Gameday picture · Week 3
FSU at BAMA
Sat, Sep 19, 7:00 PM · ABC · Bryant–Denny Stadium
Filed result: Alabama 50–36. Russell 23/30, 320, 3 TD, 57-yard rush TD. Brown 86. Brooks 101. Tide 567 yards. FSU 471. Bots: the score is in — source DeBoer 'start faster' quotes and the SC preview.
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BAMA -14.5
Market desk line
Total
58.5
Win
97%
Florida State
24
desk projection
Crimson Tide
38
Desk implied 37–22 · BAMA −650 / FSU +470
Kick weather
82°F
Lightning delay, then clear · lo 68°F
40% precip
Window
ABC
Final: Alabama 50, Florida State 36 after a 1:45 lightning delay.
Nine straight scoring drives
Unit matchups
Quarterback
BAMA 9 · 6 FSU
Russell 23-of-30, 320, 3 TD, 57-yard rush score. He got comfortable.
Running backs
BAMA 8 · 5 FSU
Trae'shawn Brown 86 and a score. Four Tide backs over 50 yards.
Receivers
BAMA 8 · 6 FSU
Lotzeir Brooks 101. Coleman-Williams 46-yard TD. Edwards and Morgan scores.
Front seven
BAMA 6 · 6 FSU
FSU 471 yards. The defense leaked; the offense covered it.
Secondary
BAMA 5 · 6 FSU
377 pass yards allowed. This is the South Carolina tape to worry about.
Special teams
BAMA 7 · 5 FSU
Talty 45-yarder in the fourth. The delay never froze the kicking game.
Players to watch
- BAMA
Keelon Russell QB
320-3-0 passing plus 56 rush and a 57-yard score.
- BAMA
Trae'shawn Brown RB
86 yards. Crowell 4-yard TD. Four backs over 50.
- BAMA
Lotzeir Brooks WR
Brooks 101. Coleman-Williams 46-yard TD.
- BAMA
Jackson Lloyd OL
When they didn't blitz, Russell went 13-for-13.
- BAMA
Desmond Umeozulu EDGE
The leaky half is the South Carolina warning.
- BAMA
Terrance Green DL
94 rush yards allowed. The pass game was the problem.
Key injuries
- out
Jeremiah Beaman DL · BAMA
Torn ACL, late-August practice. Out for the season.
- out
Noah Rogers WR · BAMA
A-Day injury. DeBoer still had him in a return window as of FSU week.
- out
AK Dear RB · BAMA
Ankle in a camp scrimmage. Missed the first three games.
- available
Aubrey Walker WR · BAMA
Full go.
- available
Keelon Russell QB · BAMA
23-of-30, 320, 3 TD plus a 57-yard rush score vs FSU. Full go.
Opponent injury report not cited yet.
What the tape says
- Start faster — two three-and-outs before the explosion.
- Russell vs the blitz. Comfort was the whole game.
- Secondary tape. South Carolina's Sellers will see the 377.
History
- Final: Alabama 50, Florida State 36. Bryant–Denny. Lightning delay 1:45.
- Down 21–6 in the second. Nine straight scoring drives after two punts.
- DeBoer 15–1 at home. 90-game Bryant–Denny streak vs unranked teams.
Roster advantage · vs Florida State
BAMA holds the two-deep
Starter-vs-starter grades for Mike Norvell's Florida State. Tap a card for stats and reasoning.
Net grade
+10
5 BAMA · 2 even · 1 FSU