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1895 Iron Bowl

1895-11-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
ALABAMA
0
VS
AUBURN
48
WINNER

Game Summary

Auburn defeated Alabama 48-0 in Tuscaloosa on November 23, 1895. It was Auburn's third win in the first four meetings, and the teams did not meet again until 1900.

Series Snapshot

#4
Meeting of 90
1-3-0
Series after game
1-3-0
Record in the 1890s through this game
#3
Widest-margin rank

Before this meeting, the archive record stood at Alabama 1, Auburn 2, with 0 ties. The 1895 result moved it to Alabama 1, Auburn 3, with 0 ties.

This was the 4th listed Iron Bowl of the 1890s. Through this game, Alabama had 1 win, Auburn had 3, and the decade included 0 ties.

The teams combined for 48 points, ranking #23 in total scoring among the 90 meetings in the current archive, with 3 games sharing that total. The 48-point margin ranks #3 by size, shared by 2 games.

Early-era Iron Bowl records can be sparse, so this archive keeps the verified date, location and score separate from later interpretation. In the surrounding chronology, the previous listed meeting was 1894 and the next was 1900.

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Historical Deep Dive

A Tuscaloosa Rout

The fourth Alabama-Auburn football meeting took place in Tuscaloosa on November 23, 1895. Auburn defeated Alabama 48-0, producing the largest margin of the rivalry’s first four games.

Verified Record

Winsipedia and Alabama’s official 1895 season schedule agree on the date, Tuscaloosa location and 48-0 score. The result gave Auburn a 3-1 advantage in the series and completed the rivalry’s four-game 1890s segment.

The First Break in the Schedule

The next recorded meeting did not occur until November 1900, a gap of five football seasons. This game page records the gap without assigning the pause to one cause that cannot be established from the two series tables used here.

Archive Note

Because detailed play-by-play is not consistently available, the durable value of this entry is the confirmed score, venue and chronology. Unsupported claims about motivation or domination in every phase have been removed.

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