Vanderbilt at Alabama

• Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 6, 1921

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  ALABAMA FALLS BEFORE BIG VANDERBILT ELEVE|I Comnodores Rip OFF Id Points, Leaving Crimson Team Whi,ewashcd. BiRMGNGH HAM, Ala. Nov. 3 vanderbilt came to Birmingham with stonewail defense and n fast and driving back field. and the University OF Alabama could do little against their Tennessee opponents, losing the game by l4-to-0 score. Vanderbilt scored early in the frs, quarter, when the Cominodores tax ing the ball IN the middle of the field on n punt bncked the pigskln for TWO downs and then sprang long forward pass Nicely and Mccullough, netting twenty-five yards Nicely then ripped OF eighteen yards over left tackle. ana Godchaux and Eomar made the nine yards necessary to score between them. Smith kicked goal. The Crimsons frightened up after those first few minutes. and the game was NIP and tuck until late in the hnai quarter. when Doc Kuhn, first string quarterback OF the COmmodores who didn’t start the game on account of injuries, was sent in and supplied the punch necessary to put across IA score. The Commodores had again taken the bali In the middle Of the Held on punt. Several line bucks. with Nccly’s twenty-yard run around right end and twenty-five yard pass. Kuhn TO Mccullough, net. ted Tie score. Smith again kicked the gonl. Alabama threatened to score only once. when she worked the ball TO Nanderbiits eighteen yard line. The conmodDrcs held and attempted passes We’re grounded and Wander b!lt took the ball. Neeiy’s brilliant offensive work WAS II feature of the game. While the Crimson’s game fight To hold down the score added color TO the affair. Vanderbilt. Position. Alabama. Mccullough LEFT end. Clemens Elan ...... LEFT tackle. $500. Baker Bailey LEFT guard. Blackwood sharpe center. 1890. Wesley overall fright guard. .... Hunt Bradford fright tackle. 80. Cooper Ryan ........rlsht end. -. Newton Godchaux quarter back. 800. Baty Smith ....... left half. Bartlett Ncely ......r!ght hnif. Rosenfeld Eomar ......fuii back. Whitaker Score by periods: Vanderbilt ...........1 I’ll Alabama ............0 . 0 O. o Touchdo wns--Bomar, Kuhn tsuhs,itutc for GodchauN>. Goals after touchdowns--Smith CD. Time OF pc rlods-l5 minutes. Rcfcree--Finlay tFirg!nia). Umpire-Springcr penn fylvania). lead Watkins tScwanee).

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Officially, Alabama leads 61–⁠20–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠19–⁠4 in 87 meetings, counting the 80 since this game.