Georgia-Auburn: ‘It’s what college football is all about,’ Chizik says
It isn’t the bitterest of Georgia’s football rivalries. Just the oldest and most competitive.
Georgia and Auburn first played in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park in 1892. They have played 113 times since then. Auburn has won 53. Georgia has won 52. They have tied eight.
So, if Georgia were to win this year’s meeting at Auburn on Saturday, the Deep South’s oldest college-football rivalry would pull completely even at 53-53-8.
After all these games, all these years, only 56 points separate the teams. Georgia has scored 1,778 and Auburn 1,722. The average score in their meetings is 15.7-15.2.
“I think that as we go on during the week the younger guys will get a better picture of what this rivalry is and has been over the years and what it’s meant,” Auburn coach Gene Chizik said Sunday. “It’s just a great rivalry. It’s what college football is all about.”
At 113 games, the Georgia-Auburn series is older than Georgia-Georgia Tech (102 games) and Auburn-Alabama (74 games).
Georgia has won the past four meetings, the Bulldogs’ longest winning streak in the series since the 1940s. As Chizik mentioned Sunday, no current Auburn player has experienced a win over Georgia.
Over the years, it has been a curious series in that the road team has won more often than the home team. Georgia has an all-time record of 14-9-2 in games played at Auburn, while the Tigers have an 18-11 record in Athens. The series was mostly played at neutral sites from 1892 through 1958.
Another quirk in the Georgia-Auburn series in recent years is that the lower-ranked team has found disproportionate success. Neither team was ranked entering last year’s game, but the lower-ranked or unranked team has won seven of the past 13 meetings when one or both teams were ranked. As you know, Auburn will go into Saturday’s game ranked No. 2 in the nation and Georgia unranked. In the last meeting of a ranked Auburn vs. an unranked Georgia, the Bulldogs upset the No. 5 Tigers 37-15 in 2006 at Auburn.
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dogforlife
November 8th, 2010
3:41 pm
I’m too ambivalent about the Dogs now to even post…we suck
MississippiDawg
November 8th, 2010
3:42 pm
Wins over Aub and Tech would be Great, but Richt better find a way to beat UF or it will cost him the way Tech cost Donnan…and MB had a great point last week…if Donnan had Replay he would’ve beaten Tech at least once and maybe twice. CMR, most of us are behind you but we NEED to beat the GATORS next year! To McG, schedule a week off before UF every year – keep the game in JAX but only if we can win close to half the time.
puppydawg
November 8th, 2010
3:47 pm
Hey Cam, you can get a very good laptop for a few hundred dollars. So, with all that recruiting money, why did you need to steal one?
AltamahaDawg
November 8th, 2010
3:48 pm
The thing that replay would not chance is how Donnan had the ability to alienate an entire room of Dawg supporters looking 20 feet past you at the door while begrudginly shaking your hand.
Fan-attic
November 8th, 2010
3:49 pm
N.Ga dog, 10-27-10 has come and gone….did I miss the Tech vs.Dawg game?
OkefenokeeDawg
November 8th, 2010
3:51 pm
Buddy, I don’t smoke.
And I tend to pay more attention, as most football folks do, to POINTS.
Hell, in ‘08, UGA averaged more yards per game than anybody in the SEC. What did all those yards get us? Capital One Bowl.
EdPhil2
November 8th, 2010
3:53 pm
I am encouraged to hear how hopeful the Dog fans are. That will make it that much more of a crushing blow when they get blown off the field, and you got it coming. We Auburn fans remember how we were treated inside and outside of the stadium in Athens in 2007 and 2009. The LSU fans are more hospitable in Baton Rouge. But you will be treated with dignity because we are AUBURN. Any fan that travels to support their team on the road has our respect.
MississippiDawg
November 8th, 2010
3:53 pm
I’m not suggesting Donnan should still be coach, just sayin the Boosters/supportes are Powerful and if you don’t give them what they want (in CJD’s day, Beat Tech, In CMR’s day, Beat UF) then you will find yourself in deep doo-doo. CMR is obviously our best coach since Dooley but results are everything.
