1934 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1934 Alabama Crimson Tide football
National champion (five selectors) Rose Bowl champion SEC co-champion
Rose Bowl, W 29–13 vs. Stanford
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 3
1934 record	10–0 (7–0 SEC)
Head coach	Frank Thomas (4th year)
Captain	Bill Lee
Home stadium	Denny Stadium Legion Field Cramton Bowl
Seasons ← 1933 1935 →

1934 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Tulane +	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Alabama +	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Tennessee	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	2
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Florida	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Mississippi	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Mississippi State	0	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Howard	0	0	0	0	0
• Alabama	6	6	6	6	24

Date: September 29
Location: Denny Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL
Game attendance: 6,000

Source:

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sewanee	0	6	0	0	6
• Alabama	14	0	14	7	35

Date: October 6
Location: Cramton Bowl
Montgomery, AL

Source:

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mississippi State	0	0	0	0	0
• Alabama	14	14	0	13	41

Date: October 13
Location: Denny Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL
Game attendance: 6,000

Source:

Third Saturday in October

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	0	6	0	0	6
• Alabama	0	6	7	0	13

Date: October 20
Location: Legion Field
Birmingham, AL
Game attendance: 18,000

Source:

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	0	0	0	6	6
• Alabama	6	7	13	0	26

Date: October 27
Location: Legion Field
Birmingham, AL
Game attendance: 15,000

Source:

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Alabama	14	7	0	13	34
Kentucky	0	0	7	7	14

Date: November 3
Location: McLean Stadium
Lexington, KY
Game attendance: 13,000

Source:

	1	2	3	4	Total
Clemson	0	0	0	0	0
• Alabama	7	7	6	20	40

Date: November 10
Location: Denny Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL
Game attendance: 8,000

Sources:

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Alabama	6	14	13	7	40
Georgia Tech	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 17
Location: Grant Field
Atlanta, GA
Game attendance: 14,000

Source:

The 1934 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1934 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 41st overall season and 2nd as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Frank Thomas, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished the season with a perfect record (10–0 overall, 7–0 in the SEC), as Southeastern Conference champions for the second consecutive season and defeated Stanford in the Rose Bowl.

Five of the 13 selectors recognized as official by the NCAA (Berryman, Dunkel, Houlgate, Poling, and Williamson) recognize the 1934 Minnesota team as the national champion. Sportswriter Morgan Blake called it the best football team he ever saw.

To open the 1934 season, Alabama scored touchdowns in all four quarters and defeated Howard College (now Samford University) 24–0 at Denny Stadium.Dixie Howell scored in the first on a two-yard run and Joe Riley scored in the second on a three-yard run to give the Crimson Tide a 12–0 halftime lead. Joe Demyanovich then scored both second half touchdowns with his seven-yard run in the third and one-yard run in the fourth for the 24–0 victory. The Howard squad was led by former Alabama player and assistant coach Clyde "Shorty" Propst in his first game against his alma mater. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Howard to 13–0.

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