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Watch: Alabama pulls off miraculous 31-yard TD on 4th-and-goal to edge Auburn

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Death, taxes, and remarkable Iron Bowl moments.

Alabama stunned Auburn on Saturday by pulling off a miraculous last-minute play to edge the Tigers 27-24 at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

With 32 seconds left in the fourth quarter and down by four, Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe completed a 31-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Isaiah Bond on fourth-and-goal to take the lead.

Alabama looked to be in a solid position to score a go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes after recovering a muffed punt at Auburn's 30-yard line. Alabama then had a first-and-goal minutes later, but a bad snap on second down cost the Crimson Tide 18 yards and made a comeback look unlikely. Milroe then committed an illegal forward pass penalty on third-and-goal to move his offense back five yards again. However, that wasn't enough to prevent Nick Saban's outfit from finding a way to stun their archrivals in yet another dramatic Iron Bowl meeting.

Auburn had a 99.9% win probability with 43 seconds left in the contest.

"It's kind of a reality check. That's what I told the team afterward," Saban said postgame, according to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports.

"I guess if you're in this long enough, sometimes it goes against you in the last play of the game, and sometimes you're fortunate, and it goes for you," he added, per The Next Round.

By avoiding the major upset, Alabama heads into its SEC title game matchup versus Georgia - featuring major playoff implications - with an 11-1 record. The loss dropped Auburn to 6-6.

Milroe finished the day with 16 completions on 24 attempts for 259 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. He also added 107 yards on the ground.

Milroe's miraculous game-winning touchdown pass for Alabama comes 10 years after the famous "kick-6" that gave Auburn a shocking win in the 2013 Iron Bowl.

Bond revealed postgame that Alabama's fourth-and-31 play that resulted in the winning score is called "gravedigger," according to Bama247's Mike Rodak.

Saban explained that his team practices that play every Friday.

"That is a play we actually work on, but I must admit that you need a little luck," he said, per Dellenger.

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