Alabama vs. Stanford

Alabama and Stanford have 2 meetings on file, the first in 1926; Alabama leads the series 1–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Alabama 1–⁠0.

Alabama wins
1
Stanford wins
0
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1926
Longest streak
1 Alabama
Current streak
1 Alabama
Last 10 meetings
Alabama 1–⁠0
Most recent
1934

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and Stanford, 1926 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

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

Fred Pickhard Alabama1926

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1926 game: Alabama Stanford Eens Deadlock ~ Sports Here During LATE SCORE ON BLOCKED KICK SAVES DIXIE TEAM Tying Counter Is Made in Last Four Minutes-Coast Combination Registers in Opening Quarter by Clever Use of Forward Pass.

    1926 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Jan 2, 1927

  • The 's story of the 1934 game: Alabama Beats Stanford 29-I3 in Great Contest

    1934 · , Jan 2, 1935

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America (each under its holder’s rights statement).

Every game

Jan 1, 1935Alabama 29, Stanford 13Neutral siteRose Bowl
Jan 1, 1927Stanford 7, Alabama 7Neutral siteRose Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.