricanes, 34- The game marked the second time that Louisville head coach This game was marked Colorado’s switch to a one-back, pass- 13, winning the national championship for the fi rst time since Howard Schnellenberger, an assistant coach at Alabama from oriented offense after the Buffaloes had been primarily a option 1979. 1961-65, had faced the Tide as a head coach. Schnellenberger, running team for several years leading up to the contest. But an assistant under the legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant, helped Alabama adjusted quickly and successfully to the scheme. Alabama’s defensive strategy stifl ed Miami’s rushing game, coach the Tide to an impressive 49-5-1 record, including three only allowing the Hurricanes 48 yards on the ground. Gino SEC and national championships (1961, ‘64 and ‘65). David Palmer was honored with the “Brian Piccolo Award” Torretta passed for 278 yards, but was ineffective. With Alabama as the game’s most valuable player and he put the Crimson leading 13-6 at the half, the defense took control of the game Offensively, the Tide compiled only 189 yards total offense. Tide on the scoreboard fi rst in his usual fashion, a punt return. early in the third quarter. On UM’s fi rst play from scrimmage in Alabama’s vaunted defense, ranked fi rst in passing defense, third Palmer took the punt on Alabama’s 48-yard line, ran through the second half, Torretta was intercepted by Tommy Johnson, in total defense, fourth in scoring defense and sixth in rushing four Colorado defenders and scooted down the right sideline who returned the ball to the Miami 20-yard line. Six plays later, defense, gave up an Alabama bowl-record 458 yards passing. 52 yards for the score. Matt Wethington’s point-after kick gave Derrick Lassic scored from a yard out to increase UA’s lead to The Cardinals rushed for another 113 yards to set an opponent Alabama a 7-0 lead with 8:49 left in the fi rst quarter. 20-6. record for most yards gained in a bowl game (571). The Tide defense was unable to stop the Cardinals’ Browning Nagle, who Colorado’s Ron Woolfork blocked an Alabama punt to give the Alabama’s defense had been giving Torretta problems all day hit on 20-of-33 attempts for 451 yards and three touchdowns. Buffaloes the ball on the Alabama three-yard line and two plays but the one play that virtually spelled the end for Miami came on later Scott Phillips ran it in from the one 1 with 1:34 remaining their next possession. The Tide pulled all 11 players up to line The Cardinals jumped ahead with 7:35 left in the fi rst quarter in the opening period. Jim Harper kicked the extra point to tie with Torretta operating from the shotgun. His errant pass was when Nagle hit Latrell Ware for a 70-yard scoring pass with 7:35 the game. Two possessions later, Colorado took the lead when snared by George Teague who high-stepped 31 yards for the left. Ralph Dawkins came back with 3:40 remaining to score on linebacker Ted Johnson tackled Alabama running back Martin second Tide touchdown in 16 seconds. a fi ve-yard burst that capped a six-play, 26-yard drive. After an Houston in the end zone for a safety with 13:15 left in the second Alabama punt, Louisville breezed to a 19-0 lead by driving 77 quarter. Teague was matched against Miami tailback Jonathan Harris, yards in six plays. That march was capped by a 37-yard pass who was lined up in a slot to the right. Teague jammed Harris from Nagle to Anthony Cummings. After a misconnection on a Neither team could generate much offense, but the Alabama as he tried to come off the line of scrimmage. Torretta, who was two-point conversion pass, the lead remained at 19-0 with 54 defense provided the necessary boost when Mark McMillian pressured all night by the Alabama defense, chose to force a seconds left in the fi rst period. intercepted a Darian Hagan pass on the 50-yard line and ran it throw towards Harris. But Teague stepped in front of Harris, back 49 yards to the one. The Tide lost seven yards in three plays caught the pass at the 31, took off toward the right sideline Just 53 seconds later, Louisville blocked an Alabama punt and and settled for a Wethington fi eld goal. The Buffaloes used the and high-stepped the last fi ve yards into the end zone for a the Cardinals’ Ray Buchanan recovered it in the end zone for fi nal 43 seconds in the half and kicked a 33-yard fi eld goal as 21-point lead. This play by Teague would be a big one in the a touchdown. The Cardinals went for two, but George Teague time ran out. Tide’s victory, however, it would not be the only one he would be stopped a run by Ralph Dawkins on the one-yard line and the remembered for in this game. Cardinals’ led, 25-0, with one second left in the fi rst quarter. In the second half, the Alabama offense woke up and drove the ball to Colorado’s eight. An apparent David Palmer touchdown Trailing 27-6, the Hurricanes offense took the fi eld to mount a The Tide’s only score came when Charles Gardner intercepted was called back because of an illegal substitution, but on the successful drive. On Miami’s second down and 10 play, Teague a Jeff Brohm pass and returned it 49 yards for a touchdown with next play (third-and-13) Barker and connected on a made one the biggest defensive plays of the season, although 7:32 left in the second quarter. 13-yard pass for six points. The two-point conversion failed and it was null and void because of a fi ve-yard offside penalty Alabama led, 16-12. called against Alabama. Torretta hit his favorite receiver, Lamar Louisville rounded out the scoring when Nagle threw 19 yards Thomas, who was streaking down the sideline for an apparent six to Anthony Cummings and Bama quarterback Danny Woodson The lead didn’t last long. The Buffaloes scored just 18 seconds points. Teague streaked down the sideline, ran Thomas down, was called for intentional grounding in the end zone. later on a 62-yard pass from Hagan to Michael Westbrook to stripped the ball from him, and proceeded to advance the ball in put CU back in front, 19-16. At this point, both offenses were the other direction for a short gain. The play may not be offi cially SCORE BY QUARTERS moving. Alabama marched 75 yards its next possession, scoring recorded in the record books but it will stand as one of the best 1 2 3 4 - F on a 12-yard pass from Barker to Kevin Lee. Wethington’s

BOWL RECORDS defensive plays ever. Alabama 0 7 0 0 - 7 conversion kick put the Tide up, 23-19, with 6:55 left in the third Louisville 25 0 7 2 - 34 quarter. The Tide relied on a ground attack to move the ball on offense. Attendance: 69,098 (capacity: 71,706). Out of the 285 total yards gained, 267 of them came on the A 15-play drive in the fourth quarter culminated with a fi ve-yard ground. Derrick Lassic controlled UA’s ground game cutting touchdown pass from Barker to Palmer and gave the Tide a 30- and weaving his way to 135 yards rushing on 28 carries and two 19 lead with 8:10 remaining. But the Buffaloes cut the lead to touchdowns. His efforts gained him the Miller-Digby Sugar Bowl fi ve on a 13-yard pass from Hagan to Charles Johnson with 3:30 Most Valuable Player Award. left. Colorado got the ball back with 1:49 left and drove to the Alabama 33-yard line before being stopped on a fourth-and-one Alabama was outgained, 326 yards to 285. Tide quarterback play with 40 seconds left. Jay Barker, who led his team to victory for the 17th time in 17 starts, completed just 4 of 13 passes for 18 yards, with two SCORE BY QUARTERS interceptions. Meanwhile, Torretta’s decisive mistakes were the 1 2 3 4 - F result of an overwhelming Alabama defensive effort that all but Alabama 7 3 13 7 - 30 eliminated Miami’s ability to run. Miami was held to 48 rushing Colorado 7 5 7 6 - 25 yards, 42 of which came during an inconsequential fi nal drive Attendance: 52,644 (capacity: 75,192). long after a Crimson celebration had begun.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 3 10 14 7 - 34 Miami 3 3 0 7 - 13 Attendance: 76,789 (capacity: 76,800).

