1893 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 1893 Alabama Crimson Tide football team ( variously " Alabama " , " UA " or " Bama " ) represented the University of Alabama in the 1893 college football season . The team was led by head coach Eli Abbott and played their home games at Lakeview Park in Birmingham and The Quad in Tuscaloosa , Alabama . In what was the second season of Alabama football , the team finished with a record of zero wins and four losses ( 0 – 4 ) . Schedule . For the 1893 season , point values were different from those used in contemporary games . In 1893 a touchdown was worth four points , a field goal was worth five points and an conversion was worth two points . Game notes . Birmingham Athletic Club ( October ) . In what was the first ever game played in Tuscaloosa , the Birmingham Athletic Club ( B . A . C . ) defeated Alabama 4 – 0 at The Quad on the campus of the University of Alabama . In a game dominated by both defenses , the only points of the game came on an Athletics touchdown in the second half . Birmingham Athletic Club ( November ) . In a rematch against the B . A . C . a month later at Lakeview Park in Birmingham , Alabama suffered their second loss of the season by a final score of 10 – 8 . After trialing 4 – 0 at the end of the first half , Alabama scored their first points of the season on a William Walker touchdown run early in the second half to tie the game at 4 – 4 . After the Athletics retook a 10 – 4 lead after scoring a touchdown and converting the extra point , Walker scored his second touchdown of the game to make the final score 10 – 8 after a missed extra point . Sewanee . won 20 – 0 . They were the first - ever opponent from outside the state of Alabama to play the Tide . Sewanee would become one of Alabama ' s biggest rivals in the early decades of the Crimson Tide football program . Auburn . After playing their previous game at Birmingham ' s Lakeview Park , the city of Montgomery gave Alabama and the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Alabama ( now known as Auburn University ) $ 500 to play against each other at Riverside Park . In the second edition of what has since become known as the Iron Bowl , Auburn won 40 – 16 . Auburn scored first when Rufus Dorsey scored on a 10 - yard touchdown run and kicked the extra point for a 6 – 0 lead . Alabama responded on their following possession when John Burgett scored on a 35 - yard touchdown run and G . H . Kyser missed the extra point to make the score 6 – 4 . Auburn then retook an 18 – 4 halftime lead after a pair of touchdown from J . C . Dunham . Alabama then opened the second half with their second touchdown of the game . William Walker scored on a six - yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 18 – 10 . Auburn responded to extend their lead further with touchdown runs by Snow Perkins , Arthur Redding and J . V . Brown to make the score 34 – 10 . After a David Grayson touchdown for Alabama , Auburn responded with their final points of the game on a one - yard Dorsey run to make the final score 40 – 16 . Governor of Alabama Thomas G . Jones presented a trophy to Auburn ' s captain Rufus Dorsey for their victory . Players . The following players were members of the 1893 football team according to the roster published in the 1894 edition of " The Corolla " , the University of Alabama yearbook . Guards Tackles Ends Halfbacks Quarterback Substitutes References . General Specific