Regular Season Week 1: Jayhawks at Crimson Tide
September 03, 1939 61° Bryant-Denny Stadium
Attendance: 78,881 (79%)
Jayhawks 7 0 7 10 - 24
Crimson Tide 7 3 0 0 - 10
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Jayhawks: 3-5-Kan 48 (12:27) 5-Michael Rasmussen pass complete to 85-Louis Watkins for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Ted Fellman. ALA 0 Kan 7
(Qtr 1) Crimson Tide: 2-10-ALA 41 (3:07) 16-Wesley Briley pass complete to 83-Terry Fraley for 59 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. ALA 7 Kan 7
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 4-3-Kan 3 (3:06) 2-James Sewell 21 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 10 Kan 7
(Qtr 3) Jayhawks: 3-2-ALA 2 (0:06) 5-Michael Rasmussen pass complete to 87-John Marshall for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Ted Fellman. ALA 10 Kan 14
(Qtr 4) Jayhawks: 2-3-ALA 3 (7:07) 23-Denver Degroot ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Ted Fellman. ALA 10 Kan 21
(Qtr 4) Jayhawks: 4-3-ALA 8 (1:36) 14-Ted Fellman 26 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 10 Kan 24
Team Statistics
Crimson Tide Jayhawks
First Downs 16 5
- Rushing 8 4
- Passing 6 1
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 285 193
- Offensive Plays 70 54
- Yards Per Play 4.07 3.57
Net Rushing Yards 125 70
- Rushing Attempts 29 32
- Yards Per Rush 4.31 2.19
Net Passing Yards 160 123
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 24 / 1 21 / 13 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 198 133
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 38 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.90 5.59
- Yards Per Completion 8.25 10.23
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 5 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.2 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 14 4 / 27
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 17
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 63 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 40
Time of Possession 32:34 27:26
Drive Charts
Crimson Tide
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:17 2:12 OWN 31 3 9 Punt
1 8:45 2:08 OWN 31 3 0 Punt
1 4:35 1:37 OWN 9 4 91 Touchdown
1 1:24 0:48 OWN 15 3 2 Punt
2 14:19 2:13 OWN 27 3 2 Punt
2 11:12 8:09 OWN 26 12 71 Field Goal
2 2:08 1:05 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
3 15:00 7:12 OWN 25 12 27 Punt
3 3:26 0:04 OWN 20 1 0 Fumble
3 0:03 1:46 OWN 25 6 26 Punt
4 9:15 1:28 OWN 31 3 15 Fumble
4 7:05 3:06 OWN 25 10 36 Downs
4 1:54 0:05 OWN 10 1 5 Interception
4 1:34 0:41 OWN 28 4 -11 Downs
Jayhawks
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:43 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 10:06 1:21 OWN 12 3 7 Punt
1 6:37 2:01 OWN 35 3 7 Punt
1 2:58 1:34 OWN 36 3 5 Punt
1 0:35 1:17 OWN 39 3 -12 Punt
2 12:06 0:54 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 3:03 0:55 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 1:03 1:03 OWN 12 2 7 Half
3 7:48 4:22 OWN 4 6 43 Punt
3 3:22 3:19 OPP 19 6 19 Touchdown
4 13:17 4:02 OWN 4 6 18 Punt
4 7:47 0:43 OPP 4 2 4 Touchdown
4 3:59 2:04 OWN 39 3 -3 Punt
4 1:50 0:16 OPP 15 3 7 Field Goal
4 0:52 0:52 OPP 17 2 -2 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 John Fryer 18 88 4.89 14 4 0
#25 Keith Meyers 11 37 3.36 8 0 0
Jayhawks
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#23 Denver Degroot 20 52 2.60 10 1 1
#3 Bill Hinton 10 18 1.80 6 0 0
#5 Michael Rasmussen 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Wesley Briley 37 24 198 4 / 38 1 59 1 76.18
Jayhawks
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#5 Michael Rasmussen 21 13 133 1 / 10 2 52 0 111.81
Receiving Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 Terry Fraley 2 63 31.50 59 1
#28 John Fryer 4 55 13.75 32 0
#80 Andres Simmons 5 38 7.60 14 0
#81 Todd Wang 5 23 4.60 9 0
#82 Brandon Almazan 2 14 7.00 7 0
#86 Ralph Day 2 4 2.00 3 0
#25 Keith Meyers 4 1 0.25 2 0
Jayhawks
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Louis Watkins 1 52 52.00 52 1
#13 Bryan Bergquist 5 37 7.40 10 0
