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In 2013, Alabama finished the regular season 11–1, tied for first in the SEC West Division, but did not go to the SEC Championship Game due to a loss to Auburn, the famous "Kick Six" game. [ 104 ] [ 142 ] A loss to Oklahoma in the 2014 Sugar Bowl brought Alabama's final 2013 record to 11–2.
This game is viewed by many football historians as the single most important event for Southern football, and is hailed "the football game that changed the South." Alabama was the first Southern football team to be invited to play in the Rose Bowl and proved Southern teams could compete with those from the East, the Midwest and the West coast.
Jun 10, 2016 · Football's Origin at Alabama. 1893 Football Team "Mr. W.G. Little, of Livingston, Ala., was the first man to introduce football at the University. Mr. Little had been a student at Andover, Mass., and went to the University (of Alabama) carrying his uniform and a great bag of enthusiasm for the game in 1892. A number of students joined in with ...
Sep 3, 2024 · The University of Alabama (UA) fielded its first football team in 1892, winning over a team picked from various Birmingham schools and designating itself as Birmingham High School, 56-0. Since that inauspicious beginning, the Crimson Tide has amassed an impressive record of victories, becoming one of college football's most storied programs. Alabama claims 18 national […]
The name "Crimson Tide" is supposed to have first been used by Hugh Roberts, former sports editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald. He used "Crimson Tide" in describing an Alabama-Auburn game played in Birmingham in 1907, the last football contest between the two schools until 1948 when the series was resumed. The game was played in a sea of mud ...
Jan 1, 2015 · Alabama's 20-19 victory over Washington in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1926 brought the first national championship to Tuscaloosa, in the Crimson Tide's first bowl game ever. Many historians have ...
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Feb 27, 2024 · Many believe Alabama's decision to desegregate was the result of a game the Crimson Tide played in Birmingham, AL, against USC on Sept. 12, 1970.. Many teams from the north did not want to play ...