vs
Saturday, August 30, 2008
7:00 · ABC
Atlanta, GA · Georgia Dome Kickoff time: 8:12 PM End of Game: 11:35 PM Total elapsed
time: 3:23 Officials: Referee: Thomas Ritter; Umpire: Rick Lowe;
Linesman: Gus Morris, III; Line judge: Tim Beard; Back judge: Timothy Smith; Field judge: Bobby Aillet; Side
judge: M. Williams;
Play-by-Play Summary (1st quarter)
The Automated ScoreBook
#24 ALABAMA vs #9 Clemson (Aug 30, 2008 at Atlanta, GA)
Alabama won the toss and will receive the ball.
A 1-10 A30 CU ball on CU30.
Buchholz, M kickoff 66 yards to the ALABAMA4, Javier Arenas return 32
yards to the ALABAMA36 (Alexander, K;Conner, K).
A 1-10 A36 Glen Coffee rush for 5 yards to the ALABAMA41 (Maye, B).
A 2-5 A41 Glen Coffee rush for 3 yards to the ALABAMA44 (Alexander, K;McDaniel, D).
A 3-2 A44 Glen Coffee rush for 3 yards to the ALABAMA47, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA
(Conner, K;Scott, D).
A 1-10 A47 PENALTY ALABAMA false start (Mike Johnson) 5 yards to the ALABAMA42.
A 1-15 A42 Glen Coffee rush for 6 yards to the ALABAMA48 (Maye, B).
A 2-9 A48 J. Wilson pass complete to Julio Jones for 8 yards to the CU44 (Maye, B).
A 3-1 C44 Mark Ingram rush for 3 yards to the CU41, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Clemons,
C).
A 1-10 C41 J. Wilson pass incomplete to Julio Jones.
A 2-10 C41 PENALTY ALABAMA delay of game 5 yards to the CU46.
A 2-15 C46 Mark Ingram rush for 5 yards to the CU41 (Cumbie, J).
A 3-10 C41 PENALTY ALABAMA false start 5 yards to the CU46.
A 3-15 C46 J. Wilson pass complete to Glen Coffee for 9 yards to the CU37 (Clemons,
C;Scott, D).
A 4-6 C37 Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 54 GOOD, clock 09:43.
--------------- 10 plays, 27 yards, TOP 05:17 ---------------
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 61 yards to the CU9, Spiller, C return 22 yards to the
CU31 (Chris Rogers).
C 1-10 C31 CLEMSON drive start at 09:43.
C 1-10 C31 Harper, C pass incomplete to Kelly, A (Rashad Johnson).
C 2-10 C31 Harper, J rush for no gain to the CU31, fumble forced by Cory Reamer,
fumble by Harper, J recovered by ALABAMA Jonathan Lowe at CU31.
--------------- 2 plays, 0 yards, TOP 00:21 ---------------
A 1-10 C31 ALABAMA drive start at 09:22.
A 1-10 C31 Glen Coffee rush for 6 yards to the CU25 (Scott, D).
A 2-4 C25 J. Wilson pass complete to Nick Walker for 14 yards to the CU11, 1ST DOWN
ALABAMA (Hamlin, M;Cooper, S).
A 1-10 C11 Glen Coffee rush for 4 yards to the CU7 (Campbell, J;Cooper, S).
A 2-6 C07 Mark Ingram rush for 3 yards to the CU4 (Campbell, J;Clemons, C).
A 3-3 C04 J. Wilson pass incomplete to Mike McCoy.
A 4-3 C04 Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 21 GOOD, clock 07:01.
--------------- 6 plays, 27 yards, TOP 02:21 ---------------
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 63 yards to the CU7, Ford, J return 13 yards to the
CU20 (Mark Barron).
C 1-10 C20 CLEMSON drive start at 07:01.
C 1-10 C20 Davis, J rush for loss of 1 yard to the CU19 (Terrence Cody).
C 2-11 C19 Davis, J rush for 2 yards to the CU21 (Rashad Johnson;B. Deaderick).
C 3-9 C21 Harper, C pass incomplete to Grisham, T.
C 4-9 C21 Zimmerman, D punt 51 yards to the ALABAMA28, Javier Arenas return 22
yards to the 50 yardline (Miller, J), PENALTY CU illegal formation 5
yards to the CU45, 1st and 10, ALABAMA ball on CU45.
--------------- 3 plays, 1 yards, TOP 01:46 ---------------
A 1-10 C45 ALABAMA drive start at 05:15.
A 1-10 C45 J. Wilson pass complete to Mike McCoy for 9 yards to the CU36 (Hamlin, M).
