Syracuse vs. Alabama

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, January 2, 1953, page 13

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  MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 2.-Alabama re-wrote the Orange Bowl record book with a crushing 61–⁠6 defeat of Syracuse in the greatest mismatch of all major New Years Day football games. The mighty Crimson Tide rolled for nine touchdowns and turned the 10Th annual game into a rout before 5000 spectators who started leaving the stands during the third period. In sharp contrast to some previous Orange Bowl games which we’re won and lost in the final seconds, this one turned into a boreSome fiasco. Syracuse was the underdog from the time the Eastern champions were picked to play Alabama and the Oraugemen apparently never overcame that psychology. Alabama. 13-point favorite at game time scored first and when Syracuse drove from its own % to the Alabama goal it looked like a tight ball game coming up. But when Jim Georges kick for the extra point was partially blocked, struck the crossbar and bounded back onto the field. it left Syracuse trailing. 7.6. II think Syracuse realized when Alabama got its one-point lead early in the game that it would be on the short end of the score. “ Coach Red Drew Of Alabama said. Floyd (Ben) Schwartzwalder Syracuse coach, agreed that the psychology was against his team. Our team was in good shape and we didn’t run out of gas. !” he AIDED. 1--WE did the best we could. but when you get behind it takes some Of the starch out of you” 1T was our passing” Drew said |of Alabama’s touchdown ava lanche. when you throw scoring passes, touchdowns come fast” Three Alabama touchdowns came on passes and another on a pass interception. Joe Curtis caught eight Alabama passes to set an individual record for an Orange Bowl game. Red Burditt of Texas AIM caught seven against Louisiana State in 1914. Cecil Ingram took Mike Jaso’s punt on the Alabama 90 and went 80 yards for a touchdown to erase another individual record, set by Beechers Montgomery Of Texas Christian against Georgia in 1912 ct 56 yards. But passes didn’t tell the whole story. The Alabama sline opened gaping holes for ball carriers and

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Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings.