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Stat Pack: Where Alabama stands statistically after Week 1
BamaOnLine takes an in-depth look at Alabama’s rankings in several statistical categories from a national and SEC standpoint following the first full week of the 2019 season.
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Alabama is now one game into its 2019 regular-season schedule, and the No. 2-ranked team in the country boasts a 1-0 record after a 42-3 win over Duke in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game.
Although Notre Dame and Louisville still play tonight and several Power 5 teams did not play against non-conference opponents, BamaOnLine takes an in-depth look at Alabama’s rankings in several statistical categories from a national and Southeastern Conference standpoint following the first full week of the 2019-20 season. Statistics were acquired from CFBStats.com.
OFFENSE
Scoring offense: 42.0 points per game (T-28th nationally, 2nd in SEC)
Rushing offense: 145.0 yards per game (T-74th, 7th)
Passing offense: 367.0 yards per game (14th, 2nd)
Total offense: 512.0 yards per game (28th, 2nd)
Third down conversions: 50.0 percent (T-32nd, 4th)
Red zone conversions: 100.0 percent (T-1st, T-1st)
DEFENSE
Scoring defense: 3.0 points per game (T-6th, T-1st)
Rushing defense: 107.0 yards per game (55th, 6th)
Passing defense: 97.0 yards per game (15th, 3rd)
Total defense: 204.0 yards per game (15th, 2nd)
Opponent third down conversions: 25.0 percent (T-30th, 6th)
Opponent red zone conversions: 50.0 percent (T-8th, T-1st)
MISCELLANEOUS
Penalties: 88.0 yards per game (T-113th, 12th)
Opponent penalties: 52.0 yards per game (T-58th, 9th)
Time of possession: 36:37.00 per game (11th, 1st)
Turnover margin: +2 (T-13th, T-2nd)
OTHER STATS
-- For the seventh time in his career, junior quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw for 300 or more yards (336) and four touchdowns in a single game. The signal-caller has accounted for seven of the 36 passing games of 300 or more yards by an Alabama quarterback in school history, and his seventh game throwing four touchdown passes ties AJ McCarron for the UA career record.
From a national perspective after one game, Tagovailoa’s 83.9 completion percentage (26-of-31) ranks third in the entire country, while his 217.5 quarterback rating ranks fourth. His four passing touchdowns are tied for fourth nationally and his 10.8 yards per attempt is good for ninth place.
-- Junior wide receiver Jerry Jeudy caught a career-best 10 passes, which tied for the seventh-most in the nation. His 137 receiving yards rank eighth among the country’s top pass-catchers.
Jeudy’s 21-yard receiving touchdown against Duke gave him 17 for his career and tied Henry Ruggs III and DJ Hall for fourth place among the Crimson Tide’s career touchdown receptions leaders. Alabama’s all-time leader in that category is Amari Cooper (2012-14), who recorded 31.
-- Alabama extended its school record for scoring in consecutive games to 243 against Duke in the 2019 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game with Miller Forristall’s 27-yard touchdown reception from Tagovailoa in the second quarter. The Crimson Tide was last held off the scoreboard in a 9-0 loss to Auburn on Nov. 18, 2000. Alabama has a 190-53 (.782) record over the course of the current streak.
Forristall’s touchdown reception marked the first of the game and the first of his career. Redshirt sophomore tight end Major Tennison scored his first career touchdown off a 1-yard pass from Tagovailoa.
-- In its first game of the 2019 season, the Crimson Tide accumulated 30 first downs, which was the most in the SEC and tied for 11th nationally. Alabama allowed 11 first downs in its season opener, which ranked second in the conference behind LSU (8) and tied for 12th nationally.
-- Senior cornerback Trevon Diggs and freshman safety Jordan Battle intercepted passes in the season opener, giving UA two picks to tie Mississippi State for third place in the league. There were only six SEC teams to record one or more interceptions in Week 1. Texas A&M leads the pack with four picks, while Arkansas recorded three. Ole Miss and Kentucky had one apiece.
The turnovers give Alabama at least one turnover in 55 of its last 60 contests dating back to the start of the 2015 season. During the current run, the Crimson Tide has forced 96 turnovers (65 interceptions, 31 fumbles) and returned 22 of those miscues for touchdowns.
-- Alabama’s scoring defense was expectedly among the top 10 in the nation. Since the start of the 2009 football season, no team has allowed fewer touchdowns than the Crimson Tide. Alabama has surrendered only 218 touchdowns over the last 140 games. That is 50 fewer than the second-most in the nation (LSU with 268).
-- Alabama has been dominant in season openers under head coach Nick Saban. The Tide is 13-0, has outscored its opponents 528-144 (40.6-11.1) and outgained them, 5,743-2,685 (441.8-206.5). Alabama outscored its last four opening day opponents -- USC, Florida State, Louisville and Duke -- 169-30 and allowed just three touchdowns.
Alabama holds the second-longest active win streak in season openers in the FBS with 18 consecutive wins, dating back to the 2002 season. Ohio State leads the season opener win streak at 20.
-- True freshman kicker Will Reichard handled all aspects of Alabama’s kicking game Saturday, including kickoffs. He kicked off seven times, and all seven resulted in touchbacks. Reichard is one of only six kickers in the nation (with a minimum of three kickoffs) to have a 100-percent touchdown percentage. Forty-four of Joseph Bulovas’ 120 kickoffs resulted in a touchback last year.
