When Is the Iron Bowl Between Alabama and Auburn

American college football rivalry

Iron Bowl

Alabama Crimson Tide Auburn Tigers
Sport	College football
First meeting	February 22, 1893 Auburn 32, Alabama 22
Latest meeting	November 28, 2020 Alabama 42, Auburn 13
Next meeting	November 27, 2021
Trophy	James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	85
All-time series	Alabama leads 47–37–1 (.559)[1]
Largest victory	Alabama, 55–0 (1948)
Longest win streak	Alabama, 9 (1973–1981)
Current win streak	Alabama, 1 (2020–present)

Locations of Alabama and Auburn

The Iron Bowl is the name given to the Alabama–Auburn football rivalry.^[2] It is an American college football rivalry game between the Auburn University Tigers and University of Alabama Crimson Tide, both charter members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The series is considered one of the most important football rivalries in American sports.^{[3] [4]}

As the rivalry, which started in 1893, was played for many years at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, the name "Iron Bowl" comes from Birmingham's historic role in the steel industry.^[5] Auburn Coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan is credited with actually coining it—when asked by reporters in 1964 how he would deal with the disappointment of not taking his team to a bowl game, he responded, "We've got our bowl game. We have it every year. It's the Iron Bowl in Birmingham."^[6]

Alabama has a winning record against all Southeastern Conference teams and leads the series with Auburn 47–37–1. The game was traditionally played on Thanksgiving weekend, but in 1993, the schools agreed to move the game up to the week before Thanksgiving to give themselves a bye for a potential SEC Championship Game berth. In 2007 the conference voted to disallow any team from having a bye before the league championship game, returning the game to its traditional Thanksgiving weekend spot.

The rivalry has long been one of the most heated collegiate rivalries in the country. It is all the more heated because the two schools have been among the nation's elite teams for most of the time since the 1950s. Together, they account for 36 SEC titles, 28 by Alabama and eight by Auburn. Both are among the winningest programs in major college football history; Alabama is third in all-time total wins among Division I FBS schools while Auburn is 13th. The two schools have been fixtures on national television since the late 1970s; the only time since then that the season-ending clash hasn't been nationally televised was in 1993, when Auburn was barred from live TV due to NCAA sanctions.

For much of the 20th century, the game was played every year in Birmingham, with Alabama winning 34 games and Auburn 19. Four games were played in Montgomery, Alabama, with each team winning two.^[7] Since 2000, the games have been played at Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn every odd-numbered year and at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa every even-numbered year.

History [edit]

The contest became the extension of a bitter political debate which took place in the Alabama State Legislature regarding the location of the new land-grant college under the state's application under the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 during the Civil War Reconstruction Era. The state legislature, influenced by a heavy contingent of representatives who were University of Alabama alumni, pushed to sell the land scripts of 240,000 acres acquired from the Morrill Act or have any new land holdings held in conjunction with the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The debate lasted over four years, until Lee County and the City of Auburn won the location of the new university in 1872, after donating more than a hundred acres and the remaining buildings and property of the East Alabama Male College.^[8] At the time of the Auburn decision the state legislature and governorship was controlled by Radical Republicans such as "Scalawag" Southern Republicans and Freedman African-Americans. By 1874, former Confederate and "Redeemer" forces from the Democratic Party gradually overturned the Radicals' control of the legislature. The Democrats then attempted to overturn most legislation passed during the Reconstruction Period, including the founding of the new land-grant college at Auburn.

During the 1870s, Auburn (then named the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama) which received no appropriated funds from the state, was on the edge of financial collapse. Collapse of Auburn meant that the University of Alabama could assume the remaining land scripts, thus profiting from the closure of the new land-grant college. After its closure and burning during the Civil War, the University of Alabama would reopen in 1871 and in 1880 the U.S. Congress granted the university 40,000 acres (162 km²) of coal land in partial compensation for $250,000 in war damages.^[9] "By 1877, competition between the University of Alabama and the Agricultural & Mechanical College for patronage had intensified. In January, Auburn President Isaac Tichenor reported to the board of trustees that Alabama had reduced its tuition and lowered its graduation standards. Tichenor responded by requesting that the board drop tuition and create a boarding department to further lower expenses."^[10]

The very first Iron Bowl—Feb 22, 1893

Alabama and Auburn played their first football game in Lakeview Park in Birmingham, Alabama, on February 22, 1893. Auburn won 32–22, before an estimated crowd of 5,000. Alabama considered the game to be the final matchup of the 1892 season while Auburn recorded it as the first matchup of 1893.

