The Birmingham News j Saturday, November 28, 2009 j 6B

ALABAMA 26, AUBURN 21 HOW THEY SCORED BY THE GAME FIRST QUARTER yards, 2:18. Auburn 14, Ala- NUMBERS SUMMARY bama 14. (5:31) AUB—Terrell Zachery 67-yard run (Wes Byrum kick). THIRD QUARTER 7-3 Alabama 0 14 6 6 26 Auburn 14 0 7 0 21 Key play: Onterio McCalebb AUB—Adams 72 pass-yard Auburn’s record in the 5-yard gain on third-and-2. from Todd (Byrum kick). Key Iron Bowl this decade. Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards, 1:42. plays: Auburn forces Ala- SCORING Auburn 7, Alabama 0. (11:40 bama into a three-and-out to FIRST QUARTER remaining). punt. Drive: 2 plays, 76 yards, 12-0 AUB – Zachery 67-yard run (Byrum AUB—Eric Smith 1-yard pass 0:47. Auburn 21, Alabama 14. Alabama’s record, kick), 11:40 from Chris Todd (Byrum kick). (11:05) matching its best regu- AUB – Smith 1-yard pass from Todd (Byrum kick), 5:42 Key plays: Kodi Burns to Chris ALA—Tiffin 27-yard field lar-season mark for the Todd to Darvin Adams goal. Key play: McElroy second time in as many SECOND QUARTER 22-yard double pass, Todd 7-yard screen pass to Julio seasons. 13-yard quarterback draw and ALA – Richardson 2-yard run (Tiffin Jones and an Auburn face- kick), 13:26 an unsportsmanlike penalty mask tacked on at the end. against Alabama. Drive: 12 16 ALA – Peek 33-yard pass from McEl- Drive: 5 plays, 23 yards, 1:25. plays, 58 yards, 5:58. Auburn roy (Tiffin kick), 5:31 Auburn 21, Alabama 17. (5:32) Alabama’s consecutive 14, Alabama 0. (5:42) SEC victories, making it THIRD QUARTER ALA—Tiffin 31-yard field goal. the first program since AUB – D.Adams 72-yard pass from SECOND QUARTER Key plays: Mark Barron inter- Florida in 1995-96 to go ception of a Todd pass giving undefeated in league Todd (Byrum kick), 11:05 ALA—Trent Richardson Alabama possession at the play in back-to-back ALA – Tiffin 27-yard FG, 5:32 2-yard run (Leigh Tiffin kick). Auburn 43, 18-yard pass from seasons. ALA – Tiffin 31-yard FG, :24 Key plays: Greg McElroy McElroy to Jones. Drive: 7 completions of 15 yards to FOURTH QUARTER plays, 30 yards, 4:24. Auburn Darius Hanks and 13 to Rich- ALA – Upchurch 4-yard pass from 21, Alabama 20. (0:24). 46 ardson, who accounted for Punt return yards Javier McElroy (McElroy pass intercepted), the final 26 yards of the pos- FOURTH QUARTER Arenas needs to pass 1:24 session. Drive: 10 plays, 58 Texas Tech’s Wes yards, 4:11. Auburn 14, Ala- ALA—Roy Upchurch 4-yard Welker for the NCAA TEAM STATISTICS bama 7. (13:26) pass from McElroy (pass inter- record. ALA—Colin Peek 33-yard pass cepted). Key plays: McElroy ALA AUB from McElroy (Tiffin kick). Key goes 6 for 7 on the drive, con- First downs 17 15 plays: Javier Arenas 11-yard verting for three first downs 151 Rushes-yards 35-73 32-151 punt return and an 11-yard with completions. Drive: 15 Net yards rushing by Au- Passing 218 181 McElroy-to-Roy Upchurch plays, 80 yards, 7:03. Alabama burn, the most allowed Return Yards 127 104 Comp-Att-Int 21-32-0 15-27-1 completion. Drive: 5 plays, 45 26, Auburn 21. (1:24). by Alabama this season. Punts 5-45.2 8-40.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 4-26 8-68 Possession 33:47 26:13 Attendance: 87,451

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ALABAMA OFFENSE

RUSHING ATT YDS TD LONG Richardson 15 51 1 7 Ingram 16 30 0 8 McElroy 4 -8 0 0

PASSING C-A-I YDS TD LONG McElroy 21-31-0 218 2 33 Ingram 0-1-0 0 0 0

RECEIVING NO. YDS TD LONG Jones 9 83 0 18 Peek 3 53 1 33 Richardson 3 31 0 17 Ingram 3 21 0 9 Upchurch 2 15 1 11 Hanks 1 15 0 15

PUNTING NO. YDS AVG LONG Fitzgerald 5 226 45.2 55

RETURNS PUNTS KICKOFFS INT Barron 1-14 Arenas 2-67 1-46

MISSED FIELD GOALS Tiffin (42) AUBURN OFFENSE

RUSHING ATT YDS TD LONG Zachery 1 67 1 67 NEWS STAFF/FRANK COUCH Tate 18 45 0 11 McCalebb 5 23 0 13 Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy gets off a pass Fannin 1 14 0 14 just before being hit by Auburn’s Antoine Carter. Burns 2 5 0 4 McElroy was 21-for-31 passing for 218 yards. Todd 5 -3 0 16 PASSING C-A-I YDS TD LONG Todd 15-25-1 181 2 72 TEAM 0-1-0 0 0 0 Burns 0-1-0 0 0 0

RECEIVING NO. YDS TD LONG D.Adams 4 138 1 72 Fannin 4 20 0 9 Tate 4 17 0 9 Blake 1 7 0 7 Smith 1 1 1 1 Zachery 1 -2 0 0

PUNTING NO. YDS AVG LONG Durst 8 320 40.0 51

RETURNS PUNTS KICKOFFS INT Washington 2-5 4-99

MISSED FIELD GOALS None

ALABAMA DEFENSE Solo Tackles-Assists – McClain 4-8; Anders 4-3; Arenas 4-3; Woodall 3-2; K.Jackson 3-2; Sharrief 1-3; M.John- son 2-1; Deaderick 2-1; Maze 1-1; Cody 0-2; Dareus 0-2; Davis 1-0; Les- NEWS STAFF/HAL YEAGER ter 1-0; Jordan 1-0; Washington 1-0; Goode 1-0; Upchurch 1-0; Green 1-0; A trio of Auburn defenders — Michael Goggans Reamer 1-0; Upshaw 0-1; Richardson (49), Jake Ricks (91) and Jonathan Evans (35) — gang 0-1 up to tackle Alabama freshman running back Trent Sacks – Anders 1-12; McClain 1-10; Arenas 1-10 Richardson. Richardson carried 15 times for 51 yards Fumbles Forced – Anders and caught three passes for 31 yards. Fumbles Recovered – Anders 1-0 Passes Intercepted – Barron 1-14

AUBURN DEFENSE Solo Tackles-Assists – Bynes 7-3; Evans 8-0; Thorpe 7-1; Bates 5-2; Ste- vens 3-3; Carter 2-3; Blanc 2-3; Cole- man 2-2; Fairley 1-3; Washington 2-1; McFadden 2-0; Goggans 1-0; D.Adams 1-0; Clayton 0-1; Ricks 0-1; Bell 0-1 Sacks – Coleman 1 1/2-4; Blanc 1/ 2-1; Fairley 1/2-1; Ricks 1/2-1 Fumbles Forced – None Fumbles Recovered – None Passes Intercepted – None