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1934 Alabama

10–⁠0 (7–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Frank Thomas.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1934, game by game: won vs. Samford 24–0; won vs. Sewanee 35–6; won vs. Mississippi State 41–0; won vs. Tennessee 13–6; won vs. Georgia 26–6; won at Kentucky 34–14; won vs. Clemson 40–0; won at Georgia Tech 40–0; won vs. Vanderbilt 34–0; won vs. Stanford 29–13+41Won 24–0 vs. Samford+24SamfordWon 35–6 vs. Sewanee+29SewaneeWon 41–0 vs. Mississippi State+41Mississippi Sta…Won 13–6 vs. Tennessee+7TennesseeWon 26–6 vs. Georgia+20GeorgiaWon 34–14 at Kentucky+20KentuckyWon 40–0 vs. Clemson+40ClemsonWon 40–0 at Georgia Tech+40Georgia TechWon 34–0 vs. Vanderbilt+34VanderbiltWon 29–13 vs. Stanford+16Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsSamfordW 24–⁠097%
Oct 5vsSewaneeW 35–⁠687%
Oct 13vsMississippi StateW 41–⁠087%
Oct 20vsTennesseeW 13–⁠657%
Oct 27vsGeorgiaW 26–⁠673%
Nov 3atKentuckyW 34–⁠1471%
Nov 10vsClemsonW 40–⁠085%
Nov 17atGeorgia TechW 40–⁠081%
Nov 29vsVanderbiltW 34–⁠079%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsStanfordRose BowlW 29–⁠1358%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 29–⁠13 in the Rose Bowl; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Photographs from 1934

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1934.

National championsa title the school claims

Southeastern Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Tulane

3 consensus All-AmericansDon Hutson, E; Bill Lee, OT; Dixie Howell, RB

Record
10–⁠0
Conference
7–⁠0 shared first in Southeastern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
316–⁠45
Coach
Frank Thomas
Elo
1768 +127 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
27.1 No. 2 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Lee

All-SEC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tulane8–⁠010–⁠1
Alabama7–⁠010–⁠0
Tennessee5–⁠18–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠3
Vanderbilt4–⁠36–⁠3
Florida2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky1–⁠35–⁠5
Auburn1–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠54–⁠6
Sewanee0–⁠42–⁠7
Georgia Tech0–⁠61–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.