Alabama vs. Texas
Alabama and Texas have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Texas leads the series 8–2–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas 7–2. Share
2027 at Alabama; 2029 at Texas. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Alabama wins
- 2
- Texas wins
- 8
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 4 Texas
- Current streak
- 1 Texas
- Last 10 meetings
- Texas 7–2
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–1 |
- Both ranked
- 6 meetings: Alabama 1, Texas 5; 5 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 8.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Alabama
- 0–2 Alabama’s record at home
- At Texas
- 2–1 Texas’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–4–1 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 win2009: Alabama 37, Texas 21by 16 points
- Texas’s biggest win1947: Texas 27, Alabama 7by 20 points
- Upset2023: Texas 34, Alabama 24Texas had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1981: Texas 14, Alabama 12Texas had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2009: Alabama 37, Texas 21No. 2 Texas at No. 1 Alabama
- Ranked showdown1964: Texas 21, Alabama 17No. 2 Alabama at No. 5 Texas
- Ranked showdown1981: Texas 14, Alabama 12No. 3 Alabama at No. 6 Texas
- Ranked showdown1972: Texas 17, Alabama 13No. 4 Alabama at No. 7 Texas
Coach against coach
| Years | Alabama | Series | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960–1972 | Bear Bryant | 0–2–1 | Darrell Royal |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Alabama’s side (Bryant 0–2–1 against Royal). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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
| Mark Ingram II Alabama | 2009 |
| Marcell Dareus Alabama | 2009 |
| Robert Brewer Texas | 1981 |
| Robbie Jones Alabama | 1981 |
| Randy Braband Texas | 1972 |
| Alan Lowry Texas | 1972 |
| Joe Namath Alabama | 1964 |
| Bobby Layne Texas | 1947 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1902 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 19, 1902
1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 14, 1915
1922 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 29, 1922
1947 · Evening star, Jan 2, 1948
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game three times: 2023, 2022, 2009.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Sep 9, 2023 | 11Texas 34, 3Alabama 24 | at Alabama | ||
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1Alabama 20, Texas 19 | at Texas | ||
| Jan 7, 2010 | 1Alabama 37, 2Texas 21 | Rose Bowl | BCS National Championship | |
| Jan 1, 1982 | 6Texas 14, 3Alabama 12 | Neutral site | Cotton Bowl | |
| Jan 1, 1973 | 7Texas 17, 4Alabama 13 | Neutral site | Cotton Bowl | |
| Jan 1, 1965 | 5Texas 21, 2Alabama 17 | Neutral site | Orange Bowl | |
| Dec 17, 1960 | Texas 3, 17Alabama 3 | Neutral site | Bluebonnet Bowl | |
| Jan 1, 1948 | 6Texas 27, 7Alabama 7 | Neutral site | Sugar Bowl | |
| Oct 28, 1922 | Texas 19, Alabama 10 | at Texas | ||
| Nov 13, 1915 | Texas 20, Alabama 0 | at Texas | ||
| Nov 19, 1902 | Texas 10, Alabama 0 | at Alabama |
Every game is listed as played on the field.