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1892 Team Photo

Denny Stadium in
Tuscaloosa

circa 1929

Municipal Stadium- Birmingham
(Legion Field)

circa 1920

HUBERT, A. T. S. "Pooley" (FB)
Meridian, MS
1922-23-24-25
"Pooley" Hubert- One of the first Bama stars!

Coach Wallace Wade
1923-1930
W/L/T: 61/13/3
Pct: 0.812
Bowls: 3/ 2-0-1

Coach Wade had 3 undefeated teams and is credited for 3 National Championships
1925-1926-1930

Bryant would later recall: "Wallace Wade was the Greatest Coach I ever knew."

He was Paul Bryant's "Bear"!

BROWN, Johnny Mack (HB)
Dothan, AL
1923-24-25

Earned the nickname The Dothan Antelope by galloping his way into the history books. Johnny Mack was Alabama's first premier tailback!

1931 Rose Bowl
Alabama 24
Washington St. 0
This was the final game for Coach Wade, Alabama ended its season 10-0 and won another National Championship.

HUTSON, Don (E)
Pine Bluff, AR
1932-33-34

One of the greatest receivers in history.

Charlie Boswell
Jan. 1, 1938
Rose Bowl
SEC Champs, Alabama lost to California 13-0

MANCHA, Vaughn (C)
Birmingham, AL
1944-45-46-47

BRYANT, Paul W. "Bear" (E)
Fordyce, AR
1933-34-35

Playing opposite Hudson...

One of the Greatest Coaches in History!

Coach Frank Thomas Staff
Including a young assistant, Bryant.

Frank Thomas
1931-1946
W/L/T: 115/24/7
Pct:0.812
Bowls: 6/ 4-2-0
National Championships
1934-1941

ALABAMA 10
ARKANSAS 3
1962 Sugar Bowl

1961 National Championship had been won by Alabama. The Sugar Bowl win over Arkansas just made it sweeter!

TRAMMELL, Pat (QB)
Scottsboro, AL
1959-60-61

"The best player I ever coached"- Paul Bryant

The win over Arkansas capped a season in which the Bama defense gave up only 23 points all year. The most any opponent scored was 7.

JORDAN, Lee Roy (LB)
Excel, AL
1960-61-62
Much of the Tide defensive effort was the talent of this future Dallas Cowboy great.

.Coach Bryant completes his 4th year at Alabama, and goes undefeated

Paul "Bear" Bryant
1958-1982
W/L/T: 232/46/9
Pct: 0.824
Bowls: 24/ 12-10-2

1963 Orange Bowl
ALABAMA 17
OKLAHOMA 0

In 1962, Bryant and Namath held every opponent to single digits while scoring double digits on all but one. A 7-6 loss to Georgia Tech would be enough to keep Alabama from repeating as National Champions.

ALABAMA 12
OLE MISS 7

1964 Sugar Bowl

Alabama had losses to Florida and Auburn, and was not in the National Championship picture for 1963, but the three seasons to follow would yield 2 National Championships and what many feel should have been a third.

SLOAN, Steve (QB)
Cleveland, TN
1963-64-65

ALABAMA 17
TEXAS 21

1965 Orange Bowl

NAMATH, Joe Willie (QB)
Beaver Falls, PA
1962-63-64

Despite the loss to Texas, Alabama had been voted the National Champions. The 1963 debacle had been avenged.

ALABAMA 34
NEBRASKA 7

1967 Sugar Bowl

PERKINS, Ray (E)
Petal, MS
1964-65-66

STABLER, Ken "Snake" (QB)
Foley, AL
1965-66-67

Stabler looking for Perkins in the endzone.

MUSSO, Johnny (HB)
Birmingham, AL
1969-70-71

HUNTER, Scott (QB)
Prichard, AL
1968-69-70

Notre Dame was one of a few teams able to win over Bryant coached teams. The Irish denied Alabama more than its share of title shots.

HANNAH, John (OG)
Albertville, AL
1970-71-72

TODD, Richard (QB)
Mobile, AL
1973-74-75

1974 Iron Bowl
ALABAMA 17
AUBURN 13
Bryant is carried off the field after the first of eight wins in a row over his cross-state rivals. Alabama dominated Auburn through the 70's, 8-2 for the decade.

ALABAMA 35
OHIO STATE 6
1978 Sugar Bowl

It was the meeting of two "legends" in college football. Woody Hayes would soon find out which one was the greatest.

1978 Sugar Bowl MVP
RUTLEDGE, Jeffery R. (QB)
Birmingham, AL
1975-76-77-78

"Touchdown" Tony Nathan
1978 Sugar Bowl

NATHAN, Tony (HB)
Birmingham, AL
1975-76-77-78

SHEALY, Steadman (QB)
Dothan, AL
1977-78-79

ALABAMA 20
NEBRASKA 3

Jeff Rutledge scrambles for the endzone on the option in the season opener. The Tide would cap the season with a Sugar Bowl win over Penn State 14-7.

ALABAMA 31
LSU 10

Bama moves toward another National Championship with a conference clinching win over LSU.

1979 Sugar Bowl
ALABAMA 14
PENN STATE 7

Another famous "Goal Line Stand" by the Bama defense, and another National title

Coach Bryant takes a drag off a Chesterfield as a young Coach Paterno speaks with the press.

Coach Bryant was 4-0 Against Paterno. A strange irony for the man who would one day break his record.

ALABAMA 24
ARKANSAS 9
1980 Sugar Bowl

OGILVIE, Morgan Oslin "Major" (RB)
Birmingham, AL
1977-78-79-80

Bama goes 12-0 and becomes the undesputed National Champions.

ALABAMA 31
PENN STATE 16

An opening loss to Georgia Tech and a tie with Southern Miss was enough to dampen the 1981 season, but the Tide rolled up an impressive win at College Station.

ALABAMA 21
ILLINOIS 15
1982 Liberty Bowl

Coach Bryants final game was a cold an surreal game in Memphis. Bryant passed away only a few weeks later.