Stanford vs. Alabama

Tuesday, January 1, 1935, Rose Bowl

Alabama beat Stanford 29–⁠13. It was their second meeting; Alabama leads the series 1–⁠0–⁠1.

Neutral siteStanford9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1934
13
Neutral siteAlabama10–⁠0 in 1934
29

FinalAttendance 84,474Referee: Bob EvansThe game on Wikipedia

In the newspapers

  • The 's story: Alabama Beats Stanford 29-I3 in Great Contest

    , January 2, 1935

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    Alabama Beats Stanford 29-I3 in Great Contest Then he hit left guard. scoring standing up. A few moments later Smith put the invaders In the lead with a field goal from the Stanford 90 yard line. Taree plays after the stanford kickoff Dixie found a hole over left tackle. He swept through, cut back. and oItran the Indian sec ondary going 81 yards 10 score. Another Pas He was taken from the game immediately but there Was no rest for the pass-DizZy indians. Joe Riley stepped right In H0Well’S shoes and threw a long one to Hu-son for still q third touchdown, a 54-yard play just before The half ended. On sheer power from their rs yard line tine Irlcesmen battered their way To a touchdown shortly after the third period was lnaugurated, with Buck Van Dellen sweeping left end II yards 70 score. DAb tA4tA t4lI- - NaS bSAIs 1t4@ Howell put the finishing touches to the game with his 46-yard pass play 10 Hutson for the final counter IN the fourth. While the statistics somewhat belittled ‘Bana’s triumph they adj ded TO Howell,s glory. He ran the ball 1T yards. not counting his return Of punts and kickoff. averaged better than A4 yards on six puntS and threw ID passes. nine Of which were completed.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: ALABAMA ROLLS OVER STANFORD BY 29 13 SCORE Crimson Tide Wins Rose Bowl Grid Co With Passing Attack

    The Daily Alaska empire, January 2, 1935, page 5

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    ALABAMA ROLLS OVER STANFORD BY 29 13 SCORE Crimson Tide Wins Rose Bowl Grid Co With Passing Attack PASADENA, Cal, Jan. 2.---Com- pleting ten of 13 passes attempted, the University of Alabama’s foot ball team defeated Stanford Uni versity here yesterday in the an- nual Rose Bowl contest, classic of all New Years Day grid engage ments. Alabama won hy score of 29 to 13. The Crimson Tide rolled relent- lcssly over the highly touted Pa cific Coast champions from Palo Alto with an amazing passing and running attack that continued Ala oama’s unbeaten record in Rose Bowl games. In competing those ten passes, the winners piled up 216 yards of gains. Eighty-five thousand fans saw the contest.

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: ALABAMA HALFBACK SCORES ON Ct Yard. run IN ROSE BOWL Bobby Grayson, Stanford's ALL American, Smashes Way to First Touchdown HUTSON is SENSATIONAL Invaders Passing Attack Nets Two Counters; $4,000 Per- sons Watch Contest HuTSON is SENSATIONAL

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, January 2, 1935, page 1

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    ALABAMA HALFBACK SCORES ON Ct Yard. run IN ROSE BOWL Bobby Grayson, Stanford’s ALL American, Smashes Way to First Touchdown HUTSON is SENSATIONAL Invaders Passing Attack Nets Two Counters; $4,000 Per- sons Watch Contest HuTSON is SENSATIONAL Pasadena. Cal. Jan. 2.--tP,-Alabama’S Crimson Tide rolled home ward Wednesday leaving in it’s wake the greatest chapter of 20 years of Rose Bowl tournament football his tory. For Tuesday before a record crowd OF $1,000 astonished spectators the tide inundated powerful Stanford eleven 1913. On the crest of the tide as it surg

  • The The Coolidge examiner's story: ALABAMA VS. STANFORD AT PASADENA ROSE BOWL ON NEW YEARS DAY

    The Coolidge examiner, January 4, 1935, page 1

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    ALABAMA VS. STANFORD AT PASADENA ROSE BOWL ON NEW YEARS DAY The East West football COM petition at Rose Bowl. Pasadena, New Years Day, was an exhibition Of power witnessed by thousands. the largest attendance of the current football season, in which Alabama defeated Stanford 20 to l3. Sensational speed punting and forward passing records were made and witnessed by So, 900 excited spectators of the goth annual Intersectional Rose Tournament football game.

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On the newsreel

  • CRIMSON TIDE SWAMPS CARDS IN ROSE BOWL GRID BATTLETearing through the Stanford defense, the University of Alabama’s eleven wins the great annual East-West encounter by the score of 29-13 before 85,000 wildly excited spectatorsUniversal Newsreel, January 2, 1935. Catalog record at the National Archives

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Photos from the game

  • Claude E. Thornhill, Stanford football coach, before his team's game at the Rose Bowl against Alabama.
    Claude E. Thornhill, Stanford football coach, before his team’s game at the Rose Bowl against Alabama.Photo: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Pasadena, California Rose Bowl, January 1, 1935, Football Game, Alabama vs. Stanford
    Pasadena, California Rose Bowl, January 1, 1935, Football Game, Alabama vs. StanfordPhoto: National Archives at College Park – Still Pictures, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Alabama 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Alabama leads 1–⁠0–⁠1 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1934Alabama 29, Stanford 13Rose Bowl
1926Alabama 7, Stanford 7Rose Bowl

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