Alabama Football: Some Alabama vs. LSU Series Facts I'll Bet You Didn't Know

Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer) In the ever narrowing field of bringing fans something about the upcoming Alabama vs LSU game that no one else is covering, let me toss out these facts.

The Alabama - LSU series has been played at six different sites. Years ago, both coaches felt that the exposure of playing in a different location added some excitement and generate better recruiting from different areas.

Alabama leads the series in Birmingham, where the Tide hosted the most home games, by a record of 8-5-1.

In Tuscaloosa, they lead 9-8.

And in the least known home game locations, Mobile is the only home site location that has an overall losing record. That record is 1-2-1. They played there in 1953 and 1958.

The City of Montgomery posted two games and the Tide won both of them. They last played in Montgomery in 1930.

Ironically, LSU has only played outside Baton Rouge once for their home games, despite many attempts to play games in New Orleans. Alabama simply dominates the series in LSU's home stadium by a margin of 25-9-2.

The one game they did play in New Orleans resulted in a draw.

Overall, the Tide dominates the Tigers by a margin of 45-24-5.

Since 1980 there have only been two shutout games and Alabama won them both.

In the last 50 years, Alabama leads the series 28-13-1 making it just over double the number of wins the LSU Tigers have in the series.

Here are the stats of this series.

Alabama leads 45-24-5
1895 6-12 Baton Rouge
1902 0-11 Tuscaloosa
1903 18-0 Baton Rouge
1904 11-0 Baton Rouge
1907 6-4 Mobile
1909 6-12 Birmingham
1919 21-0 Baton Rouge
1920 21-0 Tuscaloosa
1921 7-7 New Orleans
1922 47-3 Tuscaloosa
1923 30-3 Montgomery
1925 32-0 Baton Rouge
1926 24-0 Tuscaloosa
1927 0-0 Birmingham
1928 13-0 Birmingham
1930 33-0 Montgomery
1944 27-27 Baton Rouge
1945 26-7 Baton Rouge
1946 21-31 Baton Rouge
1947 31-12 Tuscaloosa
1948 6-26 Baton Rouge
1951 7-13 Mobile
1952 21-20 Baton Rouge
1953 7-7 Mobile
1954 12-0 Baton Rouge
1957 0-28 Baton Rouge
1958 3-13 Mobile
1964 17-9 Birmingham

1965 31-7 Baton Rouge
1966 21-0 Birmingham
1967 7-6 Baton Rouge
1968 16-7 Birmingham
1969 15-20 Baton Rouge
1970 9-14 Birmingham
1971 14-7 Baton Rouge
1972 35-21 Birmingham
1973 21-7 Baton Rouge
1974 30-0 Birmingham
1975 23-10 Baton Rouge
1976 28-17 Birmingham
1977 24-3 Baton Rouge
1978 31-10 Birmingham
1979 3-0 Baton Rouge
1980 28-7 Tuscaloosa
1981 24-7 Baton Rouge
1982 10-20 Birmingham
1983 32-26 Baton Rouge
1984 14-16 Birmingham
1985 14-14 Baton Rouge
1986 10-14 Birmingham
1987 22-10 Baton Rouge
1988 18-19 Tuscaloosa
1989 32-16 Baton Rouge
1990 24-3 Tuscaloosa
1991 20-17 Baton Rouge
1992 31-11 Baton Rouge
1993 13-17 Tuscaloosa
1994 35-17 Baton Rouge
1995 10-3 Tuscaloosa
1996 26-0 Baton Rouge
1997 0-27 Tuscaloosa
1998 22-16 Baton Rouge
1999 23-17 Tuscaloosa
2000 28-30 Baton Rouge
2001 21-35 Tuscaloosa
2002 31-0 Baton Rouge
2003 3-27 Tuscaloosa
2004 10-26 Baton Rouge
2005 13-16 Tuscaloosa (OT)
2006 14-28 Baton Rouge
2007 34-41 Tuscaloosa
2008 27-21 Baton Rouge (OT)
2009 24-15 Tuscaloosa
2010 21-24 Baton Rouge