Tampa at Alabama
Saturday, November 19, 1960 Share
No. 18 Alabama beat Tampa 34–6. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 34°FAttendance 19,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 20, 1960, page 1
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‘Bun1u Takes 34–6Victory Over ompu TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Nov. 10 tAPp Alabama, led by the passing of Bobby Shelton and the running of Mike Fracchia, ran up a three-touchdown half time lead and rolled to e. 34–6 victory over Tampa today. The victory gave Alabama a I7-1-1 record, with only tough Auburn standing in the way OF possible bowl bid. Shelton completed four Of 10 passes for 103 yards in the first half alone. One Of his passes went 80 yards to Billy Oliver for a touchdown. Fracchis gained “a yards on II carries | in the first half and got one touchdown. Pat Trammell got Alabama’‘ third touchdown in the first half on a courtyard plunge Tampa’s zone moment Of glory came in the third quar-. ter when Ronnie Perez, the Spartans’ workhorse quarter back, outdodged half a dozer Alabama tacklers in the vicin’ ity of his own 20 and uncorkee a long pass. Billy Rouse gath cred it in and raced to the three, where Cotton Clarl caught him. The play covered 50 yards. Perez then passed three yards to Charles Trulocl for Tampa’s touchdown. TAMPA 7! \ lA. ----- 9 g 8 ga Alabama – Fracchia l. run kic Alabama – Trammel 4. run tru Alab. ma-oliver 80, pass from skel ton run failed). Alabama–Stapp !, run (Stapp run , Tampa-Trulock 3, pass from Pere pass failedD. Alaoama-Trammell l, run tTram neil rum. Attendance-27,0
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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tampa–Alabama gameAlabama leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Tampa
- SeasonTampa in 1960
- ProgramTampa history and records
Alabama
- Next gamevs. AuburnNov. 26, 1960
- SeasonAlabama in 1960
- ProgramAlabama history and records
