▁saw ▁two ▁All - S ou ther ns ▁for ▁Alabama ▁in ▁A ux ford ▁Bur ks ▁and ▁T . ▁S . ▁Sim s . ▁" The ▁over work ed ▁Bur ks , ▁who ▁appeared ▁to ▁bear ▁the ▁entire ▁br unt ▁of ▁Alabama ' s ▁off ense ," ▁col lapsed ▁on ▁the ▁field ▁during ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁a ▁ 1 2 – 5 ▁loss ▁to ▁Georgia ▁Te ch . ▁Bur ks ▁scored ▁in ▁the ▁ 3 0 – 0 ▁victory ▁over ▁A ub urn ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁the ▁largest ▁crowd ▁ever ▁to ▁see ▁a ▁game ▁in ▁B irmingham ▁( 4 , 0 0 0 ). ▁He ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁school ' s ▁" first ▁running ▁back ▁hero ." ▁ ▁Alabama ▁was ▁co ached ▁by ▁Pol l ard ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 0 9 . ▁The ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁team ▁won ▁all ▁its ▁games ▁but ▁one ; ▁the ▁loss ▁was ▁the ▁program ' s ▁most ▁l ops ided ▁ever , ▁a ▁ 7 8 – 0 ▁victory ▁by ▁V ander b ilt . ▁ ▁Bur ks ▁scored ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁points ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁Iron ▁Bowl . ▁A ub urn ▁cont ended ▁Alabama ▁player ▁Sim s ▁was ▁an ▁illegal ▁player . ▁The ▁Southern ▁Inter col leg iate ▁Athlet ic ▁Association ▁( SI AA ) ▁denied ▁the ▁claim . ▁Following ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁season , ▁the ▁team ▁adopted ▁the ▁" C rim son ▁T ide " ▁nick