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American college football season
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 .
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
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 5 1:30 p.m.
Southern Miss * W 38–675,808
[2]
September 12 7:00 p.m. at No. 11
Penn State * No. 19
CBS W 24–1385,619
[3]
September 19 11:30 a.m.
Florida No. 11 Legion Field Birmingham, AL (
rivalry )
WTBS L 14–2375,808
[4]
September 26 7:00 p.m. at
Vanderbilt No. 17 W 30–2341,824
[5]
October 3 3:00 p.m.
Southwestern Louisiana * No. 17 Legion Field Birmingham, AL W 38–1072,233
[6]
October 10 3:00 p.m. at
Memphis State * No. 15 L 10–1340,622
[7]
October 17 6:00 p.m. No. 8
Tennessee
ESPN W 41–2275,808
[8]
October 31 7:30 p.m.
Mississippi State No. 16 Legion Field Birmingham, AL (
rivalry ) W 21–1873,877
[9]
November 7 6:30 p.m. at No. 5
LSU No. 13 ESPN W 22–1079,379
[10]
November 14 1:30 p.m. at No. 7
Notre Dame * No. 11 CBS L 6–3759,075
[11]
1:30 p.m. vs. No. 7
Auburn No. 18 CBS L 0–1075,808
[12]
January 2, 1988 12:00 p.m. vs.
Michigan *
NBC L 24–2860,156
[13]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in
Central time
[14]
Roster
1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries
At LSU
1
2 3 4 Total
• Alabama
6
0 7 9
22
LSU
0
10 0 0
10
Date: November 7Location:
Tiger Stadium Game attendance: 79,379Television network: ESPN
Scoring summary Q1 8:28 ALA Doyle 45 yard field goal ALA 3–0
Q1 4:27 ALA Doyle 29 yard field goal ALA 6–0
Q2 14:44 LSU Browndyke 37 yard field goal ALA 6–3
Q2 6:14 LSU V. Jones 9 yard run (Browndyke kick) LSU 10–6
Q3 5:04 ALA Wright 1 yard run (Doyle kick) ALA 13–10
Q4 7:08 ALA Doyle 32 yard field goal ALA 16–10
Q4 4:48 ALA Humphrey 10 yard run (kick failed) ALA 22–10
References
General
Specific
^ Carroll, Andrew (January 25, 1987).
"Renovation at Bryant–Denny welcome news" . The Tuscaloosa News . Google News. p. 2F. Retrieved February 21, 2012 .
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"Alabama swamps Golden Eagles" . Hattiesburg American . September 6, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Alabama rolls over Penn State" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . September 13, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Smith, Gators give Alabama the runaround" . The Tampa Tribune . September 20, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Humphrey, Tide outlast gritty VU" . The Tennessean . September 27, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"USL haunted by reality of Division 1-A" . The Daily Advertiser . October 4, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Tigers 13, Bama 10 - Memphis St. stund Tide" . The Montgomery Advertiser . October 11, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Alabama swamps Tennessee 41–22" . The Tennessean . October 18, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Alabama barely beats MSU, 21–18" . Enterprise-Journal . November 1, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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" 'Bama: Nothing fancy about it" . The Shreveport Times . November 8, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Irish leave 'Bama bloodied, battered" . The South Bend Tribune . November 15, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"AU defense mauls Tide" . The Montgomery Advertiser . November 28, 1987. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"This one's for Bo, 28–24" . Detroit Free Press . January 3, 1988. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"1987 Alabama football archives" . RollTide.com . University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2021 .
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