Freshman Kyler Murray took over for a few possessions and also was intercepted.
The Crimson Tide and the Aggies have made the most of their matchups since A&M joined the SEC in 2012. Alabama was 5-1 in 2014, 4-1 in 2013, 6-0 in 2012 and 5-0 in 2011. While Texas A&M has been getting it done on offense, the Aggies defense can be thanked for this season’s success so far. The three scores marked the 39th, 40th and 41st non-offensive touchdowns of the Nick Saban era at Alabama. The Crimson Tide front seven harassed Aggie signal callers all afternoon, recording six sacks and forcing a number of errant throws. Sophomore running back Leonard Fournette has emerged as the favorite to win this year’s Heisman trophy after running for 1,022 yards and 12 touchdowns in LSU’s first five wins and we expect more of the same at home against Florida on Saturday.
This might be the biggest game in the history of Kyle Field. It was Coker’s best game since joining the Crimson Tide.
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“We weren’t very good at that position today”, A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said of his quarterbacks.
While it sputtered at times, Alabama’s offense did its part early on.
The Aggies were two weeks ago in avenging last year’s Mississippi State loss with a 30-17 victory over the Bulldogs at Kyle Field. Alabama averages 61 penalty yards per game and opponents average 65. He has the experience of playing the end of the season last year and 5 games into this year but having the full Alabama experience was one game he was missing. Alabama Crimson Tide rank at 1 for 0.0 road rushing yards where as Texas A&M Aggies rank at 86 for allowing 161.7 rushing yards at home.
“We’ve got a lot of things we can do better, but you’ve got to hand it to this team, man”, Saban said. By now, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Tide is capable of improving and running the table after suffering an upset during the regular season.
It’s been said the SEC football season is like a double-elimination tournament - you can lose one and hope for the best, but when the second shoe drops, start looking for late December hotel rooms in Orlando, Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and beyond. UA had converted 36 straight halftime leads into wins before falling at Auburn on November 30, 2013. Alabama holds a 5-2 lead heading into the eighth matchup on Saturday. Tennessee comes to Tuscaloosa next week, followed by the most unsafe match-up left on the schedule: LSU. The Aggies added a field goal to make it 34-23 before Fitzpatrick’s second touchdown sealed it. In 2010, the Tide led 10-3 at the half before the Tigers rallied for a 24-20 win in Death Valley.
Alabama Crimson Tide scored 35.8 points compared to allowed 17.5 points with point differential of 18.3. Robert Foster has 10 catches for 116 yards and 2 touchdowns, but is out for the season with a shoulder injury. He is 3-3 when tied at halftime. But overall, a great game plan that was executed at a high level. After Fitzpatrick’s interception return, Henry rumbled 55 yards to pay dirt with 5:26 left in the opening stanza before tacking on a 6-yard scoring run with 14:51 left in the half.
Kyle Allen has thrown for 1,274 yards with 13 touchdowns and just two interceptions.
- Eddie Jackson, a 93-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second.
Florida’s rise from unranked to top 10 took a hit this week when quarterback Will Grier was suspended for the season for using a banned substance. Three pick-six’s, four total interceptions. And last week Alabama completely stunted Arkansas to the tune of 220 total yards and a miniscule nine first downs in the 27-14 victory.
