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Others would say he was the best quarterback at Legion Field in that Alabama-Auburn game. ); : The 1971 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.It was the first Rebel squad since 1946 to not be coached by Johnny Vaught, who was forced to take a leave of absence midway through the previous campaign due to health concerns. The Paul W. Bryant Museum was honored to be invited to the dedication of this mural of Wilbur Jackson in his hometown of Ozark Alabama. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Mitchell was elected as a team captain in 1972, an honor Jackson repeated the following season. They finished season with eleven wins and one loss (111 overall, 70 in the SEC), as SEC champions and with a loss to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. [40][41], Both teams then traded touchdowns in the second half en route to the 3420 Crimson Tide victory. With both teams ranked in the top five, Alabama defeated Auburn 317 and captured the outright SEC football championship. [11][12] Neither team scored in the second half as both defenses created several turnovers and Alabama won 1710. [66] After Danny Ridgeway gave the Baby Tide an early 70 lead, Tulane responded with the next 22 points and opened a 227 lead. 1973 Football Archives. Season Stats | Roster | Superlatives . [44][45] Fourth quarter points were scored on a 33-yard Bill Davis field goal, touchdowns on runs of one-yard by Johnny Musso and 16-yards by David Knapp and on a one-yard Terry Davis pass to Glenn Woodruff. [3][4][5][6], In 1968, Texas head coach Darrell Royal and his offensive coordinator Emory Bellard introduced what would become known as the wishbone offense. [24][25] The Crimson Tide then closed the game with touchdown runs of 15-yards by Steve Bisceglia and 14-yards by Butch Hobson that made the final score 406. . [63], Template:Southeastern Conference football champions. [63] The Baby Tide opened the season with a 2823 victory over Navy at Annapolis. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. 9 position in the AP Poll prior to their game against Southern Miss. Charitable Giving Turkey Bowl Classic Charity Golf Fellowship of Christian Athletes Senior Bowl Scout School NFL Flag Football Yellawood Community . 1971 Alabama Crimson Tide Schedule and Results Previous Year Next Year Record: 11-1 (3rd of 128) ( Schedule & Results ) Rank: 4th in the Final AP poll Conference: SEC Conference Record: 7-0 Coach: Bear Bryant (11-1) Points For: 368 Points/G: 30.7 (11th of 128) Points Against: 122 More Team Info Alabama School History 1971 Alabama Statistics Crimson Tide trainer Jim. Woody McCorvey was Alabamas first Black offensive coordinator in 1996, and typically one-third to one-half of Nick Sabans recent coaching staffs have been comprised of minorities. [52][53] The Crimson Tide responded with a pair of touchdowns later in the first on runs of 22-yards by Terry Davis and 67-yards by Wilbur Jackson. Date Opponent Location Result Recap Notes Stats Photos Video; 9/10/71: at Southern California: Los Angeles, Calif. W, 17-10: [50] Playing in a regionally televised game on ABC, Alabama defeated the Tigers 147 at Tiger Stadium. [16][18][19] Johnny Musso gave the Crimson Tide a 140 lead with touchdown runs of one-yard in the first and 16-yards in the second quarter. As for Johnny Musso, he had 33 rushes for 167 yards, just over 5 yards per carry. [13] At the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Alabama upset the No. Record: 11-1 (3rd of 128) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Lost Orange Bowl 38-6 versus Nebraska. Bryant was no less committed to integrating his program than he was to the wishbone, by all indications. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Do you have a blog? However, the Crimson Tide closed the game with a 39-yard Bill Davis field goal and five-yard Johnny Musso touchdown run for the 3215 victory. [11][12], USC responds with ten unanswered points and made the halftime score 1710. 1 versus No. [64] The Baby Tide extended their lead to 2113 after Bob Holmes scored on a three-yard run on the first drive of the third quarter. (Photo courtesy of the Paul W. Bryant Museum). All rights reserved. And so they became players that Southeastern Conference schools and so many teams would recruit because they were trained well, they knew the game, they were smart enough to learn all the systems. [63] After a scoreless first half, Auburn scored their only points on a 48-yard Mike Fuller touchdown reception in the third quarter. [13][14][16] The Crimson Tide took a 100 lead in the first quarter behind a 13-yard Johnny Musso touchdown run and a 37-yard Bill Davis field goal. [26][27] The 531 rushing yards made by Alabama were the most allowed by the Rebels' defense in school history. 1971 Alabama Crimson Tide Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 11-1 (3rd of 128) ( Schedule & Results ) Rank: 4th in the Final AP poll Conference: SEC Conference Record: 7-0 Coach: Bear Bryant (11-1) Points For: 368 Points/G: 30.7 (11th of 128) Points Against: 122 More Team Info Alabama School History 1971 Alabama Statistics Schedule & Results [64] After Randy Billingsley gave Alabama an early 70 lead with his nine-yard touchdown run, Navy responded with a trick play that saw Jim O'Brien throw a 33-yard touchdown pass to John Brodhead. Alabama opened the season with an upset victory at USC. The first were Wilbur Jackson and John Mitchell. [23] The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Florida to 115. Jackson, signed in 1969 and a member of Alabama's freshman team in 1970 (freshman in those days were not eligible for the varsity), was the first ever black player given a football scholarship to Alabama. Ralph Stokes then a freshman halfback who had signed with Alabama a year after Jackson and a few months after Mitchell remembers listening on the radio, and later watching highlight shows to prove to himself that what he was hearing was real young Black men were actually playing for the Crimson Tide. