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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -

Before a record crowd of 92,310, the Crimson team defeated the White team 14-10 in the annual Golden Flake A-Day Game at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday.
 
Trent Richardson, playing for the Crimson team, earned the Dixie Howell Award given to the game’s most valuable player, after totaling 167 yards on the day (49 rushing, 85 receiving, 33 returning), including a 20-yard touchdown reception.
 
Quarterbacks AJ McCarron and Philip Sims, playing for both the Crimson and White teams respectively, finished the day a combined 40-of-76 for 451 yards and one touchdown. McCarron totaled 222 yards on 21-of-38 passing while Sims finished with 229 yards, completing 19-of-38 passes.
 
Mark Barron returned a fumble 96 yards on the game’s opening possession for the White team while Dee Hart added 17-yard touchdown run for the Crimson team.  Jeremy Shelley notched a 21-yard field goal for the White team to round out the scoring.
 
“All in all, I thought that we had a really good spring but the key to this team is: what’s the commitment to the standard of excellence that they need to work toward, to commit to, to play to, to believe in, to have faith, trust and confidence in, so that we can be the best team that we can be,” UA head coach Nick Saban said. “I think if we can be the best team we can be, we can have a really good football team.”