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Alabama Football Team History


Alabama Crimson Tide
The University of Alabama
 Tuscaloosa, AL
Founded: 1831
Stadium: Bryant-Denny Stadium
Capacity: 92,138
Colors: Crimson & White
Coach: Wallace W. Wade
Conference: Southern-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1892  <-- 1927 <- 1928 -> 1929 --> 2024
1928 Season Highlights
 Wallace W. Wade enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Alabama.
 
1928 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Oct. 6  vs. Mississippi  27   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 13  @ Mississippi State  46   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 20  vs. Tennessee  13   15   L       
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. Sewanee  42   12   W    @ Birmingham, AL   
 Sat., Nov. 3  @ Wisconsin  0   15   L       
 Sat., Nov. 10  vs. Kentucky  14   0   W    @ Montgomery, AL   
 Sat., Nov. 17  @ Georgia Tech  13   33   L       
 Thu., Nov. 29  vs. Georgia  19   0   W    @ Birmingham, AL   
 Sat., Dec. 8  vs. Louisiana State  13   0   W    @ Birmingham, AL   
 
1928 Season Totals
  Record6-3
  Points Scored187
  Scoring Average20.8
  Points Allowed75
  Defense Average8.3
  Opponents Record47-19
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record5-1
  Away Record1-2
1928 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1928 Southern- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Georgia Tech 10-022147Won  8-7  William A. Bill Alexander
Tennessee 9-0-124951   Robert R. Bob Neyland
Clemson 8-319277   Josh C. Cody
Florida 8-133644   Charles W. Bachman
Vanderbilt 8-215257   Dan McGugin
Virginia Tech 7-219892   Andy Gustafson
Alabama 6-318775   Wallace W. Wade
Louisiana State 6-2-118045   Russell T. Russ Cohen
Maryland 6-3-113270   H.C. Curley Byrd
South Carolina 6-2-29670   W.L. Billy Laval
Tulane 6-3-126476   Bernard W. Bernie Bierman
Duke 5-5155116   James Jimmy DeHart
Mississippi 5-4156121   Homer Hazel
North Carolina 5-3-2186115   Charles C. Chuck Collins
Georgia 4-5122113   Harry J. Mehre
Kentucky 4-3-110041   Harry G. Gamage
North Carolina State 4-5-1157100   G.K. Gus Tebell
Mississippi State 2-4-270166   John W. Hancock
Virginia 2-6-1121142   A. Earle Greasy Neale
Auburn 1-837154   George Bohler

1928 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1928 All Southern Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.