Regular Season Week 3: Wolfpack at Crimson Tide
September 17, 1939 86° Bryant-Denny Stadium
Attendance: 74,138 (74%)
Wolfpack 20 6 7 0 - 33
Crimson Tide 3 10 0 0 - 13
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Wolfpack: 1-10-NCS 45 (13:45) 5-James Elliott pass complete to 81-John Navarre for 55 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Joe Schramm. ALA 0 NCS 7
(Qtr 1) Wolfpack: 3-2-ALA 2 (12:15) 46-Jimmy Christensen ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Joe Schramm. ALA 0 NCS 14
(Qtr 1) Crimson Tide: 4-1-NCS 28 (8:03) 2-James Sewell 46 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 3 NCS 14
(Qtr 1) Wolfpack: 4-11-ALA 37 (2:37) 4-Joe Schramm 55 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 3 NCS 17
(Qtr 1) Wolfpack: 4-2-ALA 19 (1:09) 4-Joe Schramm 37 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 3 NCS 20
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 2-5-NCS 5 (14:27) 16-Wesley Briley pass complete to 28-John Fryer for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. ALA 10 NCS 20
(Qtr 2) Wolfpack: 3-5-ALA 5 (3:37) 46-Jimmy Christensen ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 4-2-NCS 22 (0:51) 2-James Sewell 40 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 13 NCS 26
(Qtr 3) Wolfpack: 1-4-ALA 4 (1:55) 5-James Elliott pass complete to 80-Jeffrey Juarez to ALA 0 for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Joe Schramm. ALA 13 NCS 33
Team Statistics
Crimson Tide Wolfpack
First Downs 11 18
- Rushing 1 11
- Passing 10 6
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 296 324
- Offensive Plays 56 68
- Yards Per Play 5.29 4.76
Net Rushing Yards 41 175
- Rushing Attempts 8 43
- Yards Per Rush 5.13 4.07
Net Passing Yards 255 149
- Att/Comp/Int 44 / 28 / 1 23 / 18 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 289 166
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4 / 34 2 / 17
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.31 5.96
- Yards Per Completion 10.32 9.22
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 15 7 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 45 1 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 34 3 / 11
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 39 1 / 34
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 3 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 33
Time of Possession 21:35 38:24
Drive Charts
Crimson Tide
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:37 0:07 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
1 12:12 4:12 OWN 25 8 47 Field Goal
1 2:33 0:02 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
1 1:05 1:42 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 12:01 0:56 OWN 27 3 -18 Punt
2 3:33 2:46 OWN 25 11 53 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:25 OWN 29 3 3 Punt
3 12:32 3:02 OWN 33 6 18 Punt
3 1:52 4:01 OWN 25 6 18 Punt
4 9:30 1:32 OWN 31 3 3 Punt
4 4:47 1:00 OWN 23 3 3 Punt
4 1:50 1:50 OWN 29 7 71 Game
Wolfpack
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:23 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
1 13:30 1:18 OPP 7 3 7 Touchdown
1 7:59 5:26 OWN 25 11 38 Field Goal
1 2:31 1:26 OPP 27 3 8 Field Goal
2 14:23 2:23 OWN 31 3 6 Punt
2 11:04 7:31 OWN 39 13 61 Touchdown
2 0:47 0:47 OWN 25 3 23 Half
3 14:35 2:03 OWN 23 3 3 Punt
3 9:30 7:38 OWN 14 12 86 Touchdown
4 12:51 3:21 OWN 7 5 17 Punt
4 7:57 3:11 OWN 15 5 19 Punt
4 3:47 1:57 OWN 29 3 0 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#25 Keith Meyers 3 22 7.33 10 1 0
#28 John Fryer 5 19 3.80 7 0 0
Wolfpack
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#46 Jimmy Christensen 29 129 4.45 17 3 2
#26 Edward Silva 14 46 3.29 20 1 0
Passing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Wesley Briley 44 28 289 4 / 34 1 59 1 80.59
Wolfpack
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#5 James Elliott 23 18 166 2 / 17 2 55 0 125.72
Receiving Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#86 Ralph Day 7 117 16.71 59 0
#81 Todd Wang 6 39 6.50 19 0
#80 Andres Simmons 5 38 7.60 9 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 4 33 8.25 16 0
#87 Matthew Hammon 1 27 27.00 27 0
#28 John Fryer 2 14 7.00 9 1
#83 Terry Fraley 1 10 10.00 10 0
#82 Brandon Almazan 1 9 9.00 9 0
#25 Keith Meyers 1 2 2.00 2 0
Wolfpack
