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Alabama vs USC Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEAlabama6 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD6–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOUSC2 recorded wins
8Recorded meetings
1938Earliest documented
2016Most 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.

8 games
  1. 1938
    Alabama19 — 7USC
    Sep 24, 1938Alabama won
  2. 1945
    Alabama34 — 14USC
    Jan 1, 1946Alabama won
  3. 1970
    Alabama21 — 42USC
    Sep 12, 1970USC won
  4. 1971
    Alabama17 — 10USC
    Sep 10, 1971Alabama won
  5. 1977
    Alabama21 — 20USC
    Oct 8, 1977Alabama won
  6. 1978
    Alabama14 — 24USC
    Sep 23, 1978USC won
  7. 1985
    Alabama24 — 3USC
    Dec 28, 1985Alabama won
  8. 2016
    Alabama52 — 6USC
    Sep 4, 2016Alabama wonAT&T Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2016Alabama vs USC52–6Alabama won
1985Alabama vs USC24–3Alabama won
1978Alabama vs USC14–24USC won
1977Alabama vs USC21–20Alabama won
1971Alabama vs USC17–10Alabama won
1970Alabama vs USC21–42USC won
1945Alabama vs USC34–14Alabama won
1938Alabama vs USC19–7Alabama 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.