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Greatest/Clutchest Iron Bowl performance by an Alabama player?
Posted on 11/24/21 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 11/24/21 at 12:47 pm
The Iron Bowl is replete with epic performances from all-time great players. Which ones do you regard to be the greatest from an Alabama player? A few of the more recent performances that stick out to me are as follows:
Tua Tagovailoa (2018)
25-32, 324 yards, 5 TDs
Derrick Henry (2015)
46 carries, 271 yards, 1 TD
Amari Cooper (2014)
13 receptions, 224 yards, 2 TDs
Greg McElroy (2009)
21-31, 218 yards, 2 TDs
Tua Tagovailoa (2018)
25-32, 324 yards, 5 TDs
Derrick Henry (2015)
46 carries, 271 yards, 1 TD
Amari Cooper (2014)
13 receptions, 224 yards, 2 TDs
Greg McElroy (2009)
21-31, 218 yards, 2 TDs
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Posted on 11/24/21 at 1:01 pm to RollTide1987
Blake Sims a few years ago was pretty incredible i believe it was the 55-44 game
Posted on 11/24/21 at 1:22 pm to RollTide1987
Most clutch that I can remember (earliest IBs I remember were the 6 straight losses) was the final drive of 2009. We had been terrible on offense all day long and it came together perfectly. Offense drove 80 yards and took 8 minutes off the clock
Posted on 11/24/21 at 1:28 pm to RollTide1987
Van Tiffin
Posted on 11/24/21 at 1:29 pm to Lucky_Stryke
4 TDs and 3 INTs .. roller coaster
Posted on 11/24/21 at 1:33 pm to Lucky_Stryke
In real time, that game felt like a complete shitshow 
Sims actually threw 3 INTs in that game which I don't really remember. I do remember how bad the DBs were for both teams- felt like every drive had a 25+ yard pass
Sims actually threw 3 INTs in that game which I don't really remember. I do remember how bad the DBs were for both teams- felt like every drive had a 25+ yard pass
Posted on 11/24/21 at 1:33 pm to Lucky_Stryke
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Blake Sims
Had that image of him holding the state flag in the stands as my phone background for a long time.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 2:29 pm to RollTide1987
Roy Upchurch, 2009. As much as I love Ingram, he was kind of in his feelings at the end and was out of the game when Upchurch saved the day.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 2:58 pm to Master of Sinanju
Jake Coker was a warrior the last 4 games of the 15 season. He peaked at the perfect time. If only he had a year of eligibility left for the 2016 season, that 2016 team would have went down as the best ever at that time.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 2:59 pm to RollTide1987
Gotta go with Cade Foster in 2013.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 3:15 pm to RollTide1987
Mike Shula and Van Tiffin in the '85 Iron Bowl and its not even close
Posted on 11/24/21 at 3:29 pm to 14&Counting
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Mike Shula and Van Tiffin in the '85 Iron Bowl and its not even close
Shula needed to be clutch on that last drive because threw a 4th quarter pick in the end zone that Auburn turned into a TD drive to take the lead. That was a 14 point swing that almost lost the game.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 4:30 pm to Bama Bird
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Sims actually threw 3 INTs in that game which I don't really remember.
That was in the first half I believe - his 2nd half comeback was incredibly clutch.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 5:14 pm to Sneaky__Sally
Pretty sure his last INT was the first drive of the second half. First pass he threw, IIRC. He was clutch the rest of the gane.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 6:00 pm to RollTide1987
No Van Tiffin??? List is shite.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 6:04 pm to RollTide1987
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Derrick Henry (2015)
46 carries, 271 yards, 1 TD
This wasn't even the most clutch performance in that game.
Coker evading Carl Lawson and hitting Stewart for the TD, plus Griffith's 5 FGs...including a 50 yarder, and a 47 yarder that put us up 9 in the 4th quarter...were more clutch. The game was basically already over when Henry scored. 95 of his yards were on the last two drives of the game after we were already up 9 points.
I'd say Griffith's performance was more "clutch" without question. Big numbers don't necessarily mean more clutch...not at all.
This post was edited on 11/24/21 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 11/24/21 at 6:19 pm to BamaGradinTn
Ancient history, but a guy named Linny Patrick had been in Bryant's dog house much of his career, and sat behind inferior players. But in the 4th quarter of the 315 game, Bryant called his number out of desperation and Patrick single handedly saved the game.
Patrick
Patrick
Posted on 11/24/21 at 6:24 pm to remaster916
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Jake Coker was a warrior the last 4 games of the 15 season. He peaked at the perfect time. If only he had a year of eligibility left for the 2016 season, that 2016 team would have went down as the best ever at that time.
This. People forget just how good Coker was the second half of that season.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 7:01 pm to RollTide1987
Dennis Riddle in 1996. Ran for 131 yards and caught three passes, including the game winner, on the final drive.
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