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Quarter-by-quarter breakdown of Alabama's dramatic win

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Alabama beat Mississippi State, 31-24, Saturday night in Starkville.

Below is a quarter-by-quarter breakdown of the game:

FIRST QUARTER

It was an eventful first quarter.

After driving into Alabama territory on its first possession, Mississippi State scored on its second. An Aeris Williams 11-yard touchdown run capped a six-play, 57-yard drive and gave the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead with 3:21 left in the quarter.

MSU's lead lasted less than two minutes, though.

Jalen Hurts hit Calvin Ridley for a 63-yard catch-and-run to convert a third-and-4 on the third play of the Crimson Tide's next possession.