The Monday Rewind is a weekly collection of notes and quotes from the Alabama football game of the weekend.

Alabama 30, Colorado 24: Wallace Gilberry - 8 tackles, 5 TFLs, 1 sack … John Parker Wilson - 19 of 32, 256 yards, three TDs … Rashad Johnson - Game-high 13 tackles … Rolando McClain - 5 tackles, 1 interception, 2 PBUs

First to third
Among the last 10 Alabama football coaches, Nick Saban became only the third to win his first bowl game with the Crimson Tide on Sunday night. A look at the results from those bowls:

Year	Bowl	Result	Coach
2007	Independence	Alabama 30, Colorado 24	Saban
2006	Independence	Oklahoma State 34, Alabama 31	Kines
2004	Music City	Minnesota 20, Alabama 16	Shula
2001	Independence	Alabama 14, Iowa State 13	Franchione
1998	Music City	Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7	DuBose
1991	Sun	Louisville 34, Alabama 7	Stallings
1987	Hall of Fame	Michigan 28, Alabama 24	Curry
1983	Hall of Fame	Alabama 28, SMU 7	Perkins
1959	xxx	Penn State 7, Alabama 0	Bryant
1948	xxx	Texas 27, Alabama 7	Drew

By the numbers
A look at a few numbers from Alabama's 30-24 win over Colorado.

75 Alabama allowed only 75 net rushing yards, and prevented a 100-yard opposing running back for the sixth consecutive game.

14 Roy Upchurch got a career-high 14 touches (12 rushes, two receptions) in the Independence Bowl.

45.0 P.J. Fitzgerald averaged 45.0 yards on four punts, including one downed inside the Colorado 5.

27 Wallace Gilberry's five tackles for loss gave him a Southeastern Conference-best 27 for the season.

173 Colorado standout linebacker [db]Jordon Dizon, a Butkus Award finalist, made 13 tackles to give him a whopping 173 for the season.

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Quote of the day

"That's not an excuse for [John Parker Wilson], but I don't like to see him get blamed when he doesn't have all the players out there because they didn't do what they were supposed to do." - Coach Nick Saban on criticism of Wilson this season.

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