LOOK: Alabama football celebrates comeback win over Oklahoma in CFP

The Alabama Crimson Tide are headed back to the Rose Bowl for the College Football Playoff.

One hundred years after Alabama football’s first appearance in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 1926, the Tide will face No. 1 Indiana (13-0) in the CFP quarterfinals in Pasadena on New Year’s Day.

Alabama (11-3) rallied from a 17-0 first-half deficit to win its first-round playoff game, 34-24, against the Oklahoma Sooners (10-3) Friday night at Memorial Stadium in Norman.

Ty Simpson threw two touchdown passes to freshman receiver Lotzeir Brooks, cornerback Zabien Brown had a 50-yard interception return for touchdown, and Daniel Hill capped the scoring with a 6-yard touchdown run as the Tide closed the game by out-scoring Oklahoma 34-7 over the final 36:52.

Conor Talty added two clutch field goals in Alabama’s win, its 10th victory overall in the College Football Playoff since 2014, and its first since the Crimson Tide defeated the Cincinnati Bearcats, 27-6, in the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Eve 2021.

After Alabama’s rally, Tide players did some celebrating on the Sooners’ field.

Alabama football celebrates on Sooners’ home field after CFP win over Oklahoma

More Alabama football photos from thrilling CFP win over Oklahoma

Alabama football schedule 2025

• Aug. 30: at Florida State (L, 31-17)
• Sept. 6: vs. UL Monroe (W, 73-0)
• Sept. 13: vs. Wisconsin (W, 38-14)
• Sept. 27: at Georgia (W, 24-21)
• Oct. 4: vs. Vanderbilt (W, 30-14)
• Oct. 11: at Missouri (W, 27-24)
• Oct. 18: vs. Tennessee (W, 37-20)
• Oct. 25: at South Carolina (W, 29-22)
• Nov. 8: vs. LSU (W, 20-9)
• Nov. 15: vs. Oklahoma (L, 23-21)
• Nov. 22 vs. Eastern Illinois (W, 56-0)
• Nov. 29: at Auburn (W, 27-20)
• Dec. 6: vs. Georgia (L, 28-7)
• Dec. 19: at Oklahoma (W, 34-24)
• Jan. 1: vs. Indiana (CFP quarterfinals, Rose Bowl)

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