Football

(5) Alabama 34, (7) Virginia Tech 24

	1	2	3	4	T
(5) Alabama (1-0)	9	7	0	18	34
(7) Virginia Tech (0-1)	7	10	0	7	24

Final

September 5, 2009 :: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga.
Kickoff time: 8:10 PM
End of Game: 11:48 PM
Total elapsed time: 3:38
Temperature: 72 deg
Wind: N/A
Weather: Indoors
Attendance: 74,954

Referee: M.Austin
Umpire: W.Hackett Jr.
Linesman: G.Morris III
Line judge: M.Haddock
Back judge: S.Patrick
Field judge: G.Thomas
Side judge: R.A.Potts

Scoring Summary
First Quarter				UA	VT
	FG	09:56	Leigh Tiffin 49 yd Field GoalDrive: 6 plays, 26 yds, 3:10	3	0
	FG	06:47	Leigh Tiffin 34 yd Field GoalDrive: 7 plays, 30 yds, 1:59	6	0
	TD	06:35	Dyrell Roberts 98 yd Kickoff Return (Matt Waldron Kick)	6	7
	FG	03:05	Leigh Tiffin 32 yd Field GoalDrive: 4 plays, 2 yds, 0:39	9	7
Second Quarter				UA	VT
	FG	08:39	Matt Waldron 28 yd Field GoalDrive: 4 plays, 3 yds, 2:00	9	10
	TD	03:09	Roy Upchurch 19 yd Rush (Leigh Tiffin Kick)Drive: 11 plays, 76 yds, 5:24	16	10
	TD	01:02	Ryan Williams 1 yd Rush (Matt Waldron Kick)Drive: 7 plays, 51 yds, 2:01	16	17
Fourth Quarter				UA	VT
	TD	12:23	Mark Ingram 6 yd Rush (Colin Peek Pass)Drive: 2 plays, 54 yds, 0:37	24	17
	FG	10:29	Leigh Tiffin 20 yd Field GoalDrive: 5 plays, 17 yds, 1:45	27	17
	TD	09:22	Ryan Williams 32 yd Rush (Matt Waldron Kick)Drive: 2 plays, 37 yds, 1:00	27	24
	TD	06:35	Mark Ingram 18 yd Pass From Greg McElroy (Leigh Tiffin Kick)Drive: 5 plays, 74 yds, 2:40	34	24

Team Stats	UA	VT
FIRST DOWNS	22	11
Rushing	9	4
Passing	11	4
Penalty	2	3
NET YARDS RUSHING	268	64
Rushing Attempts	49	31
Average Per Rush	5.5	2.1
Rushing Touchdowns	2	2
Yards Gained Rushing	293	121
Yards Lost Rushing	25	57
NET YARDS PASSING	230	91
Completions-Attempts-Int	15-30-1	9-20-0
Average Per Attempt	7.7	4.6
Average Per Completion	15.3	10.1
Passing Touchdowns	1	0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	498	155
Total offense plays	79	51
Average Gain Per Play	6.3	3.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost	2-1	5-2
Penalties: Number-Yards	10-83	6-45
PUNTS-YARDS	5-224	8-365
Average Yards Per Punt	44.8	45.6
Net Yards Per Punt	38.6	38.8
Inside 20	3	2
50+ Yards	1	1
Touchbacks	1	1
Fair catch	1	3

Team Stats	UA	VT
KICKOFFS-YARDS	8-517	5-333
Average Yards Per Kickoff	64.6	66.6
Net Yards Per Kickoff	34.3	46.8
Touchbacks	0	0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	3-35-0	2-11-0
Average Per Return	11.7	5.5
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	5-99-0	8-243-1
Average Per Return	19.8	30.4
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	1-6-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	1-2-0
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	37:02	22:58
1st Quarter	08:39	06:21
2nd Quarter	08:56	06:04
3rd Quarter	09:40	05:20
4th Quarter	09:47	05:13
Third-Down Conversions	6 of 17	2 of 12
Fourth-Down Conversions	0 of 0	0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	6-8	2-2
Touchdowns	3-8	1-2
Field Goals	3-8	1-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards	5-38	2-5
PAT Kicks	2-2	3-3
Field Goals	4-5	1-1

Alabama Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Mark Ingram	26	156	6	150	1	39	5.8
Roy Upchurch	7	92	2	90	1	34	12.9
Greg McElroy	8	33	5	28	0	9	3.5
Richardson	3	10	0	10	0	6	3.3
Terry Grant	2	2	0	2	0	2	1.0
Julio Jones	1	0	1	-1	0	0	-1.0
Marquis Maze	1	0	1	-1	0	0	-1.0
Team	1	0	10	-10	0	0	-10.0
Total	49	293	25	268	2	39	5.5

Virginia Tech Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Ryan Williams	13	71	0	71	2	32	5.5
Josh Oglesby	6	19	3	16	0	7	2.7
Danny Coale	1	5	0	5	0	5	5.0
Team	1	0	2	-2	0	0	-2.0
Tyrod Taylor	10	26	52	-26	0	16	-2.6
Total	31	121	57	64	2	32	2.1

