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1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1987
team	Alabama Crimson Tide
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	7–5
conf_record	4–2
head_coach	Bill Curry
hc_year	1st
off_coach	Rip Scherer
oc_year	1st
def_coach	Don Lindsey
dc_year	1st
captain	Randy Rockwell
captain2	Kerry Goode
stadium	Legion Field
bowl	[Hall of Fame Bowl](1988-hall-of-fame-bowl)
bowl_result	L 24–28 vs. [Michigan](1987-michigan-wolverines-football-team)

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.

Schedule

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Game summaries

At LSU

Roster

John Thompson (LB)

References

General

Specific

References

Carroll, Andrew. (January 25, 1987). "Renovation at Bryant–Denny welcome news". The Tuscaloosa News.
Clay, Andy. (September 6, 1987). "Alabama swamps Golden Eagles". Hattiesburg American.
(September 13, 1987). "Alabama rolls over Penn State". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
(September 20, 1987). "Smith, Gators give Alabama the runaround". The Tampa Tribune.
(September 27, 1987). "Humphrey, Tide outlast gritty VU". The Tennessean.
(October 4, 1987). "USL haunted by reality of Division 1-A". The Daily Advertiser.
(October 11, 1987). "Tigers 13, Bama 10 - Memphis St. stund Tide". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(October 18, 1987). "Alabama swamps Tennessee 41–22". The Tennessean.
(November 1, 1987). "Alabama barely beats MSU, 21–18". Enterprise-Journal.
(November 8, 1987). "'Bama: Nothing fancy about it". The Shreveport Times.
(November 15, 1987). "Irish leave 'Bama bloodied, battered". The South Bend Tribune.
(November 28, 1987). "AU defense mauls Tide". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(January 3, 1988). "This one's for Bo, 28–24". Detroit Free Press.
"1987 Alabama football archives". University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

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