1913 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1913 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1913 record 6–3 (4–3 SIAA)
Head coach D. V. Graves (3rd year)
Captain Hargrove Van de Graaff
Home stadium The Quad
Rickwood Field
1913 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Auburn $ 8 0 0     8 0 0
Mississippi A&M 5 1 1     6 1 1
Georgia 3 1 0     6 2 0
Vanderbilt 3 1 0     5 3 0
Georgia Tech 5 2 0     7 2 0
Alabama 4 3 0     6 3 0
LSU 1 1 2     6 1 2
Sewanee 2 2 0     4 3 0
Florida 2 2 0     4 3 0
Clemson 2 4 0     4 4 0
Mississippi College 1 2 0     6 3 0
Tennessee 1 3 0     6 3 0
The Citadel 0 4 1     3 4 2
Mercer 0 4 1     2 5 1
Kentucky 0 1 0     6 2 0
Texas A&M 0 1 1     3 4 2
Central 0 2 0     2 5 0
Tulane 0 4 0     3 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1913 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1913 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 21st overall and 18th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach D. V. Graves, in his third year, and played their home games at the University of Alabama Quad in Tuscaloosa and at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3 overall, 4–3 in the SIAA).

Game notes

Alabama opened the season with three consecutive, shutout victories over Howard (now Samford University), Birmingham College (now Birmingham–Southern College) and Clemson. The 81 points against Birmingham set a new school record. Bama lost their first game of the season against Georgia.[1] After a pair of road victories against Tulane and Mississippi College, Alabama finished their season with a win against Tennessee and losses against Sewanee and Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State University).[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 27 Howard* The QuadTuscaloosa, AL W 27–0  
October 4 Birmingham* The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 81–0  
October 11 Clemson The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 20–0  
October 18 Georgia Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL L 0–20  
October 25 at Tulane "First" Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 26–0  
November 1 at Mississippi College Jackson, MS W 21–3  
November 9 Sewanee Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL L 7–10  
November 14 Tennessee The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6–0  
November 27 Mississippi A&M Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL L 0–7  
*Non-conference game.

References

General

  • "1913 Season Recap" (PDF). RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2012. 

Specific

  1. 1 2 1913 Season Recap
  2. "1913 Alabama football schedule". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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