1977 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1977 Alabama Crimson Tide football
SEC champion Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 35–6 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
1977 record	11–1 (7–0 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (20th season)
Captain	Mike Tucker
Captain	Ozzie Newsome
Home stadium	Bryant–Denny Stadium Legion Field
Seasons

1977 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2/2 Alabama †	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#6/NR Kentucky	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Georgia	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Kentucky ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation. Mississippi State later forfeited all 1977 wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1977 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 83rd overall and 44th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 20th year, and played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished season with eleven wins and one loss (11–1 overall, 7–0 in the SEC), as SEC champions and with a victory over Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	Ole Miss	No. 6	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)		W 34–13	74,324
September 17	at Nebraska*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC	L 24–31	75,899
September 24	at Vanderbilt	No. 10	Dudley Field Nashville, TN		W 24–12	34,694
October 1	Georgia	No. 10	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)		W 18–10	60,210
October 8	at No. 1 USC*	No. 7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 21–20	63,140
October 15	Tennessee	No. 4	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)		W 24–10	71,000
October 22	Louisville*	No. 3	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL		W 55–6	60,210
October 29	at Mississippi State	No. 2	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)		W 37–7	47,500
November 5	at No. 18 LSU	No. 2	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ABC	W 24–3	65,377
November 12	Miami (FL)*	No. 2	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL		W 36–0	57,422
November 26	vs. Auburn	No. 2	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)		W 48–21	69,721
January 2, 1978	vs. No. 9 Ohio State*	No. 3	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 35–6	76,811
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll

• Source: Rolltide.com: 1977 Alabama football schedule

References

General

• "1977 Season Recaps" (PDF). RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/77-m-footbl-recaps.pdf. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
• "2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book" (PDF). Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office. 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115208/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012FootballRecordBook.pdf. Retrieved July 15, 2015.

Specific

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