Your First Alabama Bowl Memory

[CajunCrimson]

Hey all,

I was thinking back about what is the first bowl that I remember watching....and for me it was the 1976 Liberty Bowl vs UCLA. I remember an INT TD from Barry Krauss I think -- and two of my favorite players Johnny Davis and Tony Nathan -- and some guy named Ozzie played too.

Someone may have to help me -- but was Wingo on that team? I remember my Dad kept telling me one of the LBs was Coach Bryant's "Headhunter" and I think it was Rich Wingo --

I have more vivid memories of the 1979 Sugar Bowl -- but the 76 Liberty still stands out for me!

Bama 36, UCLA 6!

 

[TrampLineman]

My first memory of a bowl game was probably 1989 Sugar vs. Miami. We were excited because my Brother went down with his wife (girlfriend back when she was at Bama). I know I watched plenty before 89 (was only 9 during this bowl) but this is the first one I can remember off the top of my head right now.

 

[KrimsonNinja]

1993 Sugar Bowl vs Miami. I was only 2 years old when it was played, but around 7 when I watched the game after my dad broke out the VHS of the 1993 Sugar Bowl. That's when I really started getting into football.

The first bowl game I remember seeing live was the 2000 Orange Bowl. I wish I could forget it.

 

[westide]

The 1964 Sugar Bowl. Alabama actually made four field goals to beat Ole Sis 12-7. I believe Joe Namath was suspended for the game and Steve Sloan was the QB.

 

[gamersfuel]

i'd have to say the 86 Sun Bowl.dont know why but that game forever sticks with me unlike any other. maybe because it was in my early years of being a die hard Bama fan. I was 11 at the time

 

[CajunCrimson]

i'd have to say the 86 Sun Bowl.dont know why but that game forever sticks with me unlike any other. maybe because it was in my early years of being a die hard Bama fan. I was 11 at the time

If I remember right Bennett had a big game!

 

[gamersfuel]

If I remember right Bennett had a big game!

yep. so did Bobby H..

 

[JD95]

New Year's Day 1979 - #2 Bama vs. #1 Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. Goal line stand sealed National Championship for the Tide! I was 11 years old and have been hooked on Bama football ever since.

 

[BoSox Tider]

'73 Sugar Bowl against ND....ugh!!

 

[bama2112]

'73 Sugar Bowl against ND....ugh!!

Same here I was young and the next day they found my grandfather dead on the side of the road he had been riding his bicycle and had a heart attack. So I blamed it on ND at the time. LOL. I sure wish we could play them again

 

[mittman]

'73 Sugar Bowl against ND....ugh!!

Cotton Bowl vs Texas the year before. Ugh also.

 

[LCN]

1973

 

[gumptider]

1991 Fiesta Bowl versus Louisville. Boy, was that ugly.

 

[CajunCrimson]

Same here I was young and the next day they found my grandfather dead on the side of the road he had been riding his bicycle and had a heart attack. So I blamed it on ND at the time. LOL. I sure wish we could play them again

Wow, that is very heavy. I'm sorry that he passed that way......

 

[Sagamore Bill]

1963 Orange Bowl, Paul Bear Bryant-Bud Wilkinson, Lee Roy Jordan, Joe Willy Namath...even the President, JFK came to the game. 17-0 BAMA. It was the game that made me a BAMA fan, I was 11 years old.

 

[BamaSC]

New Year's Day 1979 - #2 Bama vs. #1 Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. Goal line stand sealed National Championship for the Tide! I was 11 years old and have been hooked on Bama football ever since.

Me too, except I was 10!

 

[StatHaldol]

1965 Orange Bowl vs Texas...

 

[Perrett4Bama]

New Year's Day 1979 - #2 Bama vs. #1 Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. Goal line stand sealed National Championship for the Tide! I was 11 years old and have been hooked on Bama football ever since.

Ditto......I was also 11 years old........wow, Roll Tide......

 

[pluckngrit]

New Year's Day 1979 - #2 Bama vs. #1 Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. Goal line stand sealed National Championship for the Tide! I was 11 years old and have been hooked on Bama football ever since.

me too. it was also the first bama game i can really remember watching. i was 6.

 

[CapstoneTider]

I kind of became intrigued with Bama on my own even with both parents being alumni. My first full season keeping up was the 79 season, my first bowl game watched was the 76 Sugar Bowl, but first remembrance is the best, listening to the 74 season's Orange Bowl on the radio against Notre Dame. I vividly remember watching Bama lose to Missouri on TV which I believe was the following season's first game.