Bulldawg days
November 8th, 2010
3:54 pm
It has been hard to be a dawg fan for a while when I’m ashamed of my University, players, and coaches for all the B.S. they all put up with. Now I have to read stupid player and fan comments in articles on blogs which is even worse than hearing it in bars and restaurants.
Maybe we can turn over a new leaf next year so some of us can be proud again.
puppydawg
November 8th, 2010
3:56 pm
EdPhil2, congratulations on the correct spelling of hospitable but no, it is not a medical facility.
Spike
November 8th, 2010
3:57 pm
EdPhil2.. Really? Remember the dignified Auburn folks turning the fire hoses on?
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
4:07 pm
Skinning gators is fun, throwing laptops out of a window is not Swampwise
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
4:10 pm
Fishing in a boat is fun, taking $200,000 under the table is not Swampwise
ME 99
November 8th, 2010
4:11 pm
I didn’t read through all the comments to see if it had been mentioned, but great research by the AJC writers. This isn’t the South’s Oldest Rivalry…that belongs to North Carolina and Virginia. It’s the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry..you know, because they wanted some sort of history so just had an adjective.
What am I?
November 8th, 2010
4:15 pm
I can’t make up my mind as to whether I am a war eagle, a tiger, a plainsman or a turkey buzzard. I guess I will just be a loser this Saturday and the DAWGS continue to own us.
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
4:17 pm
Hunting in a tree stand is relaxing, Recruiting players kicked off a team is not Swampwise
OkefenokeeDawg
November 8th, 2010
4:19 pm
Altamaha Dawg, I, too, think Grantham’s D will get better, though we will miss Houston. I do worry about the offense. Richt/Bobo’s O is predictable until we get behind and spread the field.
Who cares about . . .
November 8th, 2010
4:22 pm
. . . an acc rivalry, miniME 99?
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
4:24 pm
Cheering for an Eagle is cool, Cheering for a paid college player is not Swampwise
DawginLex
November 8th, 2010
4:25 pm
EdPhil,
Yeah those hoses in 1986 were really hospitable………………
clay
November 8th, 2010
4:26 pm
ga win vs auburn = make cam throw the ball atleast 30 times.
ratherBgambling
November 8th, 2010
4:28 pm
UGA is boring and irrelelvant in college football. AU wins this by at least 3 TD’s.
Book It!
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
4:30 pm
Plowing for food is best, Having 2 mascots is not Swampwise
OkefenokeeDawg
November 8th, 2010
4:31 pm
You won’t be gambling long betting on a spread like that, ratherBgambling . . .
Vegas says 8.5.
This week Grantham chokes himself for real....
November 8th, 2010
4:32 pm
I am truly afraid that once Grantham sees Cam walk onto the field pre game that he really does choke himself. Stop the pass and run, he scrambles. Put a spy on him, he passes or gives of to one of the herd of backs Auburn has in the backfield. Maybe he even catches a touchdown pass, unstoppable… I just hope it is an enjoyable game and not a boring blowout.
Ric Cobb
November 8th, 2010
4:32 pm
You and the Coach are wrong in one regard Tim when you wrote “As Chizik mentioned Sunday, no current Auburn player has experienced a win over Georgia.” Cam Newton has played on a team that beat Georgia.
ratherBgambling
November 8th, 2010
4:33 pm
Vegas is wrong Joe!
wiki
November 8th, 2010
4:36 pm
2,1,3,2,2,1,2…..those are the number of Auburn’s punts per game in their last 7…..the 3 was against LSU. Fact of the matter is that they’ve been scoring almost every time they get the ball. They’ll probably roll over 500 yds of total offense. UGAs only chance is to get a load of turnovers….
Big Red
November 8th, 2010
4:38 pm
Fear the thumb !!!
Spike
November 8th, 2010
4:45 pm
In the (unlikely) event the Dogs do pull it off and upset AU, what pray tell will be the excuses? I just want to make sure I know what they are a head of time.
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
4:54 pm
Taking a dump in a toilet is sanitary, Having a tractor for your main form of transportation is not swampwise
Fair and Balanced
November 8th, 2010
4:56 pm
This one will not be close. Auburn wins by a large margin and gains style points with the BCS. GA is a bad team are are poorly coached. Auburn is a good team bordering on greatness. Auburn covers the spread x 3.
