Alabama vs. LSU by the numbers
No. 6 Alabama (7-1, 3-1) at No. 10 LSU (6-2, 4-1)
6 p.m. CDT Saturday (ESPN)
Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1 Player in Alabama history has scored more points than K Will Reichard, who enters Saturday’s game with 375. Reichard trails Leigh Tiffin, who holds the school record with 385 points.
3 Players in Alabama history have accumulated more yards of total offense than QB Bryce Young, who has 7,048 — 734 behind No. 3 Tua Tagovailoa in the school’s career rankings. The Alabama record-holder is AJ McCarron, with 8,969 yards of total offense from 2010 through 2013. Young also ranks fourth in Crimson Tide history in passing yards with 6,934. Young is 508 passing yards behind Tagovailoa on that list. McCarron also holds the Tide passing record with 9,019 yards.
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3 SEC victories for LSU have featured the Tigers coming back from double-digits deficits. On Sept. 17, LSU trailed Mississippi State 13-0 before posting a 31-16 victory. On Oct 1, LSU trailed Auburn 17-0 before taking a 21-17 win. On Oct. 22, LSU trailed Ole Miss 17-3 before rallying for a 45-20 victory. This is the first season that LSU has overcome deficits of 10-or-more points to win three times since 2007, when the Tigers overtook Florida, Auburn and Alabama on their way to the BCS national championship.
3 TD runs in each of the past two games for LSU QB Jayden Daniels. In a 45-35 victory over Florida on Oct. 15 and a 45-20 victory over Ole Miss on Oct. 22, Daniels became the third LSU player with back-to-back games with three rushing TDs this century. Leonard Fournette did it against Mississippi State and Auburn in 2015, and Labrandon Toefield had three TD runs against Tulane and Utah State in 2001. With nine rushing TDs this season, Daniels has surpassed the LSU QB record of six set by David Woodley in 1979 and equaled by four others. With 121 rushing yards against Ole Miss, Daniels also broke the LSU QB single-season rushing record by pushing his 2022 total to 524. Jordan Jefferson had set the school QB mark with 450 rushing yards in 2010.
4 Games among the past 203 at Tiger Stadium have included no points for LSU. All the shutouts were administered by Alabama. Since a 20-0 loss to Tennessee on Oct. 3, 1992, in Baton Rouge, LSU has failed to score at home against Alabama in 2002, 2012, 2016 and 2018.
5 Seasons were spent as LSU’s coach by Alabama coach Nick Saban. He had a 48-16 record with the Tigers from 2000 through 2004. Saban has an 12-4 record against LSU as Alabama’s coach. He had a 4-1 record against Alabama as LSU’s coach.
6.05 Yards per rushing attempt have been gained by Alabama this season, the best average in the nation. While the Crimson Tide ranks 80th in rushing attempts with an average of 34.88 per game, it ranks 17th in rushing yards with an average of 211.0. LSU’s opponents also have averaged 34.88 rushing attempts per game against the Tigers for 4.07 yards per attempt and 142.0 rushing yards per game.
14 Victories and five losses for Alabama in the game after in-season open dates under coach Nick Saban. Thirteen of those 19 games have come against LSU, with the Crimson Tide posting a 9-4 record in those contests. Neither Alabama nor LSU played last week.
16 Victories for Alabama and four victories for LSU when both teams are ranked and the Crimson Tide has the higher ranking. LSU scored its upsets in 1982, 1986, 2005 and 2010. Alabama leads the series 19-9-1 when both teams are ranked.
16 Consecutive victories in November for teams coached by LSU’s Brian Kelly. All the victories came at Notre Dame, which suffered its most recent loss in the 11th month to Stanford 38-20 on Nov. 25, 2017. LSU has won its past two November games. Alabama has won its past six November games, tied with Georgia and Ole Miss for the longest active winning streak in the SEC in the 11th month.
86 Previous games have been played between LSU and Alabama. The Crimson Tide leads the series 55-26-5.
98 Victories and 45 losses for Alabama coach Nick Saban in games against opponents ranked in the AP Poll. Saban has the most coaching victories against ranked opponents after passing former Penn State coach Joe Paterno, who had an 86-82 record against ranked teams.
153 Consecutive Alabama games have featured at least 10 points for the Crimson Tide, the longest streak for scoring in double figures in major-college football history by 28 games. Alabama most recently failed to score 10 points in a game in a 9-6 overtime loss to LSU on Nov. 5, 2011.
291 Games have been played by Alabama since it was most recently shut out, a school record and the third-longest scoring streak in SEC history. Alabama’s most recent shutout loss came 9-0 to Auburn on Nov. 18, 2000. Florida has a 431-game scoring streak going, and Georgia has scored in its past 352 games.
319 Yards on 18 punt returns for Alabama’s Kool-Aid McKinstry, 58 more yards than any other player in the nation has in the 2022 season. LSU has allowed an average of 13.4 yards on 10 punt-returns this season.
571 Coaching victories between LSU’s Brian Kelly and Alabama’s Nick Saban as college head coaches. Kelly has a 290-99-2 on-the-field record in 32 seasons at Grand Valley State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Notre Dame and LSU. Saban has a 281-68-1 on-the-field record in 27 seasons at Toledo, Michigan State, LSU and Alabama. They have squared off twice as head coaches in Alabama-Notre Dame games. Saban’s Crimson Tide defeated the Fighting Irish 42-14 in the BCS national championship game for the 2012 season and 31-14 in the Rose Bowl in a CFP semifinal game for the 2020 season.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.