Homecoming...

No, it's not the the next post I spoke about in my last one (that one will be next, I promise); but I had to honor the day!! ROLL TIDE ROLL :)


HOMECOMING GAME NOTES: Alabama will play its 88th all-time Homecoming football game this weekend when the Crimson Tide hosts Arkansas State at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama has compiled a 73-13-1 (.839) all-time homecoming record, including a 30-24 win over Houston on Oct. 6, 2007. The Crimson Tide is riding a six-game homecoming winning streak dating back to the 2002 season. UA has not lost on homecoming since a 35-21 loss to LSU (coached by Nick Saban) on Nov. 3, 2001. A win over ASU on Saturday would match the longest winning streak since winning six straight homecoming games from 1991-96. The first homecoming game took place on Armistice Day during the 1920 season. J.T. O’Connor, a senior back from St. Louis, Mo., scored two touchdowns and kicked all three extra points in the 21-0 win. From 1929-39, Alabama won 11 consecutive homecoming games. The streak was snapped with a 13-0 loss to Mississippi State on Nov. 30, 1940. After the loss to MSU, Alabama reeled off a nine-game winning streak from 1941-50. UA did not play football in 1943. The Crimson Tide followed that 10-game winning streak with a 2-4-1 (.429) record in its next seven homecoming games from 1951-57. The Tide’s 30-21 loss to Florida on Nov. 24, 1951 snapped a nine-game homecoming winning streak. Alabama posted a school-record 26-game homecoming winning streak from 1958-83. Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant was a perfect 25-0 in homecoming games at Alabama from 1958-82. Coach Ray Perkins extended the streak to 26 games with a 44-13 win over Memphis State on Oct. 1, 1983. The streak ended the following year with a 30-21 loss to Vanderbilt on Sept. 29, 1984. Alabama defeated Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette) 38-10 on Oct. 3, 1987 at Birmingham’s Legion Field in the only homecoming game not played on the UA campus. The Crimson Tide played all of its games at Legion Field during the 1987 season as Bryant-Denny Stadium underwent an expansion project. Since 1984, Alabama has compiled an 18-6 homecoming record over the last 24 years. *

*excerpt taken from http://www.rolltide.com/