Alabama at Vanderbilt

Saturday, November 22, 1941

Vanderbilt beat No. 7 Alabama 7–⁠0. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 12–⁠10 as played.

Away7Alabama9–⁠2 in 1941
0
HomeVanderbilt8–⁠2 in 1941
7

Final0.67 in. of rainAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Leading Football Scores Yesterday

    Evening star, November 23, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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    Leading Football Scores Yesterday Scores in leading football games . played yesterday follow: Notre Dame, co. Southern Calf, 18 Minnesota, Al; Wisconsin, s. Michigan, 20; Ohio State, 20. Fordham, 35; st. Marys, 7. Harvard, Ia: Yale, O. Penn, 16; Cornell, 0. Navy. %; Princeton, 0. Colgate. 30: Columbia, 81. Army, T. West Virginia, S. Temple, 81; Holy Cross. l3. Auburn, 13; Villanova, 0. Penn State. 81: Pitt. 7. Lafayette, Al; Lehigh. 7. Northwestern, 27; Illinois, 0. Indiana. 7; Purdue, 0. Nebraska. ID: Iowa. Is Vanderbilt. 7: Alabama. 0. Georgia, 35; Dartmouth, o. Mississippi, 18; Arkansas, o.

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 58% to win. Vanderbilt pulled the upset.

Officially, Alabama leads 61–⁠20–⁠4; as played, 64–⁠19–⁠4 in 87 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Alabama 30, Vanderbilt 14
2024Vanderbilt 40, Alabama 35
2022Alabama 55, Vanderbilt 3
2017Alabama 59, Vanderbilt 0
2011Alabama 34, Vanderbilt 0
2007Alabama 24, Vanderbilt 10

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