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04.20.13 KICKOFF @ 2:00 P.M. FREE ADMISSION
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA ON CAMPUS ACTIVITIES GATES OPEN – 11:00 p.m. WALK OF FAME CEREMONY AT DENNY CHIMES –12:20 p.m. QB SKILLS CHALLENGE COMPETITION – 11:45 a.m. SPECIAL EVENTS AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM AARON’S BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CAR (North End of Bryant Denny Stadium) – 9:00 a.m.
PUBLIC PARKING Free parking at our east campus parking lots begin at 7:00 a.m. Crimson Ride Shuttles begin at 7:00 a.m. and will run until one hour post-game Free Lot A Parking passes still available online at www. uagameday.com No shuttle running from University Mall for A-Day RV PARKING For A-Day there will be one area on campus designated for RV parking. The cost of parking in this RV Lot will be $75 and will include one (1) tow vehicle pass. Entry into the designated area will be allowed at 6:00 p.m. on the Friday before A-Day. There will be no staging on campus prior to 6:00 p.m. The designated area for A-Day RV parking is (Note that we will only have reserved parking. No entry without a reservation): • NE Commuter RV Lot (at the corner of 5th Ave East and Campus Drive East). • The Northington Lot on McFarland Blvd (behind the Belle Food’s) will not require a reservation and will be available free of charge.
• RV Parking will not be allowed in any other nondesignated areas on campus. Available for purchase at www.uagameday.com. TRAFFIC TRAFFIC TIP FOR A-DAY Prior to past A-Day games, we have seen a significant amount of traffic back up where I-459 merges onto I-20/59 in the Bessemer/McCalla area. Please prepare accordingly. Here are two possible alternates. Avoid I-459 by driving through downtown Birmingham. You can merge onto I-20/59 here to take it all the way to Tuscaloosa. On I-459, consider taking exit 1. From here, you can take CO Rd. 20 (Old Tuscaloosa Highway) and take an alternate on ramp to I-20/59 or merge onto Highway 216 (Old Birmingham Highway) which will go all the way to Tuscaloosa, eventually becoming 15th St. ROADBLOCKS Roadblocks will be put in place at 10:00 a.m. prior to the A-Day game. Core campus road closings /blocks will go up at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
FAN EXPERIENCE PHOTOS (Gate 3 of Bryant Denny Stadium) – 9:00 a.m. BBVA COMPASS ALABAMA LEGENDS AUTOGRAPHS (North End of Bryant Denny Stadium) DJ Fluker 10:00 am to noon Others TBD
THE GAME WILL BE TELEVISED ON ESPN2. QUAD FRIDAY DROP OFF: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. SATURDAY DROP OFF: 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
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SHUTTLES CRIMSON RIDE SHUTTLE For an easy and convenient way to the stadium, try the Crimson Ride Transit System. The Crimson Ride is available to all fans on Gameday, and there is no charge for this service. It will service areas that are not in close proximity or an easy walking distance to Bryant-Denny Stadium. These areas include the East Campus RV lots, the Soccer paved lot and parking lots located along 5th Avenue. DOWNTOWN TUSCALOOSA SHUTTLE Tuscaloosa Transit will be running buses from this location, starting 3 hours prior to game time (11:00 AM). The cost to ride the bus (per trip): Adults: $1 Children 3 and under: Free Age 60 or over and people with disabilities: 50 cents The buses will remain running until 1 hour after the game. UNIVERSITY MALL Tuscaloosa Charter will not be running the usual shuttles that they run during the regular season. They will be running a bus service to Atlanta for the Virginia Tech game. To reserve a space, call 205-556-5757 or email tuscaloosabuses@bellsouth.net. OTHER EVENTS ON CAMPUS BRYANT MUSEUM Open Saturday from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING AT ACADEMY SPORTS When: Friday 2:30-4:00 with former standouts Tyrone Protho and Josh Chapman. From a Security and Prohibitive items standpoint, this will be treated like a normal game day.
SOFTBALL VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE When: Friday, April 19th at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, April 20th at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 21st at 1:00 p.m. Where: Rhoads Stadium Parking: Softball parking lot, Recreation Center parking lot or NE parking lot
MEN’S BASEBALL VS. LSU When: Friday, April 19th at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, April 20th at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 21st at 1:00 p.m. Where: Sewell-Thomas Stadium Parking: Coleman Coliseum main lot DOWNTOWN A-DAY SPECIALS BLACK WARRIOR OUTDOOR and ORIGINAL HOUNDSTOOTH will be running all our Alabama apparel at 20% off during A Day Saturday. MOMMA GOLDBERG’S will be giving out koozies to the first 50 customers for the 6-10 shift or while they last Thurs –Sat then run a buy one sand get one free Fri and Sat only all day ($5.09 value only). MELLOW MUSHROOM specials on Sat will be $3 Margaritas & Long Island Teas, and $1.50 PBR tall boys. TWICE AS NICE will be open from 10-4 on Sat with a wide selection of one-of-a-kind Alabama Athletic memorabilia, art, and apparel.
