Postgame notes from Saturday night’s game between No. 1 Alabama and No. 13 LSU in Baton Rouge, La.
Saturday’s game against LSU was Alabama’s 1,241st college football game. That figure takes into account games both forfeited and vacated per NCAA rulings. Without accounting for those stipulations, the game was actually Alabama’s 1,263rd football game. Saturday’s game with LSU was Alabama’s 590th all-time SEC game and the Tide has an official record of 392-167-20 (.694), accounting for forfeiture and vacated games. Alabama’s actual, on-field record in SEC games is 403-167-20 (.700).
With the victory, the Tide’s actual on-field record is 902-317-44 (.731), including a mark of 81-10 (.890) this decade. Alabama has defeated 13 consecutive ranked opponents dating back to a loss to Ole Miss in September of 2015. Alabama’s all-time record against ranked opponents is 151-124-7 (.548). Alabama’s all-time record against ranked opponents at road sites is 51-47-2 (.520). The Crimson Tide has won its last eight games against ranked opponents as the visiting team. Alabama is 122-75-3 (.618) as a ranked team playing a ranked opponent.
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Saturday’s game was the 424th road game at an opponent’s venue in Alabama history and the 84th played in the state of Louisiana (54-24-6; .643). The win improved Alabama to 268-142-14 (.649) in road games. The game was televised by CBS and the Tide is 67-43-1 (.608) all-time in games televised by CBS. The victory improved Alabama’s record against LSU to 51-25-5 (.605) all-time, including 6 consecutive victories in the series dating back to a 9-6 loss in 2011. The Tide is 28-9-3 (.733) against LSU on the road. Alabama is 17-15-1 (.530) against LSU when the Tigers are nationally ranked.