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The Tide, led by quarterback Bryce Young, drove 97 yards for a game-tying touchdown to force the first overtime game in Iron Bowl history. (Although the rivalry game had been played 86 times, dating back to 1893, overtime in college football was instituted beginning with bowl games after the 1995 season.) [ 50 ] [ 51 ] [ 52 ]
Indeed, until the 1980s, most of Alabama's "home" football history took place in Birmingham, which was only 45 minutes east of Alabama's campus in Tuscaloosa. By the time Dye became head coach and athletic director at Auburn in 1981, calls to make the Iron Bowl a home-and-home series had grown to a fever pitch.
Between its use for the Iron Bowl and as an alternate home stadium for the Crimson Tide and Tigers, Legion Field played host to many of the most important football games in Alabama's history. Well into the 1980s, Alabama played most of its important games, as well as the Iron Bowl, at Legion Field—to the point that most of Alabama's "home ...
Its name: Bo Over The Top. ... to that moment, the greatest Iron Bowl victory in Auburn history. Since then, the Camback — when Cam Newton almost singlehandedly wiped out a 24-0 Tide lead ...
In the 89th installment of the Iron Bowl, ... Tigers — last year, a six-win Auburn team reached the Music City Bowl — and Freeze was hired in part because of his history of beating Alabama. He ...
“I said the Iron Bowl two years ago [when Alabama rallied from a late deficit to win in four overtimes] was the worst and best game I’ve ever been to,” said the mask-clad, hammer-wielding ...
The Kick Six (also known as Kick Bama Kick) was the final play of the 78th Iron Bowl college football game played on November 30, 2013, at Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama. The game featured the No. 1– ranked and two-time defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide (11–0, 7–0 in the SEC ) as a 10-point favorite over the No. 4 ...
Alabama's 6–6 tie with Auburn was both the only tie in the history of the Iron Bowl and the last meeting between the two teams for forty years. [1] [14] Auburn was a 3 to 1 favorite going into the game, due to their earlier victory over Georgia and the fact that they had lost to Sewanee by only 6 points while Alabama lost to Sewanee by 50. [15]