Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly fakes the handoff to Akeem Judd and spots an open receiver downfield.at Vaught-Hemmingway stadium Saturday during the Ole Miss v Alabama game.
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In the third quarter, Alabama tied the game at 24 after Chad Kelly was hit at the one and fumbled the ball, which the Tide recovered and converted for a touchdown.
Despite battling back against Ole Miss, Alabama ran into a lot of the same mistakes it has been making this season.
When it finished eluding before 66,176 at humid Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, the Crimson Tide had seen a 24-3 deficit, a 48-30 lead, a 48-43 win over No. 19 Ole Miss and an ending that nearly went haywire. He has 18 TDs in three games.
Following a three and out by the Rebels, Alabama took over on their own 48-yard line and marched down to the Ole Miss 29. Two touchdowns in 65 seconds.
“You don’t ever want to beat yourself and when you do things like that, you give yourself an opportunity to beat yourself”, Saban said on Monday. Anderson did make contact with him after the pass was thrown, but it didn’t look as he tried to rough Kelly up. “We’ve got a chance to beat some of the nation’s best”.
“The margin of error in this league is so small. Our focus needs to be on getting these things corrected but having the ability to focus on sort of each and every play”.
From that point, the two teams traded scores, with Alabama building a convincing 48-30 lead midway through the fourth quarter.
Armstrong finished with 95 yards rushing, and completed 17 of 33 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns. Facing a 3-and-10, Hurts overthrew his target and Griffith missed from 47 yards out to leave the score 7-3 at the end of the first quarter.
To be sure, the passing game left a lot to be desired at a whopping 5.1 yards per completion.
“I think if you can be happy about the way you competed in the game and that you won, but also be disappointed enough in the way you play as if you lost, then you’ll learn something”, Saban said.
No. 15 TENN. 28, OH 19: Joshua Dobbs threw a pair of 20-yard touchdown passes to Josh Malone and ran for a third score as the host Volunteers overcame injuries and a suspension. He showed his skill on several deep throws and his athleticism on the run near the one yard line when he jumped over players just short of the end zone. Ole Miss then recovered the onside kick, which led to another touchdown pass from Kelly to A.J. Brown cut it to 48-43 with 2:51 left after the failed two-point try.
Alabama’s offense stalled to start the second half, but the Crimson Tide’s defense would pick up the slack.
Hurts helped Alabama rush for 334 yards. For the first time in the history of the AP poll, the top three teams played on the road against ranked teams, so we expected some shake-up. The Seminoles fell to 2-1, 0-1. It’s the first time the Rebels have had a winning percentage under.500 since November 2012.
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The Rebels would score again one possession later when Kelly, who threw for 421 yards and two touchdowns, connected with a wide-open Evan Engram on a 63-yard touchdown strike to make the score 17-3. “For us to get up like that twice and watch it wash away, we have to look ourselves in the mirror”.
