1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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.

1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1987 record7–5 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRip Scherer (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDon Lindsey (1st season)
Captains
  • Randy Rockwell
  • Kerry Goode
Home stadiumLegion Field
(Capacity: 75,808)
1987 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 51:30 p.m.Southern Miss*
W 38–675,808
September 127:00 p.m.at No. 11 Penn State*No. 19
CBSW 24–1385,619
September 1911:30 a.m.FloridaNo. 11
WTBSL 14–2375,808
September 267:00 p.m.at VanderbiltNo. 17
W 30–2341,824
October 33:00 p.m.Southwestern Louisiana*No. 17
W 38–1072,233
October 103:00 p.m.at Memphis State*No. 15
L 10–1340,622
October 176:00 p.m.No. 8 Tennessee
ESPNW 41–2275,808
October 317:30 p.m.Mississippi StateNo. 16
W 21–1873,877
November 76:30 p.m.at No. 5 LSUNo. 13
ESPNW 22–1079,379
November 141:30 p.m.at No. 7 Notre Dame*No. 11
CBSL 6–3759,075
November 271:30 p.m.vs. No. 7 AuburnNo. 18
CBSL 0–1075,808
January 2, 198812:00 p.m.vs. Michigan*
NBCL 24–2860,156
Source: Rolltide.com All-time Football Results: 1987 Season[2]

Roster
1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 85 Howard Cross Jr
RB 26 Bobby Humphrey Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 55 Derrick Thomas Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 3 Chris Mohr Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season summary

at LSU
1 234Total
• Alabama 6 079 22
LSU 0 1000 10
  • Date: November 7
  • Location: Tiger Stadium
  • Game attendance: 79,379
  • Television network: ESPN
See also: 1987 LSU Tigers football team

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References

General

  • "1987 Game Recaps". 1988 Alabama Football Media Guide (PDF). Tuscaloosa, Alabama: UA Athletics Media Relations Office. 1988. Retrieved February 21, 2012.

Specific

  1. Carroll, Andrew (January 25, 1987). "Renovation at Bryant–Denny welcome news". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News. p. 2F. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  2. "All-time Football Results: 1987 Season". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  3. RollTide.com. 1987 Archives. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17.
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