1950 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 1950 Alabama Crimson Tide football team ( variously " Alabama " , " UA " or " Bama " ) represented the University of Alabama in the 1950 college football season . It was the Crimson Tide ' s 56th overall and 17th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) . The team was led by head coach Harold Drew , in his fourth year , and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa , Legion Field in Birmingham and Ladd Stadium in Mobile , Alabama . They finished with a record of nine wins and two losses ( 9 – 2 overall , 6 – 2 in the SEC ) . Alabama opened the season with victories over and Tulane before they lost their first game of the season against Vanderbilt at Ladd Stadium . The Crimson Tide rebounded the next week with a win over at Denny Stadium , but lost against Tennessee at Shields - Watkins Field in week five . Alabama ten went onto win their final six games over , Georgia , , , Florida and . Although they finished ranked in the top 20 of both major polls , the Crimson Tide did not receive a bid to play in a bowl game at the conclusion of the season . Game notes . Chattanooga . To open the 1950 season , Alabama shutout the Chattanooga Moccasins 27 – 0 at Legion Field . After a scoreless first quarter , Alabama recovered a Mocs fumble at their 14 - yard line early in the second . On the next play , Ed Salem scored on a 14 - yard run for a 7 – 0 Crimson Tide lead . Alabama then extended their lead to 14 – 0 by halftime when Salem connected with Larry Chiodetti on a 25 - yard touchdown reception . In the third , Salem threw his second touchdown pass of the game to Al Lary from 53 - yards out for a 20 – 0 lead . Bobby Wilson then closed the scoring late in the fourth quarter with his one - yard touchdown run to make the final score 27 – 0 . The victory improved Alabama ' s all - time record against Chattanooga to 5 – 0 . Tulane . To open conference play for the 1950 season , Alabama traveled to New Orleans and defeated Tulane 26 – 14 to end a three game losing streak against the Green Wave . After a six - yard Ed Salem touchdown run gave Alabama a 6 – 0 lead in the first quarter , Al Lary was responsible for the final three Crimson Tide touchdown receptions . After a 26 - yard reception from Salem in the second , Lary had touchdown receptions of six - yards from Butch Avinger and 41 - yards from Salem in the third to give Alabama a 26 – 0 lead . Tulane responded with a pair of touchdowns on runs of five - yards by George Kinek and seven - yards by Alvis Batson to make the final score 26 – 14 . The win improved Alabama ' s all - time record against Tulane to 16 – 7 – 1 . Vanderbilt . At Ladd Stadium , the Crimson Tide lost lost their first game of the season by a final score of 27 – 22 to the Vanderbilt Commodores . Vandy took a 14 – 0 first quarter lead on a pair of Bill Wade touchdown passes . The first was an 85 - yard pass to Ernest Curtis and the second a 15 - yard pass to Sylbert Cook . The Crimson Tide responded with a 15 - yard Ed Salem touchdown run to make the score at the end of the first 14 – 7 . In the second quarter , the Commodores scored on a one - yard Mac Robinson touchdown run and Alabama scored on a 17 - yard Butch Avinger touchdown pass to Al Lary to make the halftime score 21 – 13 in favor of Vanderbilt . The Commodores scored their final points on a 21 - yard Wade pass to Curtis in the third before the Crimson Tide scored nine fourth quarter points to make the final score 27 – 22 . The loss brought Alabama ' s all - time record against Vanderbilt to 16 – 13 – 1 . Furman . In what was the first Denny Stadium game of the 1946 season , Alabama defeated the Furman Purple Hurricane 34 – 6 before a crowd of 12 , 000 on a Friday night . After a scoreless first quarter , the Crimson Tide took a 14 – 0 halftime lead after touchdown runs of 52 - yards by Butch Avinger and 21 - yards by Ed Salem in the second quarter . After Alabama extended their lead to 21 – 0 on a four - yard Salem run , Furman scored their only points of the game on a three - yard Tommy Williams run to make the score at the end of the third quarter 21 – 6 . The Crimson Tide then closed the game with a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns first on a seven - yard Jim Burkett run and then on a 42 - yard Clell Hobson pass to Al Lary to make the final score 34 – 6 . The victory improved Alabama ' s all - time record against Furman to 3 – 0 . Tennessee . Alabama lost 14 – 9 to the rival Tennessee Volunteers before 50 , 000 fans at Shields - Watkins Field in Knoxville . Harold Lutz gave the Crimson Tide a 3 – 0 first quarter lead with his 20 - yard field goal , Alabama ' s first of the season . Tennessee responded with a two - yard Andy Kozar touchdown run in the second quarter to give the Vols a 7 – 3 halftime lead . After a 43 - yard Bobby Marlow touchdown run in the third gave Alabama a 9 – 7 lead , Kozar scored the game winning touchdown on a fourth - and - one play , from the Alabama one - yard line , with less than one minute remaining in the game for the 14 – 9 Tennessee victory . The loss brought