Auburn–Ole Miss football rivalry

Auburn–Ole Miss football rivalry
Auburn Tigers
Ole Miss Rebels
First meetingOctober 20, 1928
Ole Miss, 19–0
Latest meetingOctober 21, 2023
Ole Miss, 28–21
Statistics
Meetings total48
All-time seriesAuburn leads, 35–12[1]
Largest victoryAuburn, 41–0 (1985)
Longest win streakAuburn, 9 (1971–1991)
Current win streakOle Miss, 2 (2022–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 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 five times, the most recent of which came in the form of a 28–21 win in 2023.[9]

Game results

Auburn victoriesOle Miss victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing team
1October 20, 1928Birmingham, ALOle Miss19Auburn0
2October 29, 1932Montgomery, ALAuburn14Ole Miss7
3September 23, 1949Montgomery, ALOle Miss40Auburn7
4November 10, 1951Mobile, ALOle Miss39Auburn14
5October 4, 1952Memphis, TN#18 Ole Miss20Auburn7
6October 3, 1953Auburn, ALAuburn13Ole Miss0
7December 18, 1965Memphis, TNOle Miss13Auburn7
8January 2, 1971Jacksonville, FL#10 Auburn35Ole Miss28
9October 7, 1972Jackson, MS#17 Auburn19#18 Ole Miss13
10October 6, 1973Auburn, ALAuburn14Ole Miss7
11October 2, 1976Jackson, MSAuburn10Ole Miss0
12October 1, 1977Auburn, ALAuburn21Ole Miss15
13October 6, 1984Oxford, MS#18 Auburn17Ole Miss13
14October 5, 1985Auburn, AL#14 Auburn41Ole Miss0
15September 15, 1990Jackson, MS#2 Auburn24Ole Miss10
16September 14, 1991Auburn, AL#15 Auburn23Ole Miss13
17September 5, 1992Oxford, MSOle Miss45Auburn21
18September 2, 1993Auburn, ALAuburn16Ole Miss12
19September 3, 1994Oxford, MS#12 Auburn22Ole Miss17
20September 2, 1995Auburn, AL#6 Auburn46Ole Miss13
21September 14, 1996Oxford, MS#15 Auburn45Ole Miss28
22September 13, 1997Auburn, AL#16 Auburn19Ole Miss9
23September 12, 1998Oxford, MSAuburn17Ole Miss0
24September 25, 1999Auburn, ALOle Miss24Auburn17
25September 9, 2000Oxford, MSAuburn35Ole Miss27
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing team
26September 8, 2001Auburn, ALAuburn27Ole Miss21
27November 2, 2002Oxford, MSAuburn31Ole Miss24
28November 8, 2003Auburn, AL#20 Ole Miss24Auburn20
29October 30, 2004Oxford, MS#3 Auburn35Ole Miss14
30October 29, 2005Auburn, AL#19 Auburn27Ole Miss3
31October 28, 2006Oxford, MS#7 Auburn23Ole Miss17
32October 27, 2007Auburn, AL#23 Auburn17Ole Miss3
33November 1, 2008Oxford, MSOle Miss17Auburn7
34October 31, 2009Auburn, ALAuburn33Ole Miss20
35October 30, 2010Oxford, MS#1 Auburn51Ole Miss31
36October 29, 2011Auburn, AL#23 Auburn41Ole Miss23
37October 13, 2012Oxford, MSOle Miss† 41Auburn20
38October 5, 2013Auburn, ALAuburn30Ole Miss22
39November 1, 2014Oxford, MS#3 Auburn35#4 Ole Miss31
40October 31, 2015Auburn, AL#19 Ole Miss27Auburn19
41October 29, 2016Oxford, MS#15 Auburn40Ole Miss29
42October 7, 2017Auburn, AL#12 Auburn44Ole Miss23
43October 20, 2018Oxford, MSAuburn31Ole Miss16
44November 2, 2019Auburn, AL#11 Auburn20Ole Miss14
45October 24, 2020Oxford, MSAuburn35Ole Miss28
46October 30, 2021Auburn, AL#18 Auburn31#10 Ole Miss20
47October 15, 2022Oxford, MS#9 Ole Miss48Auburn34
48October 21, 2023Auburn, AL#13 Ole Miss28Auburn21
Series: Auburn leads 35–12[1]
† 2012 game vacated by Ole Miss[10]

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". October 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "Winsipedia – Auburn Tigers vs. Ole Miss Rebels football series history games list". Winsipedia.
  4. ^ "FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Ole Miss – Auburn 1965". Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "Looking back: When Auburn's Pat Sullivan met Ole Miss' Archie Manning in the 1971 Gator Bowl". October 29, 2015.
  6. ^ HARWELL, HOYT (November 29, 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". Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  8. ^ "FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Ole Miss – Auburn 1999". Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  9. ^ "Ole Miss vs. Auburn – Game Recap – October 14, 2022 – ESPN". ESPN.com.
  10. ^ "Forfeits and Vacated Games". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.