1991 #16 Alabama vs. #6 Florida Highlights

09/14/1991. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Gainesville, FL). The #16 Alabama Crimson Tide (1-0) vs. the #6 Florida Gators (1-0).

Broadcast on ESPN.

Duncan from the three. Hit down hard at the 17 yd line. Matthews with a long count and the left guard Ismael came out of his stance or Mark White. Pressure up the middle as they set the screen. Matthews will be knocked down at the oneyd line. Eric Rhett, last year’s leading rusher in the Southeastern Conference, will bring it out to the sevenyd line. And what he did was give the punter 15 yds to line up without standing at the back of the end zone line. Light pressure as a marker is down. Kick is not good. Off the side of his foot. takes a floor to bounce and the tackle will remain on Palmer at midfield. Woodson under some heavy heat and they meet behind the line of scrimmage. Tony McCoy number 71 is there and the pressure led by Mike Bradley. Saran Stacy first carry of the night for the lose one. Brad Co Pepper the all everything we were just talking about. Tank Williamson is standing back deep. He will be kicking to Monty Duncan as the Gator have the return on. Duncan will let it bounce and he will not have a chance on a return. And look at this one. It is going dead inside the seven at the six and 1/2 yd line. And someone had grabbed the running back coming through. Very good defense by Bama Matthews going to put it up on top. He is got it complete. Trey Ever down at the 35 by Lang. Matthews with an audible. [Music] Pressure up the middle. Ball is intercepted at the 14 yd line. It’s George Teague and he will be tackled by Shane Matthews at the 40 yd line. He was going to try to throw the quick pitch pattern to the wide receiver. Pulk came close to getting a penalty on that play as Stacy takes the pitch and on second down is in the vicinity of the 32. 9 minutes 25 seconds left in this opening quarter. Alabama with the deepest penetration for them on the night as Stacy markers go down and he has the first down at the 29. Co Pepper is there defensively with some success. Illegal formation offense six men on the lineage. Flag goes down and five more yards will be stepped off. Dead ball. Illegal movement. offensive line. Wilson slips a bit mouse that big running has five by 10 and counted off at 13 and now 15 yds. He got braatted by Tim P, but that is enough for the Bama first down. After throwing the interception, he’d already messed up once. He couldn’t miss the tackle to mess up twice. The ball is on the ground. picked up by Stacy. Now he loses it and it’s recovered by Mike Brandon of Florida. Oh, what an error by the Alabama Crimson Tie. They come after it. This is an end over end and Palmer should have a chance to return now. Takes an Alabama bounce and they will touch it dead at the 27. No score. Let’s take a break. 617 left in this opening quarter. Whether they’re wearing crimson or whether they’re wearing blue and orange. Woodson with the pitch to Stacy. Missed tackle at the line of scrimmage and he almost breaks it out. And now he does at the 45 yd line and Stacy goes into the bench on the near sideline. Number 25 comes in at Tio. Pitch goes to him. Virtually the same play and he has the first down. A gain of 10 as Carlton Miles is called on to make the tackle. 510 235 lbs. Lass breaks off one, tries to scramble out of another, and on two very impressive carries, he is down to the Florida 37 yd line. Bam. One of two on third down conversions. Woodson rolls it, gets by a tackle, has a man open and it’s from out of bounds. Binkley is the man he wanted. Defensive team. They give it to Stacy. He’s not going to have it. They will mark him shy of the 35. Brad Co Pepper. So Alabama has had two wonderful opportunities and have had let they’ve let both of them go astray. One on a fumble pass over the middle complete to Terrell Jackson, his tight end turns the corner but just barely. That very speedy Alabama defense is there. Matthews on the play action all the time in the world. Gets it away and it is tipped and it is intercepted again. Number one Stacy Harrison and finally will be knocked out of bounds. That is Ismael and Ever who make the tackle across the 40 during the run by Clifton. White team white ball first and 10. Woodson drills it, has it complete at the 35 yd line. Good for the first down. Sharan stays great side step makes