Crimson Tide Roll Call: Sunday, November 12, 2023

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Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

• Men's Tennis vs TuscaBama UTR, Tuscaloosa, Ala., All Day

• Women's Basketball vs Morehead State, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 2 p.m. CT, SEC Network+

• Volleyball vs No. 21 Florida, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 4 p.m. CT

Crimson Tide Results

• Football: No. 8 Alabama 49, Kentucky 21

• Men's tennis went undefeated on the first day of the TuscaBama UTR
• ResultsDoubles
  • R16 | Andrii Zimnokh/Filip Planinsek (UA) def. Karna Palaniappan/ Palaniappan Sethu 6-0
  • R16 | Yair Sarouk/ Matias Ponce De Leon (UA) def. Whit Davis/Nazar Fedoryshyn 7-5
  Singles
  • R32 | Filip Planinsek (UA) def. Houston Jacques 6-1, 6-3
  • R32 | Roan Jones (UA) def. Samuel Maia 6-2, 6-3
  • R32 | Yair Sarouk (UA) def. Vence Ntcha 6-4, 7-5
  • R32 | Matias Ponce De Leon (UA) def. Parker Free 6-2, 6-0
  • R32 | Andrii Zimnokh (UA) def. Diego Britt-Alvarez 6-1, 6-3
  • R64 | Filip Planinsek (UA) def. Andrew Paul 6-0, 6-0
  • R64 | Roan Jones (UA) def. Lebo Mashego 6-1, 6-2
  • R64 | Yair Sarouk (UA) def. Diego Harris 6-1, 6-0
  • R64 | Andrii Zimnokh (UA) def. Jake Anthony 6-2, 6-1

  Did you notice?

  • Former Alabama soccer player Nealy Martin won an NWSL championship Saturday night with Gotham FC. She had to play the final five minutes in goal after her goalie got a red card. 
  • The Alabama women's cross country team is headed to the NCAA Championships. 
  • Victor Kiprop and Hillary Cheruiyot will represent the men's team as individual qualifiers.  
  • With Missouri beating Tennessee, and Georgia taking care of business against Ole Miss, Alabama will face Georgia in the 2023 SEC Championship Game on Dec. 2. 

  On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

  November 12, 1960: Alabama rallied from a 15-0 fourth quarter deficit to defeat Georgia Tech 16-15 at Grant Field in Atlanta. Senior quarterback Bobby Skelton engineered the comeback, with Leon Fuller and Norbie Ronsonet scoring touchdowns, but the game came down to a field-goal attempt on the final play. Paul W. “Bear” Bryant went with reserve kicker Digger O'Dell, who had never attempted a field goal at Alabama, to make the game-winning kick.

  November 12, 1979: Alabama quarterback Steadman Shealy appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated with four other players asking, "Who's Really No. 1?"

  Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

  "It's one of the things we've been wanting to do is try to develop some confidence in the passing game, and obviously he was able to do that very well today." — Nick Saban after Jalen Hurts became the first Crimson Tide player to have 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in the same game during Alabama’s 51-3 victory against Mississippi State on this date in 2016.

  We'll leave you with this...