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1939 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1939 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1939 record 5–3–1 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach Frank Thomas (9th year)
Captain Carey Cox
Home stadium Denny Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
#16 Georgia Tech + 6 – 0 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
#5 Tulane + 5 – 0 – 0     8 – 1 – 1
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 2 – 1     6 – 2 – 1
Auburn 3 – 3 – 1     5 – 5 – 1
Alabama 2 – 3 – 1     5 – 3 – 1
Georgia 1 – 3 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
LSU 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 7 – 1
Florida 0 – 3 – 1     5 – 5 – 1
Sewanee 0 – 3 – 0     3 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Howard 0 0 0 0 0
• Alabama 0 0 7 14 21
  • Date: September 30
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 6,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
• Alabama 7 0 0 0 7
Fordham 0 0 0 6 6
  • Date: October 7
  • Location: Polo Grounds
    New York, NY
  • Game attendance: 41,454
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Mercer 0 0 0 0 0
• Alabama 7 0 13 0 20
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 5,000
  • Source:
Third Saturday in October
1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
• #5 Tennessee 0 7 0 14 21
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Shields-Watkins Field
    Knoxville, TN
  • Game attendance: 40,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Mississippi State 0 0 0 0 0
• #20 Alabama 7 0 0 0 7
  • Date: October 28
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 15,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Kentucky 0 0 0 7 7
#19 Alabama 0 7 0 0 7
  • Date: November 4
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 11,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
• #7 Tulane 0 6 7 0 13
  • Date: November 11
  • Location: Tulane Stadium
    New Orleans, LA
  • Game attendance: 52,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
• Georgia Tech 6 0 0 0 6
Alabama 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 23,000
  • Source:

The 1939 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1939 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 46th overall and 7th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Frank Thomas, in his ninth year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of five wins, three losses and one tie (5–3–1 overall, 2–3–1 in the SEC).

The Crimson Tide opened the season with a victory over Howard before they upset Fordham 7–6 in an intersectional contest at the Polo Grounds in week two. After their victory over Mercer, Alabama was shut out 21–0 by Tennessee, their second consecutive shutout loss against the Volunteers. The Crimson Tide then rebounded with a homecoming victory over Mississippi State. However, Alabama would then go winless over their next three conference games with a tie against Kentucky followed by shutout losses to both Tulane and Georgia Tech. The Crimson Tide rebounded in their final game of the season to defeat Vanderbilt.


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