However, things weren’t that easy for the aspiring tailback. The turnover resulted in a Phillip Doyle field goal to put Alabama up 10-0 in the first quarter. He also caught 94 passes for 720 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns.. Try adjusting the filters. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. No results. But even with Cobb, the Vol defense was not prepared for what the Tide would throw at them. Hollingsworth again orchestrated a drive, utilizing his receiving weapons and the running of Stacy, converting a pivotal third down and seven with a pass to his trusty tight end Russell. With the gift turnover deep in Tennessee territory, the Tide converted with Stacy’s eighth TD of the season. The 75-yard scoring play was officially recorded as a pass, but it was Stacy’s pure running ability that victimized the team in orange to give Bama an early 16-0 lead (the Doyle PAT was blocked). After a masterful drive built on the running game, the quarterback hit tight end Lamonde Russell in the end zone for a 26-14 lead.
Stacy ran for 2,362 yards in his career on 627 attempts, scoring 16 rushing touchdowns. Rader encouraged Stacy to continue working towards his goal, and told him about Coffeyville Community College in Kansas, a competitive school that routinely helped players build up their academic profiles before moving on to four-year programs. Stacy’s, who was the workhorse tailback for a Tide offense that enjoyed the run, made his first scoring mark on the contest from the 25-yard line when Hollingsworth flipped the ball forward his way on a shovel pass.
But Stacy had his mind set on a different shade, as he only had eyes for crimson. He was considered a blue-chip talent on the football field. Passing; Rushing; Receiving; Conferences. After two years, he was ready to move on to a four-year school.
He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 1992 While Stacy didn’t win a Heisman, nor was he a part of a Tide National Championship team, his on-field performance in three years in Tuscaloosa ranks alongside those of Tide greats at the position. Stacy followed through, and the coaching staff at Coffeyville offered him a chance to make the team (if he could make it to the Kansas plains under his own power), even though camp was set to start soon. With only two years of eligibility when he arrived at Alabama, Stacy found himself injured for the second year in 1990. Curry and the Tide put their collective foot on the throat of the Volunteers late, as they drove downfield in the final moments of the game. But Stacy turned it into more than just a first-down gain as he slashed through the open holes to the left side, picked a crease near the hash, and turned on the speed while Vol defenders fell at his feet. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. Position: RB . And in 1989, the typical vitriol was further amplified by the records of the two combatants coming into the TSIO blood-feud: both #10 Alabama and #6 Tennessee were undefeated, nationally-ranked, and in the running for an As if the stakes were not high enough, after middlin’ progress under unpopular head coach Bill Curry (he was, after all, a Georgia Tech man), Curry needed a victory over Tennessee to further win the affections of the Alabama fan base. To learn more or opt-out, read our The typical underdog, Stacy overcame odds to show out against Alabama’s most hated rival en route to an SEC Co-Championship At a school that has produced two Heisman running backs and countless other future NFL talents over the eons, one tailback who played a pivotal role in Alabama’s early-1990’s ascension is Siran Stacy. His total completions on that day broke Scott Hunter’s record.But it was Stacy who broke the back of the Tennessee defense, as he was used as a weapon in the backfield and as a receiving option for which the Vol defense could not account. The next two scores would enflame those in orange, as the Vols scored 10 unanswered points to keep the score close at 33-24. Tennessee finally struck early in the second quarter, thanks to a long drive pieced together by quarterback Andy Kelly, and back Greg Amsler put the Vols on the board with a 1-yard TD run to put the score at 10-7. Alabama led 33-14, and seemed to be pulling away.But the Vols would not go gentle into that good Alabama night, and rather raged against the dying of their flickering orange light.
Tennessee wasn’t done, as the Vols put together another drive to keep their fading hopes alive as the fourth quarter diminished. But this particularly throttling of Tennessee was a statistical highpoint for an Alabama team traditionally celebrated for its defense.Both the Alabama and Tennessee defenses were indeed highly rated coming into the contest, but both units took a hammering at the hands of the opposing offenses on that afternoon. Stacy soaked up a pitch from Hollingsworth, found a crease behind his blocking, and powered through an attempted tackle by the middle linebacker like a power back. The back had 125 yards rushing, 158 yards receiving (on nine grabs), and 34 yards in the return game. View a sample email.
Hollingsworth went to the dependable Stacy, who had worked himself open on the right hash downfield. No Results Available.