Alabama at Vanderbilt

Saturday, November 8, 1919

Vanderbilt beat Alabama 16–⁠12. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 5–⁠0 as played.

AwayAlabama8–⁠1 in 1919
12
HomeVanderbilt5–⁠1–⁠2 in 1919
16

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Alabama Loses Hard Game to Vandy SPORTS Cornmodores Sail Victorious Over the Crimson Tide in a Battle of Many Thrills Vanderbilt Throws Bombshe Into Thin Red Line, Shock ing the Dopesters-Alabama Made 13 First Downs to Vandy's S-Fumbles Hurt Scotts Team.

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 9, 1919, page 14

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    Alabama Loses Hard Game to Vandy SPORTS Cornmodores Sail Victorious Over the Crimson Tide in a Battle of Many Thrills Vanderbilt Throws Bombshe Into Thin Red Line, Shock ing the Dopesters-Alabama Made 13 First Downs to Vandy’s S-Fumbles Hurt Scotts Team. Nashville November 8-(Special)-The thin red line thun dered and charged the field sweeping aside the Com drive to the main objective The thin red line dazzling first in its killing the south side goal wall defense of the commodores then crumbed-and broke The tide turned feed with mighty blow on o-yard line the coveted prize of first quar- touchdown appeared within it’s The Crimson found itself playing the early stages of the second quarter while the Commodores forced enough points

  • The Evening star's story: FOOT BALL RESULTS.

    Evening star, November 9, 1919, page 28 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL RESULTS. Gallaudet, 27; Western Maryland, s. Catholic University, 81: Boiling Field Aviators, 10. Navy, O.; Georgetown, 6. Maryland State. 27: st. Johns. 0. Virginia NJ. l.. 29; North Carolina, I. Davidson, 6; North Carolina State, SO. Wake Forest, 0; Virginia Polly, 40. Georgia Tech, 0; Washington and Lee, 3. Vanderbilt. 16: Alabama, 12. Tennessee, 6; South Carolina, 0. Sewanee. II; Oglethorpe, 10. Georgetown (ky), 13; Maryville College. Z. Mississippi Aggies, “a; Mississippi. O. Richmond College, II; Williams and Mary, Q. Mississippi College. 0; Louisiana. “a. Arkansas, Z; Texas. 80. Newport Naval Station, 10; Great Lakes, u. Hampden-Sydney. 10; Randolph Citadel, Il; Newberry. 0. Naval Base, 81; Philadelphia Navy Yard, o. Chattanooga. Z: Cumberland Uni versity, 0. Tulane. IA: Florida. .. Marietta. q; West Virginia Wesleyan. 0. Haverford, I: Johns Hopkins. o. EAST Harvard, 10: Princeton, 10. Pennsylvania, 13; Dartmouth, 20. Yale, IA; Brown, 0. Pittsburgh, Z: Washington and JEFF ferson, 6. Carnegie Tech. o; Cornell, 20. Syracuse, 8; Bucknell, 0. Colgate, 21; Rochester, 0. Army, 8; Notre Dame, II. WaSf VirOipia 6. Center. IA. New York. II; Union. s. Penn State. 20; Lehigh, Z. Rutgers, 13: Boston College, z. Swarthmore, 20; Franklin and Marshall, 0. Colby, 0; Holy Cross. Al. Dickinson, 0; Lafayette, 48. Yale Freshmen. 10; Cornell Fresh men, 0. Princeton Freshmen. 13: Harvard Freshmen, 0. WEST. Michigan, 0; Chicago, 49, Illinois, 10: Minnesota, 6. Iowa, IA; Northwestern, Z. Purdue, 0; Ohio State. 20. Nebraska, IL; Missouri. 5. Washington. 13; Drake, IA. Oklahoma, o; Kansas, 0. South Dakota, 0 Michigan Aggies, 13. Tufts, Z F.; Detroit, 3. Utah Aggies, Z; Colorado Aggies, 27. Utah. Z :. Colorado. O.. California, IA: Southern Califormia. 13. Drake, IA; Washington University, 13. Cincinnati. Z; kentucky State. 0. Depauw. o; Wabash. 0. Earlham. 6; Franklin, 2. Nebraska Wesleyan. IA: Wyoming, 0. | ST. Louis, 0; Marquette, 0. | Idaho, Z; Montana, 0. | Washington State, Z; Oregon, O. | North Dakota Aggies. 6; Fargo Col lege, 0. ! Western Reserve. IA; Kenyon, 0. | Case, II; Mount Union, IL. Oberlin. At; Hiram. 0.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Vanderbilt 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Alabama leads 61–⁠20–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠19–⁠4 in 87 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Alabama 30, Vanderbilt 14
2024Vanderbilt 40, Alabama 35
2022Alabama 55, Vanderbilt 3
2017Alabama 59, Vanderbilt 0
2011Alabama 34, Vanderbilt 0
2007Alabama 24, Vanderbilt 10

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