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Preseason Week 1: Nebraska Cornhuskers at Alabama Crimson Tide

August 16, 2025
82°
Bryant Denny Stadium (Tuscaloosa, AL) Attendance: 68,431 (68%)
Cornhuskers 0 0 0 0 - 0
Crimson Tide 7 3 10 20 - 40

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Crimson Tide: 2-4-NEB 4 (9:11) 49-Clifton Richards ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Todd Watkins. ALA 7 NEB 0
(Qtr 2) Crimson Tide: 4-9-NEB 9 (7:35) 3-Todd Watkins 27 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 10 NEB 0
(Qtr 3) Crimson Tide: 4-2-NEB 7 (11:23) 3-Todd Watkins 26 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 13 NEB 0
(Qtr 3) Crimson Tide: 1-10-NEB 10 (7:33) 11-James Jackson pass complete to 88-Michael Stella for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Todd Watkins. ALA 20 NEB 0
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 4-8-NEB 30 (13:40) 3-Todd Watkins 49 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 23 NEB 0
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 4-5-NEB 5 (10:28) 3-Todd Watkins 23 yard field goal is GOOD. ALA 26 NEB 0
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 1-10-NEB 23 (4:14) 15-Brian Tharp sacked at NEB 15 for -8 yards (92-Robert Hall). Sack allowed by 71-James Seeger. 15-Brian Tharp FUMBLES (92-Robert Hall) recovered by ALA-92-Robert Hall for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Todd Watkins. ALA 33 NEB 0
(Qtr 4) Crimson Tide: 3-2-NEB 2 (1:19) 64-Lawrence Harrison ran to NEB 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Todd Watkins. NEB 54-Chester Appleton was injured on the play. ALA 40 NEB 0

Team Statistics

Crimson Tide Cornhuskers
First Downs 21 4
- Rushing 13 0
- Passing 7 2
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 395 25
- Offensive Plays 82 47
- Yards Per Play 4.82 0.53
Net Rushing Yards 257 22
- Rushing Attempts 51 6
- Yards Per Rush 5.04 3.67
Net Passing Yards 138 3
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 19 / 1 34 / 11 / 5
- Gross Passing Yards 138 63
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 7 / 60
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.45 0.07
- Yards Per Completion 7.26 5.73
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 17 0 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.5 10.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 33 3 / 22
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 30 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 13 6 / 131
Int Returns/Yards 5 / 2 1 / 23
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 3 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 46 OWN 24
Time of Possession 43:13 16:51

Drive Charts

Alabama Crimson Tide

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:11 5:03 OWN 36 11 64 Touchdown
1 7:28 1:35 OWN 21 3 7 Punt
1 4:19 1:01 OWN 35 3 1 Punt
1 1:09 2:51 OWN 27 5 22 Punt
2 11:56 4:24 OPP 27 7 18 Field Goal
2 5:19 2:49 OWN 35 5 18 Interception
2 1:07 1:07 OWN 20 2 9 Half
3 15:00 3:25 OWN 23 5 28 Punt
3 11:32 0:12 OPP 15 3 8 Field Goal
3 10:58 3:29 OWN 32 6 68 Touchdown
3 6:14 1:24 OWN 37 3 8 Punt
3 3:23 4:47 OWN 39 9 31 Field Goal
4 12:52 2:27 OPP 26 4 22 Field Goal
4 9:42 5:28 OWN 20 9 47 Fumble
4 4:08 0:07 OPP 24 1 0 Interception
4 4:01 2:46 OPP 25 6 25 Touchdown
4 0:18 0:18 OPP 31 1 -1 Game

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:49 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
1 9:08 1:40 OWN 23 3 6 Punt
1 5:53 1:34 OWN 24 3 -5 Punt
1 3:18 2:09 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
2 13:18 1:22 OWN 20 3 6 Interception
2 7:32 2:13 OWN 17 3 -1 Punt
2 2:31 1:24 OPP 34 5 21 Missed FG
3 11:35 0:04 OWN 7 1 0 Interception
3 11:20 0:22 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 7:29 1:15 OWN 25 4 -1 Punt
3 4:50 1:27 OWN 10 3 9 Punt
4 13:36 0:44 OWN 25 3 -10 Interception
4 10:25 0:44 OWN 28 3 3 Punt
4 4:14 0:06 OWN 23 1 0 Punt
4 1:15 0:58 OWN 25 5 6 Interception

Rushing Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Louis Crowder 31 148 4.77 22 4 0
Jimmie Treece 8 64 8.00 19 2 0
Lawrence Harrison 4 18 4.50 9 0 1
Clifton Richards 3 15 5.00 10 1 1
Albert Williams 2 6 3.00 8 0 0
Richard Kelly 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Anthony Davis 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Terrence Berger 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Anthony Williams 3 13 4.33 5 0 0
Rafael Vaughn 3 9 3.00 7 0 0

Passing Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
James Jackson 17 10 101 0 / 0 1 18 0 95.47
Thomas Stinson 14 9 37 0 / 0 0 11 1 38.39

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Gary Thomas 16 9 46 4 / 33 0 17 1 35.42
Brian Tharp 18 2 17 3 / 27 0 14 4 0.00

Receiving Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Louis Crowder 4 32 8.00 16 0
Anthony Davis 2 31 15.50 18 0
Albert Williams 2 16 8.00 14 0
Michael Stella 2 14 7.00 10 1
Glenn Egan 2 12 6.00 8 0
Terrence Berger 1 9 9.00 9 0
Jimmie Treece 2 8 4.00 6 0
John Cousins 2 7 3.50 5 0
Clifton Richards 1 5 5.00 5 0
Sheldon Davis 1 4 4.00 4 0

