Alabama vs. Birmingham

Alabama and Birmingham first met in 1910 and have played 7 times; Alabama leads the series 7–⁠0. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Alabama 7–⁠0, and Alabama has won the last 7.

Alabama wins
7
Birmingham wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1910
Longest streak
7 Alabama
Current streak
7 Alabama
Last 10 meetings
Alabama 7–⁠0
Most recent
1916

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s7–⁠0
Average margin
49.1 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Alabama
6–⁠0 Alabama’s record at home
At Birmingham
0–⁠1 Birmingham’s record at home
Shutouts
6

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Alabama’s biggest win1913: Alabama 81, Birmingham 0by 81 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and Birmingham, 1910 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1910 game: SOUTHERN FOOTBALL ALABAMA BRUSHES BIRMINGHAM BOYS

    1910 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 2, 1910

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1912 game: CRIMSON SQUAD SWAMPS BIRMINGHAM COLLEGE 62 TO 0

    1912 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 6, 1912

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1913 game: Football Results

    1913 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 5, 1913

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 30, 1916Alabama 13, Birmingham 0at Alabama
Oct 9, 1915Alabama 67, Birmingham 0at Alabama
Oct 10, 1914Alabama 54, Birmingham 0at Alabama
Oct 4, 1913Alabama 81, Birmingham 0at Alabama
Oct 5, 1912Alabama 62, Birmingham 0at Alabama
Oct 7, 1911Alabama 47, Birmingham 5at Birmingham
Oct 1, 1910Alabama 25, Birmingham 0at Alabama

Every game is listed as played on the field.