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5/18/1979
Coach Paul Bryant goes back to Texas for a reunion with his 1954 Texas A&M team, the famed squad taken to Junction, Tex., for what was termed a "football boot camp." Only 27 players returned from the Junction to play for Texas A&M and 23 of those were at the reunion. While Bryant is out of town, the Birmingham News reports the league coaches are picking Alabama to repeat as SEC Champions but only two Bama players receive "best awards." Dwight Stephenson is listed as the "best offensive lineman" and Major Ogilvie the "best blocker in the SEC." |
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Coach: Wallace Wade (Brown) Record: 10-0
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Captain(s): Bruce Jones
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Alabama's football history has been about champions and the '25 team garnered the first national title by posting a perfect 10-0 record and beating powerful Washington 20-19 in the Rose Bowl. It marked the first time a Southern team had been to Pasadena and the locals appeared shocked with the Bama victory. Eastern power Dartmouth shared the national title throne with Bama that year.
Senior stars Johnny Mack Brown and Pooley Hubert mesmerized the crowds of the 1920s with their unique skills. Known as the "Dothan Antelope' Brown was the scourge of Bama foes and the sweetheart of campus coeds who prophetically claimed he was "Hollywood handsome." Brown scored on a 58-yard reception from Grant Gillis and a 62-yard catch from Hubert in the Rose Bowl win. Two years later he would be back in Los Angeles as a star in the motion picture industry. In the win over Washington, Hubert also rushed for a TD and starred defensively. Both Brown and Hubert would become College Football Hall of Famers. |
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Notes: Alabama shut out eight opponents and yielded one TD during the regular season. Johnny Mack Brown was MVP of the Rose Bowl, the first such honoree for the Crimson Tide. |
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