As the most recent one demonstrated, the annual Iron Bowl football contest between Auburn University and the University of Alabama can have all kinds of craziness. That was certainly true for the 1972 contest, the immortal "Punt, Bama, Punt!" game. As my brother Richard and I continue to clean out mom and dad's house in Huntsville, we keep encountering all sorts of interesting things, and this blog post is about one of them.
The sound recording seen below was mailed to Auburn University alumni in 1973 as a fund raiser for the university's foundation. In the game played December 2, 1972, Alabama was undefeated, ranked 2nd in the nation and a two-touchdown favorite over Auburn. With less than 10 minutes left in the game, the score was 16-3 with Alabama leading when the Crimson Tide had to punt. Auburn player Bill Newton blocked and teammate David Langner ran the ball back for a touchdown. Several minutes later, Alabama had to punt again, Newton again blocked it, and Langner again returned it for a touchdown. Langner intercepted an Alabama pass to seal Auburn's victory. See the Wikipedia entry "Punt Bama Punt" for more details about the game. This item has a portion of the official Auburn Football Network broadcast with Gary Sanders and Gusty Yearout. |
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