Crimson Tide Roll Call: September 29, 2019

Today is … National Coffee Day.

Today’s Crimson Tide schedule

• Women's tennis at Rice Invitational, all day, Live Video

• Women's golf at Oklahoma Schooner Fall Classic, all day, Live Results

• Men’s tennis at Southern Miss Invitational, all day

• Soccer: Alabama at Tennessee, noon, CT, Live Stats

• Volleyball: Arkansas at Alabama, 2 p.m., SEC Network+, Live Stats

Crimson Tide results

Football: Alabama 59, Ole Miss 31

Did you notice?

• Senior Alba Cortina Pou and junior Moka Ito picked up ranked singles wins during the first full day of the Rice Invitational. Pou had a 7-6(5), 6-2, victory over No. 55 Tatum Rice of Arkansas, while Ito won 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7) over No. 53 Martina Zerulo of Arkansas. Senior Ann Selim went 2-0 in singles play.

• Freshman Caroline Curtis shot at 4-under par 66 as the women’s golf team remaining in third place at the Schooner Fall Classic at Belmar Golf Club. Alabama shot 2-over par 282 during the second round, but was nine strokes behind host Oklahoma and eight behind No. 2 Texas.

• Seniors Zhe Zhou and Alexey Nesterov won their doubles match, while each split his singles matchups at the Southern Miss Invitational.

• Justin Thomas is tied for fifth at -10 heading into the final round of the PGA Safeway Open in Napa, Calif. Cameron Champ had the lead at -14.

• We’ll leave you with this …

At halftime we recognized the 10 Alabama student-athletes who earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors over the past year. Alabama leads the nation with 98 Academic All-America accolades since 2010. #RollTide #WhereLegendsAreMade pic.twitter.com/JFQyqEefyL
— Alabama Athletics (@UA_Athletics) September 28, 2019

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

September 29, 1990: After three consecutive losses, head coach Gene Stallings finally got his first victory as Alabama destroyed Vanderbilt 59-28 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. At one point the Crimson Tide led 52-0 late in the first half. – Bryant Museum

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

“If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride, and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.” — Paul W. “Bear” Bryant