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5/22/1953
Alabama safety Hootie Ingram and lineman Ed Culpepper have been chosen as the Southeastern Conference's pre-season best defensive back and best blocking lineman. Alabama, coming off its 61-6 win over Syracuse in the Orange Bowl, is selected as the team to beat in the SEC followed by Georgia Tech and Ole Miss. |
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Coach: Xen C. Scott (Western Reserve) Record: 6-3-1
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September 30, 1922 |
Marion Institute |
110-0 |
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October 7, 1922 |
Oglethorpe |
41-0 |
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October 14, 1922 |
Georgia Tech |
7-33 |
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October 21, 1922 |
Sewanee |
7-7 |
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October 28, 1922 |
Texas |
10-19 |
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November 4, 1922 |
Pennsylvania |
9-7 |
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November 10, 1922 |
LSU |
47-3 |
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November 18, 1922 |
Kentucky |
0-6 |
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November 25, 1922 |
Georgia |
10-6 |
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November 30, 1922 |
Mississippi State |
59-0 |
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Captain(s): Ernest Cooper
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While Alabama's Crimson Tide had been making some ripples in the South under coach Xen C. Scott, the Dixie boys splashed onto the national scene November 4, 1922 when they vanquished the Quakers of Penn 9-7 in Philadelphia. A crowd of 25,000-a mob scene back then-attended to watch the massacre that never happened.
A field goal by Bull Wesley and a recovery of teammate's Pooley Hubert's fumble in the end zone by center Shorty Propst were the nine points needed for the upset. After the game Scott and his players paraded through the streets of Philadelphia and thousands of delirious fans greeted their conquerors at the Tuscaloosa Train Depot after the team arrived back home from its 2,500 mile journey.
While his players knew he was ill, little did they know Coach Scott was dying of throat cancer and he had actually tendered his resignation to the University back in October, Scott's final team finished 6-3-1 and defeated Miss. State 59-0 in his last game. Scott, the diminutive coach-sports writer who would soon be dead of his disease, posted a 29-9-3 record during his Bama career and the |
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Notes: Alabama goes outside the South for the first time and records one of the most landmark victories in the history of Southern football when it beats Penn. Scott finishes with a 29-9-3 career record. |
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