Alabama Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Greg McElroy	15-30-1	230	1	48	2
Total	15-30-1	230	1	48	2

Virginia Tech Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Tyrod Taylor	9-20-0	91	0	43	5
Total	9-20-0	91	0	43	5

Alabama Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Julio Jones	4	46	0	16
Darius Hanks	3	55	0	35
Colin Peek	3	37	0	19
Mark Ingram	3	35	1	18
Marquis Maze	2	57	0	48
Total	15	230	1	48

Virginia Tech Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Jarrett Boykin	3	19	0	10
Josh Oglesby	2	14	0	13
Danny Coale	2	16	0	12
Ryan Williams	2	42	0	43
Total	9	91	0	43

Alabama Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
P J. Fitzgerald	5	224	44.8	53	3	1
Total	5	224	44.8	53	3	1

Virginia Tech Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Brent Bowden	8	365	45.6	57	2	1
Total	8	365	45.6	57	2	1

Alabama All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Javier Arenas	3	35	15	3	55	22	0	0	0
Terry Grant	0	0	0	2	44	29	0	0	0
Total	3	35	15	5	99	29	0	0	0

Virginia Tech All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Antoine Hopkins	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	6
Dyrell Roberts	0	0	0	4	195	98	0	0	0
Jayron Hosley	1	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
Davon Morgan	0	0	0	3	45	21	0	0	0
David Wilson	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0
Ryan Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	11	11	8	243	98	1	6	6

Alabama All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Mark Ingram	150	35	0	0	0	185
Javier Arenas	0	0	55	35	0	90
Roy Upchurch	90	0	0	0	0	90
Marquis Maze	-1	57	0	0	0	56
Darius Hanks	0	55	0	0	0	55
Terry Grant	2	0	44	0	0	46
Julio Jones	-1	46	0	0	0	45
Colin Peek	0	37	0	0	0	37
Greg McElroy	28	0	0	0	0	28
Richardson	10	0	0	0	0	10
Team	-10	0	0	0	0	-10
Total	268	230	99	35	0	632

Virginia Tech All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Dyrell Roberts	0	0	195	0	0	195
Ryan Williams	71	42	0	0	0	113
Davon Morgan	0	0	45	0	0	45
Josh Oglesby	16	14	0	0	0	30
Danny Coale	5	16	0	0	0	21
Jarrett Boykin	0	19	0	0	0	19
Jayron Hosley	0	0	0	11	0	11
Antoine Hopkins	0	0	0	0	6	6
David Wilson	0	0	3	0	0	3
Team	-2	0	0	0	0	-2
Tyrod Taylor	-26	0	0	0	0	-26
Total	64	91	243	11	6	415

Alabama Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Leigh Tiffin	1	09:56	49	Good
Leigh Tiffin	1	06:47	34	Good
Leigh Tiffin	1	03:05	32	Good
Leigh Tiffin	2	00:02	36	Missed
Leigh Tiffin	4	10:29	20	Good

Virginia Tech Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Matt Waldron	2	08:39	28	Good

Alabama Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Leigh Tiffin	8	517	0	0	64.6
Total	8	517	0	0	64.6

Virginia Tech Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Justin Myer	5	333	0	0	66.6
Total	5	333	0	0	66.6

Alabama Fumbles
	No.	Lost
Team	1	0
Roy Upchurch	1	1

Virginia Tech Fumbles
	No.	Lost
Davon Morgan	2	1
Ryan Williams	1	1
Josh Oglesby	1	0
Tyrod Taylor	1	0

Alabama Drive Summary
Drive Started				Drive Ended			Consumed
Qtr	Spot	Time	Obtained	Spot	Time	How Lost	Pl-Yds	TOP
1	UA42	13:06	PUNT	VT32	09:56	FG	6-26	3:10
1	VT46	08:46	PUNT	VT16	06:47	FG	7-30	1:59
1	UA15	06:30	KO	UA43	03:44	PUNT	5-28	2:46
1	VT16	03:44	FUMB	VT14	03:05	FG	4-2	0:39
2	UA20	14:03	PUNT	UA16	12:30	PUNT	3--4	1:33
2	UA12	11:32	PUNT	UA14	10:39	INT	3-2	0:53
2	UA24	08:33	KO	VT00	03:09	TD	11-76	5:24
2	UA22	00:56	KO	VT18	00:02	FGA	6-60	0:54
3	UA29	14:54	KO	UA50	10:08	PUNT	9-21	4:46
3	UA34	08:17	PUNT	VT09	04:53	FUMB	6-57	3:24
3	UA11	01:24	PUNT	UA38	14:46	PUNT	4-27	1:38
4	UA46	12:51	PUNT	VT00	12:14	TD	2-54	0:37
4	VT20	12:14	FUMB	VT03	10:29	FG	5-17	1:45
4	UA26	09:15	KO	VT00	06:35	TD	5-74	2:40
4	UA46	05:04	PUNT	VT39	02:52	PUNT	5-15	2:12
4	VT19	02:12	DOWNS	VT14	00:00	HALF	3-5	2:12

