Auburn vs. Miami

Auburn and Miami have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1944; Auburn leads the series 7–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Auburn 6–⁠4, and Miami has won the last 2.

Scheduled 2029 at Miami; 2030 at Auburn. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Auburn wins
7
Miami wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1944
Longest streak
4 Auburn
Current streak
2 Miami
Last 10 meetings
Auburn 6–⁠4
Most recent
1984

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠1
1950s3–⁠0
1960s2–⁠1
1970s1–⁠1
1980s0–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Auburn 1, Miami 0
Average margin
11.1 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Auburn
3–⁠1 Auburn’s record at home
At Miami
2–⁠4 Miami’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Auburn first
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Auburn’s biggest win1968: Auburn 31, Miami 6by 25 points
  2. Miami’s biggest win1945: Miami 33, Auburn 7by 26 points
  3. Upset1978: Miami 17, Auburn 15Miami had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Ranked showdown1974: Auburn 3, Miami 0No. 11 Auburn at No. 16 Miami

Coach against coach

YearsAuburnSeriesMiami
1953–⁠1960Ralph Jordan4–⁠0Andy Gustafson

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Auburn’s side (Jordan 4–⁠0 against Gustafson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Auburn and Miami, 1944 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1945 game: GRID SEASON BOWS OUT IN SOCK FINISH Army-Navy, UeIan Trojan Mixes Are "Giganti1s of Today sFadeouf

    1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Dec 1, 1945

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Auburn Defeats Miami u. To Keep Bowl Hopes Alive

    1953 · Evening star, Nov 7, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: Two Late Auburn Scores ! Hand Miami First Defeat

    1954 · Evening star, Nov 7, 1954

  • The Evening star's story of the 1960 game: Passes Help Auburn Beat Miami, 2O-7

    1960 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 23, 1960

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

Aug 27, 1984Miami 20, Auburn 18Neutral site
Oct 7, 1978Miami 17, 19Auburn 15at Auburn
Oct 4, 197411Auburn 3, 16Miami 0at Miami
Oct 26, 1968Auburn 31, 9Miami 6at Auburn
Oct 27, 1967Miami 7, Auburn 0at Miami
Oct 22, 196017Auburn 20, Miami 7at Auburn
Oct 23, 19597Auburn 21, Miami 6at Miami
Nov 6, 1954Auburn 14, 6Miami 13at Auburn
Nov 6, 195315Auburn 29, Miami 20at Miami
Nov 30, 1945Miami 33, Auburn 7at Miami
Nov 24, 1944Auburn 38, Miami 19at Miami

Every game is listed as played on the field.