Some of you know I have that memory "disorder" and the days align for me. On this day in Alabama history - and some of you will remember each of these instances:
1978 - Alabama went into Missouri ranked number one and came away with a 38-20 win over a talented Missouri team that featured future NFL All-Pro tight end Kellen Winslow.
1989 - In a very late home opener, Alabama trounced perennial also-ran Memphis State, 35-7.
1995 - an incredible injustice occurred when Arkansas beat Alabama, 20-19, after a bizarre sequence of plays that rivaled the confusion in the 1972 Olympic basketball debacle. After Barry Lunney drove Arkansas into scoring range, the Razorbacks got away with 12 men on the field. Then Lunney threw to JJ Meadors who trapped the ball on the ground - officials called it a TD and Arkansas won and were on their way to winning their first-ever SEC West division title.
2000 - in perhaps the worst offensive performance in Alabama history, the Tide is humiliated on ESPN by Southern Mississippi, 21-0. Things get so bad that thousands of fans leave the stadium in disgust early in the fourth quarter with rain falling. This game ensured the end of the DuBose era.
2006 - Alabama drills Louisiana-Monroe, 41-7, to move to 3-0.
Btw - 1978 was the first time Alabama ever played on September 16. Most seasons prior to the late 1970s began well after Labor Day.
1978 - Alabama went into Missouri ranked number one and came away with a 38-20 win over a talented Missouri team that featured future NFL All-Pro tight end Kellen Winslow.
1989 - In a very late home opener, Alabama trounced perennial also-ran Memphis State, 35-7.
1995 - an incredible injustice occurred when Arkansas beat Alabama, 20-19, after a bizarre sequence of plays that rivaled the confusion in the 1972 Olympic basketball debacle. After Barry Lunney drove Arkansas into scoring range, the Razorbacks got away with 12 men on the field. Then Lunney threw to JJ Meadors who trapped the ball on the ground - officials called it a TD and Arkansas won and were on their way to winning their first-ever SEC West division title.
2000 - in perhaps the worst offensive performance in Alabama history, the Tide is humiliated on ESPN by Southern Mississippi, 21-0. Things get so bad that thousands of fans leave the stadium in disgust early in the fourth quarter with rain falling. This game ensured the end of the DuBose era.
2006 - Alabama drills Louisiana-Monroe, 41-7, to move to 3-0.
Btw - 1978 was the first time Alabama ever played on September 16. Most seasons prior to the late 1970s began well after Labor Day.