Alabama ' s all - time record against Tennessee to 17 – 11 – 4 . Mississippi State . On homecoming in Tuscaloosa , the Crimson Tide defeated the Mississippi State Maroons 14 – 7 before the largest crowd to attend a game at Denny Stadium to date . As the teams entered the fourth quarter , the score remained scoreless . In the fourth , Alabama took a 14 – 0 lead on touchdown runs of three - yards by Jim Burkett and of 53 - yards by James Melton . The Maroons then answered with their only touchdown of the game on a 20 - yard Gil Verderver pass to Max Stainbrook and made the final score 14 – 7 . The victory improved Alabama ' s all - time record against Mississippi State to 26 – 7 – 2 . Georgia . In Birmingham , Alabama defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 14 – 7 in cold and rainy conditions at Legion Field . After a scoreless first quarter , Georgia took a 7 – 0 halftime lead when Lewis Brunson scored on a one - yard touchdown run . The Crimson Tide responded with a pair of second half touchdowns and won the game 14 – 7 . Butch Avinger scored on a one - yard run in the third and Tom Calvin scored on a one - yard run in the fourth quarter . For the game , Ed Salem passed for 193 yards on 12 completions in the win . The victory improved Alabama ' s all - time record against Georgia to 18 – 15 – 3 . Mississippi Southern . Against the Mississippi Southern Golden Eagles the Crimson Tide won in a 53 – 0 shutout at Denny Stadium . After a scoreless first quarter for the third consecutive week , Alabama took a 21 – 0 halftime lead on three Al Lary touchdown receptions . The first two were thrown by Ed Salem from 10 and 51 - yards with the third thrown by James Melton from 21 - yards . The Crimson Tide aerial attack continued into the third quarter with another three passing touchdowns , in addition to one on an interception return , to make the score 47 – 0 by the fourth quarter . The first was thrown 13 - yards from Butch Avinger to Ed Lary ; the second was thrown from three - yards from Clell Hobson to George McCain ; the third was thrown nine - yards from McCain to Ed Lary ; and the fourth was scored when O . E . Phillips had a 29 - yard interception return . The final points were then scored in the fourth quarter on a 10 - yard McCain pass to Joe Curtis to make the final score 53 – 0 . For the game , the Alabama quarterbacks collectively completed 21 of 26 passes for 283 yards . The victory improved Alabama ' s all - time record against Mississippi Southern to 4 – 0 . Georgia Tech . After Alabama scored 27 first quarter points , the Crimson Tide went on to defeat the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 54 – 19 at Grant Field in Atlanta . Bobby Marlow scored Alabama ' s first three touchdowns on a two - yard run , a 24 - yard reception from Ed Salem and on a 91 - yard run . Tom Calvin then scored the final touchdown of the quarter to give the Crimson Tide a 27 – 0 lead at the end of the first quarter . In the second quarter , Marlow scored his fourth touchdown of the game on a 24 - yard pass from Salem , and then Tech scored their first points on a 36 - yard Robert North touchdown run to make the halftime score 34 – 6 . After George McCain scored on a two - yard run in the third , each team closed the game in the fourth quarter with a pair of touchdowns . For the Crimson Tide , Dick Barry scored on a one - yard run and on a Salem touchdown pass . The Yellow Jackets scored on a 10 - yard Joe Salome pass to Henry Ferris and on a one - yard James Patton run to make the final score 54 – 19 . The victory improved Alabama ' s all - time record against Georgia Tech to 17 – 12 – 3 . Florida . For the second year in a row in what was their final road game of the season , Alabama defeated the Florida Gators 41 – 13 in their first all - time trip to the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville . After Bobby Marlow scored on a one - yard run in the first , Ed Salem scored three second quarter touchdowns on runs of six , eight and five - yards to give the Crimson Tide a 27 – 0 halftime lead . After Alabama extended their lead to 29 – 0 with a third quarter safety , each team scored a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns to make the final score 41 – 13 . The Crimson Tide scored on a one - yard Butch Avinger run and on a five - yard Larry Chiodetti run ; the Gators scored on a one - yard William McGowan run and on a 70 - yard Haywood Sullivan pass to Dan Howell . The victory improved Alabama ' s all - time record against Florida to 8 – 3 . Auburn . A year after they were upset by Auburn 14 – 13 , Alabama scored touchdowns in all four quarters and shutout the Tigers 34 – 0 at Legion Field . Bobby Marlow scored the first three touchdowns for the Crimson Tide on a 26 - yard reception from Ed Salem in the first , and on runs of seven and two yards in the second and third quarters . A 31 - yard Larry Chiodetti run in the third and one - yard Jim Burkett run in the fourth quarter provided the final 34 – 0 margin . The victory improved Alabama ' s all - time record against Auburn to 6 – 8 – 1 . References . General Specific