Florida at Alabama

Saturday, November 27, 1948

Alabama beat Florida 34–⁠28. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 7–⁠3 as played.

AwayFlorida5–⁠5 in 1948
28
HomeAlabama6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1948
34

FinalHigh 64°F, low 50°F, 0.48 in. of rainAttendance 24,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL . SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 29, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL . SCORES Final scores of football games played during the weekend are as follows: Nebrasks. iz, Oregon St. 28. Penn $. ‘; Washington s. o. Michigan S21 Santa Clara 21. Oklahoma 19; Okla. AIM 15. Clemson ‘; Auburn 6. Detrcit 26; Tulsa 22. Texas Christian ?; SMU T. Tennessee 6; Vanderbilt 28. Wm. and Mary g; Arkansas 0. Tulane 46; Louisiana State O. Florida 28: Alabama 34. Washington 27, Louisville 12. Fordham 26; New York U 0. Maryland IA; w. Virginia 16 Villanova 21; w. Virginia 16. Washington 0; Notre Dame 46. Georgia Tech 13 Georgia 2l. Holy Cross 20; Boston College 21. N. Carolina 34 Virginia l2. Miss. State T; Mississippi 34. Rice ‘; Baylor T.

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Alabama leads 28–⁠14; as played, 29–⁠14 in 43 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.

Recent meetings
2021Alabama 31, Florida 29
2020Alabama 52, Florida 46SEC Championship Game
2016Alabama 54, Florida 16SEC Championship Game
2015Alabama 29, Florida 15SEC Championship Game
2014Alabama 42, Florida 21
2011Alabama 38, Florida 10

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