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1957 Alabama

2–⁠7–⁠1 (1–⁠6–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ears Whitworth.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1957, game by game: lost at LSU 0–28; tied at Vanderbilt 6–6; lost at TCU 0–28; lost vs. Tennessee 0–14; lost vs. Mississippi State 13–25; won at Georgia 14–13; lost vs. Tulane 0–7; lost vs. Georgia Tech 7–10; won vs. Southern Miss 29–2; lost vs. No. 1 Auburn 0–40+27−40Lost 0–28 at LSU-28LSUTied 6–6 at Vanderbilt0VanderbiltLost 0–28 at TCU-28TCULost 0–14 vs. Tennessee-14TennesseeLost 13–25 vs. Mississippi State-12Mississippi Sta…Won 14–13 at Georgia+1GeorgiaLost 0–7 vs. Tulane-7TulaneLost 7–10 vs. Georgia Tech-3Georgia TechWon 29–2 vs. Southern Miss+27Southern MissLost 0–40 vs. No. 1 Auburn-40No. 1 Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atLSUL 0–⁠2836%
Oct 5atVanderbiltT 6–⁠625%
Oct 12atTCUL 0–⁠2818%
Oct 19vsTennesseeL 0–⁠1425%
Oct 26vsMississippi StateL 13–⁠2534%
Nov 2atGeorgiaW 14–⁠1329%
Nov 9vsTulaneL 0–⁠747%
Nov 16vsGeorgia TechL 7–⁠1019%
Nov 23vsSouthern MissW 29–⁠240%
Nov 30vs1AuburnL 0–⁠4012%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Auburn 40–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 121st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1957.

Record
2–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠6–⁠1 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
69–⁠173
Coach
Ears Whitworth
Elo
1366 −38 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.8 No. 61 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jim Loftin and Clay Walls

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Billy RainsOGAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn7–⁠010–⁠01
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Mississippi State4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠114
Florida4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Tennessee4–⁠38–⁠313
LSU4–⁠45–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Georgia3–⁠43–⁠7
Alabama1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠73–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.