Vanderbilt at Auburn
Saturday, October 19, 1929 Share
Vanderbilt beat Auburn 41–2. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 8–5–1.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 56°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Vanderbilt–Auburn gameAuburn leads 22–20–1 in 43 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.
| 2026 | Auburn 21, Vanderbilt 15 | |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt 45, Auburn 38 | |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt 17, Auburn 7 | |
| 2023 | Auburn 31, Vanderbilt 15 | |
| 2016 | Auburn 23, Vanderbilt 16 | |
| 2012 | Vanderbilt 17, Auburn 13 |
Around this game
Vanderbilt
- Next gamevs. Maryville (TN)Oct. 26, 1929
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1929
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records
Auburn
- Next gamevs. SamfordOct. 26, 1929
- SeasonAuburn in 1929
- ProgramAuburn history and records

