The weirdest all-time opponent for every CFB Playoff team

[J4Bama]

 

[cbi1972]

This is amazing, thank you.

 

[BamaMoon]

I didn't see API being the weird opponent for some major school???

 

[Krymsonman]

So, we played the 2nd Ambulance Company of Ohio. Did they become Ohio State?

 

[Chastide]

Per the dreaded AI:

The "2nd Ambulance Company of Ohio" refers to a WWI-era military team, largely composed of former Ohio State football players, who played a notable (and obscure) game against Alabama in 1917 at a training camp, not necessarily Ohio Stadium, showcasing early college football's connection to military units during the war.

 

[Chastide]

As a follow-up to J4Bama's cool thread, I also came across this 2017 article which adds a bit.

The 19 obscure football teams that once played Alabama

Digging deep into the record book for Alabama opponents of a different time.

www.al.com

 

[Krymsonman]

Per the dreaded AI:

The "2nd Ambulance Company of Ohio" refers to a WWI-era military team, largely composed of former Ohio State football players, who played a notable (and obscure) game against Alabama in 1917 at a training camp, not necessarily Ohio Stadium, showcasing early college football's connection to military units during the war.

Thanks. The graphic said the game was in 1904 which was several years before WW1. 1917 makes much more sense.