1904 Alabama Crimson White football team

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1904 Alabama Crimson White football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–3 (5–3 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainW. S. Wyatt
Home stadium The Quad
West End Park
Seasons
←  1903
1905  →
1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt + 5 –0 –09 –0 –0
Auburn + 5 –0 –05 –0 –0
Sewanee 4 –1 –07 –1 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –1 –18 –1 –1
Alabama 5 –3 –07 –3 –0
Clemson 3 –2 –13 –3 –1
Tulane 3 –2 –05 –2 –0
Cumberland (TN) 1 –1 –03 –1 –0
Kentucky State 0 –0 –09 –1 –0
Ole Miss 2 –3 –04 –3 –0
LSU 1 –2 –03 –4 –0
Tennessee 1 –4 –13 –5 –1
Nashville 0 –4 –12 –5 –1
Georgia 0 –4 –01 –5 –0
Mississippi A&M 0 –5 –02 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1904 Alabama Crimson White football team [A 1] (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team was led by head coach W. A. Blount, in his second season, and played their home games at The Quad in Tuscaloosa and at West End Park in Birmingham, Alabama. In what was the twelfth season of Alabama football, the team finished with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3, 5–3 SIAA).

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 Florida Agricultural *
W 29–0 [3]
October 8 Clemson
L 0–18 [4]
October 15at Mississippi A&M
W 10–5 [5]
October 24 Nashville
  • The Quad
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 17–0 [6]
November 5 Georgia
W 16–5 [7]
November 12 Auburn
  • West End Park
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
L 6–29 [8]
November 24 Tennessee
  • West End Park
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
L 0–5 [9]
December 2at LSU
W 11–0 [10]
December 3at Tulane
W 6–01,000 [11]
December 4at Pensacola Athletic Club* Pensacola, FL W 10–5 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

Game summaries

Florida Agricultural

To open the 1904 season, Alabama defeated Florida Agricultural College 29–0 at Tuscaloosa. In the game, Alabama touchdowns were scored by William LaFayette Ward (2), Chamberlain, Auxford Burks and Frank Clark. [13]

The starting lineup was: J. V. Boyles (left end), C. P. Butcher (left tackle), Harvey Sartain (left guard), James C. Gwin (center), Guy Redden (right guard), Gates (right tackle), George Spigener Wilcox (right end), R. R. Cummings (quarterback), Auxford Burks (left halfback), Floy Hall (right halfback), William LaFayette Ward (fullback). [14] [3]

Clemson

12Total
•Clemson61218
Alabama000
  • Date: October 8
  • Location: West End Park
    Birmingham, AL

In what was their first Birmingham game of the season, Alabama were shutout by the Clemson Tigers 18–0 at the West End Park. [13] [4] Puss Derrick gave the Tigers a 6–0 lead with his ten-yard touchdown run early in the first half. Joe Holland then made the final score 18–0 behind his pair of second half touchdown runs. [4] The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Clemson to 0–2. [15]

Mississippi A&M

12Total
•Alabama10010
Mississippi A&M055
  • Date: October 15
  • Location: Columbus Fairgrounds
    Columbus, MS

A week after their loss to Clemson, Alabama led the Aggies of Mississippi A&M (now known as Mississippi State University) 10–5 in the second half when the Aggie squad left the field and forfeited the contest after a disputed call on the field. [13] [5] The Crimson and White took a 10–0 lead into halftime behind touchdown runs by Auxford Burks and Frank B. Clark. [5] In the second half, Mississippi cut the Alabama lead in half after they scored on a short touchdown run. The game then ended later in the half after the Aggies disputed a referees call and subsequently forfeited the contest. [13] [5] The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi A&M to 4–1. [16]

Nashville

12Total
Nashville000
•Alabama51217
  • Date: October 24
  • Location: The Quad
    Tuscaloosa, AL

In what was the only all time match-up against the University of Nashville, Alabama shutout the Garnet and Blue 17–0 at Tuscaloosa. [13] [6] [17] Alabama took a 5–0 lead in the first half behind a short Auxford Burks touchdown run. In the second half, the made the final score 17–0 behind a short Frank B. Clark run and a 45-yard run by Burks that saw him escape six tackles en route to his second touchdown of the game. [6]

The starting lineup was: Guy Redden (left end), W. C. Oates (left tackle), T. A. McDaniels (left guard), James C. Gwin (center), Harvey Sartain (right guard), C. P. Butcher (right tackle), Aubrey Boyles (right end), W. S. Wyatt (quarterback), Auxford Burks (left halfback), Frank B. Clark (right halfback), S. W. McClesky (fullback). [6]

