The Southeastern Conference will kick off its 92nd football season this week.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart talks with quarterback Carson Bech during the Bulldogs’ game against UAB on Sept. 23, 2023, at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga.The Southeastern Conference will kick off its 92nd football campaign with its first 16-team lineup this week. All the SEC members will begin their 2024 campaigns with non-conference contests, with two games on Thursday, one on Friday, 12 on Saturday and one on Sunday.
76 coaches have had a better record in their first seasons than their predecessors had in their last, 64 have had a worse record and 27 have had the same record. DeBoer had a 104-12 record at Sioux Falls, Fresno State and Washington. This is the 11th time in the SEC era that Alabama has changed coaches. The new Crimson Tide coach had a better record in his first season than his predecessor had in his last season four times, a worse record five times and the same record once.
Seasons since Alabama lost to a team that finished the year with a losing record, the longest such streak in the nation. Alabama lost to Mississippi State 24-16 on Nov. 4, 2006, a season in which the Bulldogs posted a 3-9 record. Since that defeat, Alabama has lost 32 games, and the Crimson Tide’s opponent in each of those setbacks went on to have at least a .500 season.Consecutive conference regular-season games have been won by Georgia, the longest such streak in SEC history.
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