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. Schedule Roster [ edit] Team players drafted into the NFL [ edit] [1] References [ edit] ^ "1972 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". But more importantly, it changed the culture of our whole southeastern states, because these young people are getting educations at these institutions., Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant is shown with John Mitchell, the first African-American to play in a football game for the Crimson Tide and later the school's first Black assistant football coach. That was still the score going to the fourth quarter, but thats when Alabama put it away. [16][48][49] Bill Davis scored all of the first half points with his field goals of 29 and 38-yards that gave Alabama a 60 halftime lead. 4 position in the AP Poll prior to their game against Houston. But over time, the transition happened to where schools evaluated talent and players based on the abilities that they could bring to their program. [11], During the second summer session at the University, both Moore and Sharpe began to work with players on the offensive change, and in August Royal and Bellard traveled to Tuscaloosa and led a coaching clinic for the Alabama staff on the wishbone. Several players that were varsity lettermen from the 1971 squad were drafted into the National Football League (NFL) in the 1972, 1973 and 1974 drafts. These players included: Prior to the 1972 NCAA University Division football season, NCAA rules prohibited freshmen from participating on the varsity team, and as such many schools fielded freshmen teams. [1][2] For the 1971 season, John Mitchell became the first African American to play on the varsity squad for the Crimson Tide during the regular season after he transferred from Eastern Arizona College. This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors. [66] Alabama then rallied for the 2322 victory behind a pair of Bob Holmes touchdown runs and a pair of Ralph Stokes two-point conversions in the fourth quarter. Season Stats | Roster | Superlatives. Of the 22 players who started on offense and defense in Alabamas season-opener vs. Miami last Saturday, 20 were African-American. [68] After Danny Ridgeway gave the Baby Tide an early 70 lead, Tulane responded with the next 22 points and opened a 227 lead. Though the game was not televised, it was being followed closely within the African-American community as well as by Alabamas core white fanbase. [10][11] In order to keep the change a secret, Bryant closed all of the Crimson Tide's practices closed from the public, screened the practice field from view with a canvas and hired security to keep people away. [18] In their home opener, Alabama played 62 different players and defeated the Golden Eagles 426 at Denny Stadium. 7 position in the AP Poll prior to their game against Ole Miss. [29] The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Ole Miss to 2252. [24][25], Alabama extended their lead to 276 in the third quarter behind touchdown runs of 29-yards by Joe LaBue and seven-yards by Johnny Musso. In Breaking Barriers, African-American Crimson Tide predecessors such as Pugh and Ozzie Newsome as well as white teammates alike sung the praises of Mitchell and Jackson. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. [22][23] All four came on the ground with a pair from one-yard out, a three-yard run and a five-yard run. Although several African American students competed during spring practice in 1967, Wilbur Jackson became the first African American awarded a scholarship to play for Alabama, and he competed as a member of the freshman squad in 1970 and played for the varsity team in 1971. Then, as now, it was serious, particularly for a running back. [68] [66], At Knoxville, a 3613 loss to the Volunteers ended an eight-game winning streak for the Baby Tide. [66] Green Wave points were scored on a 43-yard Steve Foley touchdown pass to Robert Johnson, a one-yard Foley touchdown run, a 50-yard John Washington punt return and on a 31-yard David Falgue field goal. The #16 Alabama Crimson Tide traveled to Los Angeles, CA to face the #5 USC Trojans in both teams' 1971 season opener. 6 position in the AP Poll prior to their game against Vanderbilt. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: . [65] After a scoreless first half, Auburn scored their only points on a 48-yard Mike Fuller touchdown reception in the third quarter. 1 Nebraska 386 to close the season in the Orange Bowl. Join our linker program. The first came on a 31-yard Terry Davis pass to Wayne Wheeler and the second on a 30-yard Steve Higginbotham interception return. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Their lead was then stretched to 130 at halftime behind field goals of 33-yards by Bill Davis and 26-yards by Greg Gantt. [48] Playing in a regionally televised game on ABC, Alabama defeated the Tigers 147 at Tiger Stadium. [14][33][34] After the Crimson Tide took an early 60 lead on a 20-yard Terry Davis touchdown pass to David Bailey, the Vols responded with a four-yard Curt Watson touchdown run that made the score 76 at the end of the first quarter. The seniors and juniors, those guys that had been there before, some of those guys were crying. [55][56] The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Auburn to 19161. