Nostalgia Friday: 1989 Alabama at Auburn

by Jay Coulter on May 30, 2008 5:00 AM CDT in Nostalgia Friday Comment 7 comments

By Jay Coulter
jccoulter@gmail.com

December 2, 1989. Auburn has played many big games over the course of its 100+ years in existence, but none have been more important than the contest that took place on that cool December day.

Alabama said it would never happen. Pat Dye was determined that it would. It did. The stakes could not have been higher. Alabama was ranked second nationally and playing for a shot at the national championship. An Auburn win meant a share of the SEC Championship; it's fourth of the decade.

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was a junior at Auburn and doing a live radio broadcast for WEGL on top of an RV. Tiger Walk was unlike anything I'd even seen before or since. The look on the players and fans eyes as the team made its way to the stadium, you just new Auburn was going to win. I honestly don't believe the Soviet Union could have kept Auburn out of the end zone on that day.

Auburn prevailed and a permanent shift of football power took place in the state that still stands today. This footage should be required viewing for every Auburn fan not old enough to remember. Enjoy...

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We got away with one

If you look about 1:15 into that video, we have 12 men on the field. Not only that, but there are 5 guys off the line of scrimmage, so that should have tipped the refs off. Of course, it probably wouldn’t have mattered since it was just a dive play for a TD, but that was a pretty blatant missed call.

by auepzilla on May 30, 2008 8:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Good catch!

I thought something looked strange about four guys in the backfield, but didn’t pick up on that.

Yes, I remember that game well. Some might say I came back for a 5th year just to be able to watch it. For me though, it was a rough day. I spent 5 hours in the early morning at East Alabama Medical Center getting my lip sewed up from a fight and didn’t get home until about 6am. I didn’t miss the game however…

James Joseph had quite the game though (#10). Did you go to Central with Joseph over in Phenix City, Jay?

by War Eagle Atlanta on May 30, 2008 11:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs