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Auburn–Ole Miss football rivalry
Auburn Tigers
Ole Miss Rebels
First meetingOctober 20, 1928
Ole Miss 19, Auburn 0
Latest meetingNovember 2, 2019
Auburn 20, Ole Miss 14
Next meetingSeptember 19, 2020
Statistics
Meetings total44
All-time seriesAuburn leads, 33–10[1]
Largest victoryAuburn, 41–0 (1985)
Longest win streakAuburn, 9 (1971–91)
Current win streakAuburn, 4 (2016–present)
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The Auburn–Ole Miss football rivalry is a college football rivalry[2] game between the Tigers of Auburn University and the Rebels of the University of Mississippi.

History

Both founding members of the Southeastern Conference, Auburn and Ole Miss first met on October 20, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama.[3] Ole Miss won the game by a score of 19–0.[4] After a 14–7 Auburn victory in 1932,[5] the teams didn't meet again until 1949, when the Rebels defeated the Tigers by a score of 40–7.[6] They have met in two bowl games, with Ole Miss winning the 1965 Liberty Bowl by a margin of 13–7[7] and Auburn winning the 1971 Gator Bowl by a score of 35–28.[8] The Gator victory marked the beginning of the longest winning streak in the series, with Auburn winning nine straight between 1971 and 1991. Auburn and Ole Miss have met every year since 1990 and, with the SEC placing both Auburn and Ole Miss in the West division in 1992, the teams will continue to meet annually.[9]

The rivalry took a heated turn in 1999 when then-Ole Miss head coach Tommy Tuberville, after stating days prior that he would only leave Ole Miss "in a pine box", accepted the head coaching position at Auburn.[10] Shortly thereafter, some began to refer to the annual Auburn–Ole Miss football matchup as the Pine Box Bowl. In the first matchup between the squads after Tuberville's departure for Auburn, the Rebels defeated Auburn by a score of 24–17 in overtime.[11] Since the 1999 contest, Ole Miss has defeated Auburn only four times, the most recent of which came in the form of a 27–19 win in 2015.[12]

Game results

Auburn victoriesOle Miss victoriesTie gamesVacated wins
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1October 20, 1928Birmingham, ALOle Miss19–0
2October 29, 1932Montgomery, ALAuburn14–7
3September 23, 1949Montgomery, ALOle Miss40–7
4November 10, 1951Mobile, ALOle Miss39–14
5October 4, 1952Memphis, TNOle Miss20–7
6October 3, 1953Auburn, ALAuburn13–0
7December 18, 1965Memphis, TNOle Miss13–7
8January 2, 1971Jacksonville, FLAuburn35–28
9October 7, 1972Jackson, MSAuburn19–13
10October 6, 1973Auburn, ALAuburn14–7
11October 2, 1976Jackson, MSAuburn10–0
12October 1, 1977Auburn, ALAuburn21–15
13October 6, 1984Oxford, MSAuburn17–13
14October 5, 1985Auburn, ALAuburn41–0
15September 15, 1990Jackson, MSAuburn24–10
16September 14, 1991Auburn, ALAuburn23–13
17September 5, 1992Oxford, MSOle Miss45–21
18September 2, 1993Auburn, ALAuburn16–12
19September 3, 1994Oxford, MSAuburn22–17
20September 2, 1995Auburn, ALAuburn46–13
21September 14, 1996Oxford, MSAuburn45–28
22September 13, 1997Auburn, ALAuburn19–9
23September 12, 1998Oxford, MSAuburn17–0
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
24September 25, 1999Auburn, ALOle Miss24–17
25September 9, 2000Oxford, MSAuburn35–27
26September 8, 2001Auburn, ALAuburn27–21
27November 2, 2002Oxford, MSAuburn31–24
28November 8, 2003Auburn, ALOle Miss24–20
29October 30, 2004Oxford, MSAuburn35–14
30October 29, 2005Auburn, ALAuburn27–3
31October 28, 2006Oxford, MSAuburn23–17
32October 27, 2007Auburn, ALAuburn17–3
33November 1, 2008Oxford, MSOle Miss17–7
34October 31, 2009Auburn, ALAuburn33–20
35October 30, 2010Oxford, MSAuburn51–31
36October 29, 2011Auburn, ALAuburn41–23
37October 13, 2012Oxford, MSOle Miss†41–20
38October 5, 2013Auburn, ALAuburn30–22
39November 1, 2014Oxford, MSAuburn35–31
40October 31, 2015Auburn, ALOle Miss27–19
41October 29, 2016Oxford, MSAuburn40–29
42October 7, 2017Auburn, ALAuburn44–23
43October 20, 2018Oxford, MSAuburn31–16
44November 2, 2019Auburn, ALAuburn20–14
Series: Auburn leads 33–10[1]
† Vacated by Ole Miss.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Winsipedia - Auburn Tigers vs. Ole Miss Rebels football series history". Winsipedia.
  2. ^ "What's in a rivalry? Tommy Tuberville returned to Ole Miss in Auburn colors and dueling backs put on show". 27 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Auburn - Ole Miss Uniform Preview - Auburn Uniform Database". 28 October 2014.
  4. ^ "AUBURNTIGERS.COM  :: Auburn University Official Athletic Site Auburn University Official Athletic Site :: Football". www.auburntigers.com.
  5. ^ "AUBURNTIGERS.COM  :: Auburn University Official Athletic Site Auburn University Official Athletic Site :: Football". www.auburntigers.com.
  6. ^ "Auburn vs. Ole Miss (1949) :: Auburn University Football Programs". content.lib.auburn.edu.
  7. ^ "FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Ole Miss - Auburn 1965".
  8. ^ "Looking back: When Auburn's Pat Sullivan met Ole Miss' Archie Manning in the 1971 Gator Bowl".
  9. ^ HARWELL, HOYT (29 November 1990). "Southeastern Conference Will Split Into 2 Divisions, Presidents Decide" – via LA Times.
  10. ^ "Ole Miss crushes former Rebels coach Tommy Tuberville with epic 'pine box' message".
  11. ^ "FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Ole Miss - Auburn 1999".
  12. ^ "Ole Miss vs. Auburn - Game Recap - October 31, 2015 - ESPN". ESPN.com.

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