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Since the team's founding in 1892, Alabama has played in over 1,100 sanctioned football games. 50-yard line action during the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. The Alabama Crimson Tide college football team compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Alabama in the Western Division of the ...
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]
Below is a list of the national champions of college football since 1869 chosen by NCAA-designated "major selectors" listed in the official Football Bowl Subdivision Records publication. [8] Many teams did not have coaches as late as 1899.
In January 2013, Alabama defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 42–14 for its 15th national championship. [7] In January 2016, Alabama defeated the Clemson Tigers 45–40 to claim its 16th national championship. On January 8, 2018, Alabama defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 26–23 to take the team's 17th national championship. [8]
During their tenures, Wade, Thomas, Bryant, Stallings, and Saban each won national championships with the Crimson Tide. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Bryant is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 232 victories during his 25 years with the program. [ 9 ]
On January 7, 2010, Alabama beat Texas 37–21 in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, finishing the season 14–0 and winning Alabama its 13th national championship. [140] Saban joined Pop Warner as the only coaches to win National Championships at two different FBS schools.
In their latest bowl appearance, Alabama defeated Ohio State in the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship. [27] The win brings Alabama's overall bowl record to 44 wins, 26 losses, and 3 ties, placing the Crimson Tide in first place among all FBS schools for both bowl appearances and victories.
The list of Southeastern Conference national championships begins in 1933, the first year of competition for the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and includes 214 team national championships sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and four additional national championships sanctioned by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), won by current ...