Regular Season Week 1: Nittany Lions at Crimson Tide
September 04, 1938 78° Bryant-Denny Stadium
Attendance: 76,390 (76%)
Nittany Lions 7 0 0 7 - 14
Crimson Tide 0 10 21 7 - 38
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Nittany Lions: 2-5-ALA 5 (10:12) 17-John Bishop pass complete to 37-Roy Dallas for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. ALA 66-Kirk Galindo was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. ALA 0 PSt 7
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 4-6-PSt 20 (9:48) 2-James Sewell 38 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 3 PSt 7
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 1-2-PSt 2 (1:11) 16-Wesley Briley pass complete to 81-Christopher Boyd for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. ALA 10 PSt 7
(Qtr 3) Crimson Tide: 1-10-PSt 14 (9:17) 16-Wesley Briley pass complete to 83-Terry Fraley to PSt 0 for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. ALA 17 PSt 7
(Qtr 3) Crimson Tide: 1-10-PSt 49 (6:25) 37-Adam Deforest ran for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. ALA 24 PSt 7
(Qtr 3) Crimson Tide: 3-1-PSt 25 (1:58) 37-Adam Deforest ran for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. PSt 90-Francisco Moore was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. ALA 31 PSt 7
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 3-5-PSt 5 (6:32) 37-Adam Deforest ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. ALA 38 PSt 7
(Qtr 4) Nittany Lions: 3-4-ALA 26 (3:39) 17-John Bishop pass complete to 83-John Farrington for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-William Cox. ALA 38 PSt 14
Team Statistics
Crimson Tide Nittany Lions
First Downs 15 15
- Rushing 7 3
- Passing 6 10
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 297 243
- Offensive Plays 56 59
- Yards Per Play 5.30 4.12
Net Rushing Yards 171 72
- Rushing Attempts 36 25
- Yards Per Rush 4.75 2.88
Net Passing Yards 126 171
- Att/Comp/Int 19 / 14 / 0 32 / 26 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 136 188
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 2 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.30 5.03
- Yards Per Completion 9.71 7.23
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 11 5 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.0 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 25 5 / 34
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 23 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 83 3 / 81
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 4 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 19
Time of Possession 29:42 30:16
Drive Charts
Crimson Tide
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:08 1:42 OWN 39 3 2 Punt
1 6:29 2:04 OWN 36 3 3 Punt
1 0:29 5:44 OWN 34 9 46 Field Goal
2 8:12 1:30 OPP 47 3 -2 Punt
2 1:56 0:47 OWN 46 7 54 Touchdown
3 15:00 3:47 OWN 24 5 16 Punt
3 9:17 0:04 OPP 14 1 14 Touchdown
3 7:02 0:47 OWN 33 2 67 Touchdown
3 4:09 2:17 OWN 48 5 52 Touchdown
3 0:28 8:59 OWN 30 14 70 Touchdown
4 3:34 1:40 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
4 0:21 0:21 OWN 22 1 -5 Game
Nittany Lions
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:52 OWN 17 9 83 Touchdown
1 8:26 1:56 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
1 4:26 3:57 OWN 15 6 15 Punt
2 9:44 1:32 OWN 21 3 10 Fumble
2 6:42 4:46 OWN 4 8 57 Missed FG
2 1:09 1:09 OWN 25 2 -1 Half
3 11:13 1:56 OWN 1 4 14 Interception
3 9:13 2:11 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
3 6:15 2:06 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
3 1:52 1:24 OWN 25 3 -4 Punt
4 6:29 2:55 OWN 25 11 75 Touchdown
4 1:53 1:32 OWN 30 4 2 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#37 Adam Deforest 14 131 9.36 49 5 3
#28 John Fryer 18 27 1.50 16 1 0
#21 Trevor Harward 4 13 3.25 10 1 0
Nittany Lions
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#27 Vance Emanuel 19 50 2.63 12 3 0
#38 Brandon Sperling 5 20 4.00 11 1 0
#37 Roy Dallas 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Passing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Wesley Briley 19 14 136 1 / 10 2 17 0 128.40
Nittany Lions
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 John Bishop 32 26 188 2 / 17 2 30 1 98.96
