On Tuesday afternoon, the Alabama Crimson Tide ended the 2024 season with a disappointing 19-13 loss to the Michigan Wolverines in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
With the result, Alabama concluded the season, Year 1 of the Kalen DeBoer era, with a 9-4 record.
This is unfamiliar territory for the Crimson Tide. Alabama has not had more than three losses in a season in a while. However, just when was the last time Alabama lost at least four games in a year?
You have to go all the way back to 2007, which was the first season of the Nick Saban era in Tuscaloosa. That season, Alabama ended 7-6; a victory in the Independence Bowl gave the Crimson Tide a winning record that year.
The following year Saban and Alabama finished 12-2. Will DeBoer and the Crimson Tide take a similar next step in the 2025 season?