Reliaquest Bowl ·
Reliaquest Bowl
Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.
Michigan beat No. 11 Alabama by 6 points, the Reliaquest Bowl.
Alabama was No. 11 in the last AP poll before the bowls; Michigan was not ranked.
It was played at a neutral site: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL.
How the game turned
Q4 4:38 Michigan 19, Alabama 13
Michigan 58% to win
Nicholson 51-yd field goal, cuts it to 19-13
Big moments
- 1Q1 8:15 · Michigan 3, Alabama 0Michigan's win chance rose from 14% to 17%.Zvada 45-yd field goal, Michigan goes ahead 3-0
- 2Q1 (no clock) · Michigan 13, Alabama 0Michigan's win chance rose from 40% to 53%.Milroe sacked for a 14-yd loss, fumbles
- 3Q4 4:38 · Michigan 19, Alabama 13Michigan's win chance fell from 76% to 58%.Nicholson 51-yd field goal, cuts it to 19-13
Michigan's lowest chance to win was 9 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
With 4:38 left in the 4th quarter, Alabama's chance to win went from 24 percent to 42 percent when Alabama kicked a field goal.
The score went from Michigan 19, Alabama 10 to Michigan 19, Alabama 13.
The play: Nicholson 51-yd field goal, cuts it to 19-13.
What happened next
Michigan finished the 2024 season 8-5.
Alabama finished the 2024 season 9-4, No. 11 in the last AP poll before the bowls.
Michigan's first game of the 2025 season: W 34-17 vs New Mexico, Aug 30, 2025
about 8 months laterAlabama's first game of the 2025 season: L 17-31 at Florida State, Aug 30, 2025
about 8 months later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.