Last alabama game at legion field

But is it true Alabama fans have never hopped the fence to celebrate on the field or is it a boastful revisionist history? In the modern era, yes. Georgia, Mississippi State and Florida are the other three, but the history goes deeper than the last 17 years. Tracking the history of fans rushing fields, admittedly, is an inexact science.

The nature of the act and the ultimate objective evolved over the years where tearing down the goal posts was once the mission, a midfield moshpit is a more contemporary move. In fact, of the five times opposing students rushed the field after beating Alabama in the Nick Saban era, only Ole Miss fans in took down the goal posts.

Then-Alabama defensive back Tony Brown had a physical confrontation with an Auburn fan who rushed the field after a loss to the Tigers in Saban said he uses those moments as motivation to avoid them happening in the future. Alabama football slipped far from the early success of Wallace Wade and Frank Thomas to the point of a game winless streak from So while a win over Mississippi State might not seem like much to celebrate today, the Denny Stadium homecoming crowd of 25, was apparently quite impressed.

And that led to one of the more notable fans-on-the-field moments in Alabama lore. A Crimson Tide win sent the well-dressed fans past the Legion Field fences and toward the goalposts. The story went on to explain the two legs of the H-shaped posts were encased in a foot slab of concrete. A few were quickly joined by a throng. It would be more than two decades before they tried again. Alabama had been on the losing end of a few goal-post demolitions in the Bryant era.

Missouri students even broke into their empty stadium after a upset win over No. Twice in his final season rivals ended losing streaks against Alabama with Tennessee vandalizing its goalposts on Oct.

Perhaps the Iron Bowl episode set the stage for what happened in when Alabama ended a four-year skid against the Tigers. That amount was matched by the Jefferson County Commission. This will also uplift the communities around Legion Field and instill pride where they live. The Legion Field agreement would be the final hurdle in a twisting, arduous—and, at times, tenuous—journey that began last summer when the idea of hosting the season in Birmingham was first broached during a conference call with Fox Sports executives, city officials and business leaders.

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