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1990 Alabama

7–⁠5 (5–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Gene Stallings.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1990, game by game: lost vs. Southern Miss 24–27; lost vs. No. 24 Florida 13–17; lost at Georgia 16–17; won vs. Vanderbilt 59–28; won at Louisiana 25–6; won at No. 3 Tennessee 9–6; lost vs. Penn State 0–9; won at Mississippi State 22–0; won vs. LSU 24–3; won vs. Cincinnati 45–7; won vs. No. 20 Auburn 16–7; lost vs. No. 18 Louisville 7–34+38−27Lost 24–27 vs. Southern Miss-3Southern MissLost 13–17 vs. No. 24 Florida-4No. 24 FloridaLost 16–17 at Georgia-1GeorgiaWon 59–28 vs. Vanderbilt+31VanderbiltWon 25–6 at Louisiana+19LouisianaWon 9–6 at No. 3 Tennessee+3No. 3 TennesseeLost 0–9 vs. Penn State-9Penn StateWon 22–0 at Mississippi State+22Mississippi Sta…Won 24–3 vs. LSU+21LSUWon 45–7 vs. Cincinnati+38CincinnatiWon 16–7 vs. No. 20 Auburn+9No. 20 AuburnLost 7–34 vs. No. 18 Louisville-27No. 18 Louisville
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsSouthern MissL 24–⁠2770%
Sep 15vs24FloridaL 13–⁠1766%
Sep 22atGeorgiaL 16–⁠1750%
Sep 29vsVanderbiltW 59–⁠2884%
Oct 6atLouisianaW 25–⁠663%
Oct 20at3TennesseeW 9–⁠632%
Oct 27vsPenn StateL 0–⁠958%
Nov 3atMississippi StateW 22–⁠062%
Nov 10vsLSUW 24–⁠373%
Nov 17vsCincinnatiW 45–⁠794%
Dec 1vs20AuburnW 16–⁠746%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs18LouisvilleFiesta BowlL 7–⁠3461%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Louisville 34–⁠7 in the Fiesta Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 15: 25

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 1990.

Consensus All-AmericanPhilip Doyle, K

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
260–⁠161
Coach
Gene Stallings
Elo
1643 −1 this season
SP+ rating
13.0 No. 25 of 104; offense No. 65, defense No. 3
SRS
8.2 No. 30 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mal Moore
Captains
Efrum Thomas, Gary Hollingsworth and Philip Doyle

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 2George Thornton DTSan Diego Chargers

All-SEC

6 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Terrill ChatmanOTC; AP-2; UPI
  • Roger ShultzCC; AP-1; UPI
  • George ThorntonDLC; AP-1; UPI
  • John SullinsLBC; AP-1; UPI
  • Efrum ThomasDBC; AP-1; UPI
  • Philip DoyleKC; AP-1; UPI

Second team

  • Lamonde RussellTEAP-2
  • Robert StewartDLAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida6–⁠19–⁠213
Tennessee5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠28
Ole Miss5–⁠29–⁠321
Alabama5–⁠27–⁠5
Auburn4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠119
Kentucky3–⁠44–⁠7
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠61–⁠10

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