 With the game in hand midway through the second quarter , Alabama played many of its reserve players in the second half . The Tide scored in the third quarter first on a seven @-@ yard AJ McCarron touchdown pass to Chris Underwood and again on an one @-@ yard <unk> Goode touchdown run after a Chris Jordan interception to take a 56 – 7 lead into the final period . In the fourth , <unk> Fowler scored on a 36 @-@ yard touchdown run to make the final score 63 – 7 . 