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. [9] Alabama later opened the season with an upset victory over USC that was credited to the surprise switch to the wishbone that caught the Trojans off-guard. Interestingly, many considered Sullivan to be only the second best player for Auburn. All rights reserved. Jan. 5. [58], In what was a No. They didnt make a huge, big deal of it on Coach Bryants show, but you got a couple of clips of John playing. They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP),[1] (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (5) the United Press International (UPI). [20] In their home opener, Alabama played 62 different players and defeated the Southerners 426 at Denny Stadium. Find out more. This was the first game that the wishbone was utilized by the Crimson Tide offense, and their victory was attributed in part to surprising the Trojans with its introduction. As we have noted in the past, any Alabama win over Auburn is a good one. "Bryant's 100th birthday: The wishbone September 10, 2013". [38] The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Tennessee to 24237. Record: 11-1 (3rd of 128) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Lost Orange Bowl 38-6 versus Nebraska, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 6:51AM. [64] Ralph Stokes then went on and scored the game-winning touchdown for Alabama in the fourth quarter on a 38-yard run that made the final score 2823. 1971 Southeastern Conference football standings, 1971 NCAA University Division football season, 1971 Southern Miss Southerners football team, avenge the 4823 loss from the previous season, 1971 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, 1972 NCAA University Division football season, "2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book", "Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Wilbur Jackson", "Walk-ons played a role, too, in integrating Alabama and Auburn football", "Football pioneer builds big men for Steelers", "The integration of college football didn't happen in one game", "Bear Bryant 'simply the best there ever was', "LSU fully integrated 45 years after last All-White team", "Musso's 2 touchdowns lead Alabama to upset over USC", "Tide to open against Southern Cal next fall", "Musso leads Alabama romp by hapless Florida, 380", "Alabama ends drought against Tennessee 3215", "Friday football flashback: Alabama 34, Houston 20 (1971)", "State spooky, but Tide gets eighth treat", "Bama chalks up new records in 313 trashing of Miami", "The Tigers come back to beat Bama, 3328", "Cornhuskers kill Crimson Tide dream, 386", "NCAA's decision to allow freshman eligibility changed football landscape", "Unanimous vote makes SEC frosh eligible", "UA frosh run rampant in 417 win over Vandy", "Tide freshmen rally late for 2322 win at Tulane", "Tennessee yearlings rip Baby Tide, 3613", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1971_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team&oldid=1133616825, 1971 Southeastern Conference football season, Southeastern Conference football champion seasons, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox college sports team season with no sport parameter, Pages using CFB schedule with an unlinked rivalry, Pages using CFB schedule with named parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 18:14. By 1975, Alabama had 20 Black players on its roster. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. When Wilbur Jackson got that scholarship, along with Wendell Hudson in basketball the year before, that was a game-changer, said Newsome, a Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end with the Cleveland Browns and for many years a decorated executive with the NFLs Baltimore Ravens. [64] In the second quarter, Billingsley scored on a one-yard touchdown run, and again the Midshipmen responded with a 20-yard Brodhead touchdown pass to Rhett Bray that made the halftime score 1413. 1971 Miami Dolphins Roster & Players. 5 position in the AP Poll prior to the first top five match-up in the Iron Bowl. [69], In their final game of the season, before 15,000 fans at Cliff Hare Stadium, Alabama defeated Auburn 136. All rights reserved. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Greg McElroy leading a desperation 15-play TD drive for a 26-21 win in 2009 to keep an undefeated, national championship season going. Though Alabama has never had a Black head football coach, Bryant and every Crimson Tide head coach after him has had African-Americans in key coaching positions. Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant is shown with Wilbur Jackson, left, and John Mitchell, right, the school's first two African-American varsity football players. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. Visit ESPN to view the Alabama Crimson Tide team roster for the current season [33][34] The 73,828 in attendance set a new record for largest crowd in the history of Legion Field to date. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Goostree and his assistant, Sang Lyda, were not only treating Musso for his injured toe, Goostree was trying to develop some contraption to ease the pressure on the sprained toe. 8 position in the AP Poll prior to their game against Florida. Our Game Watchlist 2023 Rosters Hall of Fame All-Time Roster Media. 2 matchup for the national championship, Alabama was dominated by the Nebraska Cornhuskers 386 in the Orange Bowl. [13] The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Southern Cal to 31. 1 Nebraska, the Tigers going to the Sugar Bowl to meet Oklahoma. [20][21] All four came on the ground with a pair from one-yard out, a three-yard run and a five-yard run. The injury is now known as turf-toe. [1][2] For the 1971 season, John Mitchell became the first African American to play on the varsity squad for the Crimson Tide during the regular season after he transferred from Eastern Arizona College.