Receiving Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#28 John Fryer 7 72 10.29 17 0
#83 Terry Fraley 2 27 13.50 14 1
#81 Christopher Boyd 2 16 8.00 14 1
#86 Ralph Day 2 15 7.50 11 0
#37 Adam Deforest 1 6 6.00 6 0
Nittany Lions
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#89 Jessie Rodriguez 4 61 15.25 30 0
#83 John Farrington 5 37 7.40 26 1
#82 Saul Pitts 2 17 8.50 11 0
#38 Brandon Sperling 2 16 8.00 9 0
#27 Vance Emanuel 3 14 4.67 6 0
#87 Cedric Bynum 2 13 6.50 7 0
#14 Stanley Stinson 2 12 6.00 6 0
#12 Charles Goins 1 7 7.00 7 0
#37 Roy Dallas 3 5 1.67 5 1
#40 Bryce Curtis 1 5 5.00 5 0
#88 Wilbert Bethea 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Crimson Tide
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#51 Houston Tyson 0 2 0 0
#71 John Allen 7 3 0 0
#78 Paul McGee 0 5 0 0
#45 James Blue 0 4 0 0
#33 Corey Plowman 0 7 0 1
#93 John Morehouse 0 3 0 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 11 7 0 0
#24 Chris Vail 0 5 0 2
#55 Carlos Warren 0 7 0 1
#32 Joshua Cole 0 3 0 0
#53 Gary Harrison 28 36 0 1
#72 James Malcolm 21 20 0 0
#68 John Stewart 31 37 0 4
#81 Christopher Boyd 2 31 0 2
#54 Bruce Manning 25 37 0 1
#62 Walter Layfield 26 37 0 1
#27 Daniel Hansen 8 26 0 1
#70 Kevin Smith 14 15 0 1
#37 Adam Deforest 1 2 0 0
#88 Robert Hays 0 15 0 0
#66 Kirk Galindo 11 2 0 1
#62 Mark McCoin 13 6 0 0
#75 Jeremiah Burrell 0 1 0 0
#21 Trevor Harward 1 9 0 0
#83 Terry Fraley 0 7 0 0
#86 Ralph Day 0 9 0 0
#81 Todd Wang 0 5 0 0
#28 John Fryer 6 1 0 0
#95 Leandro Buffum 0 1 0 0
#44 Nathan Swisher 0 3 0 0
Nittany Lions
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#78 James King 40 29 1 3
#72 Mark Allen 38 26 1 2
#42 Fredrick Kidd 0 3 0 0
#90 Francisco Moore 0 3 0 1
#35 John Carroll 0 3 0 0
#24 Harold Corley 6 4 0 1
#50 Gregorio Heffner 3 3 0 0
#29 James Arellano 0 3 0 0
#20 Tommy Holt 0 3 0 0
#56 Scott Jones 0 3 0 0
#93 David Braun 2 3 0 0
#64 Ryan Hunt 33 31 0 0
#55 Richard Cheney 35 22 0 2
#14 Stanley Stinson 0 14 0 1
#68 Frank Terrill 38 32 0 0
#37 Roy Dallas 19 20 0 2
#83 John Farrington 0 16 0 1
#87 Cedric Bynum 6 24 0 1
#89 Jessie Rodriguez 0 8 0 1
#82 Saul Pitts 1 14 0 1
#40 Bryce Curtis 3 8 0 0
#27 Vance Emanuel 10 2 0 0
#77 Richard Wilkins 15 8 0 0
#70 Ralph Campbell 18 4 0 1
#80 Daniel Tallent 3 0 0 0
#38 Brandon Sperling 2 1 0 0
#65 Michael Fritz 0 2 0 0
#88 Wilbert Bethea 0 1 0 0
#71 Kevin Denis 6 2 0 1
#23 Sam Marsh 0 1 0 0
#95 David Dempsey 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#51 Houston Tyson 1 4 4.00 0
Nittany Lions
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#45 James Blue 0 0 1 0
#40 Cecil Foust 0 1 0 0
Nittany Lions
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#27 Vance Emanuel 1 0 0 0
Punting
Crimson Tide
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Michael Bernard 5 257 51.40 47.20 60 3
Nittany Lions
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Sang Oliver 6 242 40.33 41.83 51 0
Kicking
Crimson Tide
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 James Sewell 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 5 / 5
Nittany Lions
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 William Cox 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 2 / 2
Punt Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#37 Adam Deforest 5 23 4.6 11 0
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#37 Adam Deforest 2 83 41.5 0
Nittany Lions
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#83 John Farrington 3 81 27.0 0
Defensive Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Tackles Sacks
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 7 0
#24 Chris Vail 7 0
#51 Houston Tyson 7 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 5 0
#33 Corey Plowman 5 0
#40 Cecil Foust 4 0
#45 James Blue 4 0
#55 Carlos Warren 4 0
#71 John Allen 3 0
#32 Joshua Cole 3 0
#78 Paul McGee 2 1
#93 John Morehouse 1 0
#95 Leandro Buffum 1 1
Nittany Lions
Name Tackles Sacks
#99 William Grant 9 0
#20 Tommy Holt 5 0
#95 David Dempsey 5 0
#63 Bud Gilchrist 5 0
#42 Fredrick Kidd 5 0
#98 Robert Atkins 4 0
#93 David Braun 4 0
#50 Gregorio Heffner 3 0
#29 James Arellano 3 1
#90 Francisco Moore 2 0
#35 John Carroll 2 0
#24 Harold Corley 2 0
#65 Michael Fritz 1 0
#55 Richard Cheney 1 0
#64 Ryan Hunt 1 0
#83 John Farrington 1 0
#56 Scott Jones 1 0
#72 Mark Allen 1 0