1957 Alabama Crimson Tide football team information
American college football season
1957Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference
Southeastern Conference
Record
2–7–1 (1–6–1 SEC)
Head coach
Jennings B. Whitworth (3rd season)
Captains
Jim Loftin
Clay Walls
Home stadium
Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 1 Auburn $
7
–
0
–
0
10
–
0
–
0
No. 7 Ole Miss
5
–
0
–
1
9
–
1
–
1
No. 14 Mississippi State
4
–
2
–
1
6
–
2
–
1
No. 17 Florida
4
–
2
–
1
6
–
2
–
1
No. 13 Tennessee
4
–
3
–
0
8
–
3
–
0
Vanderbilt
3
–
3
–
1
5
–
3
–
2
LSU
4
–
4
–
0
5
–
5
–
0
Georgia Tech
3
–
4
–
1
4
–
4
–
2
Georgia
3
–
4
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
Tulane
1
–
5
–
0
2
–
8
–
0
Alabama
1
–
6
–
1
2
–
7
–
1
Kentucky
1
–
7
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1957 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1957 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 63rd overall and 24th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Jennings B. Whitworth, in his third year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and at Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished with a record of two wins, seven losses and one tie (2–7–1 overall, 1–6–1 in the SEC).
Alabama opened the season by going winless over their first five games. After a loss at LSU, the Crimson Tide played Vanderbilt to a tie at Nashville. They then lost to TCU, Tennessee and Mississippi State before they won their first game at Georgia. The Crimson Tide then lost consecutive home games to Tulane and Georgia Tech before they won their second game of the season against Mississippi Southern. Alabama then closed the season with a 40–0 loss in the Iron Bowl against eventual national champion Auburn.
On October 24, university officials announced the contract of head coach Whitworth would not be renewed when it expired December 1 at the conclusion of the season. On December 3, former Maryland, Kentucky and then Texas A&M head coach and former Alabama player Bear Bryant was hired as both the head coach of the football team and athletic director at Alabama.
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