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1968 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1968 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Gator Bowl, L 10–35 vs. Missouri
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 12
AP No. 17
1968 record 8–3 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach Bear Bryant (11th year)
Captain Mike Hall
Captain Donnie Sutton
Home stadium Denny Stadium
Legion Field
Ladd Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#8 Georgia $ 5 0 1     8 1 2
#13 Tennessee 4 1 1     8 2 1
#17 Alabama 4 2 0     8 3 0
LSU 4 2 0     8 3 0
#16 Auburn 4 2 0     7 4 0
Florida 3 2 1     6 3 1
Ole Miss 3 2 1     7 3 1
Vanderbilt 2 3 1     5 4 1
Mississippi State 0 4 2     0 8 2
Kentucky 0 7 0     3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Virginia Tech 0 7 0 0 7
#7 Alabama 0 14 0 0 14
  • Date: September 21
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 63,759
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Southern Miss 0 7 7 0 14
#7 Alabama 7 0 0 10 17
  • Date: September 28
  • Location: Ladd Stadium
    Mobile, AL
  • Game attendance: 38,051
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Alabama 0 0 0 8 8
Ole Miss 0 7 3 0 10
  • Date: October 5
  • Location: Memorial Stadium
    Jackson, MS
  • Game attendance: 47,152
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 0 0 0 7 7
Alabama 7 0 10 14 31
  • Date: October 12
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 45,357
  • Sources:
Third Saturday in October
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 3 0 0 6 9
#8 Tennessee 7 0 0 3 10
  • Date: October 19
  • Location: Neyland Stadium
    Knoxville, TN
  • Game attendance: 63,392
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Clemson 0 7 7 0 14
Alabama 14 0 0 7 21
  • Date: October 26
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 43,874
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Mississippi State 6 0 7 0 13
Alabama 7 13 0 0 20
  • Date: November 2
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 58,084
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
#20 LSU 0 0 7 0 7
Alabama 6 0 3 7 16
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 68,500
  • Sources:

The 1968 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1968 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 74th overall and 35th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 11th 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 eight wins and three losses (8–3 overall, 4–2 in the SEC) and with a loss against Missouri in the Gator Bowl.

Alabama opened the season ranked #7 and won their first two games against Virginia Tech at Birmingham and Southern Miss in their annual Mobile game, which proved to be the last game Alabama would play at Ladd Stadium in Mobile. In their third game, the Crimson Tide were upset by Ole Miss at Jackson, their first loss to the Rebels since the 1910 season. They rebounded the next week with a victory over Vanderbilt but lost the next week to Tennessee after coach Bryant elected to go for the victory instead of a tie and missed a two-point conversion and lost 10–9 at Knoxville.

After their loss to Tennessee, Alabama rebounded and won their final five regular season games. After they defeated Clemson, they returned to Tuscaloosa where they defeated Mississippi State on homecoming. The Crimson Tide next upset LSU in Birmingham, defeated Miami at the Miami Orange Bowl, and Auburn in the Iron Bowl. Later that December, Alabama lost 35–10 to Missouri in the Gator Bowl.


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