Sewanee at Alabama
Saturday, October 30, 1920 Share
Alabama beat Sewanee 21–0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 7–4–2.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 31°FAttendance 6,000
In the newspapers

The Pensacola journal, Pensacola, Fla., October 31, 1920, page 9
Read the text
ALABAMA DEFEATS SEWANEE. 81 TO O Birmingham, Ala. Oct. 3o-In a game featured by brilliant plays on both sides, Alabama defeated Sewanee in the annual football game here this afternoon by a score of 81 to 0. The Crimson’s first score came in the second quarter when Stevenson went over right tackle for a touch down. O’Connell kicked the goal An other was added in the third quarter on a forward pass, Seweli to Lenoir, Sewell. kicking the goal. The final score came in the last quarter when Stevenson ran So yards through the entire Sewanee team across the line O’Connel again kicked the goal Stevenson and Lenoir starred for Alabama while Coughlin featured for Sewanee. Today’s game was the seventeenth annual game, Sewanee having won 10. Alabama 5, and two resulting in ties. The evangelists are here.
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)
Alabama 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Sewanee–Alabama gameAlabama leads 16–8–3 in 27 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.
| 1938 | Alabama 32, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1937 | Alabama 65, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1934 | Alabama 35, Sewanee 6 | |
| 1931 | Alabama 33, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1930 | Alabama 25, Sewanee 0 | |
| 1929 | Alabama 35, Sewanee 7 |
Around this game
Sewanee
- Next gamevs. ChattanoogaNov. 6, 1920
- SeasonSewanee in 1920
- ProgramSewanee history and records
Alabama
- Next gamevs. VanderbiltNov. 6, 1920
- SeasonAlabama in 1920
- ProgramAlabama history and records