In 1902, a bill was introduced into both houses of the U.S. Congress to fund the creation of a "School of Mines and Mining Engineering" at each land-grant college. Under the provision of the bill, each participating land-grant college would receive $5,000 annually with $500 each additional year for 10 years. The University of Alabama secretly sent Professor Dr. Eugene Smith to lobby against passage of the bill or to amend the bill to allow other universities to participate in the federal program. Auburn responded by sending Professor C.C. Thach to D.C. to lobby with the Association of Land-Grant Colleges for a compromise to allow passage of the bill. The bill would later fail to receive passage.^[11]

During the 1907 state legislature session, a debate surfaced to move the land-grant college from Auburn to Birmingham.^[12] Meanwhile, tensions carried over to the football rivalry when, after both the 1906 and 1907 contests, Auburn head coach Mike Donahue threatened to cancel the series if Alabama head coach "Doc" Pollard continued employing his elaborate formations and shifts.^[13] The series was suspended after the 1907 game. The Alabama–Auburn series was originally thought to have been discontinued in response to violence both on the field and among fans during and after the 1907 game.^[14] Other sources say the game was canceled due to a disagreement between the schools on how much per diem to allow players for the trip to Birmingham, how many players each school should bring, and where to find officials. By the time all these matters were resolved, it was too late to play in 1908.^[14]

The first attempt to resume the series came only months after the 7–7 tie in 1907. The two schools, which ended the series because of a $34 dispute in the game contract, tried to save the series in 1908. In late September, Auburn agreed to accept a compromise contract as suggested by Alabama, and Alabama agreed to meet Auburn's demands on players and per diem. All that remained was the selection of a date. Auburn offered four possible dates to play. Before a reply was made, two of the dates passed and it was too late to change dates of other games. There were still two chances to play, including November 21 when Alabama had a game schedule with Haskell Institute, an Indian school, and November 28 (the Saturday after Thanksgiving that year). Alabama would not cancel the Haskell game, honoring its contract. That ruled out the 21st, and the Auburn Board of Trustees refused to change its long-standing rule prohibiting football games after Thanksgiving. The Auburn–Alabama series had stopped.^[15]

During the 1930s and into the 1940s while the football rivalry was in hiatus, Auburn under the leadership of President Duncan, became the administrative home for several New Deal agencies: the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, the Soil Conservation Service, and the Resettlement Administration. The federal Government funding flowing into Auburn soon drew the ire of the University of Alabama trustees and their partisans in the Alabama Legislature. President Duncan was able to influence the placement of these agencies at Auburn due to his support for Governor Bibb Graves. Both the president and the governor supported the New Deal faction of the Democratic Party in Alabama. Graves was well connected in Washington D.C. with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and often lobbied in D.C. on "plum-tree-shaking expeditions". Meanwhile, Duncan with his connections in the Alabama Farm Bureau and as the director of the Extension Service exercised great control over the organized farm vote. By the mid 1940s, the Democratic Party was splintering in Alabama, with the rise of the Dixiecrats and those who remained loyal to the national party. One of the most outspoken critics of Auburn was publisher Harry Ayers, who would later endorse Harry Truman in 1945. In 1940 Duncan had successfully opposed Ayers' candidacy as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, which deeply offended the publisher. The Anniston editor had been a long-time advocate of consolidating Auburn and Alabama, "so that Auburn would become the dangling tail of a Tuscaloosa kite". In August, 1942, President Duncan wrote to Raymond Paty, the newly-appointed president of the University of Alabama, that the relationship between their two schools was "of such magnitude and gravity" that he had given the question more attention than any other problem he faced as president. He urged Paty that Auburn and Alabama should agree upon a funding formula that would give each institution the same appropriation per in-state student, an idea which worked against the University of Alabama's self-image as the state's capstone university.^[16]

Auburn wanted to renew the football series in 1944. This time, Alabama said no. Alabama's Board of Trustees was against the resumption, saying that an Auburn–Alabama rivalry would lead to an overemphasis of football in Alabama and an unhealthy increase in rumor and rancor between the two schools. The Board also said an intrastate rivalry would make it impossible for either school to hire coaches of "high character and proven ability" because they would be afraid of beating the cross-state rival every year. After 1944, several legislative attempts were made to force the two schools to play again, but all attempts failed. The Legislature did, however, pass several resolutions calling on the two schools to play each other. Those resolutions were rejected by both schools.^[15]

