1923 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1923 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference	Southern Conference
1923 record	7–2–1 (4–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Wallace Wade (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Captain	Al Clemens
Home stadium	Denny Field Rickwood Field Cramton Bowl
Uniform
Seasons ← 1922 1924 →

1923 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt* +	4	–	0	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Washington & Lee +	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Florida	1	–	0	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
VPI	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Maryland	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	1	–	2			5	–	2	–	2
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Tulane	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Clemson	1	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	4			3	–	2	–	4
NC State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	1	–	3			3	–	3	–	3
Kentucky	0	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Virginia	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
LSU	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Ole Miss	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions * – co-member of SIAA

Week 1: Union at Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total Union 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 0 0 0 12 12 Date: September 29 Location: Denny Field Tuscaloosa, AL Referee: Coles (Clemson) Source:

Week 2: Ole Miss at Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total Ole Miss 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 14 14 28 0 56 Date: October 6 Location: Denny Field Tuscaloosa, AL Referee: Morfarity (St. Mary's) Source:

Week 3: Alabama at Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 • Syracuse 3 0 6 14 23 Date: October 13 Location: Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY Referee: E. J. O'Brien Sources:

Week 4: Sewanee at Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total Sewanee 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 0 0 0 7 7 Date: October 20 Location: Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 10,000 Referee: Branch Bocock Source:

Week 6: Alabama at Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 3 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Game attendance: 10,000 Game weather: Rain Referee: Springer

Week 7: Kentucky at Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total Kentucky 0 0 0 8 8 • Alabama 9 0 0 7 16 Date: November 10 Location: Denny Field Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 7,000 Referee: Kittleman (Wisconsin)

Week 8: LSU at Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total LSU 3 0 0 0 3 • Alabama 9 7 7 7 30 Date: November 16 Location: Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL Referee: Coles (Clemson)

Week 9: Georgia at Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 0 10 7 19 36 Date: November 24 Location: Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL Referee: Springer (Penn)

The 1923 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1923 Southern Conference football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 30th overall and 2nd season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The team was led by head coach Wallace Wade, in his first year, and played their home games at Denny Field in Tuscaloosa, at Rickwood Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of seven wins, two losses and one tie (7–2–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SoCon).

1923 marked the first season for new head coach Wallace Wade, a former assistant at Vanderbilt. One year after Alabama's triumphal trip to Penn, the Tide went on another northeast roadtrip with a different outcome, losing to Syracuse 23–0. Against Georgia Tech, Alabama was very lucky to escape with a 0–0 tie. After defeating Georgia, the Tide was the favorite for a Southern title. A season-ending, 16–6 upset loss to coach James Van Fleet's Florida Gators cost coach Wade and the Tide the Southern Conference championship.

On November 6, 1922, Alabama head coach Xen C. Scott announced his resignation as head coach of the Crimson Tide as a result of his deteriorating health. On December 16, 1922, the University Athletic Council announced that Vanderbilt athletic director and assistant football coach Wallace Wade had been hired to serve as both head football coach and athletic director at Alabama. On the hiring, the Athletic Council stated:

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