All-Time Records Against 2009 Opponents

by Nico2.0 on Jun 30, 2009 4:56 PM CDT in Football Comment 19 comments

This is nothing but a bit of boredom on my part and provides no real insight or anything, but I figured it would be interesting anyway if you're a bit of a trivia and stat junkie.

The lists via the links also provide aggregate scores.

Virginia Tech: 10-1
Florida International: 1-0
North Texas: 2-0
Arkansas: 11-8
Kentucky: 34-2-1
Ole Miss: 45-9-2
South Carolina: 10-3
Tennessee: 46-38-7
LSU: 44-23-5
Mississippi State: 72-18-3
UT-Chattanooga: 10-0
Auburn: 39-33-1

Here's the fun facts/trivia gleaned from this pointless exercise (and some I already knew):

An all-time record of 324-135-19 (.679) against our 2009 opponents.
We've played all 2009 opponents at least once.
Eight of the ten times we played UT-Chattanooga happened before 1960.
Our last contest against Virginia Tech was the one loss. A 38-7 beatdown that came in the 1998 Music City Bowl. A weird stat from that game I didn't remember is that we held the ball for 36 minutes, yet had only seven points to show for it. Talk about your statistical anomalies.
There was a 55 year span between the two Kentucky victories over us.
For those of you that didn't know, we've played Mississippi State more than any other team (which I did know beforehand.) Also, Alabama and Mississippi State are geographically the two closest teams in the conference.
The earliest Mississippi State can even the series is 2062...and that'll take reeling off 54 straight wins.
As was mentioned in Watchman's recent fanpost, Alabama rolled up 833 yards of total offense on VaTech in 1973 and 748 of those were rushing yards. Let that one sink in for a minute. Four different players had over 100 yards rushing in that game.
We won't have to see Steve Taneyhill's mullet this year.

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Hard

to believe we’ve only played South Caroline 13 times.

"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken

by Bens4vcobra on Jun 30, 2009 5:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That 2004 game against them...

…is one of the most frustrating UA performances I can ever remember.

RollBamaRoll.com

by Nico2.0 on Jun 30, 2009 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You must...

…not remember that loss to Virginia Tech, then. Or the ones to ULM and MSU in 2007. Or the 2006 UT game. That 2004 SC loss was unfortunate, but considering what we were up against after Brodie’s other trick knee went out, then Pennington replaced what’s-his-name after his hissy fit on the sidelines, then Keith Brown decided to eat a post by the end zone…OK, that was pretty frustrating.

by NiceLittleSaturday on Jun 30, 2009 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Guillon...

… the kid went from Cali to South Beach to Tuscaloosa to the Florabama.

Probably not how he projected his career to go when he came out of California as a hot-shot QB recruit signing with what was then the nation’s most elite program.

by outsidethesidelines on Jun 30, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was AWFUL

Just my two cents

36-0

by Bamabrave4 on Jul 1, 2009 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought so too

The Arkansas record also surprises me.

When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --Joseph Vincent Paterno

by jtothep on Jun 30, 2009 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

A couple of thoughts...

The 1998 VT game was just an odd deal. It was a close game that quickly turned into a blowout thanks to several huge ’Bama turnovers.

The 1997 Kentucky game was easily one of the worst ever. I can still remember ordering the damn thing on PPV, and watching Tim Couch light our asses up all night.

I have no clue as to whether or not how true this is, but Alabama recruited Taneyhill very hard under Stallings, and the reason given for years on why he did not choose ‘Bama was Stallings’ insistence that he cut his hair.

The Arkansas all-time record is close mainly because we never really played them, and then played them all the time in our worst stretch.

by outsidethesidelines on Jun 30, 2009 5:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

one more testament to stalling’s greatness.

by kleph on Jun 30, 2009 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Music City Bowl

The 1998 VT game was just an odd deal. It was a close game that quickly turned into a blowout thanks to several huge ’Bama turnovers.

Yeah, they blocked two punts, picked us off two or three times, Shaun dropped a sure touchdown pass (and then I think Zow got picked), Corey Moore ate us alive, and a lot of our team just really didn’t want to be there. The players were given a terribly low per diem and it was extremely cold. Not one of Bama’s finer moments, that’s for sure. We carried the anger of that experience into our offseason conditioning and spring practice, and we actually looked like an Alabama team again, despite DuBose’s manuevers to the contrary.

MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--

BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.

by Bamagrad on Jun 30, 2009 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's right...

Starting in the early third, Zow threw an interception that was returned inside our five or so. There goes one touchdown. After that, Shaun dropped a big pass on third down, and then VT blocked the punt… another touchdown. Later on, we fumbled a punt deep in our own territory, which led to another touchdown. Finally, Zow capped it off with a pick-six.

And I’d damn near forgotten about Moore, but you are right, he whipped us all night long in just about every phase of the game. I think he was even one of the guys who blocked a punt.

by outsidethesidelines on Jun 30, 2009 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Our all time records against

UK, MSU, and Ole Miss is a combined 151-29-6. That is insane against teams that are in the same conference even though they have clearly been lesser teams in the conference. Still to own an over 80% win percentage against any 3 teams in your own league is remarkable.

I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.

by 5026 on Jun 30, 2009 8:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Steve Taneyhill

Check out the Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Taneyhill

After the 1995 65-39 win at Mississippi State, a frustrated Bulldog fan yelled out, “Hey, Taneyhill! What’s that on your head?” Taneyhill responded, “Your wife’s panties.” He also caught the wrath of the Tennessee Vols in a Gamecock defeat when he made fun of their beloved “Rocky Top.”

MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--

BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.

by Bamagrad on Jul 1, 2009 1:36 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually, one of the big questions I have about all those vacated wins...

is how DO you calculate all-time records against teams in the affected games? The school can’t count those wins, but neither can the opponent. How do you figure up all-time records against teams when you have games that neither can count as a win?

Richard Pittman

by Richard Pittman on Jul 1, 2009 2:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs