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Some coaches would use the emotional pull of their final game as a motivational tool for their players. But not Alabama’s Gene Stallings, retiring after the Outback Bowl victory over Michigan.

“As I was telling the players . . . a lot had been said about maybe winning the game for me,” he said. “And I wanted that to be the absolute furthest thing from their minds. I said, ‘The only way you can embarrass me is to not play hard.’ ”

The 61-year-old coach won a national title in 1992, but the Crimson Tide landed on NCAA probation three years later.

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STALLINGS’ COLLEGE RECORD

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W L T Pct. 1965 Texas A&M; 3 7 0 .300 1966 Texas A&M; 4 5 1 .450 1967 Texas A&M; 7 4 0 .636 1968 *Texas A&M; 3 7 0 .300 1969 Texas A&M; 3 7 0 .300 1970 Texas A&M; 2 9 0 .182 1971 Texas A&M; 5 6 0 .455 1990 *Alabama 7 5 0 .583 1991 *Alabama 11 1 0 .917 1992 **Alabama 13 0 0 1.000 1993 *Alabama 9 3 1 .731 1994 *Alabama 12 1 0 .923 1995 Alabama 8 3 0 .727 1996 *Alabama 10 3 0 .769 Totals 97 61 2 .613 Bowl Record 6 1 0 .856

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* played in bowl game

** won national championship