Teams we have never played

[FitToBeTide]

Oregon or Iowa. Any of the others, meh. Slightly OT, but there are a few teams we’ve never beaten or are behind on wins that we need to work on. Rice (?!), Central Florida, Boston College, Ga. Preflight, Cumberland, Centre, Carlisle.

 

[ALA2262]

It is university policy not to play any in state schools other than the barn.

And the barn only because the State legislature passed a law in 1948 requiring them to play. Bama was in the same conferences with them for twenty seven years prior to that and did not play them. Southern from 1921-1932 and SEC from 1933-1947.

 

[81usaf92]

Thanks for that correction and additional insight.

If we ever played ** in Denver then it would still be a great trip. You really wouldnt have to stay in Denver. You could stay in Colorado Springs where Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods is, or the Ft Collins/ Boulder region. Colorado is a great trip.

As for the other two.... New York is not some place Ive really been that much. The Baltimore/Gettysburg area is nice if you know where to look.

 

[ALA2262]

Virginia, Kansas, Indiana, and Iowa. But only with H/H scheduled with Men's basketball as well.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

1) Well now you have peaked my curiosity Selma. Bama played penn state in 1989 and 1990 in the last week of October. Was it because they were a independent at the time that Bama was able to schedule a high profile non-con game so late in the year?
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The Alabama-Penn St series had been negotiated in the 1970s. I'm willing to bet that the agreement was the games would be in October as a H/H series so Penn State wasn't risking coming down to hell hot Bham or T-Town in 100 degree heat index in September. Have you ever noticed the ND-USC game is always in November in CA and always in October in South Bend?

Remember - there's a BIG difference between SIX SEC games (when that contract was negotiated) and EIGHT SEC games, which was fastly approaching.

2) like I said, it was just a rumor I heard and wanted to See if it had any legs.

3) I see your point but bama did travel to La. Lafayette in 1990. I don’t know how many people there stadium holds.

Yes, but I'd also bet you that was a 3 for 1 deal, too. And keep this in mind: that game was PROBABLY negotiated:
a) after Bryant's death and definitely
b) BEFORE the Athletic Dept was in severe financial distress in 1987, which led to the formation of Tide Pride

4) Since I got your attention at the moment. What would you have thought of the game specifically from a matchup/defensive stand point???

You mean us with Arizona in 1992? I think we'd have beaten them, but it likely would have been one of those 20-6 games that was close until the final 8 minutes or so.

 

[TexasBama]

1) The game would have HAD to have been played in September in Arizona. Are you out of your mind?

But it's a dry heat

 

[TideEngineer08]

The trip to ULL was arranged before Coach Bryant retired. He was friends with their coach or AD, I believe.

Arizona had some good teams back in that era. I remember them stomping Nebraska in a Holiday bowl in the late 90s. Of course this was after Osborne had retired. But strangely enough, Arizona was the only PAC 10 team that never made the Rose Bowl. That changed when Utah and Colorado joined of course.

 

[We_are_Bama]

I wouldn't mind a road game vs the Pitt Panthers. They play their home games at Heinz Field. Definitely an early-mid September game before SEC play cranks up. It would be a cool trip to take as a fan

 

[utjughead]

Am surprised that Alabama and Pitt have never played. IMHO, 1980 would have been a great year for the Tide and the Panthers to meet. As I recall, Bama was a reigning national champ, and Pitt’s 80’ squad was deep and talented. Bama alum Jackie Sherrill was at the Pitt helm btw. The 80’ Pitt squad is one of the best I’ve ever seen in person. They came to Neyland that year and beat UT 30-6. Bama achieved a similar result in Neyland that Fall. I believe Pitt finished the 80’ season with an 11-1 record. I suspect Bama had a similar record that year. That would have been a great New Year’s Day game.

 

[deliveryman35]

Am surprised that Alabama and Pitt have never played. IMHO, 1980 would have been a great year for the Tide and the Panthers to meet. As I recall, Bama was a reigning national champ, and Pitt’s 80’ squad was deep and talented. Bama alum Jackie Sherrill was at the Pitt helm btw. The 80’ Pitt squad is one of the best I’ve ever seen in person. They came to Neyland that year and beat UT 30-6. Bama achieved a similar result in Neyland that Fall. I believe Pitt finished the 80’ season with an 11-1 record. I suspect Bama had a similar record that year. That would have been a great New Year’s Day game.

Sherrill was in the middle of a 33-3 run that year at Pitt. They were probably a little better than we were that year, having Dan Marino at qb, and we couldn't even score against Notre Dame at home.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Am surprised that Alabama and Pitt have never played. IMHO, 1980 would have been a great year for the Tide and the Panthers to meet. As I recall, Bama was a reigning national champ, and Pitt’s 80’ squad was deep and talented. Bama alum Jackie Sherrill was at the Pitt helm btw. The 80’ Pitt squad is one of the best I’ve ever seen in person. They came to Neyland that year and beat UT 30-6. Bama achieved a similar result in Neyland that Fall. I believe Pitt finished the 80’ season with an 11-1 record. I suspect Bama had a similar record that year. That would have been a great New Year’s Day game.

Pitt ran up against the reality of the bowl contracts is all that happened.

ORANGE - Oklahoma (automatic)
SUGAR - Georgia (automatic)
COTTON - Baylor (automatic)

Then remember who was in the mix:
Notre Dame
Alabama
Florida State
Pitt
Nebraska
North Carolina

In fact, Alabama losing to Notre Dame actually hosed Pitt more than anyone else. Look at those teams and the only "lesser names" among them are UNC (11-1 in 1980 with a senior LB named Lawrence Taylor) and (back then anyway) Florida State. Bowl bids went out right after we lost to the Irish. So you have six teams for three possible big money slots, and everyone knew (hell, Jackie Sherrill admitted up front he knew) that Notre Dame and Alabama would get 2 of those 3 slots. In fact, Sherrill had already polled his team where they wanted, and they chose the Gator Bowl (or so the story goes; I'm sure the school said something like, "the Gator Bowl pays the most money of the non-New Year's Day bowls" or something like that).

Pitt's only chance to play us would have been if we had beaten Miss State while Georgia lost an SEC game (most probably that Florida game with the miracle 93-yard toss and run to Lindsay Scott that they play at the funeral of every Bulldog to advertise they haven't won anything since the Carter Administration) - or if we had been forced to settle for a lesser bowl, which with Coach Bryant negotiating was never gonna happen.

It would have been a fun game to see, though.