Pre-Season Week 1: Bears at Crimson Tide
August 19, 1939 86° Bryant-Denny Stadium
Attendance: 59,705 (60%)
Bears 7 10 0 0 - 17
Crimson Tide 3 0 7 10 - 20
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Bears: 3-3-ALA 5 (8:03) 19-Carlton Sisk pass complete to 83-William Sanchez for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Earle Fessler. ALA 0 BAY 7
(Qtr 1) Crimson Tide: 4-1-BAY 5 (1:34) 2-James Sewell 23 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 3 BAY 7
(Qtr 2) Bears: 1-7-ALA 7 (7:21) 20-Steven Dunn ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Earle Fessler. ALA 3 BAY 14
(Qtr 2) Bears: 4-3-ALA 17 (1:24) 17-Earle Fessler 34 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 3 BAY 17
(Qtr 3) Crimson Tide: 1-10-ALA 28 (1:25) 17-Christopher Matthews pass complete to 87-Matthew Hammon for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. ALA 10 BAY 17
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 1-10-BAY 47 (14:56) 17-Christopher Matthews pass complete to 83-Terry Fraley for 47 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. ALA 17 BAY 17
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 4-1-BAY 0 (1:24) 2-James Sewell 17 yard field goal is GOOD. BAY 94-David Goldsmith was injured on the play. ALA 20 BAY 17
Team Statistics
Crimson Tide Bears
First Downs 8 16
- Rushing 4 6
- Passing 4 9
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 297 281
- Offensive Plays 47 65
- Yards Per Play 6.32 4.32
Net Rushing Yards 115 122
- Rushing Attempts 33 29
- Yards Per Rush 3.48 4.21
Net Passing Yards 182 159
- Att/Comp/Int 13 / 8 / 0 31 / 18 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 191 194
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 9 5 / 35
- Yards Per Pass Play 13.00 4.42
- Yards Per Completion 23.88 10.78
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 1 / 11 7 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.2 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 21 4 / 10
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 57 1 / 50
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 30
Time of Possession 25:42 34:17
Drive Charts
Crimson Tide
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:53 OWN 33 4 31 Missed FG
1 8:00 6:29 OWN 25 10 70 Field Goal
2 14:14 1:51 OWN 8 3 8 Punt
2 7:17 2:08 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 1:21 1:21 OWN 19 2 16 Half
3 11:25 1:37 OWN 12 3 6 Punt
3 6:15 2:05 OWN 8 3 -3 Punt
3 2:03 0:49 OWN 11 2 89 Touchdown
4 14:56 0:07 OPP 47 1 47 Touchdown
4 10:58 1:29 OWN 12 3 1 Punt
4 7:33 2:04 OWN 44 3 9 Punt
4 3:30 1:35 OWN 42 3 0 Punt
4 1:46 0:24 OPP 15 5 14 Field Goal
4 0:50 0:50 OPP 46 2 0 Game
Bears
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:07 4:07 OWN 43 7 57 Touchdown
1 1:31 2:17 OWN 25 5 23 Punt
2 12:23 5:06 OWN 36 9 64 Touchdown
2 5:09 3:48 OWN 26 7 57 Field Goal
3 15:00 3:35 OWN 25 7 17 Punt
3 9:48 3:33 OWN 40 6 14 Punt
3 4:09 2:07 OWN 49 3 -7 Punt
3 1:14 1:18 OWN 25 3 11 Interception
4 14:49 3:51 OWN 45 6 -4 Punt
4 9:28 1:55 OWN 38 4 18 Interception
4 5:30 2:00 OWN 7 3 8 Punt
4 1:54 0:08 OWN 10 2 0 Interception
4 1:22 0:32 OWN 25 3 18 Interception
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#25 Keith Meyers 9 63 7.00 17 3 0
#28 John Fryer 11 43 3.91 10 1 0
#43 Joseph Nunez 8 8 1.00 4 0 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 3 1 0.33 2 0 0
#17 Christopher Matthews 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Bears
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#23 Adam Deforest 13 47 3.62 14 2 0
#20 Steven Dunn 10 34 3.40 10 1 1
#19 Carlton Sisk 1 19 19.00 19 1 0
#28 Jack Lewis 4 16 4.00 10 1 0
#22 William Stclair 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Passing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 Christopher Matthews 9 4 135 1 / 9 2 72 0 130.79
#16 Wesley Briley 4 4 56 0 / 0 0 22 0 118.75
Bears
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#19 Carlton Sisk 12 9 118 0 / 0 1 38 0 133.33
#17 Lee Baeza 19 9 76 5 / 35 0 18 4 18.64
Receiving Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#87 Matthew Hammon 1 72 72.00 72 1
#83 Terry Fraley 1 47 47.00 47 1
#25 Keith Meyers 2 34 17.00 22 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 3 28 9.33 21 0
#81 Todd Wang 1 10 10.00 10 0
Bears
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#18 William Hust 6 102 17.00 38 0
#20 Steven Dunn 2 23 11.50 18 0
#83 William Sanchez 3 22 7.33 12 1
#23 Adam Deforest 4 20 5.00 8 0