A 2-1 C36 Mark Ingram rush for 4 yards to the CU32, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Clemons,
C;Campbell, J).
A 1-10 C32 Mark Ingram rush for 12 yards to the CU20, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Clemons,
C).
A 1-10 C20 Mark Ingram rush for 9 yards to the CU11 (Branch, A).
A 2-1 C11 Glen Coffee rush for 6 yards to the CU5, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Hamlin,
M;Sapp, R).
A 1-G C05 Timeout ALABAMA, clock 03:22.
A 1-G C05 Glen Coffee rush for 4 yards to the CU1 (Cooper, S;Clemons, C).
A 2-G C01 J. Wilson rush for 1 yard to the CU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:51.
Leigh Tiffin kick attempt good.
--------------- 7 plays, 45 yards, TOP 02:24 ---------------
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 61 yards to the CU9, Spiller, C return 19 yards to the
CU28 (Eryk Anders).
C 1-10 C28 CLEMSON drive start at 02:51.
C 1-10 C28 PENALTY CU substitution infraction 5 yards to the CU23.
C 1-15 C23 Ford, J rush for 5 yards to the CU28 (Kareem Jackson;Brandon Fanney).
C 2-10 C28 Harper, C pass complete to Ford, J for 47 yards to the ALABAMA25, 1ST
DOWN CU (Kareem Jackson;Marquis Johnson).
C 1-10 A25 Grisham, T rush for 3 yards to the ALABAMA22 (Rashad Johnson).
C 2-7 A22 Spiller, C rush for 8 yards to the ALABAMA14, 1ST DOWN CU (Bobby
Greenwood).
C 1-10 A14 Spiller, C rush for loss of 1 yard to the ALABAMA15 (Cory Reamer).
C 2-11 A15 Harper, C sacked for loss of 11 yards to the ALABAMA26 (B. Deaderick).
==END OF 1st QUARTER==
ALABAMA 13, CLEMSON 0
======================
Play-by-Play Summary (2nd quarter)
C 3-22 A26 Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
C 3-22 A26 Harper, C pass complete to Grisham, T for 10 yards to the ALABAMA16
(Rolando McClain).
C 4-12 A16 Buchholz, M field goal attempt from 33 GOOD, clock 14:17.
--------------- 8 plays, 56 yards, TOP 03:34 ---------------
Buchholz, M kickoff 61 yards to the ALABAMA9, Javier Arenas return 8
yards to the ALABAMA17 (Butler, C).
A 1-10 A17 ALABAMA drive start at 14:17.
A 1-10 A17 J. Wilson pass complete to Nick Walker for 6 yards to the ALABAMA23 (Hamlin,
M;Maye, B).
A 2-4 A23 Mark Ingram rush for 1 yard to the ALABAMA24 (Maye, B;Conner, K).
A 3-3 A24 J. Wilson pass complete to Travis McCall for 8 yards to the ALABAMA32,
1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Clemons, C;Maye, B).
A 1-10 A32 J. Wilson rush for no gain to the ALABAMA32 (Bowers, D).
A 2-10 A32 Glen Coffee rush for 4 yards to the ALABAMA36 (Cumbie, J;Hamlin, M).
A 3-6 A36 PENALTY CU pass interference (McDaniel, D) 3 yards to the ALABAMA39,
1ST DOWN ALABAMA.
A 1-10 A39 PENALTY CU pass interference (Chancellor, C) 6 yards to the ALABAMA45,
1ST DOWN ALABAMA.
A 1-10 A45 Mark Ingram rush for 3 yards to the ALABAMA48 (Clemons, C;Maye, B).
A 2-7 A48 Mark Ingram rush for 5 yards to the CU47 (Hamlin, M).
A 3-2 C47 J. Wilson pass complete to Nick Walker for 21 yards to the CU26, 1ST DOWN
ALABAMA (Maye, B).
A 1-10 C26 Mark Ingram rush for 8 yards to the CU18 (Hamlin, M;Maxwell, B).
A 2-2 C18 Mark Ingram rush for 4 yards to the CU14, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Brown,
Ko;Maye, B).
A 1-10 C14 Glen Coffee rush for 2 yards to the CU12 (Clemons, C).
A 2-8 C12 J. Wilson pass complete to Nick Walker for 5 yards to the CU7 (McDaniel, D).
A 3-3 C07 J. Wilson rush for 3 yards to the CU4, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Scott, D).
A 1-G C04 J. Wilson pass complete to Nick Walker for 4 yards to the CU0, TOUCHDOWN,
clock 06:01.
