1987 Alabama Crimson Tide 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.

1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Hall of Fame Bowl, L 24–28 vs. Michigan
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1987 record	7–5 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Bill Curry (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Rip Scherer (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Lindsey (1st season)
Captains	Randy Rockwell Kerry Goode
Home stadium	Legion Field (Capacity: 75,808)

1987 Southeastern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Auburn $	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	2
No. 5 LSU	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1			10	–	2	–	1
No. 13 Georgia	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 5	1:30 p.m.	Southern Miss*		Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 38–6	75,808
September 12	7:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Penn State*	No. 19	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	CBS	W 24–13	85,619
September 19	11:30 a.m.	Florida	No. 11	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	WTBS	L 14–23	75,808
September 26	7:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt	No. 17	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 30–23	41,824
October 3	3:00 p.m.	Southwestern Louisiana*	No. 17	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 38–10	72,233
October 10	3:00 p.m.	at Memphis State*	No. 15	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		L 10–13	40,622
October 17	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Tennessee		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	ESPN	W 41–22	75,808
October 31	7:30 p.m.	Mississippi State	No. 16	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)		W 21–18	73,877
November 7	6:30 p.m.	at No. 5 LSU	No. 13	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 22–10	79,379
November 14	1:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Notre Dame*	No. 11	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	CBS	L 6–37	59,075
November 27	1:30 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Auburn	No. 18	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	L 0–10	75,808
January 2, 1988	12:00 p.m.	vs. Michigan*		Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL (Hall of Fame Bowl)	NBC	L 24–28	60,156
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll All times are in Central time

Source: Rolltide.com All-time Football Results: 1987 Season[2]

Roster

1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 85 Howard Cross Jr RB 26 Bobby Humphrey Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 55 Derrick Thomas Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 3 Chris Mohr Jr	Head coach Bill Curry Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

at LSU

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 6 0 7 9 22 LSU 0 10 0 0 10 Date: November 7 Location: Tiger Stadium Game attendance: 79,379 Television 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

See also: 1987 LSU Tigers football team

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References

General

• "1987 Game Recaps". 1988 Alabama Football Media Guide (PDF). Tuscaloosa, Alabama: UA Athletics Media Relations Office. 1988. Retrieved February 21, 2012.

Specific

1. Carroll, Andrew (January 25, 1987). "Renovation at Bryant–Denny welcome news". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News. p. 2F. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
2. "All-time Football Results: 1987 Season". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
3. RollTide.com. 1987 Archives. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17.