1922 Alabama vs. Penn football game

1922 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Penn Quakers football game
1234 Total
Alabama 0360 9
Penn 0700 7
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. It was the second game at the newly renovated Franklin Field; the first an important victory for Penn over Navy.[1] 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,[2][3] giving the team some of its first national recognition.[4][5] Noted sports columnist Grantland Rice predicted a 21–0 Quaker victory.[6] One writer called the game the hardest fought battle on Penn's field in seven years.[7] Alabama quarterback Charles Bartlett received Walter Camp's All-America honorable mention,[8] and set up the winning touchdown with a dash from the 35-yard line to the 6.[7] College Football Hall of Fame inductee Pooley Hubert was a freshman at fullback.

References

  1. "Alabama's Eleven Humbles Old Penn". The New York Times. November 5, 1922. p. 25. Retrieved April 21, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Alabama vs Pennsylvania".
  3. Bridget Heos. Alabama Football. p. 39.
  4. Lewis Bowling. Alabama Football Tales: More Than a Century of Crimson Tide Glory. p. 14.
  5. Eric Bain-Selbo. Game Day and God. p. 137.
  6. 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.
  7. 1 2 "Pennsy Beaten By Alabama In Spirited Game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 5, 1922. Retrieved April 21, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "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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