American college football season
1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football |
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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
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Record | 7–5 (4–2 SEC) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Rip Scherer (1st season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Don Lindsey (1st season) |
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Captains | - Randy Rockwell
- Kerry Goode
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Home stadium | Legion Field (Capacity: 75,808) |
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1987 Southeastern Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 7 Auburn $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | | | 9 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
No. 5 LSU | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
No. 14 Tennessee | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | | | 10 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
No. 13 Georgia | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
Alabama | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Florida | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Kentucky | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Mississippi State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Ole Miss | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 95th overall and 54th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bill Curry, in his first year, and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 4–3 in the SEC) and with a loss in the Hall of Fame Bowl to Michigan.
Due to a major renovation project that resulted in the completion of the western upper deck, Alabama played all of their home games at Legion Field instead of splitting them with Bryant–Denny Stadium for the 1987 season.[1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 | 1:30 p.m. | Southern Miss* | | | | W 38–6 | 75,808 | [2] |
September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 11 Penn State* | No. 19 | | CBS | W 24–13 | 85,619 | [3] |
September 19 | 11:30 a.m. | Florida | No. 11 | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
| WTBS | L 14–23 | 75,808 | [4] |
September 26 | 7:00 p.m. | at Vanderbilt | No. 17 | | | W 30–23 | 41,824 | [5] |
October 3 | 3:00 p.m. | Southwestern Louisiana* | No. 17 | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL
| | W 38–10 | 72,233 | [6] |
October 10 | 3:00 p.m. | at Memphis State* | No. 15 | | | L 10–13 | 40,622 | [7] |
October 17 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 8 Tennessee | | | ESPN | W 41–22 | 75,808 | [8] |
October 31 | 7:30 p.m. | Mississippi State | No. 16 | - Legion Field
- Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
| | W 21–18 | 73,877 | [9] |
November 7 | 6:30 p.m. | at No. 5 LSU | No. 13 | | ESPN | W 22–10 | 79,379 | [10] |
November 14 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 7 Notre Dame* | No. 11 | | CBS | L 6–37 | 59,075 | [11] |
November 27 | 1:30 p.m. | vs. No. 7 Auburn | No. 18 | | CBS | L 0–10 | 75,808 | [12] |
January 2, 1988 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. Michigan* | | | NBC | L 24–28 | 60,156 | [13] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Roster
1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Game summaries
At LSU
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Alabama | 6 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | LSU | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | - Date: November 7
- Location: Tiger Stadium
- Game attendance: 79,379
- Television network: ESPN
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Scoring summary |
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| Q1 | 8:28 | ALA | Doyle 45 yard field goal | ALA 3–0 | | Q1 | 4:27 | ALA | Doyle 29 yard field goal | ALA 6–0 | | Q2 | 14:44 | LSU | Browndyke 37 yard field goal | ALA 6–3 | | Q2 | 6:14 | LSU | V. Jones 9 yard run (Browndyke kick) | LSU 10–6 | | Q3 | 5:04 | ALA | Wright 1 yard run (Doyle kick) | ALA 13–10 | | Q4 | 7:08 | ALA | Doyle 32 yard field goal | ALA 16–10 | | Q4 | 4:48 | ALA | Humphrey 10 yard run (kick failed) | ALA 22–10 | |
References
General
- "1987 Game Recaps". 1988 Alabama Football Media Guide (PDF). Tuscaloosa, Alabama: UA Athletics Media Relations Office. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
Specific
- ^ Carroll, Andrew (January 25, 1987). "Renovation at Bryant–Denny welcome news". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News. p. 2F. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ^ "Alabama swamps Golden Eagles". Hattiesburg American. September 6, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama rolls over Penn State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 13, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Smith, Gators give Alabama the runaround". The Tampa Tribune. September 20, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Humphrey, Tide outlast gritty VU". The Tennessean. September 27, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "USL haunted by reality of Division 1-A". The Daily Advertiser. October 4, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers 13, Bama 10 - Memphis St. stund Tide". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 11, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama swamps Tennessee 41–22". The Tennessean. October 18, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama barely beats MSU, 21–18". Enterprise-Journal. November 1, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Bama: Nothing fancy about it". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Irish leave 'Bama bloodied, battered". The South Bend Tribune. November 15, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AU defense mauls Tide". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 28, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "This one's for Bo, 28–24". Detroit Free Press. January 3, 1988. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1987 Alabama football archives". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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