Coastal Carolina vs. South Alabama

Coastal Carolina and South Alabama have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2018; Coastal Carolina leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Coastal Carolina 3–⁠1, and Coastal Carolina has won the last 3.

Coastal Carolina wins
3
South Alabama wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2018
Longest streak
3 Coastal Carolina
Current streak
3 Coastal Carolina
Last 10 meetings
Coastal Carolina 3–⁠1
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2010s0–⁠1
2020s3–⁠0
Average margin
11 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Coastal Carolina
1–⁠0 Coastal Carolina’s record at home
At South Alabama
1–⁠2 South Alabama’s record at home

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 Coastal Carolina and South Alabama, 2018 on13001500170020202025

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

Biggest days

Jalen Tolbert South Alabama10 catches, 191 yards, 1 TD2021 Receiving
Tarron Jackson Coastal Carolina10 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2.5 for loss2020 Defense

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 20, 2025Coastal Carolina 38, South Alabama 20at South Alabama
Nov 26, 2021Coastal Carolina 27, South Alabama 21at South Alabama
Nov 7, 202015Coastal Carolina 23, South Alabama 6at Coastal Carolina
Nov 23, 2018South Alabama 31, Coastal Carolina 28at South Alabama

Every game is listed as played on the field.