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1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference Southern Conference
1927 record 5–4–1 (3–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach Wallace Wade (5th year)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain Fred Pickhard
Home stadium Denny Field
Rickwood Field
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
Uniform
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Seasons
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1927 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Georgia Tech + 7 – 0 – 1     8 – 1 – 1
Tennessee + 5 – 0 – 1     8 – 0 – 1
NC State + 4 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 0 – 2     8 – 1 – 2
Georgia 6 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 1
Virginia 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Clemson 2 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 1
Alabama 3 – 4 – 1     5 – 4 – 1
LSU 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 4 – 1
Mississippi A&M 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 3 – 0
Washington and Lee 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 1
VPI 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Maryland 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
VMI 2 – 4 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Tulane 2 – 5 – 1     2 – 5 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 1 – 4 – 0     2 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 1
Auburn 0 – 6 – 1     0 – 7 – 2
  • + – Conference co-champions
Week 1: Millsaps at Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Millsaps 0 0 0 0 0
• Alabama 7 14 13 12 46
  • Date: September 24
  • Location: Denny Field
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Referee: Severenen (Oberlin)
  • Source:
Week 2: Southwestern Presbyterian at Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
SW Presbyterian 0 0 0 0 0
• Alabama 0 7 18 6 31
  • Date: September 30
  • Location: Denny Field
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Source:
Week 3: LSU at Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
LSU 0 0 0 0 0
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: October 8
  • Location: Rickwood Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 12,000
  • Referee: Severenen (Oberlin)
  • Sources:
Week 4: Alabama at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
• Georgia Tech 0 7 0 6 13
  • Date: October 15
  • Location: Grant Field
    Atlanta, GA
  • Game attendance: 25,000
  • Referee: Birch (Chicago)
  • Sources:
Georgia at Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
• Georgia 7 7 6 0 20
Alabama 0 0 0 7 7
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Athens, GA
  • Game attendance: 25,000
Vanderbilt at Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
• Vanderbilt 7 0 0 7 14
Alabama 0 7 0 0 7

The 1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1927 Southern Conference football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 34th overall and 6th season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The team was led by head coach Wallace Wade, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Denny Field in Tuscaloosa, at Rickwood Field and Legion Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1 overall, 3–4–1 in the SoCon).

Alabama's 13-0 loss to Georgia Tech snapped a 24-game unbeaten streak, it was the team's first loss since an upset defeat to Centre on November 15, 1924. Alabama outgained Tech 188–144 in the game, but Tech scored a touchdown in the second quarter and scored another after recovering a fumble at the Alabama 1 with two minutes to go. It was the first time Georgia Tech had scored points on Alabama since 1922. Alabama came from behind in the fourth to beat Mississippi State 13–7 but limped home with three straight losses to end the year at 5–4–1. Four losses were one more loss than Bama had suffered in the previous four seasons combined.

The loss to Georgia was the first football game Alabama ever played in Legion Field, which had been constructed the previous year, and which replaced Rickwood Field as Alabama's "home" stadium in Birmingham. Alabama would continue to schedule home dates at Legion Field for another 76 years, with the last being a 40–17 victory over South Florida in 2003.

Alabama opened their 1927 season against Millsaps College at Denny Field, and defeated the Majors 46–0. Highlights of the game included touchdowns scored on a 45-yard fumble return by Archie Taylor and an 80-yard run by Davis Brasfield. Other touchdowns were scored by Tony Holm (2), Tolbert Brown, William Hicks and Graham McClintock. The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Millsaps to 2–0.


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