1892 Alabama Crimson Tide football team The 1892 Alabama Crimson Tide football team ( variously " Alabama " , " UA " or " Bama " ) represented the University of Alabama in the 1892 college football season . The team was led by head coach E . B . Beaumont and played their home games at Lakeview Park in Birmingham , Alabama . In what was the inaugural season of Alabama football , the team finished with a record of two wins and two losses ( 2 – 2 ) . The first game in Alabama football history was played on November 11 , 1892 , against Birmingham High School that was won by Alabama 56 – 0 . They then split a pair of games with the Birmingham Athletic Club , and closed out the season with a 32 – 22 loss in the first Iron Bowl against Auburn on February 22 , 1893 . Schedule . For the 1892 season , point values were different from those used in contemporary games . In 1892 a touchdown was worth four points , a field goal was worth five points and an conversion was worth two points . Although played on February 22 , 1893 , Alabama considers the game against Auburn as the final game of the 1892 season . Game notes . Birmingham High School . In what was the first ever game played by the University of Alabama , a team of Birmingham - area high school players lost to Alabama 56 – 0 at Birmingham ' s Lakeview Park . Although details of the second half are unavailable , touchdowns in the first half were scored by David Grayson , G . H . Kyser , Dan Smith ( twice ) , William Little and T . S . Frazer . Played on November 11 , the game served as a practice game for Alabama ' s contest against the Birmingham Athletic Club the following day . Birmingham Athletic Club ( November ) . A day following their victory over Birmingham High School , Alabama suffered their first all - time loss against the Birmingham Athletic Club ( B . A . C . ) 5 – 4 . In a game noted for numerous fumble s by both squads , Alabama scored first to take a 4 – 0 lead on a William G . Little touchdown run late in the first half . However , the B . A . C . won the game 5 – 4 late in the second half when J . P . Ross succeeded in kicking a 63 - yard field goal on a drop kick . Birmingham Athletic Club ( December ) . A month following their loss to the B . A . C . , Alabama returned to Lakeview Park and defeated the Athletics 14 – 0 . David Grayson scored first on a 65 - yard touchdown run to give Alabama a 4 – 0 lead after a missed extra point . In the second half , both Robert Cope and Eli Abbott scored touchdowns and one G . H . Kyser extra point gave Alabama the 14 – 0 victory . Auburn . Before 5 , 000 fans at Birmingham ' s Lakeview Park , Alabama lost to the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Alabama ( now know as Auburn University ) 32 – 22 in the first of what was subsequently dubbed the Iron Bowl . Auburn scored first on a 20 - yard Rufus Dorsey touchdown run and again on an one - yard Dorsey run to take an 8 – 0 lead early in the first half . Frank Savage then scored Alabama ' s first touchdown on a 10 - yard run and William B . Bankhead converted a successful extra point to cut the Auburn lead to 8 – 6 . After Auburn scored a third touchdown to go up 14 – 6 , Alabama responded with a 20 - yard Dan Smith touchdown run and G . H . Kyser extra point to make the halftime score 14 – 12 in favor of Auburn . In the second half , Auburn scored first again when Dorsey recovered an Alabama fumble and returned it 65 - yards for a touchdown . After a successful extra point the blue and orange extended their lead to 20 – 12 . Alabama responded on their following possession with a 30 - yard William Little touchdown run and Kyser extra point to cut the lead to 20 – 18 . Thomas Daniels then scored Auburn ' s final two touchdowns on runs of one and 25 yards and also converted both extra points to give them a 32 – 18 lead . Smith scored the final points of the game late in the second half for Alabama on a short run to make the final score 32 – 22 . This remains the only football game the Alabama Crimson Tide has ever played in the month of February . Players . The following players were members of the 1892 football team according to the roster published in the 1893 edition of " The Corolla " , the University of Alabama yearbook . Guards Tackles Ends Halfbacks Quarterback Substitutes References . General Specific