List of Alabama Crimson Tide bowl games
Introduction 50-yard line action during the 2010 BCS National Championship GameThe Alabama Crimson Tide football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Alabama in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Since the establishment of the team in 1892, Alabama has appeared in 75 bowl games. Included in these games are 40 combined appearances in the traditional "big four" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange), 6 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game appearances (including three victories in the BCS National Championship Game) and six appearances in the College Football Playoff, and three victories in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.Alabama's first bowl game was in 1926, when Wallace Wade led them to the first of three Rose Bowls during his tenure and defeated Washington 20–19.Taking over for Wade following the 1930 season, between 1931 and 1946  Frank Thomas led Alabama to six bowl appearances including three Rose, and one trip each to the Cotton, Orange and Sugar Bowls. After Thomas, Harold Drew led Alabama to the Sugar, Orange and Cotton Bowls between 1947 and 1954.After a five-year bowl absence, Alabama made the first of 24 consecutive bowl appearances under Paul "Bear" Bryant in the 1959 Liberty Bowl. From 1959 to 1982, Bryant led the Crimson Tide to eight Sugar, five Orange, four Cotton, four Liberty, two Bluebonnet and one Gator Bowls.After Bryant retired, Ray Perkins extended Alabama's consecutive bowl game streak to 25 years with a victory in the 1983 Sun Bowl. However, the streak ended when the 1984 team finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses and failed to qualify for a bowl for the first time in 26 years. The bowl absence lasted only one season as Perkins led the Crimson Tide to wins in both the Aloha and Sun Bowls before he resigned as head coach following the 1986 season. Bill Curry continued the bowl tradition and led the Crimson Tide to Hall of Fame, Sun and Sugar Bowl appearances in his three seasons as head coach. After Curry, Gene Stallings took Alabama to the Fiesta, Blockbuster, Gator, Citrus and Outback Bowls. Stallings also led the Crimson Tide to victory in the first Bowl Coalition national championship game with a 34–13 victory over Miami in the Sugar Bowl. In August 1995, as part of the penalty imposed by the NCAA for rules violations, Alabama was ruled ineligible to participate in the 1995 bowl season.Following the retirement of Stallings, Mike DuBose was hired as head coach. After failing to qualify for a bowl game in 1997, DuBose led the Crimson Tide to the inaugural Music City Bowl and Alabama's first BCS bowl berth in the Orange Bowl. After again failing to qualify for a bowl in 2000, DuBose was fired and Dennis Franchione was hired as head coach. In his first season, Franchione led Alabama to the Independence Bowl. In February 2002, the NCAA found Alabama violated multiple rules, and as part of its penalty a two-year bowl ban was imposed to include both the 2002 and 2003 seasons. Eligible again to compete in bowl games, Mike Shula led Alabama to the Music City Bowl and a victory in the Cotton Bowl. However, in 2009, Alabama was again found to have violated NCAA rules between 2005 and 2007 and as part of their penalty, the 2006 Cotton Bowl Classic victory was officially vacated. In the week following the 2006 loss to Auburn, Shula was fired and Joe Kines served as interim head coach for the Independence Bowl loss.In January 2007, Nick Saban was hired as head coach, and has led the Crimson Tide to 15 bowl appearances in his twelve seasons at Alabama. After defeating Colorado in the Independence Bowl, Saban led Alabama to their second BCS bowl against Utah in the Sugar Bowl. In 2009, Saban led the Crimson Tide to the BCS National Championship Game, and defeated Texas 37–21 to clinch the program's first national title of the BCS era. A year after Alabama defeated Michigan State in the 2011 Capital One Bowl, the Crimson Tide defeated LSU in the BCS National Championship Game to clinch the program's second national title of the BCS era. The following season, the Crimson Tide won their second consecutive BCS National Championship Game by a final score of 42–14 over Notre Dame. In their latest bowl appearance, Alabama defeated Ohio State in the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship. The win brings Alabama's overall bowl record to 44 wins, 26 losses, and 3 ties, placing the Crimson Tide in first place among all FBS schools for both bowl appearances and victories.
