Bowl Week: Crimson Tide at Tigers
December 24, 1939 42° Jordan-Hare Stadium
Attendance: 82,469 (94%)
Crimson Tide 7 3 3 7 - 20
Tigers 3 3 0 6 - 12
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Tigers: 4-4-ALA 12 (7:47) 18-Anthony Wilson 31 yard field goal is GOOD. AUB 3 ALA 0
(Qtr 1) Crimson Tide: 2-10-AUB 11 (2:17) 16-Wesley Briley pass complete to 87-Matthew Hammon to AUB 0 for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. AUB 3 ALA 7
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 4-8-AUB 18 (10:55) 2-James Sewell 36 yard field goal is GOOD. AUB 3 ALA 10
(Qtr 2) Tigers: 2-2-ALA 2 (0:05) 18-Anthony Wilson 20 yard field goal is GOOD. AUB 6 ALA 10
(Qtr 3) Crimson Tide: 4-1-AUB 35 (6:00) 2-James Sewell 53 yard field goal is GOOD. AUB 6 ALA 13
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 3-16-AUB 14 (10:03) 15-Jose Owens pass INTERCEPTED by 56-Nathaniel Scarbrough at AUB 18. 56-Nathaniel Scarbrough to AUB 0 for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Sewell. AUB 6 ALA 20
(Qtr 4) Tigers: 4-17-ALA 31 (4:43) 18-Anthony Wilson 49 yard field goal is GOOD. AUB 9 ALA 20
(Qtr 4) Tigers: 4-10-ALA 20 (3:05) 18-Anthony Wilson 39 yard field goal is GOOD. AUB 12 ALA 20
Team Statistics
Tigers Crimson Tide
First Downs 20 14
- Rushing 5 6
- Passing 12 7
- Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 253 207
- Offensive Plays 65 60
- Yards Per Play 3.89 3.45
Net Rushing Yards 99 95
- Rushing Attempts 19 28
- Yards Per Rush 5.21 3.39
Net Passing Yards 154 112
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 27 / 4 30 / 19 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 200 131
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 46 2 / 19
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.35 3.50
- Yards Per Completion 7.41 6.89
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 3 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.0 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 30 2 / 23
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 2 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 72 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 4 / 17
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 40
Time of Possession 23:33 36:29
Drive Charts
Tigers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:38 OWN 27 3 4 Punt
1 11:16 3:32 OWN 37 7 50 Field Goal
1 5:33 2:35 OWN 21 6 28 Interception
1 2:14 1:29 OWN 25 3 -11 Punt
2 10:52 1:36 OWN 29 3 -3 Punt
2 8:23 2:18 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
2 3:33 3:30 OWN 14 10 84 Field Goal
3 14:13 2:17 OWN 26 3 7 Punt
3 5:56 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 4:29 3:06 OWN 12 5 39 Punt
4 11:19 1:24 OWN 20 3 -7 Interception
4 1:47 0:04 OWN 20 1 0 Interception
Crimson Tide
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:22 2:07 OWN 25 6 28 Interception
1 7:44 2:11 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
1 2:58 0:44 OPP 33 3 33 Touchdown
1 0:45 4:53 OWN 42 8 40 Field Goal
2 9:16 0:53 OWN 26 3 11 Punt
2 6:05 2:31 OWN 27 5 17 Punt
2 0:03 0:03 OWN 25 1 1 Half
3 15:00 0:47 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 11:56 6:00 OWN 18 9 47 Field Goal
3 5:52 1:24 OPP 36 3 -6 Punt
3 1:23 5:04 OWN 20 8 22 Punt
4 9:56 5:17 OPP 25 10 -44 Field Goal
4 4:39 1:37 OWN 31 8 -11 Field Goal
4 3:02 1:15 OPP 43 3 2 Punt
4 1:43 1:43 OPP 31 5 10 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Tigers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#41 Brian Walters 13 45 3.46 10 2 0
#15 Jose Owens 2 38 19.00 24 2 0
#43 Charles Sumner 4 16 4.00 10 1 0
Crimson Tide
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#25 Keith Meyers 5 39 7.80 22 2 0
#28 John Fryer 17 31 1.82 9 0 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 4 25 6.25 13 1 0
#16 Wesley Briley 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Tigers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#15 Jose Owens 41 27 200 5 / 46 0 19 4 37.70
Crimson Tide
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Wesley Briley 30 19 131 2 / 19 1 14 1 70.28
Receiving Stats
Tigers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#41 Brian Walters 7 48 6.86 14 0
#48 Anthony Frank 3 40 13.33 16 0
#83 Timothy Schmitz 4 37 9.25 12 0
#82 Scott Crader 2 23 11.50 19 0
#43 Charles Sumner 3 15 5.00 13 0
#81 Steven Townsend 4 13 3.25 5 0