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1993 GATOR BOWL 1995 CITRUS BOWL 1997 OUTBACK BOWL (18) Alabama 24, North Carolina 10 (2) Alabama 24, (13) Ohio State 17 (16) Alabama 17, (15) Michigan 14

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 31, 1993) — A key to this game ORLANDO (Jan. 2, 1995) — The Crimson Tide and the Ohio TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 1, 1997) — Head coach Gene Stallings went for Alabama was to stop the Tar Heels’ running attack led by State Buckeyes met for only the third time in the two schools’ out a winner in his fi nal game at Alabama as linebacker Dwayne 1,000-yard rushers Curtis and Leon Johnson. The Tide would great football histories at the 1995 CompUSA Florida Citrus Rudd returned an interception 88 yards for the go-ahead score also have to defend against the Tar Heels’ passing game, guided Bowl. Alabama, winner of the previous two encounters with the to give the 16th-ranked Crimson Tide a 17-14 victory over 15th- by Jason Stanicek (who had completed 139 of 219 attempts for Buckeyes, made its fi rst Citrus Bowl appearance, the school’s ranked Michigan in the Outback Bowl at Tampa, Florida. 1,878 yards and 12 touchdowns) whose favorite receiver, Corey 13th different bowl. Holliday, fi nished the year with 867 yards and two touchdowns. Stallings, who had announced his resignation in November of A scoreless fi rst quarter was highlighted by a four-legged, 1996, fi nished his seven-year career at Alabama with wins in his A key ingredient for Alabama to win would be the play of back- unwanted visitor. Alabama took possession following a missed last fi ve bowl games and a national championship in 1992. up quarterback Brian Burgdorf, who was starting for the injured fi eld goal and mounted an impressive drive, but the momentum Jay Barker. Also, the Tide defensive backs would be without the seemed to escape when a stray dog found his way onto the Alabama (10-3) appeared in its record 48th bowl game, services of consensus All-American Antonio Langham, who had fi eld and caused a lengthy delay in play. After the curious canine improving to 28-17-3 in those contests. Michigan (8-4) fell to 13- been ruled ineligible for the SEC Championship game and the was chased off the fi eld and into a portal, the drive stalled and 15 in the postseason. Gator Bowl. Michael Proctor’s 49-yard fi eld goal attempt was blocked. Alabama used John Brock’s 43-yard fi eld goal to take a 3-0 After a scoreless fi rst quarter, Alabama got on the board with The Crimson Tide started another drive on its 20-yard line with lead with 3:42 left in the fi rst quarter, but Michigan grabbed a Michael Proctor 22-yard fi eld goal with 11:01 in the second just over four minutes remaining in the fi rst period. The 16-play, a 6-3 halftime lead on fi eld goals of 44 and 22 yards by Remy quarter. The Tar Heels answered Alabama’s score with a one-yard 80-yard drive ended early in the second period and was capped Hamilton in the second quarter. After a scoreless third quarter, touchdown carry by William Henderson on the next series giving off by Tarrant Lynch’s touchdown run from nine yards out. action heated up in the fi nal period. them a 7-3 lead. The lead was short-lived, however, as 13 seconds later, OSU Rudd intercepted a pass by Brian Griese in the right fl at and On Alabama’s next series, Burgdorf hit three-of-four passing tied the game with a 69-yard bomb from Bobby Hoying to Joey raced untouched down the left sideline with 12:13 left in the for 27 yards and picked up another 19 himself placing Alabama Galloway. The Buckeyes then capitalized on a blocked punt deep fourth quarter to give Alabama a 10-6 lead. The return broke on the Tar Heels’ 33-yard line. On fi rst and 10, Burgdorf ran in Tide territory, and Hoying hooked up with Galloway again, this the record for the bowl previously held by Georgia’s Gary Moss a draw up the middle for the distance and the touchdown. time from 11 yards out, to give OSU a 14-7 lead. (81 yards) in the 1986 Hall of Fame Bowl. It was also an Alabama Proctor’s point-after kick gave Alabama a 10-7 lead. bowl record. Alabama responded with an 11-play, 80-yard drive on the very North Carolina tied the game with two seconds left on the next possession to tie the game. Sherman Williams fi nished the “I didn’t get a good look at the play,” Rudd said. “I looked up clock before the half on a Tripp Pignetti 23-yard fi eld goal. drive with a seven-yard scamper and both teams went to the and saw the ball and just grabbed it. When I turned around, all locker room deadlocked at 14-14. I saw was a big fi eld in front of me and I just ran straight for the In the third quarter, Alabama had the fi rst possession and used end zone. It felt sort of good to get in the end zone. I haven’t its rushing attack to drive the length of the fi eld. On second and After a scoreless third quarter, Ohio State regained the lead been there all year.” goal from the Carolina eight-yard line, Burgdorf threw his fi rst at 17-14 as Josh Jackson connected on a 34-yard fi eld goal with pass of the drive to Tarrant Lynch in the middle of the end zone 8:41 to go in the game. Michael Proctor, who had missed a 25- Shaun Alexander scored on a 46-yard run with 2:15 left in the for six points. yard fi eld goal to start the fourth quarter, redeemed himself with game, increasing the seemingly safe cushion to 17-6. Alexander a 27-yarder that tied the score, 17-17, with 4:29 left to play. fi nished with 99 yards on just nine carries. But the Wolverines Alabama’s fi nal score of the game was Chad Key’s fi rst career rebounded on the ensuing drive as Griese threw a nine-yard touchdown. The Tide picked up three rushing fi rst downs before Then, as it had done all season long, Alabama came through scoring pass to Russell Shaw. Chris Floyd’s run for the two- Burgdorf hit Key on a 10-yard reception. Proctor’s conversion with late-game heroics to pull out a win. With less than a minute point conversion got the Wolverines within 17-14 with 1:16 left, kick gave Alabama a 24-10 lead with 6:34 left with neither team to play, Jay Barker hit Sherman Williams over the middle and, 50 but Chad Goss recovered Michigan’s onside kick attempt and threatening again. yards later, the talented tailback had given the Tide a 24-17 win. Alabama ran out the clock.

