Alabama, Texas announce home-and-home football series

Alabama and Texas announced the two teams have scheduled a home-and-home football series to be played in 2022 and 2023.

The first game will be played on Sept. 10, 2022, in Austin, Texas, and the Longhorns will travel to Tuscaloosa on Sept. 9, 2023.

“We are pleased and happy to be able to add an opponent the caliber of the University of Texas to our non-conference schedule,” Alabama head coach Nick Saban said in a statement. “The Crimson Tide and Longhorns have played a lot of memorable games over the years and the addition of this home-and-home series will be great for not only our fans, but fans of college football.”

Texas is 7-1-1 all-time against Alabama.

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