Alabama vs. Vanderbilt
Alabama and Vanderbilt have 87 meetings on file, the first in 1903; officially, Alabama leads 61–20–4; as played, 64–19–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Alabama 9–1. The NCAA vacated Alabama’s two wins (2006 and 2007); they don’t count officially. Alabama forfeited the 1993 game. This page counts every game as it was played. Share
- Official series
- Alabama leads 61–20–4
- Alabama wins on file
- 64
- Vanderbilt wins on file
- 19
- Ties
- 4
- Earliest on file
- 1903
- Longest streak
- 23 Alabama
- Current streak
- 1 Alabama
- Last 10 meetings
- Alabama 9–1
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 2–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 9–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 4–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–4–3 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 9–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 10–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 9–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 10–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–1 |
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Alabama 2, Vanderbilt 0
- Average margin
- 18.7 points; 26 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Alabama
- 34–6 Alabama’s record at home
- At Vanderbilt
- 13–30–4 Vanderbilt’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 20
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Alabama’s biggest win1945: Alabama 71, Vanderbilt 0by 71 points
- Vanderbilt’s biggest win1906: Vanderbilt 78, Alabama 0by 78 points
- Upset2024: Vanderbilt 40, Alabama 35Vanderbilt had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1969: Vanderbilt 14, Alabama 10Vanderbilt had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1984: Vanderbilt 30, Alabama 21Vanderbilt had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1937: Alabama 9, Vanderbilt 7No. 4 Alabama at No. 12 Vanderbilt
- Ranked showdown2025: Alabama 30, Vanderbilt 14No. 16 Vanderbilt at No. 10 Alabama
Coach against coach
| Years | Alabama | Series | Vanderbilt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919–1921 | Xen Scott | 1–2 | Dan McGugin |
| 1926–1930 | Wallace Wade | 2–2 | Dan McGugin |
| 1931–1934 | Frank Thomas | 4–0 | Dan McGugin |
| 1935–1939 | Frank Thomas | 4–1 | Ray Morrison |
| 1940–1946 | Frank Thomas | 3–1 | Red Sanders |
| 1949–1951 | Red Drew | 0–3 | Bill Edwards |
| 1955–1957 | Ears Whitworth | 0–2–1 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1958–1962 | Bear Bryant | 3–0–2 | Arthur Guepe |
| 1963–1966 | Bear Bryant | 4–0 | Jack Green |
| 1967–1972 | Bear Bryant | 5–1 | Bill Pace |
| 1975–1978 | Bear Bryant | 4–0 | Fred Pancoast |
| 1979–1982 | Bear Bryant | 4–0 | George MacIntyre |
| 1983–1985 | Ray Perkins | 2–1 | George MacIntyre |
| 1987–1989 | Bill Curry | 3–0 | Watson Brown |
| 1991–1994 | Gene Stallings | 4–0 | Gerry DiNardo |
| 1997–2000 | Mike DuBose | 4–0 | Woody Widenhofer |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Alabama’s side (Scott 1–2 against McGugin). 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.
From the newspapers
1905 · The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, Oct 9, 1905
1906 · The Montgomery advertiser, Oct 21, 1906
1917 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 11, 1917
1919 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 9, 1919
1920 · The Pensacola journal, Pensacola, Fla., Nov 7, 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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2025.
| 2025 | ABC | 6.4 million viewers |
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”, and a game one side later forfeited is marked “forfeited”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.