{"id":427212,"date":"2024-12-01T19:55:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T19:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=427212"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Jalen-Milroe-3-TDs-No-13-Alabama-take-Iron-Bowl-over-Auburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Jalen-Milroe-3-TDs-No-13-Alabama-take-Iron-Bowl-over-Auburn\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Milroe (3 TDs), No. 13 Alabama take Iron Bowl over Auburn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quarterback Jalen Milroe rushed for 104 yards and three touchdowns and No. 13 Alabama bolstered its playoff possibilities with a 28-14 victory over visiting Auburn on Saturday in the Iron Bowl at Tuscaloosa, Ala. Milroe completed 18 of 24 passes for 256 yards and one interception as Alabama (9-3, 5-3 SEC) bounced back from last week&#8217;s 24-3 road loss to Oklahoma. The victory could return the Crimson Tide to the Top 10 when Tuesday&#8217;s latest College Football Playoff rankings are unveiled. Justice Haynes rushed for a touchdown and Germie Bernard had seven receptions for 111 yards for Alabama. Jamarion Miller rushed for 84 yards on 28 carries and Bray Hubbard and Zabien Brown registered fourth-quarter interceptions. Payton Thorne was 24-of-41 passing for 301 yards, one touchdown and one interception for the Tigers (5-7, 2-6), who clinched their fourth straight losing campaign. KeAndre Lambert-Smith had eight receptions for 116 yards and star Jarquez Hunter rushed for 56 yards on 13 attempts and threw an interception on a trick play. Alabama has defeated Auburn five straight times and won 11 of the last 14 meetings. Haynes scored from the 2-yard line to give Alabama a 21-6 lead with 11:13 left in the third quarter. Milroe tacked on a 17-yard scoring run to push the margin to 22 with 6:54 remaining in the period. Auburn answered on Thorne&#8217;s 29-yard touchdown pass to Coleman with 2:31 left in the quarter. Hunter added a two-point conversion run to pull the Tigers within 28-14. Auburn was at the Alabama 30 in the fourth quarter when a double pass was called. Hunter caught a backward lateral and then wound up and fired downfield but it went directly to Hubbard inside the 5-yard line with 11:42 left. The Crimson Tide then chewed 7:45 off the clock before giving the ball back to Auburn. Five plays later, Thorne was intercepted by Brown with 2:27 left and Alabama closed it out. Milroe scored his first touchdown on a 19-yard run with 3:18 left in the opening quarter. His second touchdown, a sneak from the 1-yard line, made it 14-3 with 2:44 left in the first half. Ian Vachon&#8217;s second field goal of the second quarter, from 25 yards, pulled the Tigers within 14-6 with 27 seconds left in the half. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/0c081845de31672e95851b29ee01e7f9.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Nov 30, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) runs for a touchdown against Auburn safety Kaleb Harris (18) during the first half at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>-Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quarterback Jalen Milroe rushed for 104 yards and three touchdowns and No. 13 Alabama bolstered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}