1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football
National champion (QPRS, Billingsley, CFRA, Poling)
Co-national champion (Helms, NCF)
SoCon champion
Rose Bowl, T 7–7 vs. Stanford
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record9–0–1 (8–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainBruce Jones
Home stadiumDenny Field
Rickwood Field
Cramton Bowl
Uniform
1926 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Alabama $ 8 0 09 0 1
Tennessee 5 1 08 1 0
Vanderbilt 4 1 08 1 0
South Carolina 4 2 06 4 0
Georgia 4 2 05 4 0
Virginia 4 2 16 2 2
VPI 3 2 15 3 1
Washington and Lee 3 2 14 3 2
Georgia Tech 4 3 04 5 0
North Carolina 3 3 04 5 0
Auburn 3 3 05 4 0
LSU 3 3 06 3 0
Ole Miss 2 2 05 4 0
Mississippi A&M 2 3 05 4 0
VMI 2 4 05 5 0
Tulane 2 4 03 5 1
Maryland 1 3 15 4 1
Clemson 1 3 02 7 0
Florida 1 4 12 6 2
Kentucky 1 4 12 6 1
NC State 0 4 04 6 0
Sewanee 0 5 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1926 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 33rd overall and 5th season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The team was led by head coach Wallace Wade, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Denny Field in Tuscaloosa, at Rickwood Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of nine wins, zero losses and one tie (9–0–1 overall, 8–0 in the SoCon), as Southern Conference champions. They tied undefeated Stanford in the Rose Bowl. The 1926 Alabama team was retroactively named as the 1926 national champion by Berryman QPRS, Billingsley Report, College Football Researchers Association, and Poling System, and as a co-national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and National Championship Foundation. The team was ranked No. 9 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.