NFC Conference Semi Finals 01-06-2010 Mile High Stadium Temp:37 Wind:0-10 None Line:Tennessee by 7 MVP:Slaton 2008 Birmingham (10-8) 3 0 7 7 17 2008 Tennessee (14-3) 10 10 10 3 33 1 8:34 Birmingham FG Carney 50 (7-13-3:30) 3-0 1 5:22 Tennessee FG Kasay 40 (5-31-3:06) 3-3 1 3:02 Tennessee TD Wright 75 interception return (Kasay) (0-0-0:00) 3-10 2 7:20 Tennessee FG Kasay 23 (9-42-5:47) 3-13 2 5:05 Tennessee TD Duckett 1 run (Kasay) (5-47-1:41) 3-20 3 11:13 Tennessee TD Slaton 1 run (Kasay) (8-44-3:47) 3-27 3 8:36 Birmingham TD Garcia 2 pass to Hedgecock (Carney) (7-80-2:37) 10-27 3 2:31 Tennessee FG Kasay 21 (9-55-6:05) 10-30 4 14:56 Birmingham TD Garcia 1 pass to Baskett (Carney) (7-74-2:31) 17-30 4 7:42 Tennessee FG Kasay 24 (5-19-3:49) 17-33 BM Ten First Downs 14 20 Rushes 23-74 34-100 Passes 30-13-204 26-16-217 Sacked 2-7 1-2 Fumble 1 2 Penalties 6-49 4-35 Turnovers 2 0 Time 26:33 33:27 Third Down 3-12 3-11 Fourth Down 0-2 0-1 Red Att/Td/Fg 3/2/0 5/2/3 Net Offense 271 315 Injuries: none < Birmingham > < Tennessee > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Garcia 30 13 204 2 3 2 2 61.0 Rivers 26 16 217 1 2 0 0 88.1 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Portis 14 40 2.9 1 0 7 0 Slaton 17 66 3.9 5 2 16 1 Garcia 4 21 5.3 1 0 9 0 Bradshaw 10 23 2.3 1 0 8 0 Williams 5 13 2.6 0 0 5 0 Rivers 5 10 2.0 0 0 5 0 Duckett 2 1 0.5 1 0 1 1 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Jackson 3 0 70 23.3 3 2 30 0 Jenkins 4 0 64 16.0 4 1 29 0 Baskett 3 0 27 9.0 2 0 19 1 Driver 4 0 48 12.0 3 0 18 0 Boss 2 1 14 7.0 1 0 7 0 Gates 3 0 33 11.0 2 0 16 0 Hedgecock 1 0 2 2.0 1 0 2 1 Slaton 2 0 19 9.5 0 0 11 0 Portis 1 1 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Stevens 1 0 12 12.0 1 0 12 0 Williams 1 0 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Rhodes 1 0 16 16.0 1 0 16 0 Robinson 1 1 68 68.0 1 1 68 0 Gage 1 0 25 25.0 1 1 25 0 Ginn Jr. 1 2 10 10.0 1 0 10 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Garcia 1 1 0 Blackmon 1 1 0 Rivers 1 0 0 Nicks 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Roby 7 191 27.3 61 0 Blackmon 2 56 28.0 32 0 Griffin 1 9 9.0 9 0 Schmitt 1 0 0.0 0 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Jackson 2 1 21 10.5 11 0 Blackmon 2 1 25 12.5 15 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Carney 1-1 50 2-2 5 Kasay 4-4 40 3-3 15 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Frost 5 233 46.6 0 2 0 54 Koch 3 151 50.3 0 1 0 55 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Farrior 13 0 0 3 0 0 0-0 Smith 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Vilma 7 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Lucas 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Washington 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bartell 4 0 0 0 0 0 1-17 Hope 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Williams 4 1 1 0 1 1 0-0 Castillo 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Smith 3 1 0 1 1 0 0-0 Howard 