Auburn at Florida
Saturday, October 2, 1954 Share
No. 20 Florida beat Auburn 19–13. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 17–13–2.
FinalHigh 89°F, low 71°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 3, 1954, page 67
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Florida Beats Auburn, 1913, For Second Straight Upset That left it to Allen, a sophomore from Atlanta, to guide Florida 68 yards in the final 8 minutes. He tossed % yards to Bob Burford for the winning score. Jackie Simpson, Florida half back hurt in last weeks victory over Georgia Tech, knocked half a dozen passes right out Of Pyburns hands in the closing Sec ondS. Fremean scored both Auburn touchdowns on short plunges. The first topped a 68-yard march. The second came after Pyburn blocked a Florida punt and Auburn got the ball four yards from the goal. florida -------------o -- 8 & : s-iS Auburn scoring: Touchdowns-Freeman (2). Childress. Florida scoring: Touchdowns--Smtth Lance. Burford. Conversion-Chandle
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)
Florida 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Auburn–Florida gameAuburn leads 44–40–2 in 86 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.
| 2026 | Florida 44, Auburn 39 | |
| 2019 | Florida 24, Auburn 13 | |
| 2011 | Auburn 17, Florida 6 | |
| 2007 | Auburn 20, Florida 17 | |
| 2006 | Auburn 27, Florida 17 | |
| 2002 | Florida 30, Auburn 23 |
Around this game
Auburn
- Next gameat KentuckyOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonAuburn in 1954
- ProgramAuburn history and records
Florida
- Next gamevs. ClemsonOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonFlorida in 1954
- ProgramFlorida history and records

