Interesting fact about Alabama-MSU rivalry

[FlotownDawg]

Mississippi State has won eight times in Bryant-Denny Stadium, which is tied with LSU for the most of any program. Now granted, Bama used to play all their big games at Legion Field, but that’s still a pretty neat factoid. We are also the opponent Alabama has played the most times in its history. Saturday will be the 102nd time the two teams have played.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Most people also don’t know that Bama and auburn went nearly 40 years without playing each other.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

Most people also don’t know that Bama and auburn went nearly 40 years without playing each other.

Wouldn’t hurt my feelings if we didn’t have to play bama in another fourty years too.

 

[civildawg88]

What rivalry **

 

[BrunswickDawg]

Most people also don’t know that Bama and auburn went nearly 40 years without playing each other.

And Ole Miss dodged them for almost 30 years. They played in 1933 - the first year of the SEC -, 1944, and 1964, before beginning a regular series.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Ole Miss's padded schedules from their glory days are very interesting for anyone who hasn't looked into how they racked up all those W's.

 

[coach66]

UT Chattanooga took many a butt kicking from the Rebs back in those days.

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[thekimmer]

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And it counted as a conference game!

 

[thekimmer]

Most people also don’t know that Bama and auburn went nearly 40 years without playing each other.

What I find incredible about that game is that bama did not play AU in tuscaloosa for nearly 100 years. From 1901 until 2000

 

[patdog]

They played AU at their other home field in Birmingham from 1948 - 1988. They called it a "neutral" site, but Auburn almost never played any home games there and Bama played at least half of theirs there.

 

[Dawgzilla]

They played AU at their other home field in Birmingham from 1948 - 1988. They called it a "neutral" site, but Auburn almost never played any home games there and Bama played at least half of theirs there.

I wouldn't say Auburn "almost never" played any home games there. Auburn played 2 or 3 games a year in B'ham (including the Iron Bowl) until they added the first upper deck to Jordan-Hare in 1980. Then they quit going to B'ham.

And the crowds in B'ham were pretty evenly split, so it was fair to call it a neutral site. The schools got an even number of tickets, and the City of B'ham got 10,000 tickets. When Auburn royally sucked in the late 70s the attendance at the games got pretty lopsided in favor of Alabama, and the Auburn fans like to claim that they were somehow cheated out of seats. They just weren't buying their share.

 

[PearlRiverCoDawg]

It seems like a century ago when we slammed ol pretty boy JPW to the turf and beat those fools.

 

[TUSK.sixpack]

I wouldn't say Auburn "almost never" played any home games there. Auburn played 2 or 3 games a year in B'ham (including the Iron Bowl) until they added the first upper deck to Jordan-Hare in 1980. Then they quit going to B'ham.

And the crowds in B'ham were pretty evenly split, so it was fair to call it a neutral site. The schools got an even number of tickets, and the City of B'ham got 10,000 tickets. When Auburn royally sucked in the late 70s the attendance at the games got pretty lopsided in favor of Alabama, and the Auburn fans like to claim that they were somehow cheated out of seats. They just weren't buying their share.

This is correct.

 

[13thEagle]

Ole Miss's padded schedules from their glory days are very interesting for anyone who hasn't looked into how they racked up all those W's.

Back then wasnt it 10 games and you played 5 conf games?

 

[patdog]

Since Bama and Auburn renewed their rivalry in 1948, Auburn has played 27 games in Birmingham not counting the Iron Bowl, none since 1978. Bama has played 130. You tell me who's 2nd home field that was.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Alabama obviously played there more often, but when the ticket split is even it is a neutral site. I don't think Alabama had some weird advantage in knowing how the ball was going to bounce when it hit the dead spots, or something.

 

[Chris Mannix]

Don’t you have to beat someone more than once every ten years for a game to considered a rivalry? We are just pretty much bamas whipping boy, and we most likely remain that for the foreseeable future.