Alabama at Tulane

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 26, 1948, page 44

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  $4,000 Watch Tulane Passes Bring Victory Over Alabama, 21–⁠14 NEW OR LEA N S, Sept. 25.- Tulane’s Green Wave upset Ala pama’s Crimson tide 21–⁠14 today thanks mainly to the passing OF Quarterback Joe Ernst and to most of the breaks. An estimated 10000 spectators watched the old Southeastern Conference rivals open their campaigns in hot, clear weather. Ernst, seldom used in two previous seasons on the squad, pitched for one Tulane touchdown and most Of the yardage needed for the other two. A tumble recovery set up one score for each team. A poor Alabama punt started Tulane to one touch down. Tulane drove 7s yards in nine plays for the opening touchdown in the second period, Bobby Jones, sophomore left half. started the march with a 17-yard end run and wound it up with 7-yard off tackle slice. A tumble recovery on the Ala bama 80 gave Tulane its next chance in the third period. Ed Price cir cled left end for the last four yards. A few minutes later Tulane got the ball on ‘Bamas 81 through a bad punt, and Ernst tossed 20 yards to End Dick Sheffield on the goal line. Alabama came back with a g. yard scoring march, spanked by Ed Whites passes and climaxed by Tom Calvins four-yard touchdown plunge through the middle. Min utes later Alabama recovered fum- Bile on Tulanes 26. Ed Salem passed to Charley Davis on the nine and then went off right tackle for “a touchdown. Alabama outrushed Tulane 213 net yards to 100, and led Is to in first downs. Tulane completed sig out of 18 passes for SO yards, and Alabama made seven out of II good for rs yards. Alabama. Ends--Steiner, Cain, Pierson. Tackles-Miller, Flowers, Theirs, Han nah. Guards-Franko, Richeson, Fortunate, Holdnak May. Mizerany. Centers-Lauer, OSulliyan. Backs-Brown. Salem, Cadenhead Moo nan. Davis, R, Cochran. Welsh, B. Cochran, White, Abston, Calvin. Tulane. Ends--Bailey,. O’Brien, shefheld, Part ridge, Riggs. Watkins. Tackles-Druen, Rogas, Bounds, Joyce. Guards-Brown, Doyle, Franz, Ramke. Centers-Dedeaux, Maddox. Kotteman. Backs-Hickman, Jones, Davis, Hahn, Keeton, Bonar, Ernst, Dick, Waller, Sikona Glisson, BienZ, Price. Alabama ------- 0 Q = ia Alabama scoring: Touchdowns-Calvin Salem. Points after touchdowns-Salem t2) (placementsl. Tulane scoring: Touchdowns-Jones Price, Sheffield. Points after touchdowns- Davis, 3 tplacementSl.

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  Roanoke Rapids daily herald, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., October 1, 1948, page 5 (results column)

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  Nations College Gon ses Will Swing Into High Gear Saturday Afternoon CuroIinu And Georgia In One Of Top TiIfs new ork, Oct. l-(APJ-Penn States mythical eastern cls n pions, all-victorious in l947, make their 1913 debut tomorrow on a national collegiate football program which also brings several other major elevens in to action for the first time this season. Four ivy league clubs Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton and defending champion Pennsylvania-make their initial appear ance, as much as two weeks behind some of the squads in other parts of the land. Although they have yet to be tested under fire, the Nittany Lions of Penn State, who capped their great 1947 season b y playing Southern Methodist to a tie in the Cotton Bowl game, APP pear to have the easiest assign ment in this group. Penn State opens against Buck neil. Pennsylvania, unbeaten but once tied last year, opens a t home against Dartmouth. Harward, now operating under a new coaching regime, entertains a Columbia team which stopped Rutgers, 27–⁠6, last week. And Princeton opens at home against Brown, beaten last week by Yale. Probably the top intersection al battle on tomorrow card will be the tussle at Ann Arbor between Michigan, the big nine and Rose Bowl champion, and Ore gon, which has hopes of representing the Pacific Coast in the Rose Bowl next new years day. Southern California also in vades Ohio State for another intersectional headliner and Purdue, loser by a single point to Notre Dame last week, goes into northwestern for an important big nine conference argument. Most of the interest in Dixie will be concentrated for the day in Georgia. Georgia Tech, IA vored to win the Southeastern Conference title and 1870 winner over Vanderbilt last week, will be at home in Atlanta against a Tulane team that seems to be going places after slipping past Alabama, 21–⁠14. At the same time in Athens, the university of Georgia Bull dogs will be testing the pride of the Southern Conference, a North Carolina poWerhouse which wal loped Texas, 34–⁠7. The weekend gets off to a fast start tonight with the usual num- Der of early season arc light contests. These include Boston Col lege at Georgetown, Marquette at Detroit, Missouri at St. Louis, South Carolina at Furman, Colo RADIO A. and M. at Utha State, Idaho State at Colorado College and Rollins College at Miami of Florida. Other Saturday highlights a. round the nation: East--Lafayette at Army, Cor nell at Navy, Notre Dame a Pittsburgh, Syracuse at Holy Cross, Colgate at Rutgers, Duquesne at Villanova, Connecticut at Yale and West Virginia VS.. Temple at Hershey, Pa. South-Vanderbilt at Alabama Tennessee at Duke, Baylor VS. Mississippi State at Memphis, Tenn, North Carolina State at Clemson, Louisiana Tech at AL burn, Tulsa at Florida, Mississippi at Kentucky, Virginia at Virginia Tech, Wake Forest at Will lam and Mary and Virginia Mi -

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Officially, Alabama leads 26–⁠9–⁠3; as played, 27–⁠8–⁠3 in 38 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.