Alabama had a chance to tie Saturday’s game at Auburn with two minutes left on the clock.

But Joseph Bulovas, who made a 43-yard field goal in the first quarter, missed a 30-yard attempt off the left upright in what was the Crimson Tide’s final possession of a 48-45 loss.

Sunday evening, Bulovas took to Twitter to apologize for the miss.

“After reflecting on the game, I just wanted to express my apologies to the entire Crimson Tide nation,” Bulovas said in a statement. “Nobody was more disappointed than myself. Regardless of the circumstances, that is a kick I should make in my sleep and nobody is as big of a critic as I am of myself. To the fans, my coaches, and my teammates; I promise you will never see a guy work as hard as I will for the entirety of my career because I owe that to all of you.

“I refuse to let this be anything more than a bump in the road and I’m confident I will come back better because of it. I wear my emotions on my sleeve and this one was hard to take to say the least, but I have confidence in this team and in myself and that’s what’s motivating going forward. I have and will always give it everything I’ve got for this team which is something that will never change. God Bless and Roll Tide.”

Bulovas was 1-for-2 on field-goal tries in the Iron Bowl and was a perfect 6-for-6 on extra points. On the season, the redshirt sophomore has made eight of his 11 field-goal attempts and 54 of his 56 extra points, taking over as the No. 1 kicker with freshman Will Reichard injured.

Bulovas’ miss in the fourth quarter was Alabama’s 101st missed field goal since the 2007 season. According to ESPN Stats & Info, that is eight more than any other FBS team in that span. Bulovas is the only SEC kicker to miss multiple field goals of 30 yards or less this fall.

But head coach Nick Saban didn’t blame Bulovas -- or any single player -- for the 3-point loss.

“I don’t think anybody feels any worse than Joe does about missing the kick,” Saban said after the game. “I mean, he works hard. He’s a very conscientious guy. He’s done a great job for us this year in taking over. I mean, nobody feels worse than him. We all feed bad, and we all should, we all should. I should feel bad that we didn’t do a better job with our team. And the players, it’s OK for them to feel bad, too, because we didn’t play as well as I hoped that we would.

“Joe’s play is just one play. One play doesn’t win or lose the game. There were a lot of other plays in the game that put us in the situation that we were in. And I know nobody feels worse about it than Joe. He’s a great young man.”

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