1982 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1982
| team = Alabama Crimson Tide
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Southeastern Conference
| short_conf = SEC
| CoachRank = 17
| record = 8–4
| conf_record = 3–3
| head_coach = Bear Bryant
| hc_year = 25th
| captain = Eddie Lowe
| captain2 = Steve Mott
| stadium = Bryant–Denny Stadium
Legion Field
| champion = Liberty Bowl champion
| bowl = Liberty Bowl
| bowl_result = {{Tooltip|W|Won}} 21–15 vs. Illinois
}}
{{1982 Southeastern Conference football standings}}
The 1982 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 88th overall and 49th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 25th and final year, and played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished season with eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 3–3 in the SEC) and with a victory over Illinois in the Liberty Bowl.
Alabama was 5–0 after they defeated Penn State 42–21, with the decisive play coming when a Penn State player blocked his own team's punt.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=No. 4 Tide rolls over 3rd ranked Lions |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GuYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9d8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1483%2C4494435 |newspaper=Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal |page=5C |date=November 10, 1982 |access-date=July 16, 2015}} But after that it was all downhill. Paul Bryant's last season as Alabama football coach saw a nine-game winning streak against Auburn and eleven-game winning streaks against Tennessee and LSU all come to an end. The loss to Southern Miss was Alabama's first loss in Tuscaloosa since 1963, breaking a 57-game win streak in Bryant–Denny Stadium. Coach Bryant retired after Alabama's bowl victory against Illinois and died less than one month later, on January 26, 1983.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1982
| poll = AP
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 11
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 4
| opponent = Georgia Tech
| site_stadium = Grant Field
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 45–7
| attend = 57,126
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71532327/bears-revenge-tide-45-tech-7/|work=The Atlanta Constitution|title=Bear's revenge: Tide 45, Tech 7|date=September 12, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 18
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 4
| opponent = Ole Miss
| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Jackson, MS
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 42–14
| attend = 62,385
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71532536/alabama-tide-crushes-ole-miss-rebels/|work=The Greenwood Commonwealth|title=Alabama Tide crushes Ole Miss Rebels 42–14|date=September 19, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| rank = 4
| opponent = Vanderbilt
| site_stadium = Bryant–Denny Stadium
| site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
| tv =
| score = 24–21
| attend = 60,210
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71532695/alabama-dodges-vandy-bullet/|work=The Tennessean|title=Alabama dodges Vandy bullet|date=September 26, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 5
| opponent = Arkansas State
| site_stadium = Legion Field
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| tv =
| score = 34–7
| attend = 67,459
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71532889/bamas-win-no-laugher/|work=The Anniston Star|title=Bama's win no laugher|date=October 3, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 4
| opponent = Penn State
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Legion Field
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| gamename = rivalry
| tv = CBS
| score = 42–21
| attend = 76,821
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71533119/bama-brings-penn-state-back-to-earth/|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|title='Bama brings Penn State back to earth|date=October 10, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 2
| opponent = Tennessee
| site_stadium = Neyland Stadium
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| gamename = Third Saturday in October
| tv =
| score = 28–35
| attend = 95,342
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71533359/ut-stuns-no-2-bama/|work=Kingsport Times-News|title=UT stuns No. 2 'Bama|date=October 17, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| homecoming = y
| rank = 7
| opponent = Cincinnati
| site_stadium = Bryant–Denny Stadium
| site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
| tv =
| score = 21–3
| attend = 60,210
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71533560/uc-downcast-as-alabama-wins-213/|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|title=UC downcast as Alabama wins, 21–3|date=October 24, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Mississippi State
| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Jackson, MS
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 20–12
| attend = 62,110
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71533871/alabama-holds-off-pesky-miss-state/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Alabama holds off pesky Miss. State|date=October 31, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| rank = 8
| opponent = LSU
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = Legion Field
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 10–20
| attend = 77,230
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71534114/lsus-agony-ends-bamas-begins/|work=Daily World|title=LSU's agony ends, 'Bama's begins|date=November 7, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = 17
| opponent = Southern Miss
| site_stadium = Bryant–Denny Stadium
| site_cityst = Tuscaloosa, AL
| tv =
| score = 29–38
| attend = 60,210
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65296417/hattiesburg-american-sunday-november/|work=Hattiesburg American|title=Eagles bowl over Bama|date=November 14, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 27
| time = 11:00 a.m.
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = Auburn
| site_stadium = Legion Field
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| gamename = Iron Bowl
| tv = ABC
| score = 22–23
| attend = 76,300
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71534579/auburn-feels-hope-then-joy/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|title=Auburn feels hope, then joy|date=November 28, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 29
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Memphis, TN
| gamename = Liberty Bowl
| tv = MetroSports
| score = 21–15
| attend = 54,123
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20049474/dec-30-1982-trib-1/|work=Chicago Tribune|title=Bryant goes out a winner|date=December 30, 1982|accessdate=February 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
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References
General
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- {{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/82-m-footbl-recaps.pdf |title=1982 Season Recaps |work=RollTide.com |publisher=University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics |access-date=July 15, 2015 |archive-date=July 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720181804/http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/82-m-footbl-recaps.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012FootballRecordBook.pdf |title=2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book |year=2012 |publisher=University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office |location=Tuscaloosa, Alabama |access-date=July 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115208/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2012FootballRecordBook.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}
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