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Preseason Week 3: Ohio State Buckeyes at Alabama Crimson Tide

August 30, 2031
80°
Bryant Denny Stadium (Tuscaloosa, AL) Attendance: 57,992 (58%)
Buckeyes 7 7 0 0 - 14
Crimson Tide 0 7 0 10 - 17

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Buckeyes: 2-1-ALA 0 (1:28) 25-Jeffrey Smotherman ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Paul Grubbs. ALA 0 OSU 7
(Qtr 2) Buckeyes: 1-4-ALA 4 (11:42) 39-Brian Nelson ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Paul Grubbs. ALA 0 OSU 14
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 3-5-OSU 5 (3:23) 10-Mark Mello pass complete to 44-Kenneth Berry for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Neil Jamison. ALA 7 OSU 14
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 2-6-OSU 6 (14:27) 27-Louis Crowder ran for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Neil Jamison. ALA 14 OSU 14
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 4-4-OSU 15 (0:24) 15-Neil Jamison 33 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 17 OSU 14

Team Statistics

Crimson Tide Buckeyes
First Downs 16 7
- Rushing 8 4
- Passing 8 2
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 288 129
- Offensive Plays 76 53
- Yards Per Play 3.79 2.43
Net Rushing Yards 155 88
- Rushing Attempts 42 24
- Yards Per Rush 3.69 3.67
Net Passing Yards 133 41
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 15 / 2 26 / 9 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 163 64
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 30 3 / 23
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.91 1.41
- Yards Per Completion 10.87 7.11
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 18 1 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.1 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 11 4 / 23
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 21 4 / 31
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 29 1 / 25
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 31
Time of Possession 36:28 23:32

Drive Charts

Alabama Crimson Tide

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:59 3:33 OWN 2 5 21 Punt
1 6:54 1:27 OWN 13 3 -7 Punt
1 1:25 2:13 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
2 12:36 0:06 OWN 8 1 0 Interception
2 11:39 8:21 OWN 30 16 70 Touchdown
2 1:11 1:11 OWN 11 2 2 Half
3 15:00 0:48 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 12:38 2:11 OWN 37 5 15 Punt
3 8:26 2:32 OWN 38 5 18 Punt
3 4:16 4:53 OWN 26 10 74 Touchdown
4 13:01 0:51 OWN 46 3 9 Interception
4 11:13 4:38 OWN 21 8 35 Punt
4 5:37 2:07 OWN 37 3 9 Punt
4 1:54 1:33 OWN 37 8 48 Field Goal
4 0:04 0:04 OPP 23 1 0 Game

Ohio State Buckeyes

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:01 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
1 8:26 1:32 OWN 41 3 -1 Punt
1 5:27 4:02 OWN 49 7 51 Touchdown
2 14:12 1:36 OWN 40 3 7 Punt
2 12:31 0:51 OPP 21 3 21 Touchdown
2 3:18 2:07 OWN 25 5 19 Punt
3 14:12 1:34 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
3 10:27 2:01 OWN 9 3 5 Punt
3 5:53 1:37 OWN 20 3 5 Punt
4 14:23 1:23 OWN 25 3 -19 Punt
4 12:10 0:57 OWN 40 3 0 Punt
4 6:35 0:58 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
4 3:30 1:36 OWN 7 5 8 Punt
4 0:21 0:17 OWN 23 4 13 Downs

Rushing Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Louis Crowder 21 88 4.19 19 2 1
Victor Boss 11 43 3.91 16 1 0
Kenneth Berry 7 28 4.00 10 1 0
Lee Carver 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Andrew Griggs 2 -4 -2.00 0 0 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Brian Nelson 10 44 4.40 25 1 1
John Merida 13 44 3.38 11 1 0
Jeffrey Smotherman 1 0 0.00 0 0 1

Passing Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Lee Carver 22 11 136 1 / 9 0 27 1 50.57
Mark Mello 9 4 27 2 / 21 1 11 1 49.07

