{"id":3728,"date":"2013-01-09T09:45:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T15:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2013-01-09T09:45:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T15:45:31","slug":"football-champs-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2013\/01\/09\/football-champs-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Champs Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate UA Football&#8217;s 15th <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rolltide.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/recaps\/010813aaa.html\">national championship<\/a>, we share these scenes of championship football past and the faithful support of Tide fans throughout the years!<\/p>\n<p>January 1926. Running back Johnny Mack Brown takes a break on the sidelines during the Tide&#8217;s first trip to the Rose Bowl &#8212; and their first win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/files\/2013\/01\/u0001_2007001_0003042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/files\/2013\/01\/u0001_2007001_0003042.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"u0001_2007001_0003042\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1657\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Days later, a crowd gathers to welcome the championship team home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/files\/2013\/01\/u0001_2007001_0003040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/files\/2013\/01\/u0001_2007001_0003040.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"u0001_2007001_0003040\" width=\"1872\" height=\"1366\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1551\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>December 1926. The team gathers at the train station to leave for Pasadena, for another Rose Bowl. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/57460\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2007001\/0001507\/u0001_2007001_0001507_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Before the Rose Bowl, Dec 1926\" height=\"75%\" width=\"75%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The January 1 game versus Stanford was the last Rose Bowl to End in a tie. Coach Wallace Wade&#8217;s team was chosen consensus national champions for the second time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/57670\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2007001\/0001784\/u0001_2007001_0001784_2048.jpg\" alt=\"After the Rose Bowl, Jan 1927\" height=\"85%\" width=\"85%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fall 1961. Students gather in Foster auditorium for a pep rally. The Tide went on to take its sixth consensus nation championship &#8212; Bear Bryant&#8217;s first! &#8212; after winning the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/80453\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2007001\/0002554\/u0001_2007001_0002554_2048.jpg\" alt=\"pep rally\" height=\"85%\" width=\"85%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later that year, Bryant received the National Football Foundation&#8217;s MacArthur trophy. Here he is (second from left) meeting President Kennedy (center), along with UA President Frank Rose (left of Kennedy) and quarterback Pat Trammell (fourth from left).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/80436\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/acumen.lib.ua.edu\/content\/u0001\/2007001\/0002536\/u0001_2007001_0002536_2048.jpg\" alt=\"Bear Bryant meets John F. Kennedy\" height=\"85%\" width=\"85%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on the Tide&#8217;s football championships, check out the list at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rolltide.com\/trads\/national-championships.html\">rolltide.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate UA Football&#8217;s 15th national championship, we share these scenes of championship football past and the faithful support of Tide fans throughout the years! January 1926. 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