1922 Alabama vs. Penn football game

August 2023 1922 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Penn Quakers football game 1922 Alabama Crimson Tide University of Alabama Penn Quakers 2–2–1 5–0 Xen C. Scott John Heisman 0 3 6 0 0 7 0 0 November 4, 1922 Franklin Field Philadelphia, Pennsylvania E. J. O'Brien 20,000 The 1922 Alabama vs. Pennsylvania football game, played November 4, 1922, was a college football game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Penn Quakers. Beating one of the "big 4" Ivy League institutions in a major upset, it is considered one of the most important wins in Alabama football history,Alabama vs Pennsylvania http://bryantmuseum.com/TLGDetails.asp?GameDate=11/4/1922 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150402212820/http://bryantmuseum.com/TLGDetails.asp?GameDate=11%2F4%2F1922 2015-04-02 2019-02-15 Bryant Museumhttps://books.google.com/books?id=nSCEAAAAQBAJ&q=1922+alabama+penn&pg=RA1-PA4 Alabama Football Bridget Heos 15 July 2013 39 The Rosen Publishing Group 9781448894161 giving the team some of its first national recognition.https://books.google.com/books?id=1o-3fgPXEVgC&pg=PA14 Alabama Football Tales: More Than a Century of Crimson Tide Glory Lewis Bowling 2012 14 History Press 9781609497224https://books.google.com/books?id=EwvMELEMkeYC&pg=PA137 137 Game Day and God Eric Bain-Selbo 2009 Mercer University Press 9780881461558 One writer called the game the hardest fought battle on Penn's field in seven years.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2258607/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/ November 5, 1922 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspapers.com Pennsy Beaten By Alabama In Spirited Game April 21, 2015 Background It was the second game at the newly renovated Franklin Field; the first an important victory for Penn over Navy.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2258653/the_new_york_times/ Alabama's Eleven Humbles Old Penn November 5, 1922 25 The New York Times Newspapers.com April 21, 2015 John Heisman's Penn team was highly favored. Noted sports columnist Grantland Rice predicted a 21–0 Quaker victory.A Damn Good Yankee: Xen Scott and the Rise of the Crimson Tide Kordic Gregory 2007 AuthorHouse Bloomington, Indiana 978-1-4259-6018-6 1–9 Game details Alabama quarterback Charles Bartlett set up the winning touchdown with a dash from the 35-yard line to the 6. College Football Hall of Fame inductee Pooley Hubert was a freshman at fullback. Aftermath After the game, when the news reached Tuscaloosa, "they started burning red fires and celebrating in a manner that Tuscaloosa had never seen before in its history."210 2 Fuzzy Woodruff History of Southern Football Bartlett received Walter Camp's All-America honorable mention,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1937349/camp_1922_all_america/ Camp's All America Stars Show Why They Are Winners; Have Brains, Power, Spirit Harrisburg Telegraph December 26, 1922 March 8, 2015 Newspapers.com 15 References Category:1922 college football season vs. Penn 1922 vs. Alabama 1922 Category:November 1922 sports events in the United States Category:1922 in sports in Pennsylvania Category:1922 in Philadelphia