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1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Liberty Bowl, L 33–47 vs. Colorado
Conference Southeastern Conference
1969 record 6–5 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach Bear Bryant (12th year)
Captain Danny Ford
Captain Alvin Samples
Home stadium Denny Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
« 1968 1970 »
1969 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#15 Tennessee $ 5 1 0     9 2 0
#10 LSU 4 1 0     9 1 0
#20 Auburn 5 2 0     8 3 0
#14 Florida 3 1 1     9 1 1
#8 Ole Miss 4 2 0     8 3 0
Georgia 2 3 1     5 5 1
Vanderbilt 2 3 0     4 6 0
Alabama 2 4 0     6 5 0
Kentucky 1 6 0     2 8 0
Mississippi State 0 5 0     3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Alabama 3 7 7 0 17
VPI 3 7 0 3 13
  • Date: September 20
  • Location: Lane Stadium
    Blacksburg, VA
  • Game attendance: 42,000
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Southern Miss 0 7 7 0 14
#15 Alabama 9 26 14 14 63
  • Date: September 27
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game attendance: 50,035
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Ole Miss 7 0 13 12 32
#15 Alabama 7 7 7 12 33
  • Date: October 4
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 62,858
  • TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel (play-by-play), Bud Wilkinson (color)
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Alabama 3 0 7 0 10
Vanderbilt 0 7 0 7 14
  • Date: October 11
  • Location: Dudley Field
    Nashville, TN
  • Game attendance: 34,000
  • Sources:
Third Saturday in October
1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Tennessee 21 3 3 14 41
#20 Alabama 0 0 0 14 14
  • Date: October 18
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game attendance: 72,443
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 14 14 0 10 38
Clemson 0 7 0 6 13
  • Date: October 25
  • Location: Memorial Stadium
    Clemson, SC
  • Game attendance: 43,000
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 10 0 0 13 23
Mississippi State 7 0 0 12 19
  • Date: November 2
  • Location: Memorial Stadium
    Jackson, MS
  • Game attendance: 36,517
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 3 0 12 15
#12 LSU 0 3 10 7 20
  • Date: November 8
  • Location: Tiger Stadium
    Baton Rouge, LA
  • Game attendance: 67,590
  • Sources:

The 1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1969 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 75th overall and 36th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 12th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished season with six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 2–4 in the SEC) and with a loss against Colorado in the Liberty Bowl.

Alabama opened the season ranked No. 13 and defeated VPI at Blacksburg and Southern Miss in the first regular season game played at Denny Stadium on AstroTurf. In their third game, the Crimson Tide defeated an Archie Manning led Ole Miss squad 33–32 in a record-breaking game before a nationally televised audience. Alabama then lost consecutive game for the first time during Bryant's tenure as head coach against Vanderbilt and Tennessee.

After their loss to Tennessee, Alabama rebounded with victories at Clemson and at Mississippi State before they lost their third game of the season at LSU. They rebounded the next week with a homecoming victory over Miami but then lost to Auburn in the Iron Bowl. In the December that followed, Alabama lost 47–33 to Colorado in the Liberty Bowl.


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