Sewanee at Alabama

Saturday, October 30, 1920

Alabama beat Sewanee 21–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 7–⁠4–⁠2.

AwaySewanee4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1920
0
HomeAlabama10–⁠1 in 1920
21

FinalHigh 66°F, low 31°FAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Pensacola journal's story: ALABAMA DEFEATS SEWANEE. 81 TO O

    The Pensacola journal, Pensacola, Fla., October 31, 1920, page 9

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    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.

Alabama leads 16–⁠8–⁠3 in 27 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.

Recent meetings
1938Alabama 32, Sewanee 0
1937Alabama 65, Sewanee 0
1934Alabama 35, Sewanee 6
1931Alabama 33, Sewanee 0
1930Alabama 25, Sewanee 0
1929Alabama 35, Sewanee 7

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