Chattanooga at Auburn
Saturday, October 14, 1961 Share
Auburn beat Chattanooga 35–7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 8–0.
FinalHigh 86°F, low 57°FAttendance 22,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1961, page 93
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Chattanooga–Auburn gameAuburn leads 21–0 in 21 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
| 2010 | Auburn 62, Chattanooga 24 | |
| 1995 | Auburn 76, Chattanooga 10 | |
| 1986 | Auburn 42, Chattanooga 14 | |
| 1974 | Auburn 52, Chattanooga 0 | |
| 1973 | Auburn 31, Chattanooga 0 | |
| 1972 | Auburn 14, Chattanooga 7 |
Around this game
Chattanooga
- Next gameat TennesseeOct. 28, 1961
- SeasonChattanooga in 1961
- ProgramChattanooga history and records
Auburn
- Next gameat Georgia TechOct. 21, 1961
- SeasonAuburn in 1961
- ProgramAuburn history and records

