Regular Season Week 2: Fighting Irish at Crimson Tide
September 15, 1940 67° Bryant-Denny Stadium
Attendance: 81,688 (82%)
Fighting Irish 3 6 7 0 - 16
Crimson Tide 0 0 0 0 - 0
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Fighting Irish: 4-2-ALA 40 (9:58) 10-Jose Quijada 58 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 95-Leandro Buffum was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. ALA 0 NDI 3
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 4-1-ALA 30 (8:14) 10-Jose Quijada 48 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 0 NDI 6
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 4-1-ALA 23 (3:18) 10-Jose Quijada 41 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 0 NDI 9
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 3-1-ALA 1 (1:34) 21-Keith Meyers ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Jose Quijada. ALA 0 NDI 16
Team Statistics
Crimson Tide Fighting Irish
First Downs 11 16
- Rushing 2 7
- Passing 9 7
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 204 286
- Offensive Plays 55 63
- Yards Per Play 3.71 4.54
Net Rushing Yards 35 152
- Rushing Attempts 17 40
- Yards Per Rush 2.06 3.80
Net Passing Yards 169 134
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 21 / 2 22 / 18 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 192 141
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 23 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.45 5.83
- Yards Per Completion 9.14 7.83
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 14 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.5 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 18 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 7
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 10
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 25
Time of Possession 24:20 35:40
Drive Charts
Crimson Tide
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:53 5:32 OWN 25 8 47 Missed FG
1 3:38 2:09 OPP 42 3 1 Punt
2 14:53 2:39 OWN 38 5 18 Fumble
2 8:10 1:28 OWN 25 4 18 Interception
2 3:14 2:11 OWN 25 6 21 Punt
3 15:00 2:22 OWN 25 5 16 Punt
3 9:21 1:23 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
3 1:31 1:38 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
4 11:29 3:11 OWN 20 9 59 Interception
4 6:03 1:04 OWN 41 6 16 Punt
4 1:54 0:43 OWN 36 3 -1 Punt
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:07 OWN 25 8 35 Field Goal
1 4:21 0:43 OWN 35 3 0 Fumble
1 1:29 1:36 OWN 2 3 8 Punt
2 12:15 4:04 OWN 39 6 32 Field Goal
2 6:43 3:28 OPP 46 5 23 Field Goal
2 1:03 1:03 OWN 20 2 11 Half
3 12:38 3:16 OWN 15 6 33 Punt
3 7:58 6:27 OWN 35 11 65 Touchdown
4 14:53 3:25 OWN 20 6 26 Punt
4 8:17 2:14 OWN 24 3 -3 Punt
4 5:00 3:06 OWN 9 5 13 Punt
4 1:11 1:11 OWN 21 5 34 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#24 Darin Gardner 11 29 2.64 11 1 0
#87 Matthew Hammon 2 7 3.50 6 0 0
#83 John Martinez 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
#81 Jamaal Darnell 3 -1 -0.33 0 0 0
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#21 Keith Meyers 24 103 4.29 12 6 1
#23 Bradley Delgado 13 48 3.69 11 2 0
#39 Fred Morales 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
#17 John Bishop 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#16 Wesley Briley 35 21 192 3 / 23 0 31 2 51.13
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 John Bishop 22 18 141 1 / 7 0 26 0 93.37
Receiving Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#83 John Martinez 7 91 13.00 25 0
#80 Fred Bair 1 31 31.00 31 0
#24 Darin Gardner 4 28 7.00 16 0
#86 Ralph Day 4 24 6.00 12 0
#81 Jamaal Darnell 4 16 4.00 8 0
#81 Todd Wang 1 2 2.00 2 0
