1914 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1914
| team = Alabama Crimson Tide
| sport = football
| image = 1914 Alabama Crimson Tide football team.png
| image_size = 285
| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = SIAA
| record = 5–4
| conf_record = 3–3
| head_coach = D. V. Graves
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = Charles A. Long
| stadium = The Quad
Rickwood Field
}}
{{1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1914 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1914 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 22nd overall and 19th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach D. V. Graves, in his fourth 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 five wins and four losses (5–4 overall, 3–3 in the SIAA).
Alabama opened the season with three consecutive, shutout victories over {{cfb link|year=1914|team=Samford Bulldogs|title=Howard}} (now Samford University), Birmingham College (now Birmingham–Southern College) and Georgia Tech
Before the Tennessee game, Alabama quarterback Charlie Joplin was ruled ineligible after he refused to sign an affidavit that he had never played professional baseball. Alabama went 3–0 with Joplin and 2–4 after he left the team. The loss to Tennessee at Knoxville would be the last time the two teams met until 1928.1914 Season Recap The Crimsons then split their final four SIAA games with victories against Tulane and {{cfb link|year=1914|team=Chattanooga Mocs|title=Chattanooga}} and losses against Sewanee and Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State University). They then closed the season with a loss against the Carlisle Indian Industrial School Indians led by future College Football Hall of Fame head coach Pop Warner.{{College Football HoF|id=1313|name=Pop Warner |accessdate=February 27, 2012 }}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Howard (AL)
| site_stadium = The Quad
| site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
| score = 13–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71326425/alabama-wins-opening-game/|work=The Tuscaloosa News|title=Alabama wins opening game|date=October 4, 1914|accessdate=February 17, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1914|team=Birmingham|title=Birmingham}}
| site_stadium = The Quad
| site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
| score = 54–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71326583/alabama-piles-up-abundant-goals/|work=The Birmingham News|title=Alabama piles up abundant goals|date=October 11, 1914|accessdate=February 17, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = w
| opponent = Georgia Tech
| site_stadium = Rickwood Field
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71326766/alabama-earns-victory-over-ga-tech/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Alabama earns victory over Ga. Tech|date=October 18, 1914|accessdate=February 17, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Tennessee
| site_stadium = Waite Field
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–17
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71327135/orange-and-white-wins-in-triumph-over/|work=The Journal and Tribune|title=Orange and White wins in triumph over Crimson, victory being decisive|date=October 25, 1914|accessdate=February 17, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = w
| opponent = Tulane
| site_stadium = The Quad
| site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
| score = 58–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71327768/alabama-rolls-up-large-score-on-tulane/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Alabama rolls up large score on Tulane|date=November 1, 1914|accessdate=February 17, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = l
| opponent = Sewanee
| site_stadium = Rickwood Field
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| score = 0–18
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71327298/come-back-for-sewanee/|work=Chattanooga Daily Times|title="Come back" for Sewanee|date=November 8, 1914|accessdate=February 17, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| w/l = w
| opponent = Chattanooga
| site_stadium = The Quad
| site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
| score = 63–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71327460/alabama-beats-moccasins-by/|work=Chattanooga Daily Times|title=Alabama beats Moccasins by seven-touchdown margin|date=November 14, 1914|accessdate=February 17, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = l
| opponent = Mississippi A&M
| site_stadium = Rickwood Field
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–9
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71327973/aggies-too-much-for-alabamians/|work=The Birmingham News|title=Aggies too much for Alabamians|date=November 27, 1914|accessdate=February 17, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 2
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Carlisle
| site_stadium = Rickwood Field
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| score = 3–20
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71328139/redskins-hand-alabama-defeat/|work=The Birmingham News|title=Redskins hand Alabama defeat|date=December 3, 1914|accessdate=February 17, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
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References
General
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- {{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/14-m-footbl-recaps.pdf |title=1914 Season Recap |work=RollTide.com |publisher=University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics |access-date=February 27, 2012 |format=PDF |archive-date=April 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425164749/http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/14-m-footbl-recaps.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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