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THE ALABAMA FOOTBALL DYNASTY

at its PEAK

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A Book Like No Other

It’s been an amazing run for Alabama football. Much has been said and written in recent years that covers just about every angle of the Tide's supremacy. But none of it is quite like Dynasty By The Numbers.


This book, written after the 2020 season, documents the Nick Saban dynasty at its peak. You watched it and know how impressive it was. But former ESPN statistical analyst and Alabama alumnus Brad Edwards shows that the Crimson Tide’s dominance in this era was even greater than what fans recall.


Six national championships in a 12-season span only scratches the surface of Bama’s superiority over its peers during this stretch. Numerous charts and graphs show the level to which Saban’s teams ruled the sport from 2008 through 2020. And there are other jaw-dropping numbers that show the historic nature of the Tide’s greatness, helping the reader understand the unprecedented nature of this run, and why it’s unlikely college football will ever see anything like it again.

A Dynasty Like No Other

One of the few drawbacks to being dominant for so long is that great players and great moments that were part of championship seasons are somewhat forgotten as new players, moments and championships come along. That’s why the photographs in this book are so enjoyable. All-Americans and pivotal plays throughout the Saban era are presented in full color by Kent Gidley and the Alabama athletics photography team, inducing memories from previous years that complement the surrounding data.


Across the span of this dynasty, there have been elite offenses and elite defenses that featured record-setting numbers of All-Americans, other individual award winners and NFL 1st-round draft picks – all built on a foundation established by numerous top-ranked recruiting classes. The byproduct has been six national championships and an astounding number of weeks ranked Number 1 in the polls that far exceeds what any other program had ever achieved.


The book highlights all of those accomplishments and many more, culminating with a section dedicated to the 2020 team, which was, by the numbers, Saban’s best and also among the greatest in the history of the sport – certainly, a frontrunner for best offense of all time.

A Peek Inside

  • 544 Alabama football players have a national championship ring during the Nick Saban dynasty
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  • The Alabama football dynasty owns the two longest streaks of being favored by Vegas experts

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  • During the Alabama football dynasty, the team played only two games from 2011-2021 that didn't have national championship implications.

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  • Over 12 seasons of the Alabama football dynasty, Nick Saban won more games against top-5 teams than any other coach had in an entire career.

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  • The Alabama football program managed to win several games during the dynasty from situations in which teams normally lose.

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  • During the Alabama football dynasty, the program had more weeks ranked No. 1 than any other program has had since 1936.

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Just the Facts

Even though the book was written with Alabama fans in mind, this isn’t information filtered through crimson-colored glasses. It’s page after page of facts. And it’s even more impressive if you understand how changes in the sport made it necessary for Saban to adjust his approaches to offense, defense and recruiting in order to sustain this dynasty.


When success is replicated the way it was for most of the Saban era, it's natural for observers to expect it and become less dazzled by it. For the many Bama fans who took that excellence for granted, this book will hopefully give them a new appreciation for just how extraordinary this era was.

In the Words of the Author

This book is unique because the story is told through numbers, using charts and graphs to demonstrate Bama’s dominance. In most cases, the point isn’t simply that Alabama was the best college football program in the country in that particular category, but rather how much better the Tide were than everyone else. The scale of the numbers is often what’s most important to observe.


The data highlight the program’s excellence in many different areas – talent identification and recruitment, player development, ball protection, defensive scoring, punt returns, etc. – most of which were sustained for a decade or longer. These numbers are essentially quantifying “the Process” that was the blueprint for Alabama’s success under Saban and led to such amazing consistency for so many years.


Now that he has retired, this book will begin to resonate even more with the Alabama fan base. At some point soon, we'll all be able to look back through these pages and recognize how amazing this era truly was.

Dynasty By The Numbers author Brad Edwards

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