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5/23/1970
Carney Laslie, an Alabama football tackle in 1930-32 and a member of Coach Bryant's staffs at Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M and Alabama, dies of an apparent blood clot at the age of 61. |
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Coach: Frank Thomas (Notre Dame) Record: 8-3
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September 25, 1942 |
Southwestern Louisiana |
54-0 |
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October 3, 1942 |
Mississippi State |
21-6 |
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October 10, 1942 |
Pensacola N. A. S. |
27-0 |
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October 17, 1942 |
Tennessee |
8-0 |
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October 24, 1942 |
Kentucky |
14-0 |
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October 31, 1942 |
Georgia |
10-21 |
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November 7, 1942 |
South Carolina |
29-0 |
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November 14, 1942 |
Georgia Tech |
0-7 |
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November 21, 1942 |
Vanderbilt |
27-7 |
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November 28, 1942 |
Georgia Pre Flight |
19-35 |
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1942 Cotton Bowl |
Texas A&M |
29-21 |
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Captain(s): Joe Domnanovich
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With a war being waged in Europe and the Pacific, Frank Thomas fielded an Orange Bowl Championship team that finished 8-3 and featured a pair of All-Americans, center Joe Domnanovich and tackle Don Whitmire.
A 37-21 win over Boston College on New Year's Day, 1943, would be the final game for virtually all the college football teams until 1944. In the 37-21 bowl victory, the Tide trailed 14-0 early in the game, but Domnanovich pulled the team together and let them know in no uncertain terms Bama would not lose this contest. The Crimson Tide center-linebacker contributed to the rally with a tackle for a safety and earned MVP honors in the game. Wheeler Leath and Bobby Tom Jenkins each scored a pair of touchdowns. It should be noted that both Whitmire and Jenkins entered the Naval Academy in 1943 and became All-Americans for the Midshipmen.
Alabama's only three losses came to teams from the Peach Tree State, bowing to Georgia, Georgia Tech and Georgia Pre-Flight, an aggregation of players from across the country based there during the early war years. Alabama finished 10th in the final AP poll. |
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Notes: For the first time ever the Crimson Tide plays in the post-season classic, the Orange Bowl. Holt Rast, Don Whitmire and Jimmy Nelson are all picked as MVPs of the win over Boston College. |
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