The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry
Auburn vs. Georgia
123 of their 130 meetings are on file: they first met in 1892, and the earliest on file is 1902; officially, Georgia leads 66–56–8; as played, 64–53–6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia 9–1. The official count covers every meeting. Share
2027 at Auburn; 2028 at Georgia; 2029 at Auburn. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Official series
- Georgia leads 66–56–8
- Auburn wins on file
- 53
- Georgia wins on file
- 64
- Ties
- 6
- Earliest on file
- 1902 first met 1892
- Longest streak
- 9 Georgia
- Current streak
- 1 Auburn
- Last 10 meetings
- Georgia 9–1
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
- Both ranked
- 24 meetings: Auburn 14, Georgia 10; 6 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 13 points; 47 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Auburn
- 20–20–4 Auburn’s record at home
- At Georgia
- 33–23 Georgia’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 10–11–2 Auburn first
- Shutouts
- 27
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Auburn’s biggest win1954: Auburn 35, Georgia 0by 35 points
- Georgia’s biggest win1946: Georgia 41, Auburn 0by 41 points
- Upset2026: Auburn 27, Georgia 24Auburn had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1996: Georgia 56, Auburn 49Georgia had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1970: Georgia 31, Auburn 17Georgia had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1983: Auburn 13, Georgia 7No. 3 Auburn at No. 4 Georgia
- Ranked showdown2017: Georgia 28, Auburn 7No. 6 Georgia at No. 4 Auburn
- Ranked showdown2020: Georgia 27, Auburn 6No. 7 Auburn at No. 4 Georgia
Coach against coach
| Years | Auburn | Series | Georgia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910–1919 | Mike Donahue | 5–1–2 | W.A. Cunningham |
| 1920–1922 | Mike Donahue | 1–2 | Herman Stegeman |
| 1923–1927 | Boozer Pitts | 0–3 | George Woodruff |
| 1930–1933 | Chet Wynne | 2–2 | Harry Mehre |
| 1934–1937 | Jack Meagher | 2–1–1 | Harry Mehre |
| 1939–1942 | Jack Meagher | 2–2 | Wallace Butts |
| 1944–1947 | Carl Voyles | 0–4 | Wallace Butts |
| 1948–1950 | Earl Brown | 0–2–1 | Wallace Butts |
| 1951–1960 | Ralph Jordan | 7–3 | Wallace Butts |
| 1961–1963 | Ralph Jordan | 2–1 | Johnny Griffith |
| 1964–1975 | Ralph Jordan | 6–6 | Vince Dooley |
| 1976–1980 | Doug Barfield | 2–2–1 | Vince Dooley |
| 1981–1988 | Pat Dye | 5–3 | Vince Dooley |
| 1989–1992 | Pat Dye | 2–2 | Ray Goff |
| 1993–1995 | Terry Bowden | 2–0–1 | Ray Goff |
| 2001–2008 | Tommy Tuberville | 3–5 | Mark Richt |
| 2009–2012 | Gene Chizik | 1–3 | Mark Richt |
| 2013–2015 | Gus Malzahn | 1–2 | Mark Richt |
| 2016–2020 | Gus Malzahn | 1–5 | Kirby Smart |
| 2023–2025 | Hugh Freeze | 0–3 | Kirby Smart |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Auburn’s side (Donahue 5–1–2 against Cunningham). 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
Biggest days
| A.J. Green Georgia | 9 catches, 164 yards, 2 TD | 2010 Receiving |
Named most valuable
| Roquan Smith | 2017 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1902 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 28, 1902
1903 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 27, 1903
1907 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 29, 1907
1908 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 27, 1908
1909 · The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, Nov 26, 1909
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 twice: 2020, 2004.
| 2025 | ABC | 6.7 million viewers |
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Oct 17, 2026 | Auburn 27, 1Georgia 24 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 11, 2025 | 10Georgia 20, Auburn 10 | at Auburn | ||
| Oct 5, 2024 | 5Georgia 31, Auburn 13 | at Georgia | ||
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1Georgia 27, Auburn 20 | at Auburn | ||
| Oct 8, 2022 | 2Georgia 42, Auburn 10 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 9, 2021 | 2Georgia 34, 18Auburn 10 | at Auburn | ||
| Oct 3, 2020 | 4Georgia 27, 7Auburn 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 16, 2019 | 5Georgia 21, 13Auburn 14 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 10, 2018 | 5Georgia 27, Auburn 10 | at Georgia | ||
| Dec 2, 2017 | 6Georgia 28, 4Auburn 7 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | SEC Championship Game | |
| Nov 11, 2017 | 10Auburn 40, 2Georgia 17 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 12, 2016 | Georgia 13, 8Auburn 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 14, 2015 | Georgia 20, Auburn 13 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 15, 2014 | 16Georgia 34, 9Auburn 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 16, 2013 | 7Auburn 43, 25Georgia 38 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 10, 2012 | 5Georgia 38, Auburn 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 12, 2011 | 14Georgia 45, 24Auburn 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 13, 2010 | 2Auburn 49, Georgia 31 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 14, 2009 | Georgia 31, Auburn 24 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 15, 2008 | 13Georgia 17, Auburn 13 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 10, 2007 | 10Georgia 45, 18Auburn 20 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 11, 2006 | Georgia 37, 5Auburn 15 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 12, 2005 | 15Auburn 31, 9Georgia 30 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 13, 2004 | 3Auburn 24, 8Georgia 6 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 15, 2003 | 7Georgia 26, Auburn 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 16, 2002 | 7Georgia 24, 24Auburn 21 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 10, 2001 | 24Auburn 24, 19Georgia 17 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 11, 2000 | 22Auburn 29, 14Georgia 26 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 13, 1999 | Auburn 38, 14Georgia 21 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 14, 1998 | 17Georgia 28, Auburn 17 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 15, 1997 | 16Auburn 45, 7Georgia 34 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 16, 1996 | Georgia 56, 20Auburn 49 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 11, 1995 | 20Auburn 37, Georgia 31 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 12, 1994 | 3Auburn 23, Georgia 23 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 13, 1993 | 7Auburn 42, Georgia 28 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 14, 1992 | 12Georgia 14, Auburn 10 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 16, 1991 | Georgia 37, Auburn 27 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 17, 1990 | 24Auburn 33, Georgia 10 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 18, 1989 | 11Auburn 20, Georgia 3 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 12, 1988 | 9Auburn 