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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: Frank Thomas (Notre Dame) Record: 7-2
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Captain(s): Harold Newman
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A pair of disappointing home losses, 27-12 to Tennessee in Birmingham, and 13-0 to Miss. State in Tuscaloosa, were the only blemishes in a 7-2 season which included four shutouts and a 14-13 win over Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Tackle Fred Davis, who went on to a distinguished career in the NFL with the Washington Redskins and Chicago Bears, topped the All-SEC list and honorable mention All-American charts while teammates end Holt Rast and back Jimmy Nelson joined him on the all-league honor roll.
Among the notable achievements of the '40 team was that it became the first college team in the state of Alabama to play a night game. UA beat Spring Hill 26-0 in Murphy High School Stadium in Mobile in that historic contest. It also was the year Paul Bryant left Alabama as an assistant to join Red Sanders' Vanderbilt staff. |
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Notes: Alabama plays under the lights for the first time. Noah Langdale is selected to Phi Beta Kappa. |
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