| 1922 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Penn Quakers football game | |
| Football Season: | 1922 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Alabama |
| Visitor Nickname: | Crimson Tide |
| Visitor School: | University of Alabama |
| Home Name Short: | Penn |
| Home Nickname: | Quakers |
| Visitor Record: | 2 - 2 - 1 |
| Home Record: | 5–0 |
| Visitor Coach: | Xen C. Scott |
| Home Coach: | John Heisman |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 6 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Date: | November 4, 1922 |
| Stadium: | Franklin Field |
| City: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Referee: | E. J. O'Brien |
| Attendance: | 20,000 |
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]
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]
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.
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]