1906 Alabama Crimson White football team

The 1906 Alabama Crimson White football team^{[A 1]} (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was Alabama's 14th overall and 11th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach J. W. H. Pollard, in his first year, and played their home games at both the University of Alabama Quad in Tuscaloosa and the Birmingham Fairgrounds in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of five wins and one loss (5–1 overall, 3–1 in the SIAA).

1906 Alabama Crimson White football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–1 (3–1 SIAA)
Head coach	J. W. H. Pollard (1st season)
Captain	Washington Moody
Home stadium	The Quad Birmingham Fairgrounds
Seasons ← 1905 1907 →

1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt +	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Clemson +	4	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	3
Sewanee	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Alabama	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	1	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Georgia	2	–	2	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
LSU	0	–	1	–	1			2	–	2	–	2
Mississippi A&M	0	–	2	–	1			2	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	0	–	3	–	1			1	–	6	–	2
Mercer	0	–	2	–	0			1	–	4	–	0
Tulane	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	4	–	1
Auburn	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	1
Cumberland (TN)			–							–
Nashville			–							–
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	Maryville (TN)*	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL	W 6–0	[3]
October 13	Howard (AL)*	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL	W 14–0	[4]
October 20	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 0–78	[5]
November 3	at Mississippi A&M	Hardy Field Starkville, MS (rivalry)	W 16–4	[6]
November 17	Auburn	Birmingham Fairgrounds Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	W 10–0	[7]
November 29	Tennessee	Birmingham Fairgrounds Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	W 51–0	[8]
*Non-conference game

• Scoring note:^{[A 2]}

Game summaries

Maryville (TN)

See also: Maryville Scots football

Alabama opened the 1906 season against Maryville College at Tuscaloosa, and defeated the Maryville Scots 6–0.^[10][11] In the game, the lone touchdown was scored in the first quarter on a ten-yard run by P. B. Jones.^[10]

Vanderbilt

See also: 1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

Alabama's 78–0 loss to Vanderbilt still stands as the record for most points allowed by Alabama in a game and most lopsided Alabama loss.^[12] In the game, the Commodores led 57–0 at the half, and Alabama attempted to cancel this game after seven of their regular players were sidelined by injury but Vanderbilt refused.^[13]

Auburn

See also: 1906 Auburn Tigers football team

Against Auburn, Pollard unveiled a "military shift" never before seen in the south.^[14] Star running back Auxford Burks scored all of the game's points in a 10–0 victory. Auburn contended Alabama player T. S. Sims was an illegal player.

Notes

1. Alabama football teams were not referred to as the "Crimson Tide" until the 1907 season. Prior to 1907, the team was called the "Crimson White" from 1893 to 1906 and the "Cadets" in 1892.^[1][2]
2. For the 1906 season, point values were different from those used in contemporary games. In 1906 a touchdown was worth five points, a field goal was worth four points and a conversion (PAT) was worth one point.^[9]