Duquesne at Alabama

Friday, October 7, 1949

Alabama beat Duquesne 48–⁠8. It was their third meeting; Alabama leads the series 3–⁠0.

AwayDuquesne3–⁠6 in 1949
8
HomeAlabama6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949
48

FinalHigh 88°F, low 66°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER ., ls4s |Michigon-Army Struggle Tops Sparkling Football PROGRAM

    Evening star, October 8, 1949, page 11 (results column)

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    THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER ., ls4s |Michigon-Army Struggle Tops Sparkling Football PROGRAM Notre Dame Is more worried about the Tulane game next week than Purdue. while Southern Cal. which already has whipped Navy and Washington State, probably will beat Ohio State. Baylor and Arkansas are two ugh-tough teams that play for keeps with the former rated one touchdown the better. Kentucky. which has surprised one and all. has been installed as the choice over Georgia. Some other top games of tie day included U. C. L. A.-Stanford. Yale Columbia, Iowa Illinois. Texas Christian-I Indiana. WASH on-Oreeon State and Iowa State-Colorado. Villanova was handed a scare last night in Philadelphia. The Wildcats eked out a bare 1920 triumph over banged and battered st. Mary’s of California. The California teams three touch downs were the by-products Of second period fumbles. In another intersectional fray at Tuscaloosa. Alabama over whelmed Duquesne, 48 to 8. San Francisco upset a favored Detroit University, 1914, and Temple whipped Syracuse, 27–⁠14.

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Alabama leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings.

Recent meetings
1949Alabama 48, Duquesne 8
1948Alabama 48, Duquesne 6
1947Alabama 26, Duquesne 0

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