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Has Bama Ever Lost A Nat'l Chmp. Game?

Posted on 12/17/09 at 6:11 pm
Posted by tiger chaser
Birmingham Ala
Member since Feb 2008
7656 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 6:11 pm
Seriously, has Bama ever played in a national title game and lost?...not trying to flame..just curious, and don't feel like looking it up.
Posted by labamafan
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2007
24835 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 6:13 pm to
not since it was one versus two because remember 1 may play 4 or 5 and 2 may play 3in the old system, but our last shot was in 92 which was a 1 vs 2 matchup and obviously we won.
Posted by BamaDixi
Underneath Bryant-Denny
Member since Nov 2009
2265 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 6:16 pm to
Technically this is our first National Championship Game. Others were just bowls that happened to have matched up #2 v. #1. I'm not sure of the record of those happenings, however.
Posted by tiger chaser
Birmingham Ala
Member since Feb 2008
7656 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 6:17 pm to
Doesn't matter whether you're playing the number one, two or five ranked team..if you are in the natioal championship game, have you ever lost one?...
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36487 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 6:17 pm to
Yeah, like in '89 we were #7 playing Miami who was #1 so it wasn't really a NC for us. I think we won or tied all of them that were for us to win the NC. Of course their was the period when the NC was awarded before bowl games and I know we lost one of those bowl games, but had already had claimed the NC.
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36487 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 6:19 pm to
quote:

Doesn't matter whether you're playing the number one, two or five ranked team..if you are in the natioal championship game, have you ever lost one?...



Yeah it does, there didn't used to be a NC game so to speak. The NC was just awarded by polls.

Like I said, we we're number 7 playing a number one team. That's not really a NC game for us, but it is for them.
This post was edited on 12/17/09 at 6:21 pm
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68123 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 6:21 pm to

1964*
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36487 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 6:28 pm to
64 is debatable, but like I said we had been awarded the NC before the bowl. The one that best fits his questionn would be 1973 when we lost to an undefeated ND 24-23.
Posted by Volmanac
Nashville, TN
Member since May 2009
7733 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 6:37 pm to
National title games began in 1998.
Posted by old man tiger
Member since Feb 2009
2383 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 7:00 pm to
quote:

Has Bama Ever Lost A Nat'l Chmp. Game?


Yes Lost to LSU 13 to 6 in 1997
Posted by TT9
Global warming
Member since Sep 2008
82952 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 7:52 pm to
quote:

National title games began in 1998.
sick burn
Posted by LSU4ever15
The Woodlands
Member since Mar 2009
341 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 7:58 pm to
Lost to ND on New Years Eve in 1973 at Tulane Stadium.Bear had a tough time with Ara P.
Posted by Irondoctor
Member since Jun 2007
1359 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 8:00 pm to
My first Bama game was the Sugar bowl 1973,ND 24 Bama 23.....long trip home.
Posted by BamaScoop
Panama City Beach, Florida
Member since May 2007
55036 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 8:05 pm to
We are going to kick Texas' arse and that is all that matters.
Posted by BamaFan70
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2009
1568 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 8:12 pm to
#2 Bama was smoked by #1 Nebraska in the '72 Orange Bowl, which was the game to decide the NC..
Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
72570 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 8:21 pm to
Posted by BamaJD88
Mobile, Alabama
Member since Jan 2007
718 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 9:11 pm to
The 1937 Alabama team lost the 1938 Rose Bowl to California 13-0. Alabama finished the season 9-1. California finished 10-0-1. California and Pittsburgh both claim NCs for 1937.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
66513 posts
Posted on 12/17/09 at 9:19 pm to
1938 Rose Bowl - L 13-0 California
1972 Orange Bowl - L 38-6 Nebraska
1974 Sugar Bowl - L 24-23 Notre Dame
1975 Orange Bowl - L 13-11 Notre Dame

And, to the Tennessee fan talking about the national championship game not starting until 1998, there was a thing called the Bowl Coalition in 1992 when #1 Miami and #2 Alabama played in the Sugar Bowl. That lasted until 1994 when it was replaced by the Bowl Alliance for the seasons of '95, '96, '97.
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