Auburn at Mercer

Saturday, October 17, 1908

Auburn beat Mercer 23–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayAuburn6–⁠1 in 1908
23
HomeMercer0–⁠3 in 1908
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The Birmingham age-herald, October 18, 1908, page 11 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. At Macon, Ga.: Auburn 23 Mercer 0. At New Orleans: Louisiana State 26 Texas A. & M. 0. At Annapolis; Naval Academy 1s Lehigh 0. At Syracuse: Syracuse 2S, Rochester 12 At Ithaca: Cornell Freshmen 6, George Junior Republic O. At Watervale, Me: Colby 6, Bates 0. At Ithaca: Cornell g, Colgate 0. At Andover: Phillips-Andover 6, Prince ton Freshmen O. At Portland, Me-: Holy Cross 12, Bow doin 5. At Medford, Mass: Amherst 6, Tufts 5. At Orono, Me: University of Maine 6, New Hampshire State college 4. At Fordham: Fordham 45 Jefferson 0. At Austin, Tex: Texas 27, Baylor uni- versity 5. At Memphis: University of Mississippi 1T, Missouri State Normal 0. At Chattanooga: University of Chatta- nooga II. Athens 0. Roanoke High school 34, Bellevue 0. University of Pittsburg ‘. Marietta O. At Wilmington, N. C.: University of North Carolina 0, Dawson o. At Richmond, Va: Washington and Lee 31, Richmond college 5. At Omaha, Neb.: Creighton college 8, Grinnell T. At Lexington. va. Virginia Military institute ?, St. Johns college, Annapo- lis, 10. At Norfolk: Virginia 0, Sewanee O. At Athens, Ga. University of Georgia 29, University of South Carolina 6. At Williamstown, Mass: Williams o. Dartmouth 0. At Cedar Rapids, la: Drake IS, Coe university 0. At Carlisle: Dickinson s, Ursinus 4. At Easton, Pa: Lafayette 23, Memico- Chirurgical college o. At Portland, Me; Holy Cross l2’ Bow doin 5. At Medford, Mass; Amherst 6, Tufts ,. At Orono, Me-: Maine 6, New Hampshire

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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Auburn leads 12–⁠0 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Auburn 62, Mercer 17
2022Auburn 42, Mercer 16
2017Auburn 24, Mercer 10
1922Auburn 50, Mercer 6
1916Auburn 92, Mercer 0
1915Auburn 45, Mercer 0

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