Bowl History Alabama on All-Time Bowl Teams Rose Bowl Cotton Bowl Total Appearances: 62 (Wins: *34 Losses: 24 Ties: 3) Johnny Mack Brown (HB), 1926 Holt Rast (E), 1942 Year Bowl Result Millard “Dixie” Howell (HB), 1935 Don Whitmire (T), 1942 1926 . Rose . Alabama 20, Washington 19 Jimmy Nelson (HB), 1942 1927 . Rose . Alabama 7, Stanford 7 Sugar Bowl Paul Bryant (Coach), 1968, ‘73, ‘81, ‘82 1931 . Rose . .Alabama 24, Washington State 0 Vaughn Mancha (C), 1945 1935 . Rose . .Alabama 29, Stanford 13 Tom Whitley (T), 1948 1938 . Rose . California 13, Alabama 0 Harry Gilmer (HB), 1945 1942 . Cotton . Alabama 29, Texas A&M 21 Ray Richeson (G), 1948 1943 . Orange . .Alabama 37, Boston College 21 1945 . Sugar . Duke 29, Alabama 26 1946 . Rose . Alabama 34, Southern Cal 14 Orange Bowl 1948 . Sugar . Texas 27, Alabama 7 Joe Domnanovich (C), 1943 1953 . Orange . Alabama 61, Syracuse 6 Don Whitmire (T), 1943 1954 . Cotton . Rice 28, Alabama 6 Lee Roy Jordan (LB), 1963 1959 . Liberty . Penn State 7, Alabama 0 Joe Namath (QB), 1965 1960 . Bluebonnet . Alabama 3, Texas 3 Ray Perkins (E), 1966 1962 . Sugar . Alabama 10, Arkansas 3 Steve Sloan (QB), 1966 1963 . Orange . Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0 John Hannah (G), 1972 1964 . Sugar . Alabama 12, Mississippi 7 Leroy Cook (E), 1975 1965 . Orange . Texas 21, Alabama 17 Mike Washington (CB), 1975 1966 . Orange . Alabama 39, Nebraska 28 1967 . Sugar . Alabama 34, Nebraska 7 1968 . Cotton . Texas A&M 20, Alabama 16 1968 . Gator . Missouri 35, Alabama 10 ALL-TIME BOWL OPPONENTS 1969 . Liberty . Colorado 47, Alabama 33 Opponent .............................................................................................Bowl Record 1970 . Bluebonnet . Alabama 24, Oklahoma 24 Arkansas . 2-0 1972 . Orange . .Nebraska 38, Alabama 6 Army . 1-0 1973 . Cotton . Texas 17, Alabama 13 Baylor . 1-0 1973 . Sugar . Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23 Boston College .. 1-0 1975 . Orange . .Notre Dame 13, Alabama 11 California . 0-1 1975 . Sugar . Alabama 13, Penn State 6 Colorado .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-1 1976 . Liberty . Alabama 36, UCLA 6 Duke . 0-1 1978 . Sugar . Alabama 35, Ohio State 6 Illinois . 1-0 1979 . Sugar . Alabama 14, Penn State 7 Iowa State. 1-0 1980 . Sugar . Alabama 24, Arkansas 9 LSU . 1-0 1981 . Cotton . Alabama 30, Baylor 2 1982 . Cotton . Texas 14, Alabama 12 Louisville . 0-1 1982 . Liberty . Alabama 21, Illinois 15 Miami . 1-1 1983 . Sun . Alabama 28, SMU 7 Michigan . 1-2 1985 . Aloha. Alabama 24, Southern Cal 3 Michigan State . 1-0 1986 . Sun . Alabama 28, Washington 6 Missouri . 0-1 1988 . Hall of Fame . Michigan 28, Alabama 24 Minnesota . 0-1 1988 . Sun . Alabama 29, Army 28 Mississippi . 1-0 1990 . Sugar . Miami 33, Alabama 25 Nebraska . 2-1 1991 . Fiesta . Louisville 34, Alabama 7 North Carolina .. 1-0 1991 . Blockbuster . .Alabama 30, Colorado 25 Notre Dame . 1-2 1993 . Sugar . Alabama 34, Miami 13 Ohio State . ..