Alabama was shut out by Centre College

That was a down year in college football.

Do you even 78-0, bruh? #PartyLike1906

I watched that game on Youtube. The refs missed a half-dozen targeting calls and didn't call a single pass interference. Also, in clear contravention of uniform rules, both teams wore identical grey jerseys. You could tell it was causing a lot of confusion.

My sister and brother in law are Centre alums. They're a not terrible D-III program (34th "also receiving votes" in the latest D3 rankings)

Bama beat themselves that day, I was there.

Centre College was actually power school at the time.

Charley Moran guided them to a 52-6-1 record from 1917-1923. Robert L. Myers took over for the 1924 season and led them to a 5-1-1 record. They also beat Kentucky 7-0 and Tennessee 32-0 that year.

On another note, Charley Moran was also the former HC of Texas A&M from 1909-1914 going 38-8-4. He was successful enough against Texas (3-1) that from 1911-1914 they refused to play A&M. They accused him of using ringers and underhanded tactics to win. As the story goes, when the SWC was being formed the AD at Texas who was heading up the creation of the conference gave the ultimatum that if A&M wanted in Moran had to be removed. Faced with the possibility of potentially being frozen out by all the larger schools in the region A&M bit the bullet and let him go. The rivalry was then renewed in 1915.

Moran had was part of Aggie lore one last time on January 2, 1922. His undefeated Centre team was invited to play in the Dixie Classic (forerunner to the Cotton Bowl) which was a new bowl game being played at Fair Park Stadium (site of current CB Stadium) in Dallas. They were 10-0 LINK and been scored on just once all season.

Their opponent was SWC champion Texas A&M. Coached by Dana X Bible and sporting a 5-1-2 record, the Aggies were heavy underdogs. This game is where the story of the 12th Man was born.

Centre was beating up A&M's players so badly that they were worried they wouldn't have enough players to field in the second half. E King Gill who had left the football team following the regular season to focus on basketball at A&M was in the press box helping identify players. He was asked to come down and suit up just in case he was needed. As it turns out, A&M scored a huge upset 22-14 and Gill was never needed remaining standing on the sidelines the entire second half. Thus the legend of the 12th Man was born. LINK






cue texashorn and other Randy Duke alts to now come and defend their precious 40 Acres.

that bama team shutout themselves

Jalen Hurts great great grandfather remembers the game, but had to "work" this day.

We beat ourselves way back then, too.