Alabama at Georgia Tech

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  Evening star, November 19, 1950, page 59

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  Bob NARROW TaIIies Four Times in 54–⁠19 Defeat Of Engineers ATLANTA. Nov. 1S. Bobby NARROW. 1876 pounds of speed. scored four touchdowns, including a 91-yard sprint, as Alabama crushed Georgia Tech today, 54–⁠19. Techs defeat automatically as sured the Southeastern Confer ence championship to Kentucky. Alabama was favored to win by two touchdowns, but scored four in the first period alone and leisurely added four more with a total offense Of $50 yards. Bobby North made Techs first tally on a 39-yard run in the second quarter and Tech came charging back for two more in the last period. But this was Marlow’s day as the crowd of $4,000 can attest. The big sophomore scored his first touchdown on a 7-yard plunge. his second on 25-yard pass from Ed Salem. his third on the brilliant 91-yard run which started with a quick opening play over right guard, and his fourth on a 24-yard pass play from Salem again. Salem Hurls Accurate Passes. Alabama, twice beaten, was all power and polish. Suitcase” Ed Salem-so called because Of his big feet-threw passes with deadly accuracy and Al Larry caught them on his f1ngertips. Tom Calvin ran with the ball almost as well as NARROW. jug Jenkins, a defensive end. set up the first two touchdowns by blocking a punt and intercepting pass close to Techs goal. This was the highest score Alabama has ever run up on its traditional rival, Georgia Tech, and was the worst defeat Tech has suffered in seven years. The game was less than two minutes old when Alabama scored the first time. Jenkins blocked Bob Robinson’s put and Travis Hunt recovered on the Tech Is. Salem threw a 9-yard pass to AL Larry and NARROW went the rest of the way through center. A moment later Jenkins intercepted Darrell Crawford’s pass on the Tech IS. Salem tossed three passes in row. The first two were caught by AL Larry and Ed Larry just outside the end zone. and the third was shared by NARROW with in the zone. Throws 60-Yard Pass. Salem wound up the first period scoring spree by throwing q pass that went go yards through the air and was caught by AL Larry as he fell over the goal line. The play was good for 48 yards. Tom Calvin scored for Tech in the second period on a two-yard buck after Al Larry had caught a 29-yard pass. NARROW made his fourth and final touchdown in the third on a 24-yard pass play. Alabama’s last two touchdowns were made in the last period on short bucks by George Mccain and Dick Barry. Techs touchdown at the start Of the fourth quarter vas unexpected and unorthodox. With the ball on Alabama’s 10, Joe Salome fell back to pass. He was chased back to the 80 and threw wildly. Alabama players batted the ball around in the end zone and Pete Ferris finally caught it. To wind things up Red Patton went over from one yard away.

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Alabama leads 28–⁠21–⁠3 in 52 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.