What team has never beaten Alabama?
It's the answer to a strange trivia question regarding Alabama football, that the Owls are the only college football team Alabama has played more than once and has never beaten. All three meetings took place in the 1950s, one in a bowl game and two in the regular season.
I am sure I don't have to remind you, but the Alabama football team suffered just one defeat during the 2021 regular season and that came at the hands of the Texas A&M Aggies.
The Alabama-Tennessee series dates more than 100 years, with the teams playing every year since 1928 with the exception of 1943, when there was a break for World War II. The late Paul W. “Bear” Bryant famously played a role in the rivalry as a player long before he did as a legendary coach at Alabama.
Through the 2020 season, Alabama has compiled an official overall record of 929 wins, 331 losses, 43 ties and has appeared in 73 bowl games, with the most recent appearance and win coming in the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship.
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Florida | 4 |
LSU | 4 |
Michigan | 3 |
Penn State | 3 |
Alabama hasn't lost a game to the Razorbacks since 2006 in a 24-23 overtime thriller.
FINAL: Tennessee takes down Alabama, 52-49
For the first time since 2006, No. 6 Tennessee tasted victory over No. 3 Alabama, topping the Tide 52-49 in an SEC thriller. In a high-scoring affair that notched over 1,000 total yards and 101 points, the game came down to one final score on the last play.
On January 3, 2007, Nick Saban officially accepted the head coaching position with the Crimson Tide. In 2008, Saban led them to their first undefeated regular season since 92-93, but they lost the SEC Championship Game and the Sugar Bowl.
- 2010 - Loss at LSU. Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images. ...
- 2010 - Loss vs Auburn. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images. ...
- 2011 - Loss vs LSU. ...
- 2012 - Loss vs Texas A&M. ...
- 2013 - Loss at Auburn. ...
- 2014 - Loss at Ole Miss. ...
- 2015 - Loss vs Ole Miss. ...
- 2017 - Loss at Auburn.
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Alabama's all-time record against every SEC school.
Opponent | Record | Win % |
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Ole Miss | 47-10-2 | 81.4% |
Mississippi State | 77-18-3 | 80.1% |
Vanderbilt | 58-19-4 | 74.1% |
South Carolina | 10-4-0 | 71.4% |
Has Alabama ever lost 2 games in a row?
The last time Alabama lost 2 consecutive games was 2013, when they lost the Iron Bowl and then a bowl game to Oklahoma. Saban hasn't lost 2 consecutive regular-season games since his inaugural season in 2007.
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It was only the third winless season in the history of the Crimson Tide, the others being the 0–4 teams in 1893 and 1895 when the program was just starting. For the season, Alabama averaged only 4.8 points per game and the opposition averaged 25.6.
19 losses in 10 years.
In their latest bowl appearance, Alabama defeated Ohio State in the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship. The win brings Alabama's overall bowl record to 44 wins, 26 losses, and 3 ties, placing the Crimson Tide in first place among all FBS schools for both bowl appearances and victories.
Alex Ferguson, who took charge of a total of 2,155 competitive games between 1974 and 2013, holds the world record for the most games as a manager, starting with East Stirlingshire in Scotland and finishing with an enormously successful 27-year spell as manager of Manchester United, also including an interim spell as ...
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- 2013: Kick-6.
- 2018: Clemson'ed. ...
- 2014: Ohio State surprise. ...
- 2010: “Camback” ...
- 2015: Ole Miss gets the breaks. ...
- 2007: Louisiana Monroe upset. For the most part, I've chosen losses that Alabama suffered when it was considered truly elite under Saban. ...
With this most recent appearance, Saban has been to a total of 10 national title games and those two losses came at the hands of Dabo Swinney and Clemson in 2016 and 2018.
Alabama leads the series in all three venues: for games contested in Birmingham, 21–14–6; in Knoxville, 27–21–1; and in Tuscaloosa, 10–4. Tennessee won the most recent game, played on October 15, 2022, 52–49, snapping a 15-game losing streak. Alabama and Tennessee both have 12 shutouts in the series.
Has tn ever beat Alabama?
As Alabama's head coach, Nick Saban holds a perfect record of 15-0 against the Vols. So, when was the last time Tennessee defeated Alabama in this rivalry? Well, on Saturday, it will be 5,838 days since Oct. 21, 2006, the day Tennessee beat Alabama.
