Marion at Auburn
Saturday, September 26, 1914 Share
Auburn beat Marion 39–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Auburn led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 54°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Marion–Auburn gameAuburn leads 6–0 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1922 | Auburn 61, Marion 0 | |
| 1920 | Auburn 27, Marion 0 | |
| 1919 | Auburn 37, Marion 0 | |
| 1918 | Auburn 20, Marion 7 | |
| 1915 | Auburn 78, Marion 0 | |
| 1914 | Auburn 39, Marion 0 |
Around this game
Marion
- Next gameat Mississippi StateOct. 3, 1914
- SeasonMarion in 1914
- ProgramMarion history and records
Auburn
- Next gamevs. North Alabama A.C.Oct. 3, 1914
- SeasonAuburn in 1914
- ProgramAuburn history and records
