UA   Qtr   VT  
  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Alabama 9 7 0 18 34
Virginia Tech 7 10 0 7 24
34   Final   24  
  1   Timeouts
remaining
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4th Quarter Play-by-Play
Ua 3-1on Ua38Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
Ua 3-1on Ua38Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones, dropped pass.
Ua 4-1on Ua38P J. Fitzgerald punt 44 yards to the VT18, fair catch by Hosley, J.
 Drive: 4 plays, 27 yards, TOP 1:38
Vt 1-10on Vt18VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 14:46.
Vt 1-10on Vt18Taylor, T pass complete to Boykin, J for 10 yards to the VT28, 1ST DOWN VT (Javier Arenas).
Vt 1-10on Vt28Williams, R rush for 8 yards to the VT36 (Eryk Anders;Mark Barron).
Vt 2-2on Vt36Williams, R rush for 1 yard to the VT37 (Marquis Johnson).
Vt 3-1on Vt37Timeout Alabama, clock 13:24.
Vt 3-1on Vt37Williams, R rush for 2 yards to the VT39 (Eryk Anders;D. Hightower), PENALTY VT holding (Nosal, G) 10 yards to the VT29.
Vt 3-9on Vt293rd and 9.
Vt 3-9on Vt29Taylor, T pass incomplete to Boykin, J.
Vt 4-9on Vt29Bowden, B punt 39 yards to the UA32, Javier Arenas return 14 yards to the UA46 (Tweedy, A).
 Drive: 5 plays, 11 yards, TOP 1:55
Ua 1-10on Ua46ALABAMA drive start at 12:51.
Ua 1-10on Ua46Greg McElroy pass complete to Marquis Maze for 48 yards to the VT6, 1ST DOWN UA.
Ua 1-Gon Vt06Mark Ingram rush for 6 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:23.
Greg McElroy pass attempt to Colin Peek good.
Alabama 24, Virginia Tech 17
 Drive: 2 plays, 54 yards, TOP 0:37
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 70 yards to the VT0, Morgan, D return 21 yards to the VT21, fumble forced by Chris Rogers, fumble by Morgan, D recovered by UA Chris Rogers at VT21.
Ua 1-10on Vt21ALABAMA drive start at 12:14.
Ua 1-10on Vt21UA ball on VT20.
Ua 1-10on Vt20Mark Ingram rush for 16 yards to the VT4, 1ST DOWN UA (Rivers, B;Carmichael, R).
Ua 1-Gon Vt04Mark Ingram rush for 1 yard to the VT3 (Brown, N).
Ua 2-Gon Vt03Mark Ingram rush for no gain to the VT3 (Rivers, B).
Ua 3-Gon Vt03Timeout Alabama, clock 10:35.
Ua 3-Gon Vt03Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Colin Peek.
Ua 4-Gon Vt03Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 20 GOOD, clock 10:29.
Alabama 27, Virginia Tech 17
 Drive: 5 plays, 17 yards, TOP 1:45
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 69 yards to the VT1, Roberts, D return 47 yards to the VT48, out-of-bounds, PENALTY UA personal foul (Chris Jordan) 15 yards to the UA37, 1st and 10, VT ball on UA37.
Vt 1-10on Ua37VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:22.
Vt 1-10on Ua37Taylor, T pass complete to Boykin, J for 5 yards to the UA32 (Rolando McClain).
Vt 2-5on Ua32Williams, R rush for 32 yards to the UA0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:22.
Previous play is under review.
Review shows the runner crossed the plane of the goalline. Touchdown.
Waldron, M kick attempt good.
Alabama 27, Virginia Tech 24
 Drive: 2 plays, 37 yards, TOP 1:00
Myer, J kickoff 60 yards to the UA10, Javier Arenas return 16 yards to the UA26 (Whitley, E;Tweedy, A).
Ua 1-10on Ua26ALABAMA drive start at 09:15.
Ua 1-10on Ua26Mark Ingram rush for 39 yards to the VT35, 1ST DOWN UA (Chancellor, K).
Ua 1-10on Vt35Terry Grant rush for 2 yards to the VT33 (Rivers, B), PENALTY UA holding (James Carpenter) 10 yards to the VT45, NO PLAY.
Ua 1-20on Vt45Mark Ingram rush for 9 yards to the VT36 (Porch, D;Rivers, B).
Ua 2-11on Vt36Greg McElroy pass complete to Colin Peek for 19 yards to the VT17, 1ST DOWN UA (Chancellor, K).
Ua 1-10on Vt17Mark Ingram rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT18 (Hopkins, A;Grimm, C).
Ua 2-11on Vt18Greg McElroy pass complete to Mark Ingram for 18 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN UA, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:35.
Leigh Tiffin kick attempt good.
