Alabama vs. Union (Tennessee)

Alabama and Union (Tennessee) first met in 1909 and have played 4 times; Alabama leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Alabama 4–⁠0, and Alabama has won the last 4.

Alabama wins
4
Union (Tennessee) wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1909
Longest streak
4 Alabama
Current streak
4 Alabama
Last 10 meetings
Alabama 4–⁠0
Most recent
1925

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
1920s3–⁠0
Average margin
34 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Alabama
4–⁠0 Alabama’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Alabama and Union (Tennessee), 1909 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 Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1909 game: ALABAMA WINS ONLY BY RALLY Union College Puts Up Scrap. FIRST HALF WITHOUT SCORE Pratfs Leg Slaves Off Danger to Alabama. University Braces Up In Second Half, After sesre-MeekS Union Half-Bsch, Terror to Alabama.

    1909 · The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, Oct 3, 1909

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game: Foot Ball Results

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Sep 28, 1924

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 26, 1925Alabama 53, Union (Tennessee) 0at Alabama
Sep 27, 1924Alabama 55, Union (Tennessee) 0at Alabama
Sep 29, 1923Alabama 12, Union (Tennessee) 0at Alabama
Oct 2, 1909Alabama 16, Union (Tennessee) 0at Alabama

Every game is listed as played on the field.