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Week 3: Ohio State Buckeyes at Alabama Crimson Tide

September 18, 1927
76°
Bryant-Denny Stadium (Tuscaloosa, AL) Attendance: 81,761 (80%)
Buckeyes 3 0 7 3 - 13
Crimson Tide 0 6 0 3 - 9

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Buckeyes: 4-9-Ala 9 (6:12) 3-Bobby Brown 26 yard field goal is GOOD. Ala 0 OSt 3
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 4-7-OSt 7 (14:22) 4-Harry Rodgers 26 yard field goal is GOOD. OSt 75-William Meyer was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. Ala 3 OSt 3
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 4-4-OSt 35 (9:08) 4-Harry Rodgers 53 yard field goal is GOOD. Ala 6 OSt 3
(Qtr 3) Buckeyes: 2-1-Ala 0 (2:38) 34-William Etheredge ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Bobby Brown. Ala 6 OSt 10
(Qtr 4) Buckeyes: 4-7-Ala 20 (7:13) 3-Bobby Brown 37 yard field goal is GOOD. Ala 52-Leonard Briley was injured on the play. Ala 6 OSt 13
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 4-1-OSt 38 (3:16) 4-Harry Rodgers 56 yard field goal is GOOD. Ala 9 OSt 13

Team Statistics

Crimson Tide Buckeyes
First Downs 10 14
- Rushing 5 6
- Passing 5 6
- Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 184 191
- Offensive Plays 47 58
- Yards Per Play 3.91 3.29
Net Rushing Yards 100 98
- Rushing Attempts 26 36
- Yards Per Rush 3.85 2.72
Net Passing Yards 84 93
- Att/Comp/Int 20 / 14 / 0 21 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 92 98
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 1 / 5
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.00 4.23
- Yards Per Completion 6.57 6.13
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 8 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.1 5.7
4th Down Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 24 2 / 20
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 7 1 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 71 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 30
Time of Possession 25:14 34:47

Drive Charts

Alabama Crimson Tide

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 6:09 6:50 OWN 25 11 68 Field Goal
2 12:16 3:12 OWN 39 6 26 Field Goal
2 4:12 2:13 OWN 48 3 4 Punt
3 15:00 3:07 OWN 29 5 20 Punt
3 8:15 2:02 OWN 28 3 -8 Punt
3 3:27 0:03 OWN 7 1 0 Fumble
3 2:35 1:59 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 7:10 3:59 OWN 39 6 24 Field Goal
4 1:49 1:49 OWN 24 9 39 Game

Ohio State Buckeyes

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 8:51 OWN 25 15 66 Field Goal
2 14:20 2:04 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
2 9:04 4:52 OWN 25 7 34 Missed FG
2 2:00 1:59 OWN 13 3 10 Punt
3 11:53 3:37 OWN 0 6 23 Punt
3 6:13 2:47 OWN 35 6 10 Punt
3 3:24 0:48 OPP 5 2 5 Touchdown
3 0:37 8:27 OWN 28 13 52 Field Goal
4 3:11 1:22 OWN 25 3 2 Punt

Rushing Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Louis Martinez 7 36 5.14 18 2 0
John Dean 5 32 6.40 14 2 0
Juan Holiday 14 32 2.29 11 2 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Etheredge 15 53 3.53 12 1 1
Russell Yowell 21 45 2.14 10 1 0

Passing Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Carl Aitken 20 14 92 1 / 8 0 12 0 79.58

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ronald Oneill 21 16 98 1 / 5 0 13 0 85.02

