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Rivalry History

Alabama-Penn State

Alabama and Penn State have met 15 times since 1959. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
10-5
Current streak
Alabama 2 games
Longest streak
Alabama 4 games (1975-1982)
Avg. margin / points
10.3 / 29.5

Series overview

Alabama 10-5 Penn State. Current streak: Alabama 2 games.

Last five meetings

Alabama 4 | Penn State 1

Largest margin

21 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1959 through 2011.
  • 15 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Sep 10, 2011.

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What this rivalry is

Alabama and Penn State have a tracked series that starts in 1959 and spans 15 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Series history

Status
Historical or inactive series
Years
1959-2011
Busiest era
1980s, 9 games
Longest pause
19 years (1990-2010)
  • 1980s9 games
  • 1970s2 games
  • 2010s2 games
  • 1950s1 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

4 featured games

Latest meeting

2011 - Sep 10, 2011

Alabama 27, Penn State 11. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

1989 - Oct 28, 1989

Alabama 17, Penn State 16. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

1982 - Oct 9, 1982

Alabama 42, Penn State 21. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Largest margin

2010 - Sep 11, 2010

Alabama 24, Penn State 3. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Alabama 4, Penn State 1 across 5 games
Last ten
Alabama 6, Penn State 4 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Lower-scoring recent history; average total 29.5, average margin 10.3.
Current streak
Alabama 2 games

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • AJ McCarron

    Alabama, 2011

    Passing Yards: 2634

  • Marquis Maze

    Alabama, 2011

    Receiving Yards: 627

  • Trent Richardson

    Alabama, 2011

    Rushing Yards: 1679

  • Derek Moye

    Penn State, 2011

    Receiving Yards: 654

  • Rob Bolden

    Penn State, 2011

    Passing Yards: 685

  • Silas Redd

    Penn State, 2011

    Rushing Yards: 1241

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Joe Paterno

    Penn State - 1988-2011 - 37-19-1

  • Nick Saban

    Alabama - 2010-2011 - 22-4

  • Bill Curry

    Alabama - 1988-1989 - 19-5

  • Gene Stallings

    Alabama - 1990 - 7-5

Weather, rankings, and research links

2 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 78F.

Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 5 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.

Alabama team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Penn State team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Alabama season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Penn State season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Alabama weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Penn State weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Game stats archive

Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.

Rankings

Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.

College football records

National record and history context.

Historical comparison

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Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Sep 10, 2011Alabama at Penn StateAlabama 27, Penn State 11Venue unavailableAlabama
Sep 11, 2010Penn State at AlabamaAlabama 24, Penn State 3Venue unavailableAlabama
Oct 27, 1990Penn State at AlabamaAlabama 0, Penn State 9Venue unavailablePenn State
Oct 28, 1989Alabama at Penn StateAlabama 17, Penn State 16Venue unavailableAlabama
Oct 22, 1988Penn State at AlabamaAlabama 8, Penn State 3Venue unavailableAlabama
Sep 12, 1987Alabama at Penn StateAlabama 24, Penn State 13Venue unavailableAlabama
Oct 25, 1986Penn State at AlabamaAlabama 3, Penn State 23Venue unavailablePenn State
Oct 12, 1985Alabama at Penn StateAlabama 17, Penn State 19Venue unavailablePenn State
Oct 13, 1984Penn State at AlabamaAlabama 6, Penn State 0Venue unavailableAlabama
Oct 8, 1983Alabama at Penn StateAlabama 28, Penn State 34Venue unavailablePenn State

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