1921 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

The 1921 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1921 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 28th overall and 25th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Xen C. Scott, in his third year, and played their home games at Denny Field in Tuscaloosa and at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and two ties (5–4–2 overall, 2–4–2 in the SIAA).

Game notes
Alabama opened the season with four consecutive, victories over, , Marion Military Institute and Bryson College (now known as Erskine College). In the opener, Bama spotted Howard a 14–0 first quarter lead before rallying to win 34–14. However, the Crimson Tide finished the season with only one victory against Tulane in the season finale, losses to, , Florida and Georgia and ties against and.

Against LSU the Crimson Tide dominated play, racking up 23 first downs to LSU's six, but could not translate that into points and had to settle for a 7–7 tie. Alabama tied Mississippi State by the same score after a Tide pass into the end zone late in the fourth fell incomplete.

Scott and the Tide avoided Alabama's first losing season since the 1903 team went 3–4 by pulling out a 14–7 victory over Tulane that featured a wild fourth quarter. After the first three quarters were scoreless (Alabama once fumbling the ball away at Tulane's 3-yard line), the Green Wave scored early in the fourth to take a 7–0 lead. Alabama answered by driving 65 yards for the tying score. After a punt Bama drove to the Tulane 15-yard line but fumbled the ball away again. After another Tulane punt Alabama drove down the field again and scored to take a 14–7 lead. As the clocked ticked away the final seconds Tulane had the ball at the Alabama 40. Tulane appeared to score a possible game-tying touchdown on a 40-yard pass completion, but the referee ruled that time had expired and he had blown the whistle before Tulane snapped the ball. The Tulane fans rioted and stormed the field and the referee required a police escort to escape.

Schedule

 * Source: Rolltide.com: 1921 Alabama football schedule