Receiving Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Shawn Schwab 2 21 10.50 12 0
Vernon Scarberry 2 19 9.50 12 0
Juan Holiday 4 16 4.00 7 0
David Simmons 2 12 6.00 8 0
John Dean 2 10 5.00 7 0
Louis Martinez 1 9 9.00 9 0
Joseph Heckel 1 5 5.00 5 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Carlos Galeano 4 31 7.75 13 0
Russell Yowell 3 15 5.00 8 0
Paul Miller 2 15 7.50 11 0
Michael Bermudez 3 13 4.33 7 0
Earl Wright 2 10 5.00 5 0
William Etheredge 1 10 10.00 10 0
Beau Baker 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Gerald Havens 23 28 1 2
John Hintz 25 30 0 5
Tyler Wells 5 0 0 0
Leonard Briley 0 1 0 0
Craig Knight 0 2 0 0
Jeremy Brassard 0 2 0 0
Matthew Jones 0 2 0 0
John Runyon 0 2 0 0
Marc Pace 0 2 0 0
William Kline 1 3 0 0
Barry Sandoval 0 3 0 0
Jason Gonzales 0 2 0 0
Justin Rivers 0 3 0 0
Scott Pinto 1 3 0 0
Ben Cass 7 0 0 0
Juan Holiday 4 4 0 1
Vernon Scarberry 0 10 0 0
Shawn Schwab 2 22 0 0
Louis Martinez 4 6 0 0
John Dean 11 15 0 1
William Burton 14 16 0 2
Steven Cole 1 7 0 0
David Simmons 0 8 0 1
Michael Buterbaugh 28 33 0 2
Thomas Pennington 0 17 0 0
Austin Teachout 28 29 0 1
James Moore 18 17 0 0
David Herrera 1 1 0 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ronald Merrill 31 40 1 4
Kyle Weber 25 36 0 1
Alfonso Williams 4 0 0 0
Andre Tillery 0 1 0 0
James Smith 0 1 0 0
Donald Shields 0 1 0 0
Michael Lloyd 0 1 0 0
Russell Yowell 3 0 0 0
Justin Hick 4 1 0 0
Jeremy Schlater 9 0 0 0
Marlon Montana 9 4 0 0
Allan Hoffman 9 0 0 0
William Etheredge 1 2 0 0
Pablo Nova 31 33 0 2
Shawn Howard 0 8 0 0
Timothy Beaty 1 6 0 0
Beau Baker 0 21 0 0
Paul Miller 0 9 0 0
Carlos Galeano 0 15 0 0
Earl Wright 3 35 0 2
Michael Bermudez 15 25 0 0
Kyle Bratcher 26 39 0 2
James Delph 22 39 0 3
Vernon Edwards 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Ohio State Buckeyes

Fumble Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Juan Holiday 1 0 0 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Randall Smith 0 1 1 0

Punting

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jose Bolles 4 176 44.00 42.25 50 2

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Micheal Sloan 5 235 47.00 45.60 48 1

Kicking

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Harry Rodgers 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 56 0 / 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bobby Brown 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 37 1 / 1

Punt Return

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Thomas 1 7 7.0 7 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Carlos Galeano 1 8 8.0 8 0

Kick Return

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Thomas 2 71 35.5 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Defensive Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Tackles Sacks
Richard Poindexter 7 0
Leonard Briley 6 0
Matthew Jones 6 0
John Runyon 6 0
Scott Pinto 4 1
Rocky Gomez 4 0
Craig Knight 4 0
Barry Sandoval 3 0
Allen Mata 2 0
Marc Pace 2 0
Michael Clark 2 0
Jason Gonzales 2 0
William Kline 2 0
Jeremy Brassard 2 0
Juan Holiday 1 0
John Laird 1 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Tackles Sacks
Randall Smith 7 0
Donald Shields 6 0
Justin Hick 3 0
Stanley Nelson 3 0
Chi Elam 3 0
James Smith 3 0
Michael Moore 3 0
Kevin Hamel 3 1
Michael Winters 2 0
Marlon Montana 2 0
William McDonald 1 0
Matthew Dole 1 0
Michael Lloyd 1 0
Andre Tillery 1 0
Bobby Brown 1 0
Keith Parry 1 0
James Johnson 1 0
Larry Woodward 1 0