By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor
The last LSU-Alabama annual football game will kick off during the day time on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 2:30 p.m. on ABC.
But by the time it reaches the fourth quarter, the sun will be setting on Tiger Stadium as Daylight Savings Time ends this Sunday at 2 a.m. when clocks will fall back to 1 a.m.
LSU and Alabama, which has been the signature Southeastern Conference rivalry for most of this century, will kick off during the day this season for the first time since 2019 when No. 1 LSU beat No. 2 Alabama, 46-41, in a Game of The Century at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. LSU went on to win its last national title at 15-0. The last six LSU-Bama games kicked off at night.
This will be the first day game between LSU and Alabama in Tiger Stadium since 2010 when No. 12 LSU beat No. 5 Alabama, 24-21, on CBS. Seven straight night time clashes between the Tigers and Tide followed in Tiger Stadium with Alabama all but one – a 32-31 overtime win by LSU on Nov. 5, 2022.
The No. 15 Tigers (6-2, 3-2 SEC) and No. 10 Crimson Tide (6-2, 4-2 SEC) are both open this week.
After that game, LSU and Alabama will not meet in the 2027 season because of SEC schedule changes made before this season that has all league teams playing nine league games in 2026 instead of eight. LSU’s new permanent opponents for the first four-year rotation that began this season are Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Arkansas. Alabama and LSU have met in every season since 1964. The two programs did not play from 1959-63.
After not playing in 2027, LSU will play at Alabama in 2028 with no game in 2029. The second four-year rotation begins in 2030, and the rotation could be altered between now and then, so the next LSU-Bama meeting after 2028 is not yet known.
Alabama leads the series with LSU, 58-27-5, including a 30-10-2 advantage in Baton Rouge, 16-10 in Tuscaloosa, 8-5-1 in Birmingham and 4-2-2 at other sites in Mobile (1-2-1), Montgomery (2-0) and New Orleans (1-0-1). The Tide has won three in a row overall and six of the last seven in Tiger Stadium.
The other SEC games on Nov. 7 will be:
-Texas at Missouri, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN
-Arkansas at Auburn, 11:45 a.m., SEC Network
-Texas A&M at South Carolina, 2 p.m., ESPN
-Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 3:15 p.m., ESPN
-Kentucky at Tennessee, 5:15 p.m., ESPN
-Georgia at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m., ABC
-Oklahoma at Florida, 6:45 p.m., SEC Network
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