Chattanooga at Auburn

Friday, September 18, 1942

Auburn beat Chattanooga 20–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayChattanooga0–⁠3 in 1942
7
HomeAuburn6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1942
20

FinalHigh 97°F, low 70°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: AUBURN WINS

    Imperial Valley press, California, September 20, 1942, page 4

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    AUBURN WINS MONTGOMERY Ala, Sept. 10 CUP)- A crowd of 1900 persons watched the Auburn Plainsmen open the Southern college football season with a 20–⁠7 victory over the University of Chattanooga last night.

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Auburn leads 21–⁠0 in 21 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Auburn 62, Chattanooga 24
1995Auburn 76, Chattanooga 10
1986Auburn 42, Chattanooga 14
1974Auburn 52, Chattanooga 0
1973Auburn 31, Chattanooga 0
1972Auburn 14, Chattanooga 7

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