Live Updates From Citrus Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan

Crimson Tide will close 2019 season at Camping World Stadium

ORLANDO, Fla. — The University of Alabama football team faces the Michigan Wolverines in the Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. The game is scheduled for a 12 p.m. CT kickoff on ABC.

The weather is just about perfect, sunny and 64 degrees with very little wind. The humidity is only 34 percent, making it the nicest day we've had here this week.

Michigan arrived way early, three hours prior to kickoff, and the Wolverines are heading home after the game.

Alabama got here almost exactly two hours prior to kickoff, as usual, and will stay the night before heading back to Tuscaloosa in the morning.

Pregame

• If you check out the video you'll see Tua Tagovailoa using only one crutch when getting off the bus.

• Alabama is in crimson. Michigan is in white.

• Freshman kicker Will Reichard (hip) is out warming up. Made a 45-yard attempt. Joseph Bulovas is working with holder Mac Jones and long-snapper Thomas Fletche, though.

• Tight Miller Forristall (throat) is warming up on special teams. Looks like he might be back in his usual spot on kick returns.

• Chris Owens is out wearing No. 84. Wouldn't be surprised to see him get significant playing time at tight end. Same with Kendall Randolph, who wears no. 85..

• Michigan is warming up wearing big long-sleeve white shirts over their jerseys, that don't give any indication of who the players are. Think we might be taking paranoia to a new level here.

• Entire Alabama team out on the field now, with captains Anfernee Jennings, DeVonta Smith and Xavier McKinney leading stretching.

• Deonte Brown isn't doing much in warm-ups. We'll keep an eye on him. ... quick update, he's lining up with the first-team offense in the team drills.

• Tua Tagolvailoa has been standing behind the quarterbacks warming up, about 15 yards behind the snaps in the end zone. He's wearing his game jersey and sweatpants.

• Warm-ups over Mike Bernier made the punt before the team headed out to the locker room. Otherwise, no surprises with first-team players. Josh Jobe and Chris Allen were the replacements for Trevon Diggs and Terrell Lewis as expected. Second-team offensive line was from left to right Lashley, Ekiyor, Owens, Brown and Womack. Dickerson is listed as backup at right guard so that makes me think if something were to happen to Brown he would slide over and Owens would take over at center.

•Freshman nose tackle DJ Dale is not playing for Alabama today.

First quarter

•Joining Smith, McKinney and Jennings as Alabama captains is Tua Tagovailoa. Alabama won the toss and elected to defer until the second half. Michigan will receive.

•As was the case against Auburn, Brandon Kaho is wearing no. 20.

•Michigan's Jackson returned the opening kick 49 yards to midfield.

•Michigan tried unsuccessfully twice to pick on Josh Jobe with incomplete passes to Aalbama native Nico Collins.

•Mac Jones hit Jerry Jeudy for an 85-yard touchdown on the Tide's first play. With 13:47 left in the quarter, Alabama leads 7-0. It was the second longest pass in Citrus Bowl history.

•King Mwikuta is covering kicks tor Alabama today.

•Today's officials are from the Pac-12.

•Miller Forristaqll is at the H and Kendall Randolph at the Y tight end for Alabama.

•Senior Mike Bernier is punting instead of freshman Ty Perine. His first attempt was a line drive 38 yards with a return of minus-2, a net of 40 yards.

•Josh Jobe left the field under his own power after an injury time out. He was replaced by Jalyn Armour-Davis.

•Jeudy's TD put him over 1,000 yards receiving and with Smith already there gave Alabama two 1,000-yard receivers in the same season for the first time in history.

•Jobe is back in and Michigan is in the red zone.

•Shea Patterson hit Nick Eubanks for a tying 7-yard TD pass. We are tied at 7 with 7:06 to go in the quarter 7 plays, 85 yards, 2:56 on the drive.

•On the touchdown play, Daniel Wright was in for McKinney at safety, who lost a helmet on the prior play.

•Bernier downed a 50-yard punt at the 1.Michigan will start there.

•Patterson drove UM 81 yards and Michigan's Quinn Nordin booted a 36-yard field goal to put his team up 1007 with nine seconds left in the quarter.

•At the end of one quarter, Michigan is up 10-7 over Alabama.

2nd quarter

• With 7:16 to go in the half Nordin's 42-yard field goal put UM up 13-7. 13 plays, 56 yards, 5:46. Michigan's offensive line is having much success at the point of attack.

•Alabama's first successful third down conversion came when Michigan roughed the passer. Alabama has the ball first-and-10 at the UM 13-yard line. There is 4:15 left in the half.

•Najee Harris scored from the 9 to cap an 8-play, 75-yard drive. He hurdled a payer for the final yard. The PAT by Joseph Bulovas makes it 14-13 Alabama with 3:13 left in the half. Harris has a rushing TD in seven straight games.

•On the final play of the half Nordin kicked a career-long 57 yard field goal to put UM up 16-14. It's a Citrus Bowl record and ties the Michigan school record.

Nick Saban halftime quote: “We need to play the run better. We're not playing our gaps very well up front. We're not tackling very well. We've got a lot of missed tackles. They made a couple big plays on a couple trick plays, which really helped them. We've played well in the red zone and got them stopped a few times, so we could stay in the game, but we've got to get a lot more consistent on offense. The last drive was a good drive because we ran the ball effectively, which will open up the passing game.”

Third quarter

•A 42-yard TD pass from Jones to Smith capped a 75-yard drive to start the second half and put Alabama up 21-16. Drive took 94 seconds and 4 plays.

•Today's pre-game flyover was courtesy of Montgomery's Maxwell AFB.

•Xavier McKinney blizted and sacked Patterson on third down to stop Michigan's first drive of the half.

•Brandon Kaho partially blocked Will Hart's punt. Alabama takes over at its 39.

•Henry Ruggs III shaken up on an incomplete pass. Trainers out. Ruggs had to be helped off.

•59,746 is today's attendance.

•Ruggs is not expected to return to the game.

•Alabama defensive lineman Phidarian Mathis limped off the field.

•At the end of three quarters, Alabama leads 21016 and Michigan has the ball at the Tide 40.

Fourth quarter

•Mathis returned to the game.

•Shane Lee sacked Patterson who fumbled but Michigan recovered at the Tide 43.

•Jones hit Jeudy for 58 yards to the 20 and then hit Forristall for a 20-yard TD. With 10:01 left in the game, Alabama leads 28016. For Bama,  5 plays 91 yards, 1:44 on the drive.

•After forcing a Michigan punt, Alabama leads 28-16 with 7:53 left.