No. 22 Texas A&M (2-1, 0-0) at No. 1 Alabama (3-0, 1-0)
2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday (CBS)
Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
0 Losses in 12 games against former assistant coaches for Nick Saban, who will square off against former assistant Jimbo Fisher on Saturday. Fisher worked for Saban at LSU from 2000 through 2004 and lost to Alabama 24-7 last season while guiding Florida State. Saban also has three wins apiece over Derek Dooley and Jim McElwain, two each over Will Muschamp and Mark Dantonio and one over Kirby Smart.
2 Victories in 10 previous meetings with Alabama for Texas A&M. The No. 15 Aggies upended the top-ranked Crimson Tide 29-24 in 2012. In the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1, 1968, Texas A&M, under the direction of Gene Stallings, defeated Alabama, coached by Stallings' mentor Paul "Bear" Bryant, 20-16.
3 Games with at least 50 points have been posted by Alabama in 2018, making the Crimson Tide the first team in SEC history with three consecutive 50-point games to open a season. Eleven other SEC teams had started a season with back-to-back 50-point games, but none had made it three in a row. The first team to do that was Georgia Tech in 1936, and the feat wasn't accomplished again until 1994 by Florida. The other teams have been Arkansas in 2011, Florida in 1996, 1999 and 2009, Kentucky in 1998 and 2007, Ole Miss in 2015 and Texas A&M in 2013 and 2014. Overall, Alabama is on its first three-game streak of 50-plus points since 1945. Alabama defeated Kentucky 60-19, Vanderbilt 71-0, Pensacola NAS 55-16 and Mississippi State 55-13 in its final four games of the 1945 regular season.
3 Men have been the head football coach at Alabama and Texas A&M -- Paul "Bear" Bryant, 1954-57 Texas A&M, 1958-1982 Alabama; Gene Stallings, 1965-71 Texas A&M, 1990-96 Alabama; and Dennis Franchione, 2001-02 Alabama, 2003-07 Texas A&M.
3 TD receptions have been made this season by Texas A&M TE Jace Sternberger. The Aggies' single-season record for TD receptions by a tight end is five by Rod Bernstine in 1986. Sternberger had two TD receptions in last week's victory over Louisiana-Monroe wiped out by offensive-holding penalties.
4 Years since its opponent scored against Alabama in the Crimson Tide's fourth game of the season. Alabama has blanked Louisiana-Monroe, Kent State and Vanderbilt since a 42-21 victory over Florida in the fourth game of the 2014 season. The Tide hasn't lost its fourth game since a 26-23 overtime setback against Georgia in 2007.
4 SEC teams have had at least 500 yards in total offense in every game this season, including Alabama and Texas A&M. Mississippi State and Missouri also have reached the mark every time out.
7 Consecutive victories in its first conference away game of the season for Texas A&M, a streak that stretches back to the Aggies' membership in the Big 12. Texas A&M's most recent loss in its first conference game of the season outside of College Station came in 2010, when the Aggies lost at Oklahoma State.
13 Completions on 13 third-down passes for Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa this season, good for 298 yards and six touchdowns. Eleven of the passes resulted in first downs, touchdowns or both. With Tagovailoa on the field, Alabama has converted 15-of-19 third-down snaps, with the QB picking up two of them on runs of 7 and 12 yards.
13 Consecutive September games have been won by Alabama, the longest current winning streak in the ninth month in the SEC. The Crimson Tide's most recent September loss came against Ole Miss in 2015.
18 Consecutive games have been won by Alabama when it scored a touchdown on its opening offensive series, which the Crimson Tide has done in all three of its games this season. Alabama's most recent loss when it scored a TD on its opening possession came on Jan. 2, 2014, when Oklahoma posted a 45-31 victory over the Tide in the Sugar Bowl.
20 Consecutive home games have been won by Alabama, the longest active streak in the nation. The Crimson Tide's most recent loss at Bryant-Denny Stadium came against Ole Miss on Sept. 19, 2015.
30 Consecutive Texas A&M games have included at least 14 points for the Aggies. That's the longest current such streak in the SEC.
58 Victories in 65 games as the coach of the No. 1 team in the AP poll for Alabama's Nick Saban. Both numbers are records.
77 Victories and 12 losses for Alabama when playing as the No. 1 team in the AP poll. Texas A&M administered one of the losses, defeating the top-ranked Crimson Tide 29-24 in 2012. The Aggies have a 2-13 record against the No. 1 team, with the other win a 30-26 upset of Oklahoma in 2002.
78 Percent of their games as college head coaches have been won by Alabama's Nick Saban and Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher. Fisher has an 85-24 record for a .780 winning percentage. Saban has a 221-62-1 record for a .780 winning percentage. (That's Saban's official record, which reflects NCAA penalties. Saban's on-the-field record is 226-62-1 -- a winning percentage of .784.)
104 SEC regular-season games have been won on the field by Alabama coach Nick Saban, the fifth-most in league history. The coaches with more conference regular-season victories in the SEC are Paul "Bear" Bryant with 159 at Kentucky and Alabama, Steve Spurrier with 123 at Florida and South Carolina, Johnny Vaught with 106 at Ole Miss and Vince Dooley with 105 at Georgia.
167 Consecutive AP polls have included Alabama, the nation's longest current streak and the fourth-longest in the poll's history. Second on the active list is Ohio State at 102 straight polls. The second-longest current streak in the SEC is 30 polls by Auburn. The most recent AP poll that did not include Alabama is the final one of the 2007 season. The Crimson Tide's streak is the fourth-longest in the poll's history. The longest streak by an SEC team (and the third-longest all-time) is 209 polls by Florida from 1990 through 2002.
170 Points have been scored in the first three games of the season by Alabama -- a school record. In 1922, the Crimson Tide totaled 158 points in its first three games by beating Marion 110-0 and Oglethorpe 41-0 and losing to Georgia Tech 33-7. This season, Alabama has beaten Louisville 51-14, Arkansas State 57-7 and Ole Miss 62-7. The Tide needs 42 points against Texas A&M to break the school record for the most points in the first four games of a season. In 1921, Alabama defeated Samford 34-14, Spring Hill 27-7, Marion 55-0 and Bryson 95-0. In its remaining seven games that season, the Tide scored 30 points and won once.
230 Consecutive games have been played without being shut out for Alabama, a school record. Alabama's most recent shutout loss came 9-0 to Auburn on Nov. 18, 2000.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.