Complex sentence: The Nick Saban era commenced before a sold-out, home crowd of 92,138 by defeating the Western Carolina Catamounts 52--6 for both Nick Saban's first regular season game and victory as Alabama's head coach.
Split into simpler sentences: The Nick Saban era commenced before a sold-out, home crowd of 92,138 by defeating the Catamounts of Western Carolina 52--6. This marks both Nick Saban's first regular season game and victory as Alabama's head coach.