re: Interesting facts about neutral site games, mostly Bama related.

Great post Evolved.

Just to add.

If our current future neutral site commitments hold we will play 10 consecutive neutral site openers through 2021 and 12 total in the Saban era. We have played 13 neutral site regular season games in the Saban era.

Neutral Site Openers

7 in Atlanta
4 in Dallas
1 in Orlando

Neutral site regular season non opener:

1 in Jacksonville (Game 5, 2007)

Opponents and conferences:

1 Pac 12 game (USC 2016)
1 Big 12 game (West Virginia 2014)
2 Big 10 games (Michigan 2012, Wisconsin 2015)
7 ACC games (Clemson 2008, Virginia Tech 2009 and 2013, Florida State 2017, Louisville 2018, Duke 2019, Miami 2021)
1 TBD

*Neutral site regular season game non opener

1 ACC game (Florida State 2007)

Alabama is currently 8-0 in neutral site openers in the Saban era.

Average score neutral site openers:

Bama: 36
Opponents: 13.875

ETA:

In 2007 Alabama did have a neutral site game, however it was not a season opener. Bama played Florida State in Jacksonville, FL the 5th game of the season and lost to the Seminoles 14-21.

This is the only non opener regular season neutral site game during the Saban era and his only neutral site regular season loss at Alabama. It is also important to remember that the game was supposedly in 2007 and there is serious debate whether that year really ever happened at all.

Fun fact per 3down10:

Florida State was forced to vacate our one neutral site regular season loss due to NCAA violations. However, if we had won we would have been required to vacate the win as well. As I stated earlier there is continued debate as to if 2007 ever happened.