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2013 A-Day Notes.Indd AALABAMALABAMA FFOOTBALLOOTBALL 15 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 23 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 107 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS • 60 BOWL APPEARANCES • 34 BOWL VICTORIES 2013 ALABAMA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE GOLDEN FLAKE A-DAY GAME: SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013 • 2 P.M. (CDT) • ESPN2 Aug. 31 vs. Virginia Tech# TBA Sept. 14 Texas A&M TBA BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM (101,821) • TUSCALOOSA, ALA. Sept. 21 *Colorado State TBA Sept. 28 *Mississippi TBA THE GOLDEN FLAKE A-DAY GAME Oct. 5 Georgia State TBA Th e University of Alabama football team and head coach Nick Saban wrap up spring practice Oct. 12 *at Kentucky TBA with the 2013 Golden Flake A-Day Game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Th e kickoff for the Oct. 19 *Arkansas TBA annual game is set for 2 p.m. (CDT) and will be televised by ESPN2 with Dave Neal (play- Oct. 26 *Tennesse TBA Nov. 9 *LSU TBA by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst) and Maria Taylor (sidelines) calling the action. Th e game Nov. 16 *at Mississippi State TBA is also being carried by the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Eli Gold (play-by-play), Phil Nov. 23 Chattanooga TBA Savage (analyst) and Chris Stewart (sidelines). Alabama opened spring practice on Friday, Nov. 30 *Auburn TBA March 15, and held 14 practices through Th ursday, April 18, leading up to today’s A-Day *SEC Game - #Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) Game. Th e Crimson Tide also held two scrimmages here in Bryant-Denny Stadium this spring (April 6 and April 13) in preparation for today’s game. 2012 ALABAMA (13-1, 7-1 SEC) HEAD COACH NICK SABAN Sept. 1 vs. 8/8 Michigan (ABC) W, 41-14 Sept. 8 Western Kentucky (SEC) W, 35-0 Alabama head coach Nick Saban (Kent State, 1973) completed his sixth season with the Sept. 15 *at NR/21 Arkansas (CBS) W, 52-0 Crimson Tide in 2012. Named the school’s 27th head coach on Jan. 3, 2007, Saban has Sept. 22 Florida Atlantic (PPV) W, 40-7 compiled a 63-13 (.829) record (68-13 before fi ve vacated wins in 2007) at Alabama while Sept. 29 *Mississippi (ESPN) W, 33-14 leading the Tide to three SEC Western Division championships, two conference titles and Oct. 13 *at Missouri (CBS) W, 42-10 three national championships. He is the fi rst coach to win back-to-back BCS national Oct. 20 *at Tennessee (ESPN) W, 44-13 championships and has won four titles in his last eight years of coaching college football. Oct. 27 *No. 13/12 Mississippi St. (ESPN) W, 38-7 Saban is one of three college coaches in the poll era (since 1936) to win three national Nov. 3 *at No. 5/5 LSU (CBS) W, 21-17 championships in four years, joining Frank Leahy of Notre Dame (1946-47, 1949) and Nov. 10 *No. 15/14 Texas A&M (CBS) L, 24-29 Tom Osborne of Nebraska (1994-95, 1997). He is also the fourth coach in the poll era to Nov. 17 Western Carolina (SEC Network) W, 49-0 win four national championships (Paul “Bear” Bryant, John McKay of Southern California Nov. 24 *Auburn (CBS) W, 49-0 and Leahy). Saban holds a career record of 154-55-1 (.736) as a collegiate head coach, Dec. 1 vs. No. 3/3 Georgia (CBS) W, 32-28 Jan. 7 vs. No. 1/1 Notre Dame (ESPN) W, 42-14 earlier serving at Toledo, Michigan State and LSU. He won his fi rst national championship *SEC Game - #Arlington, Texas (Cowboys Stadium) as a head coach at LSU in 2003, guiding the Tigers to a 13-1 record. Saban has coached fi ve conference championship teams (1990 Mid-American, plus SEC titles in 2001, 2003, 2009 and 2012) and 14 of his 17 teams have played in postseason bowl games with the ON THE AIR Tide appearing in a bowl game all six years under Saban. Saban was also the fi rst head coach TTELEVISIONELEVISION to win BCS national championships at two diff erent schools and is the only coach in SEC ESPN2 history to win multiple conference titles at more than one school. Play-by-Play: Dave Neal Color Analyst: Todd Blackledge WALK OF FAME CEREMONY Sideline: Maria Taylor Th e annual Walk of Fame ceremony will take place Saturday, April 20, at 12:20 p.m. at Denny Chimes. Th e 2012 permanent team captains — center Barrett Jones, defensive end RRADIOADIO Damion Square and left guard Chance Warmack — will have their hand prints and foot Crimson Tide Sports Network prints placed in cement at the base of Denny Chimes. Play-by-Play: Eli Gold Color Analyst: Phil Savage PLAYERS HONORED Sideline: Chris Stewart Th e College Football Performance Awards will also be on hand Saturday, honoring AJ Mc- Carron for his 2012 season. McCarron earned the 2012 CFPA Quarterback Trophy for his SSATELLITEATELLITE RRADIOADIO performance