The Auburn football fans had largely cleared out of the room where current Alabama running back Roydell Williams was watching the 2013 Iron Bowl.

“It was kind of like, ‘OK, we finna make this field goal. We won.’” Williams, then a young Crimson Tide fan, said Tuesday. “And everybody was standing up — all the Auburn fans had walked out, I was like ‘Yeah, we got this.’”

The Hueytown native wasn’t alone in that thinking. But of course, things quickly went awry.

Chris Davis caught Adam Griffith’s field goal attempt in the back of the end zone and took off down the sideline. When he crossed the opposite goal line, Auburn took the victory and college football had the Kick Six, one of the most memorable plays in the modern era.

For some football fans in the state, the moment was joyful. Williams, who lived in a divided house with an Auburn fan sister, wasn’t one of those.

“He kicked it and it was kind of short and I was like, ‘Hold on now.’” Williams said. “And he returned it, I was like, ‘Nah, ain’t no way.’ And everybody came back in and all the Alabama fans just walked out the house at that point. We was like, ‘Man, no way.’”

In nearby Birmingham, a young Kool-Aid McKinstry was in the same boat. The current Crimson Tide cornerback grew up an Alabama fan as well, so the moment was disappointing.

It was when he got to high school at Pinson Valley that he gained another perspective on the Kick Six.

“I remember it the most because Chris Davis was actually my high school coach,” McKinstry said. “So just knowing that that was actually him and him being my high school coach was very exciting to me, knowing how he did that.”

Davis joined the staff at Pinson Valley in 2020, coaching cornerbacks for the Indians. Nov. 30 will mark the 10-year anniversary of his kick return against the Crimson Tide.

McKinstry wasn’t the only future Alabama player in Birmingham at the time. Future UA defensive lineman Tim Keenan was also watching.

The redshirt sophomore’s lasting memory of the moment involved one of his family members.

“Like Kool-Aid said, the memory I probably have the most was probably Kick Six, just how sad my sister and them were,” Keenan said. “She was really angry. My sister, she liked to smile, but that’s the first time I’ve seen her, like she was really pissed.”

The current Alabama players have an Iron Bowl of their own to get ready for on Saturday. A win keeps the Tide’s College Football Playoff hopes alive entering an SEC championship game date with Georgia.

A loss at Jordan-Hare Stadium, like it did 10 years ago, dashes those dreams.

“Never get too comfortable,” Williams said. “It’s another opponent that we still have to play. And we still have to go out and dominate our box. Like I said, it’s just another opponent — we have to do what we have to do. Just can’t get complacent. Talked about that early on this week — we still have to do our job.”