1982 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1982 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 21–15 vs. Illinois
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
1982 record	8–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (25th year)
Captain	Eddie Lowe
Captain	Steve Mott
Home stadium	Bryant–Denny Stadium (Capacity: 60,210) Legion Field (Capacity: 75,808)

1982 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#11 LSU	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
#14 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
Alabama	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 88th overall and 49th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 25th and final year, and played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished season with eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 3–3 in the SEC) and with a victory over Illinois in the Liberty Bowl.

Alabama was 5–0 after they defeated Penn State 42–21, with the decisive play coming when a Penn State player blocked his own team's punt.^[1] But after that it was all downhill. Paul Bryant's last season as Alabama football coach saw a nine-game winning streak against Auburn and eleven-game winning streaks against Tennessee and LSU all come to an end. The loss to Southern Miss was Alabama's first loss in Tuscaloosa since 1963, breaking a 57-game win streak in Bryant–Denny Stadium. Coach Bryant retired after Alabama's bowl victory against Illinois and died less than one month later, on January 26, 1983.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	12:30 p.m.	at Georgia Tech*	No. 4	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA		W 45–7	57,126
September 18	1:30 p.m.	at Ole Miss	No. 4	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Rivalry)		W 42–14	62,385
September 25	1:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 4	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL		W 24–21	60,210
October 2	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas State*	No. 5	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 34–7	67,459
October 9	12:30 p.m.	No. 3 Penn State*	No. 4	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Rivalry)	CBS	W 42–21	76,821
October 16	1:00 p.m.	at Tennessee	No. 2	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)		L 28–35	95,342
October 23	1:30 p.m.	Cincinnati*	No. 7	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL		W 21–3	60,210
October 30	1:30 p.m.	at Mississippi State	No. 9	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Rivalry)		W 20–12	62,110
November 6	1:30 p.m.	No. 11 LSU	No. 8	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Rivalry)		L 10–20	77,230
November 13	1:30 p.m.	Southern Miss*	No. 17	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL		L 29–38	60,210
November 27	11:00 a.m.	vs. Auburn		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	ABC	L 22–23	76,300
December 29	7:00 p.m.	vs. Illinois*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	MetroSports	W 21–15	54,123
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Rolltide.com: 1982 Alabama football schedule^[2]

References

General

"1982 Season Recaps" (PDF). RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
"2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book" (PDF). Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office. 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

Specific

↑ "No. 4 Tide rolls over 3rd ranked Lions". Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal. Google News Archives. Associated Press. November 10, 1982. p. 5C. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ "1982 Alabama football schedule". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

Alabama Crimson Tide football

Venues	University of Alabama Quad (1893–1914) Denny Field (1915–1928) Bryant–Denny Stadium (1929–present) Rickwood Field (alternate, 1912–1927) Cramton Bowl (alternate, 1922–1954) Ernest F. Ladd Stadium (alternate, 1948–1968) Legion Field (alternate, 1927–2003)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Iron Bowl (James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy) LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss Penn State Tennessee: Third Saturday in October

Culture & lore	History Saban era Traditions Big Al "Yea Alabama" A-Day 1922 Penn game Million Dollar Band Walk of Fame Paul W. Bryant Museum The Bear The Bear Bryant Show Porter Cup 1943 Informals

People	Head coaches All-Americans College Football Hall of Fame inductees NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders Champ Pickens

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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