2011 NCAA Quarterfinal-Alabama-37, Georgia-3

Tuscaloosa, AL-The Crimson Tide steamrolled their second consecutive postseason opponent by smashing Georgia, 37-3. In their first 2 playoff games, Alabama has outscored their opponents by a combined score of 78-9. The Alabama defense was on point all afternoon, limiting Aaron Murray to 16 of 36 passing and picking off 3 of his passes. The Georgia running game could never get going; although they finished the game with 113 yards on the ground, they could only manage 2.8 yards per carry.

The Alabama offense managed nearly 500 yards, led by All-American RB Trent Richardson. Richardson was all over the field for the Crimson Tide, running for 167 yards and 2 TD while adding 5 receptions for 82 more. Alabama QB A.J. McCarron threw for 296 yards, spreading the ball around to 8 different receivers.

Alabama (13-1) will host one of the NCAA Semifinal games next week against either Baylor or Oklahoma.

Georgia Bulldogs..........(11-4)-0-0-0-3-3
Alabama Crimson Tide...(13-1)-7-13-7-10-37

Ala-McCarron 13 run (Shelley Kick)
Ala-Richardson 53 run (Shelley Kick)
Ala-Shelley 50 FG
Ala-Shelley 23 FG
Ala-White 10 pass from McCarron (Shelley Kick)
UGA-Walsh 25 FG
Ala-Richardson 59 run (Shelley Kick)
Ala-Shelley 32 FG

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
UGA-Thomas-9-52-0 (87-444-2), Crowell-22-47-0 (233-1,005-5), Murray-9-14-0 (103-125-2)
Ala-Richardson-27-167-2 (320-1,873-24), Lacy-6-29-0 (96-676-7), McCarron-10-4-1 (44-(-45)-3), Fowler-2-2-0 (59-392-4)

Passing
UGA-Murray-36-16-219-0-3 (450-258-3,432-35-17)
Ala-McCarron-38-22-296-1-1 (371-241-3,010-20-6)

Receiving
UGA-Charles-4-71-0 (52-702-6), King-4-39-0 (48-565-7), Conley-3-48-0 (22-378-2), Mitchell-3-46-0 (45-715-5), Thomas-1-8-0 (6-34-0), Bennett-1-7-0 (36-391-5)
Ala-Richardson-5-82-0 (35-459-3), Hanks-4-55-0 (29-384-1), Maze-4-49-0 (65-735-2), Bell-3-50-0 (22-336-2), Lacy-2-32-0 (13-163-0), Smelley-2-19-0 (33-384-4), White-1-10-1 (17-185-5), Williams-1-(-1)-0 (17-197-2)