Marion at Auburn

Saturday, September 26, 1914

Auburn beat Marion 39–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMarion0–⁠2 in 1914
0
HomeAuburn8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1914
39

FinalHigh 76°F, low 54°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: AUBURN SWAMPS MARION IN INITIAL STRUGGLE

    The Birmingham age-herald, September 27, 1914, page 8

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    AUBURN SWAMPS MARION IN INITIAL STRUGGLE Auburn, September 26.--(Special. .)-With Its backfield gaining almost at will Au- burn experienced little trouble in defeat- Ing the Marion institute eleven in the first football game of the season hero this afternoon, completely overwhelming the prep. machine and rolling up a total of 3s points. Coach Donahue constantly varied his lineup during the contest and was con tent more to get line on his new ma- terial than to make the result more de- cisive.

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 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1922Auburn 61, Marion 0
1920Auburn 27, Marion 0
1919Auburn 37, Marion 0
1918Auburn 20, Marion 7
1915Auburn 78, Marion 0
1914Auburn 39, Marion 0

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