{"id":4322,"date":"2013-09-15T20:57:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T20:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2013-10-15T21:20:14","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T21:20:14","slug":"the-alabama-crimson-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/the-alabama-crimson-tide.html","title":{"rendered":"The Alabama Crimson Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Football Season:<\/h3>\n

University of Alabama law student William G. Little learned how to play American football while attending prep school in Andover, Massachusetts and began teaching the sport to fellow Alabama students in early 1892.<\/p>\n

Alabama’s first game was played in Birmingham on Friday afternoon, Nov. 11, 1892, at the old Lakeview Park. \u00a0The opposition was furnished by a picked team from high schools in the Birmingham area, with Alabama winning, 56-0.<\/p>\n

The Name:<\/h3>\n

At an Alabama-Auburn game in 1907, the “Thin Red Line” (their name at the time) played a great game in the red mud and held Auburn to a 6-6 tie, in which Hugh Roberts, a former sports editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald, described Alabama\u2019s performance as a “Crimson Tide.”<\/p>\n

Conferences:<\/h3>\n

SEC, Southern<\/p>\n

The Home Field:<\/h3>\n

Bryant\u2013Denny Stadium (1929-present), capacity – 101,821<\/p>\n

The Championships:<\/h3>\n

National Championships:<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>15 (1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012)<\/p>\n

Conference Championships:\u00a0<\/strong>27<\/p>\n

Bowl Appearances:\u00a060<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"1892-Alabama-Crimson-Tide-Cadets-Football-Team\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2013 Alabama Schedule:<\/h3>\n

See the latest betting odds and lines of the Crimson Tide<\/a>\u00a0by visiting Top Bet\u00a0Sportsbook.<\/p>\n

August 31 vs. Virginia Tech<\/p>\n

September 14 at Texas A&M<\/p>\n

September 21 vs. Colorado State<\/p>\n

September 28 vs. Ole Miss<\/p>\n

October 5 vs. Georgia State<\/p>\n

October 12 at Kentucky<\/p>\n

October 19 vs. Arkansas<\/p>\n

October 26 vs. Tennessee<\/p>\n

November 9 vs. LSU<\/p>\n

November 16 at Mississippi State<\/p>\n

November 23 vs. Chattanooga<\/p>\n

November 30 at Auburn<\/p>\n

Tune in to\u00a0Top Bet Sports News<\/a>\u00a0for more on the Alabama Crimson Tide updates and news this 2013 College Football season.<\/p>\n[sc:AlabamaArticles ]\n

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