Leigh Tiffin kick attempt good.
--------------- 14 plays, 83 yards, TOP 08:16 ---------------
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 66 yards to the CU4, Ford, J return 22 yards to the
CU26 (Mark Barron;Eryk Anders).
C 1-10 C26 CLEMSON drive start at 06:01.
C 1-10 C26 Davis, J rush for 2 yards to the CU28 (B. Deaderick;Terrence Cody).
C 2-8 C28 PENALTY CU personal foul (Faerber, N) 14 yards to the CU14.
C 2-22 C14 Harper, C pass incomplete to Davis, J.
C 3-22 C14 Harper, C pass incomplete to Palmer, M, QB hurry by L. Washington.
C 4-22 C14 Zimmerman, D punt 25 yards to the CU39, downed.
--------------- 3 plays, minus 12 yards, TOP 00:44 ---------------
A 1-10 C39 ALABAMA drive start at 05:17.
A 1-10 C39 Terry Grant rush for 1 yard to the CU38 (Maxwell, B;Conner, K).
A 2-9 C38 J. Wilson pass complete to Roy Upchurch for 3 yards to the CU35 (Maye, B).
A 3-6 C35 J. Wilson pass incomplete to Julio Jones (Bowers, D).
A 4-6 C35 Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 52 MISSED - wide right, spot at CU36,
clock 03:44.
--------------- 4 plays, 4 yards, TOP 01:33 ---------------
C 1-10 C36 CLEMSON drive start at 03:44.
C 1-10 C36 Harper, C pass complete to Ford, J for 6 yards to the CU42 (Rashad
Johnson;Luther Davis).
C 2-4 C42 Harper, C pass incomplete to Faerber, N.
C 3-4 C42 Harper, C pass complete to Grisham, T for 6 yards to the CU48, 1ST
DOWN CU (L. Washington;Rolando McClain).
C 1-10 C48 Harper, C pass complete to Kelly, A for 5 yards to the ALABAMA47
(Marquis Johnson).
C 2-5 A47 Harper, C pass complete to Kelly, A for 8 yards to the ALABAMA39, 1ST
DOWN CU (Rolando McClain;L. Washington).
C 1-10 A39 Harper, C pass incomplete to Ford, J.
C 2-10 A39 Harper, C pass intercepted by Marquis Johnson at the ALABAMA28, Marquis
Johnson return 7 yards to the ALABAMA35 (Lambert, C).
--------------- 7 plays, 25 yards, TOP 02:05 ---------------
A 1-10 A35 ALABAMA drive start at 01:39.
A 1-10 A35 Roy Upchurch rush for 6 yards to the ALABAMA41 (Maye, B;Conner, K).
A 2-4 A41 J. Wilson pass complete to Nick Walker for 5 yards to the ALABAMA46, 1ST
DOWN ALABAMA (Conner, K).
A 1-10 A46 J. Wilson pass complete to Roy Upchurch for 7 yards to the CU47 (Conner, K).
A 2-3 C47 J. Wilson rush for 15 yards to the CU32, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Hamlin,
M).
A 1-10 C32 J. Wilson pass complete to Roy Upchurch for 9 yards to the CU23 (McDaniel,
D).
A 2-1 C23 Timeout ALABAMA, clock 00:22.
A 2-1 C23 J. Wilson pass complete to Roy Upchurch for 11 yards to the CU12, 1ST
DOWN ALABAMA (Chancellor, C;Hamlin, M).
A 1-10 C12 PENALTY ALABAMA ineligible downfield on pass 5 yards to the CU17.
A 1-15 C17 J. Wilson pass incomplete to Nick Walker.
A 2-15 C17 Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 34 GOOD, clock 00:00.
Buchholz, M kickoff 65 yards to the ALABAMA5, Julio Jones return 21
yards to the ALABAMA26 (Conner, K;Clemons, C).
A 1-10 A26 ALABAMA drive start at 14:48.
A 1-10 A26 Glen Coffee rush for 2 yards to the ALABAMA28 (Scott, D).
A 2-8 A28 Glen Coffee rush for 18 yards to the ALABAMA46, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA
(Chambers, S).
A 1-10 A46 Glen Coffee rush for 4 yards to the 50 yardline (Clemons, C).
A 2-6 A50 J. Wilson pass incomplete to Julio Jones.
A 3-6 A50 J. Wilson pass incomplete to Marquis Maze, QB hurry by Bowers, D.
A 4-6 A50 P.J. Fitzgerald punt 33 yards to the CU17, Spiller, C return 9 yards to the
CU26 (Eryk Anders).
