When the Alabama Crimson Tide take the field Saturday night in Norman, they will be doing so against one of the newest members to the SEC in the Oklahoma Sooners.
Having joined the conference from the Big 12 this season, Oklahoma is an opponent that Alabama are not as familiar with however, as the two teams have not met since 2018, as well as during the regular season since 2003.
A matchup that dates back to 1962, Oklahoma leads the all-time series over Alabama a combined 3-2-1, with the Sooners having also owned the recent history against the Crimson Tide, aside from one meeting.
Alabama won the first-ever meeting between the two back in 1962 in Miami, with the two teams eventually tying the next game in 1970 in Houston. The Crimson Tide would not win another game in the series until the most recent in 2018, where Alabama topped the Sooners by a final score of 45-34 in the College Football Playoff Semifinal, which also took place in Miami.
Between that tie and the 2018 game however, Alabama struggled against the Sooners by losing three-straight, likely the most high-profile of which was the 2013 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans where Oklahoma defeated the Crimson Tide, 45-31. The other two meetings came in Norman back in 2002, as well as in Tuscaloosa a year later in 2003.
In fact, Alabama and Oklahoma have met only once before in Norman, as well as Tuscaloosa. Alabama’s lone trip to Norman, as mentioned previously, was a loss, falling by a final score of 37-27 in 2002.
Will the Crimson Tide pick up their third win all-time against Oklahoma on Saturday night?