Alabama vs. Auburn

Saturday, November 27, 1954

No. 15 Auburn beat Alabama 28–⁠0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Alabama led the series 8–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file.

Neutral siteAlabama4–⁠5–⁠2 in 1954
0
Neutral site15Auburn8–⁠3 in 1954
28

FinalAttendance 43,167

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Auburn, Still BowI-HopefuI Walks Over Alabama, 28-0

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 28, 1954, page 67

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    Auburn, Still BowI-HopefuI Walks Over Alabama, 28–⁠0 sive player. In one series of downs, he nailed ‘Bama bali carriers on three successive plays for an aggregate loss of IA yards. The victory brough the Auburn-Alabama series to nine VIC tories each and one tie. ‘Bama us ahead Of every other Southern foe. After October losses, each by a touchdown. to Florida, Kentucky and Georgia Tech. Auburn won in succession from Florida State, Tulane, Miami, Georgia and Clemson before today. Line stars for the winners, aside from Pyburn. incmded Tackles Frank D’Agostino and T M. L. Brackett and Center Jack Locklear. The loss was Alabama’s fifth in a season which proved a Bit ter disappointment. ‘Bama was the preseason choice for second place in the Southeastern Conference and was the defending champion. | Alabama Anbnrn ------- 9 9 3 10; Auburn scoring: Touchdowns. Freeman | (3o, Childress. Conversions, Childresi

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)

Auburn 54% 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 71 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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