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"Auburn only beats us when we're down"


TitanTiger

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I've frequently heard from bammers, particularly during the 6-game Auburn winning streak, that "Auburn only beats us when we're down" or some similar tripe. Just some facts to set the records straight.

Let's look at the last 4+ decades (1980-2022). In that time Auburn has won 20 in the series and Bama has won 23.

Auburn's victories breakdown like this:

7 series wins over 10-win (or more) Bama teams (35%)

3 series wins over 9-win Bama teams (15.8%)

3 series wins over 8-win Bama teams (15.8%)

15 wins over Bama teams with winning records (75%)

4 wins over Bama teams with losing records (21.1%)

AVERAGE RECORD OF BAMA TEAMS AUBURN BEAT: 7.4 wins, 4.6 losses

 

Alabama's victories breakdown like this:

0 series wins over 10-win (or more) Auburn teams

2 series wins over 9-win Auburn teams (8.6%)

9 series wins over 8-win Auburn teams (39%)

13 series wins over Auburn teams with winning records (56.5%)

8 wins over Auburn teams with losing records (34.8%)

AVERAGE RECORD OF AUBURN TEAMS BAMA BEAT: 6.5 wins, 5 losses

 

We're 7-13 in that time against the best Bama teams of the era, you're 0-10 against the best Auburn teams. Over 62% percent of our wins in the era came over Bama teams with 8 wins or more. Only 47.6% of yours come over 8-win or more Auburn teams (82% of those were just 8 win teams. Almost 74% of our wins in the era came over Bama teams with winning records while only 60% of yours came against AU teams with winning records.

And as of 2022's Iron Bowl, your best coach ever is 0-8 against Auburn teams with 9 wins or more.  0-4 while at Bama.

If anyone takes advantage of the other team being down in this series, it's Bama.

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