Research Catalog

Title

Sixteen and Counting [electronic resource] : The National Championships of Alabama Football / edited by Kenneth Gaddy.

Publication

• Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
• Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [2017]

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Additional Authors

• Gaddy, Kenneth.
• Project Muse.

Description

1 online resource (1 PDF (xiii, pages) :) : illustrations.

Summary

Dating back to 1925, when Wallace Wade coached the Crimson Tide to an undefeated season and earned a spot in the Rose Bowl, the driving goal of every University of Alabama football season has been a national championship. A winning team surfaced that very next year, when Hoyt "Wu" Winslett's squad sealed the national championship at the Rose Bowl for a second time. Winning seasons and bowl games culminating in the coveted crown followed again in 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2015--more championships than any other college team in the nation. Sixteen and Counting features a chapter highlighting each of these championship seasons and collects the legendary stories of many of the outstanding coaches and players on the University of Alabama's championship teams. College football legends such as Wallace Wade, Wu Winslett, Johnny Mack Brown, Pooley Herbert, Frank Thomas, Dixie Howell, Don Hutson, Jimmy Nelson, Holt Rast, Pat Trammel, Sam Bailey, Lee Roy Jordan, Harry Gilmer, Bill Lee, Ken Stabler, Joe Namath, Gary Rutledge, Randy Billingsley, Barry Krauss, Clem Gryska, Gene Stallings, Paul "Bear" Bryant, and, of course, Nick Saban all make prominent appearances. A seventeenth chapter is included that looks at the uncrowned teams commonly referred to as "the other five," who were considered national champions by at least one national ranking service at the end of the season. Every glorious milestone and high point in Alabama football history is included here: "Mama called," the wishbone formation, "The Goal Line Stand," the Million Dollar Band, the coaching tower, the Davis kicking dynasty, the Notre Dame box, Coach of the Year, Team of the Decade, and two Heisman trophy winners.

Uniform Title

• Sixteen and Counting (Online)
• Book collections on Project MUSE.

Subject

• University of Alabama > History
• Alabama Crimson Tide (Football team) > History

Note

• Sequel to Twelve and counting.
• Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record.

Contents

Foreword / by Bill Battle -- Introduction / by Kenneth Gaddy -- 1925 / Andrew Doyle -- 1926 / Taylor Watson -- 1930 / Delbert Reed -- 1934 / Mitch Dobbs -- 1941 / Wayne Atcheson -- 1961 : the resurrection / Winston Groom -- 1964 / Tom Roberts -- 1965 / Keith Dunnavant -- 1973 / John David Briley -- 1978 / Kirk McNair -- 1979 / Steve Townsend -- 1992 / Gene Stallings with Erik Stinnett -- 2009 / Eryk Anders, Javier Arenas, and Tommy Deas -- 2011 / Mayor Walter Maddox -- 2012 / Tommy Deas and Barrett Jones -- 2015 / Phil Savage -- The other five / Allen Barra.

OCLC

ssj0001845247

Title

Sixteen and Counting [electronic resource] : The National Championships of Alabama Football / edited by Kenneth Gaddy.

Imprint

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [2017] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

Series

Book collections on Project MUSE.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Gaddy, Kenneth.

Project Muse.

Other Form:

Print version: 0817391649 9780817319694

Related To

Sequel to: Twelve and counting. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press : Published in cooperation with the Paul W. Bryant Museum, [2009] (DLC) 2008037788 9780817316440