Alabama vs. Louisiana
Alabama and Louisiana have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1941; Alabama leads the series 9–0 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Alabama 9–0, and Alabama has won the last 9. Share
- Alabama wins
- 9
- Louisiana wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1941
- Longest streak
- 9 Alabama
- Current streak
- 9 Alabama
- Last 10 meetings
- Alabama 9–0
- Most recent
- 2018
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 31.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Alabama
- 8–0 Alabama’s record at home
- At Louisiana
- 0–1 Louisiana’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Alabama’s biggest win1946: Alabama 54, Louisiana 0by 54 points
Coach against coach
| Years | Alabama | Series | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–1989 | Bill Curry | 3–0 | Nelson Stokley |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Alabama’s side (Curry 3–0 against Stokley). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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

1942 · Evening star, Sep 26, 1942
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 29, 2018 | 1Alabama 56, Louisiana 14 | at Alabama | ||
| Oct 6, 1990 | Alabama 25, Louisiana 6 | at Louisiana | ||
| Oct 14, 1989 | 11Alabama 24, Louisiana 17 | at Alabama | ||
| Nov 12, 1988 | 18Alabama 17, Louisiana 0 | at Alabama | ||
| Oct 3, 1987 | 17Alabama 38, Louisiana 10 | at Alabama | ||
| Sep 22, 1984 | Alabama 37, Louisiana 14 | at Alabama | ||
| Oct 12, 1946 | 6Alabama 54, Louisiana 0 | at Alabama | ||
| Sep 25, 1942 | Alabama 54, Louisiana 0 | at Alabama | ||
| Sep 27, 1941 | Alabama 47, Louisiana 6 | at Alabama |
Every game is listed as played on the field.