ABC News wire report said that Keelon Russell passed for three touchdowns as the ninth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide "pulled away" for a 31-13 victory over No. 15 LSU on Saturday. The wire story's headline credits Russell's passing with propelling the team past LSU.
The ABC News summary also says Alabama's defense made several pivotal fourth-down stops during the game. It does not say how many of those stops occurred, in which quarters they came, or which plays they ended.
ABC News identifies Alabama as ninth-ranked and LSU as No. 15 in the rankings. Its summary does not give either team's record, its standing in any conference, or what the result means for the rest of either program's season.
The ABC News item carries no author byline in the information available for this report. Its summary includes no quotations from coaches or players, no statistics beyond the touchdown passes, and no account of how the score developed. It also names no venue.
Neither the headline nor the summary gives the score at halftime or indicates how close the contest was before its final stretch, according to ABC News. The two details it does give are the 31-13 final margin and Russell's three touchdown passes.
Because only one report was available, this account does not compare ABC News with other outlets, and no conflicting accounts of the game are presented here. Any further reporting on the game would need to come from other sources that were not part of this report.
Sources: ABC News: Russell passes for 3 TDs to propel No. 9 Alabama past No. 15 LSU, 31-13.