| FTBL Why doesn't the 1979 national championship team get talked about more?

[saturdaysarebetter]

When it comes to great college football teams, why doesn't the 1979 national championship team get talked about more? Undefeated. They allowed only 67 points all season, an average of 5.6 points per game! The '92 defense gave up a lot more points that the '79 team.

Only twice did a team score more than 10 points against that '79 defense, holding 10 opponents under 10 points in a game! The most points that defense allowed in a game was 18 points and it's not the like offense was pedestrian, they averaged 31.9 points per game.

 

[TerryP]

Hey man, you forgot the link back to your site

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

Hey man, you forgot the link back to your site

No link this time. Quest for knowledge only.

 

[OldPlayer]

When it comes to great college football teams, why doesn't the 1979 national championship team get talked about more? Undefeated. They allowed only 67 points all season, an average of 5.6 points per game! The '92 defense gave up a lot more points that the '79 team.

Only twice did a team score more than 10 points against that '79 defense, holding 10 opponents under 10 points in a game! The most points that defense allowed in a game was 18 points and it's not the like offense was pedestrian, they averaged 31.9 points per game.

Most of the members here weren’t alive in 1979. Media broadcasts weren’t every week like they are now so the replays and highlights don’t exist. If you do find video, the wishbone wasn’t an exciting offense (unless you know the exact mechanics of the offense) and passing was at a minimum.

 

[TerryP]

Most of the members here weren’t alive in 1979.

Most here are in their teens in '79...been trackin' that for a bit.

 

[Rolltide24]

Yeah, there’s a bunch of old guys on this forum!

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

Most of the members here weren’t alive in 1979. Media broadcasts weren’t every week like they are now so the replays and highlights don’t exist. If you do find video, the wishbone wasn’t an exciting offense (unless you know the exact mechanics of the offense) and passing was at a minimum.

That makes perfect sense. I think you nailed it. I've always wondered why 1971 Nebraska isn't higher on a lot of all-time team lists. At one time they were considered amongst the best ever, beating Colorado, Oklahoma and Alabama which all finished in the top four that year. Oklahoma and Alabama were both #2 when Nebraska beat them if I recall and Bear said Nebraska '71 was the best team he ever saw up to that point.

 

[UAgrad93]

Most here are in their teens in '79...been trackin' that for a bit.

I was 8 at the time, but listened to BAMA beat the shit out of everybody on Saturday’s!!!

 

[alabama mike]

I graduated high school in 1979 and loved Coach Bryant, the bone and our defense. 79 was definitely one of our all time great teams. I agree with some of the others, we have a lot of youngsters on here (40 and under) who were not alive during that run, the internet and easy access to information was decades away from being reality and we only got one college football game a week on ABC with Keith Jackson. A lot has changed over the years with sports.

 

[TideatMileHigh]

The 1979 team sadly didn't have a TV moment like The Goal Line Stand from the 1979 Sugar Bowl.

The 1979 team is a lot like the 1991 Washington Redskins. Great teams that quietly whooped your ass, but have kind of been forgotten.

 

[Rsedge72]

I was 8 at the time, but listened to BAMA beat the shit out of everybody on Saturday’s!!!

me too!!!!!!!!
I was 8 would sit with my grandfather and or my dad and listen from start to finish!!! After mine and my brothers games of course. Didn’t catch all, because sometimes the times would coincide but if I wasn’t at the ballpark I was listening for sure

 

[50+yeartidefan]

No. Wasnt a lot of hype because the hypying machines were available yet...

But....
Was a great team...great win vs Lou Holtz Arkansas team
Some even remember the 60s national championship teams....the lucky ones

 

[mando]

@50+yeartidefan was that Major Ogilvie over top to score? Looks like it was #42. I can't remember what I had for breakfast but I can remember the Bama teams and lots of the players from that era. Graduated high school in 82 so I remember the bear teams of the 70's well.

 

[Secondand26]

Took my wife , teenage daughter & her friend to the 2014 Chick fil a kickoff vs West Va. My wife got to talking to 2 ladies outside the stadium before the game, and told her I was a life-long Bama fan. They brought their husbands over to meet me. It was Vince Booth & Jim Bunch. I introduced them to my daughter & told her they were anchors on an offensive line that took names & kicked ass all the way to 2 national championships!
They were very humble & nice, classy is the word Coach Bryant would have probably used.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

@50+yeartidefan was that Major Ogilvie over top to score? Looks like it was #42. I can't remember what I had for breakfast but I can remember the Bama teams and lots of the players from that era. Graduated high school in 82 so I remember the bear teams of the 70's well.

"Over the top...." and i can't remember nuthin' either...cept ten million bama facts

"Bears major". if you havent seen it..(..plastic covering over mag makes it look funky)

Homewood AL boy if I remember right...i had long moved away

 

[MunchyOs]

Most of the members here weren’t alive in 1979. Media broadcasts weren’t every week like they are now so the replays and highlights don’t exist. If you do find video, the wishbone wasn’t an exciting offense (unless you know the exact mechanics of the offense) and passing was at a minimum.

Speak for yourself there, OldPlayer. I was very much alive in '79

 

[alabama mike]

I attended the Vandy vs. Bama game at Dudley Field in Sept. of 79. I was a freshman in college and Bama struggled to a 66-3 win. I still have the program and ticket.

 

[OldPlayer]

"Over the top...." and i can't remember nuthin' either...cept ten million bama facts

"Bears major". if you havent seen it..(..plastic covering over mag makes it look funky)

Homewood AL boy if I remember right...i had long moved away

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Major was/is from Mountain Brook.

 

[OldPlayer]

Speak for yourself there, OldPlayer. I was very much alive in '79

So was I. Here’s my picture:

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Major was/is from Mountain Brook.

Ok. I remembered wrong.
I knew it was in the homewood/ myn brook area. Subs of Birmingham