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re: Auburn vs Georgia known as Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:27 pm to DawginSC
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:27 pm to DawginSC
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Back in 2015 this series was tied at 55 wins a piece. UGA has won the majority recently so has opened up an 8 game lead in the series.
A few years before that while Auburn still held the series lead, the points scored by each team was actually tied.
Historically it's a very close rivalry. It's only opened up a little with UGA dominating the last decade.
It's also odd in that in the early days of the rivalry it got played in a lot of different locations. In addition to Auburn and Athens, games have been played in Atlanta (both SECCG and regular season), Columbus, Montgomery, Macon and Savannah.
For about 20 years it was "the road team almost always wins." Until one day, suddenly it wasn't and "Georgia almost always wins."
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:35 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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For about 20 years it was "the road team almost always wins."
Yes. That was from 1976-2002.
Georgia went 8-3-2 in Auburn during that stretch.
Auburn went 11-2 in Athens during that stretch.
Wild at the time…. That was basically 27 consecutive seasons of crazy upsets against each other.
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