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On this date in 1979 Alabama played its first live TV game at Bryant-Denny Stadium
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:03 am
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:03 am
30-0 win over Miami in Howard Schnellenberger's first year. In a sign of the times, it was Alabama's ONLY televised game during the regular season. Three months later the play by play announcer of that game would become famous by yelling,"DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? YES!"
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:14 am to I-59 Tiger
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Despite what many media reports would have you believe, a significant first in sports TV history took place on Saturday 11/16/1968. That evening, ABC televised the Alabama at Miami game at 8:30 pm ET with Chris Schenkel and Bud Wilkinson calling the action. This marked the first college football regular season prime time national telecast.
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However, for some strange reason, numerous newspapers, books, and web sites over the years have incorrectly referred to that 1969 game as the first regular season prime time college football national telecast and multiple recent reports continue to make this mistake. Furthermore, it wasn't even the first such game in 1969 as ABC had televised Air Force at SMU in prime time at 9:30 pm ET on Saturday 9/13 to open the season. I am baffled as to why so many media outlets are wrong regarding the facts about a milestone telecast.
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Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:18 am to viceman
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In 2008, the University of Alabama official athletic site labelled the 1969 game as "the first prime-time telecast of a college football game". You would think the official Alabama site should know better since the Crimson Tide participated in the true first such game in 1968.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:19 am to viceman
But were those live telecasts, or taped?
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:20 am to deeprig9
Live. Free. Over the air. No tape delay or closed circuit,pay tv.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:22 am to deeprig9
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But were those live telecasts, or taped?
The article says live, I honestly don't know who is right on this. I just thought 1979 was way too late of a date and went to fact check, and this blog is what I found. I know satellite tv existed in the 60's, but I will yield to anybody who knows more than I do about it. I know next to nothing about it.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:22 am to I-59 Tiger
Missed holding call that screenshot, am’i’right?
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:24 am to five_fivesix
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Missed holding call that screenshot, am’i’right?
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:25 am to I-59 Tiger
Based on date and time, the game would have had to have lights.
Did the stadium have lights in 1968?
Did the stadium have lights in 1968?
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:25 am to viceman
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I just thought 1979 was way too late of a date and went to fact check, and this blog is what I found
OP says first live TV game at Bryant-Denny, at least one of the games you posted was in Miami. Was the other at Legion Field?
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:28 am to I-59 Tiger
I don't see the word "live" anywhere in the article regarding 1968.
This post was edited on 11/17/17 at 11:29 am
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:28 am to viceman
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I just thought 1979 was way too late of a date and went to fact check
No,the game I'm referencing was Alabama's first televised game at Bryant-Denny. The 1968 Alabama-Miami game was at the Orange Bowl in Miami. And of course Alabama had a jillion televised games at Legion Field.
This was the first televised game at Denny Stadium.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:30 am to I-59 Tiger
All kinds of facts wrong here. Alabama's games against Ga Tech and Tennessee were televised that year
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:31 am to StopRobot
Georgia Tech in Atlanta was indeed on TV. Tennessee wasn't.
But right on course for you to show up being negative.
But right on course for you to show up being negative.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:33 am to jchamil
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OP says first live TV game at Bryant-Denny
It's in the title, not sure how anyone missed that it says Bryant-Denny
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:33 am to viceman
Key words- "at Bryant-Denny Stadium"
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:34 am to jchamil
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It's in the title, not sure how anyone missed that it says Bryant-Denny
I missed it. I caused all of the confusion. OP is right and I was wrong.
This post was edited on 11/17/17 at 11:35 am
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:38 am to viceman
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I missed it. I caused all of the confusion. OP is right and I was wrong.
but your post and link are indeed interesting. It is funny how 99.9% of college sports fans,including Alabama,Miami and Ole Miss fans think that classic Ole Miss-Alabama game was the first televised night game.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:41 am to I-59 Tiger
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but your post and link are indeed interesting. It is funny how 99.9% of college sports fans,including Alabama,Miami and Ole Miss fans think that classic Ole Miss-Alabama game was the first televised night game.
Yeah, I found that funny, even if it was not what you clearly stated in the thread title. I mean Alabama was in the real first game and the University still got it wrong. That is so like our school.
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Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:42 am to viceman
Jim Kelly started that game for Miami. He was 2-15 with 3 INT's. He was a freshman.
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