Alabama vs. Ohio State Football Game, 1977 Season, Sugar Bowl, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1978 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Alabama	0	13	8	14	35
Ohio State	0	0	0	6	6

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Tony Nathan 1 yard run (Roger Chapman kick)	7	0
	TD	Bruce Bolton 27 yard pass from Jeff Rutledge (kick failed)	13	0
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Rick Neal 3 yard pass from Jeff Rutledge (Tony Nathan pass from Jeff Rutledge)	21	0
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	James Harrell 38 yard pass from Ron Gerald (run failed)	21	6
	TD	Major Ogilvie 1 yard run (Roger Chapman kick)	28	6
	TD	Johnny Davis 5 yard run (Roger Chapman kick)	35	6

Team Stats
	Bama	OSU
1st Downs	25	13
Rushing 1st Downs	17	8
Passing 1st Downs	6	5
Penalty	2	0
Rushing	280	160
Rushing Attempts	68	38
Yards Gained Rushing	286	179
Yards Lost Rushing	6	19
TDs Rushing	3	0
Passing	109	103
Passes Attempted	11	17
Passes Completed	8	7
Intercepted	0	3
TDs Passing	2	1
Pass Efficiency	215.96	76.19
Total Offensive Plays	79	55
Total Net Yards	389	263
Average Gain Per Play	4.92	4.78
Fumbles - Lost	10 - 2	0 - 0
Penalties - Yards	1 - 5	4 - 40
Interceptions - Yards	3 - 50	0 - 0
Punts - Yards	1 - 33	4 - 150
Average Per Punt	33.00	37.50
Punt Returns - Yards	2 - 14	1 - 8
Kickoff Returns - Yards	2 - 51	6 - 95

Game Info
Sugar Bowl
Stadium	Superdome
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Date	Jan 2, 1978
Time	1:10 pm
Attendance	76,811
Weather	Indoors
Conference	Bama: SEC OSU: Big Ten
Head Coach	Bama: Paul Bear Bryant OSU: Woody Hayes
AP Rank	Bama: 3 OSU: 9
Final AP Rank	Bama: 2 OSU: 11
Season Record	Bama: 11-1 OSU: 9-3

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Alabama Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Tony Nathan	1	0	0	1	0	0	8
Major Ogilvie	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Johnny Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Bruce Bolton	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Rick Neal	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Roger Chapman	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
TOTALS	5	0	3	1	0	0	35

Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
James Harrell	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	1	0	0	0	0	0	6

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Rod Gerald	7-17-3	103	6.1	38	1	76.19
TOTALS	7-17-3	103	6.1	38	1	76.19

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Ron Springs	10	74	7.4	43	0
Jeff Logan	13	57	4.4	11	0
Paul Campbell	4	14	3.5	5	0
Douglas Donley	1	12	12.0	12	0
James Harrell	1	2	2.0	2	0
Rod Gerald	9	1	0.1	8	0
TOTALS	38	160	4.2	43	0

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Charles Hunter	2	25	12.5	15	0
Ron Springs	2	6	3.0	10	0
James Harrell	1	38	38.0	38	1
Jimmy Moore	1	22	22.0	22	0
William Jaco	1	12	12.0	12	0
TOTALS	7	103	14.7	38	1

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	FR
Tom Cousineau	20	11	9
Aaron Brown	16	14	2
David Adkins	10	8	2	1
Kelton Dansler	8	5	3
Gary Dulin	7	5	2
Byron Cato	7	5	2
Leonard Mills	4	3	1
Ray Griffin	4	2	2
Paul Ross	3	2	1
Luther Henson	3	2	1
Todd Bell	2	2	0
Tom Roche	2	2	0	1
Duncan Griffin	2	2	0
Joe Allegro	2	1	1
James Laughlin	2	1	1
Ron Springs	1	1	0
Mark Lang	1	1	0
Michael Guess	1	0	1
TOTALS	95	67	28	2

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
James Harrell	3	50	16.7	0
Ron Springs	3	45	15.0	0
TOTALS	6	95	15.8	0

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Michael Guess	1	8	8.0	0
TOTALS	1	8	8.0	0

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	XP
None	-	-
TOTALS	-	-

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Thomas Orosz	4	150	37.5	51
TOTALS	4	150	37.5	51

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