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The Alabama–Mississippi State football rivalry, also known as the 90 Mile Drive [3] [4] or the Battle for Highway 82, [5] [6] is an American college football rivalry between the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the University of Alabama and Mississippi State Bulldogs football team of Mississippi State University.
The Alabama–Georgia football rivalry is a college football rivalry [2] [3] game between the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama and the Bulldogs of the University of Georgia. The two bordering state schools were charter members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 1933 and played every season from 1944 to 1965.
In 2014, the #16 Tigers met the #5 Crimson Tide at Tiger Stadium on November 8, 2014. Alabama clawed to a 10–7 lead in a defensive battle, but LSU tied at 10 entering the 4th quarter. With 50 seconds left and following a Yeldon fumble in which he was injured, LSU kicker Colby Delahoussaye kicked a 39-yard field goal for a 13–10 lead.
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 Tigers (22-2, 10-1) enter atop the AP Top 25 and the Crimson Tide (21-3, 10-1) pace the coaches poll, a scenario that would have read like sci-fi fantasy as recently as a decade ago.
Despite the heated in-state rivalry with Auburn, former Alabama head coach Bear Bryant was more adamant about defeating his rivals to the north, the Tennessee Vols. The series is named the Third Saturday in October, the date on which the game was historically played. Despite the name, the game was played on the third Saturday just five times ...
The Crimson Tide were ranked at No. 4 compared to the Mustangs being at No. 13. Here's what CFP selection committee chair Warde Manuel said on Sunday on why the Mustangs won out the final seeding ...
The Alabama–Auburn football rivalry, better known as the Iron Bowl, [2] is an American college football rivalry game between the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn University Tigers, both charter members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and both teams are located in the state of Alabama.