Auburn vs. Vanderbilt

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

1. Auburn’s biggest win1990: Auburn 56, Vanderbilt 6by 50 points
2. Vanderbilt’s biggest win1905: Vanderbilt 54, Auburn 0by 54 points
3. Upset1915: Vanderbilt 17, Auburn 0Vanderbilt had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1951: Auburn 24, Vanderbilt 14Auburn had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Ranked showdown1955: Vanderbilt 25, Auburn 13No. 10 Auburn at No. 19 Vanderbilt
6. Ranked showdown2008: Vanderbilt 14, Auburn 13No. 13 Auburn at No. 19 Vanderbilt

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Auburn’s side (Donahue 4–⁠5–⁠1 against McGugin). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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).

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  1905 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 5, 1905

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  1912 · Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., Nov 23, 1912

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  1913 · Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., Nov 16, 1913

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  1914 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Nov 15, 1914

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  1915 · Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], Nov 14, 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.

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2008.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Auburn vs. Georgia123 meetings, Auburn 53–⁠64–⁠6
• Auburn vs. Mississippi State97 meetings, Auburn 63–⁠31–⁠3
• Auburn vs. Georgia Tech86 meetings, Auburn 42–⁠41–⁠3
• Auburn vs. Florida86 meetings, Auburn 44–⁠40–⁠2
• Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee116 meetings, Vanderbilt 31–⁠81–⁠4
• Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss96 meetings, Vanderbilt 37–⁠57–⁠2
• Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky95 meetings, Vanderbilt 42–⁠49–⁠4
• Vanderbilt vs. Alabama87 meetings, Vanderbilt 19–⁠64–⁠4