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Auburn vs. Sewanee

Auburn and Sewanee have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Sewanee leads the series 5–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Sewanee 5–⁠3, and Auburn has won the last 2.

Auburn wins
3
Sewanee wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
4 Sewanee
Current streak
2 Auburn
Last 10 meetings
Sewanee 5–⁠3
Most recent
1931

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠5
1920s1–⁠0
1930s1–⁠0
Average margin
11.5 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Auburn
3–⁠5 Auburn’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 win1931: Auburn 12, Sewanee 0by 12 points
  2. Sewanee’s biggest win1903: Sewanee 47, Auburn 0by 47 points
  3. Upset1902: Sewanee 6, Auburn 0Sewanee had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Auburn and Sewanee, 1902 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 times's story of the 1902 game: . SEWANEE VICTORIOUS Defeats Auburn in One Of the Prettiest Games Ever Played 1.-THE South.

    1902 · The times, Richmond, Va., Nov 7, 1902

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1903 game: Outplayed Alabamians at Every Point of Game. TEE SCORE WAS 40 Orange and Blue VanQuished by Tennessee Purple. Twas . Royal Football Game, Not withstanding Unevenness of Score and Over 1000 Spectators Cheered the ! Idthesome Lads. BY LORENZO E. WOODRUFF.

    1903 · The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, Nov 1, 1903

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1907 game: AUBURN 6; SEWANEE 12 Tech Boys Surprise Their Friends. AN UNINTEREsTNG GAME Mountain Boys Psnalized Several .l1 Times. shlpp and Lanier Were The stars On West End Foot Ban Field. The Forward Pass Failed.

    1907 · The Montgomery advertiser, Oct 20, 1907

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story of the 1908 game: HOW TRICK WAS TURNED Auburn's Victory Was Gean-Cut. SEWANEE WAS FAIRLY BEATEN Orange and Blue Squad Pass Through Montgomery. Are Jubliant Over Talxi- of Tigers scalps and Resent Efforts to Class Victory as Luck.

    1908 · The Montgomery advertiser, Oct 26, 1908

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1909 game: Great Crowd Sees Contest At West Ind Resulting In 12 to Il Score BIRMINGHAM BOY WAS BRIGHT STAR FOR AUBURN Brown of Sewanee Thrilled Everyone With His Spectacular Work-Au- burn Started by Sweeping An tagonists Off Their Feet.

    1909 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 14, 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.

Every game

Nov 14, 1931Auburn 12, Sewanee 0at Auburn
Oct 30, 1926Auburn 9, Sewanee 0at Auburn
Nov 13, 1909Sewanee 12, Auburn 11at Auburn
Oct 24, 1908Auburn 6, Sewanee 0at Auburn
Oct 19, 1907Sewanee 12, Auburn 6at Auburn
Oct 26, 1906Sewanee 10, Auburn 5at Auburn
Oct 31, 1903Sewanee 47, Auburn 0at Auburn
Nov 6, 1902Sewanee 6, Auburn 0at Auburn

Every game is listed as played on the field.