1913 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

The 1913 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 21st overall and 18th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach D. V. Graves, in his third year, and played their home games at the University of Alabama Quad in Tuscaloosa and at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3 overall, 4–3 in the SIAA).

1913 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	6–3 (4–3 SIAA)
Head coach	D. V. Graves (3rd season)
Captain	Hargrove Van de Graaff
Home stadium	The Quad Rickwood Field
Seasons ← 1912 1914 →

1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Auburn $	8	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Mississippi A&M	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Georgia	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
LSU	1	–	1	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
Sewanee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Florida	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Mississippi College	1	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Mercer	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Kentucky	0	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	1	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Central University	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Tulane	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Howard (AL)*	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL	W 27–0		[1]
October 4	Birmingham*	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL	W 81–0		[2]
October 11	Clemson	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	W 20–0		[3]
October 18	Georgia	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	L 0–20		[4]
October 25	at Tulane	First Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 26–0		[5]
November 1	vs. Mississippi College	Mississippi State Fairgrounds Jackson, MS	W 21–3	6,000	[6]
November 9	Sewanee	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL	L 7–10		[7]
November 14	Tennessee	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL (Third Saturday in October)	W 6–0		[8]
November 27	Mississippi A&M	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	L 0–7		[9]
*Non-conference game

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Game summaries

Alabama opened the season with three consecutive, shutout victories over Howard (now Samford University), Birmingham College (now Birmingham–Southern College) and Clemson. The 81 points against Birmingham set a new school record. Bama lost their first game of the season against Georgia.^[11] After a pair of road victories against Tulane and Mississippi College, Alabama finished their season with a win against Tennessee and losses against Sewanee and Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State University).^[11]