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The 1922 Alabama vs. Pennsylvania football game, played November 4, 1922, was a college football game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Penn Quakers. Beating one of the "big 4" Ivy League institutions in a major upset, it is considered one of the most important wins in Alabama football history,[1][2] giving the team some of its first national recognition.[3][4] One writer called the game the hardest fought battle on Penn's field in seven years.[5]

Background

It was the second game at the newly renovated Franklin Field; the first an important victory for Penn over Navy.[6]

John Heisman's Penn team was highly favored. Noted sports columnist Grantland Rice predicted a 21–0 Quaker victory.[7]

Game details

Alabama quarterback Charles Bartlett set up the winning touchdown with a dash from the 35-yard line to the 6.[5] College Football Hall of Fame inductee Pooley Hubert was a freshman at fullback.

Aftermath

After the game, when the news reached Tuscaloosa, "they started burning red fires and celebrating in a manner that Tuscaloosa had never seen before in its history."[8]

Bartlett received Walter Camp's All-America honorable mention,[9]

References

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