Auburn vs. Alabama

Saturday, November 29, 1952

No. 8 Alabama beat Auburn 21–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 7–⁠3–⁠1 in the games on file.

Neutral siteAuburn2–⁠8 in 1952
0
Neutral site8Alabama10–⁠2 in 1952
21

FinalAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tennessee Dubs Vanderbilt 400 Alabama Defeats Auburn 21O Win, Lose, or Draw

    Evening star, November 30, 1952, page 61

    Read the text

    Tennessee Dubs Vanderbilt 400 Alabama Defeats Auburn 21O Win, Lose, or Draw PHILADELPHIA, Nov 29-Ed Kenser linebacker for Maryland last and Redskins draftee who preferred ing to pro football tells friends he got press this week

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)

Alabama 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Alabama leads 52–⁠37–⁠1; as played, 51–⁠32–⁠1 in the 84 games on file; the official count covers all 90 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Alabama 27, Auburn 20
2024Alabama 28, Auburn 14
2023Alabama 27, Auburn 24
2022Alabama 49, Auburn 27
2021Alabama 24, Auburn 22
2020Alabama 42, Auburn 13

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