Alabama vs. Marion

Alabama and Marion have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1902; 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
Marion wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
9 Alabama
Current streak
9 Alabama
Last 10 meetings
Alabama 9–⁠0
Most recent
1922

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1910s5–⁠0
1920s3–⁠0
Average margin
53.6 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Alabama
8–⁠0 Alabama’s record at home
At Marion
0–⁠1 Marion’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Alabama’s biggest win1922: Alabama 110, Marion 0by 110 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and Marion, 1902 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 1912 game

    1912 · The Birmingham age-herald, Sep 29, 1912

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1917 game: ALABAMA WINNER !. OVER MARION IN STRENUOUS CAME The Crimson Outfit Scores Twice While Cadets Fail to Penetrate Kelly's Defense

    1917 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 13, 1917

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1919 game: CADETS SMOTHERED BY THIN RED LIN" Alabama Runs ROugh-Shod Over Marion in One sided Battle

    1919 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Oct 25, 1919

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1921 game: Marion Holds the Crimsons AUhile, But Alabama Wins

    1921 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 9, 1921

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, 1922Alabama 110, Marion 0at Alabama
Oct 8, 1921Alabama 55, Marion 0at Alabama
Oct 2, 1920Alabama 49, Marion 0at Alabama
Oct 24, 1919Alabama 61, Marion 0at Alabama
Oct 12, 1917Alabama 13, Marion 0at Alabama
Sep 28, 1912Alabama 52, Marion 0at Alabama
Nov 4, 1911Alabama 35, Marion 0at Marion
Oct 8, 1910Alabama 26, Marion 0at Alabama
Oct 13, 1902Alabama 81, Marion 0at Alabama

Every game is listed as played on the field.