Alabama vs. Southern Mississippi Football Game, 1949 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1949 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Southern Mississippi	0	0	0	26	26
Alabama	14	13	7	0	34

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Ed White 18 yard pass from Ed Salem (Ed Salem kick)	7	0
	TD	Ed White 24 yard pass from Ed Salem (Ed Salem kick)	14	0
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Butch Avinger 1 yard run (kick failed)	20	0
	TD	Al Lary 5 yard pass from Butch Avinger (Ed Salem kick)	27	0
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Charley Davis 12 yard pass from Ralph Cochran (Ed Salem kick)	34	0
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Morris Brown 4 yard run (kick)	34	7
	TD	Bobby Holmes 95 yard punt return (kick)	34	14
	TD	Morris Brown 43 yard run ( )	34	20
	TD	Bobby Holmes 82 yard punt return ( )	34	26

Team Stats
	Bama	USM
1st Downs	13	14
Rushing 1st Downs	10	9
Passing 1st Downs	3	5
Penalty	0	0
Rushing	192	145
Rushing Attempts	57	36
Yards Gained Rushing	208	182
Yards Lost Rushing	16	37
TDs Rushing	1	2
Passing	101	88
Passes Attempted	15	23
Passes Completed	9	8
Intercepted	1	2
TDs Passing	4	0
Pass Efficiency	191.23	49.53
Total Offensive Plays	72	59
Total Net Yards	293	233
Average Gain Per Play	4.07	3.95
Fumbles - Lost	1 - 0	2 - 2
Penalties - Yards	5 - 25	2 - 20
Interceptions - Yards	2 - 37	1 - 0
Punts - Yards	6 - 216	5 - 172
Average Per Punt	36.00	34.40
Punt Returns - Yards	3 - 36	5 - 195
Kickoff Returns - Yards	5 - 49	3 - 69

Game Info
Stadium	Denny Stadium
Location	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Date	Nov 19, 1949
Attendance	15,000
Weather	Fair
Conference	Bama: SEC USM: Gulf States
Head Coach	Bama: Harold Drew USM: Thad Vann
Season Record	Bama: 6-3-1 USM: 7-3

Alabama Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Ed White	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Al Lary	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Butch Avinger	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Charley Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ed Salem	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
TOTALS	5	0	4	0	0	0	34

Southern Mississippi Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Morris Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Bobby Holmes	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
TOTALS	4	0	2	0	0	0	26

Alabama Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Ed Salem	3-4-0	51	12.8	2	347.10
Ralph Cochran	3-5-1	25	5.0	1	128.00
Butch Avinger	2-5-0	16	3.2	1	132.88
JD Roddam	1-1-0	9	9.0	0	175.60
TOTALS	9-15-1	101	6.7	4	191.23

Alabama Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
Jim Burkett	14	65	0	65	4.6	0
Ed Salem	4	35	0	35	8.8	0
Ralph Cochran	3	21	0	21	7.0	0
Tom Calvin	6	17	0	17	2.8	0
JD Roddam	4	14	0	14	3.5	0
Paul Taylor	4	14	0	14	3.5	0
Bill Abston	3	13	0	13	4.3	0
Red Noonan	4	10	0	10	2.5	0
Charley Davis	8	11	4	7	0.9	0
Butch Avinger	2	1	0	1	0.5	1
Bob Cochran	5	7	12	-5	-1.0	0
TOTALS	57	208	16	192	3.4	1

Alabama Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Ed White	2	42	21.0	2
Butch Avinger	2	18	9.0	0
Charley Davis	2	17	8.5	1
Al Lary	2	16	8.0	1
Al Worthington	1	8	8.0	0
TOTALS	9	101	11.2	4

Alabama Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Bill Cadenhead	1	28	0
Bob Cochran	1	9	0
TOTALS	2	37	0

Alabama Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Tom Calvin	1	19	19.0	0
JD Roddam	1	13	13.0	0
Ralph Cochran	1	8	8.0	0
Sandy Helms	1	5	5.0	0
Ed Lary	1	4	4.0	0
TOTALS	5	49	9.8	0

Alabama Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
James Melton	1	22	22.0	0
JD Roddam	2	14	7.0	0
TOTALS	3	36	12.0	0

Alabama Kicking
	FG	XP	Pts
Ed Salem	0-	4-5	4
TOTALS	0-	4-5	4

Alabama Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Butch Avinger	2	85	42.5
Bob Cochran	2	84	42.0
Ralph Cochran	2	47	23.5
TOTALS	6	216	36.0

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