New LA Tech Receptions Record on Saturday

[Lone Star Dawg]

Yeah, by that David ???? something-or-other speedster.

We were 5-6 that year giving up 167 pts in 11 games, which included one WTF game at Fresno where they scored 48. That's 15 pts/game. Held a powerful West Virginia team to 23, South Carolina to 14, and Ole Miss to 13. Lost at a good USM team 13-16 at H'burg. We also beat Baylor 10-9 that year at Waco.

Lost to Bama 13-0. They got 2 FGs and that punt return.

David Palmer. He wore #2 and the Tide fans kept yelling Deuce every time he touched the ball. If I remember correctly, they had the #1 defense and we had the #7.

[PawDawg]

David Palmer

Alabama had its worst offensive game of the season against Louisiana Tech. The Tide mustered only 167 yards of offense in the game. In the first quarter a drive to the Tech 19 ended in a field goal. In the second Bama started a possession on the Louisiana Tech 30 after a short punt and a penalty, but again could muster only a field goal. In the third Tech nearly took the lead after a 62-yard pass completion (more than half of their 117 yards total offense for the entire game) advanced the ball to the Alabama 9, but the Bulldogs could not punch it into the end zone and a field goal attempt missed. In the fourth quarter, with Alabama still clinging to a 6–0 lead, David Palmer ran a punt back 63 yards for a touchdown, making the final score 13–0. It was his first game after sitting out the first three games of the season due to his drunk driving arrest

[HogDawg]

If my memory is good, Alabama did not score an offensive touchdown that game. There was punt return for a TD.

That's correct. I attended that game. Alabama scored on a long punt return in the 4th quarter by All-American RB David "The Deuce" Palmer, who wore jersey #2 for the Tide.

According to Wikapedia, "Palmer was a second-round pick (40th overall) for the Minnesota Vikings in the 1994 NFL Draft. Palmer spent seven seasons (1994-2001) in the NFL, all with the Vikings. His career highlights include leading the league in punt returns during the 1995 season. For his career he returned two punts and one kickoff for touchdowns, as well as one rushing and one receiving.^"

[HogDawg]

Ok. Just saw MD's post #17. Sorry about the additional recap.

[Dixonfor6]

Ok. Just saw MD's post #17. Sorry about the additional recap.

Nope, that was cool info. I was about to Wikipedia David Palmer, but you filled me on on what I needed to know!