SCORE BY QUARTERS Alabama fi nished the season at 12-1-0, and with the victory, Griese was 21-of-37 for 287 yards with one interception and 1 2 3 4 - F the senior class of 1994 (45-4-1) broke the record for most wins a touchdown. His completions and attempts set new Michigan Alabama 0 10 7 7 - 24 in a four-year period. Sherman Williams was given the Charles bowl standards. Alabama used John Brock’s 43-yard fi eld goal North Carolina 0 10 0 0 - 10 Y. McClendon Most Valuable Player Award after rushing for to take a 3-0 lead with 3:42 left in the fi rst quarter, but Michigan Attendance: 67,205 (capacity: 62,000). 166 yards, catching eight passes for 155 yards and scoring two grabbed a 6-3 halftime lead on fi eld goals of 44 and 22 yards by touchdowns. Remy Hamilton in the second quarter.

SCORE BY QUARTERS SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 14 0 10 - 24 Alabama 3 0 0 14 - 17 Ohio State 0 14 0 3 - 17 Michigan 0 6 0 8 - 14 Attendance: 71,195 (capacity: 70,000). Attendance: 53,161 (capacity: 60,000). BOWL RECORDS

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1998 MUSIC CITY BOWL 2000 ORANGE BOWL 2001 INDEPENDENCE BOWL (24) Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7 (8) Michigan 35, (5) Alabama 34 Alabama 14, Iowa State 13

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 29, 1998) — Virginia Tech’s special MIAMI (Jan. 1, 2000) — In a meeting between two of college SHREVEPORT, La. (Dec. 27, 2001) — Andrew Zow, playing teams generated 14 points and cornerback Anthony Midget football’s most storied programs, Michigan came from behind with a bruised calf, tossed a 27-yard touchdown pass to Terry returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown as the 24th- twice, then held on in overtime to win. Alabama’s Ryan Pfl ugner Jones with 4:44 remaining as the Crimson Tide ended Alabama ranked Hokies routed Alabama, 38-7, in the inaugural Music City missed an extra-point attempt by inches on the fi nal play of head coach Dennis Franchione’s fi rst season with a victory as Bowl. Already overtime to give the Wolverines a 35-34 victory over the Crimson the Crimson Tide trimmed Iowa State, 14-13, before a national Tide in the Orange Bowl. television audience on ESPN. The game marked Alabama’s 51st Linebacker Phillip Summers also set up a touchdown with bowl appearance and the fi rst for the Tide in the Independence an interception for the Hokies, whose defense picked off 24 Michigan’s Tom Brady threw for 369 yards and four Bowl. passes in 1998, the second-highest total in the country. Playing touchdowns, including three to David Terrell who caught 10 in front of a sellout crowd of 41,600 at Vanderbilt Stadium, the passes for 150 yards. After Michigan’s Shawn Thompson caught The fi nal score wasn’t indicative of the tempo of the game. Hokies recorded their fi rst victory over Alabama in 11 tries. Tech a 25-yard touchdown pass on the fi rst play of overtime, Alabama Iowa State’s offense gave the Alabama defense all it wanted and quarterback Al Clark ran for a 43-yard touchdown, running back scored on Andrew Zow’s 21-yard pass to Antonio Carter. But racked up 456 yards of total offense and 23 fi rst downs. But the Lamont Pegues added a pair of one-yard scores and running Pfl ugner’s extra-point attempt was just wide to the right. Tide defense held when it had to and the offense scored when back Shyrone Stith added a four-yard touchdown for Virginia it counted most. Iowa State’s defense dominated throughout, Tech (9-3), which snapped a two-game bowl losing streak. The Wolverines won even though they lost a fumble at the but Alabama free safety Waine Bacon blocked Tony Yelk’s punt, Alabama 1 in the fourth quarter and had a 36-yard fi eld goal giving the Crimson Tide possession at the Cyclones’ 29-yard line. Freshman Andrew Zow and Michael Vaughn hooked up on a attempt blocked to force the overtime. Shaun Alexander, the fi ve-yard second-quarter touchdown to account for Alabama’s Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, rushed for 161 yards Two plays later, Zow connected with Jones for the winning only scoring in a game that began with temperatures hovering and three touchdowns in his fi nal game for Alabama. His scores score, enabling Alabama (7-5) to rally from a 10-0 defi cit and around 40 degrees. The conditions worsened as the contest came on runs of 5, 6 and 50 yards, and teammate Freddie Milons fi nish the season with a winning record. Zow, who was sacked progressed, with freezing rain falling for most of the fi nal three scored on a 62-yard punt return. four times, completed 11-of-19 passes for 119 yards with an quarters. Alabama’s 31-point setback was surpassed only by a interception. The Crimson Tide were held to just 150 yards on 38-6 loss to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day The eighth-ranked Wolverines (10-2) managed just one fi rst the ground. 1972. Alabama (7-5) had its fi ve-game bowl winning streak down in the opening 28 minutes but completed their third snapped. consecutive 10-win season. The sixth-ranked Crimson Tide (10-3) Iowa State (7-5) had a chance to regain the lead in the fi nal lost in their 50th bowl game, an NCAA record. minute, but Yelk’s 47-yard fi eld goal was wide right with 46 Virginia Tech led 10-7 at halftime, but the Crimson Tide self- seconds left. It was his third miss of the game. Seneca Wallace destructed in one of Alabama’s worst second halves of the The Wolverines’ fi rst six possessions produced just one fi rst drove the Cyclones into fi eld goal range on their fi nal possession. season. On Alabama’s second possession of the third quarter, down, which came on a 5-yard gain on a fake punt. The offense He converted a second-and-25 with a 26-yard completion to Zow’s pass over the middle was picked off by Summers at the fi nally mustered a fi rst down with 1:18 left in the opening half, Jack Whitver at midfi eld, then kept the drive alive by hitting Tide 3-yard line and Virginia Tech entered the end zone three then scored two plays later on a 27-yard pass from Brady to Lane Danielson for 14 yards on 4th-and-7 from the Alabama 47. plays later on Pegues’ fi rst one-yard plunge. Terrell. The Wolverines erased defi cits of 14-0 and 28-14 thanks For the game, Wallace completed 25-of-42 passes for 284 yards. to Terrell, who tied Orange Bowl and Michigan bowl records with Alabama’s next drive was quickly halted and defensive end three touchdown receptions. But Yelk’s fi eld goal missed the upright by inches and Zow took Corey Moore broke through the line to block Pope’s kick, giving two snaps to run out the clock. Yelk kicked a 36-yard fi eld goal Virginia Tech possession at the Alabama 29. It took the Hokies Brady, who was 34-for-46, led Michigan to three touchdowns to open the scoring 1:42 into the contest before Joe Woodley four plays to score this time, with Stith’s four-yard scamper in a 12-minute span in the third quarter. The comeback wasn’t scored on a one-yard touchdown run to make it 10-0 with 14:24 making it 24-7. Moore was voted the game’s most valuable the fi rst by the Wolverines, who rallied from fourth-quarter left in the second quarter. Alabama got on the board on Zow’s player. Winston’s muff late in the third period was recovered by defi cits to win three times during the regular season. Alabama’s eight-yard touchdown run with 9:19 left in the second and Yelk safety Cory Bird at the Alabama 19 and Pegues’ one-yard scoring Phillip Weeks blocked a fi eld-goal attempt by Hayden Epstein as failed to extend the lead, missing a 25-yard fi eld goal with 26 run 1:29 into the fourth quarter ended any hopes of an Alabama time ran out in the fourth quarter, forcing the overtime. Earlier seconds left in the half. comeback. For emphasis, Midget picked off Zow and sprinted in the period, Michigan’s Anthony Thomas lost a fumble at the into the right corner of the end zone with 7:33 remaining. Alabama 1. Yelk converted a 41-yarder to make it 13-7 with 2:11 left in the third period, but kept Alabama within one score by missing a Clark completed 7-of-14 passes for 71 yards and was Alexander turned a third-and-1 run into a 50-yard touchdown, 40-yarder 4:22 into the fi nal period. intercepted once while carrying nine times for 55 yards. Stith breaking three tackles to give Alabama a 21-14 lead in the third added 71 yards on 10 attempts for the Hokies, who needed just quarter. Less than three minutes later, Milons caught a 51-yard Cyclones running back Ennis Haywood rushed for 125 yards BOWL RECORDS 278 total yards to record the blowout. Zow was 19-of-35 for punt, weaved across the fi eld and scored untouched to make on 20 carries, marking the fi rst time Iowa State had lost in 13 224 yards but was picked off three times for Alabama, which it 28-14. games when its leading runner surpassed the century mark. was held to 274 yards, including just 50 on the ground. Shaun Ahmad Galloway paced Alabama on the ground with 90 yards The Wolverines made the score 14-14 on their fi rst series of Alexander carried 21 times for 55 yards and caught eight passes on 16 carries. the second half. Terrell caught a short pass from Brady, eluded for 87 yards. cornerback Milo Lewis, and sprinted to the end zone, completing SCORE BY QUARTERS Tech began the onslaught on its fi rst possession when Clark a 57-yard play. Terrell beat Lewis again in the third quarter for a 1 2 3 4 - F faked to Pegues, burst up the middle and outran the Tide 20-yard score. Alabama 0 7 0 7 - 14 secondary for a 43-yard touchdown just 2:35 into the contest. Iowa State 3 7 3 0 - 13 Alabama picked up only one fi rst down in the opening quarter, Attendance: 45,627 (capacity: 50,832). Alabama tied the game just under six minutes into the second but a 32-yard run by Alexander got the Tide rolling. The play period when Zow found Vaughn in the back of the end zone. started a 76-yard drive that ended with Alexander’s 5-yard But Graham connected from 44 yards moments later to give the touchdown run. Three minutes later, Alabama scored again on Hokies a three-point halftime advantage. Milons’ 23-punt return and a late-hit penalty gave the Tide the ball at the Michigan 31. Alexander’s 6-yard touchdown run made SCORE BY QUARTERS the score 14-0. 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 7 0 0 - 7 SCORE BY QUARTERS Virginia Tech 7 3 14 14 - 38 1 2 3 4 OT - F Alabama 0 14 14 0 6 - 34 Attendance: 41,600 (capacity: 39,790). Michigan 0 7 21 0 7 - 35 Attendance: 70,416 (capacity: 71,295).