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YEAR OPENED: ................................................................1929 FIRST GAME: ...........................October 5, 1929 vs. Mississippi OFFICIAL CAPACITY: .................................................101,821 LARGEST CROWD: .....................................................101,821 (four times - most recent: vs. Mississippi, Oct. 16, 2010) SURFACE: ........................................................................ Grass BDS RECORD: .............................................. 210-49-3 (.807)* WIN STREAK: ................... 57 (Oct. 26, 1963 to Nov. 13, 1982) *does not include 15 wins vacated by NCAA ruling
BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM’S NAMESAKES PAUL W. BRYANT Paul William Bryant (1913-1983) returned to Alabama as head football coach in 1958 after playing for the Tide from 1933-35 and serving as an assistant coach from 1936-39. The Bryant Era at Alabama spanned more than a quarter of a century. Bryant-Denny Stadium, Bryant Hall, the Bryant Conference Center and the Bryant Museum stand as reminders of Bryant’s unparalleled winning legacy to the University.
Bryant-Denny Stadium is quickly becoming one of the most prominent college football venues in the nation. Located on the southwestern edge of the University of Alabama campus, the history-laden stadium will rank among the nation’s top 5 on-campus football stadiums upon completion of the latest expansion in the summer of 2010.
DR. GEORGE DENNY George Hutcheson Denny (1870-1955) accepted the presidency of The University of Alabama on January 1, 1912. He began an extraordinary presidential career that spanned almost a quarter of a century. Denny Chimes and Bryant-Denny Stadium stand as reminders of Denny’s legacy to the University.
STADIUM GROWTH THROUGH THE YEARS 1936: 6,000 seats added as East grandstand is constructed, raising capacity to 24,000. 1946: 7,000 seats added via end zone bleachers at both ends, raising capacity to 31,000. 1961: 12,000 seats and a press box added to the west grandstand, raising capacity to 43,000. 1966: 17,000 seats added by enclosing both end zones and adding to the east grandstand, raising capacity to 60,000. 1988: 10,123 seats added by the addition of an upper grandstand on the west side, raising capacity to 70,123. 1998: 13,695 seats added by the addition of an upper grandstand on the east side, raising capacity to 83,818. 2006: 8,320 seats added by the construction of the upper grandstand on the north end zone, raising capacity to 92,138. 2010: Approximately 9,000 seats added by an upper grandstand on the south end zone, raising capacity to more than 101,000 RECENT HISTORY Despite many big games played at Legion Field, new memorable games and events have taken place in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Some of these include Marvin Constant’s goal line stop against LSU quarterback Josh Booty in 1999; Alabama’s 36-0 shutout against Auburn in 2008 (Alabama’s first Iron Bowl victory in Bryant-Denny Stadium); and Terrence Cody’s field goal block against Tennessee as time expired during Alabama’s undefeated 2009 season.
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MAL MOORE The University of Alabama’s Director of Athletics since 1999, Mal Moore has made an indelible mark on one of the nation’s most storied athletic programs, leading a department that has enjoyed tremendous success athletically and academically as well as undergoing an unprecedented period of growth during his tenure. Through his guidance, Alabama’s athletic department remains focused on his vision of having all Crimson Tide athletic teams and student-athletes competitive at the highest level nationally while continuing to elevate athletic facilities at the Capstone to premier status nationally for all sports. During his tenure as Director of Athletics, Moore has overseen more than $240 million of capital improvements to University of Alabama athletic facilities. Those projects have encompassed the entire scope of all Crimson Tide athletic programs and have benefitted every Alabama student-athlete, coach, and administrator. Throughout his career, Moore has worked with a diversified field of constituents, from fellow coaches and former players, to fans and the business community. All of those experiences and relationships - in addition to his ability to unify those many constituents - have made him the ideal person to lead Alabama athletics in the 21st century. Moore’s dedication to and love of the University of Alabama was recognized on March 28, 2007, when, as a permanent tribute to his life-long contribution to The University of Alabama, the Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama officially dedicated the facility formerly known as The Football Building as the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility.
