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Alabama vs Penn State Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Alabama and Penn State.

PROGRAM ONEAlabama10 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD10–5WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOPenn State5 recorded wins
15Recorded meetings
1959Earliest documented
2011Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

15 games
  1. 1959
    Alabama0 — 7Penn State
    Dec 19, 1959Penn State won
  2. 1975
    Alabama13 — 6Penn State
    Dec 31, 1975Alabama won
  3. 1978
    Alabama14 — 7Penn State
    Jan 1, 1979Alabama won
  4. 1981
    Alabama31 — 16Penn State
    Nov 14, 1981Alabama won
  5. 1982
    Alabama42 — 21Penn State
    Oct 9, 1982Alabama won
  6. 1983
    Alabama28 — 34Penn State
    Oct 8, 1983Penn State won
  7. 1984
    Alabama6 — 0Penn State
    Oct 13, 1984Alabama won
  8. 1985
    Alabama17 — 19Penn State
    Oct 12, 1985Penn State won
  9. 1986
    Alabama3 — 23Penn State
    Oct 25, 1986Penn State won
  10. 1987
    Alabama24 — 13Penn State
    Sep 12, 1987Alabama won
  11. 1988
    Alabama8 — 3Penn State
    Oct 22, 1988Alabama won
  12. 1989
    Alabama17 — 16Penn State
    Oct 28, 1989Alabama won
  13. 1990
    Alabama0 — 9Penn State
    Oct 27, 1990Penn State won
  14. 2010
    Alabama24 — 3Penn State
    Sep 11, 2010Alabama wonBryant-Denny Stadium
  15. 2011
    Alabama27 — 11Penn State
    Sep 10, 2011Alabama wonBeaver Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2011Alabama vs Penn State27–11Alabama won
2010Alabama vs Penn State24–3Alabama won
1990Alabama vs Penn State0–9Penn State won
1989Alabama vs Penn State17–16Alabama won
1988Alabama vs Penn State8–3Alabama won
1987Alabama vs Penn State24–13Alabama won
1986Alabama vs Penn State3–23Penn State won
1985Alabama vs Penn State17–19Penn State won
1984Alabama vs Penn State6–0Alabama won
1983Alabama vs Penn State28–34Penn State won
1982Alabama vs Penn State42–21Alabama won
1981Alabama vs Penn State31–16Alabama won
1978Alabama vs Penn State14–7Alabama won
1975Alabama vs Penn State13–6Alabama won
1959Alabama vs Penn State0–7Penn State won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.