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#88 Gerald Knecht 5 62 12.40 26 0
#21 Keith Meyers 4 25 6.25 14 0
#23 Bradley Delgado 2 18 9.00 16 0
#83 Robert Roof 1 11 11.00 11 0
#89 Ryan Charbonneau 3 10 3.33 5 0
#39 Fred Morales 1 9 9.00 9 0
#84 Michael Miller 1 4 4.00 4 0
#13 Allen Helfrich 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Crimson Tide
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#62 Mark McCoin 33 18 1 2
#62 Walter Layfield 43 23 1 2
#83 John Martinez 2 14 1 1
#58 Brian Martin 45 29 0 1
#70 Kevin Smith 38 24 0 0
#78 Keith Miller 38 20 0 0
#24 Darin Gardner 13 6 0 0
#86 Ralph Day 3 13 0 0
#81 Todd Wang 0 13 0 0
#81 Jamaal Darnell 8 12 0 0
#79 Steven Green 25 10 0 1
#59 Kirk Galindo 8 0 0 0
#68 John Stewart 8 1 0 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 1 1 0 0
#94 Matthew Peterson 2 1 0 0
#63 Shane Castro 5 0 0 0
#33 Corey Plowman 0 2 0 0
#57 David Currie 0 1 0 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 0 1 0 0
#28 Donn Tucker 0 1 0 0
#69 Davis Russell 5 1 0 0
#87 Matthew Hammon 3 2 0 0
#80 Fred Bair 0 3 0 0
#88 Peter Thompson 1 0 0 0
#45 James Blue 0 1 0 1
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Paul Stewart 31 41 1 1
#39 Fred Morales 9 23 0 1
#73 Cornelius Wooten 32 40 0 0
#62 Timothy Gardener 32 41 0 1
#65 Paul Augustine 31 36 0 2
#67 Francis Kircher 32 45 0 3
#88 Gerald Knecht 0 33 0 0
#89 Ryan Charbonneau 0 20 0 0
#13 Allen Helfrich 0 27 0 0
#84 Michael Miller 0 10 0 1
#21 Keith Meyers 9 7 0 0
#83 Robert Roof 7 18 0 0
#91 Peter Reed 9 5 0 0
#57 Craig Matos 9 1 0 0
#52 Steve McGinnis 4 2 0 1
#23 Bradley Delgado 7 9 0 0
#51 Stanley Ford 1 2 0 0
#76 Charles Wilson 0 3 0 0
#25 George Viles 0 1 0 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 0 2 0 0
#56 Don Stauffer 0 1 0 0
#26 Gregory Humphreys 0 1 0 0
#69 Luis Buck 0 1 0 0
#20 Kendrick Quinn 0 2 0 0
#30 Michael Jones 0 2 0 0
#53 Bruce Greaves 0 2 0 1
#82 James Junkins 0 4 0 0
#80 Larry Newsom 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#52 Steve McGinnis 1 10 10.00 0
#32 Harley Quinn 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#87 Matthew Hammon 1 0 0 0
#81 Todd Wang 1 1 0 0
#45 James Blue 0 1 0 0
#33 Corey Plowman 0 0 1 0
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#21 Keith Meyers 1 0 0 0
#52 Steve McGinnis 0 1 1 0
Punting
Crimson Tide
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Michael Bernard 7 316 45.14 41.29 54 4
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Joseph Sanchez 5 241 48.20 40.20 55 0
Kicking
Crimson Tide
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 James Sewell 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 0 / 0
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#10 Jose Quijada 3 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 1 58 1 / 1
Punt Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#23 Bradley Delgado 2 7 3.5 6 0
Kick Return
Crimson Tide
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Crimson Tide
Name Tackles Sacks
#33 Corey Plowman 12 0
#91 Timothy Wheeler 7 0
#57 David Currie 6 0
#45 James Blue 6 0
#37 William Smith 5 0
#54 Sandy Schuster 4 0
#62 Homer Grass 4 0
#28 Donn Tucker 3 0
#95 Leandro Buffum 3 0
#56 Nathaniel Scarbrough 3 0
#69 Davis Russell 2 1
#55 David Vandeusen 2 0
#78 Keith Miller 1 0
#17 Christopher Matthews 1 0
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#52 Steve McGinnis 6 0
#42 Nathan Stevenson 5 0
#94 Michael Oh 5 0
#20 Kendrick Quinn 5 0
#26 Gregory Humphreys 5 0
#30 Michael Jones 4 0
#76 Charles Wilson 4 2
#25 George Viles 3 0
#67 Francis Kircher 1 0
#69 Luis Buck 1 0
#91 Peter Reed 1 0
#99 Christopher Royce 1 0
#96 Nigel Brewer 1 1