1992 Alabama Crimson Tide National Championship Ring — Payer Issued
This is the player-issued national championship ring belonging to Offensive Tackle Pete DiMario, commemorating the 1992 Alabama Crimson Tide's perfect, wire-to-wire national title run. Crafted by Jostens in 10k gold, the ring features a centrally mounted diamond surrounded by cubic zirconia stones.
Real gold, real diamonds — a thing of the past
Today's NCAA championship rings can't touch this one. Under current NCAA rules, the total value of gifts a student-athlete may receive for winning a national championship is capped at $415 — a limit that has forced manufacturers like Jostens to abandon genuine gold and diamonds altogether in favor of gold-tone alloys and simulated stones. This 1992 Alabama ring predates those cost pressures, and carries a genuine diamond and 10k gold construction that a modern championship ring simply cannot include.
Coached by Gene Stallings, the 1992 Crimson Tide finished a perfect 13-0, capturing the SEC Western Division, the inaugural SEC Championship Game over Florida, and the school's 12th national title with a stunning 34-13 upset of the top-ranked, defending champion Miami Hurricanes in the Sugar Bowl. Alabama's suffocating defense — which led the nation in scoring defense and highlighted by George Teague's iconic strip of Lamar Thomas — carried the Tide to Alabama's first national championship since 1979 and its last until 2009.
| Championship | 1992 NCAA National Championship (Sugar Bowl) |
| Player | Pete DiMario |
| Type | Player-issued |
| Material | 10k Gold |
| Stones | Center-mounted genuine diamond, surrounded by cubic zirconia (CZ) |
| Manufacturer | Jostens |
| Result | Alabama defeated Miami (FL), 34-13 |
| Regular Season Record | 13-0 |
1992 Alabama National Championship Ring — Quick Facts
- The 1993 Sugar Bowl was the first-ever Bowl Coalition national championship game, played January 1, 1993 at the Louisiana Superdome.
- Alabama's defense allowed just 9.2 points per game during the regular season, the fewest in the nation.
- Defensive back George Teague's stripped interception return against Miami — dubbed "The Strip" — remains one of the most iconic defensive plays in bowl history.
- This was Alabama's 12th national championship and eighth perfect season in program history.
- Modern NCAA championship rings are capped at $415 in value under current gift rules — this ring's genuine gold and diamond predate those restrictions.