[3][4][5][6]. I remember over the next three years that I was there, when we had a team prayer, Coach Bryant only prayed maybe four times. [33][34], Early in the third, the Crimson Tide extended their lead to 227 behind a 16-yard Terry Davis touchdown pass to Bailey. And so that was good to be able to see, that it really did happen., Former Alabama halfback Wilbur Jackson (80) is shown during a 1973 game vs. Tennessee. [26][27] The Crimson Tide then closed the game with touchdown runs of 15-yards by Steve Bisceglia and 14-yards by Butch Hobson that made the final score 406. In the formation, the quarterback lines up with a fullback and two tailbacks behind him, and on any play may keep the ball, hand off to the fullback, or pitch to a tailback. Football Roster Coaches Schedule Stats News Additional Links. [50][51] With their 345 offensive yards in the game, Alabama surpassed the previous SEC season record for total offense of 3,068 yards set by Tennessee in 1951. [16][22][23] After Bill Davis gave the Crimson Tide a 30 lead with his first quarter field goal, Musso scored Alabama's next four touchdowns and extended their lead to 310. 1971 NCAA University Division football season, 1971 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team, 1971 All-Big Eight Conference football team, 1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team, 1971 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team, 1971 All-Southwest Conference football team, "Walker, Majors All-Americans on Two Teams", "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team", "Arneson Named To Team: Sporting News Picks UA Star", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1971_College_Football_All-America_Team&oldid=1105114212, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2016, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 18 August 2022, at 16:03. But the Tigers did get a passing touchdown on a halfback pass from Harry Unger to Beasley, and the Tide had only a 14-7 halftime lead. They then took a 107 lead later in the second on a 32-yard Ricky Townsend field goal, and then extended their lead to 167 at halftime behind a five-yard halfback pass from Neil Clabo to Holloway. [33] Against the Commodores, the Alabama defense forced their second shutout of the season win this 420 victory at Dudley Field. [44][45] The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi State to 43103.[47]. 2 matchup for the national championship, Alabama was dominated by the Nebraska Cornhuskers 386 in the Orange Bowl. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. And it was especially serious for Bama as the showdown with Auburn was only days away, set for Nov. 27, 1971, at Legion Field in Birmingham. John Mitchell, a junior-college transfer who had signed with the Crimson Tide the previous winter, started the game at defensive end, while Wilbur Jackson, a sophomore halfback, watched from the bench. [29][30], Alabama closed the game with a pair of touchdowns in each of the final two quarters and won 420. [31] Against the Commodores, the Alabama defense forced their second shutout of the season win this 420 victory at Dudley Field. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1971 season. [21] The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Florida to 115. [66] The Baby Tide extended their lead to 2113 after Bob Holmes scored on a three-yard run on the first drive of the third quarter. (Photo courtesy of the Paul W. Bryant Museum). [51], As they entered their game against Miami, Alabama retained their No. [42][43], State cut the Alabama lead to 1710 on an 88-yard Frank Dowsing punt return in the third. In 1968, Texas head coach Darrell Royal and his offensive coordinator Emory Bellard introduced what would become known as the wishbone offense. [21], After their victory over Southern Miss, Alabama moved into the No. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 6:01AM. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. It was the Crimson Tide's 77th overall and 38th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The bowl games were already set for both teams, the Crimson Tide going to the Orange Bowl to play No. Ellis Beck scored on a one-yard run and Terry Davis threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Jim Simmons in the third quarter. Pat Sullivan won the Heisman Trophy . Alabama would ride the wishbone offense to five consecutive SEC championships between 1971-75 and three more from 1977-79, plus national titles in 1973, 1978 and 1979, a run detailed in the recently released documentary The Wishbone Boys. Bryant added another SEC crown in 1981, and was still running the offense up until his retirement at the end of the 1982 season. Additionally, the shutout was the first for the Crimson Tide defense since their 170 victory in 1967 over South Carolina. No. [32], After their victory at Vanderbilt, Alabama moved into the No. [13][14], USC responds with ten unanswered points and made the halftime score 1710. [35][36] Tennessee responded in the fourth with a nine-yard Watson touchdown run that cut the Alabama lead to 2215. Men's Basketball. After Bill Davis connected on a 41-yard field goal, Johnny Musso scored on touchdown runs of 12 and six-yards in the victory. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. However, the Crimson Tide closed the game with 24 unanswered points for the 4110 win. [7] Nebraska's best players who made the difference in the blowout victory were African Americans including Outland Trophy Winner Rich Glover, future Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers and bowl game MVP Willie Harper amongst others. 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