alabama won the national championship in football last year.
alabama won the national championship in football last year.
who won the national championship in football last year?
alabama
the last four matchups between the squads have had national championship implications and have greatly intensified the rivalry. the teams squared off in the 2016 college football playoff national championship in glendale, arizona, with alabama emerging with a thrilling 45-40 victory. the next year, the teams again found themselves doing battle in the 2017 college football playoff national championship in tampa, florida, with clemson emerging with a thrilling 35-31 victory and their first win over the crimson tide since 1905. once again the teams did battle in the 2018 sugar bowl in new orleans, louisiana with a trip to the 2018 college football playoff national championship game on the line. alabama won the contest by a score of 24–6. the two teams once again met for the title in the 2019 college football playoff national championship. this time, clemson prevailed with a 44-16 rout of the #1-ranked crimson tide to win its third national title.
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elliott attended purdue from 1943 to 1944. in his freshman year, elliott earned varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball. he played three games for the unbeaten and untied 1943 purdue football team where he was described as "a capable triple-threater and stellar defensive performer." he scored a touchdown against minnesota in his first game, and made a key interception at purdue's ten-yard line in the season's final game against indiana. a may 1944 newspaper article reported that the 19-year-old elliott, who had been a "high school sensation last year," had won three major athletic letters in his first year as a naval v-12 student at purdue. "a speedy 160-pound, five foot 10-inch performer, he lost little time making his mark in football last fall once he became eligible upon completion of his first v-12 term." elliott appeared in the final three games of the football season, and his performance in the season's final game against indiana "provided one of the highlights of the boilermaker season."
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