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jose Widman 9 5 41 0 / 0 0 18 0 67.36
John Aguilar 17 4 23 3 / 23 0 18 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Peele 2 45 22.50 27 0
Edwin Gonzalez 3 35 11.67 21 0
Kenneth Berry 4 34 8.50 15 1
Michael Robinson 3 29 9.67 10 0
Dustin Goff 2 11 5.50 8 0
Charles Johnson 1 9 9.00 9 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Blanton 2 20 10.00 18 0
Terrance Harms 1 18 18.00 18 0
Isaac Allen 2 16 8.00 11 0
Paul Fox 1 10 10.00 10 0
John Merida 2 3 1.50 3 0
Brian Nelson 1 -3 -3.00 -3 0

Blocking Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Aguirre 15 21 1 1
Ray Rivera 34 27 1 3
Randall Smith 14 17 0 0
Gregory Buchan 29 21 0 0
Gregory Abrams 4 3 0 1
Paul Willis 0 4 0 0
Charles Johnson 0 11 0 0
Donald Penning 27 29 0 2
Roy Brady 1 11 0 1
Donald Watt 31 26 0 0
Steven Darby 0 1 0 0
John Givens 7 1 0 0
Michael Robinson 0 9 0 1
Michale Norman 0 1 0 0
Dave Collins 0 2 0 0
Jason Miller 2 4 0 0
Robert Wright 0 3 0 0
Wilfred Schaefer 0 2 0 1
Theodore Thomas 0 2 0 1
Anthony Monroe 0 1 0 0
Adrian Baker 34 25 0 1
Dustin Goff 0 4 0 0
Victor Boss 1 0 0 0
Edwin Gonzalez 0 14 0 0
William Bemis 5 4 0 0
Howard Martin 0 5 0 0
Andrew Griggs 8 21 0 1
Louis Crowder 3 7 0 1
Angel McGuffin 15 21 0 0
Kenneth Berry 19 22 0 0
Robert Peele 5 32 0 1
William Cotten 0 13 0 2
James Stearns 12 23 0 1
Louis Bender 14 20 0 0
Mark Lomas 0 1 0 1

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Darryl Barber 26 13 1 1
Donald Caldwell 33 11 1 2
Jon Graves 28 12 1 3
John Merida 9 5 0 0
Gerald Shoe 0 2 0 1
Karen Morris 0 8 0 1
Steven Shears 20 12 0 0
Gregory Yang 1 0 0 0
John Carrillo 0 3 0 0
John Braggs 0 2 0 0
James Miller 0 1 0 0
James Shepard 7 5 0 0
Thomas Tapia 0 1 0 0
Christopher Michel 3 1 0 0
Jeffrey Smotherman 4 2 0 0
Michael Hildebrand 0 2 0 0
Isaac Allen 0 3 0 0
Jordan Hodgdon 0 4 0 0
Brian Nelson 6 4 0 0
James Jaeger 0 3 0 0
Mario Stacks 0 5 0 2
Wayne Keith 3 4 0 0
Sean Jones 28 12 0 1
Joseph Jones 16 20 0 0
Terrance Harms 8 15 0 0
Robert Blanton 0 8 0 0
James Rumsey 2 8 0 0
Paul Fox 0 9 0 1
Marshall Porter 14 11 0 1
David Landeros 15 17 0 1
Nate Terwilliger 15 20 0 0
Freeman Grasso 15 17 0 1
Melvin Morrow 15 21 0 0
Paul Spears 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Gregory Yang 1 0 0.00 0
Michael Hildebrand 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kenneth Berry 1 0 0 0
Roy Brady 0 1 0 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Merida 1 0 0 0
John Aguilar 0 1 0 0
Wayne Keith 0 0 1 0

Punting

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Edward Kindred 8 379 47.38 38.38 55 2

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Walter Plummer 11 528 48.00 46.36 55 4

Kicking

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Neil Jamison 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 33 2 / 2

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Paul Grubbs 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Charles Johnson 5 21 4.2 10 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matthew Jackson 4 31 7.8 15 0

Kick Return

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kenneth Berry 1 29 29.0 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Matthew Jackson 1 25 25.0 0

Defensive Stats