Crimson Tide game snapshot: Alabama remains undefeated with blowout of Arkansas

AP photo by Vasha Hunt / Injured Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa hugs Mac Jones, who started in his place against Arkansas on Saturday, during the first half of the SEC West matchup in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

By David Paschall October 26, 2019 3 min read

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Top-ranked Alabama routed Arkansas 48-7 on Saturday night at Bryant-Denny Stadium to improve to 8-0 overall and 5-0 in Southeastern Conference play.

The Razorbacks are 2-6, 0-5.

SATURDAY’S STAR

Only time will tell as far as what kind of career Alabama redshirt sophomore quarterback Mac Jones will assemble. What if Saturday winds up being his one and only start? If it was, he certainly made the most of it. The 6-foot-2, 205-pounder from Jacksonville, Florida, completed 18 of 22 passes for 235 yards and three touchdowns for an efficiency rating of 216.5. Jones benefited from a Crimson Tide defense that produced two first-quarter turnovers that helped result in a 17-0 advantage after the first 15 minutes.

SATURDAY’S STAT

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.