1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football
1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Hall of Fame Bowl, L 24–28 vs. Michigan
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	7–5 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Bill Curry (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Rip Scherer (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Lindsey (1st season)
Captains	Randy Rockwell; Kerry Goode;
Home stadium	Legion Field
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 95th overall and 54th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bill Curry, in his first year, and played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and five losses (7–5 overall, 4–3 in the SEC) and with a loss in the Hall of Fame Bowl to Michigan.

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Due to a major renovation project that resulted in the completion of the western upper deck, Alabama played all of their home games at Legion Field instead of splitting them with Bryant–Denny Stadium for the 1987 season.^[1]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	1:30 p.m.	Southern Miss*		Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 38–6	75,808	^[2]
September 12	7:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Penn State*	No. 19	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	CBS	W 24–13	85,619	^[3]
September 19	11:30 a.m.	Florida	No. 11	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	TBS	L 14–23	75,808	^[4]
September 26	7:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt	No. 17	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 30–23	41,824	^[5]
October 3	3:00 p.m.	Southwestern Louisiana*	No. 17	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 38–10	72,233	^[6]
October 10	3:00 p.m.	at Memphis State*	No. 15	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		L 10–13	40,622	^[7]
October 17	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Tennessee		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)	ESPN	W 41–22	75,808	^[8]
October 31	7:30 p.m.	Mississippi State	No. 16	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)		W 21–18	73,877	^[9]
November 7	6:30 p.m.	at No. 5 LSU	No. 13	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 22–10	79,379	^[10]
November 14	1:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Notre Dame*	No. 11	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	CBS	L 6–37	59,075	^[11]
November 27	1:30 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Auburn	No. 18	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	L 0–10	75,808	^[12]
January 2, 1988	12:00 p.m.	vs. Michigan*		Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL (Hall of Fame Bowl)	NBC	L 24–28	60,156	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Alabama	6	0	7	9	22
LSU	0	10	0	0	10


Q1	8:28	ALA	Doyle 45 yard field goal	ALA 3–0

Q1	4:27	ALA	Doyle 29 yard field goal	ALA 6–0

Q2	14:44	LSU	Browndyke 37 yard field goal	ALA 6–3

Q2	6:14	LSU	V. Jones 9 yard run (Browndyke kick)	LSU 10–6

Q3	5:04	ALA	Wright 1 yard run (Doyle kick)	ALA 13–10

Q4	7:08	ALA	Doyle 32 yard field goal	ALA 16–10

Q4	4:48	ALA	Humphrey 10 yard run (kick failed)	ALA 22–10

1987 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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1987 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Auburn $	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	2
No. 5 LSU	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1	10	–	2	–	1
No. 13 Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll