1988 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1988 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 29–28 vs. Army
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 17
1988 record	9–3 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach	Bill Curry (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Homer Smith (1st season)
Captain	Derrick Thomas
Captain	David Smith
Home stadium	Bryant–Denny Stadium (Capacity: 70,123) Legion Field (Capacity: 75,962)

1988 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Auburn +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 19 LSU +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 15 Georgia	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Alabama	4	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Florida	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Mississippi State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 96th overall and 55th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bill Curry, in his second year, and played their home games at both Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3 overall, 4–3 in the SEC) and with a victory in the Sun Bowl over Army.

Alabama suffered close losses to rivals LSU and Auburn in November but the low point of the season was a 22–12 loss on homecoming to Ole Miss, Alabama's first ever loss against Ole Miss in the state of Alabama.^[1] Alabama had zero yards passing in the game.^[2] Highlights included a victory over Penn State, Alabama's third consecutive victory over Tennessee, and a come-from-behind 29–28 victory in the Sun Bowl over Army in which quarterback David Smith threw for 412 yards, an all-time bowl record for an Alabama quarterback.^[3]^[4]

Alabama's road game against Texas A&M, originally scheduled for September 17, was postponed to December 1 when Coach Curry declined to make the trip, worried about oncoming Hurricane Gilbert.^[5] When Gilbert made landfall in Mexico and the weather in College Station was clear on gameday, A&M fans called Alabama's coach "Chicken Curry".^[6] Alabama won the rescheduled game on December 1 by a final score of 30–10.^[7]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	6:00 p.m.	at Temple*	No. 14	Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA		W 37–0	28,680
September 24	1:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 13	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL		W 44–10	70,123
October 1	11:30 a.m.	at Kentucky	No. 12	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	WTBS	W 31–27	53,442
October 8	11:30 a.m.	Ole Miss	No. 12	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)	WTBS	L 12–22	70,123
October 15	12:00 p.m.	at Tennessee		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)		W 28–20	93,025
October 22	1:30 p.m.	Penn State*		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Rivalry)	CBS	W 8–3	75,962
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at Mississippi State	No. 19	Scott Field • Starkville, MS (Rivalry)		W 53–34	41,088
November 5	1:30 p.m.	No. 13 LSU	No. 18	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)	CBS	L 18–19	70,123
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Southwestern Louisiana*	No. 18	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 17–0	66,537
November 25	1:30 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Auburn	No. 17	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	L 10–15	75,962
December 1	7:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M*	No. 20	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN	W 30–10	59,152
December 24	11:00 a.m.	vs. Army*	No. 20	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 29–28	48,719
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Rolltide.com All-time Football Results: 1988 Season^[8]

Season summary

Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Alabama	7	6	0	17	30
Texas A&M	3	0	7	0	10

Date: December 1
Location: Kyle Field
Game attendance: 59,152
Game weather: 45°F; wind 5 N

Scoring summary

Q1	9:07	ALA	Stewart 10 yard pass from Smith (Doyle kick)	ALA 7–0

Q1	5:43	A&M	Slater 49 yard field goal	ALA 7–3

Q2	5:02	ALA	Doyle 39 yard field goal	ALA 10–3

Q2	2:50	ALA	Doyle 42 yard field goal	ALA 13–3

Q3	10:40	A&M	Wilson 1 yard run (Slater kick)	ALA 13–10

Q4	10:13	ALA	Turner 8 yard pass from Smith (Doyle kick)	ALA 20–10

Q4	6:42	ALA	Doyle 30 yard field goal	ALA 23–10

Q4	2:41	ALA	Hill 10 yard run (Doyle kick)	ALA 30–10

^[9]

References

General

"1988 Game Recaps". 1989 Alabama Football Media Guide (PDF). Tuscaloosa, Alabama: UA Athletics Media Relations Office. 1989. Retrieved February 21, 2012.

Specific

↑ Hurt, Cecil (October 9, 1988). "History shines on Ole Miss as Rebs tumble Tide 22–12". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News. p. 1B.
↑ Reed, William F. (October 17, 1988). "College Football: Down in Dixie". Sports Illustrated. SI.com. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
↑ "Best of the Sun Bowl". El Paso Times. November 19, 2006.
↑ White, Jr., Gordon S. (December 25, 1988). "Tide Edges Cadets in Sun Bowl". The New York Times. nytimes.com.
↑ Hurt, Cecil (September 17, 1988). "Curry, Sherrill in storm of controversy". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News. p. 15.
↑ Reed, William F. (December 12, 1988). "Chicken Curry and Aggie stew". Sports Illustrated. SI.com. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
↑ 1989 Game Recaps, Game No. 11
↑ "All-time Football Results: 1988 Season". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
↑ 1989 Alabama Football Media Guide. Retrieved 2015-Sep-27.

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