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 John Navarre 3 63 21.00 55 1
#16 Fred Ritzman 5 31 6.20 10 0
#46 Jimmy Christensen 2 29 14.50 16 0
#26 Edward Silva 2 13 6.50 8 0
#2 James Hernandez 2 11 5.50 11 0
#80 Patrick Jimmerson 1 7 7.00 7 0
#35 James Guest 1 5 5.00 5 0
#80 Jeffrey Juarez 1 4 4.00 4 1
#86 Ralph Davis 1 3 3.00 3 0
Blocking Stats
Crimson Tide
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Steven Green 57 18 1 1
#68 John Stewart 35 14 1 2
#58 Brian Martin 57 26 1 1
#28 John Fryer 19 11 0 1
#70 Kevin Smith 46 19 0 1
#78 Keith Miller 47 15 0 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 14 3 0 0
#25 Keith Meyers 3 2 0 0
#83 Terry Fraley 0 8 0 1
#62 Mark McCoin 31 8 0 1
#81 Todd Wang 0 12 0 1
#86 Ralph Day 0 11 0 0
#82 Brandon Almazan 0 3 0 0
#71 John Allen 9 2 0 0
#59 Kirk Galindo 11 2 0 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 3 3 0 1
#94 Matthew Peterson 3 0 0 0
#63 Shane Castro 4 0 0 0
#80 Andres Simmons 2 8 0 1
#69 Davis Russell 5 3 0 0
#45 James Blue 0 4 0 0
#33 Corey Plowman 0 4 0 0
#93 John Morehouse 0 2 0 0
#76 Herbert Scanlon 0 2 0 0
#57 David Currie 0 5 0 1
#98 James Ramirez 0 2 0 0
#32 Joshua Cole 0 1 0 0
Wolfpack
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#74 Larry Dean 27 44 1 3
#66 Ricky Drumm 4 5 1 1
#72 David Lewis 30 48 0 0
#63 Raymond Larson 36 43 0 2
#65 Stephen Huckabee 31 41 0 3
#53 Donald Thatcher 36 49 0 0
#80 Patrick Jimmerson 10 32 0 0
#2 James Hernandez 6 24 0 3
#81 John Navarre 0 21 0 1
#16 Fred Ritzman 0 18 0 1
#86 Ralph Davis 0 21 0 1
#46 Jimmy Christensen 14 8 0 1
#75 John Hummel 11 0 0 0
#78 Bruce Manning 6 0 0 0
#61 Arthur Evans 11 1 0 0
#77 David Deschamps 0 2 0 0
#50 Gregorio Heffner 1 2 0 0
#96 Irvin Johnson 2 2 0 0
#54 Dominick Bullard 0 3 0 0
#28 Stan Shulman 0 2 0 0
#91 Richard Jensen 0 1 0 0
#40 David Stevens 0 1 0 0
#35 James Guest 3 14 0 5
#80 Jeffrey Juarez 0 14 0 1
#31 Erasmo Adkins 0 1 0 0
#57 Peter Barham 0 2 0 0
#51 James Florian 1 1 0 0
#52 Marcus King 0 2 0 1
#98 Alton McGinnis 0 1 0 0
#55 Timmy Oden 0 1 0 0
#56 Dennis Chance 0 1 0 0
#26 Edward Silva 2 3 0 0
Interception Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Wolfpack
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#57 Peter Barham 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#16 Wesley Briley 1 0 0 0
#80 Andres Simmons 1 0 0 0
#28 John Fryer 1 0 0 0
#79 Steven Green 0 1 0 0
#45 James Blue 0 0 1 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 0 1 0 0
Wolfpack
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#46 Jimmy Christensen 1 1 0 0
#57 Peter Barham 0 1 1 0
#28 Stan Shulman 0 0 1 0
#80 Patrick Jimmerson 0 0 1 0
Punting
Crimson Tide
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Michael Bernard 6 288 48.00 46.33 52 3
Wolfpack
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 Mark Elliott 5 238 47.60 42.40 50 0
Kicking
Crimson Tide
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 James Sewell 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 46 1 / 1
Wolfpack
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#4 Joe Schramm 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 55 3 / 4
Punt Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#28 John Fryer 4 34 8.5 12 0
Wolfpack
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#46 Jimmy Christensen 3 11 3.7 6 0
Kick Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#28 John Fryer 1 39 39.0 0
Wolfpack
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#46 Jimmy Christensen 1 34 34.0 0
Defensive Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Tackles Sacks
#57 David Currie 11 0
#33 Corey Plowman 10 0
#45 James Blue 9 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 6 0
#98 James Ramirez 5 0
#32 Joshua Cole 5 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 4 0
#69 Davis Russell 3 0
#28 Donn Tucker 3 0
#71 John Allen 2 1
#62 Homer Grass 2 1
#79 Steven Green 1 0
#28 John Fryer 1 0
#2 James Sewell 1 0
#54 Sandy Schuster 1 0
#76 Herbert Scanlon 1 0
Wolfpack
Name Tackles Sacks
#38 George Gray 8 0
#31 Erasmo Adkins 7 0
#51 James Florian 7 0
#28 Stan Shulman 4 1
#39 David Simmons 3 0
#91 Richard Jensen 3 2
#57 Peter Barham 2 0
#96 Irvin Johnson 2 1
#80 Patrick Jimmerson 2 0
#40 David Stevens 1 0
#4 Joe Schramm 1 0
#52 Marcus King 1 0
#54 Dominick Bullard 1 0