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2011 Auburn Tigers Football Schedule

09/03/11 Auburn 42 vs Utah State Aggies 38 (H)
09/10/11 Auburn 41 vs Mississippi State Bulldogs 34 (H)
09/17/11 Auburn 24 vs Clemson Tigers 38 (A)
09/24/11 Auburn 30 vs Florida Atlantic Owls 14 (H)
10/01/11 Auburn 16 vs South Carolina Gamecocks 13 (A)
10/08/11 Auburn 14 vs Arkansas Razorbacks 38 (A)
10/15/11 Auburn 17 vs Florida Gators 6 (H)
10/22/11 Auburn 10 vs LSU Tigers 45 (A)
10/29/11 Auburn 41 vs Ole Miss Rebels 23 (H)
11/12/11 Auburn 7 vs Georgia Bulldogs 45 (A)
11/19/11 Auburn 35 vs Samford Bulldogs 16 (H)
11/26/11 Auburn 14 vs Alabama Crimson Tide 42 (H)

2010 Auburn Tigers Football Season

09/04/10 Auburn 52 Arkansas State Red Wolves 26
09/09/10 Auburn 17 Mississippi State Bulldogs 14
09/18/10 Auburn 27 Clemson Tigers 24 OT
09/25/10 Auburn 35 South Carolina Gamecocks 27
10/02/10 Auburn 52 Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 3
10/09/10 Auburn 37 Kentucky Wildcats 34
10/16/10 Auburn 65 Arkansas Razorbacks 43
10/23/10 Auburn 24 LSU Tigers 17
10/30/10 Auburn 51 Ole Miss Rebels 31
11/06/10 Auburn 62 Chattanooga Mocs 24
11/13/10 Auburn 49 Georgia Bulldogs 31
11/26/10 Auburn 28 Alabama 27
12/04/10 Auburn 56 South Carolina Gamecocks 17 (SEC Championship)
01/10/10 Auburn 22 Oregon Ducks 19 (BCS National Championship)

2009 Auburn Tigers Football Season

09/05/09 Auburn 37 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 13
09/12/09 Auburn 49 Mississippi State Bulldogs 24
09/19/09 Auburn 41 West Virginia Mountaineers 30
09/26/09 Auburn 54 Ball State Cardinals 30
10/03/09 Auburn 26 Tennessee Volunteers 22
10/10/09 Auburn 23 Arkansas Razorbacks 44
10/17/09 Auburn 14 Kentucky Wildcats 21
10/24/09 Auburn 10 LSU Tigers 31
10/31/09 Auburn 33 Ole Miss Rebels 20
11/07/09 Auburn 63 Furman Paladins 31
11/14/09 Auburn 24 Georgia Bulldogs 31
11/27/09 Auburn 21 Alabama 26
01/01/10 Auburn 38 Northwestern Wildcats 35 OT (Outback Bowl)

2008 Auburn Tigers Football Season

08/30/08 Auburn 34 Louisiana-Monroe Warhwaks 0
09/06/08 Auburn 27 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 13
09/13/08 Auburn 03 Mississippi State Bulldogs 02
09/20/08 Auburn 21 LSU Tigers 26
09/27/08 Auburn 14 Tennessee Volunteers 12
10/04/08 Auburn 13 Vanderbilt Commodores 14
10/11/08 Auburn 22 Arkansas Razorbacks 25
10/23/08 Auburn 17 West Virginia 34
11/01/08 Auburn 07 Mississippi 17
11/08/08 Auburn 37 Tennessee-Martin 20
11/15/08 Auburn 13 Georgia 17
11/29/08 Auburn 0 Alabama 36

Rivals

Auburn has two primary rivals, The University of Alabama and The University of Georgia. Alabama is the most heated rival, and considered to be one of the most intense rivalries in the country. It is known as the Iron Bowl. Alabama holds the all-time edge at 38-33-1.

Georgia and Auburn compete in the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, dating back to 1892. The game was played in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia. The series is extremely close, with Auburn holding a 53-50-8 record. Auburn has only been outscored by Georgia by 45 points in the 111-game history of the series. It is one of the longest running and most played series in the NCAA.

Auburn also has a very competitive football rivalry with the LSU Tigers. The two share more than just a nickname, as they have both enjoyed success in the SEC's Western Division. Auburn or LSU has won at least a share of the SEC Western Division championship for the last six years. Auburn won it outright in 2000 and 2004, LSU tied Auburn and then went on to the SEC Title Game in 2001 and 2005. LSU also won the tiebreaker over Ole Miss in 2003 to go to the SEC Title game. The only two times Auburn or LSU did not go to Atlanta in the last six years was 2002 when Arkansas won the three-way tie breaker with the two Tiger teams, and in 2006 when Arkansas made it to Atlanta with a win over Auburn, and despite losing to LSU.

Tiger Walk

Before each Auburn home football game, thousands of Auburn fans line Donahue Avenue to cheer on the team as they walk from Sewell Hall (the athletes' dormitory) to Jordan-Hare Stadium. The tradition began in the 1960s when groups of kids would walk up the street to greet the team and get autographs. During the tenure of coach Doug Barfield, the coach urged fans to come out and support the team, and thousands did. Today the team, led by the coaches, walks down the hill and into the stadium surrounded by fans who pat them on the back and shake their hands as they walk. The largest Tiger Walk occurred on December 2, 1989, before the first ever home football game against rival Alabama—the Iron Bowl. On that day, an estimated 20,000 fans packed the one block section of road leading to the stadium.

War Eagle!

There are many stories surrounding the origins of Auburn's battle cry, "War Eagle." The most popular account involves the first Auburn football game in 1892 between Auburn and the University of Georgia. According to the story, in the stands that day was an old Civil War soldier with an eagle that he had found injured on a battlefield and kept as a pet. The eagle broke free and began to soar over the field, and Auburn began to march toward the Georgia end-zone. The crowd began to chant, "War Eagle" as the eagle soared. After Auburn won the game, the eagle crashed to the field and died but, according to the legend, his spirit lives on every time an Auburn man or woman yells "War Eagle!" The battle cry of "War Eagle" also functions as a greeting for those associated with the University. For many years, a live golden eagle has embodied the spirit of this tradition. The eagle, War Eagle VI (nicknamed "Tiger"), was trained in 2000 to fly free around the stadium before every home game to the delight of fans.
Source:Wikipedia

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