Army vs. Auburn

Army and Auburn have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1922; Army leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Army 2–⁠1.

Army wins
2
Auburn wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1922
Longest streak
2 Army
Current streak
1 Auburn
Last 10 meetings
Army 2–⁠1
Most recent
1996

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠0
1990s0–⁠1
Average margin
12.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
2–⁠0 Army’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Army first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Auburn, 1922 on13001500170019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1922 game: ARMY TOPS AUBURN IN CLOSING PERIOD Cadets Finish With Rush and Defeat Southern Eleven by 19 to 6.

    1922 · The New York herald, New York, Oct 15, 1922

  • The Evening star's story of the 1923 game: ARMY WINS STIRRING GAME FROM AUBURN

    1923 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 21, 1923

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Dec 31, 1996Auburn 32, 24Army 29Neutral siteIndependence Bowl
Oct 20, 1923Army 28, Auburn 6at Army
Oct 14, 1922Army 19, Auburn 6at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.