Sewanee at Alabama

Sunday, November 9, 1913

Sewanee beat Alabama 10–⁠7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Sewanee led the series 6–⁠0–⁠1.

AwaySewanee4–⁠3 in 1913
10
HomeAlabama6–⁠3 in 1913
7

FinalHigh 61°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The Atlanta Georgian's story: SeWanee 10 to 7 Victor in Battle With Alabama

    Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., November 10, 1913, page 1

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    SeWanee 10 to 7 Victor in Battle With Alabama BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Nov. Sin an interesting but rather badly played game, Sewanee defeated Alabama here to-day by a score of 10 to 7. Both teams made their lone touch down or forward passes across the goal line. One of the grandest exhibitions of fumbling the ball was given by both teams. Neither team played classy ball. but the fight was close. Sewanee got away with a field goll In the first quarter, when. Hammond put the ball over from the 35-yard line In the third Sewanee scored a touchdown on an 8-yard pass over Alabama’s goal from Tolley to Ham mond. Tolley kicked the goal. Ala bama scored in the la 81 quarter on a forward pass of 8 Yards, from Harsh to Cargyle. w. Vandegraff kicke goal.

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 59% to win. Sewanee won as Elo’s underdog.

Alabama leads 16–⁠8–⁠3 in 27 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.

Recent meetings
1938Alabama 32, Sewanee 0
1937Alabama 65, Sewanee 0
1934Alabama 35, Sewanee 6
1931Alabama 33, Sewanee 0
1930Alabama 25, Sewanee 0
1929Alabama 35, Sewanee 7

Around this game

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