another good move and Mrick Anderson finally will make the hit on him but not before he is gained nine yardds. They play some good stuff themselves. Ball on the ground and has been recovered by Paul Pepper. Mike, did he fumble it from the snap? I lost it. Bill Oliver is in Memphis and now they go against each other. Alabama and Florida. Bill Oliver’s had success. Edges kick hanging will bound at the five and goes into the end zone. surround Stacy tries to get to the outside turns the corner has five and then six. Woodson’s pass incomplete. He wasn’t even close to Derek Warren, his junior tight end and a flag is down in the back field at the 20. In a passing situation face mask defensive unintentional five yd. It is not an automatic first down. That’s so important. People don’t even realize the line call to the near side is Lassic. He will turn the corner and dives for the first down. And oh, did he get a good spot? Florida a very good running football team. Only 10 total yards. Dead ball. Ball guard off. Both defenses outstanding. That’s a draw. Has five. has 10 and then he just goes into a burrow. It is complete for the first down. It’s Wimbley. Alabama four and a half on first down. Florida, you can see one and a half for them as the pitch comes to Stacy. Loses the ball and Florida has recovered. Seven defensive backs for Alabama. Pass is complete and inside the 40 yd line. Sullins will make the tackle on Will. Take it to McClendon. Receivers just stop moving. Finland throws it and it’s complete at the 30 to Harrison Houston. Matthew straight ahead for the first down. Let’s see where they’re going to place it down. It looks like at about the 34 yd line. His longest was 47 against Auburn last year. Plenty of distance. And he’s good. Quick out pass complete defensively and he will be stopped at the 30. Very close to a 10 yd gain. Lawrence Hatch makes the tackle for Florida. comes down and it’s going to be delay of game as Tim Paul could burst through. Gone by the time he’s got a chance to take a look at him again. Alabama again going on the quick snap count and Stacy breaks two now three tackles and comes out to the to the 34 yd line. Woodson’s pass is caught by Finley at the 47. Pressure up the middle. Flag goes down and incomplete. See if there’s a flag in the secondary. Carlton Miles was coming. Palmell and Woodson is shaken up. Got a blow to the face mask. Offensive team 15 yd and spot a foul. Barker cocked it to throw. Better get out of bounds. And that’s Tony McCoy who will catch him from behind. Beautiful driving spiral. Duncan back to the 12. He will be stopped at the 16 yd line. Give us a report on that shortly. 506 left until halftime and the pitch they’ll bring it back against the grain and this is Rick all the way to the 30 yd line you get stiff and that’s not where you want to have a stiff joint if you’re going to play quarterback they ran the same play Dawson up the middle and they’re trying to work on Alabama and their quickness and over pursuit right now Mike Matthews the quick pass complete to Trey ever and he is down at the 42 and also community service. [Applause] [Music] Right up the middle with the carry again to the 48 yd line is Rhett. We’ll see if he gets points out of it on a second and five. Again, the short drop and they hit Trey Ever as the corner is playing him a little soft and he will pick up the first down plus five. [Applause] [Music] Over the middle complete at the 25 Monty Dunin. Ball comes loose and now here comes the flag. And nope, that’s a balloon. Good heavens. Somebody threw an orange balloon all the way from the end zone. Turnovers, three for each team. Kevin Turner coaching chess game going tonight. Well, Alabama had some real good opportunities. Florida with their best of the night and they turned the ball over. He did a great job of getting that one away. He just sidestepped the man coming at him for the block. Duncan will go down at the 36 yd line. The man open over the middle and the ball is tipped and caught. Wow. Again over the middle. It’s open and is complete to Sullivan, but he will fight it forward to the 29 yd line. This would be a new long if he hits it. It is a 48 yd attempt. He’s got the distance and he is good. [Music] Again, it will be number seven, Jay Barker, a freshman from Trussville, Alabama, who will open at quarterback. And now flags down all over the place. Off Stacy across the 