Alabama football was heavily favored and had every advantage in the ReliaQuest Bowl, and still flopped in a turnover-filled loss to Michigan.

TAMPA, Fla.— In its final exam to end the first season of the Kalen DeBoer era, Alabama football condensed the highs and lows of its entire 2024 season into 60 minutes. For the Crimson Tide, the bad outweighed the good is it lost 19-13 to Michigan in the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl to secure Alabama's first season without 10 wins since 2007.

Kalen DeBoer wants Alabama football to remember its 19-13 loss to Michigan in the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl. In the final game of DeBoer's first season, the Crimson Tide couldn't overcome a 16-point first-quarter deficit and failed to reach 10 wins for the first time since 2007.