1949 Alabama
6–3–1 (4–3–1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Red Drew. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Duquesne 48–8Oct 7
By 40 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs Tulane | L 14–28 | 51% |
| Oct 1 | at Vanderbilt | L 7–14 | 31% |
| Oct 7 | vs Duquesne | W 48–8 | 73% |
| Oct 15 | at Tennessee | T 7–7 | 40% |
| Oct 22 | vs Mississippi State | W 35–6 | 66% |
| Oct 29 | at Georgia | W 14–7 | 36% |
| Nov 12 | vs Georgia Tech | W 20–7 | 50% |
| Nov 19 | vs Southern Miss | W 34–26 | 96% |
| Nov 26 | at Florida | W 35–13 | 63% |
| Dec 3 | vs Auburn | L 13–14 | 81% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Auburn 14–13; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
- Record
- 6–3–1
- Conference
- 4–3–1 6th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 227–130
- Coach
- Red Drew
- Elo
- 1613 +68 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.6 No. 26 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Doug Lockridge
All-SEC
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Ed HoldnakOGAP-1; UP-1
Second team
- Ed SalemRBUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulane | 5–1 | 7–2–1 | |
 Kentucky | 4–1 | 9–3 | 11 |
| Tennessee | 4–1–1 | 7–2–1 | 17 |
| Georgia Tech | 5–2 | 7–3 | |
 LSU | 4–2 | 8–3 | 9 |
| Alabama | 4–3–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Vanderbilt | 4–4 | 5–5 | |
| Auburn | 2–4–2 | 2–4–3 | |
 Ole Miss | 2–4 | 4–5–1 | |
| Florida | 1–4–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Georgia | 1–4–1 | 4–6–1 | |
| Mississippi State | 0–6 | 0–8–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.