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1915 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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1915Alabama Crimson Tide football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–2 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam L. Harsh
Home stadiumUniversity Field
Rickwood Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $500910
Alabama500620
LSU400620
Transylvania301711
Auburn510620
Georgia311522
Chattanooga312522
Mississippi A&M421521
Kentucky211611
Florida330430
Clemson221242
South Carolina111531
Furman110530
Mercer230540
Mississippi College230441
The Citadel120530
Sewanee122432
Tennessee140440
Tulane140440
Central University031351
Louisville031151
Howard (AL)030341
Wofford030350
Ole Miss050260
  • $ – Conference champion

The1915 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented theUniversity of Alabama in the1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 23rd overall and 20th season as a member of theSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coachThomas Kelley, in his first year. It was in 1915 Alabama moved its on campus home games fromThe Quad, where all on-campus home games had been played since 1893, and to a new location,University Field (later renamed Denny Field in honor of school president George Denny in 1920). Home games were also played atRickwood Field inBirmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with an overall record of 6–2 record and mark of 5–0 in the SIAA.

William T. "Bully" Van de Graaff, who punted, kicked, and played tackle, was named Alabama's firstAll-American in 1915, when was selected second-teamAll-America byWalter Camp.[1]

Alabama opened the season 5-0 with four shutout victories and a 23-10 win over Sewanee. Against Mississippi College Van de Graaff kicked four field goals and missed a fifth from 54 yards out when the ball hit the upright.[2] The victory over Sewanee was the first for Alabama in that series since 1894. Alabama led the Tigers 10–0 at the half and continued to lead by that score after Sewanee marched inside the Alabama 20 four times in the third but came away with no points. The Tigers finally scored a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter, then blocked a punt and kicked a field goal to tie the game 10–10. However, Van de Graff knocked the ball out of a Sewanee player's hand and ran it back 65 yards for a touchdown, then tacked on two more field goals as the Tide beat the Tigers for only the second time in 12 meetings.[3]

Coach Kelley was hospitalized withtyphoid fever two days prior to the Tulane game, and as a result missed the last five games of the season.Athletic directorB. L. Noojin and former quarterbackFarley Moody then served as co-head coaches for the remainder of the season.[2] The 1915 season in its entirety is still officially credited to Kelley.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Howard (AL)W 44–0[5]
October 9Birmingham*
  • University Field
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 67–0[6]
October 16Mississippi College
  • University Field
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 40–0[7]
October 23Tulane
  • University Field
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 16–0[8]
October 30SewaneeW 23–10[9]
November 6atGeorgia Tech*L 7–21[10]
November 13atTexas*L 0–20[11]
November 25Ole Miss
  • Rickwood Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
W 53–0[12]
  • *Non-conference game

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Awards

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William T. Van de Graaff was selected to the1915 College Football All-America Team. His selection was the first ever for an Alabama football player.[14]

References

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General

  • "1915 Season Recap"(PDF).RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on April 25, 2014. RetrievedFebruary 27, 2012.

Specific

  1. ^Bully Van de Graaff's Alabama Sports Hall of Fame bio
  2. ^ab1914 Season Recap
  3. ^"1915 game recaps"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on June 4, 2012. RetrievedSeptember 17, 2012.
  4. ^DeLassus, David."Thomas Kelley: Coaching Records Game-by-Game (1915)".College Football Data Warehouse. Archived fromthe original on November 4, 2012. RetrievedFebruary 28, 2012.
  5. ^"Alabama boys go roughshod over Howard".The Birmingham News. October 3, 1915. RetrievedFebruary 17, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  6. ^"Alabama rides to victory over Owenton boys".The Birmingham News. October 10, 1915. RetrievedFebruary 17, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  7. ^"The Alabama squad dazzles rivals by its wonderful offense".The Birmingham News. October 17, 1915. RetrievedFebruary 17, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  8. ^"Alabama is held to 1 touchdown by Tulane".The Montgomery Advertiser. October 24, 1915. RetrievedFebruary 17, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  9. ^"Sewanee Tigers outplayed by Alabama and lose, 23–10".Chattanooga Daily Times. October 31, 1915. RetrievedFebruary 17, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  10. ^"Jackets humble Alabama".The Atlanta Constitution. November 7, 1915. RetrievedFebruary 17, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  11. ^"Longhorns in great form, sweep Alabamians off feet, winning game with straight football, 20 to 0".The Austin American. November 14, 1915. RetrievedFebruary 17, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  12. ^"Alabama wins by huge score over "Ole Miss"".The Birmingham News. November 26, 1915. RetrievedFebruary 17, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  13. ^"1915 Alabama football archive".RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. RetrievedFebruary 17, 2021.
  14. ^Reed, Delbert (March 24, 1963)."Great is Van de Graaff".The Tuscaloosa News. Google News. p. 9. RetrievedFebruary 27, 2012.
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