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
Captain Al Clemens
Home stadium Denny Field
Rickwood Field
Cramton Bowl
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 2 1 0     7 2 1
Georgia 3 2 0     5 3 1
Mississippi A&M 2 1 2     5 2 2
North Carolina 2 1 1     5 3 1
Tulane 2 2 1     6 3 1
Clemson 1 1 1     5 2 1
NC State 1 4 0     3 7 0
Georgia Tech 0 0 4     3 2 4
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

The 1923 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1923 college 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).

Game notes

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. The Sewanee game was scoreless until the last two minutes, when Johnny Mack Brown intercepted a pass, giving the ball to Alabama at the Tiger 48. Pooley Hubert scored with seconds left and Sewanee had time to run only two plays before the game ended. Against Georgia Tech, Alabama was very lucky to escape with a 0–0 tie. Tech had 18 first downs to none for Alabama, and the Tide never advanced the ball beyond its own 27-yard line. A driving rain and sixteen punts from Grant Gillis helped Bama to hold Tech scoreless. Tech drives stalled on the Alabama 2, 8, and 11-yard lines.[1] 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.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 29 Union* Denny FieldTuscaloosa, AL W 12–0  
October 6 Ole Miss Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry) W 56–0  
October 14 at Syracuse* Archbold StadiumSyracuse, NY L 0–23  
October 20 Sewanee* Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL W 7–0  
October 27 at Spring Hill* Murphy High School Stadium • Mobile, AL W 59–0  
November 3 at Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA T 0–0  
November 10 Kentuckydagger Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 16–8  
November 16 LSU Cramton BowlMontgomery, AL (Rivalry) W 30–3  
November 24 Georgia Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL W 36–0  
November 29 Florida Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL L 6–16  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

Personnel

Varsity letter winners

Player Hometown Position
William C. Baty Bessemer, Alabama Halfback
Johnny Mack Brown Dothan, Alabama Halfback
Bill Buckler Saint Paul, Minnesota Guard
Joseph "Pete" Camp Manchester, Alabama Tackle
Al Clemens Scottsboro, Alabama End
Andy Cohen El Paso, Texas Back
Ben E. Compton Greensboro, Alabama Guard
Ernest Cooper St. Stephens, Alabama Tackle
Elmer Wilbur Dany Cleveland, Ohio End
Grant Gillis Grove Hill, Alabama Quarterback
Robert Poole Hinton Uniontown, Alabama Back
Allison "Pooley" Hubert Meridian, Mississippi Fullback
Ben A. Hudson Montgomery, Alabama End
Clifford Inglis Manager
Bruce Jones Jasper, Alabama Guard
Jack Langhorne Uniontown, Alabama Tackle
Allen Graham MacCartee Washington, D.C. Halfback
Graham McClintock Laurel, Mississippi End/Back
W. S. "Country" Oliver Panola, Alabama Back/Tackle
Clyde "Shorty" Propst Ohatchee, Alabama Center
L. O. Wesley Guin, Alabama Quarterback
Reference:[3]

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at
Alabama
Alma Mater
Wallace Wade Head coach 1 Brown (1917)
Hank Crisp Assistant coach 3 VPI (1920)
Russell Cohen Assistant coach 1 Vanderbilt (1916)
William T. Van de Graaff Assistant coach 3 Alabama (1916)
Reference:[4]

References

General

  • "1923 Season Recap" (PDF). RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2012. 

Specific

  1. 1923 game recaps
  2. "1923 Alabama football schedule". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  3. "All-Time Tide Football Lettermen". 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. pp. 127–141.
  4. "All-Time Assistant Coaches". 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. pp. 142–143.
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