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National Championship #6
1961
Coach- Paul W. "Bear" Bryant

Alabama completed the regular season 10-0-0, winning the Southeastern Conference championship. Led by quarterback Pat Trammell, linebacker Lee Roy Jordan and two-way lineman Billy Neighbors, Alabama outscored their opponents 297-25. Alabama was then invited to play the #9-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks in the January 1, 1962 Sugar Bowl. Coach Bryant's team defeated the Razorbacks 10-3 to finish the season 11-0-0. The outstanding player of the game was Mike Fracchia. The only organization not recognizing the undefeated Sugar Bowl champions as national champion was the Football Writers Association.
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23at GeorgiaNo. 3W 32–644,000
September 30TulaneNo. 4W 9–033,000
October 7at VanderbiltNo. 4W 35–632,500
October 14NC State*No. 3W 26–730,000
October 21TennesseeNo. 5ABCW 34–348,000
October 28at Houston*No. 4W 17–024,000
November 4Mississippi State
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No. 4
  • Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)
W 24–039,000
November 11Richmond*No. 2
  • Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 66–028,000
November 18Georgia TechNo. 2
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
W 10–053,000
December 2vs. AuburnNo. 1W 34–054,000
January 1, 1962vs. No. 9 Arkansas*No. 1NBCW 10–382,910

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National Championship #7
1964
Coach- Paul W. "Bear" Bryant

Alabama completed the regular season 10-0-0, winning the Southeastern Conference championship. Alabama was led by quarterback Joe Namath. Alabama was then invited to play the Texas Longhorns in the January 1, 1965 Orange Bowl. Coach Bryant's team lost to the Longhorns 21-17 to finish the season 10-1-0. The outstanding player of the game was Joe Namath. Organizations crediting Alabama with the championship included the Associated Press, United Press International, and Litkenhous. Because of the controversy, the AP decided to wait until after the bowl games to select their champion in the 1965 season. Arkansas and Notre Dame were also credited with the championship that year, although Notre Dame does include it as one of their 11 claimed championships.
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 19GeorgiaNo. 6W 31–342,525
September 26TulaneNo. 6W 36–630,011
October 3VanderbiltNo. 4W 24–047,325
October 10NC State*No. 3
  • Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 21–037,827
October 17at TennesseeNo. 3W 19–848,627
October 24No. 9 Florida
dagger
No. 3
  • Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)
W 17–1443,200
October 31at Mississippi StateNo. 3W 23–644,350
November 7No. 8 LSUNo. 3
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
NBCW 17–967,749
November 14at No. 10 Georgia Tech*No. 2W 24–753,505
November 26vs. AuburnNo. 2NBCW 21–1467,436
January 1, 1965vs. No. 5 Texas*No. 1NBCL 17–2172,647
  • *Non-conference game
  • dagger
    Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Kirk Van de Graaff said:
National Championship #7
1964
Coach- Paul W. "Bear" Bryant

Alabama completed the regular season 10-0-0, winning the Southeastern Conference championship. Alabama was led by quarterback Joe Namath. Alabama was then invited to play the Texas Longhorns in the January 1, 1965 Orange Bowl. Coach Bryant's team lost to the Longhorns 21-17 to finish the season 10-1-0. The outstanding player of the game was Joe Namath. Organizations crediting Alabama with the championship included the Associated Press, United Press International, and Litkenhous. Because of the controversy, the AP decided to wait until after the bowl games to select their champion in the 1965 season. Arkansas and Notre Dame were also credited with the championship that year, although Notre Dame does include it as one of their 11 claimed championships.
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 19GeorgiaNo. 6W 31–342,525
September 26TulaneNo. 6W 36–630,011
October 3VanderbiltNo. 4W 24–047,325
October 10NC State*No. 3
  • Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 21–037,827
October 17at TennesseeNo. 3W 19–848,627
October 24No. 9 Florida
dagger
No. 3
  • Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)
W 17–1443,200
October 31at Mississippi StateNo. 3W 23–644,350
November 7No. 8 LSUNo. 3
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
NBCW 17–967,749
November 14at No. 10 Georgia Tech*No. 2W 24–753,505
November 26vs. AuburnNo. 2NBCW 21–1467,436
January 1, 1965vs. No. 5 Texas*No. 1NBCL 17–2172,647
  • *Non-conference game
  • dagger
    Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Great defense except those last two games :).
 
National Championship #8
1965
Coach- Paul W. "Bear" Bryant
Alabama completed the regular season 8-1-1, winning the Southeastern Conference championship. The Tide lost to Georgia and tied Tennessee during the regular season. Alabama was then invited to play Nebraska in the January 1, 1966 Orange Bowl. Coach Bryant's team defeated the Cornhuskers 39-28 to finish the season 9-1-1. The outstanding player of the game was Steve Sloan. The Associated Press and Football Writers gave Alabama the 1965 championship.

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 18at GeorgiaNo. 5NBCL 17–1842,500
September 25TulaneW 27–033,321
October 2Ole MissW 17–1665,677
October 9at VanderbiltW 22–729,268
October 16TennesseeT 7–765,680
October 23Florida State*
dagger
W 21–043,066
October 30at Mississippi StateNo. 10W 10–745,876
November 6at LSUNo. 5NBCW 31–758,953
November 13South Carolina*No. 5
  • Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 35–1438,776
November 27vs. AuburnNo. 5W 30–366,333
January 1, 1966vs. No. 3 Nebraska*No. 4NBCW 39–2872,214
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December 18, 1971: Paul W. “Bear” Bryant announces running back Johnny Musso and defensive end Robin Parkhouse were selected as permanent team captains. The Football News also announced that Bryant had been chosen as its national Coach of the Year, with Musso the publication's Player of the Year.

