re: Auburn vs. UF rivalry

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I remember Jimmy Sidle of AU and the 19-0 loss we suffered in 1963 and the next year we beat them 14-0 as I recall and a 88 yd interception return by db/rb Dick Kirk was the big play (Kirk had beat Bama in Tuscaloosa the year before with a 40 yd run at rb) Spurrier was qb in 1964 but it was a defensive battle...in 1965 we traveled to the damnedest village and lost by a misleading score of 28-17....a back up qb came off the bench for AU and threw a 60 yd+ pass to put AU up 21-17 late in the fourth qt and Spurrier fumbled a razzle dazzle play allowing AU to add on another TD.
The following year Spurrier was a sr and of course led the Gators to a 30-28 win in a high scoring affair helping cememt his bid for a Heisman over Purdues Bob Griese....yes...the father of Brian.
The UF vs AU featured home advantage for boith teams with the visitors almost always doomed. Even with supeerior teams we would find ways to lose...evidence by the 2001 team ranked # 1 at the time and coached by Spurrier...it was played in extremely high windy conditions and the AU library caught fire as I recalled...prompting Spurrier to quip that only three coloring books were lost and one hadnt been colored in yet.

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the AU library caught fire as I recalled...prompting Spurrier to quip that only three coloring books were lost and one hadnt been colored in yet.

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That would be my guess. Fyfe had some great calls in that game. Wild and Wooly shootout in Tallahassee...

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On their scoring play they pitched the ball to the tailback, who handed it to flanker coming around on the reverse. Their quarterback ran out to the backside and when the reverse came around he clipped our defensive end, John Dailey, hitting him right in the back to prevent him from making a play.

On the sidelines I was immediately hollering “he clipped” and the side judge said, “I saw it.” I told him to “throw his flag” and he said “it wasn’t my call.” He said it was the referee’s call. I?told him, “You saw it and you know it was a clip. You have got to throw your flag.” By that time the Seminoles were lining up to kick the extra point and they were ahead in the ball game.

They kicked off to us and we moved right back down the field into scoring position. We had the ball first and 10 at their 12-yard line. Our quarterback, Pat Washington, ran the bootleg with a run or throw option. The receivers were covered so he pulls the ball down and runs in for a touchdown. On that play our guard, Randy Stokes, pulls out and is leading Pat on the bootleg and he hits their strong safety right in the chest, blocking him out of bounds. The same official who couldn’t call the clip on the other end of the field throws his flag this time and calls a clip on us.

I yelled at the official and said, “No way he clipped him. He hit him in the chest,” but it didn’t help. They called the touchdown back. By that time I am out on the field discussing the situation with the officials and they told me I had got to get back to the sideline.

I told them, “I am not going anywhere until you explain to me how you can call a clip on one end of the field and not call one on the other end of the field.” Of course, they are marking off 15 yards for the clip and then he throws another flag and marks off 15 more yards on me for a personal foul.

As they are marking off the 30 yards we are still discussing it over there by the hash mark and I said, “I want to see the guy with the white hat (referee).” He comes over and we discuss it and he throws his flag, too, and they mark off 15 more.

The scoreboard down there at Doak-Campbell Stadium had pyrotechnics when the crowd got loud and it lit up the place like the 4th of July with the fans going crazy.

After I got my second personal foul call, our big noseguard, Ben Thomas, came out on the field and picked me up. He said, “Coach, you have to get off the field or they are going to throw you out of here.” So he carried me back over to the sidelines and set me down.

I don’t know what the Auburn fans were thinking at that time, but I remember thinking “how are we going to win this game.”

As I looked at all of those fireworks, I noticed the down and distance on the scoreboard and it showed it was first down and 55 yards to go. I looked over at Jack Crowe, who was calling plays with Larry Blakeney, and I said, “Jack, have you got a good first and 55 call.” He looked at me like I was crazy.
Not surprisingly, we didn’t score on that possession.

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the 01 Duval kick was one of my favorite moments as a student at AU at a football game. that game was amazing, nobody thought we stood a chance that day.

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We were a 27 point home dog BTW.

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