Alabama vs. Louisiana Tech

Alabama and Louisiana Tech have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1966; officially, Louisiana Tech leads 3–⁠2; as played, 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Alabama 3–⁠2, and Louisiana Tech has won the last 2. Alabama forfeited the 1993 game. This page counts every game as it was played.

Scheduled 2029 at Alabama. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Official series
Louisiana Tech leads 3–⁠2
Alabama wins on file
3
Louisiana Tech wins on file
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1966
Longest streak
3 Alabama
Current streak
2 Louisiana Tech
Last 10 meetings
Alabama 3–⁠2
Most recent
1999

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠0
1990s2–⁠2
Average margin
21.4 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Alabama
3–⁠2 Alabama’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 win1993: Alabama 56, Louisiana Tech 3by 53 points
  2. Louisiana Tech’s biggest win1997: Louisiana Tech 26, Alabama 20by 6 points
  3. Upset1997: Louisiana Tech 26, Alabama 20Louisiana Tech had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1999: Louisiana Tech 29, Alabama 28Louisiana Tech had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and Louisiana Tech, 1966 on1300150017001900197019801990200020102020

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.

Every game

Sep 18, 1999Louisiana Tech 29, 18Alabama 28at Alabama
Nov 1, 1997Louisiana Tech 26, Alabama 20at Alabama
Sep 25, 19932Alabama 56, Louisiana Tech 3forfeitedat Alabama
Sep 26, 19927Alabama 13, Louisiana Tech 0at Alabama
Sep 24, 19663Alabama 34, Louisiana Tech 0at Alabama

Every game is listed as played on the field; a game one side later forfeited is marked “forfeited”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.