Sewanee at Alabama
Saturday, October 22, 1927 Share
Alabama beat Sewanee 24–0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 9–8–3.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 43°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 23, 1927, page 73
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ALABAMA COMES BACK ! IN DEFEATING SEWANEE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. October % tApl.---A rejuveHated Alabama Crimson tide came back here today and enquilted the Tigers of Sewanee by a score of “a to 0. Coach Wallace Wade’s men started their scoring with the initial whistle when Tnck, Crimson fullback, took the kickoff from Sci1oolfield’s toe on his 15.yard lire, and ran s. yards for a touchdown. Alabama completed 90 first downs during the game against two for Sewanee. @
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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Sewanee–Alabama gameAlabama leads 16–8–3 in 27 meetings, counting the seven 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. Ole MissOct. 29, 1927
- SeasonSewanee in 1927
- ProgramSewanee history and records
Alabama
- Next gamevs. Mississippi StateOct. 29, 1927
- SeasonAlabama in 1927
- ProgramAlabama history and records
