1984 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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1984 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record5–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator George Henshaw (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Ken Donahue (2nd as DC, 21st overall season)
Captains
Home stadium Bryant–Denny Stadium
(Capacity: 60,210)
Legion Field
(Capacity: 75,808)
Seasons
  1983
1985  
1984 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Florida 5 0 19 1 1
No. 15 LSU $ 4 1 18 3 1
No. 14 Auburn 4 2 09 4 0
Georgia 4 2 07 4 1
No. 19 Kentucky 3 3 09 3 0
Tennessee 3 3 07 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 05 6 0
Alabama 2 4 05 6 0
Ole Miss 1 5 04 6 1
Mississippi State 1 5 04 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Florida was assessed a postseason ban following an NCAA investigation. LSU was credited with the conference championship for purposes of the Sugar Bowl automatic bid.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 90th overall and 51st season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ray Perkins, in his second year, and played its home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. Alabama finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–2 overall, 2–1 in the SEC). This marked Alabama's first losing season since the Tide went 2–3–1 in 1957 under Jennings B. Whitworth, and ended its streak of 26 straight bowl appearances. [1]

Some of the more notable contests of the season included a season-opening loss to Boston College (and their quarterback, Doug Flutie, who went on to win the 1984 Heisman Trophy), a third consecutive loss to Tennessee in which the Tide gave up a 14-point fourth quarter lead, and Alabama's first loss to Vanderbilt since 1969. [2] [3] [4] and last until 2024. However, Alabama did upset Auburn 17–15 in the 1984 edition of the Iron Bowl, denying the Tigers a berth in the Sugar Bowl. [5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 87:00 p.m.No. 18 Boston College *No. 9 ABC L 31–3867,821 [6]
September 1511:00 a.m.at Georgia Tech *No. 19 TBS L 6–1656,107 [7]
September 221:30 p.m. Southwestern Louisiana *W 37–1456,431 [8]
September 2911:00 a.m. Vanderbilt Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
MTN L 21–3060,210 [9]
October 62:30 p.m.No. 20 Georgia
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
ABCL 14–2475,608 [10]
October 131:30 p.m.No. 11 Penn State *
  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)
W 6–060,210 [11]
October 2012:30 p.m.at Tennessee L 27–2895,422 [12]
November 31:30 p.m.at Mississippi State W 24–2045,868 [13]
November 101:30 p.m.No. 12 LSU
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
L 14–1674,301 [14]
November 1712:30 p.m.at Cincinnati *W 29–727,482 [15]
December 111:30 a.m.vs. No. 11 Auburn
ABCW 17–1576,853 [16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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