Mississippi State at Alabama

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  The Daily Alaska empire, December 3, 1945, page 3

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  CADETS TO55 OFF NAVY FOR SECOND UNMARRIED SEASON Trojans Roll Over Uelans Into Rose Bowl Before Greatest Gathering NEW YORK, Dec. 3--The football season is finished except for the Bowl festivals and the East-WeSt North-South games, but the thou sands of fans who saw Army’s record busting array in action probably will be talking about this peerless grid machine until another fall cam paign rolls around. In beating Navy 32–⁠13 Saturday for their ninth straight victory this year and their 18th in a row over two seasons, Coach Earl Blaik’s re- beating national champions became the first Cadet corps ever to go through two campaigns with perfect records and the first to win more than Is games in succession. It was Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis again who led the Cadets to victory in their 46th climactic clash with Navy and those two All Americas will be back in Army’s colorS next year Between them they scored all five of the Cadets tcuchdowns with the big pile-driving fullback racking up three and the flashy Davis hotfooting it for two The victory was Army’s 24th ir the series that started in 1890 Army scored three touchdowns ir the first period and one each in the third and fourth, while Navy picked up it’s touchdowns in the second and fourth periods, the lat ter on a one-foot buck through the middle of Army’s varsity line Il was the first time Army regulars had been scored upon by rushing this year A sell-out crowd of 102,000 specta- tors, including President Truman saw the service classic in Philadel- phia’S wind-swept municipal sta dium, but the top throng of the day was gathered in Los Angeles Me morial Coliseum where 103, ,000 fans watched Southern California’s Tro. jans defeat UCLA, 25–⁠15 and carr the right to meet Alabama in tho Rose Bowl. Alabama wound up it’s campaign unbeaten and united, slaughterina Mississippi State 55–⁠13 as Harry Gil mer put on another impressive aer- ial display by completing 13 of 1s passes for two tuchdowns.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, December 2, 1945, page 20

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  Amazing ‘Bama Whips Maroon, 55–⁠13 After Foe Scores First ! | TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Dec. l. Unbeaten Alabama gave an amazing demonstration of speed. power and passing here today to run up an overwhelming 55-to-l3 homecoming-day victory over a highly regarded Mississippi State eleven. Today’s win, before $4,000 fans ended another unbeaten regular season for the Rose Bowl bound Crimson Tide. Harry Gilmer’s passing and run ming were almost entirely responsible for the first three Alabama scores, but the game State eleven fell apart in the final minutes and the Tide scored five more touch downs in Is minutes. State scored first when Graham Bramlett intercepted a Gilmer pass at his IS and ran “a yards to the Tide !. Harper Davis drove it over and, for the first time this season, Alabama was behind, to 0, at the END of the quarter. Alabama then turned on the heat and had 27 points when State got its second score. Gilmer had one of his best days, completing 13 of 10 passes for 1913 yards and two touchdowns, and get ting 96 yards rushing on II tries. He had one pass intercepted, how ever. was thrown for losses of “a yards on two attempted passes.

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, December 2, 1945, page 1

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  ONLY EIGHT TEAMS KEEP CLEAN SLATE NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-R-Only eight college football teams, in season with unbeaten and united Guiding Army, Alabama and Okla homa A. and M, completed the records. Little High Point college was the only eleven to have its record spoiled during the week, the North Carolina school being tied by Milligan Thursday. Army finished its schedule by defeating Navy 1918 while Ala bama routed Mississippi State 55–⁠13 in its regular season finale.

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Officially, Alabama leads 89–⁠17–⁠3 on the field, but two wins were vacated or forfeited.; as played, 87–⁠17–⁠3 in the 107 games on file; the official count covers all 109 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.