20, 17Georgia 10 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 14, 1987 | 12Auburn 27, 8Georgia 11 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 15, 1986 | Georgia 20, 8Auburn 16 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 16, 1985 | 14Auburn 24, 12Georgia 10 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 17, 1984 | 18Auburn 21, 15Georgia 12 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 12, 1983 | 3Auburn 13, 4Georgia 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 13, 1982 | 1Georgia 19, Auburn 14 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 14, 1981 | 4Georgia 24, Auburn 13 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 15, 1980 | 1Georgia 31, Auburn 21 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 17, 1979 | 15Auburn 33, Georgia 13 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 18, 1978 | Auburn 22, 8Georgia 22 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 12, 1977 | Auburn 33, Georgia 14 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 13, 1976 | 7Georgia 28, Auburn 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 15, 1975 | 20Georgia 28, Auburn 13 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 16, 1974 | 7Auburn 17, Georgia 13 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 17, 1973 | Georgia 28, Auburn 14 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 18, 1972 | 11Auburn 27, Georgia 10 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 13, 1971 | 6Auburn 35, 7Georgia 20 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 14, 1970 | Georgia 31, 8Auburn 17 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 15, 1969 | 11Auburn 16, 16Georgia 3 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 16, 1968 | 5Georgia 17, 12Auburn 3 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 18, 1967 | Georgia 17, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 12, 1966 | 9Georgia 21, Auburn 13 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 13, 1965 | Auburn 21, Georgia 19 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 14, 1964 | Auburn 14, Georgia 7 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 16, 1963 | 9Auburn 14, Georgia 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 17, 1962 | Georgia 30, Auburn 21 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 18, 1961 | Auburn 10, Georgia 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 12, 1960 | 10Auburn 9, Georgia 6 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 14, 1959 | 12Georgia 14, 8Auburn 13 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 15, 1958 | 4Auburn 21, Georgia 6 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 16, 1957 | 3Auburn 6, Georgia 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 17, 1956 | Auburn 20, Georgia 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 12, 1955 | Auburn 16, Georgia 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 13, 1954 | Auburn 35, 20Georgia 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 14, 1953 | 20Auburn 39, Georgia 18 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 15, 1952 | Georgia 13, Auburn 7 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 17, 1951 | Georgia 46, Auburn 14 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 18, 1950 | Georgia 12, Auburn 10 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 12, 1949 | Georgia 20, Auburn 20 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 13, 1948 | 13Georgia 42, Auburn 14 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 15, 1947 | Georgia 28, Auburn 6 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 16, 1946 | 3Georgia 41, Auburn 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 17, 1945 | Georgia 35, Auburn 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 18, 1944 | Georgia 49, Auburn 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 21, 1942 | Auburn 27, 1Georgia 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 1, 1941 | Georgia 7, Auburn 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 2, 1940 | Georgia 14, Auburn 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 25, 1939 | Auburn 7, Georgia 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 19, 1938 | Auburn 23, Georgia 14 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 20, 1937 | Georgia 0, Auburn 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 24, 1936 | Auburn 20, Georgia 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 23, 1935 | Auburn 19, Georgia 7 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 24, 1934 | Georgia 18, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 18, 1933 | Auburn 14, Georgia 6 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 19, 1932 | Auburn 14, Georgia 7 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 21, 1931 | Georgia 12, Auburn 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 25, 1930 | Georgia 39, Auburn 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 16, 1929 | Georgia 24, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 3, 1928 | Georgia 13, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 22, 1927 | Georgia 33, Auburn 3 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 6, 1926 | Georgia 16, Auburn 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 7, 1925 | Georgia 34, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 15, 1924 | Georgia 6, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 3, 1923 | Georgia 7, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 4, 1922 | Auburn 7, Georgia 3 | at Auburn | ||
| Oct 29, 1921 | Georgia 7, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 30, 1920 | Georgia 7, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 1, 1919 | Auburn 7, Georgia 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 4, 1916 | Auburn 3, Georgia 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Oct 30, 1915 | Auburn 12, Georgia 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 21, 1914 | Auburn 0, Georgia 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 22, 1913 | Auburn 21, Georgia 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 28, 1912 | Georgia 12, Auburn 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 29, 1911 | Auburn 0, Georgia 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 24, 1910 | Auburn 26, Georgia 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 25, 1909 | Auburn 17, Georgia 5 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 26, 1908 | Auburn 23, Georgia 0 | at Auburn | ||
| Nov 28, 1907 | Georgia 6, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 29, 1906 | Georgia 4, Auburn 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 30, 1905 | Auburn 20, Georgia 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 24, 1904 | Auburn 17, Georgia 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 26, 1903 | Georgia 22, Auburn 13 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 27, 1902 | Georgia 12, Auburn 5 | at Georgia |
Every game is listed as played on the field.