Report Card: Grading Alabama’s narrow win over Texas

Alabama narrowly escaped Austin on Saturday with a win over Texas. Let’s take a look at how the Crimson Tide graded out in Week 2.

You could hear the collective sigh of relief from Crimson Tide fans when Will Reciahrd’s 33-yard field goal sailed through the uprights with just 10 seconds left to give Alabama a 20-19 lead over Texas on Saturday.

Despite 15 penalties and inconsistent play on both sides of the ball, Alabama was able to escape Austin with a win over the pesky Longhorns to improve to 2-0 on the young season, but with a lot of questions left to answer.

Now that we have all had time to reflect on Saturday’s performance, it is time for our weekly edition of the Alabama Report Card where we grade all three phases of the Tide’s previous contest.

First…the offense…