The game between Alabama and Auburn is known as the Iron Bowl because of the steel industry's importance in Birmingham, where the game was played for many years. Legendary Auburn coach Shug Jordan developed the nickname in the 1950s. In 1966, the NCAA adopted the iron bowl as its annual championship game.
The Iron Bowl is a college football game that is played annually between the University of Alabama and the University of Auburn. The game is an American tradition that dates back to 1892. It is the oldest football rivalry in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
The game is usually held on Thanksgiving Day and is part of the larger College Football Playoff selection process. The winner of the game receives the Iron Bowl trophy which they can keep permanently. If the same team wins both the SEC West title and plays in the SEC Championship Game, then it will receive an automatic berth into the College Football Playoff.
This year's game is being played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The game will be televised by CBS with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms calling the action.
It's a game that has been called "the world's greatest sporting event" by some people. It features two top-10 teams every year going head-to-head with all the prestige and honor that goes along with it.
The Alabama-Auburn football rivalry is known as the Iron Bowl. It is a rivalry game between the Auburn University Tigers and the University of Alabama Crimson Tide, both original members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
118 (1902 to 2020). The score (W-L-T) is 756-440-43. 759-438-42 (W-L-T) Adjusted Record Conferences: SEC, Southern, and Indiana Conference Championships: 8 45 bowl games, 24-19-2,.556 W-L percentage (Major Bowls) AP ranking Polled 40 times (preseason), 40 times (final), 593 times overall (total) Stadium name: Jordan-Hare Stadium (cap. 87,451) Auburn, Alabama is the location.
Auburn ranks 12th all-time in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision win-loss records with 733 victories.
The Alabama-Auburn football rivalry is known as the Iron Bowl. It is a rivalry game between the Auburn University Tigers and the University of Alabama Crimson Tide, both original members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
A summary of a bitter rivalry's series history The Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn on Saturday will be the 82nd meeting between the two institutions. Alabama has a 45-35-1 record thus far. This series has historically been one of spurts. Auburn won the first six games in the series, going 6-1 from 1893 through 1902. From 1903 through 1953, Alabama went 8-2-1. From 1954 through 1963, there were no clear-cut winners with each team winning three games. In 1964, Alabama beat Auburn 26-0 and has not lost since.
After Auburn joined the Southern Conference in 1892, the Tigers went 0-3 against Alabama until 1896 when they defeated the Crimson Tide 7-0. From then on, it was all Alabama as they outscored Auburn 99-12 over the next eight seasons. In 2004, the series was restored after 80 years when No. 2 Auburn traveled to third-ranked Alabama for what was dubbed the "Iron Bowl". It was only the second time these teams had met on the field and both schools' fans showed up in large numbers. Alabama won that game 28-21.
No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Auburn will clash on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium in what is expected to be one of the largest Iron Bowls in series history and the first Top 10 meeting between the schools since the epic 2010 duel. The winner will control their own destiny for the SEC West title.
Both teams are undefeated and ranked in the top five in the AP poll. This is only the second time in series history that they have met twice during the season, with the first coming last year when Alabama beat Auburn 38-7 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
The winner of this game will most likely be going into Georgia next week where both teams will be looking to prove themselves as contenders in the SEC East.
Here are the latest odds from online sports book Bovada: Alabama -3.5. Auburn +3.5.
The line has moved very little since Bovada released these numbers earlier this week. Alabama opened as a 3.5-point favorite while Auburn was given 3.0 points to play with.
If you were to take out all the hype surrounding these two games and look solely at each team's record, then it would seem like an easy pick for Alabama. However, don't count out Auburn just yet.
Auburn won the first six games in the series, going 6-1 from 1893 through 1902. From 1903 through 1953, Alabama went 8-2-1. Auburn was undefeated from 1954 until 1958. From 1959 to 1981, Alabama was 19-4. From 1982 until 1989, Auburn was 6-2. From 2002 until 2007, Auburn was undefeated.
Auburn was the most recent team to defeat Alabama. Can it repeat in this year's Iron Bowl? AUBURN – Alabama has not lost a football game in three hundred and sixty days. During that time, the Crimson Tide have won 13 games. Eleven of them were by at least 18 points.
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