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LSU–Alabama Series History: Record, Streak and Recent Results

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LSU–Alabama has produced championship swings, November heartbreak and enough history to make every new score feel connected to the last one. Before the Tigers and Crimson Tide meet again in Tiger Stadium, here is the record that frames the rivalry.

Quick Answer

Alabama leads the all-time football series against LSU 58-27-5 through the 2025 season, according to Alabama Athletics. The teams have met 90 times since LSU won the first game 12-6 in Baton Rouge on November 18, 1895. Alabama enters the November 7, 2026 matchup on a three-game series winning streak and has won eight of the last 10 meetings. LSU’s most recent win was 32-31 in overtime in 2022.

Who leads the LSU–Alabama all-time series?

Alabama Athletics’ official opponent history lists Alabama with 58 wins, LSU with 27 wins and five ties through the November 8, 2025 meeting. That is 90 total games before the 2026 matchup.

The overall record is not evenly balanced, and the recent stretch has widened the margin. Alabama has won eight of the last 10 meetings and carries a three-game winning streak from 2023 through 2025. LSU’s two wins in that 10-game window came in 2019 and 2022.

History sets the scale, not the outcome. Rosters, coaches and schemes change. The value of the series record is that it shows what LSU is trying to interrupt: both a long-term Alabama advantage and a current three-game run.

When did LSU and Alabama first play?

LSU and Alabama first met on November 18, 1895, in Baton Rouge. LSU won 12-6. The series was not annual in its earliest decades, but it eventually became one of the SEC’s fixed November fixtures.

The first meeting matters for more than trivia. LSU won the beginning of the series, yet Alabama built the larger historical advantage over the next 130 years. The 2026 game therefore connects the oldest fact in the rivalry—a Tiger win in Baton Rouge—to the modern reality of an Alabama-led record.

The scheduling rhythm is about to change again. TigerHype’s guide to why LSU–Alabama stops being annual after 2026 explains the SEC’s nine-game format and the 2028 return matchup in Tuscaloosa.

What happened in the last five LSU–Alabama games?

Alabama has won four of the last five meetings. The official results are:

2025 — Alabama 20, LSU 9 in Tuscaloosa.
2024 — Alabama 42, LSU 13 in Baton Rouge.
2023 — Alabama 42, LSU 28 in Tuscaloosa.
2022 — LSU 32, Alabama 31 in overtime in Baton Rouge.
2021 — Alabama 20, LSU 14 in Tuscaloosa.

The scores show two different versions of the rivalry. Alabama controlled the 2023 and 2024 meetings by multiple possessions, while the 2021 and 2022 games were decided by six points and one point. The 2025 result was an 11-point Alabama win.

That spread of outcomes is a useful warning against treating the all-time record as a prediction. The series can produce a decisive result or compress into one late possession. LSU’s task in 2026 is to keep the game inside the second category long enough for Tiger Stadium to matter.

When was LSU’s most recent win over Alabama?

LSU’s most recent win was November 5, 2022, when the Tigers beat Alabama 32-31 in overtime in Baton Rouge. LSU scored a touchdown on its overtime possession and converted the two-point attempt to end the game.

The previous LSU victory came in 2019, a 46-41 win in Tuscaloosa. Those are LSU’s two wins in Alabama’s official last-10 window. One came on the road during a championship season; the other came at home in overtime.

The lesson is not that LSU needs to copy either game. It is that the Tigers have broken Alabama’s control in two very different ways: by winning a high-scoring road game and by surviving a one-possession home fight. The 2026 roster has to create its own path.

How has Alabama performed against LSU in Baton Rouge?

Alabama’s official series page lists a 30-10-3 road record against LSU through 2025. The Crimson Tide won the most recent Baton Rouge meeting 42-13 in 2024, while LSU won the previous Tiger Stadium meeting 32-31 in overtime in 2022.

That history makes home field an opportunity rather than a guarantee. Death Valley can change communication, tempo and emotional pressure, but LSU still has to win the downs that decide the game. TigerHype’s five-matchup LSU–Alabama breakdown identifies the third-down, protection, run-defense, turnover and red-zone battles most likely to determine whether the crowd stays fully engaged.

A loud stadium matters most when LSU gives it leverage: third-and-long, a backed-up Alabama possession, a red-zone stand or a late drive with the score tight. The historical road record shows Alabama has repeatedly survived the setting. It does not remove LSU’s chance to make this year different.

What is the current LSU–Alabama winning streak?

Alabama has won three straight games in the series: 42-28 in 2023, 42-13 in 2024 and 20-9 in 2025. LSU’s last series winning streak was two games, in 2019 and 2022, because the 2020 and 2021 meetings between those wins were Alabama victories.

The current streak is short enough to feel breakable and long enough to shape the conversation. A fourth consecutive Alabama win would extend recent control. An LSU victory would stop the streak before the rivalry leaves the annual schedule and give the Tigers a result that would live through the 2027 gap year.

What should LSU fans know about the 2026 meeting?

LSU Athletics has confirmed that LSU hosts Alabama at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, November 7, 2026, in Tiger Stadium, with ABC carrying the game nationally. Both teams were 6-2 when the kickoff announcement was issued.

TigerHype’s LSU–Alabama game guide has the current broadcast and venue details, while the 2026 LSU Football season hub tracks the full schedule and season context.

The 2026 game is the final meeting in the current annual run. LSU and Alabama are not scheduled to play in 2027, will meet in Tuscaloosa in 2028 and are not scheduled in 2029 under the SEC’s published rotation. That adds another layer to Saturday: the winner will hold the result for two seasons before the next scheduled game.