During the Alabama Crimson Tide’s game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Bryant-Denny Stadium, the 1992 national championship Tide team will be recognized. Players from the team will be in attendance for the occasion, and one of those former players is Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney.
Yep, Dabo Swinney’s at Alabama on Saturday
The 1992 Crimson Tide national title team will be honored, which the Clemson coach was on.
Swinney played for Alabama for three seasons from 1990-92. Swinney’s Tigers team played at Syracuse on Friday, which made this trip to Tuscaloosa on Saturday night possible.
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After Swinney finished his playing days, he was hired as a graduate assistant at Alabama from 1993-95, and he was promoted to a position coach from 1996-2000. He joined Clemson’s staff in 2003 as the wide receivers coach under Tommy Bowden.
“It was surreal for me to finally be in the room and to be introduced to the team, guys that I went on to the teammates with and great friends with to this day,” Swinney said before the national championship game in January. “So at the time I just wanted to be on the team, and then it was – I just wanted to gain some respect. Then I wanted them to learn my name. Then it was, okay, I want to play. Then I want to get a scholarship. So it just kind of went from there. It was an incredible journey for me to be a national champion my senior year and to be a part of an incredible senior class.
“And at that time, Alabama hadn’t won a National Championship — it’s not like now, they win it like every year or every other year with Coach Saban,” Swinney continued. “It had been a long time since Alabama had won a National Championship. And so for my last game, to be the National Championship Game and to do it against Miami was just an incredible moment and something that kind of bonded that group together forever.
“You know, it’s amazing. A few of those guys on my staff that were teammates, and a couple of the coaches that were on that staff. So it’s special even to this day.”
During his final season, Swinney played in 12 games and accumulated four catches for 48 yards.
The 1992 Bama team finished 13-0, winning the first-ever SEC Championship game against Florida and then beating Miami in the Sugar Bowl to win the national championship. Some other prominent members of that ‘92 team include quarterback Jay Barker, running back Derrick Lassic, and defensive back Antonio Langham.
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