Auburn vs. Birmingham-Southern
Auburn and Birmingham-Southern first met in 1920 and have played 16 times; Auburn leads the series 13–3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Auburn 8–2, and Auburn has won the last 5. Share
- Auburn wins
- 13
- Birmingham-Southern wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1920
- Longest streak
- 5 Auburn
- Current streak
- 5 Auburn
- Last 10 meetings
- Auburn 8–2
- Most recent
- 1939
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 19.8 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Auburn
- 11–0 Auburn’s record at home
- At Birmingham-Southern
- 3–2 Birmingham-Southern’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 12
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Auburn’s biggest win1932: Auburn 61, Birmingham-Southern 0by 61 points
- Birmingham-Southern’s biggest win1934: Birmingham-Southern 7, Auburn 0by 7 points
- Upset1934: Birmingham-Southern 7, Auburn 0Birmingham-Southern had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1928: Birmingham-Southern 6, Auburn 0Birmingham-Southern had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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
1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Sep 28, 1924
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
| Sep 29, 1939 | Auburn 6, Birmingham-Southern 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Sep 23, 1938 | Auburn 14, Birmingham-Southern 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Sep 24, 1937 | Auburn 19, Birmingham-Southern 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Sep 25, 1936 | Auburn 45, Birmingham-Southern 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Sep 27, 1935 | Auburn 25, Birmingham-Southern 7 | at Auburn | ||
| Sep 21, 1934 | Birmingham-Southern 7, Auburn 0 | at Birmingham-Southern | ||
| Sep 22, 1933 | Auburn 20, Birmingham-Southern 7 | at Auburn | ||
| Sep 23, 1932 | Auburn 61, Birmingham-Southern 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Sep 25, 1931 | Auburn 24, Birmingham-Southern 6 | at Auburn | ||
| Sep 26, 1930 | Birmingham-Southern 7, Auburn 0 | at Birmingham-Southern | ||
| Sep 27, 1929 | Auburn 7, Birmingham-Southern 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Sep 28, 1928 | Birmingham-Southern 6, Auburn 0 | at Birmingham-Southern | ||
| Sep 26, 1925 | Auburn 25, Birmingham-Southern 6 | at Birmingham-Southern | ||
| Sep 27, 1924 | Auburn 7, Birmingham-Southern 0 | at Birmingham-Southern | ||
| Oct 6, 1923 | Auburn 20, Birmingham-Southern 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 6, 1920 | Auburn 49, Birmingham-Southern 0 | at Auburn |
Every game is listed as played on the field.