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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: Paul "Bear" Bryant (Alabama) Record: 10-2
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September 9, 1972 |
Duke |
35-12 |
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September 23, 1972 |
Kentucky |
35-0 |
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September 30, 1972 |
Vanderbilt |
48-21 |
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October 7, 1972 |
Georgia |
25-7 |
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October 14, 1972 |
Florida |
24-7 |
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October 21, 1972 |
Tennessee |
17-10 |
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October 28, 1972 |
Southern Mississippi |
48-11 |
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November 4, 1972 |
Mississippi State |
58-14 |
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November 11, 1972 |
LSU |
35-21 |
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November 18, 1972 |
Virginia Tech |
52-13 |
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December 2, 1972 |
Auburn |
16-17 |
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1973 Cotton Bowl |
Texas |
13-17 |
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Captain(s): Terry Davis and John Mitchell
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Two of the most improbable finishes in Alabama's century occurred in this one season-one a dramatic 17-10 win over Tennessee and the other a stunning 17-16 loss to Auburn. Lady luck smiled brightly on the Tide in Knoxville when Bama scored a pair of last minute touchdowns to defeat the Volunteers who had dominated this one from the opening kickoff. Wishbone quarterback Terry Davis scored the game-winner on a 22-yard dash after Mike Dubose had stripped the Vols' Condredge Holloway of the football in the final minute of the game.
The only smiling later in the year came from Auburn fans after the Tigers blocked a pair of punts in the final minutes of the game to defeat Bama 17-16. Probably no team had ever been whacked into submission all afternoon and still won like the 72 War Eagles who could manage but 80 yards in total offense on a fierce Tide defense.
Despite the loss to Auburn, Alabama still reigned as SEC Champions but no doubt the inexplicable defeat to the Tigers crunched some Bama egos and it showed painfully in a 17-13 loss to Texas in the Cotton Bowl.
It was the year of the super lineman, John Hannah, called the greatest offensive blocker in the history of the game. Nineteen years later he would be named to the NFL Hall of Fame and to the all-time college football squad. Center Jim Krapf and defensive end John Mitchell joined Hannah as All-Americans. Davis and Mitchell, the first black to be so honored at UA, were chosen as permanent team captains. |
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Notes: Alabama's lone TV regular season game came against LSU, a 35-21 victory in Birmingham. |
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