Auburn at Texas

Friday, November 17, 1911

Texas beat Auburn 18–⁠5. It was their second meeting; after it, Texas led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayAuburn4–⁠2–⁠1 in 1911
5
HomeTexas5–⁠2 in 1911
18

FinalHigh 75°F, low 68°F, 0.14 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Tulsa daily world's story: TEXAS DEFEATS AUBURN, Kirkpatrick scored rs Points for the LOnghOrns.

    Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], November 19, 1911, page 1

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    TEXAS DEFEATS AUBURN, Kirkpatrick scored rs Points for the LOnghOrns. AUSTIN, Tex, Nov. 1S.-With the exception Of the last quarter the Uni yersity of Texas football team played Auburn, (Ala.D Polytechnic Institutc eleven Off their feet, winning by a score Of lS to 8. The all-round playing Of Kirkpatrick for Texas was easily the feature of the game. lie scored the entire 1S-points for his team. Major starred for the Alabamans. After five minutes play Kirkpatrick scored a touchdown on a fifteen yard run around end. Goal was kicked. The sixth touchdown was made in the same period on a forward pass and fifteen yard run, James to Kirkpatrick. Again goal was kicked. Texas then worked the ball to the twenty yard line whore Kirkpatrick kicked goal from placement In the second period after several end runs. kirkpatrick kicked his sec ond goal trom placement on the fifteen yard line. Auburn scored in the last quarter on a succession Of line bucks and end runs.

  • The El Paso herald's story: : : :. : : - : : : : :. : : : : TEXAS DEFEATS THE AUBURN FOOTBALL TEAM

    El Paso herald, El Paso, Tex., November 20, 1911, page 4

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    : : :. : : - : : : : :. : : : : TEXAS DEFEATS THE AUBURN FOOTBALL TEAM Austin Tex, Nov. 20.-University Of Texas defeated Auburn here Saturday afternoon, IS to 3. Scoring for Texas was done early in the game, Auburn coming strong toward the last. Both teams were crippled by a number Of substitutes, but Auburn had the worst Of it, as Texas had several capable substitutes on the side lines. Auburn was completely Outclassed In the first part, Texas scoring two touch downs and two field goals and kicking both goals. In the latter part Auburn went back TO her old rushing tactics putting in big Davis. last years cap tain Taking advantage Of Texas tumble they got the ball on the % yard line and in a series Of line plunges sent Davis crashing over for the lone touchdown. Get the besf-Autograph apples at all gr0cers Order now.

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 50% to win. Texas won as Elo’s underdog.

Texas leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Auburn 14, Texas 10
1987Auburn 31, Texas 3
1984Texas 35, Auburn 27
1983Texas 20, Auburn 7
1974Auburn 27, Texas 3Gator Bowl
1925Texas 33, Auburn 0

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