--------------- 5 plays, 24 yards, TOP 02:16 ---------------
C 1-10 C26 CLEMSON drive start at 12:32.
C 1-10 C26 Davis, J rush for 2 yards to the CU28 (Terrence Cody).
C 2-8 C28 Harper, C pass incomplete to Kelly, A.
C 3-8 C28 Harper, C pass complete to Grisham, T for 3 yards to the CU31 (Eryk
Anders;Javier Arenas).
C 4-5 C31 Zimmerman, D punt 37 yards to the ALABAMA32, Javier Arenas return 1
yards to the ALABAMA33.
--------------- 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 08:24 ---------------
A 1-10 A33 Clock 11:00.
A 1-10 A33 J. Wilson pass complete to B.J. Scott for no gain to the ALABAMA33 (Maye,
B).
A 2-10 A33 Glen Coffee rush for 5 yards to the ALABAMA38 (Clemons, C).
A 3-5 A38 J. Wilson pass complete to Julio Jones for 9 yards to the ALABAMA47, 1ST
DOWN ALABAMA.
A 1-10 A47 Timeout Clemson, clock 09:26.
A 1-10 A47 Glen Coffee rush for 9 yards to the CU44 (Conner, K;Chancellor, C).
A 2-1 C44 Glen Coffee rush for 5 yards to the CU39, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Conner,
K).
A 1-10 C39 J. Wilson pass incomplete to Glen Coffee, QB hurry by McKissic, J.
A 2-10 C39 Glen Coffee rush for 4 yards to the CU35 (Brown, Ko;Hamlin, M).
A 3-6 C35 J. Wilson pass complete to Nick Walker for 12 yards to the CU23, 1ST DOWN
ALABAMA (Hunter, S).
A 1-10 C23 Mark Ingram rush for 5 yards to the CU18 (Cooper, S).
A 2-5 C18 Mark Ingram rush for 3 yards to the CU15 (Alexander, K).
A 3-2 C15 J. Wilson pass complete to Mark Ingram for 4 yards to the CU11, 1ST DOWN
ALABAMA (Butler, C).
A 1-10 C11 Mark Ingram rush for no gain to the CU11 (McDaniel, D).
A 2-10 C11 J. Wilson pass complete to Julio Jones for 7 yards to the CU4 (Butler, C).
A 3-3 C04 J. Wilson pass complete to Julio Jones for 4 yards to the CU0, 1ST DOWN
ALABAMA, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:08.
Mark Ingram rush attempt good.
A 1-G A30 PENALTY ALABAMA offside 5 yards to the ALABAMA25.
--------------- 14 plays, 67 yards, TOP 00:00 ---------------
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 51 yards to the CU24, Kelly, A return 1 yards to the
CU25.
C 1-10 C25 CLEMSON drive start at 04:08.
C 1-10 C25 Harper, C pass complete to Grisham, T for 12 yards to the CU37, 1ST
DOWN CU (Marquis Johnson).
C 1-10 C37 Harper, C pass incomplete to Faerber, N.
C 2-10 C37 Davis, J rush for 2 yards to the CU39 (Marquis Johnson).
C 3-8 C39 Harper, C sacked for loss of 9 yards to the CU30 (Chavis Williams).
C 4-17 C30 Zimmerman, D punt 47 yards to the ALABAMA23, fair catch by Javier
Arenas.
--------------- 4 plays, 5 yards, TOP 02:17 ---------------
A 1-10 A23 ALABAMA drive start at 01:51.
A 1-10 A23 Mark Ingram rush for 4 yards to the ALABAMA27 (Conner, K;Hunter, S).
A 2-6 A27 J. Wilson pass incomplete to Nick Walker, QB hurry by Cumbie, J.
A 3-6 A27 J. Wilson pass complete to Mark Ingram for 1 yard to the ALABAMA28 (Maxwell,
B;Conner, K).
A 4-5 A28 P.J. Fitzgerald punt 40 yards to the CU32, fair catch by Spiller, C.
--------------- 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 01:41 ---------------
C 1-10 C32 CLEMSON drive start at 00:10.
C 1-10 C32 Harper, C pass complete to Davis, J for 11 yards to the CU43 (Kareem
Jackson), PENALTY CU illegal block (Palmer, M) 10 yards to the CU33.
C 1-9 C33 1st and 9.
C 1-9 C33 PENALTY ALABAMA pass interference 15 yards to the CU48, 1ST DOWN
CU.
