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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.
The win secured Saban his third BCS Championship, his second with Alabama, and the 14th National Championship for the Alabama football team. [212] [213] He is the only coach in college football to win three BCS Championships and the first coach since Nebraska's Tom Osborne to win three National Championships. [214]
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 ]
One of seven children, Moore was born December 19, 1939, in Dozier, Alabama, the son of Dempsey Clark Moore (1895–1970) and Fannie Bozeman Moore (1905–2000).As a scholarship player from 1958 to 1962, Moore played as a career backup quarterback for legendary coach Bear Bryant, behind Pat Trammell and subsequently Joe Namath. [5]
Hurts was the first freshman to start at QB for Nick Saban. He led Alabama to the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship game, which Alabama lost to Clemson, 35–31. In the 2017 season, he led Alabama to the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, where he was replaced during the game by Tua Tagovailoa. Blake Barnett ...
Saban won his fourth national championship at Alabama in 2015 and his fifth at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2017. In 2018, the team experienced many highs and lows, losing the National Championship Game to No.2 Clemson. Saban won his sixth national championship at Alabama and seventh of his career in 2020 by defeating Ohio State 52–24.