Alabama will play at Wallace Wade Stadium for the first time on Saturday vs Duke

Top-ranked Alabama makes its first road trip of the 2010 season with a visit to Durham, North Carolina, to take on the Duke Blue Devils at 2:30 p.m. (CDT) on Saturday, Sept. 18, at Wallace Wade Stadium. It will be the fourth meeting between the two schools but the first trip to Durham for the Tide. The Blue Devils are 1-1 on the season with a 41-27 win over Elon and a 54-48 loss to Wake Forest. The game will be televised on ABC with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m. CD)/3:30 p.m. EDT. Beth Mowins will call the action with Ray Bentley as the color analyst and Jenn Brown reporting from the sideline. Eli Gold and Phil Savage will handle the radio call on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Barry Krauss on the sidelines. Alabama has won the last two meetings against Duke in a series that dates back to the 1945 Sugar Bowl. The Crimson Tide own a 2-1 lead in the series after capturing a 30-14 win in Tuscaloosa in 2006 and a 35-12 victory in Birmingham in 1972. Duke's win in the series came at the conclusion of the 1944 season with a 29-26 victory in the 1945 Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. This is the Crimson Tide's first visit to Wallace Wade Stadium, which is named after the former Crimson Tide coach that led Alabama for eight seasons from 1923-30 before leading Alabama to its first three national championships in 1925, 1926 and 1930, before departing for Duke, where he coached the Blue Devils for 16 seasons from 1931-50. Alabama opens SEC play on Sept. 25 with a visit to Fayetteville, Ark., to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Crimson Tide lead the series 10-8 after a dominating 35-7 win over the Razorbacks last season in Tuscaloosa. The Tide has now won three straight in the series and four of the last five contests. Alabama's last visit to Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium came in 2008, a commanding 49-14 Alabama victory.