Alabama Wins 48-10 Without a Single Touchdown Pass
No touchdown passes. Forty-eight points. Alabama beat East Carolina 48-10, and Keelon Russell threw for 256 yards without finding the end zone once through the air.
Conor Talty kicked a 41-yard field goal in the first quarter, and EJ Crowell scored from three yards out to make it 10-0. Daniel Hill ran in from four yards with 14:48 left in the second quarter, and East Carolina's Mitch Griffis answered with a one-yard touchdown pass to Jeremiah Melvin about a minute later (17-7). Hill scored again from two yards out with 10:02 left, and then Yhonzae Pierre returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown with 9:15 to go. That was 31-7. Russell ran in from three yards with 14 seconds left in the half for 38-7.
Take away Pierre's pick-six and it is still 41-10. The second half was a formality. Noah Perez kicked a 34-yard field goal for East Carolina in the third quarter, Trae'shawn Brown ran in from two yards with 14:57 left in the fourth (45-10), and Talty kicked a 21-yarder with 6:15 left.
Alabama had 260 passing yards and 229 rushing yards on 48 rushing attempts, 489 total, with one lost fumble. East Carolina had 160 passing yards and 29 rushing yards, 189 total, and threw one interception. The difference in yardage was 300.
Alabama is 1-0, East Carolina 0-1. Russell led all scorers with 24.8 Promethium points, and he did it on 86 rushing yards and a touchdown (he also has one catch for minus ten yards, yes, minus). Ryan Williams had 130 receiving yards and no touchdown, and he still reached 18.9 points even with a lost fumble.