#88 Anthony Williams 1 12 12.00 12 0
#18 Dean Schulz 1 10 10.00 10 0
#22 William Stclair 1 5 5.00 5 0
Blocking Stats
Crimson Tide
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#66 Robert Lindemann 7 10 1 2
#71 John Allen 3 2 0 1
#69 Davis Russell 0 5 0 0
#98 James Ramirez 0 2 0 0
#45 James Blue 0 6 0 0
#66 Kirk Galindo 15 13 0 2
#33 Corey Plowman 0 2 0 0
#93 John Morehouse 1 4 0 1
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 2 2 0 0
#57 David Currie 0 3 0 0
#32 Joshua Cole 0 2 0 0
#79 Steven Green 7 19 0 1
#82 Brandon Almazan 0 18 0 0
#58 Brian Martin 8 20 0 2
#70 Kevin Smith 4 18 0 0
#81 Todd Wang 0 14 0 0
#62 Walter Layfield 8 20 0 1
#78 Keith Miller 4 18 0 1
#43 Joseph Nunez 5 9 0 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 10 23 0 1
#83 John Martinez 6 18 0 1
#86 Ralph Day 0 25 0 0
#68 John Stewart 22 17 0 1
#62 Mark McCoin 22 18 0 2
#63 Shane Castro 16 13 0 0
#28 John Fryer 0 3 0 0
#87 Matthew Hammon 0 13 0 0
#25 Keith Meyers 4 5 0 1
#64 Jose Johnson 14 11 0 2
#15 Michael Jason 0 2 0 0
#94 Matthew Peterson 5 2 0 0
#96 William Durso 2 3 0 0
#88 Peter Thompson 1 2 0 0
#83 Terry Fraley 2 6 0 1
#97 Robert Gonzalez 2 4 0 1
#62 Homer Grass 0 4 0 0
Bears
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#28 Jack Lewis 12 10 2 2
#82 Norman Hogan 15 23 1 2
#11 David Trinidad 23 14 1 1
#49 Paul Moseley 26 17 1 1
#20 Steven Dunn 5 0 0 0
#18 William Hust 0 14 0 0
#66 David Smith 16 16 0 0
#88 James Parham 2 15 0 0
#64 Fred Jones 15 12 0 0
#70 Dennis Boyce 16 17 0 1
#74 Christopher Gorham 17 17 0 0
#64 Billy Broughton 17 18 0 0
#22 William Stclair 17 22 0 1
#23 Adam Deforest 11 7 0 0
#89 Johnny Oneil 18 15 0 2
#99 Stephen Segal 3 0 0 0
#94 David Goldsmith 9 2 0 0
#51 Victor Pena 3 0 0 0
#63 Donnell Whitaker 36 26 0 2
#18 Dean Schulz 9 18 0 0
#83 William Sanchez 0 7 0 0
#83 Gregory Barron 0 6 0 1
#88 Anthony Williams 16 13 0 1
#92 Robert Jones 5 0 0 0
#90 Andrew Santiago 5 1 0 0
#56 Richard Bryant 0 2 0 0
#17 Anthony McGuire 4 3 0 0
#98 James Chess 0 3 0 0
#73 Don Stauffer 1 1 0 0
#71 Andres Adair 0 1 0 0
#79 Phillip Deese 0 1 0 0
#97 James Murphy 0 1 0 0
#27 Alexander Beamon 0 2 0 1
#37 Victor Johnson 0 1 0 0
#90 Donald Daugherty 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#86 Ralph Day 1 1 1.00 0
#83 Terry Fraley 2 0 0.00 0
#45 James Blue 1 0 0.00 0
Bears
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#28 John Fryer 1 1 0 0
Bears
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Punting
Crimson Tide
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 Michael Bernard 7 321 45.86 44.71 48 2
Bears
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 Alex Lucas 6 234 39.00 43.50 54 4
Kicking
Crimson Tide
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 James Sewell 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 23 2 / 2
Bears
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#17 Earle Fessler 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 34 2 / 2
Punt Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#43 Joseph Nunez 2 21 10.5 12 0
Bears
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#23 Adam Deforest 4 10 2.5 5 0
Kick Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#28 John Fryer 2 57 28.5 0
Bears
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#23 Adam Deforest 1 50 50.0 0
Defensive Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Tackles Sacks
#28 Donn Tucker 9 0
#57 David Currie 5 0
#69 Davis Russell 5 4
#94 Matthew Peterson 4 0
#45 James Blue 4 0
#62 Homer Grass 3 0
#96 William Durso 3 0
#33 Corey Plowman 3 0
#93 John Morehouse 3 1
#32 Joshua Cole 2 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 2 0
#97 Robert Gonzalez 2 0
#66 Kirk Galindo 2 0
#83 Terry Fraley 2 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 1 0
#98 James Ramirez 1 0
#86 Ralph Day 1 0
#64 Jose Johnson 1 0
Bears
Name Tackles Sacks
#27 Alexander Beamon 5 0
#49 Alfonso Browning 4 0
#44 Marcos Crowley 3 0
#91 Herman McDonald 3 0
#51 Victor Pena 2 0
#42 Buford Colon 2 0
#54 Adam Loiselle 2 0
#37 Victor Johnson 2 0
#90 Donald Daugherty 2 0
#92 Robert Jones 2 1
#56 Richard Bryant 2 0
#17 Earle Fessler 1 0
#21 Gregory Humphreys 1 0
#78 Michael Peterman 1 0
#50 Ronald Salinas 1 0
#73 Don Stauffer 1 0
#58 Robert Stogner 1 0
#94 David Goldsmith 1 0
#89 Johnny Oneil 1 0
#18 Dean Schulz 1 0
#76 Benjamin Hawk 1 0
#90 Andrew Santiago 1 0
#18 William Hust 1 0
#90 Eric Cerda 1 0
#71 Andres Adair 1 0
#82 Norman Hogan 1 0
#79 Phillip Deese 1 0
#88 Anthony Williams 1 0