Auburn closes regular season with 29-13 loss to No. 2 Bama

The pass protection broke down, and Johnson was forced to scramble.

That was the first touchdown of the game, and after they had traded field goals all day, a touchdown really let a lot of air out of Auburn momentum-wise.

AUBURN | There was no late magic this time, no particular play that will be discussed into dust two years from now.

The sophomore tipped an overthrown pass from Johnson not once, but twice to himself so he could take it 70-plus yards to the end zone.

Auburn’s Daniel Carlson, a finalist for the Lou Groza Award, pushed his string of made field goals to a school-record 16 with two more before missing a 48-yarder. But that wasn’t the only mark in the Crimson Tide record book he made …

In the end, despite sloppy play, Alabama football came out with a victory, and their playoff hopes are still alive. “We thought that ‘Auburn has a chance!’ but of course with that defense of Alabama, there was no way, no way at all”. Henry stays modest. The way he runs even his royal Twitter handle KingHenry_2 seems modest – how many kings can you say that about? still he gives it all up to God, his teammates, and his coaches. Henry had 46 rushes & no receptions, accounting for 271 yards from scrimmage within the game.

“It’s going to be a fun game, great team… they have a great defense, ” Henry said.

Alabama coaches selected eight Players of the Week following the Tide’s 29-13 win over Auburn Saturday.

Auburn’s Will Muschamp is restrained during the game against Alabama.

Adam Griffith accounted for all Alabama’s points in the first half with four field goals.

But he has carried the ball 295 times, more than anyone in the FBS other than Northwestern’s Justin Jackson, is still averaging better than six yards a carry, and appears to be gaining strength down the stretch run for the No. 2 team in the country and likely SEC champion.

Alabama football Head Coach Nick Saban, ever the game manager, never let things get out of hand for the Tide.

Griffith emerged as an Iron Bowl hero for the Tide two years after his last play attempt touched off the Tigers’ winning Kick Six play. Henry set a new mark with 1,797 rushing yards this season, surpassing the previous record set by Trent Richardson, who placed third in the Heisman voting in 2011. With another monster performance, he was now rushed for over 200 yards in each of Alabama’s last three conference games.

Alabama (11-1, 7-1 SEC) won the SEC West on Saturday and will face No. 12 Florida in Atlanta on December 5 in the SEC Championship game. Coker managed to make a few plays in the game including a gutsy touchdown throw to ArDarius Stewart, but the passing game was far too inconsistent in the game with Coker making some bad throws and a few drops from pass catchers as well. Nursing a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter, Alabama handed the ball to Henry on 14 consecutive plays – fourteen.

“He’s our quarterback, and he’s going to get a little bit better this week as we go into the SEC Championship game, playing a pretty darned salty defense”, McElwain said, giving Harris a vote of confidence.

Alabama holds the lead in the long Iron Bowl history with a 45-351 record.

Arkansas (7-5, 5-3) and LSU (8-3, 5-3) beat Missouri (5-7, 1-7) and Texas A&M (8-4, 4-4), respectively, to finish a game behind the Rebels (9-3, 6-2) and two games back of the Crimson Tide.

It’s officially SEC Championship week.