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TideIllustrated: Alabama Crimson Tide Football & Basketball Recruiting

TideIllustrated: Alabama Crimson Tide Football & Basketball Recruiting

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How Alabama has fared in road season openers throughout its history

TideIllustrated: Alabama Crimson Tide Football & Basketball Recruiting
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The Crimson Tide will begin this year ’s campaign on Aug. 30 when it travels to Florida State for a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff inside Doak Campbell Stadium .

In total, Alabama is 16-11-1 in season openers classified as road games. That includes its first -ever game against a team made up of players from Professor Taylor 's school and Birmingham high schools.

The Crimson Tide opened its season in 1956 with a 20 -13 loss to Rice in Houston .

The 1959 loss marked Alabama ’s 14th straight defeat after going winless in the previous season .

The Tide was blown out 28 -0 by LSU in 1957 , one of five shutout losses for Alabama that season.

In 1961 , Alabama avenged its previous trip to Sanford Stadium with a 32 -6 win over Georgia .

Crimson Tide began its final title-winning season under Bryant with a 30 -6 win at Georgia Tech in 1979 .

Alabama went on to finish the season 12 -0 en route to becoming a consensus national champion.

The Crimson Tide beat LSU 24-7 in the 1981 season opener at Tiger Stadium .

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