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1982 Alabama

8–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bear Bryant.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1982, game by game: won at Georgia Tech 45–7; won at Ole Miss 42–14; won vs. Vanderbilt 24–21; won vs. Arkansas State 34–7; won vs. No. 3 Penn State 42–21; lost at Tennessee 28–35; won vs. Cincinnati 21–3; won at Mississippi State 20–12; lost vs. No. 11 LSU 10–20; lost vs. Southern Miss 29–38; lost vs. Auburn 22–23; won vs. Illinois 21–15+38−10Won 45–7 at Georgia Tech+38Georgia TechWon 42–14 at Ole Miss+28Ole MissWon 24–21 vs. Vanderbilt+3VanderbiltWon 34–7 vs. Arkansas State+27Arkansas StateWon 42–21 vs. No. 3 Penn State+21No. 3 Penn StateLost 28–35 at Tennessee-7TennesseeWon 21–3 vs. Cincinnati+18CincinnatiWon 20–12 at Mississippi State+8Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–20 vs. No. 11 LSU-10No. 11 LSULost 29–38 vs. Southern Miss-9Southern MissLost 22–23 vs. Auburn-1AuburnWon 21–15 vs. Illinois+6Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atGeorgia TechW 45–⁠783%
Sep 18atOle MissW 42–⁠1469%
Sep 25vsVanderbiltW 24–⁠2187%
Oct 2vsArkansas StateW 34–⁠784%
Oct 9vs3Penn StateW 42–⁠2157%
Oct 16atTennesseeL 28–⁠3572%
Oct 23vsCincinnatiW 21–⁠382%
Oct 30atMississippi StateW 20–⁠1271%
Nov 6vs11LSUL 10–⁠2077%
Nov 13vsSouthern MissL 29–⁠3867%
Nov 27vsAuburnL 22–⁠2360%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsIllinoisLiberty BowlW 21–⁠1561%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Illinois 21–⁠15 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 3
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 4
  5. Wk 5: 5
  6. Wk 6: 4
  7. Wk 7: 2
  8. Wk 8: 7
  9. Wk 9: 9
  10. Wk 10: 8
  11. Wk 11: 17

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 1982.

Consensus All-AmericanMike Pitts, DT

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 2
Points
338–⁠216
Coach
Bear Bryant
Elo
1677 −9 this season
SP+ rating
20.4 No. 10 of 109; offense No. 10, defense No. 23
SRS
18.6 No. 11 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mal Moore
Defensive coordinator
Ken Donahue
Captains
Eddie Lowe and Steve Mott
Offense
Wishbone
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 1Mike Pitts DTAtlanta Falcons
Rd 3Jeremiah Castille DBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 5Steve Mott CDetroit Lions

All-SEC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠011–⁠14
LSU4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠111
Auburn4–⁠29–⁠314
Vanderbilt4–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Florida3–⁠38–⁠4
Alabama3–⁠38–⁠4
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss0–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠60–⁠10–⁠1

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