Regular Season Week 1: Commodores at Crimson Tide
September 04, 1938 78° Bryant-Denny Stadium
Attendance: 75,920 (76%)
Commodores 0 0 10 0 - 10
Crimson Tide 0 10 0 10 - 20
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 1-10-VAN 16 (7:30) 16-Wesley Briley pass complete to 81-Todd Wang for 16 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. ALA 7 VAN 0
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 4-5-VAN 15 (1:20) 2-James Sewell 32 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 10 VAN 0
(Qtr 3) Commodores: 3-6-ALA 36 (6:06) 8-Vernon Helmick pass complete to 81-Frank Sims for 36 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Joshua Sanchez. ALA 10 VAN 7
(Qtr 3) Commodores: 4-1-ALA 19 (1:18) 9-Joshua Sanchez 37 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 10 VAN 10
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 2-1-VAN 1 (7:10) 37-Adam Deforest ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. ALA 17 VAN 10
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 4-2-VAN 2 (1:06) 2-James Sewell 20 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 20 VAN 10
Team Statistics
Crimson Tide Commodores
First Downs 10 10
- Rushing 3 3
- Passing 4 4
- Penalty 3 3
Total Net Yards 183 263
- Offensive Plays 60 55
- Yards Per Play 3.05 4.78
Net Rushing Yards 100 117
- Rushing Attempts 39 26
- Yards Per Rush 2.56 4.50
Net Passing Yards 83 146
- Att/Comp/Int 21 / 17 / 0 27 / 16 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 83 166
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.95 5.03
- Yards Per Completion 4.88 10.38
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 14 3 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.0 9.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 24 8 / 80
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 58 1 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 2 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 24
Time of Possession 31:40 28:21
Drive Charts
Crimson Tide
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:36 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
1 11:01 2:54 OWN 31 4 12 Punt
1 4:30 1:57 OWN 22 3 0 Punt
1 1:40 1:27 OWN 12 3 1 Punt
2 13:26 5:59 OWN 12 12 88 Touchdown
2 5:27 4:10 OWN 44 9 41 Field Goal
3 12:13 2:01 OWN 13 3 4 Punt
3 5:59 1:20 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
3 1:14 2:01 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 12:17 4:24 OWN 26 6 17 Punt
4 7:50 0:43 OPP 7 2 7 Touchdown
4 5:02 1:57 OWN 37 3 10 Punt
4 2:14 1:11 OPP 35 6 33 Field Goal
Commodores
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:24 2:23 OWN 28 4 5 Punt
1 8:07 3:37 OWN 1 5 41 Punt
1 2:34 0:54 OWN 33 3 8 Punt
1 0:13 1:47 OWN 40 6 21 Punt
2 7:26 2:00 OWN 25 4 7 Punt
2 1:17 1:17 OWN 25 2 8 Half
3 15:00 2:47 OWN 25 5 21 Punt
3 10:12 4:13 OWN 36 8 64 Touchdown
3 4:39 3:25 OWN 27 5 54 Field Goal
4 14:13 1:56 OWN 20 3 10 Punt
4 7:53 0:03 OWN 3 1 0 Interception
4 7:07 2:05 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 3:05 0:51 OWN 20 3 4 Interception
4 1:03 1:03 OWN 25 3 7 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 John Fryer 22 52 2.36 7 0 0
#37 Adam Deforest 14 37 2.64 11 1 1
#21 Trevor Harward 3 11 3.67 8 0 0
Commodores
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#45 Willie Thorp 18 60 3.33 14 3 0
#8 Vernon Helmick 1 38 38.00 38 1 0
#40 Gregory Morris 4 10 2.50 10 1 0
#24 Alexander Montgomery 1 7 7.00 7 0 0
#32 David Walker 2 2 1.00 3 0 0
Passing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Wesley Briley 21 17 83 0 / 0 1 16 0 99.01
Commodores
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Vernon Helmick 27 16 166 2 / 20 1 36 2 58.56
Receiving Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Christopher Boyd 3 18 6.00 10 0
#37 Adam Deforest 2 16 8.00 11 0
#81 Todd Wang 1 16 16.00 16 1
#83 Terry Fraley 3 14 4.67 7 0
