1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Hall of Fame Bowl, L 24–28 vs. Michigan
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record7–5 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Rip Scherer (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDon Lindsey (1st season)
Captains
  • Randy Rockwell
  • Kerry Goode
Home stadium Legion Field
(Capacity: 75,808)
Seasons
←  1986
1988  →
1987 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Auburn $ 5 –0 –19 –1 –2
No. 5 LSU 5 –1 –010 –1 –1
No. 14 Tennessee 4 –1 –110 –2 –1
No. 13 Georgia 4 –2 –09 –3 –0
Alabama 4 –2 –07 –5 –0
Florida 3 –3 –06 –6 –0
Kentucky 1 –5 –05 –6 –0
Mississippi State 1 –5 –04 –7 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –5 –04 –7 –0
Ole Miss 1 –5 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 95th overall and 54th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bill Curry, in his first year, and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 4–3 in the SEC) and with a loss in the Hall of Fame Bowl to Michigan.

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Due to a major renovation project that resulted in the completion of the western upper deck, Alabama played all of their home games at Legion Field instead of splitting them with Bryant–Denny Stadium for the 1987 season. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 51:30 p.m. Southern Miss *
W 38–675,808 [2]
September 127:00 p.m.at No. 11 Penn State *No. 19
 CBS W 24–1385,619 [3]
September 1911:30 a.m. Florida No. 11
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
 WTBS L 14–2375,808 [4]
September 267:00 p.m.at Vanderbilt No. 17
W 30–2341,824 [5]
October 33:00 p.m. Southwestern Louisiana *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 17
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 38–1072,233 [6]
October 103:00 p.m.at Memphis State *No. 15
L 10–1340,622 [7]
October 176:00 p.m.No. 8 Tennessee
ESPN W 41–2275,808 [8]
October 317:30 p.m. Mississippi State No. 16
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
W 21–1873,877 [9]
November 76:30 p.m.at No. 5 LSU No. 13
ESPNW 22–1079,379 [10]
November 141:30 p.m.at No. 7 Notre Dame *No. 11
CBSL 6–3759,075 [11]
November 271:30 p.m.vs. No. 7 Auburn No. 18
CBSL 0–1075,808 [12]
January 2, 198812:00 p.m.vs. Michigan *
 NBC L 24–2860,156 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[14]

Roster

1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 85 Howard Cross Jr
RB 26 Bobby Humphrey Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 55 Derrick Thomas Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 3 Chris Mohr Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

At LSU

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• Alabama607922
LSU0100010
  • Date: November 7
  • Location: Tiger Stadium
  • Game attendance: 79,379
  • Television network: ESPN
Scoring summary
Q18:28ALADoyle 45 yard field goalALA 3–0
Q14:27ALADoyle 29 yard field goalALA 6–0
Q214:44LSUBrowndyke 37 yard field goalALA 6–3
Q26:14LSUV. Jones 9 yard run (Browndyke kick)LSU 10–6
Q35:04ALAWright 1 yard run (Doyle kick)ALA 13–10
Q47:08ALADoyle 32 yard field goalALA 16–10
Q44:48ALAHumphrey 10 yard run (kick failed)ALA 22–10

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References

General

Specific

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  10. ↑ "'Bama: Nothing fancy about it". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Irish leave 'Bama bloodied, battered". The South Bend Tribune. November 15, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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  13. ↑ "This one's for Bo, 28–24". Detroit Free Press. January 3, 1988. Retrieved February 20, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "1987 Alabama football archives". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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