Alabama football's return home to Bryant-Denny Stadium for the Iron Bowl proved to be a return to the win column for the Crimson Tide.

Kalen DeBoer won his first Iron Bowl matchup against the Auburn Tigers. Here’s how past Alabama football coaches fared in their first games against Auburn.

Malik Blocton, a freshmen defensive lineman from Pike Road, was one of those kids, growing up less than an hour from Auburn’s campus. When speaking to reporters on Monday, he claimed that he had watched every Iron Bowl since he was 5 years old, mentioning the Auburn wins in 2013 and 2019 as two of his best Iron Bowl memories.