the last time alabama lost a regular season game was 2016.
when is the last time alabama lost a regular season game?
2016
on december 12, 2009, sophomore running back mark ingram was awarded the heisman trophy as college football's best player. in being so named, ingram became the first heisman trophy winner for the university of alabama. alabama defeated texas 37–21 in the bcs championship game on january 7, 2010, capping a perfect season, an sec championship, and winning its first national championship in the bcs era. alabama defeated louisiana state university 21–0 on january 9, 2012, to win its second bcs national championship. alabama won its third bcs national championship in january 2013 defeating notre dame 42–14, becoming the first school to win three bcs titles. on january 1, 2015 no. 1 alabama lost to no. 4 ohio st. in the second game of the first college football playoffs 42–35. on december 12, 2015, running back derrick henry was awarded the heisman trophy, becoming only the second winner for the university of alabama. on january 11, 2016, alabama defeated clemson to win the national championship, 45–40. in january 2017, alabama lost to clemson 35–31 in the national championship. they beat sec rival georgia 26–23 in overtime during the 2018 national championship in january 2018.
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starting in his eighth season, alabama began the year ranked no.2 in the preseason ap and coaches poll for the third time in four years. it was the fifth straight season the crimson tide started the year in the top two and the seventh consecutive year in the top five. in the season opener, alabama improved to 4–0 in the chick-fil-a kickoff game beating west virginia 33–23 in the first meeting between the two schools. the tide won their home opener the next week over florida atlantic 41–0 after the game was called in the fourth quarter due to lightning. the following week they defeated southern miss 52–12. in their conference opener, alabama put up 645 yards of offense beating florida 42–21. following a bye week alabama was voted no.1 in the coaches poll marking the seventh consecutive season alabama has reached the top spot. alabama suffered their first loss of the season losing to #11 ole miss 23–17 which ended a 10-game win streak against the rebels. in saban's 100thgame with the tide, alabama bounced back, narrowly defeating arkansas 14–13 for its eighth consecutive victory in the series. the next week the tide dominated #21 texas a&m shutting them out 59–0 which is the 4thlargest victory in school history. in their annual rivalry with tennessee, alabama won their eighth straight over the vols 34–20. after a second bye week, alabama traveled to baton rouge to play #14 lsu. after a late field goal, alabama sent the game into overtime defeating the tigers 20–13. in a matchup of top five teams, alabama defeated #1 mississippi state 25–20 marking the first time alabama has defeated an ap no.1 team at home. alabama then defeated fcs opponent western carolina 48–14. the win secured alabama its seventh consecutive ten-win season. in the iron bowl, alabama avenged their only regular season loss of last season defeating their in state rival #15 auburn 55–44, the most points scored in the rivalry's history. the tide finished the regular season 11–1 for the 4thstraight season and won the sec west. it was saban's 5thdivision title at alabama (8thoverall for his career). in the 2014 sec championship game, saban won his 5thsec title (3rdwith alabama) defeating #14 missouri 42–13. it was alabama's 24thsec championship and first since 2012. alabama was selected for the college football playoff as the no.1 seed and played the no.4 seed ohio state in the sugar bowl, losing 42–35. the loss was saban's third in sugar bowls at alabama. the tide finished the season at 12–2.
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