Here are 10 ways that demonstrate just how impressive the No. 7 Crimson Tide’s 59-0 victory over No. 21 Texas A&M at Bryant-Denny Stadium was on Saturday:
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- The 59-point win was the Crimson Tide’s largest margin of victory since a 66-3 win at Vanderbilt on Sept. 29, 1979.
- It was Alabama’s biggest shutout victory since the 62-0 victory over Tulane on Oct. 12, 1991.
- It was the Crimson Tide’s largest margin of victory ever against a ranked opponent. The previous best was 55 points over No. 14 Syracuse in the 1953 Orange Bowl (a 61-6).
- Alabama scored its most points since the 62 at Duke on Sept. 18, 2010.
- The 35 points in the second quarter set a Crimson Tide record, topping the 34 scored at Ole Miss in 1989 (although the records exist only since 1945).
- The 45 points scored in the first half tied the 2010 Duke game for the second-most in program history, trailing only the 52 against Vanderbilt in 1990.
- It marked A&M’s first shutout loss since a 77-0 loss at Oklahoma in 2003.
- In terms of margin of defeat it was the second-biggest loss in Aggies history.
- The edge in total yards of 430 just missed being on Alabama’s top-10 list for largest differential in a game. It had 475 against Florida Atlantic and 472 vs. Florida earlier this season.
- It was Alabama’s biggest win ever against a Southeastern Conference Western Division opponent.
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