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1912 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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1912 record
  
5–3–1 (3–3–1 SIAA)

Captain
  
Farley Moody

Conference
  
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Head coach
  
D. V. Graves (2nd year)

Home stadium
  
The Quad Rickwood Field

The 1912 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 20th overall and 17th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach D. V. Graves, in his second year, and played their home games at the University of Alabama Quad in Tuscaloosa and at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, US. They finished the season with a record of five wins, three losses, and one tie (5–3–1 overall, 3–3–1 in the SIAA).

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Before the season

Farley Moody was captain of the 1912 team. Also on the team were brothers Hargrove Van de Graaff and Adrian Van de Graaff, brothers of Robert J. Van de Graaff.

Schedule

  • Source: Rolltide.com: 1912 Alabama football schedule
  • Postseason

    Moody was selected All-Southern. He died in France while serving in the First World War during the Battle of the Argonne Forest just a month before the Armistice.

    References

    1912 Alabama Crimson Tide football team Wikipedia