Auburn vs. Marion

Auburn and Marion first met in 1914 and have played 6 times; Auburn leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Auburn 6–⁠0, and Auburn has won the last 6.

Auburn wins
6
Marion wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1914
Longest streak
6 Auburn
Current streak
6 Auburn
Last 10 meetings
Auburn 6–⁠0
Most recent
1922

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s4–⁠0
1920s2–⁠0
Average margin
42.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Auburn
5–⁠0 Auburn’s record at home
At Marion
0–⁠1 Marion’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Auburn’s biggest win1915: Auburn 78, Marion 0by 78 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Auburn and Marion, 1914 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 1914 game: AUBURN SWAMPS MARION IN INITIAL STRUGGLE

    1914 · The Birmingham age-herald, Sep 27, 1914

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1919 game: AUBURN SWAMPS LIGHT MARION TEAM Tiger Plays a Strong De- fensive Game and Wins, 37 to 0

    1919 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Sep 28, 1919

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 23, 1922Auburn 61, Marion 0at Auburn
Sep 23, 1920Auburn 27, Marion 0at Auburn
Sep 27, 1919Auburn 37, Marion 0at Auburn
Nov 3, 1918Auburn 20, Marion 7at Marion
Oct 1, 1915Auburn 78, Marion 0at Auburn
Sep 26, 1914Auburn 39, Marion 0at Auburn

Every game is listed as played on the field.