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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s3–⁠0
1980s4–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
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

  1. Alabama’s biggest win1946: Alabama 54, Louisiana 0by 54 points

Coach against coach

YearsAlabamaSeriesLouisiana
1987–⁠1989Bill Curry3–⁠0Nelson 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and Louisiana, 1941 on130015001700190019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1942 game: Major E|evens Begin 1uss|ing In All Sectors Service Teoms Test Colleges; Many New Coaches Introduced

    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, 20181Alabama 56, Louisiana 14at Alabama
Oct 6, 1990Alabama 25, Louisiana 6at Louisiana
Oct 14, 198911Alabama 24, Louisiana 17at Alabama
Nov 12, 198818Alabama 17, Louisiana 0at Alabama
Oct 3, 198717Alabama 38, Louisiana 10at Alabama
Sep 22, 1984Alabama 37, Louisiana 14at Alabama
Oct 12, 19466Alabama 54, Louisiana 0at Alabama
Sep 25, 1942Alabama 54, Louisiana 0at Alabama
Sep 27, 1941Alabama 47, Louisiana 6at Alabama

Every game is listed as played on the field.