In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the heavily favored PCC champion Washington Huskies 20–19 and became the first southern team ever to win a Rose Bowl.
The composite All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press (AP) included: Peggy Flournoy received the most votes, 31 of the possible 32.
[10] S = selected by Herman Stegeman, athletic director at the University of Georgia.
DM = selected by Dan McGugin, head coach at Vanderbilt University.
TQ = selected by The Technique, Georgia Institute of Technology's student newspaper.