What’s the biggest deficit Alabama has overcome under Nick Saban?
By John Buhler
Nick Saban’s Alabama football team rarely plays from behind during his dynastic run.
Though the Alabama football program is an absolute beast under head coach Nick Saban, they have not been a great team when it comes to overcoming a massive deficit.
Entering Week 6 vs. the Texas A&M Aggies, the largest deficit Alabama has ever overcome under Saban was a 13-pointer to the Georgia Bulldogs in the 2017 National Championship game. Alabama trailed Texas A&M by 14 points at halftime. In the three other games where the Crimson Tide trailed by that many points, Alabama lost all three contests. This is unfamiliar territory here.
Should Alabama do the improbable in College Station, it will be the biggest comeback of the Saban era in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama trails Texas A&M by 14 points at the half.
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) October 10, 2021
Under Nick Saban, the largest halftime deficit the Tide have overcome is 13 points in the National Championship vs. Georgia. pic.twitter.com/MJ6uDrJNUT
Nick Saban: What is the biggest deficit Alabama has ever overcome under him?
Though 14 points does not seem like a lot, Alabama so rarely plays from behind. While the Crimson Tide have the passing game to play catch-up in theory, it is something they rarely practice. For other programs, being 14 points down is a weekly affair. For others like Alabama, that deficit may be too much to overcome. Alabama is really behind the eight ball vs. Texas A&M.
If the Aggies win, Jimbo Fisher will be the first Saban assistant to ever beat him head-to-head.
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