During a 1945 legislative session, the University of Alabama's report to the commission (Alabama Educational Survey Commission) argued that the Tuscaloosa school had well-established and broad responsibilities for higher education in the state. Four times in Alabama history, higher education responsibilities had been delegated to other institutions. In three of the four cases, this occurred under a state government established during the Reconstruction period: creation of the normal schools, higher education for blacks, and establishment of the land-grant college at Auburn. The fourth case was the state women's college at Montevallo. In each case, this was argued to have resulted from "the illogic inherent in the evolution of a democratic government". The Alabama report drew a sharp response from then Auburn President Luther Duncan, who said that he had never seen "a bolder, more deliberate, more vicious, or more deceptive document". He predicted that if the friends of Auburn and Montevallo did not rise up to combat "this evil monster", it would consume them "just like the doctrine of Hitler". Duncan also remarked that according to Alabama, "Auburn is the illegitimate children... born out of the misery of the Reconstruction period."^[16]

By 1945, with the end of World War II, the GI Bill had inundated Auburn (then officially named the Alabama Polytechnic Institute), with students—doubling enrollment twice between 1944 and 1948. With the increased enrollment, it was now obvious that Auburn would never "become so weak that... it could be absorbed" by the University of Alabama.^[16]

In March 1947, the Auburn Board of Trustees, with Governor Jim Folsom in attendance, unanimously approved the following resolution, "Whereas, The Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the University of Alabama are important educational institutions of the State of Alabama and are maintained and operated by the people of the State; and Whereas, many years ago athletic relationship between the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the University of Alabama was discontinued; and Whereas, intercollegiate rivalry between the two institutions would be conducive to a better understanding among students of both schools and would tend to promote interest in athletic engagements in Alabama, therefore Be It Resolved by the Board of Trustees of Alabama Polytechnic Institute in meeting assembled, that the President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, through its Athletic Director, make necessary negotiation with the Director of Athletics of the University of Alabama to resume athletic competition between the two institutions at the earliest possible date, and that a copy of this resolution be furnished to the President and Athletic Director of the University of Alabama." The Governor then suggested that the game be played not later than the first Saturday in December 1947.^[17] Also during 1947, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a resolution encouraging both universities to "make possible the inauguration of a full athletic program between the two schools".^[18] But the resolution did not have the effect of law, the schools still could not agree, the Legislature threatened to withhold state funding. In April 1948, Alabama president John Gallalee and Auburn president Ralph B. Draughon met and agreed to renew the series in 1948 and for the following 1949 season.^[15]

It was agreed that the games would be played as a neutral site series in Birmingham. Legion Field held 47,000 fans in 1948, dwarfing both Tuscaloosa's Denny Stadium (31,000) and Auburn Stadium (15,000; expanded to 21,500 and renamed Cliff Hare Stadium in 1949).^[19] Also it is believed Alabama refused to travel to Auburn, citing poor roads and the small size of Hare Stadium. Alabama was joined in this sentiment by the Tennessee Volunteers (who refused to play in Auburn until 1974) and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (who did not travel to Auburn from 1900 to 1970). Auburn played its last home game at Legion Field, outside of the Iron Bowl, in 1978 against Tennessee.^{[20] [21]}

Between 1969 and 1987, Auburn made additions to Jordan–Hare Stadium until it eclipsed Legion Field in size. Auburn was in the process of expanding Jordan-Hare Stadium from 72,169 seats to 85,214 for the 1987 season, almost 10,000 more than Legion Field. had a capacity of 75,808. (Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium then seated a little over 60,000, but expanded to 70,123 in 1988.)^[19] By this time, Auburn fans began feeling chagrin at playing all Iron Bowl games at Legion Field. Despite the equal allotment of tickets, Auburn fans insisted that Legion Field was not a neutral site. Not only was Legion Field just 45 minutes east of Tuscaloosa, but the stadium had long been associated with Alabama football. Well into the 1980s, Alabama played most of its important games in Birmingham—most of Alabama's "home" football history from the 1920s to the 1980s actually took place at Legion Field. For this reason, Auburn began lobbying to make the Iron Bowl a "home-and-home" series. When Pat Dye became Auburn's head football coach and athletics director in 1981, he met with his longtime mentor, Alabama head coach and athletic director Bear Bryant. Dye recalled that at that meeting, "the first thing he said to me, very first thing, he said, 'Well, I guess you're going to want to take that game to Auburn.'" Dye confirmed that hunch, saying, "We're going to take it to Auburn." When Bryant noted that the schools' contract with Legion Field ran through 1988, Dye replied, "Well, we'll play 89 in Auburn." Although Auburn would have been well within its rights to move its home games to Jordan-Hare before then, Dye knew that Bryant was adamantly opposed to playing any Iron Bowl games in Auburn. He knew Bryant's standing in the state was such that it would be folly to attempt making the Iron Bowl a home-and-home series as long as Bryant was still alive.^[19]

In the late 80s, the schools agreed that Auburn could play their home games for the Iron Bowl at Jordan-Hare starting in 1989 (with the exception of 1991) and Alabama would continue to play its "home" games at Legion Field. On December 2, 1989, Alabama came to "the Plains" for the first time ever as a sellout crowd witnessed Auburn win its first true "home" game of the series, 30–20 over an Alabama team that entered the game undefeated and ranked No.2 in the country.

