NCAA football Result: Alabama vs Colorado
Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback John Parker Wilson completed 13 of his first 15 passes for 185 yards and three touchdowns and Alabama Crimson Tide raced to a four-touchdown lead, and then held off Colorado Buffaloes 30-24 in the Independence Bowl.
Alabama Crimson Tide with a record of 7-6 stopped a four-game losing streak and avoided consecutive losing seasons for the first time in 50 years. Colorado Buffaloes with a 6-7 finished below .500 for the second straight year, but was vastly improved from a 2-10 mark in 2006. “
“We had some ups and downs tonight but we kept our composure,” said Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback John Parker Wilson. Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback John Parker Wilson was named the game’s most valuable offensive player after victory over Colorado. “This team has a long way to go, but with everything we built this year, I’m really optimistic.”
Alabama Crimson Tide had averaged 35 points in its first nine games, but only 12 points per game in the last three. Alabama Crimson Tide entered Sunday’s game having lost four in a row, including an embarrassing outing at home against Louisiana-Monroe.
Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Cody Hawkins recovered from an interception on their first offensive play and finished the half 9-of-10 for 87 yards and two scores. Buffaloes’ quarterback Cody Hawkins 25-yard pass to Colorado Buffaloes Dusty Sprague with 4 seconds left in the half cut Alabama’s lead to 27-14. It came less than 2 minutes after Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Cody Hawkins hit Colorado Buffaloes’ Tyson DeVree with a 4-yard scoring pass. Colorado Buffaloes Kevin Eberhart’s 39-yard field goal in the third period cut it to 27-17.
“We gave it all we had, but we just ran out of time,” Colorado Buffaloes Tyson DeVree said.
Alabama Crimson Tide amassed 170 yards in the first quarter and had 285 by halftime, but added only 103 yards in the second half. Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback John Parker Wilson had scoring passes of 15 yards to Crimson Tide’s Keith Brown, 34 yards to Alabama Crimson Tide Matt Caddell and 31 yards to Alabama Crimson Tide Nikita Stover. Colorado Buffaloes, which had only six turnovers in its six victories this year, gave up the ball twice on interceptions and once on a failed fake punt.
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