Auburn vs. Florida State
Auburn and Florida State have 19 meetings on file, the first in 1954; Auburn leads the series 13–5–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–5. Share
- Auburn wins
- 13
- Florida State wins
- 5
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1954
- Longest streak
- 5 Auburn
- Current streak
- 1 Florida State
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 5–5
- Most recent
- 2013
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 3–3 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 9 meetings: Auburn 5, Florida State 4; 4 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 14.1 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Auburn
- 10–1–1 Auburn’s record at home
- At Florida State
- 2–3 Florida State’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–2 Auburn first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Auburn’s biggest win1960: Auburn 57, Florida State 21by 36 points
- Florida State’s biggest win1987: Florida State 34, Auburn 6by 28 points
- Ranked showdown2013: Florida State 34, Auburn 31No. 1 Florida State at No. 2 Auburn
- Ranked showdown1987: Florida State 34, Auburn 6No. 4 Florida State at No. 6 Auburn
- Ranked showdown1988: Florida State 13, Auburn 7No. 7 Auburn at No. 4 Florida State
- Ranked showdown1990: Auburn 20, Florida State 17No. 7 Florida State at No. 5 Auburn
Coach against coach
| Years | Auburn | Series | Florida State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954–1957 | Ralph Jordan | 3–0 | Thomas Nugent |
| 1960–1963 | Ralph Jordan | 2–0–1 | Bill Peterson |
| 1983–1990 | Pat Dye | 4–3 | Bobby Bowden |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Auburn’s side (Jordan 3–0 against Nugent). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Jameis Winston Florida State | 2013 |
| P.J. Williams Florida State | 2013 |
| Sammie Smith Florida State | 1988 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1954

1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 25, 1956

1963 · The chronicle, Mississippi, Nov 25, 1963
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2013.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.