Alabama continued to hold its home games for the rivalry at Legion Field. In 1998, Alabama expanded Bryant–Denny Stadium to a capacity of 83,818, narrowly eclipsing Legion Field. Alabama moved their home games in the series to Bryant–Denny Stadium in 2000. That year, Auburn came to Tuscaloosa for the first time since 1901 and won in a defensive struggle, 9–0. A new attendance record for the Iron Bowl was set in 2006 as the latest expansion to Bryant–Denny Stadium increased its capacity to 92,138. The record was reset again in 2010, after another expansion to Alabama's Bryant–Denny Stadium, when a crowd of 101,821 witnessed a 28–27 Auburn victory.

Broadcasters [edit]

In 2009 and 2010 CBS Sports and the two universities arranged to have the game played in an exclusive time slot on the Friday following Thanksgiving. The 2009 game was the sixth Iron Bowl to be played on a Friday and the first one in 21 years.^[22] CBS did not attempt to renew the agreement after 2010 due to criticism from both fan bases, returning the game to its traditional Saturday date. Although CBS has broadcast the majority of Iron Bowl games since 1996 through its SEC coverage, ESPN has aired the game several times, from 1995 through 1999, 2003, and 2007. In 2014, CBS's decision to broadcast the Egg Bowl due to a number of factors (which included contractual limits on how many times CBS may feature certain teams, and the larger prominence of the Egg Bowl due to its potential effects on Mississippi State's participation in the College Football Playoff) resulted in ESPN broadcasting the first Iron Bowl played in primetime since 2007.^{[23] [24]}

Foy–ODK Trophy [edit]

The Foy–ODK Trophy is named after James E. Foy, a former dean of students at Auburn, and Omicron Delta Kappa, an honor society on both campuses since the 1920s. It is presented at halftime of the Alabama–Auburn basketball game later in the same academic year at the winner's home court, where the SGA President of the losing football team traditionally sings the winning team's fight song.

Notable games [edit]

February 22, 1893: This was the first meeting between Auburn and Alabama. Auburn beat Alabama in Birmingham 32–22.

1904: On November 12, Mike Donahue defeated Alabama, the purpose for his hiring.^[25]

1906: Alabama's star running back Auxford Burks scored all the game's points in a 10–0 victory. Auburn contended that Alabama player T. S. Sims was an illegal player, but the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) denied the claim. Alabama coach Doc Pollard used a "military shift" never before seen in the south to gain an advantage over Auburn.^[26]

1948: The rivalry resumed after being suspended for 41 years due to issues related to player per diems and officiating. Alabama beat Auburn 55–0 at Legion Field, which remains the largest margin of victory in series history.^[27]

1964: In the first Iron Bowl broadcast on national television,^[28] quarterback Joe Namath led Alabama to a 21–14 victory over Auburn.

1967: This was the first night game in the series. Thunderstorms soaked Legion Field, making the field extremely muddy. The game was frequently stopped to clear raincoats and other wet weather gear from the field. Late in the game, Alabama quarterback Ken Stabler ran 47 yards for a touchdown to give Alabama a 7–3 victory. This run became known in Alabama lore as the "run in the mud".^{[ citation needed ]}

1971: Both teams entered the game undefeated and untied for the first time in the series. No. 3 Alabama defeated No. 5 Auburn 31-7 at Legion Field.^{[ citation needed ]}

1972: Down 16–3 late in the game, Auburn blocked two punts and returned both for touchdowns, leading to an improbable 17–16 Auburn win and the coining of a new phrase among Auburn fans, "Punt Bama Punt!" In August 2010, ESPN.com ranked this game the 8th most painful outcome in college football history.^[29]

1981: Alabama coach Bear Bryant earned his 315th career victory after Alabama defeated Auburn 28–17. With the victory, Coach Bryant passed Amos Alonzo Stagg to become the all-time winningest FBS coach at the time. This was the final game in Alabama's nine-game winning streak over Auburn, the longest streak in Iron Bowl history.^[30]

1982: With two minutes left, Auburn drove the length of the field and scored a touchdown when running back Bo Jackson jumped over the top of the defensive line. Auburn won 23–22. The victory ended Alabama's nine-game winning streak over Auburn. This was the last Iron Bowl coached by Bear Bryant, who retired after the season and then died 60 days after the Auburn game.^{[ citation needed ]}

