Ole Miss at Alabama

• 

  The Birmingham age-herald, November 2, 1924, page 9

  Read the text

  dSF0oTBALLGOLF!IEN TENNIS BOXING MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. l. Especial )-Alabama Crimson Tide swept over Ole Miss with the force Of a tempest at Cramton Bowl this aft ernoon, scored nine touchdowns to de- feat the Mississippi team by a score of 61 to 0. The Tide gained momen- tum as the game progressed, scoring seven touchdowns in the second half, five of them coming in the final period. ‘Bama’s fine array of backfield talent enjoyed scoring feast at the expense of the Mississippi team. Rosen- field, Cohen, Mack Brown and Pooley Hubert crashed through the opposing line and raced the ends for consistent gains. Two sensational runs i’ll the closing minutes of play, one of S5 yards. by Brown and another of 70 yards by Cohen, climaxed Alabama’s victory. Another powerful backfield man was introduced to Crimson supporters when Coach Wade sent q rawboned individ- ual named Johnson into the fray in the second period. He ploughed through Mississippi line each time he carried the ball, his gains averaging ten yards or more. Johnson gave his tacklers more trouble than the giant Hubert, it re- quiring two or three men to bring him down each time. Defense CoIlapses Ole Miss defense collapsed soon after the second half opened and the flashy Rosenfeld swept the ends with abondon. He outran would-be taeklers and squirmed his way through broken fields for many long gains. His gains were for B, 25, 30, 9 yards. With the Mississippi eleven whipped to an anemic end dispirited bunch of men in the last period, Cohen struck out around his left end and behind perfect inter- ference carried the ball 75 yards for a touchdown. It was the first play after Mississippi had kicked off after ‘Bama score. An instant later, after Ole Miss had again kicked to the Tidesmen. Mack Brown received the oval on his 20-yard stripe and hurled himself through a mass of Mississippi jersey to gain 8 clear fieli from where he zigzagged himself down the field for 80 yards and Alabama’s final touchdown. Tide In Great Form Their blocking tactics were superb and their attacking deadly, all of which speaks for itselfs in the nine touch downs by half dozen of the flashiest backs in southern grid circles. Twen- ty-nlne first, downs were registered by the Tide against two for Ole Miss. In the fourth period Allen ducked into his line and was brought down after a 12- yard gain, scoring Mississippi first and only earned first down. A moment later Ole Miss was given another firt down when an eager Crimson linesman crashed into Hewes with unnecessary roughness on punt. Alabama’s first score came as a re. suit of a tumble by Ole Miss in the early minutes of play. Hoff fumbled as Alabama kicked of and ‘Bama re. covered on the Mississippi 20-yard line Two line plays got seven yards and Mack Brown then skirted right end for a touchdown. Only one other touch down was made in the first half, the Mississippi defense showing more re- sitance than at any time of the game After holding for down and taking the ball, Ole Miss attempted a forward pass. Caldwell snatched it from the air and sprinted A yards for a touchdown In the second half the Crimson backs gained at will. They crashed into the Mississippi line with force that would not be denied and carried the bal

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.

Officially, Alabama leads 52–⁠9–⁠2; as played, 56–⁠9–⁠2 in 67 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.