1st Quarter Play-by-Play
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech
Date: Sep 05, 2009 • Site: Atlanta, Ga.
| 1st Quarter Play-by-Play | |||
| VT Captains: #77 E.Wang, #8 G.Boone, #17 K.Chancellor, #26 C.Grimm | |||
| Alabama Captains: #28 J.Arenas, #78 M.Johnson, #25 R.McClain | |||
| Alabama wins the toss, defers. VT will receive, attack the west goal. | |||
| Ua | 1-10 | on Ua30 | UA ball on UA30. |
| Ua | 1-10 | on Ua30 | Start of 1st quarter, clock 15:00. |
| Leigh Tiffin kickoff 61 yards to the VT9, Morgan, D return 9 yards to the VT18 (Rod Woodson), fumble by Morgan, D recovered by VT Morgan, D at VT18. | |||
| Vt | 1-10 | on Vt18 | VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 14:55. |
| Vt | 1-10 | on Vt18 | Williams, R rush for 3 yards to the VT21 (Javier Arenas). |
| Vt | 2-7 | on Vt21 | Coale, D rush for 5 yards to the VT26, out-of-bounds (Justin Woodall). |
| Vt | 3-2 | on Vt26 | Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 14:02. |
| Vt | 3-2 | on Vt26 | Taylor, T pass complete to Oglesby, J for 1 yard to the VT27 (Rolando McClain). |
| Vt | 4-1 | on Vt27 | Bowden, B punt 37 yards to the UA36, Javier Arenas return 6 yards to the UA42, out-of-bounds (Grimm, C). |
| Drive: 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 1:49 | |||
| Ua | 1-10 | on Ua42 | ALABAMA drive start at 13:06. |
| Ua | 1-10 | on Ua42 | Mark Ingram rush for 3 yards to the UA45 (Porch, D). |
| Ua | 2-7 | on Ua45 | Greg McElroy pass complete to Julio Jones for 14 yards to the VT41, 1ST DOWN UA, out-of-bounds (Virgil, S). |
| Ua | 1-10 | on Vt41 | Greg McElroy rush for 1 yard to the VT40 (Brown, N). |
| Ua | 2-9 | on Vt40 | Greg McElroy rush for 8 yards to the VT32 (Johnson, J;Rivers, B). |
| Ua | 3-1 | on Vt32 | Timeout Alabama, clock 10:43. |
| Ua | 3-1 | on Vt32 | Mark Ingram rush for no gain to the VT32 (Brown, N;Virgil, S). |
| Ua | 4-1 | on Vt32 | Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 49 GOOD, clock 09:56. |
| Alabama 3, Virginia Tech 0 | |||
| Drive: 6 plays, 26 yards, TOP 3:10 | |||
| Leigh Tiffin kickoff 70 yards to the VT0, Roberts, D return 21 yards to the VT21 (Tyrone King;Courtney Upshaw). | |||
| Vt | 1-10 | on Vt21 | VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 09:49. |
| Vt | 1-10 | on Vt21 | Taylor, T pass incomplete to Younger, K. |
| Vt | 2-10 | on Vt21 | Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 09:40. |
| Vt | 2-10 | on Vt21 | Taylor, T pass complete to Coale, D for 4 yards to the VT25 (Marquis Johnson). |
| Vt | 3-6 | on Vt25 | Taylor, T sacked for loss of 10 yards to the VT15 (Javier Arenas), PENALTY VT intentional grounding (Taylor, T) 0 yards to the VT15. |
| Vt | 4-16 | on Vt15 | 4th and 16. |
| Vt | 4-16 | on Vt15 | Bowden, B punt 46 yards to the UA39, Javier Arenas return 15 yards to the VT46 (Luckett, Z). |
| Drive: 3 plays, minus 6 yards, TOP 1:03 | |||
| Ua | 1-10 | on Vt46 | ALABAMA drive start at 08:46. |
| Ua | 1-10 | on Vt46 | Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones. |
| Ua | 2-10 | on Vt46 | Greg McElroy pass complete to Mark Ingram for 2 yards to the VT44 (Johnson, J), PENALTY UA holding (James Carpenter) 10 yards to the UA44, NO PLAY. |
| Ua | 2-20 | on Ua44 | Mark Ingram rush for 4 yards to the UA48 (Johnson, J). |
