TAMPA, Fla. — No one expected Michigan football to come into Raymond James Stadium and upset the vaunted Alabama Crimson Tide. However, the Wolverines took the Jan. 1 game against Alabama and returned the favor again on Dec. 31 to close out the bookended calendar year.

Alabama football's first quarter turned the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl into an entirely different game than Kalen DeBoer was wanting to play. Fifteen plays. Two total yards. Three turnovers in the middle of the pouring rain at Raymond James Stadium.

Michigan's defense sacked Jalen Milroe five times and forced three turnovers by the Alabama quarterback to lead the Wolverines to a 19-13 victory over the 11th-ranked Crimson Tide in the ReliaQuest Bowl.