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2004 MUSIC CITY BOWL 2006 COTTON BOWL 2006 INDEPENDENCE BOWL Minnesota 20, Alabama 16 (13) Alabama 13, (18) Texas Tech 10 Oklahoma State 34, Alabama 31

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 27, 2004) — A turnaround 2005 DALLAS (Jan. 2, 2006) — A turnaround 2005 season for SHREVEPORT, La. (Dec. 27, 2006) — Ending the 2006 season season for Alabama ended in a way indicative of the regular Alabama ended in a way indicative of the regular season as in the PetroSun Independence Bowl, Alabama scored two late season as Crimson Tide rode a game-winning 45-yard fi eld goal Crimson Tide rode a game-winning 45-yard fi eld goal by Jamie touchdowns to erase a 14-point defi cit, but a 27-yard fi eld goal by Jamie Christensen to a 13-10 win over explosive Texas Tech in Christensen to a 13-10 win over explosive Texas Tech in the by Oklahoma State’s Jason Ricks with 8.9 seconds left pinned a the 2006 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic at the Cotton Bowl Stadium 2006 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in 34-31 loss on Alabama at Independence Stadium. in Dallas. The victory produced the Tide’s 28th 10 win season Dallas. The victory produced the Tide’s 28th 10 win season and, and, when the dust settled, Alabama fi nished ranked 8th in both when the dust settled, Alabama fi nished ranked 8th in both fi nal OSU running back Dantrell Savage ran for 112 yards and a fi nal national polls. national polls. touchdown and made the key play on the winning drive. He took a screen pass from quarterback Bobby Reid for 26 yards on third- Although the kick by Christensen was by no means perfect, it Although the kick by Christensen was by no means perfect, it and-9 to the Alabama 15 to put Ricks in prime position. Alabama was enough to keep Alabama in the win column and marked his was enough to keep Alabama in the win column and marked his tried to ice Ricks with three timeouts. But the sophomore sent third game-winning fi eld goal of the season. Alabama’s defense third game-winning fi eld goal of the season. Alabama’s defense the kick through the uprights, and he snatched off his helmet and dominated the game early as the Red Raiders were forced to dominated the game early as the Red Raiders were forced to ran to the sideline with it extended over his head. punt after their fi rst possession of the game. punt after their fi rst possession of the game. The kick saved the Cowboys (7-6) from a fourth-quarter The Tide’s fi rst possession resulted in a 76-yard touchdown The Tide’s fi rst possession resulted in a 76-yard touchdown collapse and gave them both a winning record and their fi rst pass from Brodie Croyle to Keith Brown on the Tide’s second pass from Brodie Croyle to Keith Brown on the Tide’s second bowl victory since 2002. Oklahoma State blew a 14-point lead, play of the game as Croyle fl icked a play-action pass to the play of the game as Croyle fl icked a play-action pass to the setting up the Crimson Tide for the tying touchdown with a streaking Brown. Christensen’s point-after kick was good, giving streaking Brown. Christensen’s point-after kick was good, giving fumbled kickoff return. the Tide an early 7-0 lead. the Tide an early 7-0 lead. Alabama (6-7) was playing in its NCAA-record 54th bowl game The Tide defense held the Red Raiders in check until late in the The Tide defense held the Red Raiders in check until late in the and looking for its 31st bowl victory but for much of the night fi rst quarter when Alex Trlica hit a 34-yard fi eld goal, cutting the fi rst quarter when Alex Trlica hit a 34-yard fi eld goal, cutting the the Crimson Tide’s vaunted postseason history seemed a distant Alabama lead to 7-3. Alabama lead to 7-3. memory.

