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vs
Saturday, September 1, 2007
6:00 · PPV
Tuscaloosa · Bryant-Denny Stadium
Kickoff time: 6:07 PM End of Game: 9:24 PM Total elapsed time: 3:17
Officials: Referee: Matt AUSTIN; Umpire: Wally HOUGH; Linesman: Allama MATTHEWS;
Line judge: Mickey HADDOCK; Back judge: Steven PATRICK; Field judge: C. SHOWALTER; Side judge: Bobby MOREAU; Scorer: Buddy JONES;
Temperature: 89 deg F Wind: ENE @ 5 Weather: 55%rh; Partly Cloudy
Attendance: 92,138
Head coach Nick Saban's first game at Alabama ... UA head coaches are 21-6 in their debuts ... Rolando McClain and Kareem Jackson become the eighth and ninth true freshmen to start a season opener at Alabama.


Western Carolina Alabama
POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE
LT 63 Ryan Cooper LT 71 Andre Smith
LG 70 Chris Huffman LG 50 Justin Britt
C 73 Kevin Wiggins C 59 Antoine Caldwell
RG 71 Ben Davies RG 76 Marlon Davis
RT 52 J. Singletary RT 78 Mike Johnson
WR 80 Marquel Pittman TE 88 Nick Walker
WR 19 Michael Hines WR 22 DJ Hall
WR 9 Eddie Cohen WR 80 Mike McCoy
QB 8A Todd Spitzer WR 11 Matt Caddell
FB 32 L.J. Davis QB 14 John Parker Wilson
TB 5 Mike Malone RB 29 Terry Grant
POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE
EDGE 97 Levander Thomas DE 92 Wallace Gilberry
DT 53 John Martin NG 97 Lorenzo Washington
DT 82 Gene Singletary DE 93 Bobby Greenwood
RUSH 41 Jeff Bradley NICK 3 Kareem Jackson
WILL 44 Chaz Jackson MIKE 25 Rolando McClain
MIKE 48 Drew Walker WILL 57 Darren Mustin
BUC 42 Michael Shaw JACK 94 Keith Saunders
RCB 16 Antoine George LCB 2 Simeon Castille
FS 10 Chris Collins SS 20 Marcus Carter
S 2 Meko Watson FS 49 Rashad Johnson
LCB 1 Carlton Bailey RCB 16 Lionel Mitchell

 

1

2

3

4

Final
Western Carolina Catamount 0 3 0 3 6
Alabama Crimson Tide 14 10 14 14 52
 

Scoring:

1st Quarter
Alabama - 1st 14:38 - Terry Grant 47 yd run (Leigh Tiffin kick)
1 play, 47 yards, TOP 0:22, WCU 0 - ALA 7
Alabama - 01:58 - Terry Grant 1 yd run (Leigh Tiffin kick)
10 plays, 94 yards, TOP 3:51, WCU 0 - ALA 14

2nd Quarter
Western Carolina - 13:40 - J. Parsons 34 yd field goal
12 plays, 51 yards, TOP 3:18, WCU 3 - ALA 14
Alabama - 12:20 - Terry Grant 21 yd run (Leigh Tiffin kick)
3 plays, 36 yards, TOP 1:20, WCU 3 - ALA 21
Alabama - 00:05 - Leigh Tiffin 21 yd field goal
17 plays, 69 yards, TOP 5:09, WCU 3 - ALA 24

3rd Quarter
Alabama - 10:29 - Glen Coffee 1 yd run (Leigh Tiffin kick)
10 plays, 73 yards, TOP 3:09, WCU 3 - ALA 31
Alabama - 00:37 - Nick Walker 1 yd pass from Greg McElroy (Leigh Tiffin kick)
10 plays, 60 yards, TOP 4:15, WCU 3 - ALA 38

4th Quarter
Western Carolina - 13:18 - J. Parsons 29 yd field goal
8 plays, 72 yards, TOP 2:19, WCU 6 - ALA 38
Alabama - Jimmy Johns 1 yd run (Leigh Tiffin kick)
5 plays, 86 yards, TOP 2:13, WCU 6 - ALA 45
Alabama - 03:23 - Roy Upchurch 25 yd run (Leigh Tiffin kick)
3 plays, 38 yards, TOP 1:05, WCU 6 - ALA 52
 

