alabama lost to georgia in the 2017 season.
alabama lost to georgia in the 2017 season.
who did alabama lose to in the 2017 season?
georgia
alabama entered the 2018 season as the reigning national champions and ranked number 1 in the nation once again. alabama opened the season with a dominating win over louisville, 51–14 in the camping world kickoff in orlando, florida. tua tagovailoa had won the starting qb job in the off season over two year starter, jalen hurts. tagovailoa turned in several stellar performances as alabama rolled to their 2nd undefeated regular season in three years. alabama would score 50 plus points in 8 of their games. alabama also set three records during the season. they became the first ever sec team to score 50 plus points in three consecutive games. also, when alabama shut out lsu 29–0 and mississippi state 24–0, it marked the first time in history that an sec team had shut out two consecutive conference opponents. as well, alabama become the first team since yale in 1888 to outscore each of their first 12 opponents by 20 or more points. alabama avenged their only loss of the 2017 season with a decisive 31 point win over arch rival auburn, 52–21 in tuscaloosa. tagovailoa completed 25 of 32 passes and threw for 324 yards and five touchdowns in the tide's iron bowl win. he also had a td himself, running one in early in the game, bringing the total to 6, an iron bowl record. the following week, alabama would meet georgia in the 2018 sec championship game, a rematch of the 2017 cfp national championship game. in a mirror image of the previous season's national championship game, alabama's backup qb (this time jalen hurts) came in and engineered a dramatic comeback. tagovailoa had been injured in the fourth quarter, and it was hurts who led alabama to a 35–28 victory. this was the school's 27th sec championship and it sent alabama to the playoffs once again where they would defeat the oklahoma sooners in the orange bowl playoff semifinal, 45–34. the cotton bowl was the site of the other playoff semifinal, where clemson would defeat notre dame 30–3 to set up a fourth consecutive alabama-clemson meeting in the postseason. 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 crimson tide football under nick saban
bullet::::- for the first time since week 11 of the 1990 season, four teams ranked in the top six of the ap poll lost during the week. additionally, five of the top eight of the ap poll lost in the same week for the first time ever. the week's upsets began on thursday, when #2 oregon lost 31–24 at home to arizona. saturday saw #3 alabama lose 23–17 at #11 ole miss, #4 oklahoma lose 37–33 at #25 tcu, #6 texas a&m lose 48–31 at #12 mississippi state, and #8 ucla lose 30–28 at home to utah.
2014 ncaa division i fbs football season