![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Texas in the Orange Bowl, but re-injured his knee during practice a few days before the game. Auburn, throwing the winning touchdown pass in a 21-14 Alabama victory. Despite the injury, Namath relieved Sloan in a 19-8 victory over Tennessee the following week, but got hurt again in a 20-10 win vs. He did, of course, and things went well until his knee injury vs. He had Alabama at 7-2 the following year when he was suspended, though it was unclear at the time if Bryant would let him back on the team. Georgia in 1962 and leading the Crimson Tide to a 10-1 finish that season as a sophomore. Namath was a phenom unlike any had ever seen early in his career, throwing three touchdown passes in his first college start vs. With Namath off to pro football after the 1964 season, Sloan was the regular starter in 1965, leading Alabama to a second straight national championship. When Namath hurt his knee for a third time, Sloan started the season-ending Orange Bowl vs. Sloan led victories over Mississippi State and LSU, then started vs. Tennessee, then finished the Florida game after Namath got hurt again. Namath was reinstated prior to the following season, but injured his knee in the fourth game of 1964 vs. He ran for 51 yards and passed for 29 as Alabama won 12-7 to finish the season 9-2 and ranked No. Hurlbut didn’t perform great in a 17-12 Crimson Tide victory, and Sloan - then a little-known sophomore - stepped in for the Sugar Bowl vs. With Joe Namath got suspended indefinitely for “breaking training” (an early 1960s code phrase for drinking alcohol) in early December, coach Paul “Bear” Bryant first turned to Jack Hurlbut for the regular-season finale vs. ![]()
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