AltamahaDawg
November 8th, 2010
4:59 pm
What wrong with predictable? The best teams, the best offenses, are all extremely predictable. That’s not the problem. We need to be even more predictable. BUT be able to do it.
Oddsmaker
November 8th, 2010
5:00 pm
“Vegas says 8.5.”
Give me 30 points and I’ll take UGA.
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
5:02 pm
Having bacon for breakfast sure is good, Growing crops on your football field during the off season is not Swampwise
AltamahaDawg
November 8th, 2010
5:04 pm
BTW, I don’t know if there is any certainty of Houston leaving early. But I’ll gladly give him up, for everybody else getting a second offseason look at what they are supposed to be doing in a heartbeat. And who knows, Jarvis may make us forget about Justin.
The Big G
November 8th, 2010
5:12 pm
I’m not alone in enjoying our UGA attitude. A little swagger, in your face, bad-boy team, lots of celebrations to fire up the home crowd or taunt our enemies. We are UGA and when we get back on top we will stomp on everybody’s faces after we kick their asses. In the meantime we are street fighters and will kick, claw, and rip our way to respectability and fear. We need a little WWE attitude.
JD
November 8th, 2010
5:19 pm
GEORGIA WILL WIN THIS GAME!!!! 45-21 UGA WINS
wiki
November 8th, 2010
5:21 pm
How how can anyone sane believe Auburn will only score 3 times the entire game?
wiki
November 8th, 2010
5:22 pm
….well maybe he meant 7 FGs
Surprised
November 8th, 2010
5:41 pm
“So, if Georgia were to win this year’s meeting at Auburn on Saturday, the Deep South’s oldest college-football rivalry would pull completely even at 53-53-8.”
Ain’t gonna happen this year.
Folks, we’re about to get the sh!# kicked out of us.
The Big G
November 8th, 2010
5:47 pm
My daddy (RIP) went to UGA and Im just like him. Hunt, fish, run my truck, talelgate, and dont bring my work home. I drink beer and whiskey and chased a few skirts. My kids should go to UGA. If you are a preppy perfumed prince – go to princeton and watch badmitten. If you are a science or math nutjob – go to G.D. G.T and work your ass off the rest of your life including weekends. I’ll stay right here near Athens with my dawgs.
Double Zero Eight
November 8th, 2010
5:48 pm
Newton will run for over 100 yards and pass for over 300 yards. Auburn will put up at least 40 points.
I hope the dawgs can keep it respectable.
Let's Talk About UGA!
November 8th, 2010
5:55 pm
DawgNation,
My daddy (RIP) went to UGA but he flunked out and died in prison.
I, just like he, drink, gamble, and spend time with a probation officer.
My 12 kids will go to UGA on public assistance.
If you’re like me you don’t smell like a perfumed prince, you smell like beer and vomit.
I live here in a trailer park with my dogs.
Anybody want a beer?
Go Dawgs!
Sic ‘em!
Woof! Woof! Woof!
The Ole Ball Coach
November 8th, 2010
6:02 pm
Georgia cannot stop Auburn the defense has just not been strong enough in any position.
Murray will need to be alot sharper than the last two weeks and the O-line will need to actually block
and the RB’s run without falling down or fumbling…… UGA will need to score ~50 to win IMO.
Good Luck to my Dawgs!
Okefenokee Joe
November 8th, 2010
6:04 pm
Eating a sandwhich on the tailgate of a truck might be fun, but wearing overalls for a function is not Swampwise
Druid Hills
November 8th, 2010
6:15 pm
Move the Georgia-Auburn game back to Piedmont Park.
doug
November 8th, 2010
6:38 pm
This is not the year for an upset. That is reserved for the years when UGA is average or better. Our OL has been together for 4 years and still cant block. The 3-4 is a bust. Auburn 62 georgia 12
Hard Cash Newton
November 8th, 2010
6:58 pm
It’s my money and I want it NOW!
Aeolian
November 8th, 2010
6:58 pm
Auburn 49, Georgia 17. Beatdown.