1966 Alabama Crimson Tide football team information
American college football season
1966Alabama Crimson Tide football
National champion (Berryman/Sagarin) SEC co-champion Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 34–7 vs. Nebraska
Conference
Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches
No. 3
AP
No. 3
Record
11–0 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach
Bear Bryant (9th season)
Captains
Ray Perkins
Richard Cole
Home stadium
Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Southeastern Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 3 Alabama +
6
–
0
–
0
11
–
0
–
0
No. 4 Georgia +
5
–
0
–
0
10
–
1
–
0
Florida
5
–
1
–
0
9
–
2
–
0
Ole Miss
5
–
2
–
0
8
–
3
–
0
Tennessee
3
–
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
Vanderbilt
0
–
5
–
0
1
–
9
–
0
Mississippi State
0
–
6
–
0
2
–
8
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1966 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 1966 NCAA University Division 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.[1] 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.[2]
^Dellnski, Bernie (August 31, 2006). "Title denied: 1966 Tide team holds reunion". TimesDaily. p. 3C. Retrieved July 22, 2013 – via Google News Archives.
^Griffith, R. D. (2012). To the NFL: You Sure Started Somethin' – A Historical Guide of All 32 NFL Teams and the Cities They've Played in. Dorrance Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 9781434916815. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
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