Georgia at Alabama

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  The Montgomery advertiser, November 2, 1902, page 12

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  Despite the FumbleS of the Crackers They Got Away With a Victory. Birmingham, Nov. 1.-(Special.) )-In a hard-fought battle on the gridiroh here this afternoon. Georgia was able to score one touchdown against the Crimson and White of the University of Alabama, the game ending with the ball in Alabama s possession on the Georgia 12-yard line. with the score 5 to 0 in Georgia’s favor. The game showed the teams as evenly matched as last years game, when the score was 0 to o. Alabama showed great improvement over the game played against Auburn here two weeks ago, putting more steam in their bucks and end runs and using effective headowrk. There was great deal of fumbling in the game, most of it was by Georgia. Geor- ria played faster game and would Lave mede more continuous gains through Alabama,s tackles. but for frequent fum- bling. At one time in the first half the Georgians had the ball within yard of Alabaula’s goal. but were held for three downs by Alabama. who took stone wall brace and rushed the ball steadily back to the middle of the field, when time was up. At the opening of the first half, Georgia with an irresistible series of plunges and end runs. placed the ball behind the goal pests in about eight minutes of play. From this time the ball was mostly Ala bama’s, who made steady but short rains and were saved from a probable touch down by time The feature of the game was the 35- yard run by Ridley, Georgia’s halfback. Georgia’s defense in the second half was an improvement of 100 per cent over the first half. Forman Burk, Young and Stfckney of Alabama played star games. while Ridley, Dickerson. Turner and Beaver were the frequent and fast ground gathers for Georgia. The line-ups of the two teams were as

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  Richmond dispatch, Richmond, Va., November 2, 1902, page 26 (results column)

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  Remnants Great puntine. CAMBRIDGE. MASS. November l. Harvard defeated the Carlisle Indians School football team to-day on Soldiers Field by the decisive score of q to o. The game was very exciting. Both sides punt ed frequently, and Herman especially with very marked effect, one Of his punts sail ing over 45 yards. Dewitt. Princcton’s Star. PRINCETON. \. j., November lin the presence of 1000 people Princeton won a splendid victory to-day over the Cor nell eleven by the score of ten to moth ing The ten points were made by De- Witt, Princetons famous guard. Other Scores. Michigan, s; Washington. Q. University Of Tennessee, 6; University OF the South (Sewaneel, 0. Tulane University. Il: Agricultural and Mechanical College tMississippD. Il. University of Alabama, 0: University of Georgia, 5. Chicago. IS; Beloit. 0. Illinois IL; Indiana G. Minnesota 1902; GrinneiI, G. Andover II; Yale Freshmen, g. Syracuse, %; Williams. Il. Amherst, 6; Bowdoin, Q.

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Alabama leads 45–⁠27–⁠3 in 75 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.