Auburn vs. Centre

Auburn and Centre first met in 1921 and have played 3 times; Centre leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Centre 2–⁠1.

Auburn wins
1
Centre wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1921
Longest streak
1 Centre
Current streak
1 Centre
Last 10 meetings
Centre 2–⁠1
Most recent
1923

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠2
Average margin
14.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Auburn
1–⁠2 Auburn’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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 Auburn and Centre, 1921 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 Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1921 game

    1921 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 13, 1921

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1922 game: AUBURN TAKES TOUGH BATTLE FROM CENTRE Touchdown in Third Quarter Gives Plainsmen 6-to-o VIC tory at Birmingham, Ala.

    1922 · The Washington times, Nov 19, 1922

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

Nov 17, 1923Centre 17, Auburn 0at Auburn
Nov 18, 1922Auburn 6, Centre 0at Auburn
Nov 12, 1921Centre 21, Auburn 0at Auburn

Every game is listed as played on the field.