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1981 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1981
team	Alabama Crimson Tide
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
CoachRank	6
APRank	7
record	9–2–1
conf_record	6–0
head_coach	Bear Bryant
hc_year	24th
off_coach	Mal Moore
oc_year	7th
off_scheme	Wishbone
def_coach	Ken Donahue
dc_year	8th
def_scheme	[5–2](5-2-defense)
captain	Warren Lyles
captain2	Alan Gray
stadium	Bryant–Denny Stadium
Legion Field
champion	SEC co-champion
bowl	[Cotton Bowl](1982-cotton-bowl-classic)
bowl_result	L 12–14 vs. [Texas](1981-texas-longhorns-football-team)

Legion Field The 1981 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 87th overall and 48th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 24th year, and played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished season with nine wins, two losses and one tie (9–2–1 overall, 6–0 in the SEC), as SEC co-champions with Georgia and with a loss against Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

Alabama recovered from an upset loss to a 1–10 Georgia Tech team to win its ninth SEC title in eleven years (shared with Georgia). It was Bama's 18th SEC championship, and the 13th and last conference title for Paul "Bear" Bryant at Alabama. Alabama's 28–17 win over Auburn was Coach Bryant's 315th career victory, breaking the then all-time record held by Amos Alonzo Stagg. Alabama's Cotton Bowl Classic loss to Texas dropped the Tide's all-time record against the Longhorns to 0–7–1.

Schedule

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Smothers, Jimmy. (November 29, 1981). "Bryant now winningest college coach in history". The Gadsden Times.
(September 6, 1981). "Alabama gets an easy one". The Anniston Star.
(September 13, 1981). "Tech 24, Alabama 21 - it really did happen". The Atlanta Constitution.
(September 20, 1981). "'Bama bounces back to beat UK 19–10". The Courier-Journal.
(September 27, 1981). "Tide sinks Commodores, 28–7". The Tennessean.
McNair, Kirk. (February 7, 2006). "SEC football - With the death late last week of legendary Mississippi Football Coach John Vaught, the question was raised as to why Alabama and Coach Paul Bryant had so few meetings against the Rebels and Vaught". Scout.com.
(October 4, 1981). "King Bama ain't dead yet". The Clarion-Ledger.
(October 11, 1981). "USM ties a 13–13 shocker on Alabama". The Clarion-Ledger.
(October 18, 1981). "Tide's first half monsoon wrecks Vols". The Tennessean.
(October 25, 1981). "Bama varies attack, and buries Rutgers". The Anniston Star.
(November 1, 1981). "State fires and falls back 13–10". The Clarion-Ledger.
(November 15, 1981). "Penn State falls to Alabama, 31–16". Sunday News.
(November 29, 1981). "Bendross sparks Alabama offense". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(January 2, 1982). "UT turns tide on 'Bama, 14–12". Austin American-Statesman.
"1981 Alabama football archives". University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

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