This Saturday, No. 2 Georgia (5-0, 2-0) hostsAuburn (3-2, 1-1) in the 127th edition of the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. The game is slated for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff in Athens, Georgia and will be broadcasted on CBS.
Georgia leads the series 62-56-8, but lately it hasn’t felt like much of a rivalry. UGA has won 14 of the last 17 games against the Tigers and 8 of the last 10.
Georgia is heavily favored entering the October 8th game against Auburn, listed as a 29.5 point favorite atBetMGM. The Bulldogs have the No. 2 team in the country and are 5-0. Auburn sits at 3-2 and has a solid defense, but head coach Bryan Harsin is already on the hot seat.
Let’s take a look back at the series history between Georgia and Auburn.
2021: Georgia 34, Auburn 10
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Stetson Bennett connected with Georgia wide receiver Ladd McConkey several times in Georgia’s road win at Auburn last season. After a quiet first quarter, running back Zamir White helped the Bulldogs build up a 17-3 halftime lead.
Georgia’s defense was dominant in 2021 and sacked Auburn quarterback Bo Nix four times. The Tigers managed just 46 rushing yards on 29 carries.
Georgia's recent dominance
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Georgia head coach Kirby Smart is 6-1 in his career against Auburn including a huge win in the 2017 SEC championship game.
Georgia is 10-2 against Auburn in the series’ last 12 meetings. Auburn’s last win in the series came in 2017. The Tigers have not won in Athens since 2005.
2013: Auburn 43, Georgia 38
The Auburn Tigers got a lot of magic at Jordan Hare in 2013. Auburn converted a fourth-and-long in stunning fashion via a pass deflection off a Georgia defender.
The Tigers took a 43-38 lead with 25 seconds left, but quarterback Aaron Murray and the Georgia offense drove to the Auburn 20 yard-line before time expired.
2020: Georgia 27, Auburn 6
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Quarterback Stetson Bennett powered Georgia to an impressive over the Auburn Tigers in 2020. Bo Nix and the Auburn offense struggled to score. The Tigers finished with only 216 yards of total offense.
Georgia jumped out to a 24-3 lead at halftime and never looked back. The Bulldogs ran for 217 yards and held Auburn to only 65 rushing yards. Bennett got the better of Nix, who transferred to Oregon, again to open the 2022 college football season.
Crazy stat in series history
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The Georgia-Auburn series has been played 126 times. Georgia and Auburn has tied eight times with the last of those being in 1994. However, Georgia has never tied Auburn at home. All eight of Georgia’s ties to the Tigers have been on the road or at neutral sites.
Success on the road
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The Georgia-Auburn rivalry historically brings out some spirited performances from the road team. In fact, Georgia is 18-12-2 on the road against the Tigers. The Bulldogs have a losing record at home of 16-18 showing that the home team doesn’t always have an advantage in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.
Auburn’s last three wins over Georgia all came at home. It is surprising both teams have so much historic road success considering how loud Sanford Stadium and Jordan-Hare Stadium get.
Rivalry future
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The Georgia-Auburn rivalry is now being played earlier in the season for the foreseeable future. The game used to represent a tough November test for both teams. In fact, excluding the 2017 SEC championship, before the 2020 season Georgia and Auburn had played each other in November every season since 1936.
Auburn no longer has the potential misery of facing Georgia and Alabama in back-to-back weeks. The historic rivalry could be changed again when Oklahoma and Texas join the SEC in 2025.
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