Alabama–LSU rivalry
| First meeting | November 18, 1895 LSU 12, Alabama 6 |
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| Latest meeting | November 5, 2016 Alabama 10, LSU 0 |
| Next meeting | November 4, 2017 |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 81 |
| All-time series | Alabama leads, 51–25–5 |
| Largest victory | Alabama, 47–3 (1922) |
| Longest win streak | Alabama, 11 (1971–81) |
| Current win streak | Alabama, 6 (2012–present) |
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The Alabama–LSU football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the University of Alabama and LSU Tigers football team of Louisiana State University. Both schools are charter members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and both universities' sports teams have competed in the SEC's Western Division since the conference was split into two divisions in 1992. Alabama leads the series 51–25–5.
The series started in 1895, with a 12–6 win for LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The rivalry has been played in Baton Rouge; New Orleans, Louisiana; Birmingham, Alabama; Montgomery, Alabama; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and Mobile, Alabama.
The teams began playing each other on an annual basis in 1964, with Alabama playing its home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, and LSU playing its home games on campus at Tiger Stadium. The series has been marked by long stretches where the home team has struggled. Alabama is 26–9–2 against LSU in Baton Rouge; they went 16–1–1 from 1965–98. Alabama has gone 6–11 in games played in Alabama since 1982. LSU has gone 4–14–1 in games played in Louisiana since 1982. There have been two overtime games each in Tuscaloosa (2005, 2011) and Baton Rouge (2008, 2014) respectively; the road team has won each time. In fact, in the series history, only 42% of games have been won by the team playing in its home state (excluding ties). In 1988, Alabama began playing its home game in the series on their Tuscaloosa campus at Bryant–Denny Stadium. LSU won the first game in the series after the move 19–18.
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