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	08:39	08:56	09:40	09:47	17:35	19:27	37:02
Third Down Conversions	1/5	2/4	3/4	0/4	3/9	3/8	6/17
Fourth Down Conversions	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0

Virginia Tech Drive Summary
Drive Started				Drive Ended			Consumed
Qtr	Spot	Time	Obtained	Spot	Time	How Lost	Pl-Yds	TOP
1	VT18	14:55	KO	VT27	13:06	PUNT	3-9	1:49
1	VT21	09:49	KO	VT15	08:46	PUNT	3--6	1:03
1	UA00	06:35	KO	UA00	06:35	TD	0-0	0:00
1	VT16	00:00	PUNT	VT16	03:44	FUMB	0-0	0:00
1	VT25	03:00	KO	UA49	14:03	PUNT	8-26	3:57
2	VT42	12:30	PUNT	VT47	11:32	PUNT	3-5	0:58
2	UA14	10:39	INT	UA11	08:39	FG	4-3	2:00
2	VT49	03:03	KO	UA00	01:02	TD	7-51	2:01
2	VT20	00:02	FGA	VT18	00:00	HALF	1--2	0:02
3	VT04	10:08	PUNT	VT09	08:17	PUNT	3-5	1:51
3	VT11	04:53	FUMB	VT40	01:24	PUNT	6-29	3:29
4	VT18	14:46	PUNT	VT29	12:51	PUNT	5-11	1:55
4	VT21	12:23	KO	VT21	12:14	FUMB	0-0	0:09
4	UA37	10:22	KO	UA00	09:22	TD	2-37	1:00
4	VT19	06:29	KO	VT07	05:04	PUNT	3--12	1:25
4	VT20	02:52	PUNT	VT19	02:12	DOWNS	4--1	0:40

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	06:21	06:04	05:20	05:13	12:25	10:33	22:58
Third Down Conversions	0/2	2/5	0/2	0/3	2/7	0/5	2/12
Fourth Down Conversions	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/1	0/1

Alabama Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Eryk Anders	3	5	8	2.0/3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Justin Woodall	1	6	7	0.5/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D. Hightower	2	4	6	1.0/1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Rolando McClain	4	1	5	2.0/19	2.0/19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Javier Arenas	3	2	5	1.0/10	1.0/10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquis Johnson	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Tyrone King	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Chapman	1	2	3	1.0/1	0.5/1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Woodson	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcell Dareus	1	1	2	1.5/8	1.5/8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Barron	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P J. Fitzgerald	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
B. Deaderick	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Courtney Upshaw	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terrence Cody	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Rogers	1	-	1	-	-	1	1-0	-	-	-	-
Colin Peek	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richardson	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
L. Washington	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Selman	-	-	0	-	-	-	1-0	-	-	-	-
Kareem Jackson	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Total	28	26	54	9.0/43	5.0/38	2	2-0	-	3

Virginia Tech Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	Sack/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	QBH
Jake Johnson	9	4	13	1.0/3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Barquell Rivers	4	7	11	1.0/2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephan Virgil	7	2	9	3.0/4	-	-	1-2	-	-	-	-
Cody Grimm	5	3	8	0.5/0	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
Jason Worilds	2	3	5	1.0/4	1.0/4	-	-	-	-	-	5
Antoine Hopkins	1	3	4	1.0/2	0.5/1	-	-	1-6	-	-	-
Nekos Brown	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Alonzo Tweedy	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dorian Porch	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Kam Chancellor	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rashad Carmichael	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Luckett	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Graves	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Cam Martin	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cordarrow Thompson	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steven Friday	-	1	1	0.5/0	0.5/0	-	-	-	1	-	1
Davon Morgan	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Matt Reidy	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Whitley	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	43	38	81	8.0/15	2.0/5	1	1-2	1-6	5		14

