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OPEN DAILY
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5/19/1988
John Forney, who served on the Alabama broadcast team from 1953-82, is returning as the play-by-play commentator for the 1988 season, it is announced today at the football complex by Crimson Tide athletic director Steve Sloan. |
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Coach: Harold 'Red' Drew (Bates) Record: 5-6
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September 21, 1951 |
Delta State |
89-0 |
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September 29, 1951 |
LSU |
7-13 |
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October 6, 1951 |
Vanderbilt |
20-22 |
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October 12, 1951 |
Villanova |
18-41 |
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October 20, 1951 |
Tennessee |
13-27 |
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October 27, 1951 |
Mississippi State |
7-0 |
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November 3, 1951 |
Georgia |
16-14 |
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November 10, 1951 |
Southern Mississippi |
40-7 |
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November 17, 1951 |
Georgia Tech |
7-27 |
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November 24, 1951 |
Florida |
21-30 |
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December 1, 1951 |
Auburn |
25-7 |
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Captain(s): Jack Brown
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Other than a modern era 89-point explosion vs. outmanned Delta State and a season-closing 25-7 win over Auburn, the '51 season was a disappointment. The 5-6 year included a 27-13 loss to Tennessee in Birmingham. Adding prominence to this occasion was that it marked the first televising of an Alabama football game. Few would have guessed that over the next 40 years, many other games would be televised and when the Supreme Court ruled the NCAA could not control the market in 1984, almost all of the important games would be aired to fans across the country. Junior running back Bobby Marlow was the Tide's only all-star earning unanimous all-league honors. Marlow became only the second player in Alabama history to rush for more than 200 yards in a game when he set a school record with 233 in the win over Auburn. That record stood until Bobby Humphrey broke it in 1986. |
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Notes: It was Alabama's first losing season since 1903. |
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