Auburn football at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday, November 30, 2019.
Auburn football may have just been on the worse end of the most lopsided year ever for the Tigers-Tide cross-town rivalry with Alabama.
The 2020 Iron Bowl is just one of many reasons why this year has been the most lopsided year in the Alabama-Auburn football rivalry–at least in the now-concluded Gus Malzahn era.
The 42-13 beatdown at the hands of ‘Bama on November 28th would be the low-point of any usual season, especially with how thoroughly the Tide’s offense dominated Kevin Steele’s defense with head coach Nick Saban missing the contest due to COVID-19:
The player of the game clearly was Tide quarterback Mac Jones, who completed 18 of 26 passes for 302 yards and five touchdowns to three different receivers.