With 2:39 left in the second quarter, a 38-yard fi eld goal With 2:39 left in the second quarter, a 38-yard fi eld goal The Cowboys scooped up an Alabama fumble on the Tide’s attempt by Christensen was blocked and allowed Tech to take attempt by Christensen was blocked and allowed Tech to take 38-yard line to set up the opening score. Savage ran the fi nal possession at the Alabama 46-yard line. Tech quickly marched to possession at the Alabama 46-yard line. Tech quickly marched to yard to cap a 38-yard drive and make it 7-0 Oklahoma State. the Alabama 21 and as the second quarter neared an end Trlica the Alabama 21 and as the second quarter neared an end Trlica Alabama tied it on an 18-yard touchdown pass from quarterback attempted a 37-yard fi eld goal on the fi nal play of the fi rst half, attempted a 37-yard fi eld goal on the fi nal play of the fi rst half, John Parker Wilson to Matt Caddell with 3:32 remaining in the but Alabama defensive lineman Mark Anderson burst through to but Alabama defensive lineman Mark Anderson burst through to fi rst quarter. block the attempt to keep Alabama’s halftime lead at 7-3. block the attempt to keep Alabama’s halftime lead at 7-3. Oklahoma State went ahead 14-7 on Keith Toston’s 4-yard In the third quarter, the Crimson Tide was able to put more In the third quarter, the Crimson Tide was able to put more run. The Cowboys stretched their lead to 17-7 on a 28-yard fi eld points on the scoreboard when Christensen kicked a 31-yard points on the scoreboard when Christensen kicked a 31-yard goal by Ricks. Alabama cut the margin to 17-14 on a 1-yard run fi eld goal to extend the Alabama lead to 10-3. Early in the fourth fi eld goal to extend the Alabama lead to 10-3. Early in the fourth by fullback . But Alabama was unable to stop the quarter, Tech managed to tie the game at 10-10 as quarterback quarter, Tech managed to tie the game at 10-10 as quarterback Cowboys’ fi nal drive of the half. Oklahoma State took it 64 yards, Cody Hodges connected with Jarrett Hicks on a 12-yard Cody Hodges connected with Jarrett Hicks on a 12-yard capped by a 7-yard run by Toston for a 24-14 halftime lead. touchdown pass. Trlica’s conversion kick tied the game. touchdown pass. Trlica’s conversion kick tied the game. In the third quarter, Jamie Christensen kicked a 24 yard fi eld Alabama then went to work from its own 14-yard line, moving Alabama then went to work from its own 14-yard line, moving goal to pull Alabama three points closer. Then Reid hit Adarius to the Red Raider 28-yard line in the game’s waning seconds. to the Red Raider 28-yard line in the game’s waning seconds. Bowman for a 10-yard score to give Oklahoma State a 14 point With just fi ve seconds left in the game, Christensen nailed a 45- With just fi ve seconds left in the game, Christensen nailed a 45- lead, 31-17. Alabama played fl at until late in the fourth quarter. yard fi eld goal that barely cleared the crossbar, giving the Tide yard fi eld goal that barely cleared the crossbar, giving the Tide With the Tide trailing 31-17, Javier Arenas returned a punt 86 the 13-10 victory, Alabama’s national-leading 30th victory in a the 13-10 victory, Alabama’s national-leading 30th victory in a yards to pull Alabama to within a touchdown with 10:50 left in postseason bowl game. postseason bowl game. the game.

Playing his last game as the Alabama quarterback, senior Playing his last game as the Alabama quarterback, senior Then Grant Jones fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Chris Brodie Croyle earned the game’s Offensive Most Valuable Player Brodie Croyle earned the game’s Offensive Most Valuable Player Rogers, who forced the fumble, recovered to give Alabama a honor as he completed 19 of 31 passes for 275 yards and one honor as he completed 19 of 31 passes for 275 yards and one fi rst down on the Oklahoma State 21. Six plays later, left tackle touchdown. Alabama linebacker DeMeco Ryans was named touchdown. Alabama linebacker DeMeco Ryans was named Andre Smith caught a lateral from John Parker Wilson and ran Defensive MVP after garnering seven tackles to lead the Crimson Defensive MVP after garnering seven tackles to lead the Crimson tw0 yards to tie the game at 31-31. Tide defense. Tide defense. Oklahoma State, ranked 16th nationally in total offense, SCORE BY QUARTERS outgained Alabama, 419 to 276. The Cowboys rushed for 207 yards compared to 108 yards for the Tide. Jeremy Nethon had 1 2 3 4 - F BOWL RECORDS SCORE BY QUARTERS Alabama 7 0 0 7 - 13 11 tackles including seven solo for Oklahoma State and was 1 2 3 4 - F Texas Tech 7 0 3 3 - 10 selected the game’s Most Valuable Player honor. Alabama 7 7 0 2 - 16 Attendance: 74,222(capacity: 74,222). Minnesota 7 10 3 0 - 20 For OSU, Reid completed 15 of 29 attempts for 212 yards Attendance: 66,089 (capacity: 69,143). with a touchdown and an interception, and Keith Toston added 58 yards and two touchdowns. John Parker Wilson completed 18 of 33 for 168 yards and a touchdown for Alabama. He was intercepted twice.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 7 17 0 10 - 31 Oklahoma State 7 7 3 14 - 34 Attendance: 45,054 (capacity: 50,832).