#88 Wilbert Bethea 1 9 9.00 9 0
#87 Douglas Chapman 1 9 9.00 9 0
#12 Frank Bailey 2 6 3.00 3 0
Crimson Tide
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#27 Daniel Hansen 6 56 9.33 14 0
#86 Ralph Day 5 18 3.60 6 0
#80 Andres Simmons 2 16 8.00 8 0
#28 John Fryer 2 16 8.00 13 0
#83 Terry Fraley 3 14 4.67 7 0
#87 Matthew Hammon 1 11 11.00 11 1
Blocking Stats
Tigers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#57 Terry Herring 58 29 3 3
#63 Pat Johnston 53 24 1 4
#66 Charles Halfacre 6 2 1 1
#29 Anthony Davis 0 2 0 0
#95 Dale Wagner 0 2 0 0
#53 Kevin Spohn 10 2 0 0
#99 Howard Dolan 0 3 0 0
#98 Dustin McNamara 4 4 0 1
#44 Keith Toussaint 0 2 0 0
#54 Joshua Karr 4 4 0 0
#33 Daniel Zepeda 5 5 0 0
#55 Benjamin Mendelson 0 2 0 1
#65 Rene Graves 0 2 0 0
#67 Kevin McCafferty 58 25 0 0
#77 Douglas Anderson 58 30 0 1
#41 Brian Walters 10 5 0 0
#58 Quincy Perez 43 19 0 3
#81 Steven Townsend 0 17 0 0
#82 Scott Crader 0 12 0 1
#12 Frank Bailey 0 9 0 0
#68 Alan Johnson 10 0 0 0
#37 John Glover 0 1 0 0
#84 Dennis Green 1 6 0 0
#48 Anthony Frank 12 13 0 0
#83 Timothy Schmitz 6 19 0 1
#43 Charles Sumner 6 2 0 0
#28 Steven Morano 6 5 0 0
#61 Daniel Tapia 5 2 0 0
#94 Kyle Slama 0 1 0 0
#88 Wilbert Bethea 0 5 0 1
Crimson Tide
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Steven Green 43 28 1 2
#58 Brian Martin 43 33 0 1
#70 Kevin Smith 32 29 0 3
#62 Walter Layfield 43 31 0 3
#78 Keith Miller 32 31 0 0
#28 John Fryer 11 13 0 0
#25 Keith Meyers 3 7 0 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 9 8 0 1
#86 Ralph Day 0 10 0 0
#80 Andres Simmons 4 24 0 0
#82 Brandon Almazan 0 8 0 2
#68 John Stewart 11 0 0 0
#93 John Morehouse 3 2 0 0
#94 Matthew Peterson 11 2 0 0
#62 Mark McCoin 11 0 0 0
#71 John Allen 4 2 0 0
#62 Homer Grass 0 1 0 0
#87 Matthew Hammon 0 7 0 2
#59 Kirk Galindo 7 1 0 1
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 3 2 0 0
#33 Corey Plowman 0 2 0 0
#83 Terry Fraley 0 7 0 0
#45 James Blue 0 3 0 1
#57 David Currie 0 3 0 0
#32 Joshua Cole 0 3 0 1
#98 James Ramirez 0 1 0 0
#76 Herbert Scanlon 0 1 0 0
#28 Donn Tucker 0 1 0 0
#64 Jose Johnson 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Tigers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#53 Kevin Spohn 1 1 1.00 0
Crimson Tide
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 2 16 8.00 1
#32 Joshua Cole 1 1 1.00 0
#54 Sandy Schuster 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Tigers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#54 Joshua Karr 0 0 1 0
#87 Douglas Chapman 0 1 0 0
Crimson Tide
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#28 John Fryer 2 2 0 0
#25 Keith Meyers 1 0 0 0
#83 Terry Fraley 0 1 0 0
Punting
Tigers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#7 Jan Gehring 6 288 48.00 43.67 53 0
Crimson Tide
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Michael Bernard 7 326 46.57 37.57 63 2
Kicking
Tigers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#18 Anthony Wilson 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 0 / 0
Crimson Tide
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 James Sewell 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 53 2 / 2
Punt Return
Tigers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#41 Brian Walters 1 2 2.0 2 0
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Tigers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#82 Scott Crader 2 72 36.0 0
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Tigers
Name Tackles Sacks
#54 Joshua Karr 7 0
#44 Keith Toussaint 6 1
#53 Kevin Spohn 6 0
#33 Daniel Zepeda 5 0
#93 Ralph Quintana 5 0
#37 John Glover 4 0
#29 Anthony Davis 3 0
#39 John See 3 0
#81 Steven Townsend 2 0
#95 Dale Wagner 2 0
#43 Charles Sumner 1 0
#65 Rene Graves 1 0
#98 Dustin McNamara 1 0
#69 Francesco Brown 1 0
#82 Scott Crader 1 0
#99 Howard Dolan 1 0
#94 Kyle Slama 1 1
Crimson Tide
Name Tackles Sacks
#33 Corey Plowman 7 0
#57 David Currie 5 0
#32 Joshua Cole 5 0
#45 James Blue 4 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 4 0
#28 Donn Tucker 4 0
#93 John Morehouse 4 3
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 4 0
#54 Sandy Schuster 3 0
#98 James Ramirez 3 0
#76 Herbert Scanlon 2 1
#94 Matthew Peterson 2 0
#95 Leandro Buffum 2 0
#71 John Allen 2 1
#80 Andres Simmons 1 0
#9 Richard Conklin 1 0
#83 Terry Fraley 1 0