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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> DuBose-Franchione-Shula era (1997–2006) </h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22broken-image%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Alabama-Arkansas_09-24-2005.jpg%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AAlabama-Arkansas%2009-24-2005.jpg%7Cthumb%7CAlabama%20%28in%20crimson%20jerseys%29%20defeated%20%5B%5BArkansas%20Razorbacks%7CArkansas%5D%5D%2024%5Cu201313%2C%20en%20route%20to%20a%2010%5Cu20132%20record%20in%202005.%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" class="placeholder placeholder-broken-image" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="broken-image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->Following <a 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data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="#cite_note-1"><span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> In his <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22third%20season%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221999%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1999%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%7Cthird%20season%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/1999_Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="1999 Alabama Crimson Tide">third season</a>, DuBose won the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22SEC%20Championship%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221999%20SEC%20Championship%20Game%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1999%20SEC%20Championship%20Game%7CSEC%20Championship%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" class="new" title="1999 SEC Championship Game (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvMTk5OV9TRUNfQ2hhbXBpb25zaGlwX0dhbWU/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">SEC Championship</a>.<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" 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data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="#cite_note-2"><span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>3<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> With the success, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Alabama%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222000%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2000%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%7CAlabama%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/2000_Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="2000 Alabama Crimson Tide">Alabama</a> began <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22their%202000%20season%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222000%20NCAA%20Division%20I%20FBS%20football%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2000%20NCAA%20Division%20I%20FBS%20football%20season%7Ctheir%202000%20season%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" class="new" title="2000 NCAA Division I FBS football season (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvMjAwMF9OQ0FBX0RpdmlzaW9uX0lfRkJTX2Zvb3RiYWxsX3NlYXNvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">their 2000 season</a> as high as No. 3 in some polls. The expectations went unfulfilled as the Tide slumped to a 3–8 record. Following the season, DuBose was replaced by an up-and-coming coach from <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22TCU%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22TCU%20Horned%20Frogs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTCU%20Horned%20Frogs%7CTCU%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs" title="TCU Horned Frogs">TCU</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dennis%20Franchione%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dennis%20Franchione%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDennis%20Franchione%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/Dennis_Franchione" title="Dennis Franchione">Dennis Franchione</a>.<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20news%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%5C%2Fstories%5C%2F2000%5C%2F12%5C%2F04%5C%2Fsports%5C%2Fmain254682.shtml%20%7Ctitle%3DTide%20Rolls%20In%20For%20Franchione%3A%20Dennis%20Franchione%20Introduced%20As%20Alabama%27s%20New%20Coach%20%7Cpublisher%3DCBS%20News%20%7Caccessdate%3DOctober%206%2C%202008%20%20%7Cdate%3DDecember%204%2C%202000%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-3 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2258596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ571cdd775d4bfd26-nowiki-0000000A-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E4%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2258596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ571cdd775d4bfd26-nowiki-0000000B-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-3%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-3%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2266%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E4%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2267%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="#cite_note-3"><span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Franchione led Alabama to two winning seasons in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222001%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222001%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2001%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%7C2001%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/2001_Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="2001 Alabama Crimson Tide">2001</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222002%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222002%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2002%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%7C2002%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/2002_Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="2002 Alabama Crimson Tide">2002</a>, with a combined 17–8 record. Late in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222002%20season%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222002%20NCAA%20Division%20I%20FBS%20football%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2002%20NCAA%20Division%20I%20FBS%20football%20season%7C2002%20season%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" class="new" title="2002 NCAA Division I FBS football season (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvMjAwMl9OQ0FBX0RpdmlzaW9uX0lfRkJTX2Zvb3RiYWxsX3NlYXNvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">2002 season</a>, rumors began to surface about Franchione expressing desire to leave Alabama for other coaching jobs, including <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Big%2012%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Big%2012%20Conference%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBig%2012%20Conference%7CBig%2012%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> schools <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Kansas%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Kansas%20Jayhawks%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BKansas%20Jayhawks%7CKansas%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/Kansas_Jayhawks" title="Kansas Jayhawks">Kansas</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Texas%20A%26M%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Texas%20A%26M%20Aggies%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTexas%20A%26M%20Aggies%7CTexas%20A%26M%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies" title="Texas A&M Aggies">Texas A&M</a>.<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" 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data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="#cite_note-4"><span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>5<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span><span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" 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data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="#cite_note-5"><span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>6<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> On December 5, 2002, Franchione was formally introduced as the head coach at Texas A&M.