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2007 INDEPENDENCE BOWL 2009 SUGAR BOWL 2010 BCS CHAMPIONSHIP Alabama 30, Colorado 24 (6) Utah 31, (4) Alabama 17 (1) Alabama 37, (2) Texas 21

SHREVEPORT, La. (Dec. 24, 2007) — Alabama used a 20-point NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 2, 2009) — Fourth-ranked Alabama PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 7, 2010) —The No. 1 ranked Alabama fi rst quarter and relied on a stingy second-half defense to battled back from an early 21-0 hole, cutting its defi cit against football team held true to its ranking, defeating second-ranked withstand Colorado in the PetroSun Independence Bowl, No. 6 Utah to 21-17 in the second half, but the Crimson Tide Texas, 37-21, in the 2010 BCS National Championship at the gaining 388 total yards in a 30-24 win over the Buffaloes at was unable to overcome the three-touchdown lead, falling to Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The 2009 national championship was Independence Stadium. the Utes, 31-17, in the 75th Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. the 13th in Alabama history. Alabama fi nished the season with a 12-2 record while Utah Alabama (7-6) dominated the fi rst quarter of the game, fi nished the season as college football’s only undefeated team The Crimson Tide defense ended any hopes of a Longhorn opening with two fi eld-goal-scoring drives to take a 6-0 lead at 13-0. comeback when blitzing linebacker Eryk Anders forced a fumble before an unsuccessful fake punt by Colorado (6-7) led to the by Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert with only 3:08 remaining in Crimson Tide’s fi rst touchdown of the night, a 15-yard pass from Utah scored 21 fi rst-quarter points, capitalizing on a John the game. Alabama later forced two more turnovers and scored quarterback John Parker Wilson to receiver Keith Brown for a Parker Wilson interception and getting a pair of touchdown two touchdowns to seal the 2009 national championship. 13-0 lead 10 minutes into the game. passes from Brian Johnson to take a 21-0 lead into the second quarter. Alabama responded with 17 unanswered points, starting After Texas jumped ahead 6-0 in the fi rst quarter, the Crimson After a Colorado punt, the Tide took the ball 63 yards in fi ve the comeback with a 52-yard fi eld goal by Leigh Tiffi n and Tide took the lead with running back Mark Ingram punching in plays on its next possession, capping the drive with a 34-yard getting a 73-yard punt return for a touchdown by Javier Arenas a two-yard rush to put Alabama up 7-6 with 14:18 remaining in touchdown pass from Wilson to receiver Matt Caddell for a 20-0 that cut the largest defi cit the Crimson Tide had faced all season the second quarter. fi rst-quarter lead. to 21-10 at halftime. A fumble on Utah’s fi rst possession of the Trent Richardson joined in on the ground attack when he third quarter gave Alabama the ball in the Utes’ territory, and a A blocked punt by Caddell on Colorado’s next possession set busted a 49-yard touchdown run at the 7:59 mark of the second four-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Glen Coffee cut the up the Tide at its own 35-yard line and, six plays later, Wilson hit quarter, stretching Alabama’s lead to 14-7. lead to 21-17 with 11:14 to go in the third. Utah, however, closed receiver Nikita Stover for his third touchdown pass of the night, the game on a 10-0 run. a 34-yarder, to extend Alabama’s lead to 27-0 with 12:20 left in Placekicker Leigh Tiffi n extended the Tide’s lead by connecting on a 26-yard fi eld goal. Two plays later, defensive tackle Marcell the fi rst half. Wilson completed 13 of his fi rst 15 passes for 185 Wilson completed 18-of-30 passes for 177 yards, with one Dareus intercepted Gilbert’s shovel pass and returned it 28 yards and three touchdowns. touchdown and two interceptions. Julio Jones was Wilson’s yards for an Alabama touchdown. The 10-point swing gave the leading receiver, fi nishing with seven catches for 77 yards. Coffee Late in the half, Colorado quarterback Cody Hawkins found Crimson Tide a 24-6 lead heading into halftime. (36 yards) and Mark Ingram (26) combined for 62 yards on the receiver Tyson DeVree for a four-yard score to cut the Tide lead ground. to 27-7. A 25-yard pass from Hawkins to Dusty Sprague with After Texas scored 11 unanswered points in the second half, pulling within 24-21, Anders forced a fumble at the three-yard four seconds left in the second quarter cut the Alabama lead to Utah quarterback Brian Johnson threw for 336 yards and line and linebacker Courtney Upshaw recovered for the Tide. 27-14 at the half. three touchdowns on his way to being selected the game’s The Texas fumble led directly to Ingram’s one-yard touchdown most outstanding player, a fi tting fi nish to the career of Utah’s A third quarter Colorado fi eld goal cut the Alabama lead to run, putting Alabama up 31-21. winningest quarterback (26-7). 10 and, with the Alabama offense stalled, the Buffaloes got the Javier Arenas came up with his second interception of the ball back at the Alabama 20 with 8:25 left in the game and a Utah’s defense was impressive, intercepting Wilson twice and game with 1:55 remaining and Richardson turned the turnover chance to cut the Tide lead even more. But Alabama defensive sacking him eight times, with the seventh sack forcing a fumble into points once again, scoring a touchdown on a two-yard run. tackle Brandon Deaderick tipped a Hawkins pass and linebacker that ended the Crimson Tide’s last threat with just more than Tiffi n missed the extra point attempt, making the fi nal score 37- Darren Mustin made a diving interception to give Alabama the fi ve minutes remaining. The Utes’ front seven was signifi cantly 21. ball on Buffaloes’ 22. outweighed by Alabama’s offensive line, playing without left tackle Andre Smith, the Outland Trophy winner who missed the Seven plays later Alabama was able to extend its lead to 30-17 Alabama head coach Nick Saban became the fi rst head coach game due to a suspension. with a 26-yard fi eld goal from Leigh Tiffi n, his third of the night, in major college football history to win a national championship at two different schools, previously winning the BCS national with 4:36 left in the game. Colorado then went 69 yards in just Johnson adeptly spread the ball around, completing passes to championship in 2003 at LSU. Saban also became the second 45 seconds to cut the Alabama lead to 30-24 with a touchdown seven receivers while the Utes almost completely ignored the head coach to win two BCS national championships, joining pass from Hawkins to DeVree, but the Tide was able to convert running game. Johnson connected with receiver Freddie Brown Urban Meyer of Florida. two fi rst downs on its next possession, running the clock down 12 times for 125 yards. Johnson’s touchdowns went for seven to one second before the Buffaloes took over at their own 20. yards to Brent Casteel, 18 yards to Bradon Godfrey and 28 yards The victory in Pasadena came 84 years after Alabama won its Colorado’s lateral-fi lled fi nal play was stopped at the Buffaloes’ to David Reed. Matt Asiata ran for a two-yard score, set up by

