1913 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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1913 Alabama Crimson Tide football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–3 (4–3 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainHargrove Van de Graaff
Home stadiumThe Quad
Rickwood Field
Seasons
← 1912
1914 →
1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Auburn $ 8 0 0 8 0 0
Mississippi A&M 4 1 1 6 1 1
Georgia 3 1 0 6 2 0
Georgia Tech 5 2 0 7 2 0
Vanderbilt 2 1 0 5 3 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 3 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
Centre
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 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 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 summaries

Alabama opened the season with three consecutive,

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Howard (AL)*W 27–0[2]
October 4
Birmingham*
  • The Quad
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 81–0[3]
October 11Clemson
W 20–0[4]
October 18GeorgiaL 0–20[5]
October 25at TulaneW 26–0[6]
November 1vs. Mississippi CollegeW 21–36,000[7]
November 9Sewanee
  • Rickwood Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 7–10[8]
November 14Tennessee
W 6–0[9]
November 27Mississippi A&M
  • Rickwood Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
L 0–7[10]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

General

  • "1913 Season Recap" (PDF). RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2012.

Specific

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  11. ^ "1913 Alabama football archive". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved February 17, 2021.