Since there are no notable players with #53, we will review the 1953 Season.
1953 was an unusual season for the Tide; having only won 6 games all year, they were 4-0-3 in the conference giving them the SEC title.
On January 1, 1954, The Cotton Bowl against Rice featured one of the strangest plays in the history of college football. Rice had the ball on its own 5 yard line, leading 7-6, when the running back swept around the right side, broke free, and appeared to be on his way to a 95-yard touchdown run -- until Tommy Lewis of Alabama ran onto the field from the sideline to tackle the runner at the Alabama 40. Officials awarded Rice a 95 yard touchdown of which Rice won 28-6.
Bama finished the season 6-3-3.
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