BOWL RECORDS fi rst national championship in the 1926 Rose Bowl game and 45-yard line. Reed’s leaping catch at the two-yard line. An Alabama comeback marked the fi fth Alabama team to end a national championship appeared to be building early in the second half, when Dont’a Wilson was 19-of-32 passing for 256 yards, with three campaign at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Hightower stripped Johnson, and Bobby Greenwood recovered touchdowns and one interception. The Alabama defense was at the Utah 30. Wilson drove the Tide for a score, hitting Coffee led by end Wallace Gilberry, who recorded fi ve tackles-for-loss SCORE BY QUARTERS for an easy four-yard touchdown pass on a rollout to close the in an eight-tackle performance in his fi nal game for the Tide, 1 2 3 4 - F gap to 21-17. tying the Alabama single-game record for tackles-for-loss. Safety Alabama 0 24 0 13 - 37 Texas 6 0 7 8 - 21 Rashad Johnson had 13 tackles while Mustin had eight stops to At the point, it appeared to be only a matter of time before go with his interception. the Tide would overtake the underdog Utes. But Johnson Attendance: 94,906 (capacity: 83,542). opened Utah’s next drive with a 33-yard pass over the middle SCORE BY QUARTERS to Brown. That started a 71-yard scoring drive that ended with 1 2 3 4 - F Reed’s touchdown. The Tide drove right back into Utah territory, Alabama 20 7 0 3 - 30 but Ingram was stopped for no gain on third-and-two from the Colorado 0 14 0 7 - 24 Utah 32. But Tiffi n missed a long fi eld goal attempt, hooking a Attendance: 47,043 (capacity: 50,832). 49-yarder just left of the upright.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 0 10 7 0 - 17 Utah 21 0 7 3 - 31 Attendance: 71,872 (capacity: 75,000).

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2011 CAPITAL ONE BOWL 2012 BCS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 BCS CHAMPIONSHIP (15) Alabama 49, (7) Michigan State 7 (2) Alabama 21, (1) LSU 0 (2) Alabama 42, (1) Notre Dame 14

ORLANDO (Jan. 1, 2011) — Mark Ingram ran for two scores to NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 9, 2012) — A staunch defensive effort, MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Jan. 7, 2013) – The Alabama Crimson break the school record for career touchdowns, and 15th-ranked combined with a record-setting night from kicker Jeremy Shelley, Tide established its dominance early on the way to a dominant Alabama rolled past No. 7 Michigan State 49-7 in the most propelled The University of Alabama football team to its 14th performance as the Tide earned the program’s 15th national lopsided Capital One Bowl in the game’s history. national championship with a 21-0 victory over LSU in the 2012 championship in football with a 42-14 victory over Notre Dame BCS National Championship Game at the Mercedes-Benz in the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game. The 2009 Heisman Trophy winner had 59 yards rushing on 12 Superdome carries and a 30-yard reception against the team he rooted for Playing before a Sun Life Stadium record crowd of 80,120 as a kid. Greg McElroy threw for 220 yards and one touchdown, The Crimson Tide’s defense held LSU to 92 total yards and fi ve the Tide raced to touchdowns on their fi rst three offensive and the game got so out of hand that the Crimson Tide (10-3) fi rst downs as defensive player of the game Courtney Upshaw possessions and built a lead that eventually reached 35-0 in the pulled most of their starters early in the third quarter. Ingram and Jerrell Harris each had seven tackles. As a unit, the defense third quarter. The title, Alabama’s third in the past four seasons, also moved past Shaun Alexander’s mark (41) with 42 career had 11 tackles for loss, four sacks and an interception. concluded a 13-1 season for the Tide while Notre Dame fell to touchdowns. 12-1 with the loss. Tide quarterback AJ McCarron passed for Fifteen of Alabama’s 21 points came from the leg of Shelley, four touchdowns and 264 yards while completing 20-of-28 The margin of victory topped East Texas State’s 33-0 victory who converted on a bowl-record fi ve fi eld goals from 23, 34, 41, attempts without throwing an interception. over Tennessee Tech in the 1953 game, then known as the 35 and a career-long 44 yards. The defense provided the offense Tangerine Bowl. The bowl dates back to 1947. with excellent fi eld position all evening and quarterback AJ Running back Eddie Lacy rushed for 140 yards and a McCarron did a masterful job under center completing 23-of-34 touchdown while averaging seven yards per carry, wide receiver The Crimson Tide found the end zone on their fi rst fi ve passes for 234 yards to earn offensive player of the game honors. Amari Cooper caught six passes for 105 yards and two scores, possessions, held the Spartans (11-2) to 171 total yards and running back T.J. Yeldon rushed for 108 yards and a and sacked Kirk Cousins four times in their most dominant “We knew that he was going to have to play well, because we touchdown as the Tide offense fl ourished behind an outstanding performance all season. Cousins had 120 yards passing, threw knew that we were going to throw the ball,” Saban said of his performance by its offensive line. Alabama gained 529 total one interception and was under pressure all game. Edwin quarterback. “He showed great leadership and poise in making yards while exhibiting incredible balance, rushing for 265 yards Baker was held to 14 yards rushing for a Spartans team that felt good decisions.” and passing for 264. snubbed by the BCS after sharing the Big Ten title. Instead, they were bullied and bruised by a team that knows the big stage Thanks to Shelley, the Tide carried a 15-0 lead into the fi nal The Crimson Tide romped to its second consecutive BCS well. quarter when LSU mounted its fi rst legitimate charge after being championship, cruising to the second-most lopsided BCS held to 55 yards in the previous three quarters. Upon crossing championship game victory to date. Alabama (13-1) became the Alabama (10-3) took the opening kickoff 79 yards on 13 plays midfi eld for the fi rst time all game, the drive stalled and left the third team to win three national titles in four seasons since polls and Ingram scored on a one-yard run to the right side. Tigers facing 4th and 18 to gain on the Alabama 40. The Tide started being used to crown champions in 1936, and the fi rst defense came through again, as Dont’a Hightower sacked LSU’s since Nebraska from 1994-97. Michigan State (11-2) took its opening drive and looked to have Jordan Jefferson and knocked the ball loose at the 50-yard line. something going, but quarterback Kirk Cousins was intercepted Nick Gentry fell on the fumble to end the drive and set up the The Fighting Irish (12-1) didn’t score until they were down 35-0 by Alabama’s Robert Lester. A short time later, Richardson Tide offense at midfi eld with 6:15 left to play. late in the third quarter. In a matchup of tradition-rich programs scored on an eight-yard run to help the Tide grab a 14-0 lead. tied for the most AP national championships with eight, Notre Four plays later, Trent Richardson raced 34 yards for the Dame was looking for its fi rst national championship in 24 years. The Spartans again looked to have something going in the fi rst touchdown of the game. The Heisman Trophy semifi nalist The Crimson Tide got its ninth. second quarter, driving to Alabama’s seven-yard line, but fi nished with 96 yards on 20 carries and 107 all-purpose yards. linebacker Courtney Upshaw hit Cousins from the blindside, The Tide marched with ease on the opening drive, going forcing a fumble that stalled another Michigan State drive. Alabama put up the fi rst points of the game when Shelley 82 yards on fi ve plays to take a 7-0 lead on Lacy’s 20-yard Upshaw fi nished with fi ve total tackles, two sacks, and three capped off a fi ve-play, 20-yard drive with a 23-yard fi eld goal touchdown run up the middle with 12:03 left in the fi rst quarter. tackles for loss. He was voted the game’s most valuable player. with fi ve minutes left in the fi rst quarter. Shelley came up big for the Tide on two more occasions in the fi rst half, connecting from Lacy set up Alabama’s second touchdown with another 20-yard On the following drive, Alabama drove 80 yards on seven 34 and 41 yards to give Alabama a 9-0 lead at the break. run, this time to the Irish two. Instead of running into a Notre plays and scored when Ingram burst through on the left side Dame goal-line defense that has become known for goal-line for a six-yard touchdown to put the Tide up by three scores. Alabama held LSU to one fi rst down throughout the fi rst half, stands, McCarron faked a handoff and found tight end Michael The touchdown was Ingram’s 42nd career rushing touchdown, while collecting 13 of its own. The Tide also amassed 156 total Williams all alone for the score and a 14-0 lead. Alabama made it making him the school’s all-time leader, passing Shaun Alexander. yards compared to the Tigers’ 26 total yards in the fi rst 30 3-for-3 on the next drive when Yeldon scored from a yard out on minutes. the fi rst play of the second quarter. McElroy, playing his fi nal game for Alabama, was nearly fl awless. The fi fth-year senior was 13-of-17 for 220 yards and SCORE BY QUARTERS Lacy landed one more blow with 31 seconds left in the half even made a block that sprung Julio Jones on a 35-yard reverse 1 2 3 4 - F when McCarron found Lacy for an 11-yard score to make it for a score. Alabama 3 6 6 6 - 21 28-0. Alabama turned a Ha Ha Clinton-Dix interception in the LSU 0 0 0 0 - 0 third quarter into another long scoring drive, capping it with a The Spartans managed only 48 yards on the ground. It was McCarron 34-yard touchdown pass to freshman Amari Cooper. the second-fewest yards allowed on the ground by an Alabama Attendance: 78,237 (capacity: 73,208). team since 1962. Edwin Baker, the Big Ten’s third-leading rusher, McCarron earned Offensive Most Valuable Player honors while BOWL RECORDS was held to 14 yards on 12 carries. Alabama outgained Michigan linebacker C.J. Mosley earned Defensive MVP honors by virtue State 546-171 in total yards. of his team-best eight tackles. and the last one, by Alabama Cousins was sacked four times SCORE BY QUARTERS linebacker Alex Watkins, forced him to the sidelines. He was 1 2 3 4 - F replaced by redshirt freshman Andrew Maxwell, who didn’t fare Alabama 14 14 7 7 - 42 much better. Maxwell was sacked twice and was replaced by Notre Dame 0 0 7 7 - 14 Keith Nichol who connected with wideout Bennie Fowler for a 49-yard touchdown pass with 5:45 left to avoid the shutout. Attendance: 80,120 (capacity: 73,208).

