Pre-Season Week 1: Badgers at Crimson Tide
August 24, 1940 83° Bryant-Denny Stadium
Attendance: 60,096 (60%)
Badgers 3 0 3 6 - 12
Crimson Tide 0 3 3 0 - 6
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Badgers: 4-4-ALA 27 (4:49) 16-Tony Stone 45 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 0 Wis 3
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 4-8-Wis 9 (7:56) 2-James Sewell 27 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 3 Wis 3
(Qtr 3) Crimson Tide: 4-10-Wis 27 (13:50) 7-Sylvester Osborn 45 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 6 Wis 3
(Qtr 3) Badgers: 4-3-ALA 26 (0:47) 8-Manuel Johnson 44 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 6 Wis 6
(Qtr 4) Badgers: 4-1-ALA 17 (8:25) 8-Manuel Johnson 34 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 6 Wis 9
(Qtr 4) Badgers: 4-15-ALA 38 (1:56) 8-Manuel Johnson 55 yard field goal is GOOD. Wis 60-Jeffery Fidler was injured on the play. ALA 6 Wis 12
Team Statistics
Crimson Tide Badgers
First Downs 11 10
- Rushing 3 6
- Passing 6 2
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 182 164
- Offensive Plays 59 65
- Yards Per Play 3.08 2.52
Net Rushing Yards 40 76
- Rushing Attempts 15 36
- Yards Per Rush 2.67 2.11
Net Passing Yards 142 88
- Att/Comp/Int 42 / 23 / 0 28 / 19 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 157 98
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 15 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.23 3.03
- Yards Per Completion 6.83 5.16
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 15 6 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 5.9
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 4 / 26
Punt Returns/Yards 3 / 29 4 / 47
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 34
Time of Possession 24:17 35:43
Drive Charts
Crimson Tide
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:04 OWN 25 4 15 Punt
1 9:47 2:10 OWN 23 3 1 Punt
1 4:45 2:06 OWN 25 4 20 Punt
1 1:43 1:36 OWN 38 3 10 Punt
2 13:31 0:09 OWN 39 2 0 Fumble
2 11:32 3:39 OWN 49 8 42 Field Goal
2 4:15 0:58 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
2 1:53 1:53 OWN 9 4 11 Half
3 14:44 0:58 OWN 35 4 38 Field Goal
3 9:43 1:03 OWN 47 5 8 Punt
3 0:43 3:35 OWN 25 7 32 Punt
4 10:32 0:05 OWN 40 1 0 Fumble
4 8:22 1:25 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
4 1:52 1:36 OWN 25 8 16 Downs
Badgers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:56 2:09 OWN 20 3 1 Punt
1 7:37 2:52 OPP 45 5 18 Field Goal
1 2:40 0:57 OWN 20 3 1 Punt
1 0:06 1:35 OWN 9 3 4 Punt
2 13:22 1:50 50 3 9 Missed FG
2 7:53 3:38 OWN 25 6 18 Punt
2 3:17 1:23 OWN 36 3 6 Punt
3 15:00 0:16 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 13:46 4:03 OWN 25 7 35 Missed FG
3 8:41 7:57 OWN 20 13 54 Field Goal
4 12:08 1:36 OWN 20 3 -4 Punt
4 10:27 2:05 OPP 26 3 9 Field Goal
4 6:57 5:06 OWN 39 9 23 Field Goal
4 0:16 0:16 OPP 41 1 -2 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#24 Darin Gardner 5 20 4.00 12 1 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 4 15 3.75 12 1 0
#34 Michael Buchanan 6 5 0.83 4 0 0
Badgers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#40 Edison Salmons 11 30 2.73 8 0 0
#30 Frank Applegate 10 25 2.50 10 1 0
#39 Douglas Hively 11 21 1.91 9 0 0
#25 Donald Barton 3 0 0.00 1 0 0
#15 John Heiman 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Wesley Briley 20 12 80 0 / 0 0 13 0 68.75
#17 Christopher Matthews 22 11 77 2 / 15 0 38 0 58.33
Badgers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#15 John Heiman 15 10 54 0 / 0 0 9 0 72.64
#13 James Dicks 13 9 44 1 / 10 0 9 0 73.88
Receiving Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#34 Michael Buchanan 2 43 21.50 38 0
#24 Darin Gardner 4 22 5.50 7 0
#87 Matthew Hammon 2 20 10.00 17 0
#81 Todd Wang 4 18 4.50 11 0
#86 Ralph Day 2 14 7.00 13 0
#27 Daniel Hansen 4 11 2.75 12 0
#80 Fred Bair 1 9 9.00 9 0
#83 John Martinez 1 9 9.00 9 0
#81 Jamaal Darnell 2 8 4.00 6 0
#88 Peter Thompson 1 3 3.00 3 0
Badgers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 Donte Mitchell 4 31 7.75 9 0
#80 Donald Brown 4 20 5.00 8 0
#85 Jose Salinas 2 14 7.00 9 0
#84 Melvin Borton 2 12 6.00 9 0
#86 Orville Seely 1 9 9.00 9 0
