Has Alabama ever lost 3 games in a row?
The last time Alabama lost three games in one season was back in 2010, in Nick Saban's fourth season as head coach. Ranked No. 1 for the first half of the season, they fell to South Carolina by a two-touchdown margin before losing close games against LSU and Auburn that year — all three of whom were ranked.
From 1895 to 1921, Alabama saw some success, as they had only three losing seasons as a member of the SIAA. In 1922, Alabama left the SIAA and became a charter member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
Alabama hasn't lost back-to-back games since 2013 when the regular season ended with a loss in the Iron Bowl on the Kick Six followed by a 45-31 loss to Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. It hasn't lost consecutive regular season games since Nick Saban's first season as the Alabama head coach in 2007.
The last time Alabama lost 2 consecutive games was 2013, when they lost the Iron Bowl and then a bowl game to Oklahoma.
Alabama has lost 19 games in 10 years since Nick Saban took over. 19 losses in 10 years.
Otherwise, Texas has an outstanding record against the other teams in its new league, including Alabama. Not only do the Longhorns have a winning record against the Crimson Tide, they have the best record of any team that has faced Alabama more than once outside of Rice (3-0). Texas is 7-1 in the series.
- 2010 - Loss at LSU. Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images. ...
- 2010 - Loss vs Auburn. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images. ...
- 2011 - Loss vs LSU. ...
- 2012 - Loss vs Texas A&M. ...
- 2013 - Loss at Auburn. ...
- 2014 - Loss at Ole Miss. ...
- 2015 - Loss vs Ole Miss. ...
- 2017 - Loss at Auburn.
2005, Another Late Game Meltdown Broke the Bama Nation's Heart. Alabama had just two losses in 2005. One of those was against Auburn, but since the Tide finished with a better record and ahead of Auburn in the final polls, that loss didn't hurt so bad.
Alabama will be loaded again next year, but the Tide has lost back-to-back games — and its sense of invincibility. Associated Press photo by PATRICK SEMANSKY -- Alabama coach Nick Saban walks across the Mercedes-Benz Superdome field late Friday after the Crimson Tide's 45-31 loss to Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl.
As a standalone accomplishment, irrespective of college football's evolution and the eras that mark it, winning 10-plus games for 15 years in a row is a stunningly impressive feat.
What is the longest Alabama losing streak?
Alabama: 4 games
In the past 10 years, the Crimson Tide … aw, you already know. They almost never lose. Saban's longest SEC losing streak is 3 games — the final 3 in 2007.
Rice (3-0)
It's the answer to a strange trivia question regarding Alabama football, that the Owls are the only college football team Alabama has played more than once and has never beaten.
Tennessee's 15-game skid against Alabama is one of the longest, but Volunteers fans are glad it's over.
Known as the Iron Bowl, Alabama's annual game against their cross-state rival, Auburn, is a contentious affair for players and fans alike. Meeting for the first time in 1893, the two schools have played 79 times with Alabama leading the all-time series 43-35-1.
Since 2008 Alabama has lost just six games and earned an . 887 win percentage. Just seven Crimson Tide teams in the past century can boast a better four-season stretch and only one of those wasn't coached by Paul W. Bryant (and two other of his teams reached the .
Gus Malzahn and Les Miles each gained three wins over Saban. Hugh Freeze won twice, in back-to-back seasons. The other 10, having beaten Saban once each, are Gene Chizik, Tommy Tuberville, Urban Meyer, Kirby Smart, Mark Richt, Ed Orgeron, Sylvester Croom Steve Spurrier, Jimbo Fisher and Kevin Sumlin.
Alabama football hit rock bottom in 1955, going 0–10, the worst season in school history. It was only the third winless season in the history of the Crimson Tide, the others being the 0–4 teams in 1893 and 1895 when the program was just starting.
The two historic programs have met nine times total, with Alabama victorious in only one of the meetings. However, their lone win was on the biggest stage in the 2010 BCS National Championship. Texas dominates the series overall, winning seven of the matchups.
The last time Alabama lost three games in one season was back in 2010, in Nick Saban's fourth season as head coach. Ranked No. 1 for the first half of the season, they fell to South Carolina by a two-touchdown margin before losing close games against LSU and Auburn that year — all three of whom were ranked.
What was Alabama's worst loss under Saban?
This time, Clemson would win handily, routing Alabama 44–16 in the CFP National Championship Game in Santa Clara, California. It was the worst loss of the Saban era and the worst loss for the program since 2003, when LSU defeated Alabama 27–3.
Alabama-Ole Miss. The matchup that used to be one of the most lopsided in the history of the SEC has now become one of the most amazing series. It started in 2014, when Bo Wallace and the Rebels shocked the No.
Alabama was the only school to appear in each of the first five Playoffs. The Tide lost to Ohio State in the semifinals in their 2014 debut before advancing to the title game the next four years. Alabama missed the 2019 College Football Playoff, but rebounded with another national championship in 2020.
The No. 6 Alabama Crimson Tide football team lost in overtime at No. 10 LSU, 32-31, Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd at Tiger Stadium.
The last time Alabama lost three games in one season was back in 2010, in Nick Saban's fourth season as head coach. Ranked No. 1 for the first half of the season, they fell to South Carolina by a two-touchdown margin before losing close games against LSU and Auburn that year — all three of whom were ranked.
A two-loss team has never made the College Football Playoff since it started in 2014. But both of Bama's losses happened on the last play of the game on the road at then-No. 6 Tennessee, 52-49, and at then-No. 15 LSU, 32-31 in overtime.
Alabama losing 38-40 to Central Florida at home wasn't pretty either, and it was the nail in head coach Mike DuBose's coffin in 2000. Older folks may also remember the time Alabama quarterbacks combined for eight interceptions in a 24-0 loss to Tennessee in 1970.