Auburn at Florida
Saturday, November 3, 1956 Share
Florida beat Auburn 20–0. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 18–14–2.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 63°FAttendance 41,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 4, 1956, page 67
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GEORGIA TECH ~ DUKE -----------OI Florida Backs Cross Up Auburn in 200 Victory GAINESVILLE. Fla, Nov. 3 R.-A 47-yard touchdown pass by runner Jackie Simpson and q 58-yard touchdown run by passer Jimmy Dunn caught the Auburn Tigers by surprise today and gave Florida a 300 victory. A record homecoming crowd Of 1900 saw Florida score those two touchdowns within four minutes in the second quarter and keep the pressure on the Tigers, who were rated an even choice to win. The victory kept Florida in third place in the Southeastern Conference. After Auburn put on an i’m pressive running display in the
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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Auburn–Florida gameAuburn leads 44–40–2 in 86 meetings, counting the 52 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 gamevs. Mississippi StateNov. 10, 1956
- SeasonAuburn in 1956
- ProgramAuburn history and records
Florida
- Next gamevs. GeorgiaNov. 10, 1956
- SeasonFlorida in 1956
- ProgramFlorida history and records

