 The band performs during pregame and halftime of every home and neutral-site Alabama football game; it also supplies at least a pep band to every away football game, as well as home men's basketball, women's basketball, women's gymnastics, and volleyball games.In 2003, the band was awarded the Sudler Trophy, recognizing it as the top college band in the United States.The Million Dollar Band, which was first known simply as the "Alabama Band", was formed as a military band in 1912.