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1907 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

American college football season

American college football season

FieldValue
year1907
teamAlabama Crimson Tide
sportfootball
conferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
short_confSIAA
record5–1–2
conf_record3–1–2
head_coachJ. W. H. Pollard
hc_year2nd
captainEmile Hannon
stadiumThe Quad
Birmingham Fairgrounds
Highland Park
Monroe Park
prev[1906](1906-alabama-crimson-white-football-team)

Birmingham Fairgrounds Highland Park Monroe Park The 1907 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1907 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 15th overall and 12th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach J. W. H. Pollard, in his second year, and played their home games at the University of Alabama Quad in Tuscaloosa, the Birmingham Fairgrounds in Birmingham, Highland Park in Montgomery and at Monroe Park in Mobile, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of five wins, one loss and two ties (5–1–2 overall, 3–1–2 in the SIAA).

Alabama played several games of note during the season. Their 54–4 loss to Sewanee is the last time Alabama allowed an opponent to score 50 points in a regulation game until a 52–49 loss to Tennessee on October 15, 2022. (In 2003 Tennessee beat Alabama 51–43 in a game that went five overtimes after being tied 20–20 at the end of regulation.) The victory over LSU at Monroe Park marked the first ever Alabama home game played in Mobile.

Schedule

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  • Scoring note:

1907 Iron Bowl

Alabama's 6–6 tie with Auburn was both the only tie in the history of the Iron Bowl and the last meeting between the two teams for forty years. Auburn was a 3 to 1 favorite going into the game, due to their earlier victory over Georgia and the fact that they had lost to Sewanee by only 6 points while Alabama lost to Sewanee by 50. Alabama missed a chance to win when a 15-yard field goal attempt failed.

Speculation as to why the Alabama–Auburn series was discontinued was originally thought to have been done as a safety precaution due violence both on the field and amongst the fans in the 1907 game. Instead, the game was canceled due to a disagreement between the schools on how much per diem to allow players for the trip to Birmingham, how many players each school should bring and where to find officials, and by the time all these matters were resolved, it was too late to play in 1908. For forty years the two teams failed to play each other, even though they were in the same state and members of the same conferences. Finally, pressure from the state legislature resulted in the renewal of the rivalry in 1948.

This game is also believed to be where the University of Alabama got their team name, the Crimson Tide, where a sports editor by the name of Hugh Roberts said The Team played like a "Crimson Tide" noting the fact that the rain had caused the red soil to turn to mud and stain the white jerseys of the Alabama team.

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References

  1. (2011). "2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book". University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office.
  2. [https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401403921 ESPN Box Score, Tennessee 52, Alabama 49]
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210428123926/https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/232980333 ESPN Recap, Tennessee 51, Alabama 43]
  4. (November 24, 1907). "Whirlwind finish beats Louisiana: Alabama wins on 75-yard run in last 20 seconds". NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers.
  5. (October 6, 1907). "Alabama 17; Maryville 0". The Tuscaloosa News.
  6. (October 14, 1907). "University squad defeats Mississippi". The Birmingham News.
  7. (October 22, 1907). "Sewanee ran over Alabama". Nashville Banner.
  8. (October 27, 1907). "Georgia ties Alabama, neither team scored point in slow game". The Atlanta Constitution.
  9. (November 4, 1907). "Alabamians do the Kentuckians". The Birmingham News.
  10. (November 17, 1907). "Auburn–Alabama game ends in a tie". The Montgomery Advertiser.
  11. (November 24, 1907). "Alabama team wins". The Times-Democrat.
  12. (November 29, 1907). "Forty yard run for touchdown". Knoxville Sentinel.
  13. "Scoring values". University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
  14. (November 10, 2000). "Rusty on early Iron Bowls?". Google News.
  15. 1907 Season Recap
  16. Norman, Geoffrey. (1986). "Alabama Showdown". Kensington Publishing Company.
  17. "The University of Alabama".
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