Regular Season Week 2: Crimson Tide at Blue Devils
September 10, 1939 63° Wallace Wade Stadium
Attendance: 30,323 (76%)
Crimson Tide 0 3 0 10 - 13
Blue Devils 0 0 3 3 - 6
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 4-1-DUK 36 (7:51) 2-James Sewell 53 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 0 ALA 3
(Qtr 3) Blue Devils: 4-8-ALA 16 (11:31) 12-Marlin Lancaster 33 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 65-Ryan Phillips was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. DUK 3 ALA 3
(Qtr 4) Blue Devils: 4-12-ALA 12 (14:27) 12-Marlin Lancaster 29 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 6 ALA 3
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 2-10-DUK 5 (8:47) 4-Stephen Nichols sacked at DUK -3 for -8 yards (76-Herbert Scanlon). Sack allowed by 54-Peter Tews. SAFETY! (76-Herbert Scanlon) DUK 6 ALA 5
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 4-2-DUK 40 (1:47) 16-Wesley Briley pass complete to 86-Ralph Day to DUK 0 for 40 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 28-John Fryer ran for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! DUK 6 ALA 13
Team Statistics
Blue Devils Crimson Tide
First Downs 13 13
- Rushing 4 3
- Passing 7 6
- Penalty 2 4
Total Net Yards 186 271
- Offensive Plays 65 65
- Yards Per Play 2.86 4.17
Net Rushing Yards 82 71
- Rushing Attempts 17 27
- Yards Per Rush 4.82 2.63
Net Passing Yards 104 200
- Att/Comp/Int 43 / 25 / 0 38 / 27 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 148 200
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 44 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 2.17 5.26
- Yards Per Completion 5.92 7.41
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 18 3 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 2 / 2
Penalties/Yards 9 / 80 5 / 36
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 3 2 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 65 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 30
Time of Possession 29:21 30:39
Drive Charts
Blue Devils
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:46 OWN 25 4 15 Punt
1 9:50 4:12 OWN 44 6 11 Punt
1 2:38 3:21 OWN 35 6 13 Punt
2 12:46 1:30 OWN 26 3 8 Punt
2 7:47 1:30 OWN 24 3 -2 Punt
2 4:08 2:57 OWN 1 9 52 Punt
3 14:11 2:43 OPP 30 6 14 Field Goal
3 9:37 1:33 OWN 25 3 6 Fumble
3 6:07 6:43 OWN 44 11 44 Field Goal
4 12:01 1:01 OWN 21 3 -10 Punt
4 8:50 0:07 OWN 5 2 -8 Safety
4 7:03 1:33 OWN 8 5 16 Punt
4 1:40 0:25 OWN 30 4 6 Downs
Crimson Tide
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:14 3:24 OWN 19 6 44 Missed FG
1 5:38 2:59 OWN 6 4 22 Punt
2 14:17 1:31 OWN 12 3 9 Punt
2 11:17 3:30 OWN 24 6 40 Field Goal
2 6:17 2:09 OWN 31 3 15 Punt
2 1:11 1:11 OWN 20 7 37 Half
3 15:00 0:49 OWN 25 3 12 Fumble
3 11:28 1:51 OWN 25 5 12 Punt
3 8:04 1:57 OPP 45 3 8 Missed FG
4 14:24 2:23 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
4 11:00 2:10 OWN 36 3 6 Punt
4 8:43 1:40 OWN 45 3 2 Punt
4 5:31 3:50 OWN 29 11 71 Touchdown
4 1:15 1:15 OPP 36 4 15 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Blue Devils
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#43 Eric Olson 12 68 5.67 15 3 0
#38 Gene Archie 3 10 3.33 8 0 0
#27 Gary Brownlee 2 4 2.00 4 0 0
Crimson Tide
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 John Fryer 17 51 3.00 17 1 0
#25 Keith Meyers 9 20 2.22 9 0 0
#16 Wesley Briley 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Blue Devils
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Stephen Nichols 43 25 148 5 / 44 0 23 0 64.87
Crimson Tide
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Wesley Briley 38 27 200 0 / 0 1 40 0 92.00
Receiving Stats
Blue Devils
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Oscar Smalls 5 57 11.40 23 0
#43 Eric Olson 10 42 4.20 11 0
#80 Gregory Robles 7 41 5.86 12 0
#19 Jeff Brown 3 8 2.67 4 0
Crimson Tide
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#86 Ralph Day 3 56 18.67 40 1
