Miami at Auburn
Saturday, October 22, 1960 Share
No. 17 Auburn beat Miami 20–7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 5–1.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 40°FAttendance 25,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 23, 1960, page 1
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Passes Help Auburn Beat Miami, 2O-7 AUBURN. Ala, oct. 20 Cap /. Bryant Harvard and Bobby Hunt put on o dazzling aerial demonstration today in leading Auburn to q DOT football VIC tory over Miami. 1t was the. Tigers 9th consecutive victory on their home field and the fourth In q row this season. But 1t was the first game this year in which Auburn was able to score more than one touchdown. Fullback Ed Dyas, recovered from the knee injury which sidelined him in three games. stood out for the Tigers. Dyas kicked q 36-yard field goal, another for 26 yards and two extra points. He also. carried the ball for 81 yards. Harvard scored on q 59-yard runback Of an interception, grabbing Quarterback Eddie Johns pass on the Auburn IL Hunt connected with q &C. yard pass to End Bobby Foret for the Tigers first touchdown after Dyas gave Auburn a 81 lead with his irst field goal. Miami’s touchdown came In the second period to climax ~, S0-yard drive engineered by 9 2O-yard pass from Johns IL Larry Wilson and another fol ~ yards to Bill Miller. Johns scored from the j. MANI ,-----e---Q Q 60 AUBURN .---------1O 0 3--2( Auhnrn-Field goal 20. pyas. Au spTss- EIrss &c. pass from Hum Mismi-Johns /: run (Dansel, kisk) ADMINISTRATORS SO, intefcepttOr AusSsa a.: tistl goal 80. py.s. Atteudanee-26,000.
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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Miami–Auburn gameAuburn leads 7–4 in 11 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1984 | Miami 20, Auburn 18 | |
| 1978 | Miami 17, Auburn 15 | |
| 1974 | Auburn 3, Miami 0 | |
| 1968 | Auburn 31, Miami 6 | |
| 1967 | Miami 7, Auburn 0 | |
| 1960 | Auburn 20, Miami 7 |
Around this game
Miami
- Next gamevs. Boston CollegeOct. 28, 1960
- SeasonMiami in 1960
- ProgramMiami history and records
Auburn
- Next gameat FloridaOct. 29, 1960
- SeasonAuburn in 1960
- ProgramAuburn history and records

