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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: Paul "Bear" Bryant (Alabama) Record: 11-0
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September 23, 1961 |
Georgia |
32-6 |
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September 30, 1961 |
Tulane |
9-0 |
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October 7, 1961 |
Vanderbilt |
35-6 |
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October 14, 1961 |
North Carolina State |
26-7 |
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October 21, 1961 |
Tennessee |
34-3 |
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October 28, 1961 |
Houston |
17-0 |
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November 4, 1961 |
Mississippi State |
24-0 |
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November 11, 1961 |
Richmond |
66-0 |
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November 18, 1961 |
Georgia Tech |
10-0 |
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December 2, 1961 |
Auburn |
34-0 |
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1962 Sugar Bowl |
Arkansas |
10-3 |
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Captain(s): Pat Trammell and Billy Neighbors
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As far-fetched as it sounded back when he was recruiting his first class four years before, Paul Bryant's promise of a national championship proved as accurate as his precise demand for excellence.
Led by quarterback Pat Trammell, center-linebacker Lee Roy Jordan and two-way line star Billy Neighbors, Alabama ascended to the pinnacle of the college football world, winning all 11 games and being named the No. 1 team in America.
Alabama outscored its foes 297-25 and after Tennessee managed a field goal in a 34-3 loss, no one scored again on the Tide until Arkansas equaled that three-point output in the Sugar Bowl. North Carolina State, led by future NFL star quarterback Roman Gabriel, fell to the Tide 26-7; the seven points were the most yielded to an opponent during the entire season.
Neighbors was a unanimous All-American (Alabama's first A-A since 1954) while Jordan and Trammell were second team picks. It would be the first of six national title runs for Bryant during his 25-year career at Alabama. |
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Notes: Alabama has its first perfect season since 1945 and its first ever AP National title. Alabama was No. 1 in the AP for the first time after the win over Georgia Tech. Mike Fracchia was MVP of the Sugar Bowl, the first Tide player so honored. It was Alabama's first win in theSugar. |
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