3 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 Vanden Bosc 3 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Ngata 3 0 2 1 1 0 0-0 Lewis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Robinson 3 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Wilson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Scott 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Phillips 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Henry 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Whitner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Foster 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bulluck 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Blackmon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Fuller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Griffin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Mitchell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Crowder 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Scott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Diles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Geathers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Woodyard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Condo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-75 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:44 BM Roby ret of 61 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 opp39 14:40 BM BM Pen10(Satele) Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Key-Portis 1 20 opp49 14:03 BM Sk-Smith -5 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 2 25 own46 13:56 BM Garcia-Ginn Jr. X 4WR S-Hitch/SG/sec 4-1 M Pass-Jackson/Bz1 3 25 own46 13:15 BM Portis 0 4WR Pitch-R 3-1 dZ Pass 4 25 own46 13:08 BM Frost 53, dead --- Pt-side --- LetRoll 1 10 own1 12:26 Ten Slaton 5 Bas Dive 3-4 sZ Pass 2 5 own6 12:17 Ten Rivers-Jenkins X Bas L-Slant/PBK/sec 3-4 tM Pass-Driver/Gates 3 5 own6 12:10 Ten Rivers-Kreutz X Bas S-Flat/sec 3-3 sZ Pass 4 5 own6 12:04 Ten Koch 50,Jackson 10 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp46 11:30 BM Sk-Williams -2/F Bas S-Slant 4-3 sZ Pass/Bz1 2 12 opp48 10:54 BM Williams 4 Bas OffTkl-R 3-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 8 opp44 10:13 BM Williams 3 Bas OffTkl-R 3-3 M Pass-Jackson 4 5 opp41 10:06 Ten Pen5(Vanden Bosch) --- Pt-side --- LetRoll 1 10 opp36 9:22 BM Portis 1 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Portis 2 9 opp35 8:38 BM Portis 2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 tM Pass/Bz1 3 7 opp33 8:34 BM Garcia-Williams X 4WR S-Hitch/SG/NS 3-3 M Pass 4 7 opp33 8:28 BM FG Carney 50/G --- FG --- Block 3-0 KO 8:17 Ten Blackmon ret of 32 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own46 7:37 Ten Rivers-Gates 16 Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Run-Slaton 1 10 opp38 7:26 Ten BM Pen10(Farrior) Bas M-Slant/PBK 3-4 M Pass-Driver/Gates 1 10 opp28 6:42 Ten Rivers 2 Bas S-Cross 3-4 M Pass-Driver/Gates 