Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In the early 1960s, Melford Espey, Jr., then a student, was the first to wear an elephant head costume to portray the Crimson Tide's unofficial mascot. Espey later became a university administrator, and football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant asked him to take responsibility when student groups asked to resurrect the costumed mascot in the late 1970s ...
2003 Alabama Crimson Tide football team; 2003 USA Team Handball College Nationals – Men's Division; 2003–04 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team; 2004 Alabama Crimson Tide football team; 2004–05 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team; 2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team; 2005–06 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team
The following 59 pages use this file: 1950 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team; 1983 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team; 1996 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
The Crimson Tide was unbeaten at home with a perfect 19–0 season, a school record. In 2012 the Crimson Tide was a participant in the NCAA tournament and finished its season with a 21–12 record. Former Dallas Mavericks and New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets coach Avery Johnson became the Alabama Head Coach on April 5, 2015.
Crimson Joe – mascot of the Calumet College of St. Joseph Crimson Wave; Cubby – secondary mascot of the Brown Bears, geared towards younger fans; Cy the Cardinal – mascot of the Iowa State Cyclones; Curtiss the Warhawk – mascot of the Auburn Montgomery Warhawks; Cutlass T. Crusader/Cuttie – lion mascot of the Clarke Pride
Alabama first gained national recognition for football in 1922 when it defeated the University of Pennsylvania 9-7 in Philadelphia. The following season Wallace Wade became head coach and in 1925 led the Crimson Tide to its first undefeated and untied season and its first trip to Pasadena, California, with a Rose Bowl invitation.
The two teams first met in the 1973 Sugar Bowl, with the Irish defeating the Crimson Tide, 24–23. Following the game, Notre Dame was voted national champions by the Associated Press while Alabama had been declared the champion by UPI in a poll taken prior to this Sugar Bowl contest, the last time the final U.P.I./Coaches poll was announced ...
Alabama has had 28 head coaches since organized football began in 1892. Adopting the nickname "Crimson Tide" after the 1907 season, 12 coaches have led the Crimson Tide in postseason bowl games: Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Harold D. "Red" Drew, Bear Bryant, Ray Perkins, Bill Curry, Gene Stallings, Mike DuBose, Dennis Franchione, Mike Shula, Joe Kines, and Nick Saban. [7]