C 1-10 C48 Harper, C pass complete to Spiller, C for 19 yards to the ALABAMA33,
1ST DOWN CU (Don'ta Hightower).
==END OF 3rd QUARTER==
ALABAMA 31, CLEMSON 10
======================
Play-by-Play Summary (4th quarter)
C 1-10 A33 Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
C 1-10 A33 Harper, C pass complete to Ashe, T for 6 yards to the ALABAMA27 (Rashad
Johnson).
C 2-4 A27 Davis, J rush for 6 yards to the ALABAMA21, 1ST DOWN CU (Javier
Arenas).
C 1-10 A21 Harper, C pass complete to Kelly, A for loss of 3 yards to the ALABAMA24
(Ali Sharrief).
C 2-13 A24 Harper, C pass complete to Kelly, A for 3 yards to the ALABAMA21 (Javier
Arenas;Terrence Cody).
C 3-10 A21 Harper, C pass incomplete to Ashe, T.
C 4-10 A21 Harper, C pass complete to Barry, D for 9 yards to the ALABAMA12
(Marquis Johnson).
--------------- 8 plays, 56 yards, TOP 02:37 ---------------
A 1-10 A12 ALABAMA drive start at 12:33.
A 1-10 A12 ALABAMA ball on ALABAMA13.
A 1-10 A13 Roy Upchurch rush for 3 yards to the ALABAMA16 (Conner, K;Butler, C).
A 2-7 A16 Mark Ingram rush for 28 yards to the ALABAMA44, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA
(Clemons, C).
A 1-10 A44 Roy Upchurch rush for 6 yards to the 50 yardline (Conner, K).
A 2-4 A50 Roy Upchurch rush for 3 yards to the CU47 (Conner, K).
A 3-1 C47 Roy Upchurch rush for 2 yards to the CU45, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Butler,
C).
A 1-10 C45 Mark Ingram rush for loss of 1 yard to the CU46 (Hunter, S;Conner, K).
A 2-11 C46 Terry Grant rush for 2 yards to the CU44 (Hunter, S).
A 3-9 C44 J. Wilson pass complete to Mike McCoy for 24 yards to the CU20, 1ST DOWN
ALABAMA (Hamlin, M).
A 1-10 C20 Roy Upchurch rush for 7 yards to the CU13 (Brown, Ko;Hamlin, M).
A 2-3 C13 Roy Upchurch rush for 7 yards to the CU6, 1ST DOWN ALABAMA (Hamlin,
M).
A 1-G C06 Terry Grant rush for 1 yard to the CU5 (McKissic, J;Alexander, K).
A 2-G C05 Terry Grant rush for loss of 7 yards to the CU12 (Chambers, S).
A 3-G C12 Roy Upchurch rush for 3 yards to the CU9 (Maxwell, B).
A 4-G C09 Leigh Tiffin field goal attempt from 26 GOOD, clock 03:39.
--------------- 14 plays, 78 yards, TOP 08:54 ---------------
Leigh Tiffin kickoff 59 yards to the CU11, Spiller, C return 15 yards to the
CU26 (Terry Grant;Eryk Anders).
C 1-10 C26 CLEMSON drive start at 03:39.
C 1-10 C26 Harper, C pass complete to Grisham, T for 5 yards to the CU31 (Kareem
Jackson).
C 2-5 C31 Harper, C pass complete to Spiller, C for 8 yards to the CU39, 1ST
DOWN CU (Kareem Jackson).
C 1-10 C39 Harper, C pass complete to Ashe, T for 7 yards to the CU46 (Kareem
Jackson).
C 2-3 C46 Harper, C pass incomplete to Grisham, T, QB hurry by Marcel Dareus.
C 3-3 C46 Harper, C pass incomplete to Kelly, A.
C 4-3 C46 Harper, C pass complete to Grisham, T for 6 yards to the ALABAMA48,
1ST DOWN CU (Tyrone King).
C 1-10 A48 Harper, C pass incomplete to Ashe, T.
C 2-10 A48 Harper, C pass complete to Kelly, A for 15 yards to the ALABAMA33,
1ST DOWN CU (Ali Sharrief).
C 1-10 A33 Harper, C sacked for loss of 8 yards to the ALABAMA41 (C. Higgenbotham).
C 2-18 A41 Harper, C pass incomplete to Ashe, T.
C 3-18 A41 Harper, C pass complete to Ashe, T for 5 yards to the ALABAMA36 (Mark
Barron).
C 4-13 A36 End of game, clock 00:00.
--------------- 11 plays, 38 yards, TOP 03:39 ---------------
vs
