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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 375 

Congratulating the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team for 

winning the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association College Football Playoff National Championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 18, 2018 

Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. JONES) submitted the following resolution; 

which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team for winning the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association College Football Playoff National Championship. 

Whereas the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football 

team won the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association College Football Playoff National Championship, defeating the University of Georgia Bulldogs by a score of 

26 to 23 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 10, 2018; 

Whereas this victory marks the fifth College Football National Championship in the last 9 years for the University of Alabama and the 17th National Championship 

overall; 


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Whereas the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association 

College Football Playoff National Championship was the 

69th postseason football bowl appearance and the 39th 

football bowl victory for the University of Alabama; 

Whereas the 2017–2018 Crimson Tide football team consistently showed perseverance in the midst of adversity, including overcoming a 13-point deficit in the second half 

of the National Championship game; 

Whereas the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association 

College Football Playoff National Championship game 

was the first National Championship game to extend into 

overtime; 

Whereas head coach Nick Saban has now won 6 College 

Football National Championships, equaling the modernera record of former University of Alabama football head 

coach Paul ‘‘Bear’’ Bryant; 

Whereas this victory extends the record of Coach Saban to 

127 wins and 20 losses in a decade of dominance; 

Whereas ‘‘The Process’’, as outlined by Coach Saban, has 

produced not only quality student-athletes, but wellrounded young men; 

Whereas members of the 2017–2018 Crimson Tide football 

team have been honored by various awards throughout 

the season and during the postseason; 

Whereas Chancellor Ray Hayes, President Stuart Bell, and 

Athletic Director Greg Byrne have emphasized the importance of academic success to the Crimson Tide football 

team and to all student-athletes at the University of Alabama; and 

Whereas the 2017–2018 Crimson Tide football team has 

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bama, the loyal fans of the Crimson Tide, and the entire 

State of Alabama: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the University of Alabama 

3 Crimson Tide for winning the 2018 National Colle4 giate Athletic Association College Football Playoff 

5 National Championship game; 

6 (2) recognizes the achievements of all players, 

7 coaches, and staff who contributed to the champion8 ship season; and 

9 (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of 

10 the Senate prepare an official copy of this resolution 

11 for presentation to— 

12 (A) the President of the University of Ala13 bama, Dr. Stuart Bell; 

14 (B) the Athletic Director of the University 

15 of Alabama, Greg Byrne; and 

16 (C) the Head Coach of the University of 

17 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Nick 

18 Saban. 

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