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The Alabama–Auburn football rivalry, better known as the Iron Bowl, [2] is an American college football rivalry game between the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn University Tigers, both charter members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and both teams are located in the state of Alabama.
The Alabama–Auburn men's basketball rivalry is a men's college basketball rivalry [1] [2] [3] between the Auburn Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Though both schools are best known for their prestigious football programs, the deeply rooted rivalry between the two extends to basketball as well.
Rivalry: Alabama Crimson Tide November 23, 1996 Auburn Tigers 23 15 Alabama Crimson Tide: 24: Birmingham, Alabama: Legion Field: Iron Bowl: Alabama Crimson Tide November 30, 1996 1 Florida Gators 21 2 Florida State Seminoles: 24: Tallahassee, Florida: Rivalry: January 2, 1997 3 Florida Gators: 52: 1 Florida State Seminoles 20 New Orleans, Louisiana
Auburn won, 10–0, in front of a crowd of 2,000, in a game that would establish the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry. Auburn and Alabama played their first football game in Lakeview Park in Birmingham, Alabama, on February 22, 1893. Head coach D. M. Balliet led Auburn to a 32–22 victory, before an estimated crowd of 5,000. It is the first ...
Ten years earlier, down 16-3, Auburn’s Bill Newton blocked a late Alabama punt and the Tigers’ David Langner ran it back for a touchdown … and then both did the exact same thing a few plays ...
Entering the 2013 Iron Bowl, Alabama and Auburn were ranked No. 1 and No. 4 respectively in the BCS rankings, making it only the second matchup in the history of the rivalry to feature two Top 5 teams, and the highest-ranked Iron Bowl ever. [35] It was also the first Iron Bowl in which both teams were playing for a berth to the SEC Championship.
Rivalry, in college football terms, doesn’t end when the clock hits 0:00. Rivalry doesn’t cool down when the season ends. Rivalry is Alabama and Auburn fans getting in fistfights, knife fights ...
In the Iron Bowl, Alabama played Auburn in the first overtime game in the rivalry's history, winning 24–22 in four overtimes. [248] The Tide finished the regular season 11–1. [249] In the SEC Championship, Alabama took on #1 Georgia winning 41–24. [250] The victory marked Saban's eighth SEC title with Alabama, and the Tide's 29th SEC ...