1910 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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1910 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–4 (0–4 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainO. G. Gresham
Home stadium The Quad
Birmingham Fairgrounds
Seasons
←  1909
1911  →
1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt + 5 –0 –08 –0 –1
Auburn + 5 –0 –06 –1 –0
Sewanee 3 –1 –08 –2 –0
Georgia 4 –2 –16 –2 –1
Ole Miss 2 –1 –07 –1 –0
Mississippi A&M 3 –2 –07 –2 –0
Mercer 3 –2 –06 –3 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –3 –05 –3 –0
Clemson 2 –3 –14 –3 –1
LSU 1 –3 –01 –5 –0
Tennessee 1 –4 –03 –5 –1
The Citadel 0 –2 –03 –4 –0
Alabama 0 –4 –04 –4 –0
Howard (AL) 0 –5 –01 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1910 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1910 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 18th overall and 15th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Guy Lowman, in his first year, and played their home games at the University of Alabama Quad in Tuscaloosa and the Birmingham Fairgrounds in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of four wins and four losses (4–4 overall, 0–4 in the SIAA).

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After Alabama opened the season with shutouts over both Birmingham College and the Marion Military Institute, the Crimsons lost four consecutive games to SIAA opponents by a margin of 104–0. The squad rebounded with a 5–3 victory over Tulane at New Orleans and a 9–0 victory over Washington and Lee to finish the season with an overall record of 4–4.

Before the season

In March 1910, J. W. H. Pollard announced his resignation as head football coach and athletic director, and took the same positions at Washington and Lee University. [1] After several months of searching for a replacement, in August the University's Committee on Athletics hired Guy Lowman from the University of Missouri to serve as both head football coach and athletic director. [2] With his hiring, many expected him to successfully guide the football team through what was viewed as its toughest schedule in school history. [2]

The team reported for its first practice on September 10, and at that time six players returned with at least one season of experience with he Crimson and White. [3] At the start of practice, coach Lowman identified as the teams weakest positions being the linemen and backs. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1 Birmingham *
W 25–0 [4]
October 8 Marion *
  • The Quad
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 26–0 [5]
October 15 Georgia
L 0–22 [6]
October 22 Georgia Tech
L 0–36 [7]
November 5vs. Ole Miss Greenville, MS (rivalry)L 0–16 [8]
November 12 Sewanee
  • Birmingham Fairgrounds
  • Birmingham, AL
L 0–30 [9]
November 19at Tulane *
W 5–3 [10]
November 24 Washington and Lee *
  • Birmingham Fairgrounds
  • Birmingham, AL
W 9–0 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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Game summaries

Birmingham College

12Total
Birmingham College000
•Alabama22325

Alabama opened the season with this 25–0 victory over Birmingham College (now Birmingham–Southern College) at Tuscaloosa. [14] [15] After a scoreless first quarter where Birmingham unsuccessfully tries several trick plays, Alabama scored 22 second quarter points. [15] After a safety, the Crimsons scored their first touchdown of the season on an Adrian Van de Graaff run to take a 7–0 lead. [15] After a Lambert touchdown run, Van de Graaff scored his second touchdown of the game, and after a 20-yard Farley Moody field goal Alabama led 22–0 at halftime. [15] A second half Moody field goal made the final score 25–0. [15] The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Birmingham College to 1–0. [16]

Marion Military Institute

12Total
Marion Military Institute000
•Alabama02626

After a victory over Birmingham College to open the season, Alabama won its second game 26–0 against the Marion Military Institute at Tuscaloosa. [14] [17] In the game, Robert Bumgardner scored three touchdowns with Adrian Van de Graaff scoring the fourth on a 70-yard run in the victory. [14] The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against the Marion Military Institute to 2–0. [18]