30 and he’s out to the 34 yd line. Now, this brings up a third down situation for Alabama. pass is intercept second. It’s Will White and he had three last year in this same ball game. So the Gator with the first big break of the second half and now four Alabama turnovers. They go with the draw play. Dexter McMahon inside the 25 and he will have a Florida first down at the 23. Matthews gets it away for the end zone. It is caught by Trey. [Applause] Gator go for two. [Applause] Matthews all day. Throws it completely. Alonzo Sullivan for the two-point conversion. And tonight he has made another interception. Four now in two games as the pass completed to Prince Wimble. White out to help on the tackle along with number three Larry McKenna. You can see a good lead block and he is out to the 49. And let’s go to Tim Brando. Pitch to Stacy. Hit in the back field. And on a second effort, Mike, I think he’s going to have the first down. They set up the reverse. Here he comes to Palmer and he will be hit and dropped for the loss back at the 50 yd line. Dell Spear stayed at home and then has a message. His brother James played 86 through 1990. Barker backside pressure. Fee Bartley got there first. Was there and he made the play on Barker. Williamson his longest punt. 48 yds in Florida. Very close to blocking that one. Is Duncan on the run. Breaks one tackle but will not break the next. Sorry, we’re having some problems with your mic. Part of your conversation as secret as that play. This is Rick. breaks it for five and now close to 10. [Applause] Alabama shows blitz. They go the other way as Florida has the first down and Rick is in the open field inside the 45 to the 44. White with the interception. Then they got the touchdown pass to Ever. Marker goes down. Pass is thrown to the tight end Charles Dean and he is tackled at the line of scrimmage. I asked Jimmy Harper the tough things that they’re confronted with. Just he said they’re so big and so quick now. It’s really tough. I think he blew that call. Re goes for 12. I I disagree with you. Draw play. Rip and another 10 yd gain. Matthew throws it. Touchdown Florida. Willie Jackson. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Nine yds now. Carlton Miles will make the stop, but it’ll be plenty enough for the Alabama first down. [Applause] Duncan will watch it bounce and it will be touchdown at the 20 yd line. This is McNair. 5 10 15 Eric Red up the middle breaks it open and there’s a foot race caught from behind at the 16 yd line by McMillan. On third down, pressure up the middle. Matthews throws complete inside the five and puts down Willie Jackson. His second score. Parker will be sacked. Harvey Thomas got to first replacing Thomas. I don’t know if he got a Charlie horse or a muscle pull. Breaks off the tackle. Barker throws it complete over the middle. Martin Houston running hard and he will have the first down plus now about 10 yardds. Get the fluids back in their system and and out of that involved uh trying to take sweat and electrolytes and so forth and balance it up. Ron Franklin Lawrence Hatch with the interception and another Alabama turnover to this Florida defense and flags come in from all penalty stepped off because of the infraction after the interception. [Applause] Independent. Can he turn the corner? Yeah, he does. He has five and then gets pounded. Again, he gets the corner turn for the first down. They’ll spot him out of bounds at the 23. Again, it’s McClendon. First down plus three, four, five more. Gregory [Applause] Red is shy of the 45 yd line. [Applause] Hands it back to the quarterback and he is going to go long and it is caught. Harrison Houston took it away from the defensive back. Brian Fox in at quarterback number 16. The junior from Orlando fumbles the snap then pitches it back to Rip. He will turn the corner and is inside the five to the three. Michael Rogers is there. Eric Brit touchdown need [Applause] on the run at the 40 45 and goes to midfield. The Alabama has had such a traditionrich football program. [Applause] Edges kick in over [Applause] the Resident NCFA scoreboard coming up next. You can see some of the highlights of what we will look at. Pass complete over the middle to the 30 yd line to Kevin Lee, sophomore from Mobile. pass is intercepted. Scella makes the interception. [Music] So, let’s take a break. This one is final. The Florida Gator 35 to nothing.