Houston at Alabama

Saturday, October 13, 1962

No. 1 Alabama beat Houston 14–⁠3. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 4–⁠0 as played.

AwayHouston7–⁠4 in 1962
3
Home1Alabama10–⁠1 in 1962
14

FinalHigh 88°F, low 57°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: TOP TEN

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1962, page 88 (results column)

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    TOP TEN Here’s the way the Nations top ten college football teams Jared in Saturdays games: /. Alabama (4–⁠0 beat Houston (2–⁠2, 14–⁠3. 2. Texas (4–⁠0 beat Oklahoma (1–⁠2D, 9–⁠6. 3. Penn State Odd lost to Army GID, 9–⁠6. 4. Southern California 800 did not play. 5. Mississippi 800 did not play. 6. Louisiana State (2-O-D DEBATED Miami 800, l7–⁠3. 7. Washington (4–⁠0) beat Ore gon State (2–⁠2), l4–⁠13. s. Arkansas l4–⁠0 beat Baylor (O-3, 1921. 9. Purdue did lost to Miami tOhio) (4–⁠0), 1917. 10. Ohio State Old beat Hi nois (o-3). 5l-15.

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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Alabama leads 9–⁠0; as played, 10–⁠0 in 10 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2007Alabama 30, Houston 24
1999Alabama 37, Houston 10
1997Alabama 42, Houston 17
1971Alabama 34, Houston 20
1970Alabama 30, Houston 21
1963Alabama 21, Houston 13

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