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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."
 

1929

  
   
  Coach: Wallace Wade (Brown)    Record: 6-3
 
 
 

1929

  
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  September 28, 1929 Mississippi College 55-0  
  October 5, 1929 Mississippi 22-7  
  October 12, 1929 Chattanooga 46-0  
  October 19, 1929 Tennessee 0-6  
  October 26, 1929 Sewanee 35-7  
  November 2, 1929 Vanderbilt 0-13  
  November 9, 1929 Kentucky 24-13  
  November 16, 1929 Georgia Tech 13-0  
  November 28, 1929 Georgia 0-12  
 
 
Captain(s): Billy Hicks
 
  In the final year of the 1920s, Alabama's team finished with a 6-3record and two players, tackle Fred Sington and back Tony Holm, earned All-American recognition. When Alabama hosted Ole Miss October 5, 1929, the new Denny Stadium was officially christened as the modern football facility. Governor Bibb Graves dedicated the stadium to University President George Denny and the Tide squad went on to win a 22-7 decision. Alabama finished the Roaring Twenties with a combined record of 72-21-6.  
 
Notes: Denny Stadium opens . .. and Wallace Wade becomes the first coach ever to have his own radio show as WAPI in Birmingham airs Wade's opinions on a weekly basis.		  

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