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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 26, 1915, page 1 (results column)

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  SOUTHERN TEAMS WELL SAT|SFIEDAT CLOSE OF SEASON Virginia Gains Highest Honors-Vandy and Tech Claim Old s. I. A. A. Championship Atlanta, November 25.-Southern football teams today closed one of the most successful seasons in the history of Dixie, particularly as regards their invasion of other sections. Virginia with one of the most enviable records ever held by southern college, de. feated Yale. not an average Yale ag- gregation, but Yale nevertheless, and held Harvard without touchdown After virginia’s success in the east. Georgia, which did not have very successful season. held Virginia to one touchdown and lost by the score of 9 to when Tibbett kicked a field goal that was in process of completion when the final whistle blew. Virginia also beat Vanderbilt, which has a SCOT ing record said to be unbeaten in tn, south Washington and Lee, although not winning any of it’s games in it’s in- vasions of other sections established gcod record. The Generals were held to z to tie by Indiana and last Saturday surprized the strong Cornell aggregation by scoring 21 points and leading for more than half of the game. Vanderbilt has a total score of 524 points to 3S for it’s opponents. The Com modores won from every team in the cid Southern Intercollegiate association territory with which they had game scheduled. With the exception of Se- vance, which scored field goal to- day, none of these teams scored on the Nashville eleven. Georgia Tech, which won today from Auburn and whose supporters are claiming the right to dispute with Van derbilt the so-called championship of the old S. I. A. A. territory, went through the season with 9 clean record so far as games won are concerned. Tech, however, allowed Davidson, Louisiana State and Alabama each to seore a touchdown, while North Caro- lima scored a field goal. Tech scored 217 points to 24 for it’s opponents. Tennessee. Auburn, Georgia, Se- vance. North Carolina and Clemson did not have very successful seasons. The Volunteers lost to Clemson early in the season and in the Vanderbilt contest number of regular players were so badly injured they could not play again. Auburn lost more games this year than in all three seasons preced ing The Plainsmen went down before Vanderbilt 10 days ago and today lost to Georgia Tech. In the preceding three years they lost only one game, that with Vanderbilt. Sewanee won the first three games on it’s schedule, tied the fourth with Kentucky, lost to Texas, Alabama and Vanderbilt and tied with Chattanooga. Alabama lost to Georgia Tech and Texas after winning it’s first five games. r sssl ,if~f s1a North Carolina did not come up 10 the expectations of the early season, losing three games and tieing one vout of eight. Clemson lost half of it’s eight games The Mississippi team was rather weak, losing to Vanderbilt 91 to o and to Alabama 53 to 0. number of star players concluded their college football careers today. Among them are VandeGraaff of Ala barna,. who has great record for bunting and field goal kicking; Pad dock, quarterback for Georgia: Fielder of Georgia Tech. said to be one of the best broken field runners in the south ; Lang, who played guard for Tecfi Captain Bidez of Auburn, and Captain Harsh of Alabama.

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Officially, Alabama leads 52–⁠9–⁠2; as played, 56–⁠9–⁠2 in 67 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.