1901 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 1901 Alabama Crimson Tide football team ( variously " Alabama " , " UA " or " Bama " ) represented the University of Alabama in the 1901 college football season . The team was led by head coach M . H . Harvey , in his first season , and played their home games at The Quad in Tuscaloosa and one game each at Highland Park in Montgomery and at West End Park in Birmingham , Alabama . In what was the ninth season of Alabama football , the team finished with a record of two wins , one loss and two ties ( 2 – 1 – 2 , 2 – 1 – 2 SIAA ) . Schedule . For the 1901 season , point values were different from those used in contemporary games . In 1901 a touchdown was worth five points , a field goal was worth five points and an conversion ( PAT ) was worth one point . Game notes . Mississippi . Alabama opened the 1901 season with a 41 – 0 victory over the University of Mississippi in Tuscaloosa . Alabama scored touchdowns in the first half on a short A . M . Donahoo run , a 60 - yard W . A . Weaver run , a short Frank Houston Powe run , a short A . W . Stewart run and on a 90 - yard Donahoo kickoff return . In the second half , Alabama scored touchdowns on a 33 - yard Weaver and a 20 - yard Powe runs for the 41 – 0 win . The victory brought Alabama ' s all - time record against Mississippi to 3 – 1 . Georgia . In the second all - time meeting against the University of Georgia , the game ended in a scoreless tie at Montgomery ' s Highland Park . In a game dominated by punts , the only score of the game was made by Earl Drennen only to be called back on a subsequent penalty . The tie brought Alabama ' s all - time record against Georgia to 0 – 1 – 1 . Auburn . Against the Alabama Polytechnic Institute ( now known as Auburn University ) Alabama was upset 17 – 0 at Tuscaloosa , in a game not officially scheduled until November 11 , only four days prior to the contest . Auburn took a 11 – 0 lead in the first half on a pair of Matt Sloan touchdown runs . Auburn then scored their final points of the game on a W . H . Guinn touchdown run in the second half for the 17 – 0 victory . This was the second meeting in Tuscaloosa between Alabama and Auburn , and the next Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa was not played until the 2000 season , 99 years later . The loss brought Alabama ' s all - time record against Auburn to 1 – 5 . Mississippi A & M . The day after their loss against Auburn , Alabama defeated the Aggies of Mississippi A & M ( now known as Mississippi State University ) 45 – 0 on The Quad . Alabama scored touchdowns in the first half on runs of 35 - yards by A . W . Stewart , 15 - yards by James Forman , 65 - yards by W . A . Weaver and 60 - yards from Daniels . In the second half , touchdowns were scored on runs of 30 - yards from Daniels , a short Weaver run and a short and 33 - yard Weaver run . The victory brought Alabama ' s all - time record against Mississippi A & M ( Mississippi State ) to 2 – 0 . Tennessee . In what was the first game against the rival University of Tennessee , it ended early in a 6 – 6 tie , when fans rushed onto the field after a controversial offside call and the umpires were unable to clear out the crowd in the second half . In the game , J . L . Broug scored for Tennessee and A . W . Stewart scored for Alabama . Players . Guards Tackles Center Ends Backs Source :