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1966 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1966 Alabama Crimson Tide football
SEC co-champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 34–7 vs. Nebraska
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 3
AP No. 3
1966 record 11–0 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach Bear Bryant (9th year)
Captain Ray Perkins
Captain Richard Cole
Home stadium Denny Stadium
Legion Field
Ladd Stadium
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Alabama + 6 – 0 – 0     11 – 0 – 0
#4 Georgia + 6 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee 4 – 2 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
LSU 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 1
Kentucky 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 1
Auburn 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Mississippi State 0 – 6 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
Vanderbilt 0 – 6 – 0     1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Louisiana Tech 0 0 0 0 0
• #3 Alabama 0 14 7 13 34
  • Date: September 24
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 63,187
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
• #3 Alabama 0 7 7 3 17
Ole Miss 0 0 0 7 7
  • Date: October 1
  • Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
    Jackson, MS
  • Game attendance: 46,703
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Clemson 0 0 0 0 0
• #4 Alabama 6 10 7 3 26
  • Date: October 8
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 46,486
  • Source:
Third Saturday in October
1 2 3 4 Total
• #3 Alabama 0 0 0 11 11
Tennessee 10 0 0 0 10
  • Date: October 15
  • Location: Neyland Stadium
    Knoxville, TN
  • Game attendance: 56,463
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 6 0 0 0 6
• #4 Alabama 21 7 14 0 42
  • Date: October 22
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 56,381
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Mississippi State 0 0 0 14 14
• #4 Alabama 0 10 3 14 27
  • Date: October 29
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 55,215
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
LSU 0 0 0 0 0
• #4 Alabama 5 3 7 6 21
  • Date: November 5
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 66,513
  • Sources:

The 1966 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1966 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 72nd overall and 33rd season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his ninth year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished season undefeated with eleven wins (11–0 overall, 6–0 in the SEC), as SEC co-champions and with a victory over Nebraska in the Sugar Bowl.

Alabama opened the season with a victory over Louisiana Tech in Birmingham and followed that with a victory at Ole Miss for their first conference win of the season. The Crimson Tide then returned home and defeated Clemson in the first Tuscaloosa game of the season before they traveled to Knoxville for their annual rival game against Tennessee. In the game, Alabama trailed the Volunteers 10–0 in the fourth quarter before they rallied for an 11–10 victory that saw Tennessee miss a game-winning field goal in the final minute of play.

Alabama then alternated home games between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa over the next four weeks and defeated Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, LSU and South Carolina in each game. After they defeated Southern Miss in their annual Mobile game, the Crimson Tide defeated Auburn in the Iron Bowl and captured a share of the SEC championship. In the January that followed, Alabama then defeated Nebraska in the Sugar Bowl and finished the season undefeated. Although they were the only undefeated and untied college team at the conclusion of the year, Alabama was not selected as national champions for the season. On the 1966 squad, Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi stated: "I don't know, we haven't played Alabama yet" when asked how it felt to have the world's greatest football team for the season after his Packers won Super Bowl I.


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