Auburn at Florida

Saturday, October 2, 1954

No. 20 Florida beat Auburn 19–⁠13. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 17–⁠13–⁠2.

AwayAuburn8–⁠3 in 1954
13
Home20Florida5–⁠5 in 1954
19

FinalHigh 89°F, low 71°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Florida Beats Auburn, 1913, For Second Straight Upset

    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.

Auburn leads 44–⁠40–⁠2 in 86 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Florida 44, Auburn 39
2019Florida 24, Auburn 13
2011Auburn 17, Florida 6
2007Auburn 20, Florida 17
2006Auburn 27, Florida 17
2002Florida 30, Auburn 23

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