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5/26/1964
Peter Finney reports in the New Orleans paper from the SEC spring meeting in Mobile that Alabama coach Paul Bryant is looking much healthier than a year ago when the Bama coach was in the midst of his battle with The Saturday Evening Post Finney reports Bryant has settled out of court for $300,000 tax free. The publication is still in appeals trying to reduce the money it owes to Wally Butts who was awarded $10 million. |
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Coach: Doc Pollard (Darthmouth) Record: 5-1-2
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Captain(s): Emile Hannon
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Known as "Pollard's Pets," the 1907 team finished with a 5-1-2 record including a 6-6 tie with Auburn at the Fair Grounds in Birmingham. It would be the last game between the two teams until the series was renewed in 1948.
Alabama's quarterback and captain Emile Harmon starred in the tie but his miscalculation on downs enabled Auburn an opportunity to score its lone touchdown. The error occurred when Auburn was stopped inches from the goal line on a fourth down try. A penalty flag signified Auburn was offsides and Harmon thinking it was third down accepted the penalty. Instead of Alabama having the ball, Auburn kept it one more play and scored its TD.
Coach Pollard introduced yet another new formation in this game, the "varsity two-step" which was the cousin of the formation he used to beat Auburn the year before. It baffled Auburn and P. Jones scored Alabama's TD and then kicked the extra point for the 6-6 tie.
Alabama closed its season with a 5-0 win over Tennessee on a cold, raining Thanksgiving Day in Birmingham. A blocked field goal return for a touchdown by Derrill Pratt was the only score in the contest. Pratt was the star of the game, being hailed as a sensational defensive tackier and exceptional punter. One of his punts went a calculated 75 yards |
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Notes: The war between Alabama and Auburn results in a 41-year hiatus in the series. Hugh Robert of the Birmingham Age-Herald refers to Alabama as the Crimson Tide in his article about the Auburn game, the first recorded history of the nickname. |
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