|
OPEN DAILY
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
5/19/1988
John Forney, who served on the Alabama broadcast team from 1953-82, is returning as the play-by-play commentator for the 1988 season, it is announced today at the football complex by Crimson Tide athletic director Steve Sloan. |
| |
|
| |
|
|
| |
Coach: Paul "Bear" Bryant (Alabama) Record: 12-0
|
|
| |
| |
|
| |
click game date for
details
|
|
| |
September 8, 1979 |
Georgia Tech |
30-6 |
|
| |
September 22, 1979 |
Baylor |
45-0 |
|
| |
September 29, 1979 |
Vanderbilt |
66-3 |
|
| |
October 6, 1979 |
Wichita State |
38-0 |
|
| |
October 13, 1979 |
Florida |
40-0 |
|
| |
October 20, 1979 |
Tennessee |
27-17 |
|
| |
October 27, 1979 |
Virginia Tech |
31-7 |
|
| |
November 3, 1979 |
Mississippi State |
24-7 |
|
| |
November 10, 1979 |
LSU |
3-0 |
|
| |
November 17, 1979 |
Miami |
30-0 |
|
| |
December 1, 1979 |
Auburn |
25-18 |
|
| |
1980 Sugar Bowl |
Arkansas |
24-9 |
|
|
|
| |
Captain(s): Steve Whitman and Don McNeal
|
|
| |
Actually, Alabama concluded the most dominating decade in college football history on the first day of 1980 when the 79 squad clinched a perfect 12-0 season and national championship with a 24-9 win over Arkansas. For the 1970s, Alabama compiled an incredible 103-16-1 record. Considering five of those losses came in 1970 makes the final nine year stretch of 97-11-0 even more imposing.
Alabama's national title team so dominated its opponents that the Tide allowed but 67 points for the entire season and shut out five opponents. At the conclusion of the year, Alabama, for the first time in its history, was a unanimous National Champion.
Guard Jim Bunch, center Dwight Stephenson and cornerback Don McNeal earned All-American honors; halfback Major Ogilvie was MVP of the Sugar Bowl roasting of the Razorbacks; and seniors Steve Whitman and McNeal served as team captains.
The only two scares of the season came in SEC battles with Tennessee and Auburn, both in Legion Field. Overcoming a 17-0 Volunteer lead is listed high among the fabled corn-backs by Paul Bryant teams. Backup quarterback Don Jacobs got the Tide rolling and in dramatic flair Bama erased the deficit and coasted to a 27-17 win.
Turnover woes contributed to Alabama's miseries vs. Auburn in 79 and despite dominating the game statistically, the Tide precariously trailed its heated rivals 18-17 midway in the fourth quarter. Precision wishbone quarterback Steadman Shealy expertly marched the Tide to a winning score in a 25-18 thriller which clinched a league title and set up an opportunity for a national title game vs. the Hogs. |
|
| |
Notes: For the first time ever an Alabama was aired live from Tuscaloosa. Besides the Miami game in Tuscaloosa, the Georgia Tech contest in Atlanta was also aired. Fledging-new TV station ESPN televised the Tide's games with Tennessee and LSU on a replay basis. |
|
DIRECTIONS | ADMISSION | UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GAMEDAY |
Visit
the
Museum Shop
Books
Crimson
Classics
Houndstooth
Collection
|
