Alabama Football vs. Arkansas Postgame Notes
10/11/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
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GAME CAPTAINS: Alabama's captains for tonight's game at Arkansas were Jalston Fowler, Austin Shepherd and Dalvin Tomlinson. The Razorbacks won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff.
SERIES HISTORY: With the win, Alabama leads the all-time series with Arkansas 15-8 (18-7 before forfeited and vacated games), and has won eight straight in the series.
NICK SABAN COACHES 100th GAME AT ALABAMA: Tonight's game at Arkansas marked the 100th game of Nick Saban's career at Alabama. His record on the field for those 100 games is 84-16 for a .840 winning percentage. He joins Paul "Bear" Bryant (287) and Frank Thomas (146) as the only coaches to coach 100 or more games at Alabama.
RAGLAND LEADS DEFENSE WITH CAREER-BEST 12 TACKLES: Junior Reggie Ragland led the Crimson Tide with a career-high 12 tackles against the Razorbacks, seven of which were solo. He also had one of Alabama's six pass breakups on the night.
XZAVIER DICKSON GETTING PRESSURE: Senior Xzavier Dickson added another sack in tonight's game at Arkansas giving him a team-high five sacks for the season. He had two in both the West Virginia and Ole Miss games.
SCORING STREAK CONTINUES: With junior T.J. Yeldon's 22-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter, Alabama has scored in 175 consecutive games - the longest streak in program history.
PUNTING GAME: Freshman JK Scott had another solid outing for the Crimson Tide. He finished the game with eight punts for 354 yards equaling an average of 44.2. Three of his punts went over 50 yards and seven of the eight were inside the 20. He is averaging 46.7 yards per punt with 19 punts on the season for 887 yards.