A rarity happened for Alabama this past Saturday as the Tide lost their second consecutive game, doing so on the road at Tennessee.

A losing streak is quite the rare occurrence for Alabama football. In fact, Alabama has lost two games in a row just once in the last decade, and those games were not even in the same season (the bowl game loss to Michigan in 2024, and then the season-opening loss to Florida State in 2025). The 2013 season was the last time Alabama lost two straight games in the same year when they fell to Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl following the "kick-six" loss to Auburn.

Now, when was the last time Alabama has lost three games in a row (which they are now trying to avoid)? You have to go all the way back to Nick Saban's first season at Alabama in 2007 for that answer. The end of the regular season in 2007 actually resulted in a four-game losing streak for Alabama, a year in which they went 6-6 in the regular season and finished 7-6 after a bowl game win. All four of those losses were by one score, with three of them coming by exactly seven points.

The first loss of that stretch was a heart-breaking 41-34 loss to eventual national champion LSU, a meeting with heightened stakes after Saban had previously left LSU. This was a game in which Alabama led 27-17 in the second half before LSU ended the game on a 24-7 run. The crucial play in the game was a fourth quarter Alabama fumble that LSU recovered at the Tide four-yard line that led the late game-winning LSU touchdown.

The second loss was a 17-12 defeat to Mississippi State in which Alabama's offense had just 274 yards of offense. Then came the infamous 21-14 loss to UL Monroe. Alabama outgained ULM, 409-282, but committed four turnovers in the upset loss.

The fourth loss was a 17-10 Iron Bowl loss to Auburn.

Alabama will look to avoid their first three-game losing streak in nearly two decades this weekend as they host Texas A&M. A&M comes in 4-3 overall (1-3 SEC).