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#13Alabama
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2015 week 1 · postseason · Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 7:20 PM CT · AT&T Stadium · 📺 ESPN · 82,812 att · 48.9°F, wind 11.4

Drive chart

Michigan State Alabama bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
OWN G255025END ZONE
Q1
PUNT
3 pl · 20 yd · 2:19
0–0
PUNT
5 pl · 19 yd · 2:16
0–0
PUNT
4 pl · 14 yd · 2:10
0–0
PUNT
5 pl · 1 yd · 2:17
0–0
PUNT
6 pl · 20 yd · 3:27
0–0
PUNT
14 pl · 55 yd · 6:43
0–0
Q2
PUNT
7 pl · 33 yd · 2:34
0–0
TD
6 pl · 80 yd · 2:38
0–7
PUNT
3 pl · -2 yd · 1:32
0–7
FG
7 pl · 43 yd · 2:39
0–10
INT
8 pl · 63 yd · 1:19
0–10
END OF HALF
1 pl · 4 yd · 0:06
0–10
Q3
TD
9 pl · 75 yd · 4:24
0–17
FUMBLE
3 pl · 5 yd · 2:02
0–17
PUNT
7 pl · 15 yd · 3:57
0–17
PUNT TD
3 pl · -12 yd · 1:13
0–24
PUNT
3 pl · 1 yd · 0:55
0–24
TD
1 pl · 50 yd · 0:09
0–31
ON DOWNS
10 pl · 47 yd · 4:01
0–31
Q4
PUNT
3 pl · 9 yd · 2:26
0–31
PUNT
3 pl · 9 yd · 1:23
0–31
TD
3 pl · 69 yd · 1:38
0–38
ON DOWNS
7 pl · 51 yd · 3:23
0–38
FUMBLE
5 pl · 19 yd · 3:13
0–38
INT
5 pl · 24 yd · 0:45
0–38
END OF GAME
1 pl · -1 yd · 0:31
0–38
26 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

1takeaways3
1three-and-outs forced4
5 of 13scoring drives allowed0 of 13
No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

—field goals1 of 1
9punts6
45.7punt average46.5
0punts inside the 200
38return yards80
own 22average drive startown 26
Michigan State
P Jake Hartbarger 9 punts · 45.7 avg
KR R.J. Shelton 1 ret · 22 yds · long 22
PR R.J. Shelton 1 ret · 2 yds · long 2
PR Macgarrett Kings Jr. 2 ret · 14 yds · long 9
Alabama
K Adam Griffith 1/1 FG · long 47 · 5/5 XP
P JK Scott 6 punts · 46.5 avg
PR Cyrus Jones 5 ret · 80 yds · long 57 · 1 TD
K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2010 Alabama 49 – 7 Michigan State
Last 1 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
No play-by-play for this game — league-wide plays start in 2016.
Data: CollegeFootballData · terminal