1900 Alabama Crimson White football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1900
| team = Alabama Crimson White
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = SIAA
| record = 2–3
| conf_record = 1–3
| head_coach = Malcolm Griffin
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Earl Drennen
| stadium = The Quad
North Birmingham Park
}}
{{1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1900 Alabama Crimson White football team{{#tag:ref|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.{{cite web |url=http://bryantmuseum.ua.edu/direction.cfm?dir=traditions1 |title=How the Crimson Tide got its name |website=bryantmuseum.ua.edu |publisher=Paul W. Bryant Museum |access-date=June 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630200054/http://bryantmuseum.ua.edu/direction.cfm?dir=traditions1 |archive-date=June 30, 2013 }}{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Kennedy |title=Tide football tradition began with 1892 team |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ljQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kKUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6703%2C2372481 |via=Google News Archives |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |date=April 8, 1992 |page=2F |access-date=June 30, 2013}}|group="A"}} (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team was led by head coach Malcolm Griffin, in his first season, and played their home games at The Quad in Tuscaloosa and one game at North Birmingham Park in Birmingham, Alabama. In what was the eighth season of Alabama football, the team finished with a record of two wins and three losses (2–3, 1–3 SIAA).
The Crimson White opened the season with three consecutive games at The Quad. After a shutout victory over the Taylor School, Alabama opened SIAA play with a 12–5 victory over Ole Miss. However, the Crimson White did proceed to lose their final three games en route to a 2–3 record. After a 6–0 loss to Tulane, Alabama traveled to Montgomery where they were defeated 53–5 by Auburn and closed the season with a 35–0 loss to Clemson at Birmingham.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Taylor School
| site_stadium = The Quad
| site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
| score = 23–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71220104/something-about-the-taylor-game/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Something about the Taylor game|date=October 24, 1900|accessdate=February 16, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = w
| opponent = Ole Miss
| site_stadium = The Quad
| site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 12–5
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71220423/alabama-won-football-game-at/|work=The Birmingham News|title=Alabama won - Football game at Tuskaloosa|date=October 27, 1900|accessdate=February 16, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = l
| opponent = Tulane
| site_stadium = The Quad
| site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
| score = 0–6
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71220830/tulane-is-on-top-at-tuscaloosa/|work=The Daily Picayune|title=Tulane is on top at Tuscaloosa|date=November 4, 1900|accessdate=February 16, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = Auburn
| site_stadium = Riverside Park
| site_cityst = Montgomery, AL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 5–53
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51737219/11181900-yarbrough-auburn-football/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Auburnites win from Tuscaloosa|date=November 18, 1900|accessdate=February 16, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 29
| w/l = l
| opponent = Clemson
| site_stadium = North Birmingham Park
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–35
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71221458/clemson-won-out-with-ease-from/|work=The Birmingham News|title=Clemson won out with ease from University team|date=November 30, 1900|accessdate=February 16, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
- Scoring note:{{#tag:ref|For the 1900 season, point values were different from those used in contemporary games. In 1900 a touchdown was worth five points, a field goal was worth five points and an extra point (PAT) was worth one point.{{cite web|url=http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/m-footbl-results-archive.html |title=Scoring values |work=RollTide.com |publisher=University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics |access-date=March 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125000700/http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/m-footbl-results-archive.html |archive-date=November 25, 2011 }}|group="A"}}
Game summaries
=Taylor School=
Alabama opened the season against the Taylor School, a preparatory school in Birmingham and defeated them 23–0.{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/1900-season.pdf |title=1900 Season Recap |work=RollTide.com |publisher=University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics |access-date=November 15, 2011 |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302031202/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/1900-season.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-02 |url-status=dead }} In the victory, A. M. Donahoo scored two and both James Forman and Arthur Walter Stewart each scored one touchdown in this shutout victory.
=Ole Miss=
{{see also|1900 Ole Miss Rebels football team}}
Alabama opened SIAA play with a 12–5 victory over the University of Mississippi. Alabama scored first on a short Earl Drennen touchdown run, and with the successful PAT took a 6–0 lead. Mississippi responded with their only touchdown of the game shortly before the half on a short run to make the score 6–5 after a failed PAT. Arthur Walter Stewart then scored the final points of the game late in the second half on a short run to make the final score 12–5. The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi to 2–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/alabama/opponents_records.php?teamid=2039 |title=Alabama vs Mississippi |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=November 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023092848/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/alabama/opponents_records.php?teamid=2039 |archive-date=October 23, 2011 }}
=Tulane=
{{See also|1900 Tulane Olive and Blue football team}}
Against the Greenies of Tulane University, Alabama lost 6–0 with the only points of the game coming on a one-yard Ellis Stearns touchdown run. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Tulane to 1–2.{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/alabama/opponents_records.php?teamid=3267 |title=Alabama vs Tulane |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=November 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227093118/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/alabama/opponents_records.php?teamid=3267 |archive-date=2013-12-27 |url-status=dead }}
=Auburn=
{{See also|1900 Auburn Tigers football team|Iron Bowl}}
In what was their first meeting since the 1895 season, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now known as Auburn University) defeated Alabama 53–5 at Montgomery's Riverside Park.{{cite book |last=Griffin |first=John Chandler |title=Alabama vs. Auburn: Gridiron Grudge Since 1893 |year=2001 |publisher=Hill Street Press |location=Athens, Georgia |isbn= 1-58818-044-1 |pages=20–21 |chapter=1900: Undefeated Auburn smashes Alabama}} Auburn took a 24–0 lead in the first half on touchdown runs of six-yards from Thomas, 75-yards from F. R. Yarbrough and seven and eight-yards from W. L. Noll. Alabama then scored their only points of the game on a two-yard C. M. Plowman run to make the score 24–5 at the half. Auburn then scored five second half touchdown on runs of seven and eight-yards from Yarbrough, 55-yards from Noll, three-yards from Blevens and on a 25-yard Sloan punt return. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Auburn to 1–4.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/alabama/opponents_records.php?teamid=220 |title=Alabama vs Auburn |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=November 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172303/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/alabama/opponents_records.php?teamid=220 |archive-date=October 14, 2013 }}
=Clemson=
{{AFB game box start
|Title=Clemson at Alabama
|Visitor=Clemson
|V1=23 |V2=12
|Host=Alabama
|H1=0|H2=0
|Date=November 29
|Location=North Birmingham Park
Birmingham, Alabama
| Attendance =
| Referee =
}}
{{AFB game box end}}
In the first all-time game against Clemson University, Alabama lost 35–0 on Thanksgiving Day at Birmingham's North Birmingham Park. After the Tigers forced an Alabama punt to open the game, Claude Douthit scored three consecutive touchdowns for Clemson en route to an 18–0 lead. Douthit scored first on a five-yard run, next on a short reception and finally on a second short touchdown run. N. M. Hunter then scored for Clemson on a ling run just before the break and made the halftime score 23–0.{{cite news |title=Alabama's line toppled before onslaught of South Carolina |publisher=NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers |newspaper=The Montgomery Advertiser |date=November 30, 1900}} In the second half, the Tigers extended their lead to 35–0 behind a long Jim Lynah touchdown run and Douthit's fourth score of the day on a short run. With approximately 4:00 left in the game, captains from both Alabama and Clemson agreed to end the game early due to an unruly crowd and impending darkness.
Players
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Notes
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