1984: Trailing 17–15 late in the game, Auburn had 4th-and-goal from the one-yard line. Opting to go for it, Auburn called a pitch to running back Brent Fullwood. Running back Bo Jackson, who was supposed to block for Fullwood, ran the wrong direction, allowing the Alabama defense to easily push Fullwood out of bounds short of the goal line to seal the victory.^{[31] [32]}

1985: Alabama beat Auburn 25–23 on a 52-yard field goal by Van Tiffin as time expired. A close game was elevated by the "epic" fourth quarter "with the teams trading haymakers and the lead changing hands four times." Alabama drove from their own 20-yard-line in the final minute, including a fourth-down flanker reverse to keep the drive alive. As recently as 2015, longtime sports reporter Paul Finebaum remarked, "It's still the greatest football game I've ever seen."^[33]

1989 No. 11 Auburn hosted No. 2 Alabama in the first Iron Bowl game played on Auburn's home field. Auburn won 30-20, ending Alabama's national title hopes, and sharing the SEC Championship that year between the two schools, along with Tennessee, giving Auburn their third straight conference championship. Alabama coach Bill Curry was fired after the season, after failing to beat Auburn in three consecutive seasons.

1993: No. 6 Auburn defeated No. 11 Alabama 22–14. The game, at Jordan Hare Stadium, was not televised due to Auburn's probation but was shown on closed-circuit television before 47,421 fans at Bryant–Denny Stadium.^{[ citation needed ]}

1994: Both teams entered the game undefeated for the first time since 1971. No. 4 Alabama defeated No. 6 Auburn 21–14 to win the SEC West.

2000: In the first Iron Bowl played in Bryant–Denny Stadium and the first played in Tuscaloosa since 1901, Auburn kicked three field goals to beat Alabama 9–0. This would be Mike Dubose's final game as Alabama head coach. It is also to date the last time Alabama has been shut out in any game.^{[34] [35]}

2005: No. 11 Auburn defeated No. 8 Alabama 28-18 at Jordan-Hare, recording 11 sacks on Alabama quarterback Brodie Croyle, in what came to be known as "The Sack Game" among Auburn fans.

2009: As Auburn led Alabama 21-20 at the beginning of the 4th quarter, Alabama's national championship hopes were on the line. Starting midway through the 4th quarter, Alabama would go on a 15 play, 79 yard drive that would last over 7 minutes game time. During the drive, Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy completed 6 consecutive passes, 4 of which to wide receiver Julio Jones for a total of 59 yards. After reaching the Auburn 4 yard line with 1:24 left in the game, McElroy faked a handoff to running back Trent Richardson, while fullback Roy Upchurch went into the end zone to catch a pass from McElroy for the winning touchdown. Alabama won 26-21 and would go on to win the SEC and national championship and complete a 14-0 undefeated season. Alabama fans would refer to this game as "The Drive."

2010: No. 2 Auburn defeated No. 11 Alabama 28–27 in Tuscaloosa after erasing a 24–0 deficit—the largest comeback win in series history.^[36] This game would be referred to as "The Camback" after Auburn Heisman winning quarterback, Cam Newton, led the comeback.

2013: With one second remaining and the game tied 28–28, Alabama's freshman kicker Adam Griffith attempted a 57-yard potential game-winning field goal. The kick fell short, and Auburn cornerback Chris Davis caught the ball at the back of the endzone and returned it 109 yards for the game-winning touchdown as time expired in what became known as the "Kick Six" game.^{[37] [38]} The 2013 Iron Bowl won the ESPY Award for "Best Game" of the year in any sport, and the final play by Davis won the ESPY Award for "Best Play" of the year.

2014: No. 1 Alabama defeated No. 15 Auburn 55–44, the highest scoring Iron Bowl ever.^[39]

2017: No. 6 Auburn defeated No. 1 Alabama, 26–14, their largest margin of victory over Alabama since 1969. Even though Alabama did not win the Western Division or SEC Conference title, the loss did not ultimately prevent Alabama from winning the 2017 national championship, marking the first time that either school went on to win a national championship after losing the Iron Bowl.^{[ citation needed ]}

2018: No. 1 Alabama defeated Auburn 52-21. The 31-point margin would go down as the worst loss of Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn's career. Alabama was led by sophomore quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who passed for 5 touchdowns and ran for one more. It would be the first time that an Alabama player would score 6 touchdowns in a single game.^[40] The 2018 Iron Bowl would be the only game that Tagovailoa would start versus the Tigers, as an injury would end his season prematurely the following year.

