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The origins of 'Roll Tide' are unclear. From 1892 to 1906, commentators popularized the 'Thin Red Line' nickname for the university team, later replaced by 'Crimson Tide'. [ 5 ] The university fight song originally contained the line "Roll to vic-try", later replaced with the phrase roll tide.
The last words of the song, "Roll Tide!", have become the standard cheer, greeting, and farewell among Alabama fans. [10] The fight song, as played today, has been shortened to begin with the words "Yea Alabama"; [8] however, the original version had a verse that went at the beginning. The original version did not have "Roll Tide, Roll Tide!"
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]
The team has also made 65 bowl appearances throughout its history (an NCAA record), beginning with the 1926 Rose Bowl. Alabama's most recent bowl appearance was a loss to the eventual National Champion, University of Michigan, 20-27 at the 2024 Rose Bowl. Alabama is scheduled to play Michigan again on December 31, 2024.
In the Iron Bowl, Alabama played Auburn in the first overtime game in the rivalry's history, winning 24–22 in four overtimes. [248] The Tide finished the regular season 11–1. [249] In the SEC Championship, Alabama took on #1 Georgia winning 41–24. [250] The victory marked Saban's eighth SEC title with Alabama, and the Tide's 29th SEC ...
On October 8, 1930, a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal, Everett Strupper, wrote about the previous weekend's Alabama-Ole Miss football game.He wrote, "That Alabama team of 1930 is a typical [Coach Wallace] Wade machine, powerful, big, tough, fast, aggressive, well-schooled in fundamentals, and the best blocking team for this early in the season that I have ever seen.
The series is tied in Montgomery (2–2). Alabama leads the series since it was resumed in the modern era in 1948 (47–30). For the first time in the series history, five consecutive Iron Bowl winners went to the BCS National Championship Game: Alabama in 2009, [56] Auburn in 2010, [57] and Alabama again in 2011 [58] and 2012.
This is a list of every Alabama Crimson Tide football team quarterback and the years they participated on the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Alabama quarterbacks have played prominent roles in American society off the gridiron as well.