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1908 Alabama Crimson Tide football
1908 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	6–1–1 (1–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach	J. W. H. Pollard (3rd season);
Captain	Henry Burks
Home stadium	The Quad; Birmingham Fairgrounds
	Seasons ← 1907 1909 →

1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
LSU +	2	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Auburn +	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	0	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Georgia	2	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Alabama	1	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Sewanee	1	–	1	–	1	4	–	1	–	3
Mississippi A&M	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Howard (AL)	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	4	–	0
Clemson	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Nashville			–					–

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1908 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 16th overall and 13th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach J. W. H. Pollard, in his third year, and played their home games at the University of Alabama Quad in Tuscaloosa and the Birmingham Fairgrounds in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of six wins, one loss and one tie (6–1–1 overall, 1–1–1 in the SIAA).

After opening the 1908 season with three consecutive shutouts, Alabama lost their only game of the season, 11–6, at Georgia Tech.^[1] After a victory over Chattanooga and a tie against Georgia, Alabama played Haskell. Against Haskell, Alabama scored a touchdown on a 65-yard interception return, Haskell missed a field goal, and another Haskell drive ended with an interception deep in Alabama territory.^[1] In the season finale against Tennessee, Alabama back Derrill Pratt attempted eight field goals and made only one for a 4–0 Alabama victory.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	Wetumpka Agricultural School*	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL	W 26–0	^[2]
October 10	at Howard (AL)*	West End Park Birmingham, AL	W 17–0	^[3]
October 17	Cincinnati*	Birmingham Fairgrounds Birmingham, AL	W 16–0	^[4]
October 24	at Georgia Tech	Ponce de Leon Park Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 6–11	^[5]
October 31	Chattanooga*	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL	W 23–6	^[6]
November 14	Georgia	Birmingham Fairgrounds Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	T 6–6	^[7]
November 20	Haskell*	The Quad Tuscaloosa, AL	W 9–8	^[8]
November 26	Tennessee	Birmingham Fairgrounds Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	W 4–0	^[9]
*Non-conference game

Scoring note:^{[A 1]}

Notes

^ For the 1908 season, point values were different from those used in contemporary games. In 1908 a touchdown was worth five points, a field goal was worth four points and an extra point (PAT) was worth one point.^[10]

References

General

"1908 Season Recap" (PDF). RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c 1908 Season Recap
^ "Wetumpka is easy, varsity football team plays its first game". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 4, 1908. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Howard is downed". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 11, 1908. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Blanked in the South, U. of C. eleven failed to score on Alabama". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 18, 1908. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tech played havoc with Alabama plays". The Atlanta Constitution. October 25, 1908. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Touchdown for locals, University of Chattanooga made good showing". Chattanooga Daily Times. November 1, 1908. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Georgia tied Alabama team in fierce game". The Atlanta Constitution. November 15, 1908. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Crimson-White triumphs over Haskell Indians". Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette. November 21, 1908. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tennessee fell before Alabama". Knoxville Sentinel. November 27, 1908. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Scoring values". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on November 25, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2012.