Chattanooga at Auburn

Saturday, October 14, 1961

Auburn beat Chattanooga 35–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 8–⁠0.

AwayChattanooga0–⁠4 in 1961
7
HomeAuburn6–⁠4 in 1961
35

FinalHigh 86°F, low 57°FAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Auburn Tops CHATTANOOGA

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1961, page 93

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    Auburn Tops CHATTANOOGA AUBURN, Ala, Oct. IA (APD Quarterback Bobby Hunt, looking like the Sophomore star Of two years ago, scored two touchdowns and passed for another today while leading Auburn to a 35–⁠7 victory over Chattanooga. But he had to share the glory with Chattanooga Full back Carey Henley, who tore through Auburn’s line time and again. He finally broke free for a 17-yard touchdown run Hunt had net gain of only 6 yards rushing and 70 yards in the air in his first two games this year. Today he ran the ball II times for a net gain OF “a yards. and completed 7 OF Is passes for IS yards more Henley gained 80 yards in Is plays for a 6-yard average.

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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Auburn leads 21–⁠0 in 21 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Auburn 62, Chattanooga 24
1995Auburn 76, Chattanooga 10
1986Auburn 42, Chattanooga 14
1974Auburn 52, Chattanooga 0
1973Auburn 31, Chattanooga 0
1972Auburn 14, Chattanooga 7

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