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fishbus
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7/2/2004 2:09:50 PM
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Alabama splits:
1978 (with USC, who beat them at Legion Field that year.)
1973 (with Notre Dame, who beat them in the Sugar Bowl that year; there was no post-bowl vote in the UPI poll.)
1965 (with Michigan St.)
1964 (with Arkansas and Notre Dame; Alabama and Arkansas both lost their bowl game, while Notre Dame didn't play bowl games back then.)
1961 (with Ohio St.)
1941 (with Minnesota, Texas; more on this one below.)
1934 (with Minnesota)
1926 (with Stanford)
1925 (with Dartmouth)
1992 and 1979 were not shared. Two are three of the 13 claimed are not mentioned in the NCAA Record Book (which has the champions from the AP (1936-present), UPI (1950-present, but it's called the USA Today poll now), Football Writers Association of America (1950-present), National Football Foundation (1950-present), the Dickinson System (1924-40), the Dunkel System (1929-present), the Williamson System 1932-63), the Litkenhouse System (1934-72) and the Athletic Foundation (1883-1982.)
The 1941 Championship was given by some obscure group in Texas following the Cotton Bowl, in which Alabama beat Texas A&M 29-21, despite getting just one first down the entire game. Alabama finished #20 in the AP poll that year, behind four other SEC teams; only the greediest, most delusional fans claim this one as a legitimate title.
Do you happen to know the years of the other two claimed National Championships? They're not listed in any of my reference books, but I don't have any Alabama-specific books.
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