Postgame Notebook from No. 1 Alabama’s 30-12 victory over No. 13 Auburn in the 81st Iron Bowl at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Saturday’s game against Auburn was Alabama’s 1,244th 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 1,266th football game. Saturday’s game with Auburn was Alabama’s 592nd all-time SEC game and the Tide has an official record of 394-167-20 (.682), accounting for forfeiture and vacated games. Alabama’s actual, on-field record in SEC games is 405-167-20 (.701).
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With the victory, the Tide’s actual on-field record is 905-317-44 (.732), including a mark of 84-10 (.894) this decade. With the win over the 13th-ranked Tigers, Alabama has defeated 14 consecutive ranked opponents dating back to a loss to Ole Miss in September of 2015. Alabama’s all-time record against ranked opponents is 152-124-7 (.549). Alabama is 123-75-3 (.619) as a ranked team playing a ranked opponent.
Saturday’s game was televised by CBS and the Tide is 68-43-1 (.612) all-time in games televised by CBS. The victory improved Alabama’s record against Auburn to 45-35-1 (.562) all-time, including three consecutive victories in the series dating back to a 34-28 loss in 2013. Alabama has won five of the last six meetings dating back to 2011, seven of nine since 2008 and seven of 10 since Nick Saban took over as Alabama’s head coach in 2007. The Tide is 9-7-0 against Auburn in designated home games in the series, including a 4-5-0 mark at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama is 13-22-0 (.371) against Auburn when the Tigers are nationally ranked.