Auburn vs. Mercer

Auburn and Mercer have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1907; Auburn leads the series 12–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Auburn 10–⁠0, and Auburn has won the last 12.

Auburn wins
12
Mercer wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1907
Longest streak
12 Auburn
Current streak
12 Auburn
Last 10 meetings
Auburn 10–⁠0
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0
1910s5–⁠0
1920s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
2020s2–⁠0
Average margin
42.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Auburn
10–⁠0 Auburn’s record at home
At Mercer
0–⁠2 Mercer’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Auburn’s biggest win1916: Auburn 92, Mercer 0by 92 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Auburn and Mercer, 1907 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 Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1907 game: AUBURN WINS; MERCER LOSES The Final Score Was s to 0. LITTLE LIFE IN THE GAME Georgia Baptists Made a Very Poor Showing. Alabama Eleven Did Not Play Fast Game as Several Regular Men Were Not on Field.

    1907 · The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, Nov 10, 1907

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1908 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    1908 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 18, 1908

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1909 game: AUBURN SWAlIPS MERCER ELEVEN Game at Macon sf Ragged Sort. TECH BOYS SCORE AT WILL Georgia Warriors Put Up Losing. But Determined Battle. Cspfsia Reynelas Is the Bright, Par tieuIar star ana His werk Is of . Very Hish Order--Resuit Is 2a to 5. TECH BOYS SCORE AT WILL

    1909 · The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, Oct 17, 1909

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1912 game

    1912 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 6, 1912

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1915 game: AUBURN SHOWS WONDERFUL FORM AND EASILY WINS Nothing But Straight Football UsedCoach Donahue Uses En- tire Squad-End Runs of Wren and Prendergast Feat ure-Mercer Puts Up Hard Fight

    1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 7, 1915

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 22, 2025Auburn 62, Mercer 17at Auburn
Sep 3, 2022Auburn 42, Mercer 16at Auburn
Sep 16, 201715Auburn 24, Mercer 10at Auburn
Oct 21, 1922Auburn 50, Mercer 6at Auburn
Oct 14, 1916Auburn 92, Mercer 0at Auburn
Nov 6, 1915Auburn 45, Mercer 0at Auburn
Oct 4, 1913Auburn 53, Mercer 0at Auburn
Oct 5, 1912Auburn 56, Mercer 0at Auburn
Oct 7, 1911Auburn 29, Mercer 0at Auburn
Oct 16, 1909Auburn 23, Mercer 5at Mercer
Oct 17, 1908Auburn 23, Mercer 0at Mercer
Nov 9, 1907Auburn 63, Mercer 0at Auburn

Every game is listed as played on the field.