Joe Namath played college football at the University of Alabama, where he played for the Crimson Tide from 1962 to 1964. He won the national championship as a senior. Namath set single-season records in his first year as a starter, and by the time he left, he had set University of Alabama records for pass attempts, completions, yardage, and touchdowns. Namath lacked enough credit hours to graduate in 1965, but he returned to the University of Alabama in 2006 and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in December 2007.