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16 National Championships - Best in the nation.
All Time Football Record (864-326-43)--0.718 (Official)
All Time Football Record (893-317-44)--0.730 (Game)
2nd in All-Time wins behind Michigan.
36 Bowl Wins - Best in the nation.
63 Bowl Games - Best in the nation.
25 SEC Championship Titles - Best in the SEC.
4 Southern Conference Championships
29 Total Conference Championships
54 Top 25 Finishes
41 Top 10 Finishes
#1 Finished 10 times (AP-10 CO-9)
96 Winning Seasons
12 Undefeated Seasons
10 Undefeated/Untied Seasons
17 Undefeated Regular Seasons
23 double digit winning streaks. Best in the nation.
19 seasons with a 10-0 start. Best in the nation.
34 Ten Win Seasons - 1st nationally. (Tied with Oklahoma)
18 Eleven Win Seasons - 3rd nationally.
No teams in the SEC have an overall winning record against Alabama.
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Bowls:
The team has played in 63 bowl games, the most of any college team.
(36 wins, 24 losses, and 3 ties)
The Crimson Tide has played in 17 different bowl games, this includes the newly created BCS Bowl Championship game.
Alabama has played in one out of every 10 Cotton Bowl games.
Bama has won more Sugar Bowls than any other team with 13
appearances and 8 wins.
The Tide has played in eight Orange Bowls, won 4.
The Crimson Tide has participated in six Rose Bowls for a record of 4-1-1.
21 Major Bowl Victories & 1 Tie:
'26 Rose - Won
'27 Rose - Tie
'31 Rose - Won
'35 Rose - Won
'42 Cotton - Won
'43 Orange - Won
'46 Rose - Won
'53 Orange - Won
'62 Sugar - Won
'63 Orange - Won
'64 Sugar - Won
'66 Orange - Won
'67 Sugar - Won
'75 Sugar - Won
'78 Sugar - Won
'79 Sugar - Won
'80 Sugar - Won
'81 Cotton - Won
'93 Sugar - Won
2010 BCS - Won - '09 Champions
2012 BCS - Won - '11 Champions
2013 BCS - Won - '12 Champions
2016 CFP - Won - '15 Champions
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Dominating Decades:
School (Decade) Overall Record
ALABAMA (1960s) 90-16-4
ALABAMA (1970s) 103-16-1
Oklahoma (1970s) 102-13-3
Nebraska (1980s) 103-20
BYU (1980s) 102-26
Florida State (1990s) 109-13-1
Nebraska (1990s) 108-16-1
Florida (1990s) 102-22-1
ALABAMA (2007-2015) 105-18-0
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College and Pro Football Hall of Fame:
Alabama has 17 college football hall-of-famers, and 110 players honored a total of 129 times as First Team All-America (57 consensus and 24 unanimous) in its history.
6 first-team AP All Americans honored on the team in 2009 are the most on one team in college football history.
Alabama has 4 College Football Hall of Fame coaches.
There are players and coaches from every single decade from the 1920's forward from Alabama that have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
The Crimson Tide have seven former players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the third highest total among college football programs. The elite list includes Don Hutson (1963), Bart Starr (1977), Joe Namath (1985), John Hannah (1990), Dwight Stephenson (1998), Ozzie Newsome (1999) and most recently Derrick Thomas (2009).
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Alabama's '09 National Championship Season
Alabama became the first team in major college football history to defeat the last three previous national champions in the same season. (24-15 vs '07 champion LSU, 32-13 vs '08 & '06 champion Florida and 37-21 vs '05 champion Texas)
Alabama became the first team in major college football history to defeat two straight opponents with at least a 12-0 record.
(defeated 12-0 Florida in SEC title game and 13-0 Texas in BCS title game)
Alabama placed six players on the Associated Press All-American first team. That's the most ever selected from one team. (previously five by Oklahoma in '87 & '03)
Alabama defeated 10 bowl opponents in 2009 and is the most ever recorded in major college football history.
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Best Defense To Ever Exist:
The Alabama Crimson Tide's 1961 defense allowed a mere 25 points all season, compiling six shutouts, five of them coming consecutively. No defense, in collegiate 1-A football, has fared better on paper than the 1961 Crimson Tide defense led by Leroy Jordan. While the defense held opponents to a combined total of 25 points, the Tide's offense scored 297 points throughout the season.
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Miscellaneous:
Coach Paul Bryant posted a remarkable 72-2 (.973) record in Tuscaloosa, losing only to Florida (1963) and Southern Miss (1982).
During the decade of the '60s Alabama compiled a record of 90-16-5 with eight of those
losses coming in the final two years of the 1960s.
During the decade of the 1970s, 'Bama compiled a 103-16-1 record. Five of
these losses coming in the year 1970, alone.
Overall, from the year 1960 through the year 1979 the Crimson Tide managed a staggering 193-32-5 (0.850) record. During this same time span, the Crimson Tide was 59-1 (0.983) at home.
From 1963-82, Alabama posted an NCAA record 57-game home winning streak. Miami has since beaten this record, with 58 straight home wins, but 3 of their wins came in bowl games at their home stadium. All of 'Bama's wins were during the regular season.
On November 16, 1968, Alabama defeats Miami, 14-6, in a nationally televised night game from the Orange Bowl Stadium. It is the first ever-prime time regular season game televised. ABC had the rights to the game.
On October 3, 1969, Alabama defeats Ole Miss 33-32 on ABC television in the first prime time telecast of an SEC football game.
