1922 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

The 1922 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1922 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 29th overall and 1st season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The team was led by head coach Xen C. Scott, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Denny Field in Tuscaloosa, at Rickwood Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of six wins, three losses and one tie (6–3–1 overall, 3–2–1 in the SoCon). The 1922 season also marked the first for the Crimson Tide as a member of the SoCon, as Alabama was one of the twenty members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association that left the Association to form the SoCon following the 1921 season.

Game notes
Alabama opened the season with a 110–0 victory over the Marion Military Institute which still stands as the school record for largest margin of victory and as the Crimson Tide's only 100 point game. After a victory over Oglethorpe, Alabama went winless over their next three games with losses at both and  and a tie against  at Rickwood Field. Alabama dominated against Sewanee, holding the Tigers to six yards rushing and one first down, but had to settle for a 7–7 tie after Sewanee blocked a Tide field goal attempt, recovered five Alabama fumbles, and scored its only touchdown on an interception return. Alabama also fumbled five times against Texas, resulting in a loss. The Georgia game was Alabama's first ever game in Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. The Tide would use Cramton Bowl as another home stadium off and on until 1954.

With a record of 2–2–1, Alabama entered their intersectional contest against undefeated, coached by John Heisman, as a major underdog. Noted sports columnist Grantland Rice having predicted a 21–0 Quaker victory.

However, Coach Scott had gotten good scouting reports from fellow coaches he knew that had faced Penn. Alabama struck first in the second quarter with a field goal, but Penn responded with a touchdown after a short punt gave the Quakers the ball on the Alabama 35. In the third quarter Alabama took the lead after Pooley Hubert fumbled on 3rd and goal and teammate Shorty Propst fell on the ball for a touchdown. The extra point failed, leaving Alabama up 9–7. Twice in the fourth quarter Alabama missed field goals, leaving Penn with a chance to win late. The Quakers drove to the Alabama 30 in the final moments but on fourth down Alabama came up with a sack to clinch a 9–7 victory. Alabama had pulled off the shocking upset. The Plain Dealer called the game "intersectional history".

Xen C. Scott coached the 1922 season while dying of oral cancer. Scott spent the whole season suffering from the effects of his illness, losing weight, barely able to speak, coaching against the advice of a doctor who told him to quit immediately, and bedridden except when attending practices and games. After the Oglethorpe game Scott tendered his resignation, effective at the end of the season. Xen Scott died in April 1924 at age 41.

Schedule

 * Source: Rolltide.com: 1922 Alabama football schedule

Coaching staff
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