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1973 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1973 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Coaches' Poll national champion
SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 23–24 vs. Notre Dame
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 1
AP No. 4
1973 record 11–1 (8–0 SEC)
Head coach Bear Bryant (16th year)
Captain Wilbur Jackson
Chuck Strickland
Home stadium Denny Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
« 1972 1974 »
1973 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Alabama $ 8 – 0 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
#13 LSU 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
#19 Tennessee 3 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Georgia 3 – 4 – 0     7 – 4 – 1
Florida 3 – 4 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Auburn 2 – 5 – 0     6 – 6 – 0
Mississippi State 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 5 – 2
Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
California 0 0 0 0 0
• #6 Alabama 14 7 17 28 66
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, AL
  • Game start: 7:30 pm
  • Elapsed time: 2:35
  • Game attendance: 71,119
  • Game weather: 79°, wind NW 7 mph, partly cloudy
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1 2 3 4 Total
• #4 Alabama 0 0 21 7 28
Kentucky 0 14 0 0 14
  • Date: September 22
  • Location: Commonwealth Stadium
    Lexington, KY
  • Game start: 1:33 pm
  • Elapsed time: 2:12
  • Game attendance: 54,100
  • Game weather: 80°, windy, partly cloudy
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1 2 3 4 Total
• #5 Alabama 17 10 10 7 44
Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: September 29
  • Location: Dudley Field
    Nashville, TN
  • Game start: 7:34 pm
  • Elapsed time: 2:11
  • Game attendance: 34,500
  • Game weather: Fair
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia 3 0 2 9 14
• #3 Alabama 3 10 0 15 28
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Game start: 1:30 pm
  • Elapsed time: 2:29
  • Game attendance: 57,790
  • Game weather: 85°, wind NE 4–10 mph, sunny
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The 1973 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 79th overall and 40th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 16th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished season with eleven wins and one loss (11–1 overall, 8–0 in the SEC), as SEC champions and with a loss to Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl. Although they did lose in the Sugar Bowl, Alabama was recognized as national champions by the Coaches' Poll (UPI) as their selection was made prior to bowl season at the time.

The Crimson Tide opened the season with a victory at Birmingham over California. The next week, they defeated Kentucky in what was Bryant's first game in Lexington since he resigned as head coach of the Wildcats after their 1953 season. After they defeated Vanderbilt for their second shutout of the season, Alabama defeated Georgia in the first Tuscaloosa game of the season and followed that with a victory at Florida before what was the largest crowd to date at Florida Field.


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