Play-By-Play
1st Quarter
VT Captains: #77 E.Wang, #8 G.Boone, #17 K.Chancellor, #26 C.Grimm
Alabama Captains: #28 J.Arenas, #78 M.Johnson, #25 R.McClain
Alabama wins the toss, defers. VT will receive, attack the west goal.
UA ball on UA30.
Start of 1st quarter, clock 15:00.
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 61 yards to the VT9, Morgan, D return 9 yards to the VT18 (Rod Woodson), fumble by Morgan, D recovered by VT Morgan, D at VT18.
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 15:00.
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 14:55.
1 and 10 at VT18	Williams, R rush for 3 yards to the VT21 (Javier Arenas).
2 and 7 at VT21	Coale, D rush for 5 yards to the VT26, out-of-bounds (Justin Woodall).
Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 14:02.
3 and 2 at VT26	Taylor, T pass complete to Oglesby, J for 1 yard to the VT27 (Rolando McClain).
4 and 1 at VT27	Bowden, B punt 37 yards to the UA36, Javier Arenas return 6 yards to the UA42, out-of-bounds (Grimm, C).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:49
ALABAMA drive start at 13:06.
1 and 10 at UA42	Mark Ingram rush for 3 yards to the UA45 (Porch, D).
2 and 7 at UA45	Greg McElroy pass complete to Julio Jones for 14 yards to the VT41, 1ST DOWN UA, out-of-bounds (Virgil, S).
1 and 10 at VT41	Greg McElroy rush for 1 yard to the VT40 (Brown, N).
2 and 9 at VT40	Greg McElroy rush for 8 yards to the VT32 (Johnson, J;Rivers, B).
Timeout Alabama, clock 10:43.
3 and 1 at VT32	Mark Ingram rush for no gain to the VT32 (Brown, N;Virgil, S).
4 and 1 at VT32	Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 49 GOOD, clock 09:56.
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 70 yards to the VT0, Roberts, D return 21 yards to the VT21 (Tyrone King;Courtney Upshaw).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 26 yards, TOP 3:10
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 09:49.
1 and 10 at VT21	Taylor, T pass incomplete to Younger, K.
Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 09:40.
2 and 10 at VT21	Taylor, T pass complete to Coale, D for 4 yards to the VT25 (Marquis Johnson).
3 and 6 at VT25	Taylor, T sacked for loss of 10 yards to the VT15 (Javier Arenas), PENALTY VT intentional grounding (Taylor, T) 0 yards to the VT15.
4th and 16.
4 and 16 at VT15	Bowden, B punt 46 yards to the UA39, Javier Arenas return 15 yards to the VT46 (Luckett, Z).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, -6 yards, TOP 1:03
ALABAMA drive start at 08:46.
1 and 10 at VT46	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones.
2 and 10 at VT46	~~Greg McElroy pass complete to Mark Ingram for 2 yards to the VT44 (Johnson, J)~~, PENALTY UA holding (James Carpenter) 10 yards to the UA44, NO PLAY.
2 and 20 at UA44	Mark Ingram rush for 4 yards to the UA48 (Johnson, J).
3 and 16 at UA48	Greg McElroy pass complete to Darius Hanks for 35 yards to the VT17, 1ST DOWN UA.
1 and 10 at VT17	Mark Ingram rush for 1 yard to the VT16 (Worilds, J;Johnson, J).
2 and 9 at VT16	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Marquis Maze.
3 and 9 at VT16	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones (Johnson, J).
4 and 9 at VT16	Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 34 GOOD, clock 06:47.
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 68 yards to the VT2, Roberts, D return 98 yards to the UA0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:35.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 30 yards, TOP 1:59
Waldron, M kick attempt good.
Myer, J kickoff 70 yards to the UA0, Terry Grant return 15 yards to the UA15 (Luckett, Z;Reidy, M).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 0 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:00
ALABAMA drive start at 06:30.
1 and 10 at UA15	Julio Jones rush for loss of 1 yard to the UA14 (Virgil, S).
2 and 11 at UA14	Greg McElroy rush for 5 yards to the UA19, out-of-bounds (Johnson, J), PENALTY VT personal foul (Johnson, J) 15 yards to the UA34, 1ST DOWN UA.
1st and 10.
1 and 10 at UA34	Terry Grant rush for no gain to the UA34 (Thompson, C).
2 and 10 at UA34	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones (Porch, D).
3 and 10 at UA34	Greg McElroy rush for 9 yards to the UA43 (Chancellor, K;Worilds, J).
Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 03:55.
4 and 1 at UA43	P J. Fitzgerald punt 41 yards to the VT16, Williams, R return 0 yards to the VT16, fumble by Williams, R recovered by UA Brian Selman at VT16.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 28 yards, TOP 2:46
ALABAMA drive start at 03:44.
1 and 10 at VT16	Terry Grant rush for 2 yards to the VT14, out-of-bounds (Worilds, J).
2 and 8 at VT14	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Darius Hanks.
3 and 8 at VT14	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Darius Hanks.
4 and 8 at VT14	Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 32 GOOD, clock 03:05.
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 60 yards to the VT10, Morgan, D return 15 yards to the VT25 (Rod Woodson;Tyrone King).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 2 yards, TOP 0:39
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:00.
1 and 10 at VT25	Taylor, T pass complete to Coale, D for 12 yards to the VT37, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds (Javier Arenas;Justin Woodall).
