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1969 Alabama

6–⁠5 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bear Bryant.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1969, game by game: won at Virginia Tech 17–13; won vs. Southern Miss 63–14; won vs. No. 20 Ole Miss 33–32; lost at Vanderbilt 10–14; lost vs. No. 7 Tennessee 14–41; won at Clemson 38–13; won at Mississippi State 23–19; lost at No. 12 LSU 15–20; won vs. Miami 42–6; lost vs. No. 12 Auburn 26–49; lost vs. Colorado 33–47+49−27Won 17–13 at Virginia Tech+4Virginia TechWon 63–14 vs. Southern Miss+49Southern MissWon 33–32 vs. No. 20 Ole Miss+1No. 20 Ole MissLost 10–14 at Vanderbilt-4VanderbiltLost 14–41 vs. No. 7 Tennessee-27No. 7 TennesseeWon 38–13 at Clemson+25ClemsonWon 23–19 at Mississippi State+4Mississippi Sta…Lost 15–20 at No. 12 LSU-5No. 12 LSUWon 42–6 vs. Miami+36MiamiLost 26–49 vs. No. 12 Auburn-23No. 12 AuburnLost 33–47 vs. Colorado-14Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atVirginia TechW 17–⁠1350%
Sep 27vsSouthern MissW 63–⁠1480%
Oct 4vs20Ole MissW 33–⁠3265%
Oct 11atVanderbiltL 10–⁠1473%
Oct 18vs7TennesseeL 14–⁠4148%
Oct 25atClemsonW 38–⁠1351%
Nov 1atMississippi StateW 23–⁠1973%
Nov 8at12LSUL 15–⁠2037%
Nov 15vsMiamiW 42–⁠670%
Nov 29vs12AuburnL 26–⁠4942%
Dec 13Bowls & playoffvsColoradoLiberty BowlL 33–⁠4754%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 47–⁠33 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 5: 20

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 1969.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠4 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
314–⁠268
Coach
Bear Bryant
Elo
1585 −31 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.5 No. 29 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Danny Ford and Alvin Samples

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Danny FordOTAP-1
  • Al SamplesOGAP-1; UPI

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee5–⁠19–⁠215
LSU4–⁠19–⁠110
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠320
Florida3–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠114
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠38
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt2–⁠34–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠62–⁠8
Mississippi State0–⁠53–⁠7

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