Crimson Tide Football 15 National Championships 110 First Team All-Americans 61 Bowl Appearances 34 Bowl Victories 23 Sec Championships
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ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE FOOTBALL 15 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 110 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 61 BOWL APPEARANCES 34 BOWL VICTORIES 23 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 4/4 ALABAMA (7-1, 4-1 SEC) GAME 9 Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia (ABC/ESPN2) W, 33-23 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic (SEC Network) W, 41-0 Date ............... Saturday, Nov. 8 Sept. 13 Southern Miss (ESPN2) W, 52-12 Time ......................... 7 p.m. CT Sept. 20 *Florida (CBS) W, 42-21 Location ....... Baton Rouge, La. Oct. 4 *at 11/11 Ole Miss (CBS) L, 17-23 Venue ................ Tiger Stadium Oct. 11 *at Arkansas (ESPN) W, 14-13 Capacity ...................... 102,321 Oct. 18 *21/21 Texas A&M (CBS) W, 59-0 Television .......................... CBS Oct. 25 *at Tennessee (ESPN2) W, 34-20 Series Record .. UA leads 48-25-5 Nov. 8 *at 14/15 LSU 7 p.m. Alabama (7-1, 4-1 SEC) Last Meeting ........... Nov. 9, 2013 LSU (7-2, 3-2 SEC) Nov. 15 *1/1 Mississippi State TBA CRIMSON TIDE .................... Alabama 38, LSU 17 TIGERS Nov. 22 Western Carolina TBA Nov. 29 *3/3 Auburn TBA THE GAME: The No. 4/4 University of Alabama football team ventures to Tiger Stadium Saturday, Nov. 8, to take on the No. 14/15 LSU Tigers. The game between the Crimson Tide and Tigers pits two ranked team for the eighth 14/15 LSU (7-2, 3-2 sec) straight year and will kick off at 7 p.m. CT on CBS. Verne Lundquist will serve Aug. 30 vs. 14/19 Wisconsin (ESPN) W, 28-24 as the play-by-play announcer, with Gary Danielson at his side as the color Sept. 6 Sam Houston State (SEC Network) W, 56-0 analyst. The two will be joined by sideline reporter Allie LaForce. Eli Gold and Sept. 13 UL-Monroe (ESPNU) W, 31-0 Phil Savage will handle the radio call on the Crimson Tide Sports Network, with Sept. 20 *RV/RV Mississippi State L, 29-34 Chris Stewart serving as sideline reporter. Sept. 27 New Mexico State W, 63-7 Oct. 4 *5/5 at Auburn L, 7-41 RANKINGS: Alabama enters week 11 of the 2014 season ranked fourth in both Oct. 11 *at Florida W, 30-27 the Associated Press and Amway Coaches polls while being ranked No. 5 in the Oct. 18 *RV/RV Kentucky W, 41-3 College Football Playoff Committee rankings. LSU is ranked 14th in the AP poll, Oct. 25 *3/3 Ole Miss W, 10-7 15th in the Amway Coaches poll and 16th in the CFPC rankings. Nov. 8 *4/4 Alabama (CBS) 7 p.m. Nov. 15 *at Arkansas (ESPN2) 7 p.m. LSU: LSU enters the SEC Western Division showdown with a 7-2 overall record Nov. 27 *at Texas A&M (ESPN) 6:30 p.m. and a 3-2 mark in Southeastern Conference play. The Bengal Tigers are led by *Conference Game 10th-year head coach Les Miles and are coming off of a bye week preceded All times are Central and subject to change by a 10-7 victory over No. 3 Ole Miss in Baton Rouge. LSU boasts one of the Rankings listed are AP followed by the Amway Coaches Poll nation’s best rushing attacks (24th nationally) with a three-pronged assault from Leonard Fournette (657 yards), Terrence Magee (418 yards) and Kenny ON THE AIR Hilliard (416 yards). Anthony Jennings has started 7-of-8 games for LSU at TELEVISION quarterback while completing 50.0 percent of his passes for 1,190 yards with CBS eight touchdowns and five interceptions. Travin Dural leads all receivers with Play-by-Play: Verne Lundquist 676 yards and seven touchdowns. Color Analyst: Gary Danielson Sideline: Allie LaForce SERIES HISTORY: Alabama leads the series with LSU, 48-25-5, and has won three straight and five of seven in the series after a 38-17 win inside Bryant- RADIO Denny Stadium last season. The Crimson Tide actually own a 26-9-2 record in Crimson Tide Sports Network Baton Rouge and a 27-9-3 record in the state of Louisiana. The Tide owns a Play-by-Play: Eli Gold 10-9 edge in the series in Tuscaloosa while Alabama boasts a 21-16-2 record Color Analyst: Phil Savage in the state of Alabama. The biggest win in the series for Alabama was a 21-0 Sideline: Chris Stewart victory in the 2012 Allstate BCS Championship Game (2011 season) in New Orleans after LSU had pulled out a 9-6 overtime win during the regular season. SATELLITE RADIO CTSN on Sirius: 113 NEXT GAME: Alabama welcomes No. 1 ranked Mississippi State to Bryant- CTSN on XM: 85 Denny Stadium on Nov. 15. It will be the 99th meeting in the series that is led 76-18-3 by the Crimson Tide. UA has won six straight in the series by an NATIONAL RADIO average of 22.4 points per game (29.2-6.8). The Tide posted a 20-7 victory last ESPN Radio year in Starkville and a 38-7 win in the Bulldogs’ last trip to Tuscaloosa. 