1 and 10 at VT37	Williams, R rush for 3 yards to the VT40 (Eryk Anders).
2 and 7 at VT40	Oglesby, J rush for 6 yards to the VT46 (Mark Barron).
3 and 1 at VT46	Oglesby, J rush for 2 yards to the VT48, 1ST DOWN VT (Terrence Cody).
1 and 10 at VT48	Taylor, T pass complete to Oglesby, J for 13 yards to the UA39, 1ST DOWN VT.
1 and 10 at UA39	Oglesby, J rush for loss of 2 yards to the UA41 (Justin Woodall;Eryk Anders).
2nd Quarter
Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
2 and 12 at UA41	Taylor, T pass incomplete to Wilson, D.
3 and 12 at UA41	Taylor, T sacked for loss of 8 yards to the UA49 (Rolando McClain).
4 and 20 at UA49	Bowden, B punt 49 yards to the UA0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 26 yards, TOP 3:57
ALABAMA drive start at 14:03.
1 and 10 at UA20	Mark Ingram rush for 6 yards to the UA26 (Rivers, B).
2 and 4 at UA26	Team rush for loss of 10 yards to the UA16, fumble by Team recovered by UA Mark Ingram at UA16.
3 and 14 at UA16	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Marquis Maze.
4 and 14 at UA16	P J. Fitzgerald punt 53 yards to the VT31, Hosley, J return 11 yards to the VT42 (P J. Fitzgerald).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, -4 yards, TOP 1:33
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 12:30.
1 and 10 at VT42	Taylor, T pass incomplete to Roberts, D.
2 and 10 at VT42	Williams, R rush for 5 yards to the VT47 (Josh Chapman).
3 and 5 at VT47	Taylor, T pass incomplete to Roberts, D.
4 and 5 at VT47	Bowden, B punt 41 yards to the UA12, fair catch by Javier Arenas.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 0:58
ALABAMA drive start at 11:32.
1 and 10 at UA12	PENALTY UA false start (Mike Johnson) 5 yards to the UA7.
1 and 15 at UA07	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones (Morgan, D).
2 and 15 at UA07	Greg McElroy rush for 7 yards to the UA14 (Johnson, J).
3 and 8 at UA14	Greg McElroy pass intercepted by Hopkins, A at the UA20, Hopkins, A return 6 yards to the UA14 (Colin Peek).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 0:53
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:39.
1 and 10 at UA14	Williams, R rush for 3 yards to the UA11 (D. Hightower).
2 and 7 at UA11	Williams, R rush for 2 yards to the UA9 (L. Washington).
3 and 5 at UA09	Taylor, T sacked for loss of 2 yards to the UA11 (Marcell Dareus;Josh Chapman).
4 and 7 at UA11	Waldron, M field goal attempt from 28 GOOD, clock 08:39.
Myer, J kickoff 63 yards to the UA7, Javier Arenas return 17 yards to the UA24 (Tweedy, A;Grimm, C).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 3 yards, TOP 2:00
ALABAMA drive start at 08:33.
1 and 10 at UA24	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Brad Smelley (Grimm, C).
2 and 10 at UA24	Greg McElroy pass complete to Marquis Maze for 9 yards to the UA33 (Johnson, J).
3 and 1 at UA33	Mark Ingram rush for 4 yards to the UA37, 1ST DOWN UA (Porch, D).
1 and 10 at UA37	Mark Ingram rush for 14 yards to the VT49, 1ST DOWN UA (Carmichael, R).
1 and 10 at VT49	Mark Ingram rush for 1 yard to the VT48 (Johnson, J;Virgil, S).
2 and 9 at VT48	Greg McElroy sacked for loss of 4 yards to the UA48 (Worilds, J).
3 and 13 at UA48	Greg McElroy pass complete to Julio Jones for 16 yards to the VT36, 1ST DOWN UA, out-of-bounds.
Previous play is under review.
Ruling on the field is confirmed. 1st down Alabama.
1 and 10 at VT36	Mark Ingram rush for 1 yard to the VT35 (Graves, J).
2 and 9 at VT35	Greg McElroy pass complete to Julio Jones for 10 yards to the VT25, 1ST DOWN UA (Rivers, B;Grimm, C).
1 and 10 at VT25	Mark Ingram rush for 6 yards to the VT19 (Hopkins, A).
2 and 4 at VT19	Roy Upchurch rush for 19 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN UA, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:09.
Leigh Tiffin kick attempt good.
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 65 yards to the VT5, Roberts, D return 29 yards to the VT34 (Tyrone King), PENALTY UA personal foul (Tyrone King) 15 yards to the VT49, 1st and 10, VT ball on VT49.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 11 plays, 76 yards, TOP 5:24
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:03.
1 and 10 at VT49	Taylor, T pass incomplete to Boone, G (D. Hightower).
2 and 10 at VT49	Taylor, T pass incomplete to Boyce, X.
3 and 10 at VT49	~~Taylor, T pass incomplete to Boyce, X (Marquis Johnson)~~, PENALTY UA pass interference (Marquis Johnson) 3 yards to the UA48, 1ST DOWN VT, NO PLAY.
1 and 10 at UA48	Taylor, T pass complete to Williams, R for 43 yards to the UA5, 1ST DOWN VT (Marquis Johnson).
Timeout Alabama, clock 02:32.
1 and Goal at UA05	Taylor, T rush for loss of 14 yards to the UA19, fumble by Taylor, T recovered by VT Taylor, T at UA19, PENALTY UA personal foul (Rolando McClain) 10 yards to the UA9, 1ST DOWN VT, PENALTY UA unsportsmanlike conduct (Rolando McClain) 5 yards to the UA4, 1ST DOWN VT.
1st and 4.
1 and Goal at UA04	Williams, R rush for 3 yards to the UA1 (Justin Woodall;Rolando McClain).
2 and Goal at UA01	Taylor, T rush for no gain to the UA1 (B. Deaderick).
3 and Goal at UA01	Williams, R rush for 1 yard to the UA0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:02.
Waldron, M kick attempt good.
Myer, J kickoff 70 yards to the UA0, Javier Arenas return 22 yards to the UA22 (Grimm, C).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 51 yards, TOP 2:01
ALABAMA drive start at 00:56.
