Minnesota 20, Alabama 16

Friday, December 31, 2004 11:00 · ESPN Nashville, TN · The Coliseum Attendance: 66089 Kickoff time: 11 a.m. End of Game: 2:30 Total elapsed time: 3:30 Officials: Referee: Jack Cramer; Umpire: Troy Gray; Linesman: Bryan Platt; Line judge: Mark McAnaney; Back judge: Richard Street; Field judge: Ronald Kumiega; Side judge: Wayne Mackie; Scorer: Chris Weinman; Temperature: 60 Wind: SW 15 Weather: Cloudy 2004 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Presented by Bridgestone

	1	2	3	4	*Final*
Alabama Crimson Tide	7	7	0	2	16
Minnesota Golden Gophers	7	10	3	0	20

***Scoring:***
*1st Quarter*
Alabama - 14:12 - L. McClain 2 yd pass from S. Pennnington (Brian Bostick kick) 1 play, 2 yards, TOP 0:05, ALABAMA 7 - MINN 0
Minnesota - 04:21 - Lipka, Keith 1 yd fumble recoveryy (Lloyd, Rhys kick) ALABAMA 7 - MINN 7
*2nd Quarter*
Minnesota - 14:57 - Barber III, M. 5 yd run (Lloyd, RRhys kick) 9 plays, 53 yards, TOP 2:57, ALABAMA 7 - MINN 14
Minnesota - 08:07 - Lloyd, Rhys 27 yd field goaal 13 plays, 59 yards, TOP 4:39, ALABAMA 7 - MINN 17
Alabama - 02:57 - L. McClain 1 yd run (Brian Bosticck kick) 10 plays, 73 yards, TOP 5:10, ALABAMA 14 - MINN 17
*3rd Quarter*
Minnesota - 10:16 - Lloyd, Rhys 24 yd field goal 11 plays, 68 yards, TOP 2:53, ALABAMA 14 - MINN 20
*4th Quarter*
Alabama - 03:11 - Team safety ALABAMA 16 - MINN 20

	Alabama	Minnesota
First downs	13	23
Rushing	1	18
Passing	10	4
Penalty	2	1
NET YARDS RUSHING	21	276
Rushing Attempts	21	72
Average Per Rush	1.0	3.8
Yards Gained Rushing	46	323
Yards Lost Rushing	25	47
NET YARDS PASSING	243	75
Completions-Attempts-Int	22-36-0	5-13-2
Average Per Attempt	6.8	5.8
Average Per Completion	11.0	15.0
TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS	264	351
Total offense plays	57	85
Average Gain Per Play	4.6	4.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost	2-2	2-1
Penalties: Number-Yards	4-35	11-84
Number of Punts- Yards	7-260	4-151
Average Yards Per Punt	37.1	37.8
Net Yards Per Punt	35.7	35.2
Inside 20	2	1
50+ Yards	0	0
Touchbacks	0	0
Fair catch	0	0
Kickoffs-yards	3-189	6-317
Average Yards Per Kickoff	63.0	52.8
Net Yards Per Kickoff	58.3	40.2
Touchbacks	2	0
Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD	2-10-0	4-10-0
Average Per Return	5.0	2.5
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD	5-76-0	1-14-0
Average Per Return	15.2	14.0
Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD	2-2-0	0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD	1-8-0	1-1-1
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	22:06	37:54
1st Quarter	4:35	10:25
2nd Quarter	7:49	7:11
3rd Quarter	5:27	9:33
4th Quarter	4:15	10:45
Third-Down Conversions	0 of 11	8 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions	0 of 2	1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	2-3	3-5
Sacks By: Number-Yards	0-0	3-17
PAT Kicks	2-2	2-2
Field Goals	0-0	2-3

**Alabama Individual Statistics ---Passing**
	*Att.*	*Comp.*	*Yards*	*Long*	*Int.*	*Sack*	TD
Spencer Pennington	36	22	243	40	0	3	1
Alabama Totals	36	22	243	40	0	3	1
Minnesota Totals	13	5	75	32	2	0	0

***Alabama Individual Statistics ---Rushing***
	*Att.*	*Gain*	Loss	Net	*Long*	*Avg.*	TD
Keith Brown	1	17	0	17	17	17.0	0
Aaron Johns	6	15	0	15	7	2.5	0
Le'Ron McClain	6	8	1	7	3	1.2	1
Kenneth Darby	1	1	0	1	1	1.0	0
Tyrone Prothro	3	4	7	-3	4	-1.0	0
Spencer Pennington	4	1	17	-16	1	-4.0	0
Alabama Totals	21	46	25	21	17	1.0	1
Minnesota Totals	72	323	47	276	25	3.8	1