Georgia

12Total
•Georgia111122
Alabama000

Against the Georgia Bulldogs, Alabama lost its first game of the season 22–0 before 12,000 fans at Birmingham. [19] After a scoreless first quarter, Georgia scored second-quarter touchdowns on runs by W. F. McClelland and Robert MacWhorter to take an 11–0 halftime lead. [19] In the third quarter, the Bulldogs scored on a 25-yard MacWhorter run and in the fourth on a 75-yard J. F. Slater fumble returned for a touchdown to make the final score 22–0. [19] The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Georgia to 3–3–3. [20]

Georgia Tech

12Total
•Georgia Tech241236
Alabama000

Against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Alabama lost its second game of the season 36–0 at Tuscaloosa. [14] The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Georgia Tech to 1–3. [21]

Ole Miss

12Total
Alabama000
•Ole Miss51116

Against the Ole Miss Rebels, Alabama suffered its third loss of the season 16–0 at Greenville. [22] Fran Shields scored the only points of the first half on his touchdown run in the first quarter. [14] In the second half, Alonzo Lee scored on an 11-yard run and Steve Mitchell scored on a 10-yard run in the fourth to give the Rebels the 16–0 victory. [14] The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Ole Miss to 4–2–1. [23]

Sewanee

12Total
•Sewanee181230
Alabama000

Against the Sewanee Tigers, Alabama lost its fourth consecutive game 30–0 at Birmingham. [24] The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Sewanee to 1–6. [25]

Tulane

12Total
•Alabama235
Tulane033

Against the Tulane Green Wave, Alabama ended their four-game losing streak after they defeated the Greenies 5–3 at New Orleans. [26] Alabama led 2–0 at halftime with their only points coming on a first quarter safety, which occurred after a Tulane player tried to return a missed Alabama field goal. [14] After Tulane took a 3–2 lead in the third, Farley Moody kicked a 20-yard, game-winning field goal for Alabama. [14] The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Tulane to 3–2–1. [27]

Washington and Lee

12Total
Washington and Lee000
•Alabama099

Against the Washington and Lee Generals, Alabama closed their season with a 9–0 victory at Birmingham. [28] After a scoreless first half, Alabama took a 9–0 lead in the second half after three successful Farley Moody field goals. [14] The victory also marked the return of former Alabama head coach J. W. H. Pollard, who resigned his position with the Crimsons to take the head coaching position with the Generals in the spring of 1910. [29] The victory is Alabama's only all-time matchup against Washington and Lee. [30]

Personnel

Head coach Guy Lowman entered his only year as Alabama's head coach for the 1910 season. Guy S Lowman.jpg
Head coach Guy Lowman entered his only year as Alabama's head coach for the 1910 season.

Varsity letter winners

PlayerHometownPosition
Robert H. Bumgardner Bessemer, Alabama End
Louis Malone Finlay Pollard, Alabama Tackle
Charles West Greer Marion, Alabama Back
Victor John Heard Camp Hill, Alabama Back
Vigil Willis Heard Camp Hill, Alabama Back
Thomas Manning Talladega, Alabama Center
William Hoadley Merrill Eufaula, Alabama Guard
Emory Bush Peebles Vienna, Alabama Quarterback
Harold Mustin Powell Birmingham, Alabama Tackle
James Alfred Scott Thomasville, Alabama End
Patrick Kyle Shirley Wetumpka, Alabama
Everett Wilkinson Prattville, Alabama Back/Kicker

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Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at
Alabama		Alma mater
Guy Lowman Head coach 1 Springfield (1905)
F. G. StickneyAssistant coach1 Alabama (1903)
Reference: [32]

Notes

  1. ↑ For the 1910 season, point values were different from those used in contemporary games. In 1910 a touchdown was worth five points, a field goal was worth three points and an extra point (PAT) was worth one point. [13]

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  2. 1 2 "Lowman is new coach". Montgomery Advertiser . NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. August 4, 1910. p. 9.
  3. 1 2 "Varsity squad reports". Montgomery Advertiser . NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. September 11, 1910. p. 14.
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  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1910 Season Recap
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 "Varsity wins first game of season by 25 to 0 score". The Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Google News. October 1, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
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  32. ↑ "All-Time Assistant Coaches". 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. pp. 142–143.
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