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Alabama's first bowl game was in 1926, when Wallace Wade led them to the first of three Rose Bowls during his tenure and defeated Washington 20–19. [5] Taking over for Wade following the 1930 season, between 1931 and 1946 Frank Thomas led Alabama to six bowl appearances including three Rose, and one trip each to the Cotton, Orange and Sugar ...
The Alabama–Auburn men's basketball rivalry is a men's college basketball rivalry [1] [2] [3] between the Auburn Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Though both schools are best known for their prestigious football programs, the deeply rooted rivalry between the two extends to basketball as well.
The men's basketball program has spent most of its history in the shadow of Alabama's football team, but has risen in stature over the past several decades. The program was notable as a regular conference basketball contender in the 1980s and early 1990s under the direction of coach Wimp Sanderson and in the 1970s under coach C. M. Newton .
The NCAA made Alabama the overall No. 1 seed for the 68-team event, which tips off Tuesday and Wednesday with First Four games in Dayton, Ohio. The Crimson Tide is the No. 1 seed in the South ...
The 1973 Cotton Bowl Classic, part of the 1972 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1973, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Texas Longhorns, representing the Southwest Conference (SWC). Texas won the game by a final score of 17–13.
Each of Alabama and Georgia's SEC championship games have had national title implications. Here's a look back at the Crimson Tide-Bulldogs games:
First bowl game for HBCUs, hosted by Prairie View A&M. Pretzel Bowl 1951 Reading, Pennsylvania: West Chester Golden Rams vs. Albright Rams: Pythian Bowl: 1949–1951 Salisbury, North Carolina: First bowl game that was played in North Carolina. Known in 1952 as the Lions Bowl. Refrigerator Bowl: 1948–1956 Evansville, Indiana: Rice Bowl 1957 ...
Alabama finishes the season at 9-4, failing to win at least 10 games for the first time since 2007. No. 11 Alabama's three first-quarter turnovers doom Crimson Tide in ReliaQuest Bowl loss to Michigan