Do you think Alabama performs better during night games?
You prefer night games?
How do you think Alabama actually has done under the lights since 2005?
Below is in an interesting article that breaks out all of the SEC teams since 2005 as to how each has done in night games overall and night games at home...
Alabama has a great record in night games since 2005... (But no team plays nearly as many night games as LSU)
Article:
Our team performs better under the lights. The home crowd’s more lively. Night games are fun.
All SEC fans assume the same thing — your team has a higher winning percentage when games kick-off as the sun goes down.
I’ve tried explaining this strange phenomena to co-workers here at SDS, but most of them aren’t buying it. So, like any writer would, I attempted to break through with statistical referencing, looking back at the last decade of SEC football games and presenting the facts.
After finishing up the exhausting research, nine of the SEC’s 14 teams have posted a better winning percentage at night — compared to an afternoon kickoff — since 2005 (so the hypothesis is correct).
Furthermore, not all schedules are created equal. LSU has played at night 43 more times than Georgia over the last decade, due in large part to TV broadcast selections and the fact nearly all of the Tigers’ home games during the Les Miles era kick-off in the evening.
Alabama holds the SEC’s highest home winning percentage at night at a sparkling 0.928. The Crimson Tide have won 26 out of 28 evening contests at Bryant-Denny since 2005.
SEC’S TOP WINNING PERCENTAGES IN NIGHT GAMES SINCE 2005
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (45-7 AT NIGHT; .865)
You prefer night games?
How do you think Alabama actually has done under the lights since 2005?
Below is in an interesting article that breaks out all of the SEC teams since 2005 as to how each has done in night games overall and night games at home...
Alabama has a great record in night games since 2005... (But no team plays nearly as many night games as LSU)
Article:
Our team performs better under the lights. The home crowd’s more lively. Night games are fun.
All SEC fans assume the same thing — your team has a higher winning percentage when games kick-off as the sun goes down.
I’ve tried explaining this strange phenomena to co-workers here at SDS, but most of them aren’t buying it. So, like any writer would, I attempted to break through with statistical referencing, looking back at the last decade of SEC football games and presenting the facts.
After finishing up the exhausting research, nine of the SEC’s 14 teams have posted a better winning percentage at night — compared to an afternoon kickoff — since 2005 (so the hypothesis is correct).
Furthermore, not all schedules are created equal. LSU has played at night 43 more times than Georgia over the last decade, due in large part to TV broadcast selections and the fact nearly all of the Tigers’ home games during the Les Miles era kick-off in the evening.
Alabama holds the SEC’s highest home winning percentage at night at a sparkling 0.928. The Crimson Tide have won 26 out of 28 evening contests at Bryant-Denny since 2005.
SEC’S TOP WINNING PERCENTAGES IN NIGHT GAMES SINCE 2005
- LSU .865 (71 wins, 11 losses)
- Alabama .865 (45 wins, 7 losses)
- Georgia .743 (29 wins, 10 losses)
- Mizzou .680 (34 wins, 16 losses)
- Texas A&M .677 (42 wins, 20 losses)
- Alabama .928 (26-2)
- LSU .900 (45-4)
- Mizzou .814 (22-5)
- Auburn .794 (27-7)
- Arkansas .756 (28-9)
- South Carolina .750 (30-10)
- Texas A&M .750 (24-8)
- Georgia .692 (9-4)
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (45-7 AT NIGHT; .865)
- Home: 26-2
- Away: 12-2
- Neutral: 7-3
- OVERALL: 107-26 (.765 in afternoon games)
- Home: 28-9
- Away: 3-6
- Neutral: 2-1
- OVERALL: 70-56 (.480 in afternoon games)
- Home: 27-7
- Away: 8-11
- Neutral: 3-2
- OVERALL: 87-42 (.680 in afternoon games)
- Home: 17-8
- Away: 10-6
- Neutral: 4-1
- OVERALL: 94-36 (.750 in afternoon games)
- Home: 9-4
- Away: 16-4
- Neutral: 4-2
- OVERALL: 94-38 (.698 in afternoon games)
- Home: 21-15
- Away: 3-15
- Neutral: 1-1
- OVERALL: 53-71 (.411 in afternoon games)
- Home: 45-5
- Away: 17-4
- Neutral: 9-2
- OVERALL: 103-29 (.640 in afternoon games)
- Home: 16-13
- Away: 4-13
- Neutral: 2-0
- OVERALL: 58-66 (.473 in afternoon games)
- Home: 23-14
- Away: 10-11
- Neutral: 1-1
- OVERALL: 64-60 (.468 in afternoon games)
- Home: 22-5
- Away: 8-8
- Neutral: 4-3
- OVERALL: 91-41 (.695 in afternoon games)
- Home: 30-10
- Away: 10-17
- Neutral: 0-1
- OVERALL: 84-45 (.721 in afternoon games)
- Home: 18-13
- Away: 9-10
- Neutral: 1-2
- OVERALL: 64-61 (.500 in afternoon games)
- Home: 24-8
- Away: 13-11
- Neutral: 5-1
- OVERALL: 75-52 (.507 in afternoon games)
- Home: 19-19
- Away: 7-16
- Neutral: N/A
- OVERALL: 52-71 (.419 in afternoon games)