#80 Andres Simmons 3 34 11.33 19 0
#81 Todd Wang 5 32 6.40 12 0
#25 Keith Meyers 9 26 2.89 6 0
#28 John Fryer 4 24 6.00 8 0
#83 Terry Fraley 2 21 10.50 18 0
#82 Brandon Almazan 1 7 7.00 7 0
Blocking Stats
Blue Devils
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#54 Peter Tews 50 33 2 2
#65 Ryan Phillips 58 23 2 2
#71 Marvin Carvalho 20 10 1 1
#51 Raymond Young 58 22 0 0
#27 Gary Brownlee 14 12 0 0
#70 Sean Hartwell 48 30 0 0
#19 Jeff Brown 0 14 0 1
#38 Gene Archie 10 10 0 0
#43 Eric Olson 11 6 0 1
#55 David Dean 45 18 0 1
#10 Denny Baker 0 9 0 0
#55 Harvey Burkett 8 3 0 0
#88 Joseph Barnes 6 0 0 0
#99 Samuel Trudel 10 4 0 0
#74 Juan Meade 10 3 0 1
#89 Brian Bruno 0 8 0 0
#81 Oscar Smalls 1 16 0 0
#80 Gregory Robles 0 13 0 0
#90 Brian Nickelson 0 4 0 0
#65 Kenneth Flores 3 2 0 0
#92 William Charland 0 3 0 1
#91 Stewart Hathaway 0 2 0 0
#44 Jeffrey Kane 0 1 0 0
#93 Zachery True 0 4 0 2
#64 Walter Jones 0 2 0 0
#36 Jason Cauley 0 3 0 0
#72 Christopher Conant 0 2 0 0
#15 James Collins 0 1 0 0
#21 Bradford Shaw 0 1 0 0
Crimson Tide
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#59 Kirk Galindo 8 6 0 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 3 4 0 0
#79 Steven Green 48 32 0 2
#80 Andres Simmons 4 28 0 1
#25 Keith Meyers 12 21 0 2
#82 Brandon Almazan 0 10 0 1
#58 Brian Martin 42 34 0 1
#86 Ralph Day 0 26 0 1
#70 Kevin Smith 38 33 0 4
#62 Walter Layfield 28 21 0 1
#78 Keith Miller 39 31 0 2
#28 John Fryer 13 8 0 1
#83 Terry Fraley 0 6 0 0
#71 John Allen 9 3 0 0
#57 David Currie 3 0 0 0
#94 Matthew Peterson 10 5 0 0
#62 Mark McCoin 19 8 0 0
#93 John Morehouse 4 2 0 0
#81 Todd Wang 0 13 0 1
#45 James Blue 1 2 0 0
#32 Joshua Cole 0 3 0 0
#33 Corey Plowman 0 2 0 1
#76 Herbert Scanlon 0 1 0 0
#66 Robert Lindemann 8 3 0 0
#87 Matthew Hammon 0 2 0 0
#64 Jose Johnson 3 0 0 0
#98 James Ramirez 0 1 0 0
#96 William Durso 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Blue Devils
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Crimson Tide
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Blue Devils
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#80 Gregory Robles 1 0 0 0
#96 Pedro Ladner 0 1 1 0
Crimson Tide
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#25 Keith Meyers 1 0 0 0
#98 James Ramirez 0 0 1 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 0 1 0 0
Punting
Blue Devils
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#17 Jonathan Sharpe 8 365 45.63 42.25 52 3
Crimson Tide
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Michael Bernard 7 324 46.29 46.71 53 3
Kicking
Blue Devils
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Marlin Lancaster 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 33 0 / 0
Crimson Tide
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 James Sewell 1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 3 53 0 / 0
Punt Return
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 Jeff Brown 3 3 1.0 2 0
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#28 John Fryer 2 9 4.5 8 0
Kick Return
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#19 Jeff Brown 2 65 32.5 0
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#28 John Fryer 1 37 37.0 0
Defensive Stats
Blue Devils
Name Tackles Sacks
#90 Brian Nickelson 8 0
#29 Kenneth Driscoll 7 0
#96 Pedro Ladner 6 0
#92 William Charland 6 0
#36 Jason Cauley 6 0
#55 Harvey Burkett 4 0
#48 James Tyler 4 0
#26 Christopher Taylor 3 0
#21 Bradford Shaw 2 0
#60 Vincent Everly 2 0
#64 Walter Jones 2 0
#44 Jeffrey Kane 1 0
#91 Stewart Hathaway 1 0
#80 Gregory Robles 1 0
#12 Marlin Lancaster 1 0
Crimson Tide
Name Tackles Sacks
#33 Corey Plowman 9 0
#57 David Currie 9 0
#32 Joshua Cole 7 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 7 0
#28 Donn Tucker 5 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 4 0
#45 James Blue 3 0
#71 John Allen 2 2
#98 James Ramirez 2 0
#76 Herbert Scanlon 2 2
#78 Keith Miller 1 0
#93 John Morehouse 1 1