The Crimson Tide’s game against Western Kentucky on Saturday will be the program’s first with Kalen DeBoer as the head coach.
Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe carries the football during an SEC game against Auburn on Nov. 25, 2023, at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn.Alabama player has had at least 2,800 passing yards and 400 rushing yards in the same season – QB Jalen Milroe last season. Milroe returns for the Crimson Tide after passing for 2,834 yards and rushing for 531 yards in 2023.Previous games against Alabama for Western Kentucky QB TJ Finley, who will be playing for the Hilltoppers for the first time on Saturday.
Consecutive seasons have featured a victory for Alabama in its first game in Tuscaloosa. The streak started after a 20-13 loss to Oklahoma on Sept. 6, 2003.Consecutive season-opening games have been won by Alabama. The 22-game streak is the second-longest in SEC history, but it is not the school record. Alabama opened its season with a victory 30 straight times from 1904 through 1934. Only the final two of those victories came as an SEC member.
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