THIRD AND DATA

Week 1 · 2009

#5 Alabama at #7 Virginia Tech

Sat 09/05/2009 08:00 PMGeorgia DomeNeutral site

#5 Alabama

34

14–0

#7 Virginia Tech

24

10–3

Attendance

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not reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2009, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

ALAQuarterbacks1 blue chip5
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB12Greg McElroy6'3"3yr
    2,508 Pass yds17 TD4 Int60.9 Cmp%83 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB2Star Jackson6'3"1yr
    116 Pass yds0 TD0 Int72.2 Cmp%3 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB10A.J. McCarron6'4"·1901yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB16Thomas Darrah6'6"·2121yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB18Morgan Ogilvie6'0"·1981yr
VTQuarterbacks2 blue chips5
  • 55-star recruitQB5Tyrod Taylor6'1"3yr
    2,311 Pass yds13 TD5 Int56.0 Cmp%370 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB12Ju-Ju Clayton6'1"1yr
    80 Pass yds1 TD0 Int20.0 Cmp%-13 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB3Logan Thomas6'6"1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB16Jeff Beyer6'5"·2271yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB—Wll Cole6'0"·1911yr
ALAOffensive line1 blue chip17
VTDefensive lineNo blue chips17
ALADefensive line2 blue chips17
VTOffensive lineNo blue chips19
ALABacks & tight ends4 blue chips14
  • 44-star recruitRB22Mark Ingram5'10"2yr
    271 Car1,658 Rush yds17 TD6.1 Rush avg
    32 Rec334 Rec yds10.4 Rec avg
  • 55-star recruitRB3Trent Richardson5'11"1yr
    145 Car751 Rush yds8 TD5.2 Rush avg
    16 Rec126 Rec yds7.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB5Roy Upchurch6'0"4yr
    48 Car299 Rush yds2 TD6.2 Rush avg
    12 Rec72 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB29Terry Grant5'9"4yr
    40 Car166 Rush yds3 TD4.2 Rush avg
    3 Rec47 Rec yds15.7 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB6Demetrius Goode—2yr
    16 Car108 Rush yds0 TD6.8 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB40Baron Huber6'3"4yr
    1 Rec4 Rec yds4.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB42Eddie Lacy6'0"1yr
  • 33-star recruitRB33Mike Marrow6'2"·2351yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB44Jacob Vane—1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE84Colin Peek6'6"2yr
    26 Rec313 Rec yds3 TD12.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE17Brad Smelley6'3"2yr
    7 Rec50 Rec yds0 TD7.1 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE89Michael Williams6'6"1yr
    3 Rec29 Rec yds0 TD9.7 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE85Preston Dial6'3"3yr
    3 Rec25 Rec yds0 TD8.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE87Chris Underwood6'4"1yr
VTLinebackersNo blue chips15
ALALinebackers3 blue chips16
VTBacks & tight endsNo blue chips13
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB42Kenny Jefferson5'10"4yr
    1 Rec7 Rec yds7.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB31Kenny Younger6'0"1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB—Josh Call5'10"·2371yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB45Joey Phillips5'11"1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE8Greg Boone6'3"4yr
    7 Rec75 Rec yds0 TD10.7 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE18Sam Wheeler6'3"4yr
    2 Rec30 Rec yds0 TD15.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE33Chris Drager6'4"3yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE9Randall Dunn6'2"1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE48George George6'4"1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE86Eric Martin6'2"1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE87Prince Parker6'6"1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE88Andre Smith6'5"·2721yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE85Rob Stanton6'5"·2341yr
ALAReceivers5 blue chips14
  • 55-star recruitWR8Julio Jones6'4"2yr
    43 Rec596 Rec yds4 TD13.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR4Marquis Maze5'10"2yr
    31 Rec523 Rec yds2 TD16.9 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR15Darius Hanks6'0"3yr
    17 Rec272 Rec yds3 TD16.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR80Mike McCoy6'3"3yr
    10 Rec149 Rec yds1 TD14.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR82Earl Alexander6'4"3yr
    4 Rec52 Rec yds0 TD13.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR11Brandon Gibson6'2"1yr
    2 Rec25 Rec yds0 TD12.5 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR88Michael Bowman6'4"1yr
    1 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR7Kenny Bell6'1"1yr
  • 44-star recruitWR26Kendall Kelly6'3"·2141yr
  • 44-star recruitWR83Kevin Norwood6'2"1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR13Rob Ezell5'10"·1721yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR48Travis Sikes6'2"·1881yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR46William Strickland6'0"·1911yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR18Nick Williams5'10"·1851yr
VTDefensive backs1 blue chip9
ALADefensive backs4 blue chips15
VTReceiversNo blue chips1
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR18D.J. Coles6'4"1yr
ALAKickersNo blue chips2
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK99Leigh Tiffin6'2"4yr
    30 FG35 FGA50 Long132 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK5Jeremy Shelley5'10"1yr
    0 FG1 FGA0 Long1 Pts
VTKickersNo blue chips5
ALAPuntersNo blue chips1
  • —No recruiting profile foundP97P.J. Fitzgerald5'11"4yr
    58 Punts41.5 Avg0 In 20
VTPuntersNo blue chips3
  • —No recruiting profile foundP97Brent Bowden6'3"3yr
    57 Punts43.8 Avg0 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP—Grant Bowden6'4"·2001yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundP30Brian Saunders6'0"1yr

Previous 10 meetings vs. Alabama

Virginia Tech 1–9 vs Alabama

  • 1998 · wk 16Alabama 7 @ Virginia Tech 38
  • 1979 · wk 9Virginia Tech 7 @ Alabama 31
  • 1978 · wk 9Virginia Tech 0 @ Alabama 35
  • 1973 · wk 9Virginia Tech 6 @ Alabama 77
  • 1972 · wk 11Virginia Tech 13 @ Alabama 52
  • 1970 · wk 4Virginia Tech 18 @ Alabama 51
  • 1969 · wk 2Alabama 17 @ Virginia Tech 13
  • 1968 · wk 2Virginia Tech 7 @ Alabama 14
  • 1952 · wk 5Virginia Tech 0 @ Alabama 33
  • 1933 · wk 9Virginia Tech 0 @ Alabama 27

Previous meeting vs. Frank Beamer

Alabama 0–1 vs Frank Beamer

  • 1998 · wk 16Alabama 7 @ Virginia Tech 38

Previous meeting vs. Nick Saban

Virginia Tech 1–0 vs Nick Saban

  • 2002 · wk 2LSU 8 @ Virginia Tech 26

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