Auburn at Vanderbilt
Saturday, September 30, 1950 Share
Vanderbilt beat Auburn 41–0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 15–5–1.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 59°FAttendance 19,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 1, 1950, page 43
Read the text
Bill Wade Leeds Vundy To Win Over Auburn NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sept. 3d. Quarterback Bill Wade pitched the Vanderbilt Commodores to a 41–0 victory over the Auburn Tigers IN a Southeastern Confer ence football game today. The rangy Wade passed for five touchdowns and another Wade aerial helped set up the other. All were from the T-formation.
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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Auburn–Vanderbilt gameAuburn leads 22–20–1 in 43 meetings, counting the 22 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
Auburn
- Next gamevs. SE LouisianaOct. 7, 1950
- SeasonAuburn in 1950
- ProgramAuburn history and records
Vanderbilt
- Next gameat AlabamaOct. 7, 1950
- SeasonVanderbilt in 1950
- ProgramVanderbilt history and records