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1904 Alabama Crimson White football team

1904 Alabama Crimson White football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1904 record 7–3 (4–3 SIAA)
Head coach W. A. Blount (2nd year)
Captain W. S. Wyatt
Home stadium The Quad
West End Park
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt + 5 0 0     9 0 0
Auburn + 5 0 0     5 0 0
Kentucky State 2 0 0     9 1 0
Texas 1 0 0     6 2 0
Sewanee 4 1 0     7 1 0
Georgia Tech 2 1 1     8 1 1
Alabama 5 3 0     7 3 0
Tulane 3 2 0     5 2 0
Clemson 3 2 1     3 3 1
Mississippi 2 3 0     4 3 0
LSU 1 2 0     3 4 0
Tennessee 1 4 1     3 5 1
Nashville 1 5 1     1 7 1
Cumberland 0 1 0     2 1 0
Texas A&M 0 2 0     4 2 0
Mississippi A&M 0 4 0     2 5 0
Georgia 0 4 0     1 5 0
Central 0 4 0     1 7 0
SW Presbyterian 0 0 0     0 0 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1 2 Total
Clemson 6 12 18
Alabama 0 0 0
  • Date: October 8
  • Location: West End Park
    Birmingham, AL
  • Source:
1 2 Total
Alabama 10 0 10
Mississippi A&M 0 5 5
  • Date: October 15
  • Location: Columbus Fairgrounds
    Columbus, MS
  • Source:
1 2 Total
Nashville 0 0 0
Alabama 5 12 17
  • Date: October 24
  • Location: The Quad
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Source:
1 2 Total
Georgia 0 5 5
Alabama 16 0 16
  • Date: November 5
  • Location: The Quad
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Sources:

The 1904 Alabama Crimson White football team (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, 4–3 SIAA).

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.

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).

In what was their first Birmingham game of the season, Alabama were shutout by the Clemson Tigers 18–0 at the West End Park.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. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Clemson to 0–2.

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. The Crimson and White took a 10–0 lead into halftime behind touchdown runs by Auxford Burks and Frank B. Clark. 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. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi A&M to 4–1.


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