1 and 10 at UA22	Roy Upchurch rush for 34 yards to the VT44, 1ST DOWN UA (Grimm, C).
1 and 10 at VT44	Greg McElroy pass complete to Colin Peek for 10 yards to the VT34, 1ST DOWN UA (Porch, D;Graves, J).
1 and 10 at VT34	Mark Ingram rush for 16 yards to the VT18, 1ST DOWN UA (Martin, C;Brown, N).
1 and 10 at VT18	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Colin Peek.
2 and 10 at VT18	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones.
3 and 10 at VT18	Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 36 MISSED - wide left, spot at VT20, clock 00:02.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 60 yards, TOP 0:54
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:02.
1 and 10 at VT20	Team rush for loss of 2 yards to the VT18.
End of half, clock 00:00.
3rd Quarter
Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, VT ball on VT30.
Alabama will receive to start the 3rd qtr, attacking the east goal.
Myer, J kickoff 70 yards to the UA0, Terry Grant return 29 yards to the UA29 (Tweedy, A).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 1 plays, -2 yards, TOP 0:02
ALABAMA drive start at 14:54.
1 and 10 at UA29	Greg McElroy pass complete to Mark Ingram for 5 yards to the UA34 (Johnson, J).
2 and 5 at UA34	Mark Ingram rush for no gain to the UA34 (Thompson, C).
3 and 5 at UA34	Greg McElroy pass complete to Darius Hanks for 7 yards to the UA41, 1ST DOWN UA.
1 and 10 at UA41	Mark Ingram rush for no gain to the UA41 (Morgan, D;Rivers, B).
2 and 10 at UA41	Greg McElroy rush for 3 yards to the UA44, out-of-bounds.
3 and 7 at UA44	Greg McElroy pass complete to Colin Peek for 8 yards to the VT48, 1ST DOWN UA (Rivers, B).
1 and 10 at VT48	Marquis Maze rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT49 (Virgil, S).
2 and 11 at VT49	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Darius Hanks (Friday, S).
3 and 11 at VT49	Greg McElroy sacked for loss of 1 yard to the 50 yardline (Hopkins, A;Friday, S).
4 and 12 at UA50	P J. Fitzgerald punt 47 yards to the VT3, downed.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 21 yards, TOP 4:46
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:08.
VT ball on VT4.
1 and 10 at VT04	Williams, R rush for 3 yards to the VT7 (Eryk Anders).
2 and 7 at VT07	~~Williams, R rush for 5 yards to the VT12 (D. Hightower;Rolando McClain)~~, PENALTY VT personal foul declined, PENALTY VT holding (DeChristopher) 3 yards to the VT4, NO PLAY.
2 and 10 at VT04	Williams, R rush for 5 yards to the VT9 (D. Hightower;Justin Woodall).
3 and 5 at VT09	Taylor, T pass incomplete to Boyce, X (Marquis Johnson).
4 and 5 at VT09	Bowden, B punt 57 yards to the UA34, downed.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 1:51
ALABAMA drive start at 08:17.
1 and 10 at UA34	Mark Ingram rush for loss of 2 yards to the UA32 (Virgil, S).
2 and 12 at UA32	Greg McElroy pass complete to Julio Jones for 6 yards to the UA38, out-of-bounds (Virgil, S).
3 and 6 at UA38	~~Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones~~, PENALTY VT pass interference (Chancellor, K) 12 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN UA, NO PLAY.
1 and 10 at UA50	Roy Upchurch rush for loss of 2 yards to the UA48 (Rivers, B).
2 and 12 at UA48	Roy Upchurch rush for 2 yards to the 50 yardline (Johnson, J).
3 and 10 at UA50	Greg McElroy pass complete to Darius Hanks for 13 yards to the VT37, 1ST DOWN UA.
1 and 10 at VT37	PENALTY UA false start (Barrett Jones) 5 yards to the VT42.
1 and 15 at VT42	Roy Upchurch rush for 33 yards to the VT9, fumble forced by Grimm, C, fumble by Roy Upchurch recovered by VT Virgil, S at VT9, Virgil, S for 2 yards to the VT11.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 57 yards, TOP 3:24
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 04:53, VT ball on VT11.
1 and 10 at VT11	Taylor, T rush for 16 yards to the VT27, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds.
1 and 10 at VT27	Oglesby, J rush for 7 yards to the VT34 (Justin Woodall;Eryk Anders).
2 and 3 at VT34	Oglesby, J rush for 4 yards to the VT38, 1ST DOWN VT (Javier Arenas;D. Hightower).
1 and 10 at VT38	Oglesby, J rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT37, fumble forced by Eryk Anders, fumble by Oglesby, J recovered by VT Oglesby, J at VT37 (Eryk Anders;Josh Chapman).
2 and 11 at VT37	Taylor, T pass complete to Williams, R for loss of 1 yard to the VT36 (D. Hightower).
3 and 12 at VT36	Taylor, T pass complete to Boykin, J for 4 yards to the VT40 (D. Hightower;Justin Woodall).
4 and 8 at VT40	Bowden, B punt 49 yards to the UA11, fair catch by Javier Arenas.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 29 yards, TOP 3:29
ALABAMA drive start at 01:24.
1 and 10 at UA11	Mark Ingram rush for 18 yards to the UA29, 1ST DOWN UA (Grimm, C).
1 and 10 at UA29	Mark Ingram rush for loss of 3 yards to the UA26 (Johnson, J).
2 and 13 at UA26	Greg McElroy pass complete to Mark Ingram for 12 yards to the UA38 (Johnson, J).
4th Quarter
Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
3 and 1 at UA38	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones, dropped pass.
4 and 1 at UA38	P J. Fitzgerald punt 44 yards to the VT18, fair catch by Hosley, J.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 27 yards, TOP 1:38
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 14:46.
1 and 10 at VT18	Taylor, T pass complete to Boykin, J for 10 yards to the VT28, 1ST DOWN VT (Javier Arenas).
