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Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game Recap

Friday, January 1, 2021 | 3 p.m. CT No. 1 Alabama 31, No. 4 Notre Dame 14 AT&T Stadium | Arlington, Texas
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL
UND #4 Notre Dame (10-2) 0 7 0 7 14
UA #1 Alabama (12-2) 14 7 7 3 31

2021 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Capital One

GAME BOOK


 

Attendance:
18,373
Kickoff Time:
3:20 p.m. CT
End of Game:
6:33 p.m. CT
Game Duration:
3:13


SCORING SUMMARY

QTR TIME SCORE
(V-H)		 TEAM SCORING PLAY DRIVE
1st 10:14 0-7 Alabama DeVonta Smith 26 yd pass from Mac Jones (Will Reichard kick) 7-79 (2:36)
1st 04:19 0-14 Alabama Jahleel Billingsley 12 yd pass from Mac Jones (Will Reichard kick) 5-97 (2:11)
2nd 11:16 7-14 Notre Dame Kyren Williams 1 yd run (Jonathan Doerer kick) 15-75 (8:03)
2nd 08:49 7-21 Alabama DeVonta Smith 34 yd pass from Mac Jones (Will Reichard kick) 6-84 (2:21)
3rd 04:58 7-28 Alabama DeVonta Smith 7 yd pass from Mac Jones (Will Reichard kick) 5-62 (2:29)
4th 12:45 7-31 Alabama Will Reichard 41 yd field goal 10-47 (4:20)
4th 00:56 14-31 Notre Dame Ian Book 1 yd run (Jonathan Doerer kick) 14-80 (4:36)


NOTRE DAME STARTERS

POS. NO. OFFENSE
WR 11 Ben Skowronek
WR 3 Avery Davis
LT 74 Liam Eichenburg
LG 69 Aaron Banks
C 52 Zeke Correll
RG 78 Tommy Kraemer
RT 72 Robert Hainsey
TE 88 Javon McKinley
TE 87 Michael Mayer
QB 12 Ian Book
RB 23 Kyren Williams
POS. NO. DEFENSE
DE 9 Daelin Hayes
DT 99 Rylie Mills
NG 41 Kurt Hinish
DE 91 Adetokunbo Ogundeji
BLB 35 Marist Liufau
MLB 40 Drew White
ROV 6 Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
CB 4M Nick McCloud
FS 1H Kyle Hamilton
SS 2C Shaun Crawford
CB 2L Clarence Lewis

NOTRE DAME RESERVES

0 - Braden Lenzy, 1P - Isaiah Pryor, 1J - Jordan Botelho, 1B - DJ Brown, 1A - Justin Ademilola, 2K - Jack Kiser, 2B - JD Bertrand, 3G - Houston Griffith, 5C - Howard Cross III, 5B - Bo Bauer, 5 - Cam Hart, 7F - Isaiah Foskey, 8 - Jafar Armstrong, 10 - Drew Pyne, 13 - Lawrence Keys III, 18 - Joe Wilkins, Jr., 19 - Jay Bramblett, 20 - C'Bo Flemister, 21 - Caleb Offord, 24 - Tommy Tremble, 25 - Chris Tyree, 29 - Ovie Oghoufo, 31 - Jack Lamb, 32 - Matt Salerno, 33 - Shayne Simon, 39 - Jonathan Doerer, 54 - Jacob Lacey, 56 - John Dirksen, 57 - Jayson Ademilola, 65 - Michael Vinson, 70 - Hunter Spears, 75 - Josh Lugg, 76 - Dillan Gibbons, 84 - Kevin Bauman, 85 - George Takacs, 89 - Brock Wright, 95 - Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa.

ALABAMA STARTERS

POS. NO. OFFENSE
LT 70 Alex Leatherwood
LG 65 Deonte Brown
C 79 Chris Owens
RG 55 Emil Ekiyor Jr.
RT 73 Evan Neal
TE 87 Miller Forristall
TE 19 Jahleel Billingsley
QB 10 Mac Jones
RB 22 Najee Harris
WR 8A John Metchie
WR 6 DeVonta Smith
POS. NO. DEFENSE
DE 92 Justin Eboigbe
NG 94 DJ Dale
DE 58 Christian Barmore
MLB 32 Dylan Moses
WLB 8 Christian Harris
JLB 31 Will Anderson Jr.
CB 2 Patrick Surtain
CB 28 Josh Jobe
FS 29 DeMarcco Hellams
SS 9 Jordan Battle
CB 14 Brian Branch

ALABAMA RESERVES

1D - Thaiu Jones-Bell, 1H - Slade Bolden, 1A - Ale Kaho, 1 - Ben Davis, 3 - Daniel Wright, 3B - Sam Willoughby, 3A - Xavier Williams, 4A - Christopher Allen, 4R - Sam Reed, 4 - Brian Robinson Jr., 5 - Jalyn Armour-Davis, 15 - Eddie Smith, 16 - Will Reichard, 20 - Drew Sanders, 21 - Jase McClellan, 26 - Marcus Banks, 30 - King Mwikuta, 40 - Joshua McMillon, 42 - Jaylen Moody, 45 - Thomas Fletcher, 47 - Byron Young, 48 - Phidarian Mathis, 50 - Tim Smith, 54 - Kyle Flood Jr., 60 - Kendall Randolph, 71 - Darrian Dalcourt, 75 - Tommy Brown, 81 - Cameron Latu, 85 - Charlie Scott, 88 - Major Tennison.


