ALABAMA FOOTBALL POSTGAME NOTES – ALABAMA VS LSU SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 • BRYANT‐DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, ALA.

ALABAMA HONORS A LEGEND: Alabama football lost one of its favorite sons in July when Kenny “Snake” Stabler passed away. The honored Stabler and his family prior to today’s game against LSU. Stabler, a native of Foley, Ala., was an All‐American for the Crimson Tide in the mid‐1960s and went on to star for Oakland in the , leading the Raiders to a victory in Super Bowl XI. In memory of Kenny’s legacy, Crimson Tide Foundation donors Warren and Sallie Williamson have established the “Kenny Stabler Memorial Endowed Football Scholarship” and encourage anyone who wants to contribute to contact the Crimson Tide Foundation office.

GAME CAPTAINS: Alabama’s captains for Saturday’s top‐10 matchup with LSU were seniors , and , and junior . The Tigers won the toss and elected to defer to the second half, with the Crimson Tide receiving the opening kick.

BEATING THE BEST: With the win over No. 2 LSU on Nov. 7, Alabama owns a 36‐13 (.735) mark against the Associated Press top 25, including a 20‐7 (.741) record against AP top‐10 teams since 2007. This season, the Tide faced off against seven teams in the AP preseason poll, the most ranked opposition of any team in the nation. Alabama finished 5‐2 in 2014 against opponents ranked in the AP top 25 after going 3‐2 in 2013 and 5‐1 in 2012. The Tide held a 4‐1 mark vs. top‐25 teams in 2011 and went 5‐3 against the AP top 25 in 2010.

THE ALABAMA‐LSU SERIES: With the win, Alabama leads the series with LSU 50‐25‐5, which dates back to the 1895 season. The 2015 game was the 80th meeting between these two long‐time Southern football rivals. Since 2005, the LSU‐Alabama games have been true battles, with seven of those games being decided by seven points or less. During head coach ’s tenure in Tuscaloosa, six of the nine duels between the two teams have been decided by that same narrow margin, with three of those games going into overtime.

SABAN VS. LSU: With the win, Alabama head coach Nick Saban is 7‐4 in his career against LSU.

SABAN’S HOME RECORD: With the win, Alabama head coach Nick Saban is 114‐19 across his four career stops in home games. He owns the advantage at every stop he has made during his collegiate coaching career, including a 55‐7 mark while at Alabama. Saban has won 24 of his last 26 contests inside Bryant‐ Denny Stadium and has lost back‐to‐back matchups only one time, with the consecutive losses coming at the end of the 2007 season (LSU and ULM).

SABAN’S SEC HOME RECORD: With the win, Alabama head coach Nick Saban owns a 46‐10 all‐time record when playing in a game at home, going 16‐4 during his time at LSU and owning a 30‐6 record at Alabama. While with the Crimson Tide, Saban has posted four perfect home SEC slates and has not lost more than one home conference game in any season other than 2007 (two losses). All six of his losses at home have been by seven points or less with half of those by three or fewer. Under Saban, Alabama has outscored its SEC home opponents 1,163‐533 (32.3‐14.8 points per game) and has limited the opposition to 14 points or less on 21 occasions, including six shutouts victories.

SABAN VS. SEC OPPONENTS: With the win, Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban owns a 92‐26 (.780) career record in 118 games against SEC opponents across three different stops (Michigan State, LSU and Alabama). While at Alabama, he has compiled a 62‐13 (.827) record across conference foes, and is outscoring opponents by a staggering 3,007‐1,166, or 40.1‐14.9 points per game. Of his 13 losses against SEC opponents while at Alabama, all but two (Florida, 2008 and South Carolina, 2010) have been by seven points or less. Saban’s first matchup with an SEC team came in the 1995 Independence Bowl against LSU, where his Michigan State Spartans fell, 45‐26, to the Tigers. He would later go on to coach LSU to 30‐12 overall record against conference opponents.

90‐6 UNDER SABAN WHEN LEADING AT THE HALF: Alabama led LSU, 13‐10, heading into halftime. With the win, Alabama under head coach Nick Saban is 90‐6 (.938) when leading at the half. Alabama has led at the half in six of its nine games this year, trailing Ole Miss and Arkansas, and tied at 7‐7 versus Tennessee at the midway point. The Crimson Tide is 4‐8 under Saban when trailing at halftime after coming away with a victory against Arkansas on Oct. 10, despite trailing 7‐3 at half. The four wins in the Saban era when trailing at the half: 34‐24 over No. 7 Virginia Tech in 2009 (in Atlanta); a 24‐15 over No. 9 LSU in 2009; 24‐20 at Arkansas in 2010; 27‐14 vs. Arkansas in 2015. His Tide teams are 4‐3 when tied at halftime, and Alabama’s four wins under Saban when tied at halftime: at LSU in 2008, (27‐21), at Auburn in 2009 (26‐21), against Tennessee in 2011 (37‐6) and against Tennessee this season (19‐14).