1 and 10 at VT28	Williams, R rush for 8 yards to the VT36 (Eryk Anders;Mark Barron).
2 and 2 at VT36	Williams, R rush for 1 yard to the VT37 (Marquis Johnson).
Timeout Alabama, clock 13:24.
3 and 1 at VT37	Williams, R rush for 2 yards to the VT39 (Eryk Anders;D. Hightower), PENALTY VT holding (Nosal, G) 10 yards to the VT29.
3rd and 9.
3 and 9 at VT29	Taylor, T pass incomplete to Boykin, J.
4 and 9 at VT29	Bowden, B punt 39 yards to the UA32, Javier Arenas return 14 yards to the UA46 (Tweedy, A).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 11 yards, TOP 1:55
ALABAMA drive start at 12:51.
1 and 10 at UA46	Greg McElroy pass complete to Marquis Maze for 48 yards to the VT6, 1ST DOWN UA.
1 and Goal at VT06	Mark Ingram rush for 6 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:23.
Greg McElroy pass attempt to Colin Peek good.
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 70 yards to the VT0, Morgan, D return 21 yards to the VT21, fumble forced by Chris Rogers, fumble by Morgan, D recovered by UA Chris Rogers at VT21.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, 54 yards, TOP 0:37
ALABAMA drive start at 12:14.
UA ball on VT20.
1 and 10 at VT20	Mark Ingram rush for 16 yards to the VT4, 1ST DOWN UA (Rivers, B;Carmichael, R).
1 and Goal at VT04	Mark Ingram rush for 1 yard to the VT3 (Brown, N).
2 and Goal at VT03	Mark Ingram rush for no gain to the VT3 (Rivers, B).
Timeout Alabama, clock 10:35.
3 and Goal at VT03	Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Colin Peek.
4 and Goal at VT03	Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 20 GOOD, clock 10:29.
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 69 yards to the VT1, Roberts, D return 47 yards to the VT48, out-of-bounds, PENALTY UA personal foul (Chris Jordan) 15 yards to the UA37, 1st and 10, VT ball on UA37.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 17 yards, TOP 1:45
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:22.
1 and 10 at UA37	Taylor, T pass complete to Boykin, J for 5 yards to the UA32 (Rolando McClain).
2 and 5 at UA32	Williams, R rush for 32 yards to the UA0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:22.
Previous play is under review.
Review shows the runner crossed the plane of the goalline. Touchdown.
Waldron, M kick attempt good.
Myer, J kickoff 60 yards to the UA10, Javier Arenas return 16 yards to the UA26 (Whitley, E;Tweedy, A).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, 37 yards, TOP 1:00
ALABAMA drive start at 09:15.
1 and 10 at UA26	Mark Ingram rush for 39 yards to the VT35, 1ST DOWN UA (Chancellor, K).
1 and 10 at VT35	~~Terry Grant rush for 2 yards to the VT33 (Rivers, B)~~, PENALTY UA holding (James Carpenter) 10 yards to the VT45, NO PLAY.
1 and 20 at VT45	Mark Ingram rush for 9 yards to the VT36 (Porch, D;Rivers, B).
2 and 11 at VT36	Greg McElroy pass complete to Colin Peek for 19 yards to the VT17, 1ST DOWN UA (Chancellor, K).
1 and 10 at VT17	Mark Ingram rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT18 (Hopkins, A;Grimm, C).
2 and 11 at VT18	Greg McElroy pass complete to Mark Ingram for 18 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN UA, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:35.
Leigh Tiffin kick attempt good.
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 54 yards to the VT16, Wilson, D return 3 yards to the VT19 (Richardson).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:40
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 06:29.
1 and 10 at VT19	PENALTY VT false start (Nosal, G) 5 yards to the VT14.
1 and 15 at VT14	Taylor, T pass incomplete to Roberts, D.
2 and 15 at VT14	Taylor, T rush for 4 yards to the VT18, out-of-bounds.
3 and 11 at VT18	Taylor, T sacked for loss of 11 yards to the VT7 (Rolando McClain).
4 and 22 at VT07	Bowden, B punt 47 yards to the UA46, fair catch by Javier Arenas.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, -12 yards, TOP 1:25
ALABAMA drive start at 05:04.
1 and 10 at UA46	Mark Ingram rush for 9 yards to the VT45 (Martin, C).
2 and 1 at VT45	Mark Ingram rush for 2 yards to the VT43, 1ST DOWN UA (Chancellor, K).
1 and 10 at VT43	Mark Ingram rush for no gain to the VT43 (Rivers, B;Worilds, J).
2 and 10 at VT43	Roy Upchurch rush for 2 yards to the VT41 (Johnson, J;Rivers, B).
Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 03:06.
3 and 8 at VT41	Roy Upchurch rush for 2 yards to the VT39 (Virgil, S).
Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 02:59.
4 and 6 at VT39	P J. Fitzgerald punt 39 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 15 yards, TOP 2:12
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 02:52.
1 and 10 at VT20	Taylor, T rush for 6 yards to the VT26, out-of-bounds.
2 and 4 at VT26	Taylor, T pass incomplete.
3 and 4 at VT26	Taylor, T pass incomplete to Roberts, D (Kareem Jackson).
4 and 4 at VT26	Taylor, T sacked for loss of 7 yards to the VT19 (Marcell Dareus).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, -1 yards, TOP 0:40
ALABAMA drive start at 02:12.
1 and 10 at VT19	PENALTY UA delay of game 5 yards to the VT24.
1 and 15 at VT24	Richardson rush for 6 yards to the VT18 (Hopkins, A;Carmichael, R).
2 and 9 at VT18	Richardson rush for 3 yards to the VT15 (Johnson, J).
3 and 6 at VT15	Richardson rush for 1 yard to the VT14 (Virgil, S).
End of game, clock 00:00.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 2:12