 
2021 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Capital One

OFFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE GAME DeVonta Smith
DeVonta Smith
Sr., WR, Alabama

DEFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE GAME Patrick Surtain II
Patrick Surtain II
Jr., DB, Alabama


TEAM STATISTICS UND UA
First downs 24 24
Rushing 8 8
Passing 13 15
Penalty 3 1
Rushes-Yards 38-139 25-140
Passing Yards 236 297
Passes Comp-Att-Int 28-42-1 25-30-0
Total Offense
(Plays-Yards)		 80-375 55-437
Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-20
Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-8 1-16
Punts (Number-Avg) 4-47.2 3-42.3
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Sacks By
(Number-Yards)		 1-8 2-15
Penalties-Yards 3-25 6-59
3rd Down Conversions 8-of-16 6-of-10
4th Down Conversions 2-of-3 0-of-0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Notre Dame - Kyren Williams, 16-64, 1 TD; Ian Book, 15-55, 1 TD; Chris Tyree, 5-16; Ben Skowronek, 1-4; C'Bo Flemister, 1-0.

Alabama - Najee Harris, 15-125; Mac Jones, 6-18; Brian Robinson Jr., 2-4; DeVonta Smith, 1- -5.
Passing: Notre Dame - Ian Book, 27-39-1, 229; Drew Pyne, 1-1-0, 7.

Alabama - Mac Jones, 25-30-0, 297, 4 TD.
Receiving: Notre Dame - Kyren Williams, 8-31; Michael Mayer, 7-62; Ben Skowronek, 4-41; Chris Tyree, 4-37; Javon McKinley, 2-20; Lawrence Keys III, 1-20; Avery Davis, 1-15; George Takacs, 1-10.

Alabama - DeVonta Smith, 7-130, 3 TD; Jahleel Billingsley, 4-39, 1 TD; Najee Harris, 4-30; John Metchie, 3-53; Miller Forristall, 3-31; Slade Bolden, 2-22; Xavier Williams, 1-0; Mac Jones, 1- -8.
Punting: Notre Dame - Jay Bramblett, 4-189, 47.2.

Alabama - Charlie Scott, 3-127, 42.3.
Returns: Notre Dame - Punt: None; Kickoff: Chris Tyree, 1-8; Intercept: None.

Alabama - Punt: DeVonta Smith, 1-20; Kickoff: Jahleel Billingsley, 1-16; Intercept: Christian Harris, 1-0.
Field Goals: Notre Dame - Jonathan Doerer, 0-1 (51 Missed).

Alabama - Will Reichard, 1-1 (41 Good).
Tackles:
(Solo-Assist-Total, Sacks-Yds, TFL-Yds)		 Notre Dame - Shaun Crawford (5-4-9, 0, 0); Drew White (4-5-9, 0, 0); Kyle Hamilton (6-1-7, 0, 1-5);Marist Liufau (4-2-6, 0, 1-1); Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoa (4-2-6, 0, 0); Jayson Ademilola (1-4-5, 0.5-4, 1.5-12); Nick McCloud (0-4-4, 0, 0); Clarence Lewis (2-0-2, 0, 0); Howard Cross III (0-2-2, 0, 0); Kurt Hinish (0-2-2, 0, 0); Ovie Oghoufo (1-0-1, 0, 0); Michael Mayer (1-0-1, 0, 0); Bo Bauer (1-0-1, 0, 0); Brock Wright (1-0-1, 0, 0); Justin Ademilola (0-1-1, 0, 0); Adetokunbo Ogundeji (0-1-1, 0.5-4, 0.5-4); Shayne Simon (0-1-1, 0, 0); Rylie Mills (0-1-1, 0, 0).

Alabama - DeMarcco Hellams (6-6-12, 1-1, 1-1); Josh Jobe (4-3-7, 0, 0); Will Anderson Jr. (6-0-6, 0, 0); Dylan Moses (2-4-6, 0, 0); Christian Barmore (4-1-5, 1-14, 1-14); Christian Harris (3-2-5, 0, 0); Jordan Battle (3-2-5, 0, 0.5-2); Daniel Wright (3-0-3, 0, 0); Brian Branch (2-1-3, 0, 0); Patrick Surtain (2-1-3, 0, 0.5-2); Jaylen Moody (2-1-3, 0, 0); Phidarian Mathis (1-1-2, 0, 0); Christopher Allen (0-2-2, 0, 0); Byron Young (1-0-1, 0, 0); Tim Smith (0-1-1, 0, 0); Justin Eboigbe (0-1-1, 0, 0).