To his credit Bear Bryant, the late, great coach of Alabama, arranged a series of games against USC. Alabama usually lost, mostly because of the large number of great players who had left the state of Alabama to go to and play for USC. Bear was able to make that point to the alumni, and was able to resolve the naked discrimination which had previously kept blacks from Alabama from attending school there and playing on the football team.
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Alabama leads all-time 5-2
09-24-1938: Alabama 19, USC 7
01-01-1946: Alabama 34, USC 14
09-12-1970: USC 42, Alabama 21
09-10-1971: Alabama 17, USC 10
10-08-1977: Alabama 21, USC 20
09-23-1978: USC 24, Alabama 14
12-28-1985: Alabama 24, USC 3
Both of USC’s wins were in the 70s, but Alabama also won 2.
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There was a documentary on the integration of big college football in the early 60s that quoted Bear Bryant as saying, re: black players, “I can’t be the first, but I’m damn well not gonna be third.”