Kentucky at Alabama

Saturday, November 4, 1933

Alabama beat Kentucky 20–⁠0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 12–⁠1.

AwayKentucky5–⁠5 in 1933
0
HomeAlabama7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1933
20

FinalHigh 81°F, low 60°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Alabama Unleashes a Dazzling Attack to Beat Kentucky, 200

    Evening star, November 5, 1933, page 48

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    Alabama Unleashes a Dazzling Attack to Beat Kentucky, 200 spun around with the surprised tackler helding his headgear and set out for the goal line which he crossed standing Mcseley’s place-kick was wide. YYOWELL, q little late, ran back one of Kerchevals punts to his own 81. and in few plays sliced off tackle for the second touchdown. Moseley converted from placement. It was Howell again who started the third touchdown drive. Taking Kercheval’s 54-yard punt on his own 1l-yard line, he raced IS yards before he was brought down on the Kentucky 43. A little later, Demyanovich. sub. fullback, ripped through the Wildcat line and went over. Moseley converted from placement. Alabama gained 358 yards in making II first downs; Kentucky gained 125 and made seven first downs.

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Carter, Roberts Give Grid Fans Weeks Best Thrills

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 6, 1933, page 7 (results column)

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    Carter, Roberts Give Grid Fans Weeks Best Thrills Francis Wistert. Michigan tackle who played the greatest defensive game on the field as Michigan squeezed through a to 6 victory over Illinois. Pete thinner and Vim Sahlin, Chicago backs-who combined on a 57-yard pass, thinner to Sahlin, in the Chicago Wisconsin o to o tie. The pass carried fifty-seven yards and netted a 40-yard gain. Sauer, Nebraska full back-who scored two touchdowns and led Ne braska’s offense throughout in the 26 to victory over Missouri as the Cornhuskers remained undefeated and united. Willard Howell, Alabama half back-who led Alabama to a 20 to 0 victory over Kentucky, sprinting fifty-fve yards for first touchdown, making big gains to pave the way for the other two, and outpunting Kercheval Kentucky’s ace. Cy Grant, Georgia half back who scored all Georgia’s points in his teams IA to 0 victory over Florida, running thirty-seven yards for one touchdown, taking short pass for another, and place-kicking both extra points. Bohn billiard, Texas half back who scored a touchdown, kicked the extra point, and booted a field goal as Texas beat Southern Methodist, 10 to O. Franksvorero. Santa Clara half back-who passed Santa Clara to a 10 to 0 victory over Rice Institute CTexas) in an intersectional battle.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTB BALL. RESULTS&

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 6, 1933, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTB BALL. RESULTS& The following are final score! ,i important football games playeC asst Saturday, and notice severa lpsets: Notre Dame 0; Navy ‘. St. Mary’s IS; Fordham 6. Auburn ‘; Duke 13. Tulane ‘: Colgate O. Penn State 6; Syracuse 12. Coe 0; Army 34. Columbia g; Cornell G. Princeton 33; Brown O. Lehigh 0; Harvard 27 Indiana 0; Ohio State 21. Lafayette T; Penn 16. Dartmouth 13; Yale 14. Holy Cross O; Detroit 24. Maryland 0; Virginia 6. Georgia IA; Florida 0. Minnesota 0; Northwestern 0. Michigan T; Illinois 6. Wisconsin 0; Chicago 0. Rice Institute 0; Santa Clara 13 Olympic Club 0; Stanford “A. Carnegie Tech ‘; Purdue IT. Kentucky 0; Alabama 20. Nebraska 26; Missouri O. Iowa State T; Iowa 27. Georgia Tech 6; Vanderbilt g. Texas U 10; Southern Methodist !. Kansas 0; Oklahoma 20. Utah T; Oregon 26. Washington State 16; Gonzaga 0 California 0; UCLA o. Whitman 0; College of Puget ;ound 19

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 40–⁠2–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 30 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Alabama 45, Kentucky 17
2023Alabama 49, Kentucky 21
2020Alabama 63, Kentucky 3
2016Alabama 34, Kentucky 6
2013Alabama 48, Kentucky 7
2009Alabama 38, Kentucky 20

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