Everything Kalen DeBoer said after Alabama football defeated Mercer

Nov 16, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer gestures during a timeout in the first quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Will McLelland-Imagn Images

Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer was all smiles after the Crimson Tide’s 52-7 win over Mercer at Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday.

Alabama (8-2) got out to a 28-0 lead behind two touchdown passes from Jalen Milroe, who got freshman sensation Ryan Williams involved early in the Tide’s Week 12 victory. Williams had a 14-yard touchdown catch and also scored Alabama’s first points on a 29-yard jet sweep.

Tight end Robbie Ouzts was left open on a broken assignment for a 44-yard touchdown, and the Crimson Tide had their first non-offensive touchdown of the season when Zabien Brown scooped up a Mercer fumble and returned it 68 yards to the end-zone.

Alabama finished with 508 yards of offense and 29 first downs en route to emptying its bench and using three different quarterbacks behind Milroe: backup Ty Simpson and freshmen Dylan Lonergan and Austin Mack.

Afterwards, DeBoer spoke to the media and said that he thought the team had the right mindset heading into the game after such a big road win last week against LSU in Baton Rouge.

Here’s what DeBoer said in his postgame press conference.

“Good to get a win and get a lot of guys out there on the field. They all put in a lot of work and there’s that little window that you hit where you get the 1’s the work and you get the score where you need it to be. For the guys to play a quarter and a half essentially and get a lot of guys on the football field it was fun to see them get out there and play and work on their execution. So, I like that we got three more takeaways. I think there’s a mindset about our defense and three of the first four possessions to do that, I just really like where…

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Publish date : 2024-11-17 00:32:08

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