Auburn vs. Tennessee: A Great American College Football Rivalry
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The Tigers vs. The Volunteers
Auburn and Tennessee played every year from 1956-91. The 2009 edition represented the 51st meeting between the two teams. They didn't play from 1991 until the 1997 SEC Championship game because of the league expansion and the rotating opponents' setup. The two played in 1998 and 1999, 2003 and 2004, and in 2008-2009 before rotating off each others schedule. The two schools dominated the SEC in the mid-to-late `80's. In six of the eight seasons from 1983-90, either Auburn (1983-87-88-89) or Tennessee (1985-89-90) claimed an SEC Championship.
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Great college football rivalries result from passionate fans and players for the game. This site is dedicated to the college football rivalry between Auburn University and the University of Tennessee. The purpose of this site is to provide the reader with a history of the rivalry and to be a single source reference for sports historians on information pertaining to on the Auburn-Tennessee rivalry on the web.
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In 2000, A New Auburn Tiger Football Tradition Began: The Pre-game Flight of War Eagle
Beginning the 2000 football season, Tiger began a new and wonderful tradition in all of modern-day college football athletics by making flights high above Jordan-Hare Stadium before home football games . With Tiger's retirement in 2006, the pre-flight tradition has been passed to Nova and Spirit. Today, as Nova, War Eagle VII, or Spirit, gracefully circles the stadium, Auburn fans cry out 'Warrrrrrrrrrr Eagle - Hey!' as the symbol of Auburn University lands determinedly at midfield as an unwavering icon of the Auburn Spirit. (In the photo above, Tiger or WAR EAGLE VI flys high over the Auburn faithful at the 2005 Iron Bowl.)
1935 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1937 Auburn-Tennessee Football Program
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War Eagle VII: The Symbol of Auburn University
Greatness. Majesty. Beauty. Freedom. Power. All the following terms describe Nova or War Eagle VII. The seventh golden eagle in the WAR EAGLE line of mascots for Auburn University was introduced to the Auburn Family on Saturday, November 11, 2006, during the half-time ceremonies of the 110th edition of the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry.Click Here For More.
Tiger or WAR EAGLE VI at the 2005 Auburn Club Leadership Conference.
Big Band Music
The Pride of the Southland Marching Band gives the Volunteers an extra boost of inspiration, like a tortue light piercing the fog high on a Rocky Top. While the Auburn University Marching Band sores over those old Volunteers on the wings of WAR EAGLE. Check out the fight songs for each school located below. Enjoy!
The Pride of the Southland Marching Band playing Rocky Top
1956 - Tennessee 35 Auburn 7
The Modern Auburn-Tennessee series begins in Birmingham over the objections of Vol AD Gen. R.R. Neyland. Johnny Majors, who would finish second in the Heisman Trophy balloting, led Tennessee to a 35-7 win over Auburn before a crowd of 44,258.
1956 Auburn-Tennessee Football Program
1957 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket
1957 - Auburn 7 Tennessee 0
In its first trip to Knoxville since 1939, Auburn was expected to be little match for Tennessee, the defending SEC champions. Yet, the Tigers won 7-0 and started their march toward the National Championship.
1957 Auburn-Tennessee Football Program
1958 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1958 - Auburn 13 Tennessee 0
Defending National Champion Auburn 13, Tennessee 0 in Birmingham. Tennessee made no first downs and was held to minus 30 yards of total offense. Lindsey Nelson and Red Grange described it to the nation on NBC-TV.
1958 Auburn-Tennessee Football Program
The Origins of Smokey: The Symbol of the University of Tennessee
1959 - Tennessee 3 Auburn 0
Tennessee ended Auburn's 24-game unbeaten streak with a 3-0 upset victory at Knoxville. Time and time again, the Tigers assaulted the Tennessee goal line. Time and time again, Tennessee's Volunteers pushed them back. Cotton Letner's field goal won it for the Vols.
1960 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1960 Auburn-Tennessee Football Program
1961-63
Auburn fell behind by two touchdowns or more three years in a row, 0-21 in 1961, 0-14 in 1962, and 0-12 in 1963, only to storm back and win all three games, 24-21 in 1961, 22-21 in 1962 and 23-19 in 1963. The modern Auburn-Tennessee series had been born.
1961 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
The 1962 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1962 Auburn-Tennessee Football Program
1964 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1965 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1965 - Auburn 13 Tennessee 13
Auburn defensive tackle Jack Thornton intercepts not one, but two passes as Auburn struggles to a 13-13 tie with Tennessee in Knoxville.
1966 Auburn-Tennessee Football Program
1966 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1968 - Auburn 28 Tennessee 14
In the first Auburn-Tennessee game to be played at night, Auburn upsets the unbeaten Vols 28-14 in Birmingham. Halfback Mike Currier from Oneonta scored on three of his first four plays in the game.