Under Moore’s direction, Alabama’s athletic teams have produced national championship teams in football, gymnastics, softball and women’s golf as well as Southeastern Conference championships in football, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, men’s and women’s golf, men’s cross country and softball. Alabama athletes have earned some of the highest honors the SEC and NCAA have to offer, including SEC Athlete of the Year, SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, NCAA Top VIII, NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships and NCAA Sportsperson of the Year. These honors are over and above the individual conference and national titles that Alabama athletes continue to bring home to the Capstone on a regular basis. In addition to making his mark on Alabama Moore has also had a national impact as a key member of several prestigious NCAA and college football committees. Moore has served on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee, the SEC Athletic Directors Bowl Advisory Committee and the Big Six Conferences Minority Coaches Forum. Moore’s distinguished record of service to UA began more than 50 years ago when he joined the Crimson Tide football squad as a scholarship player for Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant from 1958-62. Moore has the distinction of being a part of ten national championship teams as a player, coach and athletic director (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011 and 2012), 16 SEC championships, and 39 bowl trips. He is the only individual connected with the Tide program to be a part of ten national football championships. In 2011, he was elected to the State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a coach and an administrator. After the completion of the 2011-12 academic and athletic seasons, Moore was named the winner of the John L. Toner Award, given to the nation’s best athletic director. In 2012, the City of Tuscaloosa honored him and his late wife, Charlotte, by naming the
new Caring Days program the Mal and Charlotte Moore Center. The facility is a day program for adults with Alzheimer’s and other memory disorders. During a coaching career that spanned 31 years, Moore spent 22 of those at Alabama with stops at Montana State, Notre Dame and the NFL’s St. Louis and Phoenix Cardinals. At Alabama, Moore started as Coach Bryant’s graduate assistant in 1964, then as defensive backfield coach for five years beginning in 1965 before becoming quarterbacks coach from 1971-82 and serving as the Tide’s first offensive coordinator starting in 1975. He returned as offensive coordinator under Gene Stallings from 1990-93 before moving into athletic administration. A 1963 graduate of The University of Alabama, Moore holds both an undergraduate degree in Sociology and a 1964 Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from the Capstone. A native of Dozier, Ala., he was married to the former Charlotte Davis of Tuscaloosa for 41 years before she passed away after a long illness in 2010. He has one daughter, Mrs. Steve (Heather) Cook of Scottsdale, Ariz., a granddaughter, Anna Lee, and a grandson, Charles Cannon.
“Coach Moore is somebody that I have a tremendous amount of respect for. First, for giving us the opportunity to come to the University of Alabama and the great job he did on selling us on this University and what could be done here. Then, all of the support he has given to our program. He certainly deserves a tremendous amount of credit for the success we have had because of the way he sets the table and serves us so well. Most things that you would see, he has had some hand in making all of the athletic facilities what they are, first class in so many ways. More than that, he is a class gentleman, probably as fine as you are ever going to meet. He has been a great friend and his support has certainly been appreciated . . . He has been a part of a lot of championships and a lot of championship teams in this department as a coach was well as an athletic director.” — Nick Saban, head football coach, University of Alabama
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In his sixth season in Tuscaloosa, Saban’s uncompromising dedication to excellence in every phase of the program has resulted in the school’s 13th and 14th national championships and the foundation has been set to yield long-term success for the Crimson Tide. A four-time National Coach of the Year, Saban has achieved resounding success as a head coach and has earned a reputation as an outstanding tactician, leader, organizer and motivator. Th ose qualities have sparked impressive turnarounds at every stop of his career. Saban’s consistent approach and disciplined leadership are the reasons his teams are known for exhibiting grit, determination and resilience, often overcoming adversity to achieve victory.
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LOCATION ............................................................... Tuscaloosa, Ala. ENROLLMENT ..................................................................... 33,602 FOUNDED .................................................................. April 12, 1831 CONFERENCE ................................................. Southeastern (West) COLORS .............................................................. Crimson and White NICKNAME .................................................................. Crimson Tide PRESIDENT ............................................................ Dr. Judy Bonner FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE ...... Dr. Kevin Whitaker FIRST YEAR OF FOOTBALL ................................................... 1892 OVERALL FOOTBALL RECORD ....................... 826-321-43 (.712) ........................................................... 1,190 games over 118 seasons SEC RECORD ...................................................... 365-164-20 (.683) ................................................................ 549 games over 80 seasons NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ................................................... 15 ............................ 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS ............................................................... 23 ............................ 1933, 1934, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1961, 1964, 1965, . 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2009, 2012 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS ................ 107 players, 125 times FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE .............. 219 players, 291 times BOWL APPEARANCES ............................................................. 60* BOWLS RECORD .............................................................. 33*-22-3 2012 OVERALL RECORD ........................................................ 12-1 2012 SEC RECORD ..................................................................... 7-1 *NCAA Record
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