(Editor's note: This is the original story from 2016. We realize that, scheduled or not, Alabama and Clemson have become regular opponents in the 20-teens, just like they were in the 1960s.)

Alabama and Clemson have met just once in football in the last 40 years, but were regular opponents in the 1960s.

Crimson Tide head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Tigers head man Frank Howard -- like Bryant, an Alabama graduate -- faced off four straight times from 1966-69. Alabama won all four games, including 26-0 that first year at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

Included here are 35 color photos from that Oct. 9, 1966 game, shot by legendary Birmingham News photographer Robert Adams. You'll see images of Bryant, as well as Crimson Tide luminaries such as Kenny Stabler, Ray Perkins and Jerry Duncan.

Stabler was the star of stars that day in a 26-0 win for Alabama, throwing for two touchdowns and running for another. The shutout win improved the Crimson Tide to 3-0 that season, on the way to an 11-0 finish and a third straight SEC championship (but not a national championship, a fact that irritates Alabama fans to this day).