1922 Alabama vs. Penn football game
1922 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Penn Quakers football game | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | November 4, 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Franklin Field | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | E. J. O'Brien | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 20,000 |
The 1922 Alabama vs. Pennsylvania football game, played November 4, 1922, was a college football game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Penn Quakers. Beating one of the "big 4" Ivy League institutions in a major upset, it is considered one of the most important wins in Alabama football history,[1][2] giving the team some of its first national recognition.[3][4] One writer called the game the hardest fought battle on Penn's field in seven years.[5]
Background
It was the second game at the newly renovated Franklin Field; the first an important victory for Penn over Navy.[6]
John Heisman's Penn team was highly favored. Noted sports columnist Grantland Rice predicted a 21–0 Quaker victory.[7]
Game details
Alabama quarterback Charles Bartlett set up the winning touchdown with a dash from the 35-yard line to the 6.[5] College Football Hall of Fame inductee Pooley Hubert was a freshman at fullback.
Aftermath
After the game, when the news reached Tuscaloosa, "they started burning red fires and celebrating in a manner that Tuscaloosa had never seen before in its history."[8]
Bartlett received Walter Camp's All-America honorable mention,[9]
References
- ^ "Alabama vs Pennsylvania". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ Bridget Heos (July 15, 2013). Alabama Football. p. 39. ISBN 9781448894161.
- ^ Lewis Bowling (2012). Alabama Football Tales: More Than a Century of Crimson Tide Glory. p. 14. ISBN 9781609497224.
- ^ Eric Bain-Selbo (2009). Game Day and God. p. 137. ISBN 9780881461558.
- ^ a b "Pennsy Beaten By Alabama In Spirited Game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 5, 1922. Retrieved April 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama's Eleven Humbles Old Penn". The New York Times. November 5, 1922. p. 25. Retrieved April 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kordic, Gregory (2007). A Damn Good Yankee: Xen Scott and the Rise of the Crimson Tide. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. pp. 1–9. ISBN 978-1-4259-6018-6.
- ^ Fuzzy Woodruff. History of Southern Football. Vol. 2. p. 210.
- ^ "Camp's All America Stars Show Why They Are Winners; Have Brains, Power, Spirit". Harrisburg Telegraph. December 26, 1922. p. 15. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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