**Alabama Individual Statistics ---Receiving**
	*Receptions*	*Yards*	*Long*	TD
D.J. Hall	5	51	23	0
Tyrone Prothro	4	82	25	0
Keith Brown	3	56	40	0
Matt Caddell	3	21	15	0
Ezekial Knight	2	10	8	0
Kenneth Darby	2	9	9	0
Le'Ron McClain	2	9	7	1
Aaron Johns	1	5	5	0
Alabama Totals	22	243	40	1
Minnesota Totals	5	75	32	0

**Alabama Individual Statistics ---Punting**
	*Punts*	*Yards*	*Avg.*	*Long*	*In20*
Bo Freelend	5	205	41.0	47	2
Jeremy Schatz	2	55	27.5	30	0
Alabama Totals	7	260	37.1	47	2
Minnesota Totals	4	151	37.8	43	1

**Alabama Individual Statistics ---Field Goals**
	*Att.*	*Made*	*Long*
Alabama Totals	0	0	0
Minnesota Totals	3	2	27

**Alabama Individual Statistics ---Kick Returns**
	*Returns*	*Yards*	*Long*	*TDs*
Tyrone Prothro	4	74	25	0
Trent Davidson	1	2	2	0
Alabama Totals	5	76	25	0
Minnesota Totals	1	14	18	0

**Alabama Individual Statistics ---Punt Returns**
	*Returns*	*Yards*	*Long*	*TDs*
Tyrone Prothro	2	10	5	0
Alabama Totals	2	10	5	0
Minnesota Totals	4	10	7	0

**Alabama Individual Statistics ---Interceptions**
	*Returns*	*Yards*	*Long*	*TDs*
Roman Harper	1	0	0	0
Anthony Madison	1	2	2	0
Alabama Totals	2	2	2	0
Minnesota Totals	0	0	0	0

**Alabama Individual Statistics ---Defensive**
	T.	*A.T.*	*ForLoss*	*QBH.*	*Sacks*	*P.Defl.*	*Int.*	*F.F.*	*F.R.*	*Blkd*
Roman Harper	9	5	1-9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
DeMeco Ryans	10	3	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cornelius Wortham	7	6	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Peprah	10	1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Roach	7	2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Todd Bates	3	3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Anderson	4	1	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Madison	4	1	1-1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Juwan Garth	3	1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallace Gilberry	3	1	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ramzee Robinson	2	1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Bryant	1	2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeffrey Dukes	2	0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jeremy Clark	1	0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bo Freelend	1	0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Harris	1	0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terrence Jones	1	0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcel Stamps	1	0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Simeon Castille	0	1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

**Player participation:**
Alabama Crimson Tide: 3A-Alex Fox, 3-Simeon Castille, 4-Tyrone Prothro, 6-Marcel Stamps, 15-Brian Bostick, 20-Marcus Carter, 21-Bo Freelend, 23-Kyle Bennett, 25-Jeremy Schatz, 32-Chris James, 34-Kenneth Darby, 36-Eric Gray, 37-Matt Miller, 38-Josh Smith, 39-Justin Ballard, 42-Juwan Garth, 43-Jeffrey Dukes, 44-D. Waldrop, 45-Juke King, 46-Allen Long, 50-Justin Britt, 55-Terrence Jones, 80-Trent Davidson, 81-Keith Brown, 84-Ezekial Knight, 85-Matt Ragland, 86-J. Christensen, 89-Nick Walker, 91-Chris Harris, 92-W. Gilberry, 93-Matt Collins, 94-Keith Saunders, 95-Drew Lane, 97-Anthony Bryant. Minnesota: 2-Hamilton, Paris, 6-White, Quentin, 7-Wallace, Jakari, 13-Ernst, Adam, 15-Harris, Jamal, 16-Lloyd, Rhys, 18-Valentine, J., 20-Owens, Brandon, 22-Maroney, L., 23-Barber, D., 24-Russell, Gary, 29-Pinnix, Amir, 32-Campbell, T., 33-Sampy, Johnny, 35-Wojciechowski,M, 40-Mccarthy, Pat, 42-Lamers, Jason, 43-Smith, Brian, 44-Mcgarry, Robert, 48-Reese, Mario, 53-Mullaney, Mark, 56-Swaggert, Tyson, 58-Sherels, Mike, 77-Brinkhaus, Tony, 84-Payne, Logan.

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