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Arthur Haas 3 25 8.33 17 0
Juan Kier 3 14 4.67 7 0
James Simmers 1 14 14.00 14 0
Al Morris 2 7 3.50 4 0
Timothy Bigler 2 3 1.50 3 0

Blocking Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Edward Dyar 20 15 0 0
Israel Shelton 6 6 0 0
Henry Seawell 2 5 0 1
Kory Simms 0 1 0 0
Johnny McElhaney 0 1 0 0
Albert Williams 10 39 0 1
Robert Macias 0 3 0 1
Martin Brown 2 6 0 2
Anthony Davis 4 19 0 4
Morris Lowry 0 5 0 0
Walter McNeal 0 3 0 0
Robert Hall 0 2 0 0
James Powers 8 1 0 0
Joseph Henderson 0 4 0 1
Wilfred Schaefer 0 6 0 0
James Nix 1 3 0 1
Marcel Reese 6 0 0 0
David Dietz 0 1 0 0
Donald Elwood 2 2 0 0
Glen Stewart 19 19 0 2
Terrence Berger 8 35 0 2
Tyler Bates 19 16 0 1
Alan Moore 22 25 0 0
Jeffrey McNeeley 21 19 0 1
John Cousins 3 18 0 0
Michael Stella 1 27 0 1
Glenn Egan 2 21 0 0
Jimmie Treece 4 1 0 0
Richard Kelly 21 23 0 5
Sheldon Davis 0 6 0 0
Jacob Rodriguez 30 33 0 0
Clifton Richards 4 7 0 1
Louis Crowder 7 4 0 1
Lawrence Harrison 26 38 0 1
John Hoch 24 33 0 2
Fred Finley 25 33 0 3
Robert Wright 1 2 0 0

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Seeger 33 5 2 1
Micheal Abraham 45 14 1 1
William Martin 20 8 1 2
Nicholas Tedesco 19 8 1 2
David Harrow 0 4 0 0
Ramiro Sawyer 0 1 0 0
Allen McGuire 0 1 0 0
Al Morris 4 4 0 0
Mervin Watkins 2 4 0 0
Tyrone Carter 2 0 0 0
Johnny Menendez 20 6 0 0
Anthony Williams 10 4 0 0
James Cash 0 3 0 1
Thomas Caswell 0 3 0 1
John Hardin 4 1 0 0
Donald Norman 0 2 0 0
James Simmers 0 2 0 0
Robert Cox 0 1 0 0
Jonathan Green 0 2 0 0
Donald Twitty 0 2 0 0
Timothy Bigler 2 3 0 0
Manuel Seger 4 7 0 0
Juan Kier 0 2 0 0
Joey Houston 0 4 0 0
Edward Stanley 0 4 0 0
Robert Brown 0 8 0 0
Edward Dickman 0 6 0 0
Patrick Coker 0 6 0 0
Chester Appleton 0 4 0 0
Jordan Adrian 0 6 0 2
Michael Dolezal 20 5 0 0
Rafael Vaughn 10 0 0 0
Mary Guzman 20 7 0 0
Arthur Haas 9 4 0 0
Brian Vieira 29 9 0 0
Thomas Rodriguez 30 6 0 0
Brandon Coe 10 0 0 0
Bernard Deyoung 11 3 0 0
Paul Killough 5 6 0 0
Charles Tickle 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Martin Brown 1 1 1.00 0
Robert Macias 1 1 1.00 0
John Harter 1 0 0.00 0
Walter McNeal 1 0 0.00 0
James Nix 1 0 0.00 0

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Gardner 1 23 23.00 0

Fumble Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Albert Williams 1 0 0 0
Robert Hall 0 1 1 1

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Brian Tharp 1 0 0 0
Patrick Coker 0 0 1 0
Milton Nielsen 0 1 0 0

Punting

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Dennis Williams 5 230 46.00 42.00 51 2

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Devin Graves 9 441 49.00 46.33 54 0

Kicking

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Todd Watkins 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 4 / 4

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Michael Gardner 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 0 / 0

Punt Return

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Glenn Egan 3 29 9.7 16 0
Alvin Strain 1 1 1.0 1 0

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Kick Return

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Glenn Egan 1 13 13.0 0

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Donald Norman 5 106 21.2 0
Manuel Seger 1 25 25.0 0

Defensive Stats

Alabama Crimson Tide

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Macias 4 0
Martin Brown 3 0
Albert Williams 2 0
John Harter 2 0
Morris Lowry 2 0
James Nix 2 1
Tony George 2 0
Wilfred Schaefer 1 0
Michael Stella 1 0
Israel Shelton 1 1
David Dietz 1 0
Elwood Allen 1 0
Alvin Strain 1 0
Thomas Freund 1 1
Henry Seawell 1 1
Walter McNeal 1 0
Kory Simms 1 0
Donald Elwood 1 0
Johnny McElhaney 1 1
Mario Brown 1 0
Robert Wright 1 1
Robert Hall 0 1

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Name Tackles Sacks
Chester Appleton 9 0
Charles Tickle 6 0
Donald Twitty 6 0
Allen McGuire 6 0
Joey Houston 5 0
Jonathan Green 4 0
Patrick Coker 4 0
Jordan Adrian 4 0
Edward Stanley 4 0
James Hawkins 3 0
Manuel Seger 3 0
Peter Paradis 3 0
Michael Gardner 3 0
Edward Robinson 3 0
Milton Nielsen 2 0
Al Morris 2 0
Paul Killough 2 0
Juan Kier 1 0
Thomas Johnson 1 0
Benjamin Brunswick 1 0
Donald Norman 1 0
Brandon Coe 1 0
Edward Dickman 1 0
Donald Stoker 1 0