Bryce Young, No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide eke past Texas Longhorns on last-minute field goal

AUSTIN, Texas — Despite committing 15 penalties and a poor performance by its offensive line, No. 1 Alabama was able to avoid an upset and beat unranked Texas 20-19 on a last-minute field goal Saturday.

Alabama quarterback and reigning Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young was constantly harassed by the Texas defense, getting sacked twice and hurried seven times, but he still managed to move the offense with his arm and his legs.

Young completed 26 of 38 passes for 210 yards and a touchdown. He ran for 38 yards on seven carries.

But no run was more pivotal than his 20-yard scramble into Texas territory with less than 2 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. The play set up a game-winning 33-yard field goal by Will Reichard.

The kick kept Alabama's streak of 53 consecutive nonconference regular-season wins alive. The last time the Tide lost a nonconference game during the regular season was 2007 — Nick Saban's first season at Bama.

Saban will have a lot to dwell on after the team committed 15 penalties — the most during his time at Alabama and one off the school record of 16.

«It all comes down to execute when you are playing games like this,» Saban said after the game. «You need to focus on what is In front of you. You can't worry about the other stuff going on, like what people say, what people say on ESPN and how much you are favored in the game.

»You've got to focus on what is in front of you. If you're an offensive lineman, that's the guy you have to block. If you're a receiver, that's the guy you have to beat,. If you're a QB, you have to take what the defense gives you. If you are a runner, you have to press the hole and make the right cuts. So we didn't do any of that stuff the way we need to. So it wasn't just one