December 18, 1971: Terry and Nick Saban were married.
 
Kirk Van de Graaff said:
December 18, 1971: Paul W. “Bear” Bryant announces running back Johnny Musso and defensive end Robin Parkhouse were selected as permanent team captains. The Football News also announced that Bryant had been chosen as its national Coach of the Year, with Musso the publication's Player of the Year.

December 18, 1971: Terry and Nick Saban were married.
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Johnny Musso was my first Bama player hero. I was 7 years old and started to understand the game and Musso was the man at that time,
 
AFF said:
During our backyard pickup games, I remember we'd cut off the bottom half of our #22 Bama jerseys to emulate the tear-away look of "The Eye-talian Stallion"
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Twist of Irony...... Carl Weathers and Musso played football together in the CFL, here is a quote from the two.
Musso joined the BC Lions
and met Carl Weathers, an undersized BC linebacker. When Rocky
appeared in theaters in 1976--with Weathers starring alongside
Sylvester Stallone--the handle was no longer Musso's
exclusively. "Carl liked to tease me about my nickname, and I
kidded him, too," Musso says. "He was a great actor back then,
especially when he played linebacker."
 
Kirk Van de Graaff said:
Twist of Irony...... Carl Weathers and Musso played football together in the CFL, here is a quote from the two.
Musso joined the BC Lions
and met Carl Weathers, an undersized BC linebacker. When Rocky
appeared in theaters in 1976--with Weathers starring alongside
Sylvester Stallone--the handle was no longer Musso's
exclusively. "Carl liked to tease me about my nickname, and I
kidded him, too," Musso says. "He was a great actor back then,
especially when he played linebacker."
Click to expand...
A few years back I saw Weathers doing and interview about Sly's nick name. He said, That he told Sly about a guy he played football in the CFL.
 
AFF said:
During our backyard pickup games, I remember we'd cut off the bottom half of our #22 Bama jerseys to emulate the tear-away look of "The Eye-talian Stallion"
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When I played high school ball in the late 70's/early 80's we had those tear away jerseys. I channelled my best Johnny Musso impersonation just w/o talent :). I was also at a different position - Slot Back/Flanker and Strong Safety on D. Small school had to play both ways and special teams.
 
National Championship #9
1973
Coach- Paul W. "Bear" Bryant

Alabama completed the regular season 11-0-0, winning the Southeastern Conference championship. Alabama was then invited to play Notre Dame in the December 31, 1973 Sugar Bowl. Coach Bryant's team lost to the Fighting Irish 24-23 to finish the season 11-1-0. The 1973 Alabama football team was selected national champions by the Coaches Poll as at the time the final poll was announced prior to the bowl games. Because of the controversy after the bowl loss, the Coaches Poll began selecting their champion after the bowl.

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 15California*No. 6W 66–071,119
September 22at KentuckyNo. 4W 28–1453,209
September 29at VanderbiltNo. 5W 44–034,500
October 6GeorgiaNo. 3W 28–1457,790
October 13at FloridaNo. 3W 35–1464,864
October 20No. 10 TennesseeNo. 2ABCW 42–2172,226
October 27Virginia Tech*No. 2
  • Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 77–657,009
November 3at Mississippi StateNo. 2W 35–046,000
November 17Miami (FL)*
dagger
No. 2
  • Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 43–1358,404
November 22at No. 7 LSUNo. 2ABCW 21–767,748
December 1vs. AuburnNo. 1ABCW 35–069,418
December 31vs. No. 3 Notre Dame*No. 1ABCL 23–2485,161

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National Championship #10
1978
Coach- Paul W. "Bear" Bryant

Alabama completed the regular season 10-1-0, winning the Southeastern Conference championship. The Tide defeated #10-ranked Nebraska 20-3, and defeated #11-ranked Missouri 38-20, and lost to Southern Cal during the regular season. Alabama was then invited to play #1-ranked Penn State in the January 1, 1979 Sugar Bowl. Coach Bryant's team defeated the Nittany Lions 14-7 to finish the season 11-1-0. The outstanding player of the game was linebacker Barry Krauss.
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 2No. 10 Nebraska*No. 1ABCW 20–377,023
September 16at No. 11 Missouri*No. 1W 38–2073,655
September 23No. 7 USC*No. 1
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
ABCL 14–2477,313
September 30VanderbiltNo. 7W 51-2856,910
October 7at Washington*No. 8W 20–1760,975
October 14FloridaNo. 7
  • Bryant-Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)
W 23-1260,210
October 21at TennesseeNo. 4W 30–1785,436
October 28Virginia Tech*
dagger
No. 3
  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
W 35–060,210
November 4Mississippi StateNo. 3
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
W 35–1474,217
November 11No. 10 LSUNo. 3
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
ABCW 31–1076,831
December 2vs. AuburnNo. 2W 34–1679,218
January 1, 1979vs. No. 1 Penn State*No. 2ABCW 14–776,824
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