All Time Football Record (864-326-43)--0.718 (Official)
All Time Football Record (893-317-44)--0.730 (Game)
2nd in All-Time wins behind Michigan.
36 Bowl Wins - Best in the nation.
63 Bowl Games - Best in the nation.
25 SEC Championship Titles - Best in the SEC.
4 Southern Conference Championships
29 Total Conference Championships
54 Top 25 Finishes
41 Top 10 Finishes
#1 Finished 10 times (AP-10 CO-9)
96 Winning Seasons
12 Undefeated Seasons
10 Undefeated/Untied Seasons
17 Undefeated Regular Seasons
23 double digit winning streaks. Best in the nation.
19 seasons with a 10-0 start. Best in the nation.
34 Ten Win Seasons - 1st nationally. (Tied with Oklahoma)
18 Eleven Win Seasons - 3rd nationally.
No teams in the SEC have an overall winning record against Alabama.
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Bowls:
The team has played in 63 bowl games, the most of any college team.
(36 wins, 24 losses, and 3 ties)
The Crimson Tide has played in 17 different bowl games, this includes the newly created BCS Bowl Championship game.
Alabama has played in one out of every 10 Cotton Bowl games.
Bama has won more Sugar Bowls than any other team with 13
appearances and 8 wins.
The Tide has played in eight Orange Bowls, won 4.
The Crimson Tide has participated in six Rose Bowls for a record of 4-1-1.
21 Major Bowl Victories & 1 Tie:
'26 Rose - Won
'27 Rose - Tie
'31 Rose - Won
'35 Rose - Won
'42 Cotton - Won
'43 Orange - Won
'46 Rose - Won
'53 Orange - Won
'62 Sugar - Won
'63 Orange - Won
'64 Sugar - Won
'66 Orange - Won
'67 Sugar - Won
'75 Sugar - Won
'78 Sugar - Won
'79 Sugar - Won
'80 Sugar - Won
'81 Cotton - Won
'93 Sugar - Won
2010 BCS - Won - '09 Champions
2012 BCS - Won - '11 Champions
2013 BCS - Won - '12 Champions
2016 CFP - Won - '15 Champions
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Dominating Decades:
School (Decade) Overall Record
ALABAMA (1960s) 90-16-4
ALABAMA (1970s) 103-16-1
Oklahoma (1970s) 102-13-3
Nebraska (1980s) 103-20
BYU (1980s) 102-26
Florida State (1990s) 109-13-1
Nebraska (1990s) 108-16-1
Florida (1990s) 102-22-1
ALABAMA (2007-2015) 105-18-0
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College and Pro Football Hall of Fame:
Alabama has 17 college football hall-of-famers, and 110 players honored a total of 129 times as First Team All-America (57 consensus and 24 unanimous) in its history.
6 first-team AP All Americans honored on the team in 2009 are the most on one team in college football history.
Alabama has 4 College Football Hall of Fame coaches.
There are players and coaches from every single decade from the 1920's forward from Alabama that have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
The Crimson Tide have seven former players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the third highest total among college football programs. The elite list includes Don Hutson (1963), Bart Starr (1977), Joe Namath (1985), John Hannah (1990), Dwight Stephenson (1998), Ozzie Newsome (1999) and most recently Derrick Thomas (2009).
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Alabama's '09 National Championship Season
Alabama became the first team in major college football history to defeat the last three previous national champions in the same season. (24-15 vs '07 champion LSU, 32-13 vs '08 & '06 champion Florida and 37-21 vs '05 champion Texas)
Alabama became the first team in major college football history to defeat two straight opponents with at least a 12-0 record.
(defeated 12-0 Florida in SEC title game and 13-0 Texas in BCS title game)
Alabama placed six players on the Associated Press All-American first team. That's the most ever selected from one team. (previously five by Oklahoma in '87 & '03)
Alabama defeated 10 bowl opponents in 2009 and is the most ever recorded in major college football history.
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Best Defense To Ever Exist:
The Alabama Crimson Tide's 1961 defense allowed a mere 25 points all season, compiling six shutouts, five of them coming consecutively. No defense, in collegiate 1-A football, has fared better on paper than the 1961 Crimson Tide defense led by Leroy Jordan. While the defense held opponents to a combined total of 25 points, the Tide's offense scored 297 points throughout the season.
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Miscellaneous:
Coach Paul Bryant posted a remarkable 72-2 (.973) record in Tuscaloosa, losing only to Florida (1963) and Southern Miss (1982).
During the decade of the '60s Alabama compiled a record of 90-16-5 with eight of those
losses coming in the final two years of the 1960s.
During the decade of the 1970s, 'Bama compiled a 103-16-1 record. Five of
these losses coming in the year 1970, alone.
Overall, from the year 1960 through the year 1979 the Crimson Tide managed a staggering 193-32-5 (0.850) record. During this same time span, the Crimson Tide was 59-1 (0.983) at home.
From 1963-82, Alabama posted an NCAA record 57-game home winning streak. Miami has since beaten this record, with 58 straight home wins, but 3 of their wins came in bowl games at their home stadium. All of 'Bama's wins were during the regular season.
On November 16, 1968, Alabama defeats Miami, 14-6, in a nationally televised night game from the Orange Bowl Stadium. It is the first ever-prime time regular season game televised. ABC had the rights to the game.
On October 3, 1969, Alabama defeats Ole Miss 33-32 on ABC television in the first prime time telecast of an SEC football game.