Historical Context: Auburn’s History vs. Every 2019 Opponent

The 2019 season is fast approaching for Gus Malzahn and his Auburn football team. As we get ready to predict the season ahead, let’s look back and examine the history for Auburn against all 12 teams on their 2019 schedule, including their history with Gus Malzahn as the head coach.

Oregon | Neutral Site Game | August 31, 2019

Auburn leads 1-0 all-time, 0-0 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: 2010 BCS National Championship, Auburn won 22-19

Tulane | Home Game | September 7, 2019

Auburn trails 17-14-6 all-time, 0-0 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: 2006, Auburn won 38-13
Largest margin of victory: 1929, Tulane won 52-0
Notes: The teams have only met once since 1955, with 26 of the all-time 37 meetings coming in New Orleans, Louisiana, where Tulane has 12 of its 17 series wins with five ties.

Kent State | Home Game | September 14, 2019

Auburn and Kent State have never played

Texas A&M | Away Game | September 21, 2019

Auburn trails 5-4 all-time, 4-2 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: 2018, Auburn won 28-24
Largest margin of victory: 2012, Texas A&M won 63-21
Notes: While Auburn is just 1-3 at home vs. Texas A&M, the Tigers have never lost in College Station, going 3-0 with an average score of 38-26.

Mississippi State | Home Game | September 28, 2019

Auburn leads 63-27-2 all-time, 3-3 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: 2018, Mississippi State won 23-9
Largest margin of victory: 1970, Auburn won 56-0
Notes: Auburn is 37-1 all-time against Mississippi State when Auburn scores 24 points or more and 16-0 all-time when scoring 35 points or more.

Florida | Away Game | October 5, 2019

Auburn leads 43-38-2 all-time, 0-0 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: 2011, Auburn won 17-6
Largest margin of victory: 1917, Auburn won 68-0
Notes: This will be Auburn’s first trip to Gainesville since 2007. The Gators are 23-9 against Auburn in Gainesville.

Arkansas | Away Game | October 19, 2019

Auburn leads 16-11-1 all-time, 5-1 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: 2018, Auburn won 34-3
Largest margin of victory: 2016, Auburn won 56-3
Notes: Auburn has scored 34 points or more in every meeting under Gus Malzahn. Neither team has won more than three games in a row during the course of the series (Auburn will go for four in a row this year).

LSU | Away Game | October 26, 2019

Auburn trails 30-22-1 all-time, 2-4 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: 2018, LSU won 22-21
Largest margin of victory: 2011, LSU won 45-10
Notes: Auburn has not won in Baton Rouge since winning 41-7 in 1999. The losing team has scored 24 points or less since 1997 and all but three times in series history.

Ole Miss | Home Game | November 2, 2019

Auburn leads 32-11 all-time, 5-1 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: 2018, Auburn won 31-16
Largest margin of victory: 1985, Auburn won 41-0
Notes: Ole Miss started the series winning five of the first seven but has won just six of the last 36. Auburn has never lost to Ole Miss when scoring more than 21 points.

Georgia | Home Game | November 16, 2019

Auburn trails 59-56-8 all-time, 2-5 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: Georgia won 27-10
Largest margin of victory: 1900, Auburn won 44-0
Notes: The last five times Auburn beat Georgia, the Tigers also beat Alabama. Auburn has been held to 13 points or less in seven of the last nine meetings and failed to crack double digits in five of those matchups.

Samford | Home Game | November 23, 2019

Auburn leads 27-0-1 all-time, 1-0 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: 2014, Auburn won 31-7
Largest margin of victory: 1920, Auburn won 88-0

Alabama | Home Game | November 30, 2019

Auburn trails 46-36-1 all-time, 2-4 under Gus Malzahn
Last meeting: Alabama won 52-21
Largest margin of victory: 1948, Alabama won 55-0
Notes: The winner of the Iron Bowl has gone to the SEC Championship game in seven consecutive seasons and nine of the last ten. Auburn has had its two highest scoring outputs against Alabama since 1969 under Gus Malzahn (34 in 2013 and 44 in 2014).

If history were to repeat itself, Auburn would go 7-5 this season (giving Auburn the win against Kent Stat even though they’ve never played). Ironically, that is a common prediction for Auburn this year, just about as common as 8-4. However, Auburn is not likely to lose to Tulane who they trail historically.