AUBURN, Ala. – No. 3/1 Alabama football team (17-1-1) finished the regular season with a perfect 10-0 run in Southeastern Conference action as the Crimson Tide knocked off Auburn (6-6-6, 2-6- 2 SEC) on the road on Thursday. Riley Tanner scored the winning goal in the 86th gameth minute of the game to give UA a 1-0 win over the Tigers.
Alabama also won its third straight football Iron Bowl, marking the first time the Tide has won the Iron Bowl trophy three years in a row since its four-year run from 1996-99.
“Another outstanding performance from our team tonight. Every week we challenge ourselves and every week we find ways to win these games. We do it in different ways and with different players. To finish 10-0 in one of the most good in the country is a remarkable achievement. Not many programs can say they’ve done that.”
86′ | Second part
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— Alabama Soccer (@AlabamaSoccer) October 28, 2022
How It Happened
- The match went into the first half with the score 0-0
- UA found its game-winning field goal in the 86thth MINUTE
- Cat Rogers sent him a ball Riley Tanner at the back post from the right side of the field
- Tanner would head the ball into the back of the goal and into the back of the net for the win
- McKinley Crone recorded three saves in the game for her eighth clean sheet of the season
Game notes
- Alabama is the first team to go undefeated in conference play since South Carolina went 11-0-0 in 2016.
- The team has won 10 straight conference games, finishing the season undefeated in league play
- Alabama has a single-season record 17 wins and hasn’t lost a game since Aug. 21 at Miami
- Thursday’s win is also the Tide’s 13thth-Hit streak, second-longest in nation behind Saint Louis’ 15-game streak
- Alabama set the school record for points, finishing with a season-high 160 points
- McKinley Crone set the school record for strikeouts in a single season with eight this year
- Crone now has 19 career shutouts, second-best in program history
Next
- Alabama enters the SEC Tournament in Pensacola, Fla., as the No. 1 seed
- The Tide will receive a first-round bye, opening the contest Tuesday at 5:00 pm CT on the SEC Network against the winner of eighth-seeded Mississippi State and ninth-seeded Texas A&M
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