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Auburn played its last home game at Legion Field, outside of the Iron Bowl, in 1978 against Tennessee. [19] [20] Between 1969 and 1987, Auburn made additions to Jordan-Hare Stadium until it eclipsed Legion Field in size. Auburn was in the process of expanding Jordan-Hare Stadium from 72,169 seats to 85,214 for the 1987 season, almost 10,000 ...
December 2: No. 2 Alabama was undefeated going into the last game of the season, but a 30–20 loss to No. 11 Auburn in the Iron Bowl spoiled their perfect record and caused the two rivals to finish in a three-way tie for the SEC title with No. 8 Tennessee. Despite their loss, Alabama was picked to represent the conference in the Sugar Bowl. No ...
The 1989 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with a 10–2 record and won their third straight SEC title. On December 2, Alabama visited Auburn on their home campus for the first time in the history of the Iron Bowl.
Auburn has now lost the last five Iron Bowls. "We have one top-10 (recruiting) class and hopefully we can land another next week," Freeze said following the game.
For 364 more days, Auburn fans will have to deal with the pain of Saturday night. But they threw a deep scare into Alabama, and for now, that will have to be enough. "Auburn does this a lot.
However, in the season finale against Auburn—the first Iron Bowl ever played in Auburn, Alabama—the Tigers beat Alabama 30–20. [5] As a result, Alabama, Auburn and Tennessee finished in a three-way tie for the conference championship. Alabama would however receive the conference's Sugar Bowl berth. [6]
The 1988–89 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1988 and January 1989 to end the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 17 team-competitive games, [ 1 ] and two all-star games, were played.
Legion Field was well known for hosting the regular season-ending rivalry between Alabama and Auburn each year from 1948 to 1988. Because of Birmingham's major industry of iron and steel manufacturing, the game became known as the "Iron Bowl." From the series' resumption in 1948 to 1987, each team rotated claiming home-field rights, with ...