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The Tide turns
Alabama notebook
66-yard field goal drive turned momentum Tide’s way | 6C
Tide players lobbied Saban on fourth quarter fourth-down call | 7C
Give and take
Quarter glance
Tide had several turnovers, but forced some, too | 6C
Breakdown of each quarter | 7C
Defensive letdown Tide’s plan to confuse Arkansas’ Mallett backfires, results in Bama secondary being the ones confused early on | 9C
Stats
Off on the wrong foot
Failure to finish
Complete stats from Saturday’s game | 7C
Bama caught off guard in game’s first minute | 6C
Arkansas has hot start, but couldn’t put the Crimson Tide away when it needed to | 9C
GREAT ESCAPE
STAFF PHOTOS | DUSTY COMPTON
University of Alabama defensive back Robert Lester (37) returns an interception 33 yards late in the fourth quarter against Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday. The play set up the Crimson Tide’s game-winning touchdown. Below, Alabama running back Mark Ingram, who rushed for 157 yards, celebrates following the Tide’s 24-20 victory.
This is how championship teams respond to adversity
Fourth-quarter interceptions catapult No. 1 Alabama past Razorbacks By Cecil Hurt Sports Editor
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. | The 2010 University of Alabama football team learned an important distinction Saturday afternoon. There is “down.” But that doesn’t mean “out.” The No. 1 Crimson Tide trailed Arkansas by 13 points in a raucous Razorback Stadium with 5:04 remaining in the third quarter, a deficit that imperiled their long winning streak, their national ranking and their Southeastern Conference hopes. But UA shut out Arkansas over the final 20 minutes, capitalized on two key interceptions and pulled away for a 24-20 victor y.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. t wasn’t for a national championship. It wasn’t for a Southeastern Conference championship. But it was a game that contained 20 minutes in which championship teams are forged. Technically, it was 20 minutes and four seconds. That is how much time remained when the Arkansas Razorbacks kicked a field goal to take a 20-7 lead. Arkansas CECIL hadn’t been perfect — in fact, that drive HURT could have been far more devastating had they scored a touchdown. But Arkansas couldn’t have expected more from itself or, frankly, from Alabama. The Crimson Tide committed uncharacteristic penalties in those first SEE HURT | 9C
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“It’s a 60-minute game. Ain’t no 30-minute game.” Receiver Julio Jones on the Tide’s comeback win Saturday. “We had them right where we wanted them,” Arkansas defensive end Jake Bequette said afterwards. But the Razorbacks really didn’t, because they couldn’t get one decisive score against a defense that gave up yardage in chunks in the early going, and because they could not stop Alabama’s offense, especially Mark Ingram, down the stretch. SEE TIDE | 9C
NO. 17 AUBURN 35, NO. 12 SOUTH CAROLINA 27 Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton runs for one of his three touchdowns against South Carolina on Saturday in Auburn. Newton rushed for 176 yards and passed for 158 yards with two touchdowns in the Tigers’ 3527 win.
Newton’s five touchdowns lead Tigers By John Zenor The Associated Press
AUBURN | Cam Newton rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns and passed for two more scores, leading No. 17 Auburn to another come-frombehind victory, this one 35-27 against No. 12 South Carolina on Saturday. The Tigers (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) overcame a double-digit halftime deficit for the second straight week after falling behind 20-7. Both of
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Newton’s scoring passes came in the fourth quarter after fumbles by South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia. South Carolina (3-1, 1-1) twice drove into Auburn territory in the final minutes behind freshman backup Connor Shaw, but he was intercepted both
times. Demond Washington picked off a pass that deflected off the hands of receiver Alshon Jeffery in the end zone with 33 seconds left to seal the win. Newton was 16-of-21 passing for 158 yards and also logged 25 runs, including a 54-yard TD scamper after a nice fake handoff in the first quarter. Auburn racked up 334 yards rushing against a defense that came in giving up a league-low 60 yards on the ground. SEE NEWTON | 11C