Alabama vs.Texas football score, highlights from Week 2 game.
Alabama Football: Studs and Duds in victory over Longhorns.
One point separated what could have been the upset of the college football season between Texas and Alabama.
A tough back-and-forth game between the Longhorns and Crimson Tide ended on a frantic game-winning drive capped off by a Will Reichard field goal that gave Alabama the 20-19 win over Texas.
Last Minute Field Goal Lifts No. 1/1 Alabama Football to a 20-19 Victory Over Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas - The No. 1/1 Alabama football team pulled out a 20-19 win over Texas Saturday at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, on the strength of a 33-yard field goal by kicker Will Reichard with 10 seconds left on the game clock. With the win, the Crimson Tide goes to 2-0 on the season while the Longhorns drop to 1-1.
Reichard's effort as time wound down marked the first game-winning field goal in the last 30-seconds of a game for Alabama during the Nick Saban era - and first such win since the 2006 campaign. Reichard opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 52-yard field goal, which matched his career long.
After trading scores in the first half, resulting in a 10-10 tie going into the break, Texas hit three field goals in the second half, while the Tide responded with a touchdown and Reichard's game winner, both in the fourth quarter.
Running back Jase McClellan led all rushers with 97 yards on six carries, including an electrifying 81-yard touchdown in the first quarter. Running back Jahmyr Gibbs led the Tide with 74 receiving yards on nine catches, including a seven-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Bryce Young in the middle of the fourth quarter. Young went 27-of-39 for 213 yards and a touchdown while adding 38 rushing yards on seven carries.
How It Happened
First Quarter
- 08:47 - UA | Will Reichard matched his career-long field goal when he converted a 52-yard attempt to cap off a seven-play, 44-yard drive that lasted 2:52.
- 02:51 - UT | Texas scored the first points on Alabama this season when Bert Auburn booted a 26-yard field goal to even the score and cap off a 15-play, 67-yard drive that lasted 5:56.
- 02:34 - UA | Jase McClellan took the Tide's next offensive touch and raced 81 yards to the house to cap the first quarter scoring
Second Quarter
- 14:55 - UT | Bijan Robinson scampered from a yard out on the first play of the second quarter to even the score and cap a six-play, 75-yard drive that lasted 2:39
Third Quarter
- 06:27 - UT | A 33-yard field goal by kicker Bert Auburn staked UT to a 13-10 lead and finished off a six-play, 25-yard drive that took 3:12 off the clock.
Fourth Quarter
- 12:55 - UT | Auburn connected on his third field goal of the game, this one coming from 24 yards away to cap a 12-play, 65-yard drive that lasted 5:47
- 08:29 - UA | Young hit Jahmyr Gibbs with a seven-yard touchdown pass to stake the Tide to a 17-16 lead and cap an 11-play, 75-yard drive that took 4:26 off the clock
- 01:29 - UT | Auburn put the Longhorns back in the lead with a 49-yard field goal, finishing off an eight-play, 44-yard drive that took 2:26
- 00:10 - UA | Reichard hit a 33-yard field goal to clinch the game for Alabama after a nine-place, 61-yard drive that took just 1:19