1968 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1969 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1969 - Tennessee 45 Auburn 19
Vols jump to a big lead in Knoxville, 24-3 at the half, but Auburn, behind first-year quarterback Pat Sullivan, came storming back to cut the Vol lead to 24-19 in the fourth quarter. The Vols pull away, however, and won 45-19.
1970 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1970 - Auburn 36 Tennessee 23
Auburn overcame a 10-0 Tennessee lead and defeated the Vols 36-23 in Birmingham. It was the only loss of the year for Tennessee and cost the Vols an SEC Championship.
1970 Auburn-Tennessee Football Program
1971 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1971 - Auburn 10 Tennessee 9
Tennessee dominated Auburn for 58 minutes, but in the final two minutes, Pat Sullivan drove Auburn 86 yards for a touchdown and a 10-9 victory. The next day, Jack Doane of The Montgomery Advertiser wrote: "Blindfolded, hands tied behind his back, Pat Sullivan would be a one-point favorite at his own execution."
1972 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1973-74
1973-74--Tennessee defeated Auburn 21-0 in Knoxville in a driving rainstorm. Tennessee punted on first down throughout the fourth quarter, infuriating Auburn coaches. At the end of the game, Auburn coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan refused to shake hands with Vol coach Bill Battle saying Battle refused to shake hands with him before the game. In 1974, Tennessee, reluctantly, made its first trip to Auburn. Auburn won, ironically by the same 21-0 score. Throughout the first quarter, Auburn fans chanted "Punt...Punt...Punt" whenever Auburn had a first down.
1974 Auburn-Tennessee Football Program
1975 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1976 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket
1977 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1977 - Auburn 14 Tennessee 12
Leads are never safe in the Auburn-Tennessee game. Tennessee jumped to a 12-0 lead in Johnny Majors' first SEC game as head coach of his alma mater, but Auburn won 14-12 when a Vol field goal attempt was wide right on the final play of the game.
1978 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1979 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
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1980 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1980 - Tennessee 42 Auburn 0
Tennessee defeated Auburn 42-0 before the then largest crowd in Auburn history. It was, perhaps, the darkest day in Auburn's long and glorious football history.
Pat Dye - Head Football Coach of the Auburn Tigers (1981-1992)
In the 70s being a fan of the Auburn Tigers ONLY brought you ridicule until Coach dye showed up in Auburn. Coach Dye brought the pride back to being an Auburn Tiger. For Auburn fans, Dye was god sent. He healed the Auburn people's mindset from one of "I wonder how bad we are going to be this year?" to "We are going after your butt!"Click Here For More.
1982 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1983 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1983 - Auburn 27 Tennessee 14
Auburn, 20-7 losers to Texas a week earlier, came to Knoxville labeled as the SEC's disappointment of the year after only two games. Auburn reestablished itself with a 27-14 win over the Vols, highlighted by an 81-yard Trey Gainous punt return.
1984 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1985 - Tennessee 24 Auburn 0
Auburn went to Knoxville undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the nation. That ranking lasted as long as Tennessee's first possession. The Vols led 24-0 at the half and Auburn has not been ranked No. 1 since that day, Sept. 28, 1985.
1986 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1988 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1989 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1990 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1990 - Auburn 26 Tennessee 26
Proving once again that leads, big or small, do not hold up in the AU-UT series, Auburn spotted Tennessee a 17-point fourth quarter lead, 26-9, only to storm back to tie the game, 26-26. Tennessee missed a potential game-winning field goal with 15 seconds to play.
1991 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1991 Auburn-Tennessee Student Football Ticket Stub
1991 - Tennessee 30 Auburn 21
A series that had been contested 35 consecutive years came to an end thanks to the expansion of the SEC from 10 schools to 12 and the formation of two divisions. Vol receiver Carl Pickens caught four balls for 172 yards, including TD receptions of 87 and 67 yards in Tennessee's 30-21 win.
1997 - Tennessee 30 Auburn 29
In the SEC Championship game in Atlanta, Auburn scored 20 unanswered points to take a 20-7 lead. Tennessee scored two touchdowns late in the third quarter and early in the fourth to win 30-29. Tennessee's Peyton Manning threw for 373 yards and four TDs, while Auburn signal caller Dameyune Craig passed for 262 yards and a pair of scores.
OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER IN ATLANTA: PEERLESS PRICE & JAMAL LEWIS 1997: Wide receiver Peerless Price set career-highs for receptions (eight) and receiving yards (161) against the Auburn Tigers during the 1997 SEC Championship Game. In addition, Price scored two touchdowns on passes from legendary quarterback Peyton Manning. Also in that game, tailback Jamal Lewis set SEC Championship Game records with 127 rushing yards on 31 carries.
OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER IN ATLANTA: PEERLESS PRICE & JAMAL LEWIS 1997: Wide receiver Peerless Price set career-highs for receptions (eight) and receiving yards (161) against the Auburn Tigers during the 1997 SEC Championship Game. In addition, Price scored two touchdowns on passes from legendary quarterback Peyton Manning. Also in that game, tailback Jamal Lewis set SEC Championship Game records with 127 rushing yards on 31 carries.
