• Record Watch

Tracking Alabama’s Assault
on the Record Book

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After his Heisman Trophy-winning season in 2009, Mark Ingram is in reach of school records for career touchdowns and yards.
Alabama's 2010 Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
Sept. 4San Jose StateTuscaloosa48-3
Sept. 11Penn StateTuscaloosa24-3
Sept. 18DukeDurham62-13
Sept. 25ArkansasFayetteville24-20
Oct. 2FloridaTuscaloosa31-6
Oct. 9South CarolinaColumbia21-35
Oct. 16MississippiTuscaloosa23-10
Oct. 23TennesseeKnoxville41-10
Nov. 6LSUBaton Rouge21-24
Nov. 13Mississippi StateTuscaloosa30-10
Nov. 18Georgia StateTuscaloosa63-7
Nov. 26AuburnTuscaloosa27-28

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In 2008-09, Nick Saban became the third Alabama head coach to lead the Crimson Tide to consecutive undefeated, untied regular seasons—joining Wallace Wade and Paul “Bear” Bryant.

New Passing Record
With two touchdowns through the air against Auburn, Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy set a new school record for touchdown passes in a season (19), surpassing previous leader John Parker Wilson (18 in 2007).

Julio’s Big Year
By catching 10 passes for 199 yards against Auburn, receiver Julio Jones moved past D.J. Hall to set new single-season records for receptions (72) and yards (1,059).

Rushing
Running back Mark Ingram ranks fourth on the all-time Alabama rushing chart (3,202), trailing Shaun Alexander (3,565), Bobby Humphrey (3,420) and Kenneth Darby (3,324).

Touchdowns
Ingram has 44 total touchdowns for his career, eight short of Harry Gilmer’s school record (52), including 40 rushing TDs. He needs one more rushing touchdown to tie Shaun Alexander’s school record (41).

 

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