Georgia

12Total
Georgia055
•Alabama16016
  • Date: November 5
  • Location: The Quad
    Tuscaloosa, AL

At Tuscaloosa, Alabama defeated Georgia 16–5 and registered their first all time win against the Bulldogs. [13] [7] The Crimson White scored all of their points in the first half and took a 16–0 lead into halftime behind a pair of C. P. Butcher touchdown runs and another by Auxford Burks. [7] The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Georgia to 1–2–1. [19]

The starting lineup was: George Spigener Wilcox (left end), W. C. Oates (left tackle), T. A. McDaniels (left guard), James C. Gwin (center), Harvey Sartain (right guard), C. P. Butcher (right tackle), Aubrey Boyles (right end), W. S. Wyatt (quarterback), Auxford Burks (left halfback), W. E. Lewis (right halfback), S. W. McClesky (fullback). [7]

Auburn

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•Auburn29029
Alabama066
  • Date: November 12
  • Location: West End Park
    Birmingham, AL

At Birmingham, Alabama was defeated by Auburn 29–6 and lost what was billed as the "Alabama State Championship." [13] [8] Alabama scored their only points in the second half on a Harvey Sartain touchdown run. [8] The victory bought Alabama's all-time record against Auburn to 1–7. [20]

The starting lineup was: George Spigener Wilcox (left end), W. C. Oates (left tackle), Guy Redden (left guard), James C. Gwin (center), Harvey Sartain (right guard), C. P. Butcher (right tackle), Aubrey Boyles (right end), W. S. Wyatt (quarterback), Auxford Burks (left halfback), Floy Hall (right halfback), S. W. McClesky (fullback). [8]

Tennessee

12Total
•Tennessee505
Alabama000
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: West End Park
    Birmingham, AL

On Thanksgiving Day in Birmingham, Tennessee beat Alabama 5–0. [13] McAllister scored on a play Tennessee used throughout the game, where he put his foot on the guard in front of him and had the other backs hurl him forward. [13]

LSU

Hampered by injuries, LSU was beaten in Baton Rouge by Alabama 11–0. [13] Butcher and Ward scored Alabama's touchdowns. The "feature play of the game" was a fake kick by LSU. Staudinger made 55 yards before Wyatt tackled him, saving a touchdown. [13]

Tulane

Alabama met Tulane at Athletic Park in New Orleans and won 6–0. Sartain scored Alabama's touchdown. Tulane once drove to the 5-yard line, but lost the ball on downs. [13]

Pensacola Athletic Club

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•Alabama10010
Pensacola Athletic Club606
  • Date: December 4
  • Location:
    Pensacola, FL

In Pensacola, Alabama won over the Pensacola Athletic Club 10–6. The Pensacola Team was composed of former players from Yale, Harvard, Army, Navy, Notre Dame, and Carlisle alongside high school athletes from Pensacola. [13]

Wyatt scored two touchdowns for Alabama in the first half. Ward also sustained a broken nose during the game. Just before the end of the first half, Garrett scored for Pensacola. [13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Alabama football teams were not referred to as the "Crimson Tide" until the 1907 season. Prior to 1907, the team was called the "Crimson White" from 1893 to 1906 and the "Cadets" in 1892. [1] [2]
  2. ↑ For the 1904 season, point values were different from those used in contemporary games. In 1904 a touchdown was worth five points, a field goal was worth four points and a conversion (PAT) was worth one point.

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  2. ↑ Kennedy, Scott (April 8, 1992). "Tide football tradition began with 1892 team". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. p. 2F. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Florida lost to Alabama". The Atlanta Constitution. October 2, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved February 12, 2017– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nashville lose to Alabama". The Tennessean. October 25, 1904. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2017– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Auburn victor over Alabama". The Atlanta Constitution. November 13, 1904. p. 4. Retrieved June 11, 2017– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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  10. ↑ "Alabama the victor, Louisiana University team loses, 11 to 0". The Times-Democrat. December 3, 1904. Retrieved February 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Alabama 6; Tulane 0 - Last game of season won by Tuscaloosans". The Times-Democrat. December 4, 1904. Retrieved February 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Tuscaloosa defeats Pensacola". The Montgomery Advertiser. December 7, 1904. Retrieved February 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1904 Season Recap
  14. ↑ "Florida was beaten". The Montgomery Advertiser. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. October 2, 1904. p. 5.
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  16. ↑ "Alabama vs Mississippi State". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
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