1959 - In a rain soaked meeting, #11 Auburn defeated #4 Georgia Tech 7-6 after being down 6-0 at halftime.
Auburn All-American FB Ed Dyas would kick the winning extra point.
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@auburnhistorytoday.com1959 - In a rain soaked meeting, #11 Auburn defeated #4 Georgia Tech 7-6 after being down 6-0 at halftime.
Auburn All-American FB Ed Dyas would kick the winning extra point.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1970 - Georgia Tech returns to Auburn for the first time in 66 years and plays in Cliff Hare Stadium for the first time ever.
#8 Auburn and Pat Sullivan "humiliated" (per the 1971 Glomerata) #16 Georgia Tech 31-7.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1987 - #5 Auburn defeats Georgia Tech 20-10 in what would be final yearly meeting.
The two teams had played every year since 1906, except for 1943.
@auburnhistorytoday.com2020 - Auburn senior Bret Holmes wins his first ARCA Series race to take home the 2020 ARCA Menards Series championship.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1993 - In the 70th meeting between the teams, #19 Auburn defeated #4 Florida in a close 38-35 game.
Florida led early on, but Auburn started clawing back following a Calvin Jackson 95-yard interception return for a touchdown.
@auburnhistorytoday.com2004 - Jason Campbell throws for a career high (297 yards) in only three quarters of work as #4 Auburn defeats Arkansas 38-20.
Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams added 182 yards and a touchdown each.
@auburnhistorytoday.com2010 - #7 Auburn and #12 Arkansas combine for over 1,000 total yards of offense and break the SEC record for points in a non-overtime game.
Cam Newton was responsible for 328 yards and 4 touchdowns in the Tigers' 65-43 victory.
@auburnhistorytoday.com2010 - The Auburn Arena officially opens its doors following a ribbon cutting ceremony.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1994 - Patrick Nix and Frank Sanders cement their legacy with "Nix to Sanders" part two.
#6 Auburn beats #1 Florida in the Swamp 36-33. The Tigers were 16 point underdogs.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1921 – Charles Thach died at the age of 61.
Thach served as the sixth president of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) from 1902 until 1920.
He was the first president to have graduated from API.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1967 - Auburn beats Clemson 43-21.
Auburn's Jimmy Carter returned a Clemson punt 61 yards for a touchdown just over a minute into the game.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1989 - #12 Auburn defeats LSU 10-6 in a defensive fight.
Stacy Danley would rush for 117 yards and score the lone touchdown from a yard out.
@auburnhistorytoday.com2006 - #11 Auburn defeats #2 Florida 27-17 in what is considered one of the loudest games inside Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Tre Smith grabbed the lead for the Tigers somersaulting into the endzone after a blocked punt.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1875 – Luther Duncan is born.
Duncan would serve as the ninth president of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) from 1935 until his death in 1947.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1984 - #16 Auburn travels to #9 Florida State, leaving with a 42-41 victory.
Brent Fullwood dove over the goal line for the winning score with just 46 seconds remaining. Pat Washington passed for 300+ as both teams combined for over 1,100 total yards.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1979 - #18 Auburn defeated Vandy 52-35.
Joe Cribbs rushes for 219 yards on 14 attempts against 0-4 Vanderbilt, vaulting to #4 on the SEC career rushing list. Cribbs would finish his career at #3.
@auburnhistorytoday.com2001 - 21-point underdog Auburn defeats #1 Florida on a Damon Duval 44-yard field goal.
Florida was held to 18 rushing yards. Rex Grossman threw 4 interceptions.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1994 - In the program's second season as a varsity sport, @AuburnSoccer faces Alabama for the first time.
The in-state rivals would play to a 0-0 tie.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1985 - #12 Auburn destroys #4 Florida State 59-27.
Bo Jackson scored two rushing touchdowns and the Tigers set a record for most points in a quarter with 28 point 4th quarter.
@auburnhistorytoday.com1996 - Dameyune Craig sets an Auburn record, passing for 410 yards in a single game, as the Tigers defeat Mississippi State 49-15.
Dan Evans would intercept a Matt Wyatt pass, returning it for a touchdown.
