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1990 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1990
team	Alabama Crimson Tide
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	7–5
conf_record	5–2
head_coach	Gene Stallings
hc_year	1st
off_coach	Mal Moore
oc_year	9th
captain	Efrum Thomas
captain2	Gary Hollingsworth
captain3	Philip Doyle
stadium	Bryant–Denny Stadium
Legion Field
bowl	[Fiesta Bowl](1991-fiesta-bowl)
bowl_result	L 7–34 vs. [Louisville](1990-louisville-cardinals-football-team)

Legion Field 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, replacing Bill Curry who left for the University of Kentucky.

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. Florida 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.

After wins over lightly regarded Vanderbilt and Southwestern Louisiana, 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. Tennessee'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.

The next game was a 9–0 loss to Penn State in which Hollingsworth threw five interceptions and Bama rushed for only six yards. 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

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Game summaries

Southern Miss

Florida

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.

Personnel

Gene Stallings
Ellis Johnson (outside linebackers)

Statistics

:Note: Does not include Fiesta Bowl.

Overall

Statistics	Alabama	Opponents
Rushing	111	62
Passing	72	65
Penalty	11	12
Rushing	2,144	1,007
Passing	1,529	1,519

Scoring

1	2	3	4	Total	253	127
Alabama	89	74	42	48
Opponents	15	24	34	54

Passing

Name	Comp–Att	Pct.	TD	INT	Yards	Rating	Long
Hollingsworth	140–282	49.7	4	13	1,463	88.7	60
Woodson	2–11	18.2	0	3	66	14.0	35
Lee	0–1	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0

References

(January 14, 1990). "Stallings Hopes To Bring Alabama Program Home". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
(January 11, 1990). "Alabama set to name Stallings". [[Tampa Bay Times.
(January 8, 1990). "Alabama's Curry quits, reportedly for Kentucky job". [[The Dallas Morning News]].
[https://web.archive.org/web/20121026105818/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1136380/1/index.htm "Loaded For Bear"], S. Looney, Douglas. ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', September 24, 1990
[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/21/sports/college-football-alabama-stuns-tennessee-9-6.html?pagewanted=1 "College Football; Alabama Stuns Tennessee, 9–6"], ''New York Times'', October 21, 1990
[http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1990/10/10-29-90tdc/10-29-90dsports-02.asp "Lions' defense smothers Tide in 9–0 win"] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-08-02 , ''The Daily Collegian'' (Penn State University), October 29, 1990)
(September 9, 1990). "USM victory: 'A great feeling'". Hattiesburg American.
(September 16, 1990). "Gatorball rally humbles Tide". The Tampa Tribune.
(September 23, 1990). "'Dogs get off deck to beat Tide". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(September 30, 1990). "VU self-destructs in 59–28 loss". The Tennessean.
(October 7, 1990). "Alabama turns the tide on Ragin' Cajuns". The Daily Advertiser.
(October 21, 1990). "Crimson Tide does it again". Johnson City Press.
(October 28, 1990). "Alabama shut out by Penn State 9–0". Sunday News.
(November 4, 1990). "Bama blanks MSU". The Clarion-Ledger.
(November 11, 1990). "No offense, but LSU loses again". The Shreveport Times.
(November 18, 1990). "Bearcats bow out at Bama battered but still game, 45–7". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
(January 2, 1991). "Cardinals turn it into 'Fiasco Bowl'". The Courier-Journal.
(December 2, 1990). "Alabama does it! Crimson Tide topples Tigers 16–7". The Montgomery Advertiser.
"1990 Alabama football archives". University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

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