in 2012. McCarron will be receiving a 22-inch crystal trophy with an eight-inch CTSN on XM: 91 crystal football on top. CTSN on Sirius: 91 1 FOOTBALL A-DAY QUARTERBACK SKILLS CHALLENGE A-Day will also feature a Quarterback Skills Challenge at halftime. Th e QB Skills Challenge ALABAMA FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS will consist of fi ve stationary targets and one moving target. Former Tide quarterbacks com- peting in the challenge are Brodie Croyle, Alan Gray, Scott Hunter, Gary Rutledge, Steadman Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. Shealy, Richard Todd, John Parker Wilson and Andrew Zow. Enrollment: 33,602 Founded: April 12, 1831 A-DAY GAME FORMAT Conference: Southeastern (West) Th e format for today’s game is much like a normal game, with a few minor variations primarily Colors: Crimson and White regarding the game clock. Th e game will consist of four 15-minute quarters with a running Nickname: Crimson Tide clock. Th e clock will be stopped only following scoring plays, penalties, and changes of posses- President: Dr. Judy Bonner Athletic Director: Bill Battle sion. Regular clock rules will be used during the fi nal four minutes of the second quarter and Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Kevin Whitaker the fourth quarter. Halftime will be 12 minutes long. Players in black jerseys (quarterbacks and Stadium: Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,821) injured players) tag-off and are not live. Th e kickoff s/kick returns are tag-off as well with the ball spotted at the 30-yard line. FOOTBALL HISTORY A-DAY NOTEBOOK First Season: 1892 *Alabama did not have an A-Day Game in 1991 or 1996. Coach Gene Stallings held a Friday All-Time Record: 827-321-43 (.712) scrimmage at the UA practice fi eld with about 2,000 spectators watching the Tide’s last spring All-Time SEC Record: 365-164-20 (.683) scrimmage each year. National Championships: 15 SEC Championships: 23 *In 1985, Alabama held an A-Day Alumni Game. Th e varsity played an alumni team and then- First Team All-Americans: 107 players, 125 times President Dr. Joab Th omas played one snap for the alumni and was dropped in the backfi eld on First Team All-Conference: 219 players, 291 times the fi rst play of the game by Cornelius Bennett. Bowl Appearances: 60 Bowl Victories: 34 *Th e University of Alabama had a $3 admission charge for A-Day in 1972 and 1973. COACHING STAFF *Alabama played two straight A-Day games at Birmingham’s Legion Field due to stadium con- Head Coach: Nick Saban struction in Tuscaloosa. Th e games were played April 25, 1987, and April 9, 1988. Alma Mater: Kent State, 1973 Collegiate Career Record (Years): 154-55-1 (17) Alabama Record (Years): 61-13 (6) *Alabama’s A-Day Game was held on Friday night in 1966 and 1967. Offensive Coordinator: Doug Nussmeier Alma Mater: Idaho, 1994 *Coach Paul Bryant’s fi rst A-Day game took place on April 27, 1958, and drew 15,000 fans Defensive Coordinator: Kirby Smart for a night game. Alma Mater: Georgia, 1999 A-DAY ATTENDANCE FIGURES TEAM INFORMATION * The official estimated attendance at the 2012 A-Day Game was 78,526, the fifth-largest A- 2012 Overall Record: 13-1 Day attendance in school history. It came on the heels of a school-record 92,310 fans for the 2012 SEC Record/Finish: 7-1/SEC Champions 2011 A-Day Game at Bryant-Denny Stadium (capacity: 101,821). The 2011 total surpassed 2012 Bowl: BCS National Championship Game the previous record of 92,138+ set in 2007. Alabama has attracted more than 91,000 fans to Bowl Result: Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14 the A-Day Spring Game in three of the last six seasons, which marks the three largest spring Final Ranking: No. 1 Associated Press football game crowds in SEC history. The national record for attendance at a spring football No. 1 USA TODAY Coaches’ game was set by Ohio State in 2009 when 95,722 attended the Buckeyes’ spring game. Returning Starters: 14 (6 offense/7 defense/1 specialists) Letterman Returning: 48 * Forecasts of rainy weather and national television by ESPN didn’t deter a strong contingent of Offense : 23 Crimson Tide fans from attending the 2009 A-Day game as a crowd estimated at 84,050 was in Defense: 23 attendance at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Th at’s the second-highest A-Day Game mark in school Specialists: 2 Letterman Lost: 22 history, and the second-largest crowd to witness a spring game at any Southeastern Conference Offense : 11 school behind the 92,138+ who witnessed A-Day proceedings in 2007. Defense: 9 Specialists: 2 *Th e 2008 A-Day Game drew 78,200, which was the third-highest mark in school history and the second-largest crowd to witness a spring game at any Southeastern Conference school.
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