Tuesday, November 18, 2008

SEC TEAM-BY-TEAM NOTES NOV. 17

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
Special teams played a key role in Alabama's 32-7 win against Mississippi State ... Javier Arenas returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown and set up another TD with a 46-yard punt return ... Kareem Jackson blocked a punt for a safety and Alabama downed a punt at the MSU 2-yard line ... WR Julio Jones adds to his Alabama freshman records with 43 catches for 687 receiving yards ... RB Mark Ingram has set a Tide freshman record with nine rushing TDs ... Alabama is 11-0 and 7-0 in the SEC for the first time since 1994 ... Alabama has held nine opponents to less than 100 rushing yards this season ... State had 35 yards on 22 attempts against the Tide.

ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Casey Dick's 187 completions this season is now an Arkansas single-season record ... In the Arkansas career record charts, Dick is third in TD passes (45), attempts (821), completions (455), fourth in passing yards (5,659) and fifth in completion percentage (.554) ... Michael Smith has 1,012 rushing yards this season, the 15th time an Arkansas RB has reached the 1,000 yard mark and only the ninth rusher to accomplish the feat ... With just five minutes left in regulation, QB Nathan Dick saw his first snaps as a Razorback, completing 4-of-8 passes for 38 yards.

AUBURN TIGERS
Auburn has not allowed its opponents to score an offensive touchdown in the first quarter this season ... The Tigers hold a 64-13 scoring edge in the first quarter against opposition this season ... The Tigers have scored first in eight of their 11 games this season ... Auburn's defense held Georgia to 17 points, becoming just the third team this season to hold the Bulldogs to fewer than 20 points ... Auburn has had 19 different players catch passes this season ... Mario Fannin is first AU player to score rush and receiving TDs in the same game since 2007 Cotton Bowl.

FLORIDA GATORS
Florida has scored 42-or-more points in five straight games, matching the second-longest streak in school history (1996 & 2001) ... The Gators tallied 346 rushing yards against South Carolina - the first time UF has had more than 300 rushing yards in a game since Sept. 13, 2003 vs. Florida A&M (309) and the first time in an SEC game since Oct. 12, 1996 vs. LSU (308) ... In the last 73 games, the Gators have scored points off turnovers in 52 games ... UF has allowed just two first-half TDs this season and is outscoring opponents, 199-26, before the half ... Brandon James has set school single-season (427) and career (1,044) records for punt return yardage.

GEORGIA BULLDOGS
Georgia has recorded 16 wins when tied or trailing in the fourth quarter under Mark Richt ... The Bulldogs are 30-4 in opponents' stadiums under Richt ... Freshman FL A.J. Green leads the SEC in receiving yards (887) and is second in total catches (51) ... Senior SE Mohamed Massaquoi is fifth in Georgia history with 2,092 career receiving yards ... Soph. TB Knowshon Moreno leads the SEC in rushing, with 1,244 yards on 210 carries ... His 15 rushing TDs this season also leads the SEC ... He has 13 career games over 100 yards (131 yards, 22 carries vs. Auburn).

KENTUCKY WILDCATS
Kentucky leads the SEC, giving up just 10 sacks in 11 games ... It did not give up a sack against Vanderbilt ... The Wildcats are tied for the SEC lead for most sacks (26) with South Carolina and Vanderbilt ... Jr. PK Lones Seiber is now fourth on UK's career list for field goals with 35 ... Jr. CB Trevard Lindley had two pass deflections against Vanderbilt to raise his UK career record to 34 ... David Jones returned a blocked field goal (by Myron Pryor) 57 yards for a score - the ‘Cats first blocked field goal return for a TD since 2005 vs. Vanderbilt.

LSU TIGERS
LSU's 40-31 win against Troy marked the Tigers' largest comeback in school history ... The Tigers trailed the Trojans, 31-3, late in the third quarter ... The Tigers scored 37 unanswered points, including 30 in the fourth quarter ... WR Brandon LaFell set a career high in receptions against Troy with 12 for 126 yards (also career high) ... RB Charles Scott has 14 rushing TDs this season, tied for fourth in LSU record books ... PK Colt David has become the SEC career leader in PATs made with 192 ... His 52-yard field goal was a career long and tied for fourth longest in LSU history.

OLE MISS REBELS
With the 59-0 win over Louisiana-Monroe, the Rebels are bowl eligible for the first time since 2003 ... The margin of victory is the Rebels largest since posting a 69-7 win over Southern Miss in 1969 ... Soph. QB Jevan Snead became the first Rebel to account for five TDs (3 passing, career-high 2 rushing) since Eli Manning (6) against Arkansas in 2001 (7 OT game) ... Snead threw multiple TD passes for the third straight week and sixth time this season ... Snead's 88-yard pass play to Mike Wallace marked the longest in Rebels' history ... ULM was held to 131 total yards, the fewest allowed by Ole Miss since The Citadel gained 81 in 2005.

MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS
True freshmen Bo Walters (WLB) and Kendrick Cook (TE) earned their first career starts against Alabama ... WR Arnil Stallworth 33-yard reception against the Tide was his career longest ... Sr. LB Dominic Douglas had a game-high 11 tackles, his second consecutive double-digit tackle outing (15 vs. Kentucky) ... He is the first Bulldog since Quinton Culberson to post double digit tackles in consecutive weeks ... Douglas leads the Bulldogs with 84 total stops this season ... Sr. Jamayel Smith caught his fist TD pass of the season.

SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS
WR Kenny McKinley had six catches against Florida and is now tied for seventh all-time in the SEC with 194 grabs ... His career total of 2,637 receiving yards is a school record ... McKinley also extended his school-record streak of consecutive games with at least one reception to 41 ... LB Eric Norwood had two sacks against Florida, bringing his career total to 22 ... He has had seven sacks in the last three games ... PK Ryan Succop hit both of his field goal attempts against the Gators and is now 19-of-28 this season .... He has hit field goals in eight straight games and 10 of 11 this season.

TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
Soph. RB Lennon Creer made his first career start against Wyoming and finished the game with 82 yards on 16 carries ... UT's two leading rushers - Arian Foster and Montario Hardesty - did not play due to injury ... WR Lucas Taylor had three grabs against the Cowboys and is now 10th in UT's career reception list with 113 ... Jr. LB Rico McCoy had 10 tackles against Wyoming to lead the Vols for the third consecutive game ... Jr. DE Wes Brown had a career-high eight tackles ... Sr. DE Robert Ayes now has 11.5 TFLs this season - ninth in Tennessee history.

VANDERBILT COMMODORES
With its 31-24 win over Kentucky, Vanderbilt becomes bowl eligible for the first time since 1982, when it played in the Hall of Fame Bowl ... Vandy has won four SEC games in a season nine times ... The Commodores scored their first win in Lexington since 2000 ... QB Chris Nickson had season highs of 15-of-27 passing for 155 yards and three touchdowns ... He also had 118 yards rushing on 20 carries, a single-game high for Vandy rushers this season ... D.J. Moore had two interceptions against Kentucky and now has 13 in his career (T2nd at Vandy).




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