Alabama's 2018 schedule begins with Louisville in Orlando on Saturday, Sept. 1, and ends with Auburn in the Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, Nov. 24.
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It will be the Crimson Tide's seventh consecutive season opener at a neutral site. They began playing neutral-site openers in 2012 with a demolition of Michigan in Arlington, Texas, and most recently beat Florida State in Atlanta last September.
Though Lamar Jackson will be gone, the Cardinals will still be a fringe top-25 team returning a lot of talent on both sides of the ball, including receiver Dez Fitzpatrick. It will be the teams' fourth-ever meeting and first since 1991, a Louisville win in the Fiesta Bowl, their first win in the three-game series.
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Alabama has their home opener a week later on Sept. 8 vs. Arkansas State and opens SEC play the following Saturday vs. Ole Miss on the road. Other notable games include a visit from Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M on Sept. 22, trip to LSU on Nov. 3 and the Iron Bowl in the regular-season finale. They also play former defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt and his new team, Tennessee in Knoxville, on Oct. 20.
Here's the full 2018 Alabama football schedule:
| Date | Opponent |
|---|---|
| Saturday, Sept. 1 | vs. Louisville (Orlando) |
| Saturday, Sept. 8 | vs. Arkansas State |
| Saturday, Sept. 15 | at Ole Miss |
| Saturday, Sept. 22 | vs. Texas A&M |
| Saturday, Sept. 29 | vs. Louisiana |
| Saturday, Oct. 6 | at Arkansas |
| Saturday, Oct. 13 | vs. Missouri |
| Saturday, Oct. 20 | at Tennessee |
| Saturday, Oct. 27 | BYE |
| Saturday, Nov. 3 | at LSU |
| Saturday, Nov. 10 | vs. Mississippi State |
| Saturday, Nov. 17 | vs. The Citadel |
| Saturday, Nov. 24 | vs. Auburn |
