It’s Auburn-Georgia week on The Plains! Those words stir up the emotions of all of the Auburn faithful. While the Iron Bowl is usually more important, the heritage of college football in the south belongs to this November classic.
The first ever game played in the Deep South was between these two like-minded programs. Auburn won that one 10-0 in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. For the most part the “Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry” has always been close. Only two games separate the series with the Dogs holding a narrow lead at 57-55-8.
With 124 years of history, usually a fourth of Auburn’s roster made up of players from Georgia, and championship implications often on the line for one or both teams; the game has more often than not been a high-stakes event.