re: Hoping to add to the SI cover jinx next week.

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Hoping to add to the SI cover jinx next week

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:sigh:

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Well, of the 15 covers published preseason or during a season, Alabama has a 13-3 record in games that followed. That includes an 12-game winning streak after losing three straight in the Bear Bryant era.

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Alabama game after SI covers

Cover date, result, opponent, score

Aug. 15, 1966: W, Louisiana Tech, 34-0

Dec. 6, 1971: L, Nebraska, 38-6 (Orange Bowl)

Nov. 20, 1972: L, Auburn, 17-16

Dec. 3, 1973: L, Notre Dame, 24-23 (Sugar Bowl)

Nov. 12, 1979: W, Miami, 30-0

Oct. 10, 2005: W, Ole Miss, 13-10

Aug. 27, 2007: W, Western Carolina, 52-6

Sept. 8, 2008: W, Western Kentucky, 41-7

Nov. 30, 2009: W, Florida, 32-13 (SEC championship)

Dec. 14, 2009: W, Texas, 37-21 (BCS championship)

Aug. 13, 2010: W, San Jose State, 48-3

Sept. 13, 2010: W, Duke, 62-13

Oct. 8, 2011: W, Vanderbilt, 34-0

Aug. 12, 2012: W, Michigan, 41-14

Dec. 31, 2012: W, Notre Dame (BCS championship)

Sept. 10, 2013: W, Texas A&M, 49-42

*There have been other Alabama covers commemorating national titles, but they were not included in this research.