Alabama vs. Mississippi College

Alabama and Mississippi College first met in 1913 and have played 7 times; Alabama leads the series 7–⁠0. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Alabama 7–⁠0, and Alabama has won the last 7.

Alabama wins
7
Mississippi College wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1913
Longest streak
7 Alabama
Current streak
7 Alabama
Last 10 meetings
Alabama 7–⁠0
Most recent
1929

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s4–⁠0
1920s3–⁠0
Average margin
39 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Alabama
6–⁠0 Alabama’s record at home
At Mississippi College
0–⁠1 Mississippi College’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Alabama’s biggest win1920: Alabama 57, Mississippi College 0by 57 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and Mississippi College, 1913 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 Atlanta Georgian's story of the 1913 game: ALABAMA TAKES MISS. COLLEGE INT0CAMP 21-3 Six Thousand Fans Turn Out to Witness Rough BattIe-Four Players Injured,

    1913 · Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., Nov 3, 1913

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1915 game

    1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 17, 1915

  • The Evening star's story of the 1916 game: ALABAMA WINS OUT. Defeats Mississippi College, 13 to 2 Hovater Breaks Left Leg.

    1916 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1916

  • The Tulsa daily world's story of the 1917 game: Football Results

    1917 · Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], Oct 21, 1917

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1920 game: Techs Defeat IOf Vanderbilt Features Play

    1920 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 18, 1920

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 28, 1929Alabama 55, Mississippi College 0at Alabama
Oct 11, 1924Alabama 51, Mississippi College 0at Alabama
Oct 16, 1920Alabama 57, Mississippi College 0at Alabama
Oct 20, 1917Alabama 46, Mississippi College 0at Alabama
Oct 14, 1916Alabama 13, Mississippi College 7at Alabama
Oct 16, 1915Alabama 40, Mississippi College 0at Alabama
Nov 1, 1913Alabama 21, Mississippi College 3at Mississippi College

Every game is listed as played on the field.