Auburn at Florida

Saturday, November 3, 1956

Florida beat Auburn 20–⁠0. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 18–⁠14–⁠2.

AwayAuburn7–⁠3 in 1956
0
HomeFlorida6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1956
20

FinalHigh 85°F, low 63°FAttendance 41,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: GEORGIA TECH ~ DUKE -----------OI Florida Backs Cross Up Auburn in 200 Victory

    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.

Auburn leads 44–⁠40–⁠2 in 86 meetings, counting the 52 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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