Key +General  Bowl game record attendance   Former bowl game record attendance  * Denotes national championship game § Denotes College Football Playoff game+ Results W Win L Loss T Tie
Bowl games + List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceHead coach 1Rose Bowl1925Washington HuskiesRose BowlPasadena50,000 2Rose Bowl1926StanfordRose BowlPasadena57,417 3 Rose Bowl   1930 Washington State Cougars Rose Bowl Pasadena 60,000  4 Rose Bowl1934Stanford IndiansRose BowlPasadena84,474  5Rose Bowl 1937California Golden BearsRose BowlPasadena90,000 6Cotton Bowl Classic1941Texas A&M AggiesCotton BowlDallas38,000 7Orange Bowl1942Boston College EaglesOrange BowlMiami25,166 8Sugar Bowl1944Duke Blue DevilsTulane StadiumNew Orleans72,000 9Rose Bowl1945USC TrojansRose BowlPasadena93,000 10Sugar Bowl1947Texas LonghornsTulane StadiumNew Orleans72,000 11Orange Bowl1952Syracuse OrangemenOrange BowlMiami66,280 12Cotton Bowl Classic1953Rice OwlsCotton BowlDallas75,504 13Liberty Bowl1959Penn State Nittany LionsPhiladelphia Municipal StadiumPhiladelphia36,211 14Bluebonnet Bowl1960Texas LonghornsRice StadiumHouston68,000 15Sugar Bowl1961Arkansas RazorbacksTulane StadiumNew Orleans82,910 16Orange Bowl1962Oklahoma SoonersOrange BowlMiami72,880 17Sugar Bowl1963Ole Miss RebelsTulane StadiumNew Orleans80,785 18Orange Bowl1964Texas LonghornsOrange BowlMiami72,647 19Orange Bowl1965Nebraska CornhuskersOrange BowlMiami72,214 20Sugar Bowl1966Nebraska CornhuskersTulane StadiumNew Orleans82,000 21Cotton Bowl Classic1967Texas A&M AggiesCotton BowlDallas75,504 22Gator Bowl1968Missouri TigersGator Bowl StadiumJacksonville68,011 23Liberty Bowl1969Colorado BuffaloesMemphis50,042 24Bluebonnet Bowl1970Oklahoma SoonersHouston AstrodomeHouston53,829 25Orange Bowl1971Nebraska CornhuskersOrange BowlMiami78,151 26Cotton Bowl Classic1972Texas LonghornsCotton BowlDallas72,000 27Sugar Bowl1973Notre Dame Fighting IrishTulane StadiumNew Orleans85,161 28Orange Bowl1974Notre Dame Fighting IrishOrange BowlMiami71,801 29Sugar Bowl1975Penn State Nittany LionsLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans75,212 30Liberty Bowl1976UCLA BruinsMemphis52,736 31Sugar Bowl1977Ohio State BuckeyesLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans76,811 32Sugar Bowl1978Penn State Nittany LionsLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans76,824 33Sugar Bowl1979Arkansas RazorbacksLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans77,486 34Cotton Bowl Classic1980Baylor BearsCotton BowlDallas74,281 35Cotton Bowl Classic1981Texas LonghornsCotton BowlDallas73,243 36Liberty Bowl1982Illinois Fighting IlliniLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis54,123 37Sun Bowl1983SMU MustangsSun Bowl StadiumEl Paso41,412 38Aloha Bowl1985USC TrojansAloha StadiumHonolulu35,183 39Sun Bowl1986Washington HuskiesSun Bowl StadiumEl Paso48,722 401987Michigan WolverinesTampa StadiumTampa60,156 41Sun Bowl1988ArmySun Bowl StadiumEl Paso48,719 42Sugar Bowl1989Miami HurricanesLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans77,452 43Fiesta Bowl1990Louisville CardinalsSun Devil StadiumTempe69,098 44Blockbuster Bowl1991Colorado BuffaloesJoe Robbie StadiumMiami Gardens52,644 45 '''Sugar Bowl'''*1992Miami HurricanesLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans76,789 46Gator Bowl1993North Carolina Tar HeelsGator Bowl StadiumJacksonville67,205 471994Ohio State BuckeyesCitrus BowlOrlando71,195 48Outback Bowl1996Michigan WolverinesTampa StadiumTampa53,161 49Music City Bowl1998Virginia Tech HokiesVanderbilt StadiumNashville41,248 50Orange Bowl1999Michigan WolverinesMiami Gardens70,461 51Independence Bowl2001Iowa State CyclonesIndependence StadiumShreveport45,627 52Music City Bowl2004Minnesota Golden GophersThe ColiseumNashville66,089 53Cotton Bowl Classic2005Texas Tech Red RaidersCotton BowlDallas74,222 54Independence Bowl2006Oklahoma State CowboysIndependence StadiumShreveport45,054 55Independence Bowl2007Colorado BuffaloesIndependence StadiumShreveport47,043 56Sugar Bowl2008Utah UtesLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans71,872 57 '''BCS National Championship Game'''*2009Texas LonghornsRose BowlPasadena94,906 58Capital One Bowl2010Michigan State SpartansCitrus BowlOrlando61,519 59 '''BCS National Championship Game'''*2011LSU TigersNew Orleans78,237 60 '''BCS National Championship Game'''*2012Notre Dame Fighting IrishSun Life StadiumMiami Gardens80,120 61Sugar Bowl2013Oklahoma SoonersNew Orleans70,473 62 '''Sugar Bowl'''§2014Ohio State BuckeyesNew Orleans74,682 63 '''Cotton Bowl Classic'''§   2015 Michigan State Spartans Arlington 82,812  64 '''CFP National Championship'''*   Clemson Tigers University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale 75,765  65 '''Peach Bowl'''§   2016 Washington Huskies Georgia Dome Atlanta 79,996  66 '''CFP National Championship'''*   Clemson Tigers Raymond James Stadium Tampa 74,512  67 '''Sugar Bowl'''§   2017 Clemson Tigers Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans 72,360  68 '''CFP National Championship'''*   Georgia Bulldogs Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta 77,430  69 '''Orange Bowl'''§   2018 Oklahoma Sooners Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens 66,203  70 '''CFP National Championship'''*   Clemson Tigers Levi's Stadium Santa Clara 74,814  71 Citrus Bowl   2019 Michigan Wolverines Camping World Stadium Orlando 59,746   72 '''Rose Bowl'''§   2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish AT&T Stadium Arlington 18,373  73 '''CFP National Championship'''*   Ohio State Buckeyes Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens 14,926  74 '''Cotton Bowl Classic'''§    2021 Cincinnati Bearcats AT&T Stadium Arlington 76,313  75 '''CFP National Championship'''*   Georgia Bulldogs Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis 68,311  76 Sugar Bowl   2022 Kansas State Wildcats Caesars Superdome New Orleans  60,437   77'''Rose Bowl'''§   2023 Michigan Wolverines Rose Bowl Pasadena  96,371
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