ALABAMA’S TV RECORD: With the win over LSU, Alabama has compiled a 233‐131‐4 (.639) all‐time record in 368 televised games (not including pay‐per‐view, tape‐delayed or closed circuit telecasts).

DEFENSIVE NOTES HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 300: Alabama limited LSU to 182 yards of total offense, the sixth time the Tide has kept a team under 300 in 2015. UA held Arkansas to 220 yards, Georgia to 299 yards, ULM to 92 yards of offense and also limited Middle Tennessee to 275 yards of offense, one week after holding Wisconsin to 268 yards of total offense in the season opener. In head coach Nick Saban’s 117‐ game tenure at Alabama, the Crimson Tide has limited opponents to under 300 yards of total offense 72 times, or 61.5 percent of the time. UA held six of its 14 opponents below 300 yards last season.

HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 200: During head coach Nick Saban’s last 103 games at the Capstone (since the start of the 2008 season), the Crimson Tide defense has held the opposing offense to fewer than 200 yards of total offense 34 times, including twice this year (LSU – 182 yards, ULM – 92). The Tide accomplished the feat twice last season, including against Texas A&M on Oct. 18 and versus Florida Atlantic in a weather‐shortened contest to open the home schedule on Sept. 6. Alabama limited opponents to 200 or less four times in 2013. In 2012, UA did so five times, and in 2011, the Tide accomplished the feat eight times, limiting Kent State to 90 yards and LSU to only 92 yards in the BCS Championship Game (the second and third times a Saban defense had limited its opponent to less than 100 yards of total offense). Alabama’s best came in 2009 when the Tide held Chattanooga to 84 yards of total offense. UA held opponents under 200 yards three times in 2010, four times in 2009 and six times in 2008.

RUSHING DEFENSE: Alabama has surrendered only 16 individual 100‐yard rushing games dating back to the 2005 season, a mark that leads the nation. Since head coach Nick Saban’s arrival, the Tide has allowed only 11 players to rush for more than 100 yards in a game: Georgia’s (146 on Oct. 3, 2015), Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliot (230 on Jan. 1, 2015), Auburn’s (164 on Nov. 30, 2013), Virginia Tech’s Trey Edmunds (132 on Aug. 31, 2013), Georgia’s Todd Gurley (122 yards on Dec. 1, 2012), LSU’s Jeremy Hill (107 on Nov. 3, 2012), Georgia Southern’s Dominique Swope (153 on 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 Darren McFadden of Arkansas (195 on Sept. 15, 2007).

OFFENSIVE NOTES FIRST HALF POINTS: With Adam Griffith’s 22‐yard field goal on Alabama’s first offensive drive of the second quarter of tonight’s game, the Crimson Tide has scored in the first half of its last 112 games, the longest streak in the nation. The last time UA failed to score in the first half was on Sept. 29, 2007, when Alabama and Florida State headed into halftime in a scoreless tie. The Seminoles won that game, 21‐14. Alabama has a 96‐16 record during the streak.

SCORING STREAK CONTINUES: With a 22‐yard field goal by Adam Griffith in the second quarter, Alabama has now scored in 192 consecutive games – the longest streak in program history.

RUSHING TO SUCCESS: Alabama is 74‐4 since the start of the 2008 season when rushing for at least 140 yards. The only losses were at Auburn in 2013, Ole Miss and Ohio State in 2014, and Ole Miss in 2015.

ALABAMA BACKS MOVING UP IN THE RECORD BOOKS: Both Derrick Henry and continued their rise up the career rushing list against LSU. Henry rushed for 210 yards and has now amassed 2,626 yards for his career to rank ninth in Alabama history. Drake collected 68 yards against the Vols, placing him at 33rd on the UA all‐time rushing list with 1,420 yards.

HENRY’S MARKS: Derrick Henry’s third touchdown of the evening moved him into seventh in career rushing with 31. is next on the list with 33 from 1985‐ 88. The Alabama record for a career is 42 by Mark Ingram from 2008‐2010. His 16 rushing scores ties him with (1971) for the sixth‐most rushing touchdowns in a single season.

