Auburn–Ole Miss football rivalry

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.

Auburn–Ole Miss football rivalry

Auburn Tigers Ole Miss Rebels
First meeting	October 20, 1928 Ole Miss, 19–0
Latest meeting	October 24, 2020 Auburn, 35–28
Statistics
Meetings total	45
All-time series	Auburn leads, 34–10[1]
Largest victory	Auburn, 41–0 (1985)
Longest win streak	Auburn, 9 (1971–1991)
Current win streak	Auburn, 5 (2016–present)

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Locations of Auburn and Ole Miss

History

Both founding members of the Southeastern Conference, Auburn and Ole Miss first met on October 20, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama with Ole Miss winning the game by a score of 19–0.[3] After a 14–7 Auburn victory in 1932, the teams didn't meet again until 1949, when the Rebels defeated the Tigers by a score of 40–7. They have met in two bowl games, with Ole Miss winning the 1965 Liberty Bowl by a margin of 13–7[4] and Auburn winning the 1971 Gator Bowl by a score of 35–28.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

Game results

Auburn victories

Ole Miss victories

Tie games

Vacated wins

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 20, 1928 Birmingham, AL Ole Miss 19–0 2 October 29, 1932 Montgomery, AL Auburn 14–7 3 September 23, 1949 Montgomery, AL Ole Miss 40–7 4 November 10, 1951 Mobile, AL Ole Miss 39–14 5 October 4, 1952 Memphis, TN #18 Ole Miss 20–7 6 October 3, 1953 Auburn, AL Auburn 13–0 7 December 18, 1965 Memphis, TN Ole Miss 13–7 8 January 2, 1971 Jacksonville, FL #10 Auburn 35–28 9 October 7, 1972 Jackson, MS #17 Auburn 19–13 10 October 6, 1973 Auburn, AL Auburn 14–7 11 October 2, 1976 Jackson, MS Auburn 10–0 12 October 1, 1977 Auburn, AL Auburn 21–15 13 October 6, 1984 Oxford, MS #18 Auburn 17–13 14 October 5, 1985 Auburn, AL #14 Auburn 41–0 15 September 15, 1990 Jackson, MS #2 Auburn 24–10 16 September 14, 1991 Auburn, AL #15 Auburn 23–13 17 September 5, 1992 Oxford, MS Ole Miss 45–21 18 September 2, 1993 Auburn, AL Auburn 16–12 19 September 3, 1994 Oxford, MS #12 Auburn 22–17 20 September 2, 1995 Auburn, AL #6 Auburn 46–13 21 September 14, 1996 Oxford, MS #15 Auburn 45–28 22 September 13, 1997 Auburn, AL #16 Auburn 19–9 23 September 12, 1998 Oxford, MS Auburn 17–0 24 September 25, 1999 Auburn, AL Ole Miss 24–17 No. Date Location Winner Score 25 September 9, 2000 Oxford, MS Auburn 35–27 26 September 8, 2001 Auburn, AL Auburn 27–21 27 November 2, 2002 Oxford, MS Auburn 31–24 28 November 8, 2003 Auburn, AL #20 Ole Miss 24–20 29 October 30, 2004 Oxford, MS #3 Auburn 35–14 30 October 29, 2005 Auburn, AL #19 Auburn 27–3 31 October 28, 2006 Oxford, MS #7 Auburn 23–17 32 October 27, 2007 Auburn, AL #23 Auburn 17–3 33 November 1, 2008 Oxford, MS Ole Miss 17–7 34 October 31, 2009 Auburn, AL Auburn 33–20 35 October 30, 2010 Oxford, MS #1 Auburn 51–31 36 October 29, 2011 Auburn, AL #23 Auburn 41–23 37 October 13, 2012 Oxford, MS Ole Miss† 41–20 38 October 5, 2013 Auburn, AL Auburn 30–22 39 November 1, 2014 Oxford, MS #3 Auburn 35–31 40 October 31, 2015 Auburn, AL #19 Ole Miss 27–19 41 October 29, 2016 Oxford, MS #15 Auburn 40–29 42 October 7, 2017 Auburn, AL #12 Auburn 44–23 43 October 20, 2018 Oxford, MS Auburn 31–16 44 November 2, 2019 Auburn, AL #11 Auburn 20–14 45 October 24, 2020 Oxford, MS Auburn 35–28 Series: Auburn leads 34–10[1] † 2012 game vacated by Ole Miss[10]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "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. "Winsipedia - Auburn Tigers vs. Ole Miss Rebels football series history games list". Winsipedia.
4. "FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Ole Miss - Auburn 1965".
5. "Looking back: When Auburn's Pat Sullivan met Ole Miss' Archie Manning in the 1971 Gator Bowl".
6. HARWELL, HOYT (29 November 1990). "Southeastern Conference Will Split Into 2 Divisions, Presidents Decide" – via LA Times.
7. "Ole Miss crushes former Rebels coach Tommy Tuberville with epic 'pine box' message".
8. "FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Ole Miss - Auburn 1999".
9. "Ole Miss vs. Auburn - Game Recap - October 31, 2015 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
10. "Forfeits and Vacated Games". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.