Jermaine Burton gives up costly fumble, but Alabama blocks field goal to grab momentum

Jermaine Burton was on his way to a career game, but early in the 4th quarter on Saturday at Texas A&M, Burton coughed up a costly fumble.

Burton made an 11-yard catch and wrestled for more yardage when the ball popped out and was recovered by Bryan Anderson. The 2nd and 6 play came with 11:09 left in the game.

Then after A&M couldn’t get a first down, it settled for a field goal attempt.

Randy Bond’s 41-yard field goal attempt from 41 yards was blocked by Chris Braswell, who also recovered it with 8:55 remaining. It was returned for a touchdown, but later called back on a personal foul to Dallas Turner, who made an illegal block.

That ultimately gave Alabama the ball at its own 37-yard line.

Jermaine Burton, this is why you don’t fight for more yards in traffic than pic.twitter.com/uzYuBZIBRX

— CFBBlueprint (@CFBBluePrint) October 7, 2023

Alabama blocks a 41 yard fg attempt by A&M and runs it back for a td but a blindside block nullifies the TD. Bama in control with 9 minutes left pic.twitter.com/y8ySvlkE5V

— CFBBlueprint (@CFBBluePrint) October 7, 2023

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.