1980 · Football · Game
Six points that stopped Bear Bryant's Alabama
Two Dana Moore field goals and one last goal-line fumble brought down the nation's top-ranked team and produced Jack Cristil's immortal call.
No. 1 Alabama
Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, Mississippi
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Former Bulldogs reconstruct the closing seconds, the goal-line fumble and the locker-room visit Bear Bryant made after State's unforgettable upset.
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Alabama arrived with a 28-game winning streak, consecutive national championships and Bear Bryant on the sideline. Mississippi State held the Crimson Tide to three points, recovered the decisive fumble inside its own five and finished the regular season on a five-game winning streak.
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The sequence.
Alabama gets only three
A 49-yard field goal supplied the Crimson Tide's only points of the afternoon.
Moore supplies six
Dana Moore tied the game from 37 yards and put State ahead with a 22-yard fourth-quarter field goal.
Bulldogs recover
Tyrone Keys forced a fumble near the goal line, Billy Jackson recovered it and State survived one final loose snap to end Alabama's streak.
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Core facts in this exhibit were checked against the official sources below on July 18, 2026.