In 1820, The Alabama General Assembly officially established The University of the State of Alabama. (By the 1860s it was called The University of Alabama.)
In 1892, Alabama student William G. Little
from Livingston, Alabama is the man responsible for bringing football to the University of Alabama. In 1891 while at a prep school up North
In 1820, The Alabama General Assembly officially established The University of the State of Alabama. (By the 1860s it was called The University of Alabama.)
In 1892, Alabama student William G. Little
from Livingston, Alabama is the man responsible for bringing football to the University of Alabama. In 1891 while at a prep school up North, Little played football. Once he returned to Alabama he helped put together the first Alabama football team to play in the 1892 season. Alabama's first football game was played on November 11, 1892, against Birmingham High School.
The University of Alabama claims to have won 18 national championships in college football. Alabama has won a record 29 Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships as well as playing in 77 bowl games, winning 45 of those. The Crimson Tide has had 2 Hall of Fame coaches, Bear Bryant and Nick Saban. Alabama has had 4 Heisman Trophy win
The University of Alabama claims to have won 18 national championships in college football. Alabama has won a record 29 Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships as well as playing in 77 bowl games, winning 45 of those. The Crimson Tide has had 2 Hall of Fame coaches, Bear Bryant and Nick Saban. Alabama has had 4 Heisman Trophy winners, Mark Ingram (2009), Derrick Henry (2015), DeVonta Smith (2020), and Bryce Young(2021). More than 100 Alabama football players have been selected to the All-American first team.
Big Al is the costumed elephant mascot of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa Alabama. Big Al first appeared at the 1980 Sugar Bowl when Alabama played Arkansas.
On October 8, 1930, Atlanta Journal sportswriter Everett Strupper, wrote the Alabama-Ole Miss football game. Quote,"That Alabama team of 1930 is a typical [Coac
Big Al is the costumed elephant mascot of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa Alabama. Big Al first appeared at the 1980 Sugar Bowl when Alabama played Arkansas.
On October 8, 1930, Atlanta Journal sportswriter Everett Strupper, wrote the Alabama-Ole Miss football game. Quote,"That Alabama team of 1930 is a typical [Coach Wallace] Wade machine, powerful, big, tough, fast, aggressive, well-schooled in fundamentals, and the best blocking team for this early in the season that I have ever seen. When those big brutes hit you I mean you go down and stay down, often for an additional two minutes."
Strupper, continued, "At the end of the quarter, the earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow. Some excited fan in the stands bellowed, 'Hold your horses, the elephants are coming!' and out stamped this Alabama varsity."
Many sports writers started to call Alabama the "Red Elephants," because of Alabama's crimson jerseys. More and more people called the team, "Red Elephants" throughout that national championship season.