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Tide rolls past Green Wave

Sat 6th, September 2008

Tuscaloosa, AL (Sports Network) - The No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide used two special teams touchdowns to get a 20-6 win over the Tulane Green Wave at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Javier Arenas and Chris Rogers both scored touchdowns for Alabama (2-0) on punt plays -- one return and one block. John Parker Wilson completed 11-of-23 passes for 73 yards, and Mark Ingram ran for 63 yards on 11 carries and found the end zone once.

"We've got a lot of things to learn from this game, and whether we do or not kind of defines our season and character as a team," said Alabama coach Nick Saban. "I'm talking about the offense. The defense and special teams played great. I'm talking about the offense's character and how we just didn't come out the way we needed to."

Kevin Moore connected on 28-of-49 pass attempts for 225 yards, while Brian King caught six passes for 51 yards for Tulane (0-1).

"They had a punt return for a touchdown, a blocked punt for a touchdown, and we missed two field goals," said Tulane coach Bob Toledo. "Our red zone offense wasn't very good and thats a credit to Alabama - they were able to keep us out of the end zone."

Special teams got the Crimson Tide on the scoreboard first. With 10:45 left in the opening quarter, Arenas returned a Tulane punt 87 yards for an early 7-0 lead.

With 3:15 left in the quarter Alabama blocked a punt attempt and Rogers returned it 17 yards for a score and a 13-0 lead after the botched extra point attempt.

Tulane got on the board in the second quarter, capping a 12-play drive with a 35-yard field goal by Ross Thevenot to make it 13-3 less than two minutes into the frame.

Alabama scored its first offensive touchdown to close out the third quarter. Starting from their own 23 after a missed field goal, Wilson completed passes of five and seven yards to move to the 35 and Ingram rushed for 24 yards over the next three plays to get into Green Wave territory.

Wilson then ran for 11 yards on a designed quarterback draw, and after completing a 12-yard pass to Marquis Maze, Ingram ran for 16 yards to get into the end zone for a 20-3 Tide advantage as time expired in the frame.

Thevenot added a 21-yard field goal to cap an 11-play drive that lasted 3:13, making it a 20-6 affair with just under 12 minutes left to play.

Game Notes

Alabama leads the all-time series 27-11-3...It was the first meeting between the schools since 1994...Glen Coffee ran for 55 yards in the win...Thevenot went 2-of-4 on field goal attempts...Tulane had 318 total yards in the game, compared to Alabama's 172.