Today in Auburn History

1968 - Auburn defeated #9 Miami 31-6 for Shug Jordan's 16th straight homecoming victory. 45,000 packed Cliff Hare Stadium. The Birmingham News called it "a slight case of murder." "It really wasn't that close," the Montgomery Advertiser said. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2002 - #10 LSU came to town and nothing went right for the Bayou Bengals. LSU fumbled on the first play of the game and would turn the ball over five times. Ronnie Brown and Tre Smith would combine for 182 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2013 - Nick Marshall left the game early with a shoulder injury. Freshman Jeremy Johnson would step in and immediately hit Sammie Coates for a 36-yard touchdown pass. #11 Auburn racked up 628 yards in their 45-10 victory over Florida Atlantic #WarEagle #AUHistory

1958 - 28,000 fans filled Cliff Hare Stadium to watch #5 Auburn defeat Maryland 20-0. Maryland was held to 35 total yards on the day. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1975 - It was Shug Jordan's last meeting against Florida State & a year before Bobby Bowden took over the Seminoles. Auburn's Rick Neel returned a kickoff for a TD. Auburn held on for the 17-14 win after the FSU field goal was wide. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1986 - #13 Mississippi State had a record crowd on hand to watch the Bulldogs get dominated in a 35-6 loss to #7 Auburn. 348 of Auburn's 487 yards were on the ground. The shutout was lost with only 38 seconds remaining. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2002 - President George W. Bush visits Auburn, speaking to nearly 14,000 at Plainsman Park. Bush was the first sitting president to visit the Loveliest Village since Franklin D. Roosevelt visited in 1939. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1953 - Auburn broke a 6-game losing streak in Ladd Stadium in Mobile, defeating Tulane 34-7. Auburn racked up 319 total yards. Tulane was held to 15 yards overall. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1987 - Homecoming is more special as students from St. Joseph's University came to experience Auburn. With no football program, St. Joseph's students voted to adopt one. AU beat Miss. St. 38-7 & SJU's hawk enjoyed time with Aubie. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1869 - Famed John Heisman is born. Heisman was truly a Renaissance Man. He coached football, baseball, and basketball. Heisman was also a sportswriter and an actor. Auburn's 1897 team finished $700 in debt. Heisman raised funds with a drama show. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1926 - The score was 0-0 at halftime, but a Tulane punt was blocked and rolled through the back of the end zone. Auburn would win 2-0. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2004 - #3 Auburn gets to 6-0 on the season in a 42-10 rout of Kentucky. Cadillac Williams would rush for 149 yards and two touchdowns. The Auburn defense allowed only 110 Kentucky yards overall. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2010 - #4 Auburn topped #6 LSU 24-17. Cam Newton flashed his smile and his speed in what many consider his "Heisman Moment," changing gears and speeding past All-American Patrick Peterson in the third quarter. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1964 - Cliff Hare Stadium hosts its first concert as The Lettermen perform. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1971 - Ike and Tina Turner perform in Auburn's Memorial Coliseum, with the hit song "Respect" on the set list. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2016 - Eli Stove took an end-around on the first play to the house. #21 Auburn would rack up 632 yards to #17 Arkansas' 215 in the 56-3 demolishing. Stanton Truit would add 3 TDs and Kam Pettway would rush for 192 and 2 TDs of his own. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1988 - #10 Auburn defeats Mississippi State 33-0. This would mark the first time since 1974 that Auburn would shutout back-to-back opponents. Auburn would actually shut out three straight with the Florida game the following week. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1932 - Auburn's first All-American, Jimmy Hitchcock, "The Phantom of Union Springs," intercepts a Tulane pass and scores the Tigers' first touchdown in a 19-7 victory. This would be Auburn's first victory over Tulane in 5 years. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2015 - Butch Thompson is hired as Auburn Baseball head coach. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1967 - Auburn defeats Georgia Tech 28-10 for the Tigers' largest victory on Grant Field in Atlanta in over 30 years. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1972 - Georgia Tech scores 14 points in the first half, but wouldn't score again. #14 Auburn scored 24 unanswered points to take the victory. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2006 - An old rivalry is rekindled, as Auburn and Tulane for the first time since 1955. #8 Auburn dominates, defeating Tulane 38-13. Ben Tate ran for 156 yards as a freshman, and Brandon Cox passed for 212 and 3 touchdowns. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1990 - In the final on-campus meeting between the two teams, #5 Auburn defeated #7 Florida State 20-17 on a Jim Von Wyl field goal. Up 7 late in the 4th, FSU ran the "fumblerooskie" but Auburn recovered, setting up the tying drive. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1945 - Auburn's offense explodes to rush for 230 of the 378 total yards in a big 20-14 win over Tulane in front of 28,000 in New Orleans. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1990 - In what would be the final on-campus meeting between the two teams, #5 Auburn defeated #7 Florida State 20-17 on a Jim Von Wyl field goal. Up 7 late in the 4th, FSU ran the "fumblerooskie" but recovered by Auburn, setting up the tying drive. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2001 - Lousiana Tech's Luke McCown and @JoshScobee10 give #20 one heck of a scare, scoring 21 points in the 4th quarter to go to overtime. Auburn would pull out the 48-41 victory following Dontarrious Thomas' OT pick. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2001 - The Beach Boys come to Auburn for a concert inside Jordan-Hare Stadium. The concert was part of a UPC-sponsored fundraiser for the Southeast Raptor Rehabilitation Center. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2019 - Anders Carlson helps Auburn break NCAA record for consecutive PATs with 304. The streak would snap on the next attempt. #11 Auburn defeated Arkansas 51-10.

1974 - #5 Auburn got out to a quick 17-0 lead over Georgia Tech thanks to a blocked field goal and later a blocked punt returned for a touchdown. Auburn would have to hold on, though, to defeat a pesky Georgia Tech team 31-22. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1985 - In what was a tight game throughout, Bo Jackson would grab the lead for Auburn with a 76-yard touchdown. Bo would rush for 242 yards on 32 attempts as Auburn beat Georgia Tech 17-14. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2013 - Auburn would visit College Station, TX for the first time. The game didn't disappoint, as #24 Auburn and #7 Texas A&M battled until the very end. Auburn would upset Johnny Manzeil's Aggies 45-41. Oh, and this happened: #WarEagle #AUHistory

1973 - Elton John performs in front of 8,500 Auburn students at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum. Ticket sales broke Auburn records and the stage was even moved in order to sell more tickets. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1975 - Down 17 points, Auburn defensive end Jeff McCollum caused two Georgia Tech turnovers inside the 25 yard line. Auburn would turn the turnovers into two touchdowns to take the 31-27 victory. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1986 - Georgia Tech's first possession field goal would be the first time Auburn trailed all season. It wouldn't last long, as #7 Auburn scored on their first four drives to beat Georgia Tech 31-10. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2003 - Cadillac Williams scores a 72-yard touchdown on his first carry against Mississippi State. Williams would score five more touchdown, breaking the school record, as #19 Auburn beats Mississippi State 45-13. #WarEagle #AUHistory

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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1970 - 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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1987 - #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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2020 - Auburn senior Bret Holmes wins his first ARCA Series race to take home the 2020 ARCA Menards Series championship. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1993 - 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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2004 - 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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2010 - #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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2010 - The Auburn Arena officially opens its doors following a ribbon cutting ceremony. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1994 - 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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1921 – 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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1967 - 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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1989 - #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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

2006 - #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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1875 – 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. #WarEagle #AUHistory

1984 - #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. #WarEagle #AUHistory