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During his previous five years with Alabama, he led the Crimson Tide to an overall record of 50 wins and 12 losses (50–12) and both the 2009 and 2011 national championships. [11] On January 18, 2012, Alabama officially hired Doug Nussmeier from the Washington Huskies as offensive coordinator and Lance Thompson from the Tennessee Volunteers as ...
Alabama has 32 conference championships and holds NCAA records with 73 postseason bowl game appearances and 44 bowl game victories. [3] [4] The Crimson Tide has also had 11 undefeated seasons, a longest winning streak of 28 games between 1978 and 1980 and a home winning streak of 57 games between 1963 and 1982. [5]
2012 – The 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, coached by Nick Saban, completed the regular season 11–1. The only loss of the season was against Texas A&M 29–24. [ 49 ] Despite the loss, Alabama won the SEC Western division and went to the 2012 SEC Championship Game , where they defeated Georgia 32–28 for the 23rd conference ...
McCarron led the Crimson Tide to the 2011 and 2012 national championships and graduated as Alabama's career leader in passing yardage (9,019), completions (686) and touchdowns (77). He also holds the record for passing touchdowns (30) in a single season. He finished runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in the 2013 season.
Alabama would win 12 combined national championship games under Paul "Bear" Bryant (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978 and 1979) and Nick Saban (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020).
The Crimson Tide opened the season with a 48–7 victory over Saban's alma mater, Kent State and then traveled to Beaver Stadium and defeated Penn State 27–11 in what would be Joe Paterno's final meeting vs. the Crimson Tide (he was fired November 9, 2011 in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, then died January 22, 2012). [64]
There are few teams at any level of sport that enjoy the kind of consistent success that the Alabama Crimson Tide football program sees each year. So as Nick Saban and his perennial title ...
Alabama "was a thorn in our backside," for Georgia football for 7 straight losses. That changed two seasons ago and the Bulldogs have just kept winning.