1998 - Tennessee 17 Auburn 9
RUMBLIN', STUMBLIN' SHAUN: Shaun Ellis, 1998: Shaun Ellis was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts in the Vols' 17-9 victory over Auburn on Oct. 3, 1998. Tennessee scored 17 points in the first quarter with big plays, including one from Ellis in which he grabbed an errant pitch and rambled 90 yards for the game's first score. Ellis finished the game with four tackles, including one TFL. Like this week's contest, that 1998 game was televised nationally on CBS.
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1999 Auburn-Tennessee Football Ticket Stub
1999 - Tennessee 24 Auburn 0
DOMINANCE & FLAIR IN THE DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD: Deon Grant, 1999: Vol defensive back Deon Grant had three interceptions, eight tackles and a broken-up pass in Tennessee's 24-0 triumph over Auburn on Oct. 2, 1999. He returned one of his three interceptions for a 20-yard touchdown on the first play of the game. It was the first time the Vols had scored on an opening play since Peyton Manning and Joey Kent hooked up for an 80-yard score on the first play of the 1995 Alabama game. All three of Grant's picks came in the first half. The broken-up pass came during a fake punt and also was a major play in the game.
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2004
Auburn raced to a 31-3 halftime lead en route to a 34-10 win over No. 10 Tennessee for the Tigers' first win in Neyland Stadium since 1983. Auburn QB Jason Campbell was 12 of 15 for 240 yards and two TD strikes in the first half. Safety Junior Rosegreen set a school record and tied an SEC mark with four interceptions in the game. The teams met again in the SEC Championship, with Auburn prevailing 38-28 behind Campbell's 374 yards passing and three TDs.
2004 CBS Introduction to the SEC Championship game
2004 CBS Introduction to the SEC Championship game
2008 - Auburn (#15) 14 Tennessee 12
Auburn and Tennessee came into their 50th meeting limping offensively. Tennessee lost to Florida and Auburn lost to LSU the week before and both needed a win. With two great defenses playing against each other, victory for either side would come down to taking advantage of mistakes made by the opponent's offense and plays by special teams. Tennesse created the game changing play of the game. Auburn's Jake Ricks recovered a Tennessee fumble in the end zone, giving Auburn a 14-6 lead with 7:06 left in the second quarter. Tennessee would go on to add another 6 points in the game but Auburn's defense held on to preserve a 14-12 victory over the Tennessee Volunteers. It may have been an ugly win but any win in the SEC is a good win; Just ask Georgia(#3) who was beat by Alabama(#8) in Athens 41-30 and Florida(#4) losing to Ole Miss by the score of 31-30 in Gainesville during the same weekend.
Tommy Tuberville - Head Football Coach of the Auburn Tigers (1999-2008)
Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, who won 85 games and one SEC championship in 10 seasons, stepped down as the Tigers' coach on Wednesday, December 3, 2008.The decision was made after Tuberville met with Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs for the second time in as many days on Wednesday.
"The last 10 years have been a great time in my life, both professionally and personally," Tuberville said in a statement. "It's been a great place to coach and live, and we've had a lot of success along the way. I'm going to remain in Auburn and help the Auburn family however I can. I'm very appreciative of the coaches, players, staff and Auburn fans over the last decade."
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Phillip Fulmer - Tennessee Head Football Coach (1992-2008)
Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer, who won 150 games and one national championship in 17 seasons, stepped down as the Volunteers' coach after the 2008 season. Lane Kiffin - Head Football Coach of the Tennessee Volunteers
Lane Kiffin was officially introduced as the University of Tennessee's head football coach Monday, December 1, 2008 at Neyland Stadium's Wolf-Kaplan Center. The 33-year-old Kiffin replaces Phillip Fulmer, the second winningest coach in UT history. Other College Rivalries
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Auburn vs. Georgia: The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry
Auburn and Georgia meet annually in what is known as 'the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry' in the sport of college football. Of Auburn's major rivals whose games were once played at neutral sites, Georgia is the ONLY school to come to Auburn without argument.Click Here For More.
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wardon
Sep 26, 2008 @ 11:15 pm | delete
- really enjoyed your recollection of some great games, but would like to remind everyone of the importance of the 1972 AU 10-6 win over Vols at legion Field. Was the first big game for an incredible AU year. Tenn brought in the first starting black QB in the SEC, very similar to Damian Craig. AU defense out-quicked Vols offense all day, but Vols scored in 4th qtr & went for two so a field goal would win it. Conversion failed, AU fans exploded and 30,000 Vol fans left in a huff. This AU team was truly amazin! AU would come back to Legion field one more time in 1972 to beat the #1 ranked Bama 17-16.
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David Farrior
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- John, these ticket stubs brought back many memories! I remember practically all of those
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