Alabama vs. Miami
Alabama and Miami have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1941; Alabama leads the series 15–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Alabama 9–1, and Alabama has won the last 2. Share
- Alabama wins
- 15
- Miami wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1941
- Longest streak
- 10 Alabama
- Current streak
- 2 Alabama
- Last 10 meetings
- Alabama 9–1
- Most recent
- 2021
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 6–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- Both ranked
- 3 meetings: Alabama 2, Miami 1; 2 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 21.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Alabama
- 6–0 Alabama’s record at home
- At Miami
- 2–7 Miami’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–1 Alabama first
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Alabama’s biggest win1977: Alabama 36, Miami 0by 36 points
- Miami’s biggest win1955: Miami 34, Alabama 12by 22 points
- Upset1952: Alabama 21, Miami 7Alabama had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1992: Alabama 34, Miami 13No. 1 Miami at No. 2 Alabama
- Ranked showdown1989: Miami 33, Alabama 25No. 7 Alabama at No. 2 Miami
- Ranked showdown2021: Alabama 44, Miami 13No. 1 Alabama at No. 14 Miami
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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Alabama RB Derrick Lassic | 1992 |
| Craig Erickson Miami | 1989 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1947 · The Wilmington morning star, Nov 30, 1947
1952 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 7, 1952
1955 · Evening star, Nov 19, 1955
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 4, 2021 | 1Alabama 44, 14Miami 13 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | ||
| Jan 1, 1993 | 2Alabama 34, 1Miami 13 | Neutral site | Sugar Bowl | |
| Jan 1, 1990 | 2Miami 33, 7Alabama 25 | Neutral site | Sugar Bowl | |
| Nov 17, 1979 | 1Alabama 30, Miami 0 | at Alabama | ||
| Nov 12, 1977 | 2Alabama 36, Miami 0 | at Alabama | ||
| Nov 16, 1974 | 2Alabama 28, Miami 7 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 17, 1973 | 2Alabama 43, Miami 13 | at Alabama | ||
| Nov 13, 1971 | 4Alabama 31, Miami 3 | at Alabama | ||
| Nov 14, 1970 | Alabama 32, Miami 8 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 15, 1969 | Alabama 42, Miami 6 | at Alabama | ||
| Nov 16, 1968 | 16Alabama 14, Miami 6 | at Miami | ||
| Dec 7, 1963 | 9Alabama 17, Miami 12 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 10, 1962 | 3Alabama 36, Miami 3 | at Alabama | ||
| Nov 18, 1955 | Miami 34, Alabama 12 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 19, 1954 | 16Miami 23, Alabama 7 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 3, 1952 | Alabama 21, Miami 7 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 29, 1947 | 6Alabama 21, Miami 6 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 28, 1941 | 18Alabama 21, Miami 7 | at Miami |
Every game is listed as played on the field.