Sixteen and counting : the national championships of Alabama football / edited and with an introduction by Kenneth Gaddy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaddy, Kenneth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Alabama--Football--History.

University of Alabama.

Football.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 210 pages : black and white photographs ; 23 cm

Other Title:

16 and counting

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]

Summary:

Dating back to 1925, when Wallace Wade coached the Crimson Tide to an undefeated season and earned a spot in the Rose Bowl, the driving goal of every University of Alabama football season has been a national championship. A winning team surfaced that very next year, when Hoyt "Wu" Winslett's squad sealed the national championship at the Rose Bowl for a second time. Winning seasons and bowl games culminating in the coveted crown followed again in 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2015--more championships than any other college team in the nation. Sixteen and Counting features a chapter highlighting each of these championship seasons and collects the legendary stories of many of the outstanding coaches and players on the University of Alabama's championship teams. College football legends such as Wallace Wade, Wu Winslett, Johnny Mack Brown, Pooley Herbert, Frank Thomas, Dixie Howell, Don Hutson, Jimmy Nelson, Holt Rast, Pat Trammel, Sam Bailey, Lee Roy Jordan, Harry Gilmer, Bill Lee, Ken Stabler, Joe Namath, Gary Rutledge, Randy Billingsley, Barry Krauss, Clem Gryska, Gene Stallings, Paul "Bear" Bryant, and, of course, Nick Saban all make prominent appearances. A seventeenth chapter is included that looks at the uncrowned teams commonly referred to as "the other five," who were considered national champions by at least one national ranking service at the end of the season. Every glorious milestone and high point in Alabama football history is included here: "Mama called," the wishbone formation, "The Goal Line Stand," the Million Dollar Band, the coaching tower, the Davis kicking dynasty, the Notre Dame box, Coach of the Year, Team of the Decade, and two Heisman trophy winners.

Contents:

Foreword / by Bill Battle

Introduction / by Kenneth Gaddy

1925 / Andrew Doyle

1926 / Taylor Watson

1930 / Delbert Reed

1934 / Mitch Dobbs

1941 / Wayne Atcheson

1961 : the resurrection / Winston Groom

1964 / Tom Roberts

1965 / Keith Dunnavant

1973 / John David Briley

1978 / Kirk McNair

1979 / Steve Townsend

1992 / Gene Stallings with Erik Stinnett

2009 / Eryk Anders, Javier Arenas, and Tommy Deas

2011 / Mayor Walter Maddox

2012 / Tommy Deas and Barrett Jones

2015 / Phil Savage

The other five / Allen Barra.

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the Paul W. Bryant Museum"--Title page verso.

ISBN:

0817319697

9780817319694

OCLC:

993647095