1964 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1964 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Consensus national champion SEC champion
Orange Bowl, L 17–21 vs. Texas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1964 record	10–1 (8–0 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (7th year)
Captain	Joe Namath
Captain	Ray Ogden
Home stadium	Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium
Seasons ← 1963 1965 →

1964 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Alabama $	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Florida	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
#7 LSU	4	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Tennessee	1	–	5	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Georgia	0	3	0	0	3
• #6 Alabama	7	7	10	7	31

Date: September 19
Location: Denny Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL
Game attendance: 42,525

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	0	0	0	6	6
• #6 Alabama	0	10	10	16	36

Date: September 26
Location: Ladd Stadium
Mobile, AL
Game attendance: 30,011

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	0	0	0	0	0
• No. 4 Alabama	0	0	14	10	24

Date: October 3
Location: Legion Field
Birmingham, AL
Game attendance: 47,325

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	1	2	3	4	Total
NC State	0	0	0	0	0
• #3 Alabama	0	7	7	7	21

Date: October 10
Location: Denny Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL
Game attendance: 37,827

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Third Saturday in October

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Alabama	3	13	0	3	19
Tennessee	0	0	8	0	8

Date: October 17
Location: Neyland Stadium
Knoxville, TN
Game attendance: 48,627

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	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Florida	0	7	7	0	14
• #3 Alabama	0	7	0	10	17

Date: October 24
Location: Denny Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL
Game attendance: 43,200

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	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Alabama	3	6	14	0	23
Mississippi State	6	0	0	0	6

Date: October 31
Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Jackson, MS
Game attendance: 44,350

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	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 LSU	6	3	0	0	9
• #3 Alabama	7	0	0	10	17

Date: November 7
Location: Legion Field
Birmingham, AL
Game attendance: 67,749

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The 1964 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1964 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 70th overall and 31st season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished season with ten wins and one loss (10–1 overall, 8–0 in the SEC), as SEC champions and with a loss to Texas in the Orange Bowl. As the major wire services at that time awarded their national champions prior to the start of bowl season, Alabama was also recognized as national champions by the AP and UPI before their loss to Texas. After the bowl games, the Football Writers Association of America as stated in 1964 college football season named the undefeated Arkansas Razorbacks as the national champions. The Razorbacks defeated Texas during the regular season.

The Crimson Tide opened the season ranked in the No. 6 position with wins at Tuscaloosa against Georgia, against Tulane in Mobile and at Birmingham against Vanderbilt. After a victory over NC State in their first non-conference game of the season, Alabama defeated Tennessee in their first road game of the season at Neyland Stadium. The Crimson Tide then returned to Tuscaloosa where they defeated a Steve Spurrier-led Florida team on homecoming before their second road victory at Mississippi State at Jackson.

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