Maryland at Auburn
Saturday, September 27, 1952 Share
No. 2 Maryland beat Auburn 13–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Maryland led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 53°FAttendance 27,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, September 28, 1952, page 1
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Maryland Beats Auburn, 1877; G.W. Defeats N. G. State, 800 Maryland’s football team had tt come from behind again yesterday to defeat Auburn at Birmingham 1877. A pass from Jack Scarbath to Lloyd Colteryahn netted 80 yards and the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. This set the pace for a series of victories by District area teams. In startling upset, a surprising George Washington University team defeated North Carolina ite. 800 at Raleigh. Navy opened its season with a highly impressive victory over Yale, $40, in Baltimore. Boiling Air Force Base kept its record clean with a third-straight victory, beating Williams College, $50. The University of Virginia JUS titled its high preseason rating with a smashing 27–0 victory over Vanderbilt, and the Quantico Ma |rines walloped the Cherry Point Marines. 28–0. Notre Dame, perennial power house in the accustomed role OF
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)
Maryland 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Maryland–Auburn gameTied 2–2 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 2023 | Maryland 31, Auburn 13 | Music City Bowl |
| 1983 | Auburn 35, Maryland 23 | |
| 1958 | Auburn 20, Maryland 7 | |
| 1952 | Maryland 13, Auburn 7 |
Around this game
Maryland
- Next gamevs. ClemsonOct. 4, 1952
- SeasonMaryland in 1952
- ProgramMaryland history and records
Auburn
- Next gamevs. Ole MissOct. 4, 1952
- SeasonAuburn in 1952
- ProgramAuburn history and records

