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re: Auburn fans: Why did your big rivals refuse to play at AU until 1960?
Posted on 6/17/16 at 2:49 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Posted on 6/17/16 at 2:49 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Alabama and Auburn didn't play anywhere from 1907 to 1948. So for one of the country's top rivalries, they haven't really played each other much.
The series was discontinued after a 6-6 tie in 1907 -- the only tie in Iron Bowl history -- because the schools could not agree on daily expenses for players, as well as on who would officiate the game.
The hotel allowance for each of the 17 players on both teams in 1907 was $2 per day, including lodging and meals. In January 1908, Auburn, then known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute, proposed $3.50 per day for 22 players for two nights; Alabama offered $3 per day for 20 players for two nights.
Auburn also wanted officials from the North to officiate the game, believing Southern officials were biased toward Alabama.
By late September 1908, the schools agreed to Auburn's demands on daily expenses and on Alabama's suggested compromises on other issues.
But they couldn't settle on a date.
Auburn offered four possibles dates, but two had passed before Alabama replied. By then, it became too late to change dates of other games.
Alabama would not cancel a game against Haskell Institute in late November. Auburn refused to change its rule of prohibiting football games after Thanksgiving.
The series was done - until 1948 that is.
The series was discontinued after a 6-6 tie in 1907 -- the only tie in Iron Bowl history -- because the schools could not agree on daily expenses for players, as well as on who would officiate the game.
The hotel allowance for each of the 17 players on both teams in 1907 was $2 per day, including lodging and meals. In January 1908, Auburn, then known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute, proposed $3.50 per day for 22 players for two nights; Alabama offered $3 per day for 20 players for two nights.
Auburn also wanted officials from the North to officiate the game, believing Southern officials were biased toward Alabama.
By late September 1908, the schools agreed to Auburn's demands on daily expenses and on Alabama's suggested compromises on other issues.
But they couldn't settle on a date.
Auburn offered four possibles dates, but two had passed before Alabama replied. By then, it became too late to change dates of other games.
Alabama would not cancel a game against Haskell Institute in late November. Auburn refused to change its rule of prohibiting football games after Thanksgiving.
The series was done - until 1948 that is.
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Posted on 6/18/16 at 10:32 am to Scoreboard
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The series was discontinued after a 6-6 tie in 1907 -- the only tie in Iron Bowl history -- because the schools could not agree on daily expenses for players, as well as on who would officiate the game.
Even in 1907 Auburn saw the wisdom of attempting to get the officiating away from southern officials and into the hands of someone not already under ownership.
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