| Ua | 3-16 | on Ua48 | Greg McElroy pass complete to Darius Hanks for 35 yards to the VT17, 1ST DOWN UA. |
| Ua | 1-10 | on Vt17 | Mark Ingram rush for 1 yard to the VT16 (Worilds, J;Johnson, J). |
| Ua | 2-9 | on Vt16 | Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Marquis Maze. |
| Ua | 3-9 | on Vt16 | Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones (Johnson, J). |
| Ua | 4-9 | on Vt16 | Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 34 GOOD, clock 06:47. |
| Alabama 6, Virginia Tech 0 | |||
| Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, TOP 2:11 | |||
| Leigh Tiffin kickoff 68 yards to the VT2, Roberts, D return 98 yards to the UA0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:35. | |||
| Waldron, M kick attempt good. | |||
| Virginia Tech 7, Alabama 6 | |||
| Myer, J kickoff 70 yards to the UA0, Terry Grant return 15 yards to the UA15 (Luckett, Z;Reidy, M). | |||
| Ua | 1-10 | on Ua15 | ALABAMA drive start at 06:30. |
| Ua | 1-10 | on Ua15 | Julio Jones rush for loss of 1 yard to the UA14 (Virgil, S). |
| Ua | 2-11 | on Ua14 | Greg McElroy rush for 5 yards to the UA19, out-of-bounds (Johnson, J), PENALTY VT personal foul (Johnson, J) 15 yards to the UA34, 1ST DOWN UA. |
| Ua | 1-10 | on Ua34 | 1st and 10. |
| Ua | 1-10 | on Ua34 | Terry Grant rush for no gain to the UA34 (Thompson, C). |
| Ua | 2-10 | on Ua34 | Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Julio Jones (Porch, D). |
| Ua | 3-10 | on Ua34 | Greg McElroy rush for 9 yards to the UA43 (Chancellor, K;Worilds, J). |
| Ua | 4-1 | on Ua43 | Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 03:55. |
| Ua | 4-1 | on Ua43 | P J. Fitzgerald punt 41 yards to the VT16, Williams, R return 0 yards to the VT16, fumble by Williams, R recovered by UA Brian Selman at VT16. |
| Drive: 5 plays, 28 yards, TOP 2:46 | |||
| Ua | 1-10 | on Vt16 | ALABAMA drive start at 03:44. |
| Ua | 1-10 | on Vt16 | Terry Grant rush for 2 yards to the VT14, out-of-bounds (Worilds, J). |
| Ua | 2-8 | on Vt14 | Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Darius Hanks. |
| Ua | 3-8 | on Vt14 | Greg McElroy pass incomplete to Darius Hanks. |
| Ua | 4-8 | on Vt14 | Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 32 GOOD, clock 03:05. |
| Alabama 9, Virginia Tech 7 | |||
| Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, TOP 0:39 | |||
| Leigh Tiffin kickoff 60 yards to the VT10, Morgan, D return 15 yards to the VT25 (Rod Woodson;Tyrone King). | |||
| Vt | 1-10 | on Vt25 | VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:00. |
| Vt | 1-10 | on Vt25 | Taylor, T pass complete to Coale, D for 12 yards to the VT37, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds (Javier Arenas;Justin Woodall). |
| Vt | 1-10 | on Vt37 | Williams, R rush for 3 yards to the VT40 (Eryk Anders). |
| Vt | 2-7 | on Vt40 | Oglesby, J rush for 6 yards to the VT46 (Mark Barron). |
| Vt | 3-1 | on Vt46 | Oglesby, J rush for 2 yards to the VT48, 1ST DOWN VT (Terrence Cody). |
| Vt | 1-10 | on Vt48 | Taylor, T pass complete to Oglesby, J for 13 yards to the UA39, 1ST DOWN VT. |
| Vt | 1-10 | on Ua39 | Oglesby, J rush for loss of 2 yards to the UA41 (Justin Woodall;Eryk Anders). |
| Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards, TOP 3:57 | |||
| Alabama 9, Virginia Tech 7 | |||