Alabama vs. Stanford

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., January 2, 1927, page 1

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  Alabama Stanford Eens Deadlock ~ Sports Here During LATE SCORE ON BLOCKED KICK SAVES DIXIE TEAM Tying Counter Is Made in Last Four Minutes-Coast Combination Registers in Opening Quarter by Clever Use of Forward Pass. yardage being made through the air. but fumbles several times killed promising attacks. In the second and third periods the elevens battled without single mark being hung up on the score sheet. Gordon Holmes, the Tides great center, who had been ill, took the field lust before half time, but played only a few moments. Winslett Great on Offense. Alabama’s offense was built princi. pally on winslett, who time and again deserted the line to drop back and charge the beefy Stanford row. Punting on both sides throughout the game was poor. and it was notice able that both teams were slower than during the regular foot ball season. The weather man was blamed, for ii was a ,lear-Sumn1er day. Statistics showed that Stanford made $50 yards from scrimmage, Ala bama, III yards; Stanford made IL first downs, Alabama, 6; Stanford COM pleted IL out of 16 forward passes for an aggregate of 1913 yards. Alabama made good pass out of and gained 9 yards thereby. In punting Stanford averaged 81 yards and Alabama So. Penalties were distributed five to Stanford for set backs of 50 yards, and Alabama one for yards. The attendance was estimated at 10000.

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Alabama leads 1–⁠0–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.