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 | |  | | Kent State (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | Alabama (1-0) | 21 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 48 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Alabama: Trent Richardson 1 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick) | | | Alabama: Marquis Maze 24 yd pass from AJ McCarron (Jeremy Shelley kick) | | | Alabama: Trent Richardson 9 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick) | | | Alabama: Jeremy Shelley 36 yd FG | | | Kent State: Justin Thompson 3 yd pass from Spencer Keith (Freddy Cortez kick) | | | Alabama: Trent Richardson 1 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick) | | | Alabama: Eddie Lacy 1 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick) | | | Alabama: Jalston Fowler 49 yd run (Jeremy Shelley kick) | | | Alabama: Jeremy Shelley 32 yd FG | |
| Team Statistics | | | Alabama | Kent State | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 24 | 6 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 482 | 90 | | Total Plays | 72 | 70 | | Average Gain | 6.7 | 1.3 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 183 | -9 | | Rushes | 35 | 23 | | Average per rush | 5.2 | -0.4 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 299 | 99 | | Completions-attempted | 21-37 | 20-47 | | Sacked | 2 | 4 | | Yards Lost | -12 | -31 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 5 | 1 | | Interceptions | 4 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 0 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 2 | 4 | | Penalty Yards | 10 | 36 | | Time of Possesion | 29:53 | 30:7 | | Punts | 3 | 12 | | Punt Average | 42.33 | 44 | | Return Yards | 211 | 178 |
| Passing | | Alabama | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | AJ McCarron | 14 | 23 | 226 | 1 | 2 | 9.8 | | | Phillip Sims | 7 | 14 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 5.2 | | | Kent State | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Spencer Keith | 20 | 47 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 2.1 | |
| Rushing | | Alabama | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Jalston Fowler | 4 | 69 | 1 | 17.3 | | | Eddie Lacy | 8 | 58 | 1 | 7.3 | | | Trent Richardson | 13 | 37 | 3 | 2.8 | | | Blake Sims | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2.7 | | | Phillip Sims | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | | | AJ McCarron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Kent State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Trayion Durham | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | | | Robert Hollomon | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3.0 | | | Eric Adeyemi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Spencer Keith | 5 | -31 | 0 | -6.2 | | | Jacquise Terry | 10 | 23 | 0 | 2.3 | | | Team | 1 | -17 | 0 | -17.0 | | | Anthony Meray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | |
| Receiving | | Alabama | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Marquis Maze | 8 | 118 | 1 | 14.8 | | | DeAndrew White | 4 | 44 | 0 | 11.0 | | | Eddie Lacy | 3 | 76 | 0 | 25.3 | | | Brandon Gibson | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18.0 | | | Trent Richardson | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16.0 | | | Brad Smelley | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Christion Jones | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Brian Vogler | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Kevin Norwood | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Kent State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Justin Thompson | 4 | 19 | 1 | 4.8 | | | Sam Kirkland | 4 | 16 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Matthew Hurdle | 3 | 24 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Tim Erjavec | 3 | 21 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Tyshon Goode | 3 | 15 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Trayion Durham | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Eric Adeyemi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Anthony Meray | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5.0 | |
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