Florida at Auburn

Saturday, November 28, 1936

Auburn beat Florida 13–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 10–⁠7.

AwayFlorida4–⁠6 in 1936
0
HomeAuburn7–⁠2–⁠2 in 1936
13

FinalHigh 56°F, low 25°FAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: AUBURN, FLORIDA GAME REAL FIGHT Both Sides Fling Fists as Alabama Poly Defeats Gators, 13 to 0.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 29, 1936, page 25

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    AUBURN, FLORIDA GAME REAL FIGHT Both Sides Fling Fists as Alabama Poly Defeats Gators, 13 to 0. NK ONTGOMERY. Ala, Novem- M Der 28-Two sustained wv drives in the first half gave 4 L Auburn a 1870 Southeastern Conference win over the University of Florida before 5000 fans today. Fighting marred the game in the second half and Swell of Auburn and Koscis of Florida we’re elected after taking part in different fights that threatened to start general melee. Auburn. with game ahead New Year day against Villanova in Havana. Cuba. played its reserves through the third quarter and part Of the fourth. The first touchdown came at the end Of a 93-yard march down the field after Mayberry, Florida’s outstanding player, kicked out Of bounds on Auburn’s 7. Kilgore bucked over for the score. Another scoring drive in the second quarter, led by Billy Hitchcock, Auburn halfback. carried the Plains men to their final score. with the shifty ball carrier skirting end the last Is yards.

  • The The Nome daily nugget's story: U. S. FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Nome daily nugget, Alaska, November 30, 1936, page 1 (results column)

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    U. S. FOOTBALL SCORES (By The Assoclated Press) Georgia Tech 6 Georgia 16 Texas Christ. 0 Methodist 0 Nebraska 32 Oregon State IA Baylor 10 Rice 2 Tulane 0 Louisiana State B Florida 0 Auburn 13 Brigham Young 0 Colorado 0

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)

Auburn 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Auburn leads 44–⁠40–⁠2 in 86 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Florida 44, Auburn 39
2019Florida 24, Auburn 13
2011Auburn 17, Florida 6
2007Auburn 20, Florida 17
2006Auburn 27, Florida 17
2002Florida 30, Auburn 23

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