2 8 opp26 6:00 Ten Slaton 2 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Pass-Driver/Jenkins 3 6 opp24 5:22 Ten Slaton 1 Bas Pitch-L 3-3 sZ Pass/Bz1 4 5 opp23 5:18 Ten FG Kasay 40/G --- FG --- Block 3-3 KO 5:05 BM Roby ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 4:27 BM Williams 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Pass 2 8 own25 3:53 BM Garcia-Williams 4 Bas Screen 4-3 sZ Pass/Bz1 3 4 own29 3:12 BM Garcia-Jackson 13 Bas S-Slant 3-4 tM Key-Williams 1 10 own42 3:02 BM Garcia-INT-Wright/TD Bas B-Post 3-4 tM Pass 3-10 KO 2:56 BM Roby ret of 18 --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own17 2:15 BM Portis 3 Bas Trap-R 3-4 tM Pass 2 7 own20 1:35 BM Portis 4 Bas Pitch-L 3-4 M Pass 3 3 own24 0:55 BM Garcia 2 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Portis 4 1 own26 0:49 BM Frost 42,Blackmon FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 0:08 Ten Slaton 0 Bas Dive 4-3 M Run-Slaton 2 10 own32 0:00 Ten Sk-Howard -2/F Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Run-Slaton 2nd Quarter 3 12 own30 14:51 Ten Rivers-Gates X 3W1 M-Hitch/SG/PBK 4-2 Z Pass 4 12 own30 14:45 Ten Koch 55,Jackson FC --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 14:07 BM Portis 4 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Pass 2 6 own19 13:59 BM Garcia-Mankins X Bas S-Out/sec 3-4 tM Pass 3 6 own19 13:17 BM Williams 5 Bas Draw 3-3 M Pass 4 1 own24 13:07 BM Frost 39,Blackmon 15 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp48 12:32 Ten Rivers-Slaton 8 Bas L-Slant/PBK/sec 4-3 M Pass-Driver/Jenkins 2 2 opp40 11:56 Ten Rivers-Driver 5 Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp35 11:28 Ten Rivers-Jenkins 10 Bas S-Slant/PBK 3-4 Z Pass 1 10 opp25 10:47 Ten Slaton -2 3W1 Draw/SG 3-4 tM Pass-Driver/Gates 2 12 opp27 10:07 Ten Rivers-Slaton 11 3W1 S-Flat 3-4 M Pass-Jenkins/Gage 3 1 opp16 9:24 Ten Slaton 2 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Pass/Bz2 1 10 opp14 8:43 Ten Bradshaw 1 2T2 OffTkl-L 3-4 M Pass-Driver/Gates 2 9 opp13 8:02 Ten Bradshaw 7 2T2 Pitch-R 3-4 M Pass-Bradshaw/Drive 3 2 opp6 7:20 Ten Duckett 0 2T2 Dive 4-3 tM Run-Duckett/Bz3 4 2 opp6 7:17 Ten FG Kasay 23/G --- FG --- Block 3-13 KO 7:10 BM Roby ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 7:05 BM Garcia-Williams X 4WR M-Hitch 3-3 M Pass 2 10 own17 7:05 BM Pen5(Baskett) 4WR Sweep-L 3-3 M Pass/Bz1 2 15 own12 6:58 BM Garcia-Baskett X 4WR M-Out/SG 3-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 15 own12 6:55 BM Garcia-Ginn Jr. X 4WR M-Fly/SG 3-1 M Pass-Ginn Jr./Jacks 4 15 own12 6:46 BM Frost 45,Blackmon 10 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp47 6:41 Ten Rivers-Slaton X 3W1 S-Flat 4-3 M Pass-Slaton/Driver 2 10 opp47 6:01 Ten Rivers-Gage 25 3W1 S-Slant 4-3 M Run-Slaton 1 10 opp22 5:21 Ten Rivers-Jenkins 15 3W1 S-Cross 4-3 M Pass-Driver/Gates 1 7 opp7 5:13 Ten Slaton 6 2T2 Dive 3-4 tM Pass 2 1 opp1 5:13 Ten BM Wins Challenge 2 1 opp1 5:05 