UPDATED JANUARY 7, 2019 (See bottom of post)

Nick Saban has lost a lot of football games in his coaching career, dating back to his graduate assistant days at Kent State. Below, we count down Nick Saban’s 25 most humiliating losses.

(Did we forget a humiliating defeat or is our ranking out of whack? Let us know by posting a comment below!)

#25: Nick Saban Tastes Defeat for First Time

Louisville 34 – Kent State 0
September 16, 1972 · Cardinal Stadium · Louisville, KY

Although only a graduate assistant at the time, Nick Saban was certainly instrumental in this loss. Legend has it that he spilled his Gatorade-flavored wine cooler on head coach Don James’ playcard just prior to kickoff, effectively nullifying the entire week’s game-planning. The result? Not a single point scored by the Golden Flashes on that day. Continue reading The 25 Most Humiliating Defeats of Nick Saban’s Coaching Career (You Won’t Believe What’s #1) →

That of course would be The Great and Powerful Gus. Continue reading Nick Saban: not even the best coach in his home state →

There have been 143 college football seasons. Nick Saban has only won the championship in four of them! That’s only 2.8% of the time. (Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then, am I right?) Here is a list of all of the college football seasons in which Nick Saban has not won the national championship: Continue reading Nick Saban Has Failed to Win the National Championship in 97.2% of All College Football Seasons →