So it was a surprise, then, to see 21.5-point favorite Alabama on Saturday require a nine-play, 61-yard scoring drive in the final 90 seconds of the fourth quarter to eke out a 1-point win over the unranked Texas Longhorns. For context, archrival Auburn, a program with a national championship and multiple double-digit-win seasons to its credit since Saban’s arrival, has lost five September games in the past seven seasons. 1 No Football Bowl Subdivision team has lost less often than Alabama in the first full month of the college football calendar over that stretch. Since Nick Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2007, Bama has averaged a 29-point margin of victory in the month of September and lost just three games in 61 tries. But should a contender worry after an early season scare?Įven by the seldom-threatened standards of Alabama’s dynasty, September is not traditionally a challenging month for the Crimson Tide. Nick Saban has a lot of tape to analyze after Alabama nearly lost to Texas.
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