Tennessee at Alabama

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  The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, November 30, 1906, page 12

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  ALABAMA 5l, TENNESSEE 0. Birmingham Game Easy for Tuscaloosans. .NoRTHERNERS co TO SLEEP Nine Touchdowns Scored, From Which Six Goals Result. ronard’s Men Rely Almo.. Entirely on Line BucIs and Are Held Only once For Dcwns. Birmingham, Nov 29.--fSpeeial1--A crushing defeat was admfnis cred the football squad from the University 9f Tennessee by the Alabama eleven at Fairview gridiroR this afte; nocn be- fore a crowd which displayed practl- Fcaliy no enthusiasm. The score re- suited 51 to in favor Of Alabama. The Tennessee boys were outplayed at every point and were toys in the hands of the Tuscaloosa squad Nine and six times goal Kick resulted from touchdowns. Inc bait WAS practically lin the hands of the Alabama team dur ling the entire game Tennessee get ting the oval only a half dozen titues. Even when the mountain boys se- cured the ball. they were unable to make required gains, and the ball went over only once was the Alabama Quarterback Hannon was taken from the game on account Of injuries. Tlse forward pass suffered at the 1nnisad oi hin ,1, a,tsmntes Usually there was no one to take tho place after it was made. Six touchdowns was made tn the first half, the first two minutes after Succession. It was a case Of Tennessee kicking to Alabama, and the later esr-. ryinK the ball for a touchnown. At supreme among the Tennessee team. At one time Haifba.k Jones received the hall back of the line, and the play was given up as a failure He stood sttll for a moment holding the han, and not “a Tennessee man approached him. He then darted down the field for touch down. The run was a distance of sixty yards. This was one of the comical features of the game and there were quite q few. Curtis, fuliback for Alabama, carried the ball over five times, Jones three times, and Burks once. The game was featured with the lack of long runs. In spite of the heavy score. Tn the second half, Quarterback Hannon made a nice run. part of which was made in the crowds. For the Tennessee boys, Cochran and Dgn- alson, the two ends. played nice game, The Alabama squad relied al- most solely on the line bucks ths for ward pass being used occasionally. Sims, Alabama’s right guard, did not play in the game. A crowd of about 5000 saw the game. Lineup: Tennessee–Cochran, left end: Wal ters, left tackle; Punter, left guard; Proctor. center; RagsdaIe, right guard; Ring, right tackle: Donaldson, right end; Loucks, quarterback Foster Leech, left halfback; Baker, right half- back: Peery, full back. Alabama–Garrett, left end: Burkes. left tackle; Compton, left guard, Don- ald. center: Moody. right guard: Frank lin, right tackle; Edwards, right end; Hannon, quarter back; B. A. Burkes, back; Curtis, full back. Oficials--Referee. Bradley Walker. Umpire, Ed Tutwiler, Head Linrsm1n Mcbride

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Officially, Alabama leads 60–⁠41–⁠6; as played, 61–⁠40–⁠7 in 108 meetings, counting the 104 since this game.