1925 Alabama Football

School: Alabama (SoCon member 1921-1932)

Sport: Football

Year (Coach): 1925 (Wallace Wade)

Notable

The Crimson Tide’s first of what has now grown to 18 claimed National Championships in football … Coached by Wallace Wade … Went 10-0 and posted a perfect 7-0 mark against Southern Conference foes … Allowed only seven points during the regular season, with that touchdown coming in a 50-7 win over Birmingham Southern … Recorded seven shutouts in a row, outscoring its SoCon opponents by a combined 174-0 … Defeated the University of Washington 20-19 in the program’s first ever bowl game – the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1926 … The Rose Bowl was college football’s lone bowl game at the time … The Crimson Tide scored 20 unanswered points in the third quarter and held on for the win, which has been heralded as one of the most significant wins in the history of college football in the south … The Crimson Tide went on to claim national titles in 1926 and 1930 as members of the Southern Conference.