1919 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

The 1919 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1919 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 26th overall and 23rd season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Xen C. Scott, in his first year, and played their home games at University Field in Tuscaloosa and at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and one loss (8–1 overall, 6–1 in the SIAA).

Game notes
Xen C. Scott arrived in 1919 as the head coach at the University of Alabama and the Tide football program, which had been relatively successful since its founding in 1892 but had not risen to the level of dominant powers such as Sewanee, Georgia Tech, and Vanderbilt, suddenly leapt to prominence. The Tide won eight games in a season for the first time ever, finishing 8–1 and was awarded by some organizations a share of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association title (the SIAA was not a conference in the traditional sense and championships of the SIAA were unofficial). 1919 also happened to be the first year that Alabama's football team was called the "Crimson Tide", with earlier editions referred to as the Cadets, the Crimsons, and the Thin Red Line.

For most of the season Alabama was dominant. The Tide raced out to a 6–0 start without giving up a single point and without playing a close game. Bama's chance at a perfect season was ruined when the Tide traveled to Nashville and lost to Vanderbilt 16–12 after fumbling the ball away inside the Vandy 10 early and turning the ball over on downs at midfield late.

Schedule

 * Source: Rolltide.com: 1919 Alabama football schedule