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Alabama 7 21 14 7 - 49 Michigan State 0 0 0 7 - 7 Attendance: 61,519 (capacity: 70,000).

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2014 sugar bowl (10) Oklahoma 45, (3) Alabama 31

NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 2, 2014) — The 10th ranked Oklahoma Sooners (11-2) used a surprising quick-tempo offensive attack keyed by pinpoint passing from quarterback Trevor Knight to upset third-ranked Alabama (11-2), 45-31, in the 2014 Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Four Alabama turnovers led directly to 28 Oklahoma points that proved to be too much to overcome for the Crimson Tide before a crowd of 70,473 at Mercedes-Benz Superdome (capacity: 72,003).

Alabama suffered fi ve total turnovers in the game and had two offensive possessions into the Oklahoma red zone end without points, one on a turnover and another on a missed fi eld goal.

Tide quarterback AJ McCarron set the Alabama single-season passing yards record during the game as he completed 19- of-30 passes for a career-high 387 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions, connecting nine times for 121 yards to wide receiver Amari Cooper and three times for 139 yards to DeAndrew White. That marked the fi fth time in Alabama history that two receivers eclipsed the century mark in yardage and the fi rst time it happened in a bowl game.

Freshman running back Derrick Henry rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on eight carries, and had one catch for 61 yards and a score. For the defense, Tide cornerback Eddie Jackson led the team with 10 tackles.

Despite outgaining the Sooners in total offense, 516 to 429, the Tide lost largely due to failures in the red zone and turnovers. The Sooners managed 348 passing yards against the Tide as Sooners’ quarterback Trevor Knight completed 32-of-44 attempts for four touchdowns with one interception.

The decisive portion of the game came in the second quarter with the score knotted at 17-17. After a touchback on the kickoff, Alabama started at its 25 and constructed a 67-yard drive in 11 plays that consumed 6:19 of clock but ended in futility and frustration.

Alabama marched to a fi rst down at the Sooner 20. A pass to Cooper yielded seven yards to the OU 13 on fi rst down, and then Yeldon gained two more to set up third-and-one. On the next play, Yeldon gained four yards and a fi rst down at the OU seven-yard line, but he fumbled when hit by OU’s Joe Palange and OU defensive end scooped up the ball and

BOWL RECORDS returned it 26 yards to the Sooner 34 with 5:26 left in the half. Five rapid-fi re plays by the OU offense moved the Sooners to a fourth-and-one at the Alabama 45 where Clay’s two-yard run converted the fi rst down. After a two-yard run by Clay on fi rst down to the Tide 43, the Sooners called timeout. On the next play, Knight launched a perfectly thrown touchdown bomb to Jalen Saunders. Hunnicutt’s kick gave the Sooners a 24-17 lead.

Alabama responded with a march to the OU 48, but McCarron’s second-down pass was intercepted by OU cornerback Zack Sanchez, who returned the pickoff 41 yards to the Tide 13. On the fi rst play after the turnover, OU receiver Sterling Shepard took a pitchout on a reverse and raced 13 yards for a touchdown. Hunnicutt’s conversion kick was good and the Sooners had a 31- 17 lead. Alabama drove within fi eld goal range as the half was drawing to a close, but Foster’s 32-yard fi eld goal attempt was wide right as the fi rst half clock expired.

Alabama twice drew within a touchdown in the second half, but could not contain the Sooner offense at key points.

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 - F Oklahoma 14 17 0 14 - 45 Alabama 10 7 7 7 - 31 Attendance: 70,473 (capacity: 72,003). 128 2014 ALABAMA FOOTBALL