#40 Edison Salmons 2 7 3.50 5 0
#30 Frank Applegate 4 5 1.25 3 0
Blocking Stats
Crimson Tide
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Steven Green 52 32 1 2
#24 Darin Gardner 6 3 0 1
#34 Michael Buchanan 16 7 0 0
#58 Brian Martin 26 16 0 0
#70 Kevin Smith 17 9 0 1
#62 Walter Layfield 26 19 0 0
#78 Keith Miller 20 12 0 2
#27 Daniel Hansen 15 9 0 0
#83 John Martinez 4 13 0 1
#80 Fred Bair 1 9 0 1
#87 Matthew Hammon 1 7 0 0
#81 Jamaal Darnell 0 8 0 0
#59 Kirk Galindo 17 7 0 0
#68 John Stewart 34 6 0 0
#62 Mark McCoin 32 5 0 1
#63 Shane Castro 16 3 0 0
#94 Matthew Peterson 6 3 0 0
#86 Ralph Day 0 4 0 0
#81 Todd Wang 0 10 0 0
#69 Davis Russell 1 0 0 0
#90 Michael Fields 0 2 0 0
#65 Tony Mayer 31 8 0 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 1 0 0 0
#71 John Allen 1 0 0 0
#88 Peter Thompson 2 1 0 0
#64 Jose Johnson 4 0 0 0
#96 William Durso 1 0 0 0
#48 Richard Boone 0 1 0 0
#66 Robert Lindemann 2 0 0 0
Badgers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#77 Alvin Cruz 14 11 1 1
#93 Richard Kennedy 2 3 0 0
#28 Terry Vargas 0 3 0 0
#48 Carl Mead 0 2 0 0
#47 Drew Squier 1 4 0 1
#53 David Braun 0 3 0 3
#46 Tony Ybanez 0 4 0 0
#71 Kevin Bradford 27 29 0 3
#14 Donte Mitchell 0 17 0 2
#30 Frank Applegate 18 15 0 2
#59 Nicholas Slaven 14 14 0 2
#75 Richard Deutsch 13 15 0 0
#66 Kenneth Stewart 14 15 0 1
#40 Edison Salmons 4 0 0 0
#77 Donald Tucker 36 33 0 2
#60 Jeffery Fidler 13 0 0 0
#80 Donald Brown 16 29 0 0
#63 Frankie Persaud 14 2 0 0
#75 Robert Fernandez 13 0 0 0
#73 Edward Cates 0 2 0 0
#58 Ronald Crocker 0 2 0 0
#49 Rodger Coleman 0 3 0 0
#25 Donald Barton 2 16 0 1
#86 Robert Burton 0 18 0 1
#10 William Gillian 0 2 0 0
#54 Thomas Morgan 20 17 0 1
#61 William Pry 23 24 0 2
#39 Douglas Hively 5 12 0 0
#68 Frank Gilleland 0 1 0 1
#50 Frank McFarland 0 2 0 0
#90 James Guerrero 0 1 0 0
#84 Melvin Borton 0 2 0 0
#69 Mark Grant 14 22 0 2
#55 Eric Sears 7 11 0 1
#78 Matthew Patterson 3 3 0 0
#86 Orville Seely 0 13 0 0
#85 Jose Salinas 0 6 0 0
#74 Simon Woods 0 1 0 0
#92 Derrick Eller 0 1 0 0
#12 Brent Jones 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Badgers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#83 John Martinez 1 0 0 0
#17 Christopher Matthews 1 0 0 0
Badgers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#73 Edward Cates 0 2 1 0
#99 Robert Paladino 0 0 1 0
Punting
Crimson Tide
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Michael Bernard 8 385 48.13 33.00 62 1
Badgers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 Gary Moore 7 367 52.43 45.00 61 1
Kicking
Crimson Tide
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Sylvester Osborn 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 0 / 0
#2 James Sewell 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 27 0 / 0
Badgers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#8 Manuel Johnson 3 / 4 2 / 3 1 / 2 55 0 / 0
#16 Tony Stone 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 45 0 / 0
Punt Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#81 Todd Wang 3 29 9.7 11 0
Badgers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#39 Douglas Hively 4 47 11.8 28 0
Kick Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Badgers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Tackles Sacks
#90 Michael Fields 8 0
#48 Richard Boone 6 0
#69 Davis Russell 4 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 4 0
#54 Sandy Schuster 4 0
#28 Donn Tucker 4 0
#97 Robert Gonzalez 4 0
#52 Jay Bennet 4 0
#57 David Currie 3 0
#32 Joshua Cole 3 0
#96 William Durso 3 0
#59 Kirk Galindo 2 0
#71 John Allen 2 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 2 0
#94 Matthew Peterson 2 0
#95 Leandro Buffum 1 1
#58 Brian Martin 1 0
#33 Corey Plowman 1 0
#83 John Martinez 1 0
#49 Peter Joyce 1 0
#65 Tony Mayer 1 0
Badgers
Name Tackles Sacks
#99 Robert Paladino 6 1
#46 Tony Ybanez 4 0
#46 William Appleton 4 0
#90 James Guerrero 3 0
#92 Derrick Eller 3 0
#48 Carl Mead 3 0
#47 Drew Squier 3 0
#35 Corey Bartley 2 0
#73 Edward Cates 2 1
#50 Frank McFarland 2 0
#53 David Braun 2 0
#93 Richard Kennedy 2 0
#31 Clarence Wagoner 2 0
#28 Terry Vargas 1 0
#30 Frank Applegate 1 0
#49 Rodger Coleman 1 0