South Regional Semifinal- (4) Troy 30, (1) Alabama 27
Posted by deaconcat08 on December 19, 2009
Well we’ve played a 64 team bball tournament for 25 years and never had a 16 seed beat a 1, but during the very first year of BTS simulations, the top 1-seed goes down to the worst 4-seed.
Troy Bama
score 30 27
1st downs 8 16
total offense 319 446
rushes/yds/td 22/38/0 35/203/1
comp/atts/td 17/35/2 15/35/2
pass yds 281 243
3rd downs 3/14 3/15
4th downs 0 1/1
2 pt conv 0 0
turnovers 2 4
fumbles 0 1
ints 2 3
pr yds 27 39
kr yds 108 74
total yds 454 559
punts/avg 8/44.9 6/34.8
pen/yds 7/65 14/121
time of poss 12:38 15:22
Player Stats:
Passing
A: McElroy 15/35 243 yds 2 td 3 int
T: Brown 17/35 281 yds 2 td 2 int
Rushing
A: Ingram 32/218 yds 1 td
T: Harris 11/34 yds
Receiving
A: Ingram 4/85 yds 1 td
Huber 1/59 yds 1 td
Peek 4/44 yds
T: Davis 5/108 yds 1 td
Jarboe 4/69 yds
Jernigan 2/50 yds 1 td
Defense
A: Arenas 9 tkls
Cody 2 sacks
T: Lee 10 tkls
Searcy 2 sacks
Scoring Summary:
Alabama opened up the game with a 50 yd fg attempt that would not happen due to a false start penalty. This put Bama in a 4th and 9 situation at the Troy38, which they converted on a 13 yd pass to RB Ingram. This set up a 5 yd td run off right tackle by Ingram (Bama 7-0). Troy would make a 49 yd fg on their next possession (Bama 7-3).
The action picked up in the 2nd quarter. Troy QB Brown hit WR Jernigan for a 36 yd slant pass for a td and the lead (Troy 10-7). Troy would get the ball back, but Brown would throw an int at the Troy 39. The turnover would set up a Bama 27 yd fg (Tied 10-10). Bama then forces a punt. Bama would run a draw play with Ingram, who would lose a fumble at the Troy 45. The Bama defense came up big and shut down the Troy offense. Bama would get the ball back, but McElroy throws an int, which Troy LB Golden returned for a td (Troy 17-10). Troy ended the half with a 51 yd fg (Troy 20-10).
The top seed in the tournament would not go down without a fight. McElroy threw a swing pass to TE Huber, who lined up in the backfied. The pass went for 59 yds and a td (Troy 20-17). The Bama defense would hold Troy scoreless in the 3rd.
To start the 4th, McElroy threw another int at the Bama 42. This set up a Troy 42 yd fg (Troy 23-17). Bama would strike back with a 51 yd fg, which was set up by a 40 yd Ingram run (Troy 23-20). Brown would then throw his 1st int of the game at the Troy 46 with less than 1 min left. McElroy would waste no time, hitting Ingram for a 45 yd td pass and the lead with 30 sec to go (Bama 27-23). This game looked over at this point. Troy had 25 sec left to go 80 yds with 0 timeouts and they only scored 3 points in the 2nd half up to this point. However, a miracle occured when Troy WR Davis somehow found himself behind the Bama secondary. Brown found Davis and they connected for a 80 yd td pass to win the game! (Troy 30-27). FINAL
Notes:
1. Bama penalties. To many of Bama’s drives were stalled due to holding calls. As a team, they had 14 penalties for 121 yds.
2. Troy must play better if they want to beat Ohio St. Somehow Troy pulled out a win by never getting into the red zone, only running for 38 yds, only converting 3 3rd downs, and only making 8 1st downs all game.
3. Troy is now wearing the glass slipper. If it can happen in football, maybe basketball is next!
4. Play of the game: The 80 yd td pass from Brown to Davis w/26 seconds left to play.