In the first quarter, Alabama hung their heads in embarrassment. Before they knew it, Miss State was up 21-0 with no signs of slowing down. Then Julio Jones started an amazing comeback with a spectacular 19 yard reception that put the Tide on the board. Bama Eventually fought back and were up 43-40 in the 4th after a bootleg pass to Colin Peek that gave Alabama just their 2nd lead in the game. But the Bulldogs fought back as well and seemed to have the game locked with just over a minute let in the game and the Tide having no timeouts. After a few short first down passes McElroy launched one downfield to Julio Jones for a 59 yard reception and Julio would have scored if he had not stepped out of bounds trying to avoid a tackle. With 18 seconds left in the game McElroy tossed a TD pass to Julio who was running a fade route to win the game.

Despite some unneccessary turnovers, the offense was great in every aspect except breaking the running game in. A lot of that had to do with Alabama needing to throw. Ingram did manage to gain over 100 yards but he was the only life in the rushing attack. Julio broke the NCAA record for receiving yards with 491.

The defense played well against the run again but the passing defense was horrible. Allowing 468 passing yards is not good when you may be playing Florida in the SEC Championship just a few weeks away.