Western Carolina

Alabama

First Downs

 15 35

Rushing

 7 16

Passing

 7 17

Penalty

 1 2

NET YARDS RUSHING

 76 313

Rushing Attempts

 39 44

Average Per Rush

 1.9 7.1

Rushing Touchdowns

 0 6

Yards Gained Rushing

 120 320

Yards Lost Rushing

 44 7

NET YARDS PASSING

 171 262

Completions-Attempts-Int

 14-27-0 25-34-0

Average Per Attempt

 6.3 7.7

Average Per Completion

 12.2 10.5

Passing Touchdowns

 0 1

TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS

 247 575

Total offense plays

 66 78

Average Gain Per Play

 3.7 7.4

Fumbles: Number-Lost

 5-2 0-0

Penalties: Number-Yards

 6-65 5-42

Number of Punts- Yards

 6-237 1-40

Average Yards Per Punt

 39.5 40.0

Net Yards Per Punt

 33.5 20.0

Inside 20

 1 0

50+ Yards

 0 0

Touchbacks

 0 1

Fair catch

 0 0

Kickoffs-yards

 3-161 9-519

Average Yards Per Kickoff

 53.7 57.7

Net Yards Per Kickoff

 23.0 42.4

Touchbacks

 0 1

Punt Returns: Number-Yards-TD

 0-0-0 3-36-0

Average Per Return

 0.0 12.0

Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards-TD

 8-117-0 3-92-0

Average Per Return

 14.6 30.7

Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD

 0-0-0 0-0-0

Fumble Returns: Number-Yards-TD

 0-0-0 0-0-0

Miscellaneous Yards

 0 0

Possession Time

 31:49 28:11

1st Quarter

 7:43 7:17

2nd Quarter

 7:29 7:31

3rd Quarter

 7:36 7:24

4th Quarter

 9:01 5:59

Third-Down Conversions

 7 of 17 6 of 10

Fourth-Down Conversions

 1 of 1 0 of 0

Red-Zone Scores-Chances

 2-2 5-6

Sacks By: Number-Yards

 1-2 2-22

PAT Kicks

 0-0 7-7

Field Goals

 2-2 1-3
 

Individual Statistics ---Passing

Alabama
 

Att.

Comp.

Yards

Long

Int.

Sack

TD
John Parker Wilson 25 17 189 20 0 1 0
Greg McElroy 9 8 73 32 0 0 1

Alabama Totals

 34 25 262 32 0 1 1

Western Carolina
 

Att.

Comp.

Yards

Long

Int.

Sack

TD
Todd Spitzer 20 9 90 33 0 2 0
Adam Hearns 7 5 81 35 0 0 0

Western Carolina Totals

 27 14 171 35 0 2 0
 

Individual Statistics ---Rushing

Alabama
 

Att.

Gain

Loss

Net

Long

Avg.

TD
Terry Grant 18 136 2 134 47 7.4 3
Glenn Coffee 9 76 0 76 20 8.4 1
Roy Upchurch 6 58 3 55 25 9.2 1
Jimmy Johns 8 31 0 31 12 3.9 1
John Parker Wilson 3 19 2 17 15 5.7 0

Alabama Totals

 44 320 7 313 47 7.1 6

Western Carolina
 

Att.

Gain

Loss

Net

Long

Avg.

TD
Mike Malone 11 49 11 38 18 3.5 0
Adam Hearns 4 24 0 24 10 6.0 0
Willie Harper 11 27 9 18 8 1.6 0
L.J. Davis 8 16 1 15 5 1.9 0
TEAM 1 0 1 -1 0 -1.0 0
Todd Spitzer 4 4 22 -18 4 -4.5 0

Western Carolina Totals

 39 120 44 76 18 1.9 0
 

Individual Statistics ---Receiving

Alabama
 

Rec.

Yards

Long

TD
Nick Walker 5 40 14 1
DJ Hall 4 52 19 0
Earl Alexander 4 40 13 0
Jimmy Johns 2 28 20 0
Mike McCoy 2 25 13 0
Terry Grant 2 13 9 0
Glenn Coffee 1 32 32 0
Nikita Stover 1 10 10 0
Travis McCall 1 8 8 0
Darius Hanks 1 6 6 0
Baron Huber 1 4 4 0
Roy Upchurch 1 4 4 0

Alabama Totals

 25 262 32 1

Western Carolina
 

Rec.

Yards

Long

TD
Eddie Cohen 4 84 35 0
Marcus Brown 2 23 15 0
Michael Hines 2 22 15 0
Mike Malone 2 14 9 0