Vanderbilt at Auburn

Saturday, October 19, 1929

Vanderbilt beat Auburn 41–⁠2. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 8–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayVanderbilt7–⁠2 in 1929
41
HomeAuburn2–⁠7 in 1929
2

FinalHigh 81°F, low 56°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VANDERBILT RUNS WILD, TRIMMING AUBURN, 41-2

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1929, page 81

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    VANDERBILT RUNS WILD, TRIMMING AUBURN, 41–⁠2 BIRMINGHAM. Ala, October 10 (P.-Vanderbilt gave Auburn’s come back efforts severe jolting here today in a game that was the Commodores’ from the very start. The final score was Al to 2. Leonard’s line plunging, aided and abetted by the accurate passing Of Parker and the broken field work of McIlwain, who with Parker saw service but for half the game, was the refrain for a steady beat of six touchdowns against the Orange and Blue goal posts. The two points made by Auburn was the result of Schwarz having stepped out of the end zone back Of his goal line after booting @ magnificent 65-yard punt

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Vanderbilt 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Auburn leads 22–⁠20–⁠1 in 43 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Auburn 21, Vanderbilt 15
2025Vanderbilt 45, Auburn 38
2024Vanderbilt 17, Auburn 7
2023Auburn 31, Vanderbilt 15
2016Auburn 23, Vanderbilt 16
2012Vanderbilt 17, Auburn 13

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