<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" 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data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="#cite_note-6"><span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>7<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">On December 18, 2002, Alabama announced that <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Washington%20State%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Washington%20State%20Cougars%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWashington%20State%20Cougars%7CWashington%20State%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/Washington_State_Cougars" title="Washington State Cougars">Washington State</a> head coach <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mike%20Price%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mike%20Price%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMike%20Price%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" class="new" title="Mike Price (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWlrZV9QcmljZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Mike Price</a> would be the next coach for the Crimson Tide program.<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" 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data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="#cite_note-13"><span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>14<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">With the difficult offseason, the Shula-led <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222003%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2003%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%7CCrimson%20Tide%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/2003_Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="2003 Alabama Crimson Tide">Crimson Tide</a> finished 4–9 in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222003%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222003%20NCAA%20Division%20I%20FBS%20football%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2003%20NCAA%20Division%20I%20FBS%20football%20season%7C2003%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" class="new" title="2003 NCAA Division I FBS football season (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvMjAwM19OQ0FBX0RpdmlzaW9uX0lfRkJTX2Zvb3RiYWxsX3NlYXNvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">2003</a>. Bama's <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222004%20team%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222004%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2004%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%7C2004%20team%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/2004_Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="2004 Alabama Crimson Tide">2004 team</a> finished the regular season with a 6–6 record and made their first bowl appearance in three seasons.<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Falabama.scout.com%5C%2F2%5C%2F326694.html%20%7Ctitle%3DTide%20Makes%20Bowl%20Plans%20%7Cpublisher%3DScout.com%20%7Cdate%3DDecember%205%2C%202004%20%7Caccessdate%3DOctober%2017%2C%202008%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-14 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2258596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ571cdd775d4bfd26-nowiki-0000002B-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E15%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2258596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ571cdd775d4bfd26-nowiki-0000002C-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-14%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-14%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%22132%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E15%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%22133%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="#cite_note-14"><span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>15<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> It was also the first season the team began playing all their home games exclusively at Bryant-Denny Stadium. In previous years, the Tide had played many of their biggest home games at <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Legion%20Field%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Legion%20Field%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLegion%20Field%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/Legion_Field" title="Legion Field">Legion Field</a> in Birmingham. During the offseason, Alabama once again was able to gain a "full" recruiting class, following a probation by the NCAA which occurred in 2001 resulting from <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22recruiting%20violations%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23NCAA%20sanctions%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23NCAA%20sanctions%7Crecruiting%20violations%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="#NCAA_sanctions">recruiting violations</a> that occurred during Dubose's tenure. In <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Shula%27s%20third%20season%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222005%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2005%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%7CShula%27s%20third%20season%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/2005_Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="2005 Alabama Crimson Tide">Shula's third season</a>, Alabama rolled to a 10–2 record, ending with a 13–10 victory in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222006%20Cotton%20Bowl%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222006%20Cotton%20Bowl%20Classic%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2006%20Cotton%20Bowl%20Classic%7C2006%20Cotton%20Bowl%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" class="new" title="2006 Cotton Bowl Classic (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvMjAwNl9Db3R0b25fQm93bF9DbGFzc2ljP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">2006 Cotton Bowl</a>. However, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22following%20season%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222006%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2006%20Alabama%20Crimson%20Tide%7Cfollowing%20season%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" href="/wiki/2006_Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="2006 Alabama Crimson Tide">following season</a>, Alabama struggled to find consistency. The team ended with a 6–7 overall record, losing every road game of the season. Shula was terminated as head coach of the program,<span data-rte-instance="58596-4223940955f0d8a2b31974" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.tidesports.com%5C%2Farticle%5C%2F20061126%5C%2FNEWS%5C%2F61127001%5C%2F1011%20%7Ctitle%3DBREAKING%20NEWS%3A%20Shula%20is%20out%20%7Cpublisher%3DTideSports.com%20%7Cdate%3DNovember%2026%2C%202006%20%7Caccessdate%3DOctober%2017%2C%202008%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-15" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-15 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.sportingnews.com%5C%2Fyourturn%5C%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ft%3D153256%26postdays%3D0%26postorder%3Dasc%26start%3D33%26sid%3D6a912c5f4b2006c3b11a75ce0cf50c3a%20%7Ctitle%3DAlabama%20fires%20Shula%20after%206%5Cu20136%20season%20%7Cwork%3DSporting%20News%20%7Cdate%3DNovember%2027%2C%202006%20%7Caccessdate%3DOctober%2017%2C%202008%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-17" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-17 class=reference"><a 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