1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
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)
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
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
  • $ – Conference champion
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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 51:30 p.m.Southern Miss*
W 38–675,808[2]
September 127:00 p.m.at No. 11 Penn State*No. 19
CBSW 24–1385,619[3]
September 1911:30 a.m.FloridaNo. 11
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
WTBSL 14–2375,808[4]
September 267:00 p.m.at VanderbiltNo. 17
W 30–2341,824[5]
October 33:00 p.m.Southwestern Louisiana*daggerNo. 17
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 38–1072,233[6]
October 103:00 p.m.at Memphis State*No. 15
L 10–1340,622[7]
October 176:00 p.m.No. 8 Tennessee
ESPNW 41–2275,808[8]
October 317:30 p.m.Mississippi StateNo. 16
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
W 21–1873,877[9]
November 76:30 p.m.at No. 5 LSUNo. 13
ESPNW 22–1079,379[10]
November 141:30 p.m.at No. 7 Notre Dame*No. 11
CBSL 6–3759,075[11]
November 271:30 p.m.vs. No. 7 AuburnNo. 18
CBSL 0–1075,808[12]
January 2, 198812:00 p.m.vs. Michigan*
NBCL 24–2860,156[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[14]

Roster

1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 85 Howard Cross Jr
RB 26 Bobby Humphrey Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 29 John Mangum So
LB 55 Derrick Thomas Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 3 Chris Mohr Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

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
Scoring summary
Q18:28ALADoyle 45 yard field goalALA 3–0
Q14:27ALADoyle 29 yard field goalALA 6–0
Q214:44LSUBrowndyke 37 yard field goalALA 6–3
Q26:14LSUV. Jones 9 yard run (Browndyke kick)LSU 10–6
Q35:04ALAWright 1 yard run (Doyle kick)ALA 13–10
Q47:08ALADoyle 32 yard field goalALA 16–10
Q44:48ALAHumphrey 10 yard run (kick failed)ALA 22–10

See also: 1987 LSU Tigers football team

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

  1. ^ Carroll, Andrew (January 25, 1987). "Renovation at Bryant–Denny welcome news". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News. p. 2F. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "Alabama swamps Golden Eagles". Hattiesburg American. September 6, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Alabama rolls over Penn State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 13, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Smith, Gators give Alabama the runaround". The Tampa Tribune. September 20, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Humphrey, Tide outlast gritty VU". The Tennessean. September 27, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "USL haunted by reality of Division 1-A". The Daily Advertiser. October 4, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tigers 13, Bama 10 - Memphis St. stund Tide". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 11, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Alabama swamps Tennessee 41–22". The Tennessean. October 18, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Alabama barely beats MSU, 21–18". Enterprise-Journal. November 1, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "'Bama: Nothing fancy about it". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Irish leave 'Bama bloodied, battered". The South Bend Tribune. November 15, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "AU defense mauls Tide". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 28, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "This one's for Bo, 28–24". Detroit Free Press. January 3, 1988. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "1987 Alabama football archives". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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