DERRICK HENRY VS. RANKED TEAMS: Derrick Henry has had an impressive overall season, but his play against the five best teams Alabama has faced – No. 20 Wisconsin, No. 15 Ole Miss, No. 8 Georgia, No. 9 Texas A&M and No. 4 LSU – has been even better. Henry is rushing for 173.6 yards per game (868 yards) against ranked teams, with all five games over 125 yards and two over 200 yards (236 at A&M; 210 vs. LSU). He has 132 carries against ranked teams for a 6.6 yards per carry average and 10 touchdowns.

HENRY REACHING THE END ZONE CONSISTENTLY: With his rushing score from two yards out, Derrick Henry recorded his 14th straight game with a touchdown. The 14‐game streak is currently the longest active streak in the nation. The streak is also the longest in Alabama history, with the previous high being 10. The 14 games ties ’s streak for consecutive games with a rushing score that the Florida quarterback put together from 2006‐07. Henry continued to build on the Alabama record that he set two weeks ago, which was previously held by Terry Davis. Davis’ streak spanned two seasons, from Nov. 6, 1971‐Oct. 21, 1972. The last time Henry failed to notch a score was in the LSU game last season on Nov. 8.

HENRY WITH THREE SCORES: Derrick Henry’s three touchdowns on the evening were the third time he accomplished the feat this season. He opened the season with three scores against Wisconsin and also notched three touchdowns versus Middle Tennessee to open the home schedule.

HENRY PASSING THE CENTURY MARK: Derrick Henry’s 210‐yard performance against this evening against LSU pushed him past the century mark for the 12th time in his career, and the sixth 100‐plus game this season. The 12 career 100‐yard games ranks him as part of a four‐way tie for fifth place with , Sherman Williams and Mark Ingram. Henry notched 143 yards against Tennessee a week after going for a career‐high 236 yards at Texas A&M, 148 at Georgia on Oct. 3. He went for 127 against Ole Miss and 147 yards with three touchdowns against Wisconsin to open the 2015 campaign. Henry had a 141‐yard performance against Missouri in the SEC Championship Game last season. He also went for 111 on 20 carries with a score against Florida and 113 on 17 carries with a touchdown against West Virginia in 2014. As a freshman, Henry produced a Sugar Bowl game against Oklahoma that saw the first‐year back go for 100 yards on eight attempts with a touchdown, while also collecting 111 yards on six carries with a score against Arkansas.

HENRY STANDING OUT AS A STARTER: Junior Derrick Henry earned the starting nod at tailback in this season’s opener and has filled that role every game since. With 210 yards rushing versus LSU, in 11 games as a starter he has rushed for 1,456 yards on 243 carries (5.99 yards per carry) with 19 touchdowns. Prior to 2015, Henry started just two games ‐ Western Carolina and Ohio State in 2014 ‐ but in those 11 combined starts, he has proven to be worthy. He has collected at least one rushing touchdown in each start, and has notched double‐digit scoring days six times. Through the air, he has hauled in 11 passes for 132 yards (12.0 yards per catch) with one receiving score.

JAKE COKER IMPROVING EVERY WEEK: Senior quarterback Jake Coker’s toughness has been on display several times in recent weeks and his efforts with his feet (and shoulder) have converted several first downs for the Crimson Tide. While his feet and toughness have gotten him attention, his quiet command of the Tide offense has helped win games. Over the past six games, Coker is completing 70.5 percent (110‐for‐156) of his passes for 1,021 yards and three touchdowns.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES SCOTT FINDING HIS RHYTHM: Sophomore punter JK Scott has found his rhythm in recent weeks. He is averaging 48.4 yards per punt (19 punts for 920 yards) over the past four games. In tonight’s game against LSU, he recorded three punts for 135 yards with a long of 50. Scott punted four times for 199 yards with a long of 56 against Tennessee and four times for 200 yards against Arkansas with two inside the 20‐yard line for a 50.0 yards per punt average and a season‐long of 58 yards. At Texas A&M, he averaged 48.2 yards on eight punts (386 yards) with a long of 56 yards. Scott’s season average has climbed to 43.4 yards per game to rank fifth in the SEC.

GRIFFITH’S FIELD GOAL FROM A RECORD DISTANCE: Adam Griffith’s 55‐yard field goal to close out the half tied for the second‐longest field goal in Alabama history, and matched the longest field goal made in Crimson Tide history without the use of a kicking tee. The other 55‐yard field goal was by Ryan Pflugner at Arkansas on Sept. 26, 1998. The longest field goal in Alabama history is Van Tiffin’s 57‐yarder against Texas A&M in 1985. Griffith has made 13 of his last 15 field goal attempts and seven consecutive over that time.