Ten Duckett 1/TD 2T2 Overtop 5-2 tM Run-Duckett/Bz4 3-20 KO 4:52 BM Roby ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 4:12 BM Portis 5 Bas Trap-L 3-2 M Pass 2 5 own34 3:30 BM Portis 2 Bas Sweep-L 3-3 tM Basic 3 3 own36 2:48 BM Portis 7 Bas Draw 3-4 tM Key-Portis 1 10 own43 2:24 BM Portis 3 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Pass 2 7 own46 2:00 BM Portis 2 Bas Pitch-L 3-4 M Pass 3 5 own48 1:22 BM Portis 1 Bas Draw/SG 3-4 sZ Pass 4 4 own49 1:15 BM Pen10(Carey) --- Pt-side --- Return 4 14 own39 1:04 BM Frost 54, dead --- Pt-deep --- LetRoll 1 10 own7 0:40 Ten Rivers-Jenkins 29 Bas L-Slant 4-3 M Pass-Driver/Jenkins 1 10 own36 0:13 Ten Bradshaw 8 Bas Draw 4-3 dZ Pass 2 2 own44 0:06 Ten Rivers-Jenkins X Bas L-Hitch 4-3 dZ Prevent 3 2 own44 0:00 Ten Bradshaw 6 Bas Draw 4-2 dZ Prevent 3rd Quarter KO 14:53 Ten Schmitt ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Watch Onside 1 10 opp44 14:12 Ten Bradshaw -1 3W1 Dive 3-4 M Run-Bradshaw 2 11 opp45 14:02 Ten Rivers-Jenkins X 3W1 L-Slant 3-4 M Key-Slaton 3 11 opp45 13:19 Ten Rivers-Driver 17 3W1 S-Slant/sec 3-3 sZ Pass 1 10 opp28 12:50 Ten Rivers-Jenkins 10 3W1 S-Slant/sec 3-3 tM Pass 1 10 opp18 12:50 Ten BM Wins Challenge 1 10 opp18 12:10 Ten Rivers 5 3W1 L-Slant 3-3 M Pass-Driver/Jenkins 2 5 opp13 11:31 Ten Rivers-Gates 10 3W1 M-Out 4-3 lM Pass 1 3 opp3 11:21 Ten Slaton 2 2T2 OffTkl-L 5-2 tM Basic/Bz2 2 1 opp1 11:21 Ten BM Wins Challenge 2 1 opp1 11:13 Ten Slaton 1/TD 2T2 OffTkl-R 5-2 tM Run-Slaton/Bz4 3-27 KO 11:13 BM kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 11:08 BM Ten Pen5(Smith) 5WR M-Out/SG 3-4 sZ Pass 1 5 own25 11:02 BM Garcia-Ginn Jr. X 5WR M-Out/SG/sec 3-2 M Pass 2 5 own25 10:48 BM Garcia-Jackson X 5WR B-Fly/SG 3-2 sZ Pass 3 5 own25 10:08 BM Garcia 6 5WR S-Slant 3-2 M Pass 1 10 own31 9:19 BM Garcia-Robinson 68 5WR M-Slant/SG/sec 3-2 M Pass/Bz1 1 1 opp1 8:40 BM Williams -1 3RB Trap-L 4-3 tM Goalline 2 2 opp2 8:36 BM Garcia-Hedgecoc 2/TD 3RB S-Out/sec 5-4 tM Goalline 10-27 KO 8:21 Ten Blackmon ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own41 7:38 Ten Slaton 5 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 M Key-Slaton 2 5 own46 6:54 Ten Rivers-Driver 18 Bas M-Slant 3-4 M Key-Slaton 1 10 opp36 6:12 Ten Rivers-Driver 8 Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Pass-Driver/Jenkins 2 2 opp28 5:25 Ten Slaton 8 2T2 OffTkl-L 3-4 M Pass-Gates/Stevens 1 10 opp20 4:45 Ten Bradshaw 0 2T2 OffTkl-R 4-3 lM Run-Bradshaw 2 10 opp20 4:00 Ten Rivers-Rhodes 16 2T2 S-Flat 4-3 M Run-Rhodes,D 1 4 opp4 3:19 Ten Bradshaw 1 2T2 Dive 3-4 M Pass 2 3 opp3 2:35 Ten Bradshaw -1 2T2 OffTkl-L 3-4 M Run-Bradshaw 3 4 opp4 2:31 Ten Rivers-Driver X 2T2 S-Quick 3-4 tM Pass/Bz3 4 4 opp4 2:27 Ten FG Kasay 21/G --- FG --- Block 10-30 KO 2:14 BM Roby ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 2:10 BM Ten Pen20(Bartell) 4WR L-Out/SG 4-2 sZ Pass 1 10 own46 2:10 BM Pen5(McKinnie) 4WR L-Hitch 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 