2025 Iron Bowl Recap: Alabama Beats Auburn 27-20

No. 10 Alabama beat Auburn 27-20 on November 29, 2025, in Jordan-Hare Stadium. The result moved Alabama to 10-2 overall and 7-1 in SEC play, while Auburn finished 5-7 and 1-7 in the conference.

The box score is unusual: Auburn outgained Alabama 411-280, but Alabama finished plus-two in turnovers and converted all three fourth-down attempts. Ty Simpson threw three touchdown passes, all to Isaiah Horton, and Alabama used a 15-play, 75-yard fourth-quarter drive to retake the lead for good.

Scoring Flow

• First quarter: Conor Talty hit a 45-yard field goal, then Simpson found Horton for a 6-yard touchdown to give Alabama a 10-0 lead.
• Second quarter: Simpson and Horton connected again from 3 yards. Auburn answered with Alex McPherson field goals from 26 and 43 yards to make it 17-6 at halftime.
• Third quarter: Malcolm Simmons scored on a 64-yard pass from Ashton Daniels. Talty added a 29-yard field goal to put Alabama ahead 20-13.
• Fourth quarter: Jeremiah Cobb's 2-yard touchdown tied it, then Simpson's third touchdown pass to Horton gave Alabama the final 27-20 margin.

Verified Player Lines

Simpson finished 19-of-35 for 122 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. Horton caught five passes for 35 yards and all three Alabama touchdowns. Jam Miller led Alabama rushing with 83 yards on 15 carries.

For Auburn, Daniels completed 18 of 39 passes for 259 yards with one touchdown and one interception, and he also rushed for 108 yards. Simmons had three catches for 143 yards and the long touchdown.

What It Meant Then

At publication time on November 30, the win sent Alabama toward the SEC Championship Game against Georgia and kept Alabama in the playoff picture. Later results changed the postseason path: Georgia beat Alabama 28-7 in Atlanta, and Alabama was placed in a first-round CFP game at Oklahoma.