1990 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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1990 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Fiesta Bowl, L 7–34 vs. Louisville
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record7–5 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mal Moore
Captains
  • Efrum Thomas
  • Gary Hollingsworth
  • Philip Doyle
Home stadium Bryant–Denny Stadium
(Capacity: 70,123)
Legion Field
(Capacity: 75,962)
Seasons
←  1989
1991  →
1990 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Florida *6 –1 –09 –2 –0
No. 8 Tennessee $ 5 –1 –19 –2 –2
No. 21 Ole Miss 5 –2 –09 –3 –0
Alabama 5 –2 –07 –5 –0
No. 19 Auburn 4 –2 –18 –3 –1
Kentucky 3 –4 –04 –7 –0
LSU 2 –5 –05 –6 –0
Georgia 2 –5 –04 –7 –0
Mississippi State 1 –6 –05 –6 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –6 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Florida ineligible for SEC championship due to NCAA probation.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama for the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Crimson Tide was led by first-year head coach Gene Stallings, [1] [2] replacing Bill Curry who left for the University of Kentucky. [3]

Contents

Early in the 1990 season, the Tide and new coach Gene Stallings lost three games by a combined total of eight points. In the opener against Southern Miss, star tailback Siran Stacy tore ligaments in his knee and missed the rest of the season. Against Florida, Alabama lost another star player for the year in wide receiver Craig Sanderson and quarterback Gary Hollingsworth threw three interceptions to Florida safety Will White, and the Gators scored the winning touchdown on a blocked punt. [4]

After wins over lightly regarded Vanderbilt and SW Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette), Bama traveled to Knoxville to face undefeated, third-ranked Tennessee. The result was a shocking 9–6 upset victory, Alabama's fifth in a row in the Third Saturday in October rivalry. The game was a defensive struggle and a field goal duel. UT's kicker Greg Burke, who hit a 51-yard field goal try to tie the game with ten minutes left, attempted a 50-yarder for the win with 1:35 to go, but Alabama's Stacy Harrison blocked the kick and the ball bounced to the Tennessee 37-yard line. The Crimson Tide advanced the ball seven yards on three running plays, setting up Philip Doyle's third field goal, a game-winning 48-yarder as time expired. [5]

The next game was a 9–0 loss to Penn State in which Hollingsworth threw five interceptions and Bama rushed for only six yards. [6] However, Alabama bounced back to win four in a row and salvage a winning season after the 0–3 start. Alabama won its first Iron Bowl in five years, dominating Auburn defensively and winning 16–7. It was the seventh game in a row in which the Alabama defense held the opposition to single digits. The season ended with a lopsided 34–7 bowl loss to Louisville, and Alabama finished 7–5.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 81:30 p.m. Southern Mississippi *No. 13
 PPV L 24–2775,962 [7]
September 1511:30 a.m.No. 24 Florida
WTBS L 13–1770,123 [8]
September 222:00 p.m.at Georgia
CBS L 16–1782,122 [9]
September 291:30 p.m. Vanderbilt
  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
PPVW 59–2870,123 [10]
October 64:00 p.m.at Southwestern Louisiana *
PPVW 25–636,133 [11]
October 203:00 p.m.at No. 3 Tennessee
ESPN W 9–696,732 [12]
October 274:00 p.m. Penn State *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)
ESPNL 0–970,123 [13]
November 311:30 a.m.at Mississippi State
WTBSW 22–039,252 [14]
November 101:30 p.m. LSU
  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)
PPVW 24–370,123 [15]
November 171:30 p.m. Cincinnati *
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 45–771,327 [16]
December 12:00 p.m.No. 20 Auburn
CBS W 16–775,962 [17]
January 1, 19913:30 p.m.vs. No. 18 Louisville *No. 25
 NBC L 7–3469,098 [18]
  • *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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Game summaries

Southern Miss

Florida

#24 Florida Gators (1–0) at Alabama Crimson Tide (0–1)
Quarter1234Total
Florida 0010717
Alabama 703313

at Bryant–Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

  • Date: September 15, 1990
  • Game attendance: 70,123
  • TV: TBS
  • Recap/Box
Game information
First quarter
  • UA – Craig Sanderson 15-yard pass from Gary Hollingsworth (Philip Doyle kick), 3:55. Alabama 7–0.

Second quarter

  • No scoring

Third quarter

  • UA – Philip Doyle 41-yard field goal, 11:21. Alabama 10–0.
  • UF – Terence Barber 6-yard pass from Shane Matthews (Arden Czyzewski kick), 7:48. Alabama 10–7.
  • UF – Arden Czyzewski 23-yard field goal, 1:28. Tie 10–10.

Fourth quarter

  • UF – Richard Fain recovered blocked punt in end zone (Arden Czyzewski kick), 14:45. Florida 17–10.
  • UA – Philip Doyle 46-yard field goal, 7:22. Florida 17–13.
External videos
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Personnel

1990 Alabama Crimson Tide football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Gary Hollingsworth
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Philip Doyle
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Statistics

Note: Does not include Fiesta Bowl.

Overall

StatisticsAlabamaOpponents
Touchdowns2613
Points Scored253127
Total First Downs194139
Rushing11162
Passing7265
Penalty1112
Total Yards3,6732,523
Rushing2,1441,007
Passing1,5291,519
Punts–Yards64–2,47379–3,105
FG Made–Att24–2912–17
XP Made–Att25–2511–11

Scoring

 1  2  3  4 Total
Alabama89744248 253
Opponents15243454 127

Passing

NameComp–AttPct.TDINTYardsRatingLong
Hollingsworth 140–28249.74131,46388.760
Woodson 2–1118.2036614.035
Lee 0–10.00000.00

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