College Football
BOXSCORE
Alabama 34, Virginia Tech 24
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 5, 2009
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 74954
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Virginia Tech 7 10 0 7 24
Alabama 9 7 0 18 34
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 3:05
Alabama   FG  Alabama 3 - Virginia Tech 0
Leigh Tiffin 32 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:35
Virginia Tech   TD  Alabama 3 - Virginia Tech 7
Dyrell Roberts 98 yd. kickoff return (Matt Waldron kick)
1st Quarter - 8:41
Alabama   FG  Alabama 6 - Virginia Tech 7
Leigh Tiffin 34 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 9:56
Alabama   FG  Alabama 9 - Virginia Tech 7
Leigh Tiffin 49 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:02
Virginia Tech   TD  Alabama 9 - Virginia Tech 14
Ryan Williams 1 yd. run (Matt Waldron kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:09
Alabama   TD  Alabama 16 - Virginia Tech 14
Roy Upchurch 19 yd. run (Leigh Tiffin kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:39
Virginia Tech   FG  Alabama 16 - Virginia Tech 17
Matt Waldron 28 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 6:35
Alabama   TD  Alabama 23 - Virginia Tech 17
Mark Ingram 18 yd. pass from Greg McElroy (Leigh Tiffin kick)
4th Quarter - 9:22
Virginia Tech   TD  Alabama 23 - Virginia Tech 24
Ryan Williams 32 yd. run (Matt Waldron kick)
4th Quarter - 10:31
Alabama   FG  Alabama 26 - Virginia Tech 24
Leigh Tiffin 20 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:23
Alabama   TD  Alabama 34 - Virginia Tech 24
Mark Ingram 6 yd. run (Colin Peek pass from Greg McElroy)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Virginia Tech Alabama
W/L 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Virginia Tech Alabama
Score 24 34
1st Downs 11 22
3rd Down Efficiency 2-for-12
17% 		6-for-17
35%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0% 		0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 155 498
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 31-64 49-268
Average/Rush 2.1 5.5
Passing
Comp-Att 9-20 15-30
Passing Yards 91 230
Average/Pass Play 4.1 6.6
Penalties-Yards 6-45 10-83
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Time of Possession 37:02 22:58
PLAYER STATS
Virginia Tech (0 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Taylor 9/20 91 0 0
Alabama (1 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
G. McElroy 15/30 230 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
R. Williams 13 71 5.5 2
J. Oglesby 6 16 2.7 0
D. Coale 1 5 5.0 0
K. Younger 1 3 3.0 0
T. Taylor 10 -26 -2.6 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Ingram 26 150 5.8 1
R. Upchurch 7 90 12.9 1
G. McElroy 8 28 3.5 0
T. Richardson 3 10 3.3 0
T. Grant 2 2 1.0 0
J. Jones 1 -1 -1.0 0
M. Maze 1 -1 -1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
R. Williams 2 42 21.0 0
J. Boykin 3 19 6.3 0
D. Coale 2 16 8.0 0
J. Oglesby 2 14 7.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Maze 2 57 28.5 0
D. Hanks 3 55 18.3 0
J. Jones 4 46 11.5 0
C. Peek 3 37 12.3 0
M. Ingram 3 35 11.7 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Hopkins 1 6 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Worilds 1.0 4.0
A. Hopkins 0.5 1.0
S. Friday 0.5 1.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. McClain 2.0 19.0
M. Dareus 1.5 8.0
J. Arenas 1.0 10.0
J. Chapman 0.5 1.0
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Jones(VTECH) 9 4
S. Virgil 8 2
C. Grimm 4 3
B. Rivers 4 7
K. Chancellor 3 1
C. Thompson 2 0
N. Brown 2 2
D. Porch 2 2
A. Tweedy 2 2
J. Worilds 2 3
J. Graves 1 1
Z. Luckett 1 1
C. Martin 1 1
R. Carmichael 1 2
A. Hopkins 1 3
Tackles
  TK AST
R. McClain 4 1
M. Johnson 3 0
J. Arenas 3 2
E. Anders 3 5
D. Hightower 2 4
T. Richardson 1 0
B. Deaderick 1 0
C. Peek 1 0
C. Rogers 1 0
L. Washington 1 0
P. Fitzgerald 1 0
T. Cody 1 0
M. Barron 1 1
R. Woodson 1 1
M. Dareus 1 1
J. Chapman 1 2
T. King 1 2
J. Woodall 1 6
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
S. Virgil 3.0 4.0
J. Worilds 1.0 4.0
J. Jones(VTECH) 1.0 3.0
A. Hopkins 1.0 2.0
B. Rivers 1.0 2.0
C. Grimm 0.5 0.0
S. Friday 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
R. McClain 2.0 19.0
E. Anders 2.0 3.0
M. Dareus 1.5 8.0
J. Arenas 1.0 10.0
D. Hightower 1.0 1.0
J. Chapman 1.0 1.0
J. Woodall 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Williams 1
D. Morgan 1
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Upchurch 1