Participation

Alabama Starters
Pos	No.	Offense
WR	4	Marquis Maze
WR	8	Julio Jones
QB	12	Greg McElroy
HB	17	Brad Smelley
RB	22	Mark Ingram
C	73	William Vlachos
RG	75	Barrett Jones
LT	77	James Carpenter
LG	78	Mike Johnson
RT	79	Drew Davis
TE	84	Colin Peek
Pos	No.	Defense
DE	1F	L. Washington
RCB	3	Kareem Jackson
SS	4A	Mark Barron
MLB	25	Rolando McClain
FS	27	Justin Woodall
LCB	28	Javier Arenas
WLB	30	D. Hightower
JLB	32	Eryk Anders
DE	57	Marcell Dareus
NG	62	Terrence Cody
DL	95	B. Deaderick

Virginia Tech Starters
Pos	No.	Offense
QB	5	Tyrod Taylor
TE	8	Greg Boone
WR	11	Dyrell Roberts
WR	19	Danny Coale
WR	29	Xavier Boyce
TB	34	Ryan Williams
C	60	Beau Warren
OT	62	Blake DeChristopher
OG	68	Jaymes Brooks
OG	70	Sergio Render
OT	77	Ed Wang
Pos	No.	Defense
DE	6	Jason Worilds
FS	17	Kam Chancellor
CB	21	Rashad Carmichael
CB	22	Stephan Virgil
ROV	24	Dorian Porch
LB	26	Cody Grimm
LB	36	Jake Johnson
DE	47	Nekos Brown
LB	52	Barquell Rivers
DT	91	John Graves
DT	95	Cordarrow Thompson

Alabama: 1H-Josh Chapman, 3A-Richardson, 5-Roy Upchurch, 6-Demetrius Goode, 8A-Chris Rogers, 13-Cory Reamer, 15-Darius Hanks, 18-Rod Woodson, 20-Tyrone King, 23-Robby Green, 24-Marquis Johnson, 26-Ali Sharrief, 29-Terry Grant, 36-Chris Jordan, 40-Baron Huber, 41-Courtney Upshaw, 50-Brian Selman, 66-Brian Motley, 68-Taylor Pharr, 80-Mike McCoy, 82-Earl Alexander, 85-Preston Dial, 89-M. Williams, 92-Damion Square, 96-Luther Davis, 97-P J. Fitzgerald, 99-Leigh Tiffin.

Virginia Tech: 2-Davon Morgan, 4-David Wilson, 7-Marcus Davis, 9-Cris Hill, 15-Eddie Whitley, 18-Sam Wheeler, 20-Jayron Hosley, 23-Matt Reidy, 25-Josh Oglesby, 28-Alonzo Tweedy, 31-Kenny Younger, 33-Chris Drager, 38-Quillie Odom, 41-Cam Martin, 44-Zach Luckett, 48-Justin Myer, 49-Matt Waldron, 50-Collin Carroll, 56-Demetrius Taylor, 75-Greg Nosal, 81-Jarrett Boykin, 82-Steven Friday, 85-Rob Stanton, 88-Andre Smith, 90-D.J. Coles, 94-Mark Muncey, 97-Brent Bowden, 98-Antoine Hopkins.