2012 Texas A&M [sc] 17, 2012 Alabama [sc] 42

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2nd

3rd

4th

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2012 Texas A&M [sc]

0

7

3

7

0

17
2012 Alabama [sc]

7

14

14

7

0

42
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Poss Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 8:06 2012 Alabama [sc] A.Cooper 13 yd. pass from A.McCarron (J.Shelley kick) 7-0 Ala
2 11:42 2012 Alabama [sc] E.Lacy 11 yd. run (J.Shelley kick) 14-0 Ala
2 7:30 2012 Texas A&M [sc] B.Malena 29 yd. pass from J.Manziel (T.Bertolet kick) 14-7 Ala
2 2:06 2012 Alabama [sc] C.Jones 3 yd. pass from A.McCarron (J.Shelley kick) 21-7 Ala
3 12:00 2012 Alabama [sc] T.Yeldon 33 yd. pass from A.McCarron (J.Shelley kick) 28-7 Ala
3 6:18 2012 Texas A&M [sc] T.Bertolet 28 yd. field goal 28-10 Ala
3 5:42 2012 Alabama [sc] C.Jones 58 yd. pass from A.McCarron (J.Shelley kick) 35-10 Ala
4 14:42 2012 Alabama [sc] A.Cooper 9 yd. pass from A.McCarron (J.Shelley kick) 42-10 Ala
4 3:00 2012 Texas A&M [sc] J.Manziel 11 yd. run (T.Bertolet kick) 42-17 Ala

Team Statistics
2012 Texas A&M [sc] 2012 Alabama [sc]
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 15-8-2-25 6-15-2-23
Third Down Efficiency 7-14-50% 4-8-50%
Fourth Down Efficiency 2-3-67% 2-2-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 10-28-36% 28-28-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 377-71-5.3 416-53-7.8
Total Net Yards Rushing 206 137
Total Rushes 35 31
Average Per Rush 5.9 4.4
Passes Completed/Attempted 20/36 (55.6%) 20/22 (90.9%)
Net Yards Passing 171 279
Avg Yards Per Pass 4.8 12.7
Sacked/Yards Lost 2/13 1/5
Punts/Average 3/31.7 1/66.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 1/13 1/10
Kickoffs/Returns 6/126 2/49
Interceptions/Returns 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/35 4/27
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 0/0 0/0
Time of Possession 31 mins 48 secs 28 mins 12 secs
Average Drive Start TAM 27 Ala 31

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
2012 Texas A&M [sc]
Johnny Manziel 36 20 171 55.6 4.8 1 2.8 0 0 29 2/13 104.6
2012 Alabama [sc]
A.J. McCarron 22 20 279 90.9 12.7 5 22.7 0 0 58 1/5 272.4

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
2012 Texas A&M [sc]
Johnny Manziel 15 121 8.1 24 1 0 0/0
Christine Michael 8 17 2.1 11 0 0 0/0
Ben Malena 7 38 5.4 12 0 0 0/0
Trey Williams 5 30 6.0 18 0 0 0/0
2012 Alabama [sc]
Eddie Lacy 12 44 3.7 11 1 0 0/0
T.J. Yeldon 12 74 6.2 14 0 0 0/0
A.J. McCarron 3 -7 -2.3 0 0 0 0/0
Brent Calloway 2 6 3.0 6 0 0 0/0
Dee Hart 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0/0
Kenyan Drake 1 18 18.0 18 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
2012 Texas A&M [sc]
Ryan Swope 5 42 8.4 12 0 0
Ben Malena 4 48 12.0 29 1 0
Thomas Johnson 4 29 7.3 12 0 0
Mike Evans 3 17 5.7 7 0 0
Uzoma Nwachukwu 2 18 9.0 14 0 0
Trey Williams 1 7 7.0 7 0 0
Kenric McNeal 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
2012 Alabama [sc]
Amari Cooper 5 72 14.4 20 2 0
T.J. Yeldon 4 65 16.3 33 1 0
Kevin Norwood 3 27 9.0 11 0 0
Eddie Lacy 3 19 6.3 10 0 0
Christion Jones 2 61 30.5 58 2 0
Michael Williams 2 19 9.5 14 0 0
Kenny Bell 1 16 16.0 16 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
2012 Texas A&M [sc]
Taylor Bertolet 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 100
2012 Alabama [sc]

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
2012 Texas A&M [sc]
Ryan Epperson 3 31.7 28.3 0 0 45 0
2012 Alabama [sc]
Cody Mandell 1 66.0 53.0 0 0 66 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
2012 Texas A&M [sc]
Trey Williams 6 126 21.0 24 0
2012 Alabama [sc]
Christion Jones 1 25 25.0 25 0
Cyrus Jones 1 24 24.0 24 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
2012 Texas A&M [sc]
Dustin Harris 1 0 13 13.0 13 0
2012 Alabama [sc]
Christion Jones 1 1 10 10.0 10 0
Cyrus Jones 0 1 0 0 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
2012 Texas A&M [sc]
Sean Porter 7 0 0
Jonathan Stewart 6 0 0
Deshazor Everett 6 0 0
De'Vante Harris 6 0 0
Howard Matthews 5 0 0
Spencer Nealy 5 0 0
Steven Terrell 4 0 0
Kirby Ennis 2 0 0
Damontre Moore 1 1 0
Steven Jenkins 1 0 0
2012 Alabama [sc]
Robert Lester 9 0 0
Jesse Williams 8 1 0
Trey Depriest 6 1 0
Landon Collins 5 0 0
C.J. Mosley 5 0 0
DeMarcus Milliner 4 0 0
Deion Belue 4 0 0
Denzel Devall 4 0 0
Haha Clinton-Dix 3 0 0
Xzavier Dickson 2 0 0
Damion Square 1 0 0
Quinton Dial 1 0 0
Ed Stinson 1 0 0

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
2012 Texas A&M [sc]
2012 Alabama [sc]

Game Story
A.J. McCarron had a game to remember as Alabama [sc] destroyed Texas A&M [sc] by the score of 42 to 17. McCarron burned the Texas A&M [sc] defense for 279 yards and lit up the scoreboard for 5 touchdowns. Alabama [sc] won the air battle out-passing Texas A&M [sc] 279 to 171 yards. The fans were thrilled by a touchdown pass to Christion Jones that gained 58 yards with 5:42 left in the 3rd quarter. Alabama [sc] led at halftime 21 to 7. They led after three quarters 35 to 10. Johnny Manziel carried the ball 15 times gaining 121 yards and added a touchdown for Texas A&M [sc] .