#81 Joseph Marcus 1 25 25.00 25 0
#23 Denver Degroot 3 7 2.33 4 0
#3 Bill Hinton 1 6 6.00 6 0
#87 John Marshall 2 6 3.00 4 1
Blocking Stats
Crimson Tide
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#62 Walter Layfield 50 40 3 2
#71 John Allen 9 4 0 0
#98 James Ramirez 0 2 0 0
#45 James Blue 0 2 0 0
#59 Kirk Galindo 3 2 0 1
#33 Corey Plowman 0 3 0 0
#93 John Morehouse 6 1 0 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 2 3 0 0
#57 David Currie 2 2 0 0
#94 Matthew Peterson 9 4 0 1
#96 William Durso 0 2 0 0
#28 John Fryer 21 13 0 0
#79 Steven Green 47 31 0 0
#80 Andres Simmons 2 23 0 0
#82 Brandon Almazan 5 15 0 0
#58 Brian Martin 48 37 0 2
#86 Ralph Day 0 20 0 1
#70 Kevin Smith 41 31 0 1
#78 Keith Miller 41 34 0 1
#81 Todd Wang 0 10 0 0
#62 Mark McCoin 11 4 0 0
#25 Keith Meyers 12 13 0 0
#83 Terry Fraley 0 7 0 1
#83 John Martinez 0 3 0 0
#87 Matthew Hammon 0 3 0 0
#64 Jose Johnson 1 0 0 0
#66 Robert Lindemann 2 4 0 0
#81 Jamaal Darnell 1 0 0 0
#15 Michael Jason 0 1 0 0
#32 Joshua Cole 0 1 0 0
Jayhawks
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#52 Richard Wallen 35 35 1 1
#77 Herbert Krug 35 30 0 3
#74 John Worley 35 29 0 1
#81 Joseph Marcus 13 28 0 0
#23 Denver Degroot 8 2 0 0
#59 Donald Books 35 37 0 0
#75 Michael Phillips 26 30 0 3
#13 Bryan Bergquist 7 29 0 3
#87 John Marshall 0 6 0 0
#85 Louis Watkins 0 5 0 0
#86 Joseph May 3 15 0 1
#3 Bill Hinton 1 5 0 0
#2 Jonathan Grizzard 0 4 0 1
#80 John Belt 0 4 0 0
#78 Larry Maginnis 13 0 0 0
#66 Stephen Clayton 4 1 0 0
#61 William Curran 13 0 0 0
#42 Elmer Eisenberg 4 1 0 1
#64 Ronald Jordan 0 1 0 0
#54 Sean Sanders 0 4 0 1
#43 Calvin McLellan 0 4 0 0
#94 Ralph Harrison 0 3 0 0
#24 Chris Vail 0 3 0 0
#51 Anthony Ragland 1 3 0 0
#36 Raul Urbina 0 3 0 0
#16 Charles Gonzales 0 1 0 0
#97 Alexander Ramos 0 3 0 0
#33 Timothy Andrews 0 2 0 0
#96 Jeremy Mosby 0 1 0 0
#16 Tim Chow 0 2 0 0
#64 Martin Peoples 0 3 0 0
#98 John Fulkerson 0 2 0 0
#91 John Goodson 0 1 0 0
#79 Joshua Mosley 0 1 0 0
#39 Jose Schroeder 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Jayhawks
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#43 Calvin McLellan 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#28 John Fryer 1 0 0 0
#16 Wesley Briley 1 0 0 0
#76 Herbert Scanlon 0 0 1 0
Jayhawks
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#23 Denver Degroot 1 0 0 0
#13 Bryan Bergquist 0 1 0 0
#24 Chris Vail 0 0 1 0
#91 John Goodson 0 1 0 0
#79 Joshua Mosley 0 1 1 0
Punting
Crimson Tide
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Michael Bernard 7 320 45.71 43.29 50 4
Jayhawks
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Clarence Lowman 9 437 48.56 46.33 54 3
Kicking
Crimson Tide
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 James Sewell 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 21 1 / 1
Jayhawks
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#14 Ted Fellman 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 26 3 / 3
Punt Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jayhawks
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Louis Watkins 1 17 17.0 17 0
Kick Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#28 John Fryer 2 63 31.5 0
Jayhawks
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#85 Louis Watkins 1 37 37.0 0
Defensive Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Tackles Sacks
#33 Corey Plowman 9 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 6 0
#93 John Morehouse 5 1
#45 James Blue 4 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 4 0
#54 Sandy Schuster 4 0
#57 David Currie 4 0
#76 Herbert Scanlon 2 0
#28 Donn Tucker 1 0
#98 James Ramirez 1 0
#71 John Allen 1 0
#32 Joshua Cole 1 0
#15 Michael Jason 1 0
#62 Walter Layfield 1 0
#62 Homer Grass 1 0
#81 Todd Wang 1 0
Jayhawks
Name Tackles Sacks
#94 Ralph Harrison 11 1
#24 Chris Vail 6 0
#42 Elmer Eisenberg 5 0
#36 Raul Urbina 5 0
#51 Anthony Ragland 5 0
#43 Calvin McLellan 4 0
#33 Timothy Andrews 4 0
#91 John Goodson 4 0
#97 Alexander Ramos 2 0
#79 Joshua Mosley 2 3
#98 John Fulkerson 2 0
#25 Clayton Tyrrell 2 0
#55 Robert Gallagher 1 0
#96 Jeremy Mosby 1 0