2019: No. 15 Auburn defeated No. 5 Alabama, 48–45, in a classic back-and-forth match. After losing starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to injury earlier in the season, sophomore Mac Jones would be asked to step in and lead Alabama against the Tigers. Auburn intercepted two of Jones' passes over the course of the game, returning both for touchdowns. With 2:00 remaining, Alabama would miss a game-tying field goal that "doinked" off the upright. On the ensuing possession, Alabama would limit Auburn's offense and force a three-and-out with just 1:04 remaining. Auburn would line up to punt on 4th-down and 4 yards to go, but surprised Alabama with a unique formation - the punter was lined up as a wide receiver. This caused some confusion on the Alabama sideline, leading to an illegal substitution penalty for having 12 players on the field. The 5-yard penalty gave Auburn a new set of downs and the ability to end the game by running out the remaining time. With the loss, Alabama was knocked out of playoff contention for the first time since the creation of the Playoff in 2014. This loss also marked the first time Alabama had two or more regular-season losses since 2010.^[41]

Game results [edit]

Since 1893, the Crimson Tide and Tigers have played 85 times. Alabama leads the series 47–37–1. The game has been played in four cities: Auburn, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa. Alabama leads the series in Birmingham (34–18–1). Auburn leads the series in Tuscaloosa (7–6) and Auburn (10–5). The series is tied in Montgomery (2–2). Alabama leads the series since it was resumed in the modern era in 1948 (42–30). Interestingly, as of 2020, the series is tied 18-18 since the retirement of Coach Bear Bryant. For the first time in the series history, five consecutive Iron Bowl winners went to the BCS National Championship Game: Alabama in 2009,^[42] Auburn in 2010,^[43] and Alabama again in 2011^[44] and 2012. Auburn also went in 2013, but lost to Florida State. Alabama's 2009 BCS National Championship followed by Auburn's 2010 BCS National Championship marks the first time that two different teams from the same state won consecutive BCS National Championships.

Alabama victories

Auburn victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
1	February 22, 1893	Birmingham	Auburn	32	Alabama	22
2	November 29, 1893	Montgomery	Auburn	40	Alabama	16
3	November 29, 1894	Montgomery	Alabama	18	Auburn	0
4	November 23, 1895	Tuscaloosa	Auburn	48	Alabama	0
5	November 17, 1900	Montgomery	Auburn	53	Alabama	5
6	November 15, 1901	Tuscaloosa	Auburn	17	Alabama	0
7	October 18, 1902	Birmingham	Auburn	23	Alabama	0
8	October 23, 1903	Montgomery	Alabama	18	Auburn	6
9	November 12, 1904	Birmingham	Auburn	29	Alabama	5
10	November 18, 1905	Birmingham	Alabama	30	Auburn	0
11	November 17, 1906	Birmingham	Alabama	10	Auburn	0
12	November 16, 1907	Birmingham	Tie	6	Tie	6
13	December 4, 1948	Birmingham	Alabama	55	Auburn	0
14	December 3, 1949	Birmingham	Auburn	14	Alabama	13
15	December 2, 1950	Birmingham	#16 Alabama	34	Auburn	0
16	December 2, 1951	Birmingham	Alabama	25	Auburn	7
17	November 29, 1952	Birmingham	#8 Alabama	21	Auburn	0
18	November 28, 1953	Birmingham	Alabama	10	#16 Auburn	7
19	November 27, 1954	Birmingham	#15 Auburn	28	Alabama	0
20	November 26, 1955	Birmingham	#10 Auburn	26	Alabama	0
21	December 1, 1956	Birmingham	Auburn	34	Alabama	7
22	November 30, 1957	Birmingham	#1 Auburn	40	Alabama	0
23	November 29, 1958	Birmingham	#2 Auburn	14	Alabama	8
24	November 28, 1959	Birmingham	#19 Alabama	10	#11 Auburn	0
25	November 26, 1960	Birmingham	#17 Alabama	3	#8 Auburn	0
26	December 2, 1961	Birmingham	#1 Alabama	34	Auburn	0
27	December 1, 1962	Birmingham	#5 Alabama	38	Auburn	0
28	November 30, 1963	Birmingham	#9 Auburn	10	#6 Alabama	8
29	November 26, 1964	Birmingham	#2 Alabama	21	Auburn	14
30	November 27, 1965	Birmingham	#5 Alabama	30	Auburn	3
31	December 3, 1966	Birmingham	#3 Alabama	31	Auburn	0
32	December 2, 1967	Birmingham	#8 Alabama	7	Auburn	3
33	November 30, 1968	Birmingham	#15 Alabama	24	#18 Auburn	16
34	November 29, 1969	Birmingham	#12 Auburn	49	Alabama	26
35	November 28, 1970	Birmingham	#11 Auburn	33	Alabama	28
36	November 27, 1971	Birmingham	#3 Alabama	31	#5 Auburn	7
37	December 2, 1972	Birmingham	#9 Auburn	17	#2 Alabama	16
38	December 1, 1973	Birmingham	#1 Alabama	35	Auburn	0
39	November 29, 1974	Birmingham	#2 Alabama	17	#7 Auburn	13
40	November 29, 1975	Birmingham	#4 Alabama	28	Auburn	0
41	November 27, 1976	Birmingham	#18 Alabama	38	Auburn	7
42	November 26, 1977	Birmingham	#2 Alabama	48	Auburn	21
43	December 2, 1978	Birmingham	#2 Alabama	34	Auburn	16
44	December 1, 1979	Birmingham	#1 Alabama	25	#14 Auburn	18