Alabama hasn't lost to an unranked team since falling to Louisiana Monroe in 2007. Since then, the Tide have won a record 87 consecutive games against unranked teams heading into Saturday's game against … you guessed it, … unranked Tennessee.
Since joining the SEC, Texas A&M is 2-9 against Alabama. The Aggies won their first matchup as conference foes in 2012 as Johnny Manziel burst onto the scene. The Tide then rolled to eight straight before A&M coach Jimbo Fisher became the first Nick Saban assistant to beat him in 2021.
Following Saturday's, 32-31, overtime loss to LSU in Death Valley, the Crimson Tide have two losses in the regular season before the Iron Bowl for the first time since 2010. They no longer control their own destiny in the SEC West and are almost certainly eliminated from the College Football Playoff.
Alabama hasn't lost back-to-back games since 2013 when the regular season ended with a loss in the Iron Bowl on the Kick Six followed by a 45-31 loss to Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. It hasn't lost consecutive regular season games since Nick Saban's first season as the Alabama head coach in 2007.
Alabama has won 33 conference championships (4 Southern Conference and 29 SEC championships), and has made an NCAA-record 76 postseason bowl appearances. The program has 36 seasons with ten wins or more (plus one vacated) and has 46 bowl victories, both NCAA records.
Considering wins in Division I FBS only—including wins with "major" programs before the 1978 split of Division I football, and wins in Division I-A/FBS after the split—the all-time leaders are Paterno (409), Bowden (377), Bryant (323), Warner (319), and Amos Alonzo Stagg (314).
Following Alabama's 30-6 homecoming win over Mississippi State in Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday, Crimson Tide Coach Nick Saban has an all-time Alabama record of 190-26 in his 15 ½ seasons. The victory over the Bulldogs was the 15th in a row under Saban, having won all but in his first season, 2007.
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The loss was so painful at the time that I wasn't phased one bit by the the Wild Turkey bottle that smashed on my shoulder as I knew it was thrown for good reason.
- Julio Jones WR 2008-2010.
- Ozzie Newsome TE 1974-1977.
- Derrick Henry RB 2013-2015.
- John Hannah OG 1970-1972.
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How many times has Ole Miss beat Alabama in football?
Currently, Alabama leads Ole Miss 54-10-2. The most recent Ole Miss victory was in 2015. The game now alternates between the two respective campuses. Contests in odd-numbered years are played in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and even-numbered years in Oxford, Mississippi.
Their only loss was in 1993, when Auburn beat the Tide 22-14. Auburn has a record of 6-1 vs. Alabama in Tuscaloosa going back to 1893 and a record of 4-1 since 2000.
Alabama hasn't lost to an unranked team since falling to Louisiana Monroe in 2007. Since then, the Tide have won a record 87 consecutive games against unranked teams heading into Saturday's game against … you guessed it, …
Alabama has not lost to an unranked team since Nov. 16, 2007 falling to Louisiana Monroe 21–14. The Warhawks were a 25 point underdog.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team that has ever achieved a perfect, undefeated season.
Alabama is the most dominant football team of the 2000s, starting with the hiring of Nick Saban away from the Miami Dolphins in 2007. After his initial season with Alabama, his squad has never lost to an unranked team.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers maintain the lowest regular season win–loss percentage (.404), holding a 299–442–1 record, through 2022. Being the most-recently founded franchise in the NFL, the Houston Texans have recorded the fewest games played (338) wins (142). The Baltimore Ravens have recorded the fewest losses (190).
The 2007 New England Patriots were the first NFL team to achieve a perfect 16-0 regular season record, and seemed destined to go down as the greatest team ever until their stunning defeat in Super Bowl XLII.
Has any football game ended 0 0?
Yes, many NFL games have ended 0-0. Per Pro Football Reference, 73 games in pro football history have ended in a 0-0 tie. However, the last time it happened was almost 80 years ago, meaning there have been no scoreless ties in the Super Bowl era.
- 2010 - Loss at LSU. Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images. ...
- 2010 - Loss vs Auburn. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images. ...
- 2011 - Loss vs LSU. ...
- 2012 - Loss vs Texas A&M. ...
- 2013 - Loss at Auburn. ...
- 2014 - Loss at Ole Miss. ...
- 2015 - Loss vs Ole Miss. ...
- 2017 - Loss at Auburn.
LSU Series History. Alabama has dominated this series historically with a 55-27-5 record. It's a matchup that goes back to 1895, and outside of a few runs of LSU wins, this has been all Alabama.
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