However, the Tide’s red zone defense forced a 24-yard field goal from Daniel Carlson to tie the score at three.
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Smart won the award in 2009.
When Auburn’s kicker Daniel Carlson, also known as “Legatron”, broke his streak of consecutive field goals, Griffith came through.
Still, the execution was off for the Alabama football time.
“I’ve got to tell you, it’s a miserable time of year in this profession because there’s a lot of great coaches that have done great things at the different places they’re at”, McElwain said.
Alabama then drove 67-yards to the Auburn 23-yard-line. “It was somewhat like a shootout, so we were expecting it to be a lot of field goals the whole time”.
Auburn receiver Jason Smith (4) hauls in a pass before running to the end zone for Auburn’s lone touchdown of the game in the second half. It may not have been the most dominant win, in terms of the scoreboard, but it was a solid, business-like outing for the Tide. Adam Griffith knocked in the 50-yard bomb to extend Alabama’s lead to 12-6 going into the halftime. The sophomore quarterback compiled 393 yards of total offense along with four total touchdowns in Clemson’s final tune-up before next weekend’s ACC title game.
Ole Miss (9-3, 6-2 Southeastern Conference, No. 18 CFP) led 28-3 at the half and was never in serious trouble during the second half. He came off the bench to attempt an even longer one on the final play against Auburn in 2013 that Chris Davis returned 109 yards that’s even more of a distant memory now.
“This has been a rich rivalry that I’ve seen growing up and I’m just glad to be a part of it”, Jonathan Allen said.
Romond Deloatch caught a touchdown for the Owls, who will play at No. 21 Houston for the AAC title on Saturday with a New Year’s Six bowl bid possibly at stake.
As good as Henry is, the Gators’ biggest challenge probably will be trying to make first downs and somehow sustain drives against a dominant Tide defense that is considered an upgrade from the Florida State defense that shut out the Florida offense Saturday night.
“This has been one heck of a year”, he said. We live in a reactionary sports culture, and the current reaction is Henry won the Heisman Trophy against Auburn when he ran for 271 yards on 46 carries. It wasn’t until Alabama’s last series that Henry got his touchdown.
Cook’s game is getting to the second level, then outrunning defenders.
Takeaway: Collins was the workhorse against the Tigers, rushing a career-high 30 times to record his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the season, tying him with Darren McFadden for the program record set in 2007. “I look forward to working with coach Miles as he leads this team to a bowl game and another great recruiting class”. Coker was 17-of-26 passing and wasn’t sacked.
Kelly also didn’t allow a sack for a third straight week.
He’s essentially become a ball hog by averaging 31 carries over the last seven games against FBS teams, including a school-record 46 against the Tigers.
The Tide beat the Tigers 29-13. Kelly threw two touchdown passes – both to Damore’ea Stringfellow – and ran for another score, and Tony Bridges returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown.
When Alabama meets Florida for the SEC Championship on Saturday, the schools will have divergent plot lines.
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While Alabama was the favorite going into the game, points scored in the 4th quarter display a scoring margin not necessarily reflected throughout the rest of the game.