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
45	November 29, 1980	Birmingham	#9 Alabama	34	Auburn	18
46	November 28, 1981	Birmingham	#4 Alabama	28	Auburn	17
47	November 27, 1982	Birmingham	Auburn	23	Alabama	22
48	December 3, 1983	Birmingham	#3 Auburn	23	#19 Alabama	20
49	December 1, 1984	Birmingham	Alabama	17	#11 Auburn	15
50	November 30, 1985	Birmingham	Alabama	25	#7 Auburn	23
51	November 29, 1986	Birmingham	#14 Auburn	21	#7 Alabama	17
52	November 27, 1987	Birmingham	#7 Auburn	10	#18 Alabama	0
53	November 25, 1988	Birmingham	#7 Auburn	15	#17 Alabama	10
54	December 2, 1989	Auburn	#11 Auburn	30	#2 Alabama	20
55	December 1, 1990	Birmingham	Alabama	16	#20 Auburn	7
56	November 30, 1991	Birmingham	#8 Alabama	13	Auburn	6
57	November 26, 1992	Birmingham	#2 Alabama	17	Auburn	0
58	November 20, 1993	Auburn	#6 Auburn	22	#11 Alabama	14
59	November 19, 1994	Birmingham	#4 Alabama	21	#6 Auburn	14
60	November 18, 1995	Auburn	#21 Auburn	31	#17 Alabama	27
61	November 23, 1996	Birmingham	#15 Alabama	24	Auburn	23
62	November 22, 1997	Auburn	#13 Auburn	18	Alabama	17
63	November 21, 1998	Birmingham	Alabama	31	Auburn	17
64	November 20, 1999	Auburn	#8 Alabama	28	Auburn	17
65	November 18, 2000	Tuscaloosa	#17 Auburn	9	Alabama	0
66	November 17, 2001	Auburn	Alabama	31	#17 Auburn	7
67	November 23, 2002	Tuscaloosa	Auburn	17	#9 Alabama	7
68	November 22, 2003	Auburn	Auburn	28	Alabama	23
69	November 20, 2004	Tuscaloosa	#2 Auburn	21	Alabama	13
70	November 19, 2005	Auburn	#11 Auburn	28	#8 Alabama	18
71	November 18, 2006	Tuscaloosa	#15 Auburn	22	Alabama	15
72	November 24, 2007	Auburn	#25 Auburn	17	Alabama	10
73	November 29, 2008	Tuscaloosa	#1 Alabama	36	Auburn	0
74	November 27, 2009	Auburn	#2 Alabama	26	Auburn	21
75	November 26, 2010	Tuscaloosa	#2 Auburn	28	#9 Alabama	27
76	November 26, 2011	Auburn	#2 Alabama	42	#24 Auburn	14
77	November 24, 2012	Tuscaloosa	#2 Alabama	49	Auburn	0
78	November 30, 2013	Auburn	#4 Auburn	34	#1 Alabama	28
79	November 29, 2014	Tuscaloosa	#2 Alabama	55	#15 Auburn	44
80	November 28, 2015	Auburn	#2 Alabama	29	Auburn	13
81	November 26, 2016	Tuscaloosa	#1 Alabama	30	#16 Auburn	12
82	November 25, 2017	Auburn	#6 Auburn	26	#1 Alabama	14
83	November 24, 2018	Tuscaloosa	#1 Alabama	52	Auburn	21
84	November 30, 2019	Auburn	#16 Auburn	48	#5 Alabama	45
85	November 28, 2020	Tuscaloosa	#1 Alabama	42	#22 Auburn	13
86	November 27, 2021	Auburn
Series: Alabama leads 47–37–1[1]

See also [edit]

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• Alabama–Auburn men's basketball rivalry