#28 John Fryer 5 11 2.20 8 0
#86 Ralph Day 3 8 2.67 3 0
Commodores
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Frank Sims 1 36 36.00 36 1
#10 Henry Rhodes 1 34 34.00 34 0
#82 Ismael Nealy 5 28 5.60 14 0
#10 William Wilson 1 23 23.00 23 0
#45 Willie Thorp 3 21 7.00 7 0
#32 David Walker 3 20 6.67 13 0
#40 Gregory Morris 2 4 2.00 6 0
Blocking Stats
Crimson Tide
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#53 Gary Harrison 33 48 0 1
#68 John Stewart 34 41 0 5
#54 Bruce Manning 26 45 0 3
#70 Kevin Smith 10 24 0 1
#81 Todd Wang 0 7 0 0
#62 Walter Layfield 32 37 0 0
#72 James Malcolm 23 19 0 3
#37 Adam Deforest 6 5 0 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 4 28 0 0
#66 Kirk Galindo 13 2 0 0
#62 Mark McCoin 13 3 0 0
#71 John Allen 5 1 0 0
#78 Paul McGee 0 4 0 0
#33 Corey Plowman 0 4 0 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 8 4 0 1
#28 John Fryer 5 0 0 0
#81 Christopher Boyd 0 30 0 2
#88 Robert Hays 0 18 0 0
#93 John Morehouse 0 2 0 0
#86 Ralph Day 0 12 0 0
#83 Terry Fraley 0 10 0 0
#21 Trevor Harward 0 8 0 1
#44 Nathan Swisher 0 1 0 0
#55 Carlos Warren 0 3 0 1
#24 Chris Vail 0 1 0 0
#51 Houston Tyson 2 3 0 1
#45 James Blue 0 3 0 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 0 1 0 0
#95 Leandro Buffum 0 1 0 0
Commodores
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#68 Michael Messina 40 35 2 3
#63 Keith Nesmith 32 26 0 0
#64 Benjamin Warren 40 36 0 5
#71 Kevin Bradford 33 26 0 2
#70 Thomas Morgan 34 30 0 1
#40 Gregory Morris 8 6 0 1
#69 Mike Brouillard 7 3 0 0
#10 William Wilson 0 4 0 0
#77 Miguel Pearson 12 1 0 0
#10 Henry Rhodes 0 12 0 1
#53 Owen Inman 7 2 0 0
#57 Eric Luevano 5 1 0 0
#65 Frank Torres 10 0 0 0
#24 Alexander Montgomery 1 2 0 0
#32 David Walker 11 16 0 0
#45 Willie Thorp 8 5 0 0
#81 Frank Sims 0 12 0 0
#80 Gerald Usry 0 1 0 0
#49 Clinton Garcia 0 1 0 1
#87 Louis Morales 1 17 0 2
#82 Ismael Nealy 0 5 0 0
#50 Howard Guidry 2 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 1 0 0.00 0
#32 Joshua Cole 1 0 0.00 0
Commodores
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#28 John Fryer 1 0 0 0
#32 Joshua Cole 0 0 1 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 0 1 0 0
Commodores
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#45 Willie Thorp 1 0 0 0
#63 Keith Nesmith 0 1 0 0
#20 Eddie Murphy 0 0 1 0
Punting
Crimson Tide
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Michael Bernard 9 419 46.56 46.56 54 3
Commodores
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#12 Robert Vega 8 349 43.63 36.75 50 3
Kicking
Crimson Tide
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 James Sewell 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 2 / 2
Commodores
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#9 Joshua Sanchez 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 1 / 1
Punt Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#37 Adam Deforest 4 58 14.5 24 0
Commodores
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#45 Willie Thorp 1 1 1.0 1 0
Kick Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Commodores
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Tackles Sacks
#45 James Blue 7 0
#40 Cecil Foust 7 0
#51 Houston Tyson 4 0
#33 Corey Plowman 3 0
#78 Paul McGee 3 1
#24 Chris Vail 3 0
#71 John Allen 3 1
#95 Leandro Buffum 3 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 2 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 2 0
#32 Joshua Cole 2 0
#55 Carlos Warren 2 0
#93 John Morehouse 1 0
#75 Jeremiah Burrell 1 0
Commodores
Name Tackles Sacks
#55 Jay Elson 9 0
#49 Clinton Garcia 7 0
#57 Eric Luevano 7 0
#26 Dwayne Greenman 6 0
#20 Eddie Murphy 6 0
#93 Ryan Turner 4 0
#48 John Peterson 4 0
#54 Chester Huffman 3 0
#51 Paul Pinkerton 3 0
#34 Antonio Gillis 3 0
#67 Joshua Ehlert 2 0
#56 Kevin Dobson 2 0
#68 Michael Messina 1 0
#87 Louis Morales 1 0
#10 Henry Rhodes 1 0