Iron Bowl Gold

Alabama 10 | Auburn 7  The Tigers’ coach Shug Jordan believed the 1953 Iron Bowl game to be the most important ever to date for Auburn.  A lot was on the line as the Cotton Bowl bid was up for both teams.  It was a close game, but...

Alabama 25 | Auburn 23 The Tigers lead by one point until Alabama’s Van Tiffin kicked the game-winning field goal. — Tiffin was the clear hero of the game.  The Tide kept Auburn off balance throughout the game by trying new plays, such...

Alabama 17 | Auburn 15 Alabama, with a losing season record, beat Auburn, the Sugar Bowl-bound and nationally ranked team.  That was the first time in 33 years that a team with a losing record had won the Iron Bowl.  Bama held them ‘til...

Alabama 28 | Auburn 17 Alabama wins again, and The Bear goes down in history.  At 315 wins Coach Bryant broke the record for the most winningest football coach ever.  It only took Bryant 37 years to build this record, but it took the previous...

Alabama 34 | Auburn 18 Alabama’s quarterbacks Walter Lewis and Don Jacobs were the heroes of the 1980 Iron Bowl, together bringing in five touchdown drives.  Coach Bryant stated that the three biggest plays to his team’s comeback in the...

Alabama 25 | Auburn 18 It was one tackle made by Jeremiah Castille with the help of teammate Don McNeal that saved the game for the Tide.  Had Castille let running back James Brooks, one of the fastest in the nation, continue his sprint down the...

Alabama 34 | Auburn 16 The game was close at half-time with Bama leading 17-13, but the Tide rolled on and took control in the second half.  “Auburn came at us with an aggressive game today.  And our defense had to buckle down in the...

Alabama 48 | Auburn 21 Bama quarterback Jeff Rutledge played an outstanding game.  Rutledge ended the 1977 season with 1,518 rushing and passing yards — the second best in Bama history, succeeding big names like Ken Stabler and Joe Namath...

Alabama 38 | Auburn 7 The year 1976 marked the fourth year in a row for the Tide to dominate the Tigers and Coach Bryant’s fourteenth win against Auburn out of nineteen games.  Bama had a particularly tough defense which consisted of...

Alabama 28 | Auburn 0 Alabama did it again — holding the Auburn Tigers to zero.  Out of the 28 years this in-state rivalry had been battled out at Legion Field, the 1975 Iron Bowl marked the tenth time Bama kept the Tigers from scoring. ...

Alabama 17 | Auburn 13 Bama extended their winning streak against Auburn for the third year.  Bama took command in the first half, Auburn came back in the second, but the Tide pulled it off in the end.  Leroy Cook blocked his third field goal...

Alabama 35 | Auburn 0 A blowout by the Crimson Tide ended Alabama’s regular season with a perfect 11-0-0 record.  Randy Billingsly and Wilbur Jackson led the Tide with carries, while QB’s Gary Rutledge and Richard Todd set their team up...