Alabama 34, Virginia Tech 24
 Drive: 5 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:40
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 54 yards to the VT16, Wilson, D return 3 yards to the VT19 (Richardson).
Vt 1-10on Vt19VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 06:29.
Vt 1-10on Vt19PENALTY VT false start (Nosal, G) 5 yards to the VT14.
Vt 1-15on Vt14Taylor, T pass incomplete to Roberts, D.
Vt 2-15on Vt14Taylor, T rush for 4 yards to the VT18, out-of-bounds.
Vt 3-11on Vt18Taylor, T sacked for loss of 11 yards to the VT7 (Rolando McClain).
Vt 4-22on Vt07Bowden, B punt 47 yards to the UA46, fair catch by Javier Arenas.
 Drive: 3 plays, minus 12 yards, TOP 1:25
Ua 1-10on Ua46ALABAMA drive start at 05:04.
Ua 1-10on Ua46Mark Ingram rush for 9 yards to the VT45 (Martin, C).
Ua 2-1on Vt45Mark Ingram rush for 2 yards to the VT43, 1ST DOWN UA (Chancellor, K).
Ua 1-10on Vt43Mark Ingram rush for no gain to the VT43 (Rivers, B;Worilds, J).
Ua 2-10on Vt43Roy Upchurch rush for 2 yards to the VT41 (Johnson, J;Rivers, B).
Ua 3-8on Vt41Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 03:06.
Ua 3-8on Vt41Roy Upchurch rush for 2 yards to the VT39 (Virgil, S).
Ua 4-6on Vt39Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 02:59.
Ua 4-6on Vt39P J. Fitzgerald punt 39 yards to the VT0, touchback.
 Drive: 5 plays, 15 yards, TOP 2:12
Vt 1-10on Vt20VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 02:52.
Vt 1-10on Vt20Taylor, T rush for 6 yards to the VT26, out-of-bounds.
Vt 2-4on Vt26Taylor, T pass incomplete.
Vt 3-4on Vt26Taylor, T pass incomplete to Roberts, D (Kareem Jackson).
Vt 4-4on Vt26Taylor, T sacked for loss of 7 yards to the VT19 (Marcell Dareus).
 Drive: 4 plays, minus 1 yard, TOP 0:40
Ua 1-10on Vt19ALABAMA drive start at 02:12.
Ua 1-10on Vt19PENALTY UA delay of game 5 yards to the VT24.
Ua 1-15on Vt24Richardson rush for 6 yards to the VT18 (Hopkins, A;Carmichael, R).
Ua 2-9on Vt18Richardson rush for 3 yards to the VT15 (Johnson, J).
Ua 3-6on Vt15Richardson rush for 1 yard to the VT14 (Virgil, S).
Ua 4-5on Vt14End of game, clock 00:00.
 Drive: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 2:12
  UA VT
1st downs 22 11
Rush yards 268 64
Pass yards 230 91
Total offense 498 155
Penalties 10-83 6-45
Turnovers 2 2
 Alabama (1-0) 
PASSING C-A-I Yards  TD Long
Greg McElroy  15-30-1  230 1 48
Totals...  15-30-1  230 1 48
RUSHING Att Yards  TD Long Avg.
Mark Ingram 26 150 1 39 5.8
Roy Upchurch 7 90 1 34 12.9
Greg McElroy 8 28 0 9 3.5
Richardson 3 10 0 6 3.3
Terry Grant 2 2 0 2 1.0
Marquis Maze 1 -1 0 0 -1.0
Julio Jones 1 -1 0 0 -1.0
Team 1 -10 0 0 -10.0
Totals... 49 268 2 39 5.5
RECEPTIONS No. Yards  TD Long Avg.
Julio Jones 4 46 0 16 11.5
Darius Hanks 3 55 0 35 18.3
Colin Peek 3 37 0 19 12.3
Mark Ingram 3 35 1 18 11.7
Marquis Maze 2 57 0 48 28.5
Totals... 15 230 1 48 15.3
 Virginia Tech (0-1) 
PASSING C-A-I Yards  TD Long
Taylor, T  9-20-0  91 0 43
Totals...  9-20-0  91 0 43
RUSHING Att Yards  TD Long Avg.
Williams, R 13 71 2 32 5.5
Oglesby, J 6 16 0 7 2.7
Coale, D 1 5 0 5 5.0
Team 1 -2 0 0 -2.0
Taylor, T 10 -26 0 16 -2.6
Totals... 31 64 2 32 2.1
RECEPTIONS No. Yards  TD Long Avg.
Boykin, J 3 19 0 10 6.3
Williams, R 2 42 0 43 21.0
Coale, D 2 16 0 12 8.0
Oglesby, J 2 14 0 13 7.0
Totals... 9 91 0 43 10.1