References [edit]

Informational notes

Citations

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4. ^ Rappoport, Ken; Barry Wilner (2007). "The Iron Bowl: Auburn–Alabama". Football Feuds: The Greatest College Football Rivalries. Globe Pequot. p. 77. ISBN978-1-59921-014-8.
5. ^ Hyland, Tim. "Alabama–Auburn Rivalry—The Iron Bowl". About.com. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
6. ^ "Iron Bowl 1964 was the first nationally televised, possibly the first called Iron Bowl". November 26, 2014.
7. ^ Staff (2016) "The Iron Bowl—wins and losses through the years" WSFA website
8. ^ "The Old South, Civil War, and Reconstruction". oldsouth.com. Auburn Education. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
9. ^ Wolf, Suzanne Rau (1983). The University of Alabama: A Pictorial History. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. ISBN0-8173-0119-4.
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11. ^ "1902 Board Minutes of Alabama Polytechnic University". Auburn University Digital Library . Retrieved December 17, 2019.
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13. ^ Groom, 2000, p. 16.
14. ^ ^{a b} Norman, Geoffrey (1986). Alabama Showdown. Kensington Publishing Company. pp. 48–50. ISBN0-8217-2157-7.
15. ^ ^{a b c} staff, AL com (November 26, 2010). "Iron Bowl history: The missing decades (1907-1949)". al.
16. ^ ^{a b c} "Auburn University Digital Library". diglib.auburn.edu.
17. ^ "1947 [pdf for printing]: Board Minutes of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute :: Auburn University Board of Trustees Minutes". content.lib.auburn.edu.
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19. ^ ^{a b c} "How Pat Dye helped bring Iron Bowl to Auburn in 1989". al. November 25, 2019.
20. ^ "UA Football Facts—Week 10, 2000". November 19, 2008. Archived from the original on November 19, 2008.
21. ^ "This is Alabama Football: Iron Bowl" (PDF). University of Alabama Athletics. p. 157. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
22. ^ "Iron Bowl moves to Friday Rivalry game falls on day after Thanksgiving". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
23. ^ "How ESPN landed the Iron Bowl, plus more Media Circus". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved November 27, 2014.
24. ^ "Paul Finebaum hears 'train wreck' predictions for live Iron Bowl show, phones ready this time". AL.com. November 26, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
25. ^ A History of Southern Football by Fuzzy Woodruff, Volume 1, page 167
26. ^ Walsh, Christopher (September 15, 2016). 100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. Triumph Books. ISBN9781633196445 – via Google Books.
27. ^ Little, Tom (December 5, 1948). [history.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cOk-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mk0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6252%2C5186545 "Tide Whitewashes Auburn, 55–0"]. The Tuscaloosa News . Retrieved August 23, 2012.
28. ^ Lemke, Tim (November 27, 2009). "First Down: Best Auburn–Alabama games". The Washington Times . Retrieved November 25, 2011.
29. ^ "College Football: House of Pain—ESPN". ESPN.com.
30. ^ "Football History vs University of Alabama from Feb 22, 1893 - Nov 28, 2020". AuburnTigers.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
31. ^ "Upsets do happen". Press-Register. November 26, 2008. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
32. ^ Lowry, Will (December 2, 1984). "Dye defends decision to go for TD". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 13B. Retrieved November 27, 2011. .
33. ^ "The Kick Lives on".
34. ^ "Auburn at Alabama Box Score, November 18, 2000". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
35. ^ "When was the last time each SEC team got shut out at home?". SaturdaydownSouth.com. November 5, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
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37. ^ "Auburn stuns Alabama with 109-yard field-goal return to end it:Play by Play". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
38. ^ "Auburn stuns Alabama with 109-yard field-goal return to end it". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
39. ^ "No. 1 Alabama rides WR Amari Cooper's 3 TDs by No. 15 Auburn". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
40. ^ "Tagovailoa, No. 1 Alabama race away from Auburn, 52-21". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
41. ^ "No. 16 Auburn upends No. 5 Alabama's playoff hopes, 48-45". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
42. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (January 7, 2010). "Alabama sidesteps Texas' charge to emerge with BCS title". USA Today . Retrieved January 16, 2012.
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Bibliography

• Anderson, Lars, "Alabama: State Of The Rivalry—Auburn's national title stirred no Crimson pride in neighboring Tuscaloosa", Sports Illustrated (January 24, 2011).
• Groom, Winston. The Crimson Tide—An Illustrated History. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-8173-1051-6.

External links [edit]

• Iron Bowl article in the Encyclopedia of Alabama
• Iron Bowl History: Thrilling Moments
• The Iron Bowl

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