Poll: Best Bama Team of the 1970s?

BroadwayJoe777 · Jul 9, 2014

No doubt, 1973. We sadly lost to the Irish, but I still think it was the best team of the 70's. I forgot how many NCAA records we broke playing old VPI in Tuscaloosa that year....I was there...

wishbonedays · Jul 10, 2014

I voted for the 1979 team, mainly because of the dominant defense, but the 1973 team was an offensive machine...if not for the loss to ND I think it would have my vote hands down...it was a lot of fun to watch that team.

PaulD · Jul 10, 2014

I'll have to go with the '73 team (my freshman year). I hadn't really followed Alabama football until that year (going to a Catholic high school in Illinois would do that in those pre-internet days), and that season hooked me for life! I still remember how bad it hurt to see the loss to Notre Dame from my parents' house in the midwest.

My next one is '78. Even though they lost to Southern Cal, they came back and did what they needed to do to take the title. Didn't hurt that I met my future (and current) wife at the Nebraska game that year!

TiderJack · Jul 10, 2014

BroadwayJoe777 said:
No doubt, 1973. We sadly lost to the Irish, but I still think it was the best team of the 70's. I forgot how many NCAA records we broke playing old VPI in Tuscaloosa that year....I was there...

I believe we had over 700 yds rushing against VPI scoring 77 pts. I loved Calvin Culliver and Willie Shelby and Richard Todd at QB. We also scored 66 pts against Cal.

IGetBuckets · Jul 10, 2014

TiderJ said:
I believe we had over 700 yds rushing against VPI scoring 77 pts. I loved Calvin Culliver and Willie Shelby and Richard Todd at QB. We also scored 66 pts against Cal.

Cal had guys like Chunk Muncie and Steve Bartkowski AND Vince Ferragamo at QB.

And we shut them out

mhiggy45 · Jul 10, 2014

BroadwayJoe777 said:
No doubt, 1973. We sadly lost to the Irish, but I still think it was the best team of the 70's. I forgot how many NCAA records we broke playing old VPI in Tuscaloosa that year....I was there...

S

o was I. My Grandad took me

TiderJack · Jul 11, 2014

IGetBuckets said:
Cal had guys like Chunk Muncie and Steve Bartkowski AND Vince Ferragamo at QB.

And we shut them out

Chuck Muncie had he best spin move I ever saw until I saw Eddie's.

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Poll: Best Bama Team of the 1970s?

Best Bama Team of the 70s?

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

BroadwayJoe777

Guest

wishbonedays

1st Team

PaulD

All-SEC

TiderJack

Hall of Fame

IGetBuckets

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mhiggy45

3rd Team

TiderJack

Hall of Fame

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