1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1949 record	6–3–1 (4–3–1 SEC)
Head coach	Harold Drew (3rd year)
Captain	Doug Lockridge
Home stadium	Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium
Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulane $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
#11 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#17 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
#9 LSU	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	4	–	3
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Georgia	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 3 4 Total • Tulane 0 7 7 14 28 Alabama 0 0 0 14 14 Date: September 24 Location: Ladd Stadium Mobile, AL Game attendance: 37,500 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 0 7 0 0 7 • Vanderbilt 0 7 0 7 14 Date: October 1 Location: Dudley Field Nashville, Tennessee Game attendance: 27,500 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Duquesne 0 6 0 2 8 • Alabama 20 14 14 0 48 Date: October 7 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 15,000 Sources:

Third Saturday in October

1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee 7 0 0 0 7 Alabama 0 7 0 0 7 Date: October 15 Location: Legion Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 41,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi State 0 0 0 6 6 • Alabama 7 14 7 7 35 Date: October 22 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 26,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 0 7 0 7 14 Georgia 0 7 0 0 7 Date: October 29 Location: Sanford Stadium Athens, GA Game attendance: 35,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Georgia Tech 0 7 0 0 7 • Alabama 0 0 14 6 20 Date: November 12 Location: Legion Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 43,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi Southern 0 0 0 26 26 • Alabama 14 13 7 0 34 Date: November 19 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 15,000 Source:

The 1949 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1949 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 55th overall and 16th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Harold Drew, in his third year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished with a record of six wins, three losses and one tie (6–3–1 overall, 4–3–1 in the SEC).

Alabama opened the season with losses against Tulane and at Vanderbilt before they notched their first win of the season against Duquesne at Denny Stadium. A week later, the Crimson Tide played Tennessee to a tie before they won five consecutive games over Mississippi State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Mississippi Southern and Florida. Alabama then closed their season with a 14–13 loss to Auburn in the Iron Bowl after Ed Salem missed an extra point that would have tied the game with less than two minutes left in the game.

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