1 15 own41 1:31 BM Garcia-Baskett 7 4WR L-Hitch/SG/sec 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 2 8 own48 1:19 BM Ten Pen5(Williams) 4WR L-Slant 4-2 M Pass-Jackson 2 3 opp47 0:37 BM Garcia-Jackson 27 4WR L-Slant 4-2 M Pass 1 10 opp20 0:30 BM Garcia-Baskett X 4WR L-Out/sec 3-4 sZ Pass 2 10 opp20 0:00 BM Garcia-Baskett 19 4WR M-Slant/SG/sec 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 4th Quarter 1 1 opp1 14:56 BM Garcia-Baskett 1/TD 4WR S-Out/sec 4-3 tM Goalline 17-30 KO 14:50 Ten Griffin ret of 9 --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own24 14:02 Ten Slaton 14 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 M Run-Slaton 1 10 own38 13:19 Ten Slaton 16 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Pass 1 10 opp46 12:41 Ten Slaton 2 Bas Dive 3-4 M Run-Slaton 2 8 opp44 12:01 Ten Rivers-Gates 7 Bas S-Flat/sec 3-4 M Run-Slaton 3 1 opp37 11:53 Ten Rivers-Driver X 2T2 L-Slant 5-2 tM Run-Bradshaw/Bz4 4 1 opp37 11:49 Ten Rivers-Driver X 2T2 S-Slant 5-2 tM Goalline/Li 1 10 own37 11:40 BM Garcia-Jackson X 4WR L-Hitch/SG 3-3 M Pass 2 10 own37 11:31 BM Garcia-INT-Bartell 4WR S-Slant 3-3 M Pass/Bz2 1 10 opp26 10:37 Ten Bradshaw -1 2T2 OffTkl-L 3-4 M Run-Bradshaw 2 11 opp27 9:42 Ten Rivers-Stevens 12 2T2 M-Slant 3-4 M Pass-Gates 1 10 opp15 9:37 Ten Rivers-Stevens X 2T2 S-Out 3-4 M Pass 2 10 opp15 8:39 Ten Bradshaw 3 2T2 Dive 3-4 M Run-Bradshaw/Bz3 3 7 opp12 7:42 Ten Rivers 5 2T2 S-Flat 3-4 M Pass 4 2 opp7 7:38 Ten FG Kasay 24/G --- FG --- Block 17-33 KO 7:27 BM Roby ret of 21 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own12 6:47 BM Portis 4 Bas Pitch-L 3-1 M Pass-Ginn Jr./Jacks 2 6 own16 6:08 BM Garcia-Boss 7 Bas B-Fly/sec 3-1 dZ Pass 1 10 own23 5:23 BM Garcia 9 Bas L-Cross 3-1 M Pass 2 1 own32 5:17 BM Garcia-Portis 9 Bas L-Cross/sec 3-1 Z Pass 1 10 own41 4:40 BM Garcia-Ginn Jr. 10 Bas M-Out/HO/sec 3-3 M Pass 1 10 opp49 4:40 Ten Ten Loses Challenge 1 10 opp49 4:27 BM Garcia-Jackson 30 Bas L-Out/HO 3-3 sZ Pass 1 10 opp19 3:49 BM Garcia-Boss 7 Bas M-Slant/HO/sec 3-3 M Pass-Ginn Jr. 2 3 opp12 3:42 BM Garcia-Portis X Bas M-Slant/HO/sec 3-3 sZ Pass/Bz1/A 3 3 opp12 2:58 BM Portis 2 Bas Draw/HO 4-2 tM Pass 4 1 opp10 2:54 BM Garcia-Boss X Bas S-Out/SG/HO 4-3 tM Goalline 1 10 own10 2:13 Ten Slaton 2 2T2 OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Goalline 2 8 own12 2:00 Ten Slaton 2 2T2 Dive 3-4 tM Goalline 3 6 own14 1:50 Ten Slaton 0 2T2 OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Goalline 4 6 own14 1:41 Ten Koch 46,Jackson 11 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp49 1:30 BM Garcia-Robinson X 5WR L-Hitch/SG/HO 3-2 Z Pass 2 10 opp49 1:06 BM Garcia 4 5WR M-Hitch/HO 3-2 M Pass/Bz1 3 6 opp45 1:00 BM Garcia-Jackson X 5WR L-Hitch/HO 3-2 M Pass 4 6 opp45 0:52 BM Garcia-Ginn Jr. X 5WR M-Slant/SG/HO 3-1 M Pass-Jackson/Robins 1 10 own45 0:16 Ten Rivers -1 Bas QbKneel 3-4 tM Goalline 2 11 own44 0:00 Ten Rivers -1 Bas QbKneel 3-4 tM Goalline