1920 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1920 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1920 record	10–1 (6–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Xen C. Scott (2nd year)
Captain	Sidney Johnston
Home stadium	University/Denny Field Rickwood Field
Seasons « 1919 1921 »

1920 SIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia +	8	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Georgia Tech +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Tulane +	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Alabama	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Furman	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Centre	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Sewanee	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Transylvania	1	–	2	–	0			1	–	2	–	0
Chattanooga	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Florida	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
LSU	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Clemson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi College	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Howard	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
The Citadel	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Millsaps	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Georgetown	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Mercer	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Wofford	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

1 2 3 4 Total SMA 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 7 13 20 19 59 Date: September 25 Location: University Field Tuscaloosa, AL Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Marion 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 0 14 14 21 49 Date: October 2 Location: University Field Tuscaloosa, AL Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Sewanee 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 0 7 7 7 21 Date: October 30 Location: Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 0 7 0 0 7 • Alabama 0 14 0 0 14 Date: November 6 Location: Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL Source:

1 2 3 4 Total LSU 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 0 7 0 14 21 Date: November 11 Location: Denny Field Tuscaloosa, AL Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 0 7 7 0 14 • Georgia 14 0 0 7 21 Date: November 20 Location: Ponce de Leon Park Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 12,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi A&M 0 0 7 0 7 • Alabama 0 14 3 7 24 Date: November 25 Location: Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL Source:

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 7 7 7 19 40 Case 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 27 Location: Van Horn Field Cleveland, OH Game attendance: 1,000 Sources:

The 1920 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 27th overall and 24th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Xen C. Scott, in his second year, and played their home games at University/Denny Field in Tuscaloosa and at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1 overall, 6–1 in the SIAA). This marked the first ten win season in the history of Alabama football. Starting with Scott, every Alabama coach has won ten games in a season at least once, with the exception of Jennings B. Whitworth.

Alabama opened the season with six consecutive shutout victories over the Southern Military Academy, Marion Military Institute, Birmingham–Southern, Mississippi College, Howard, and Sewanee. In their seventh game against Vanderbilt Alabama allowed its first touchdown of the season, but won 14–7 after the Commodores threw an interception on a fourth and goal from the three-yard line in the fourth quarter.

After their shutout victory over LSU on what was the first homecoming game played at Alabama, the Crimson Tide lost their only game of the season at Atlanta against Georgia. The Bulldogs did not score on offense but won 21–14 after touchdowns were scored on a fumble return, a blocked punt return and a blocked field goal return. The loss snapped Alabama's then school-record 11-game winning streak. Alabama won their final two games against Mississippi A&M and in Cleveland at Case and finished the season 10–1.

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