Alabama vs. Furman

Alabama and Furman have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1924; Alabama leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Alabama 5–⁠0, and Alabama has won the last 5.

Alabama wins
5
Furman wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1924
Longest streak
5 Alabama
Current streak
5 Alabama
Last 10 meetings
Alabama 5–⁠0
Most recent
1960

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
1950s2–⁠0
1960s1–⁠0
Average margin
28.2 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Alabama
4–⁠0 Alabama’s record at home
At Furman
0–⁠1 Furman’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Alabama’s biggest win1960: Alabama 51, Furman 0by 51 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and Furman, 1924 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

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 1924 game: sports BAsEBALLG COLI IENNIsBG CSP0RdS SPORTS CRIMSONS SWEEP TO WIN OVER HURRICANE I,abert And Brown Star AS Alabama Rings u 20To0 Victory

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Oct 5, 1924

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: 76-Yard Scoring Run Seals Illinois 14-6 Win Over UCLA

    1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 14, 1950

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

Nov 5, 1960Alabama 51, Furman 0at Alabama
Oct 11, 1958Alabama 29, Furman 6at Alabama
Oct 13, 1950Alabama 34, Furman 6at Alabama
Sep 20, 1946Alabama 26, Furman 7at Alabama
Oct 4, 1924Alabama 20, Furman 0at Furman

Every game is listed as played on the field.