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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: Harold "Red" Drew (Bates) Record: 8-3
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September 20, 1947 |
Southern Mississippi |
34-7 |
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September 27, 1947 |
Tulane |
20-21 |
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October 4, 1947 |
Vanderbilt |
7-14 |
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October 11, 1947 |
Duquesne |
26-0 |
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October 18, 1947 |
Tennessee |
10-0 |
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October 25, 1947 |
Georgia |
17-7 |
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November 1, 1947 |
Kentucky |
13-0 |
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November 15, 1947 |
Georgia Tech |
14-7 |
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November 22, 1947 |
LSU |
41-12 |
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November 29, 1947 |
Miami |
21-6 |
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1948 Sugar Bowl |
Texas |
7-27 |
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Captain(s): John Wozniak
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Coach Red Drew returned to Tuscaloosa as head coach after serving in a similar capacity at Ole Miss for one year. Senior stars tailback-defensive back Harry Gilmer and center-linebacker Vaughn Mancha led the squad to an 8-2 regular season and a sixth place finish in the final AP poll. Sadly for Gilmer and Mancha, their dazzling careers culminated on a negative note when Bama lost to Texas in the Sugar Bowl.
From a historical perspective, the final regular season game was a 21-6 win over Miami in Miami. A year later the series with Auburn would be renewed in Birmingham. Memorable wins for the Tide came against Tennessee (10-0), Georgia (17-7), Georgia Tech (14-7) and LSU (41-12).
How good was Gilmer? Consider these remarkable achievements: he ended his career as the Crimson Tide's all-time rusher, passer, punt returner, kickoff returner and interceptor. In 1947 he led the team in all those categories. |
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Notes: Alabama beats Kentucky 13-0 in Lexington in another match-up against Paul Bryant. |
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