On Sunday, we noted that Alabama’s 27-24 win in the Iron Bowl was among the more-improbable in program history.

We offered up six other candidates:

Alabama 8, Florida State 7 (1974)

Alabama 17, Auburn 15 (1984)

Alabama 31, Kentucky 27 (1988)

Alabama 24, Southern Miss 20 (1995)

Alabama 22, LSU 16 (1998)

Alabama 24, Auburn 22, 4 OT (2021)

Admittedly, we were working on very little sleep at the time, so we were bound to miss a few. And boy, did we.

And boy, did AL.com readers let us know.

Here are six more we missed, including one that is particularly embarrassing and inexcusable to this writer.

1. Alabama 16, Georgia Tech 15 (1960)

Alabama-Georgia Tech was a blood rivalry for SEC old-timers, and Paul “Bear” Bryant and Bobby Dodd’s teams played some classics in the days before the Yellow Jackets left the SEC in the mid-1960s. Among the wildest was the 1960 game in Atlanta, when Richard “Digger” O’Dell kicked a 24-yard field goal as time expired for one of the landmark wins of Bryant’s early tenure. O’Dell had never made a field goal in a varsity college game, and was only called upon because regular kicker Tommy Brooker was injured.

(suggested by reader Barry K.)

2. Alabama 17, Tennessee 10 (1972)

The Crimson Tide’s streak of 11 straight victories in the “Third Saturday in October” rivalry from 1971-81 would have never gotten to that point if not for an improbable comeback in the second of those years. Alabama trailed 10-3 when Wilbur Jackson tied the game on a 2-yard touchdown run 1:48 left at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. In most cases, that game would have ended in a tie (overtime would not become a thing in college football until the mid-1990s). However, Mike DuBose forced a fumble by Tennessee quarterback (and Alabama native) Condredge Holloway two plays later, and the Crimson Tide’s John Mitchell fell on it at the Vols’ 22. Quarterback Terry Davis then ran for a touchdown, Alabama’s second in 36 seconds, and a 17-10 lead. The Crimson Tide’s championship dreams would end with “Punt, Bama Punt” and a Cotton Bowl loss to Texas, but the thrilling win over Tennessee helped Bryant’s team get to 10-0 in the first place.

(suggested by reader Dan M.)

3. Alabama 20, Georgia 16 (1985)

In what was ironically only the second-most unlikely win of that 1985 season, Alabama stole one away from Georgia in Athens before a national television audience on Labor Day night. Ray Perkins’ Crimson Tide blew a 13-3 lead in the fourth quarter, with Vince Dooley’s Bulldogs scoring an offensive touchdown and then going up 16-13 after Terrie Webster blocked an Alabama punt and Calvin Ruff recovered it in the end zone for another score with 50 seconds remaining. That left just enough time for Mike Shula to drive Alabama 71 yards in just four plays for the winning touchdown, a 17-yard pass to Al Bell — a junior-college transfer playing in his first game for the Crimson Tide — with 15 seconds to play.

(suggested by reader Michael D.)

4. Alabama 25, Auburn 23 (1985)

It’s possible we were concerned about putting too many Iron Bowls on the original list. It’s possible we didn’t want to include those games in which Alabama was favored. But there’s still no excuse for leaving off “The Kick.” Yes, the game had four lead changes in the fourth quarter, so the Crimson Tide winning is not that amazing, in and of itself. But the fashion in which Shula and his teammates did so that day at Legion Field was nearly unfathomable. After Auburn’s Reggie Ware scored from a yard out to put the Tigers up 23-22 with 43 seconds remaining, Alabama took over at its 20-yard line with no timeouts left. After an incomplete pass on first down, Shula was sacked for an 8-yard loss on second. He hit Gene Jelks for 14 yards on third down, then Bell ran 20 yards on a reverse on fourth-and-4 to put the ball on the Alabama 46. After another incompletion left 15 seconds to play, Shula connected with Greg Richardson, who dragged two defenders out of bounds at the Auburn 35 with six seconds left. The Crimson Tide ran the field goal unit on the field and Van Tiffin drilled a 52-yarder for the victory as time expired.

(suggested by LOTS of readers, but first by Michael S.)

5. Alabama 17, Penn State 16 (1989)

Nittany Lions running back Blair Thomas had been nearly unstoppable all day before he came up just short of the goal line with eight seconds remaining and the Crimson Tide clinging to a one-point lead at Beaver Stadium. Perhaps Penn State coach Joe Paterno had memories of the “Goal Line Stand” in the 1979 Sugar Bowl in mind when he called for a field goal attempt instead of going for it on fourth down. Alabama defensive end Thomas Rayam stretched his 6-foot-7 frame and batted away Ray Tarasi’s 18-yard attempt to salvage the Crimson Tide’s victory and its to-that-point undefeated season. An old college friend of mine swears he stood up and pointed to the TV just before the snap and screamed “you better block that [expletive deleted] kick!”, which is too good a story to not be true.

(also suggested by Dan M.)

6. Alabama 21, LSU 17 (2012)

Call it the most-unlikely Alabama win of the Nick Saban era, non-Iron Bowl division. Unbeaten Alabama trailed 17-14 in Baton Rouge when it took over at its 28-yard line after LSU missed a field goal with 1:34 remaining. AJ McCarron completed three straight passes of 18, 15 and 11 yards to Kevin Norwood, moving the ball to the LSU 28 with the clock ticking toward one minute remaining. The Crimson Tide was in field goal range by that point, but didn’t need it. McCarron flipped the ball in the left flat to running back T.J. Yeldon, who ran through the LSU defense to the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown. Three plays later, Damion Square sacked Tigers quarterback Zach Mettenburger to put an exclamation point on yet another rousing Alabama victory at Tiger Stadium. The Crimson Tide went on to win its second straight national championship that season.

(suggested by reader Jason S.)

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So there’s our second list. As I try to say at the end of every email, thanks for reading and taking the time to write.

Creg Stephenson has worked for AL.com since 2010 and has covered college football for a variety of publications since 1994. Contact him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter at @CregStephenson.