1 ALABAMA FOOTBALL CRIMSON TIDE FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday MEDIA DAY PRACTICE SEC COACHES NO MEDIA NO MEDIA LSU OFF DAY 12 p.m. - Coach 1 p.m. - Players TELECONFERENCE AVAILABILITY AVAILABILITY 7 P.M. CT Saban TBA - Viewing 10:40 a.m. CBS 12:30 p.m. - Players PRACTICE PRACTICE TBA - Viewing TBA - Viewing TBA - Coach Saban No Availability TBA - Players @AlabamaFTBL @AlabamaFBL @AlabamaFTBL MONDAY TBA – Coach Saban available to the media following practice in the Naylor 12 p.m. CT - Coach Saban Press Conference – Alabama head coach Nick Stone Media Room. Saban will be available to the media for his weekly press conference in the Naylor Stone Media Room in the Mal Moore Building at 12 p.m. The audio TBA – Selected players available to the media following practice in the of Coach Saban’s media briefing can also be heard by teleconference by Naylor Stone Media Room. calling 1-800-973-1544 (password is U of A). Selected players that have been requested 24 hours in advance will be available in the Naylor Stone Media THURSDAY Room following Coach Saban’s press conference at 12:30 p.m. Player requests No media availability should be made by e-mailing Josh Maxson ([email protected]) or calling 1-205-348-7496 no later than 5 p.m. CT on Sunday. FRIDAY No media availability MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 12 p.m. Coach Saban ON THE INTERNET 12:30 p.m. Selected Players RollTide.com – Alabama’s official athletics web site serves as a resource for in-depth information on current and historical Crimson Tide student-athletes, 3 p.m. CT – Game notes and press conference quotes/video posted on coaches and teams. The football page includes links to rosters, coaching RollTide.com. staff, notes packages, practice reports and schedules as well as Tide TV and all of Alabama’s rich football history and tradition. Crimson Tide Video Uplink – The Crimson Tide Sports Network will provide game highlights of Coach Saban’s news conference and player interviews SECsportsmedia.com – Media covering the Southeastern Conference have through its FTP site following the conclusion of the press conference. Please its own web site to get the latest information on the league. Through the contact the Alabama athletics communications office for details. services of Sports Systems, Inc., the site has the latest updated standings, results, schedules, statistics, notes and PDF versions of all SEC releases and TBA – Practice at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields (limited viewing period at media guides. On the site, the SEC has a digital image platform that provides beginning; no media availability following practice). access to the SEC’s latest photographs, images, logos and links to all of the SEC school media web sites and home pages. TUESDAY 1 p.m. CT – Selected players available in the Naylor Stone Media Room ALABAMA PLAYERS: Interview requests for Alabama players should be made through Josh Maxson. Josh can be reached at 1-205-348-7496 or TBA – Practice at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields (limited viewing period by e-mail at [email protected]. Player interviews are usually conducted at at beginning). Monday’s press conference beginning at 12:30 p.m. and following practice on Tuesday and Wednesday. All player requests for Monday’s press conference WEDNESDAY need to be made by 5 p.m. on the Sunday before, so proper notice can 10-12:10 a.m. – SEC Weekly Teleconference – Nick Saban (10:40-10:50 a.m.) be given to the players. Players are off limits for interviews beginning on - 1-877-381-5694 (Confidential). Contact SEC Office 1-205-458-3000 for Thursday. weekly passcode to access the call. GAME CREDENTIALS: Media should apply for credentials at www.rolltide. TBA – Practice at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields (limited viewing period com/media. All credentials are held at media will call, which is located in at beginning). the northwest corner of Bryant-Denny Stadium at Ticket Window 8 which is located next to Gate 3. The media will call window opens three hours prior to kickoff. Any questions can be directed to Roots Woodruff or Josh Maxson. ALABAMA ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Phone: 205-348-6084 Fax: 205-348-8841 Associate Athletic Director for Athletics Associate Director of Athletics Associate Director of Athletics Communications: Communications: Communications: Doug Walker (Football) Josh Maxson (Football) Roots Woodruff (Credentials) Office: 205-348-7245 Office: 205-348-7496 Office: 205-348-2088 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Associate Athletic Director for Football Director of Athletics Communications: Assistant Director of Athletics Communications: Communications: Jessica Paré Nathan Sheehan Jeff Purinton (Football) Office: 205-348-3673 Office: 205-348-6734 Office: 205-348-3631 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Associate Director of Athletics Communications: Aaron Jordan Office: 205-348-5401 e-mail: [email protected] 2 ALABAMA FOOTBALL ALABAMA DEGREES: Alabama’s success on the field over the past seven seasons under the direction of head coach Nick Saban has coincided with the ALABAMA FOOTBALL Crimson Tide’s success in the classroom.