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1901 Iron Bowl

1901-11-15
Tuscaloosa, AL
ALABAMA
0
VS
AUBURN
17
WINNER

Game Summary

Auburn defeated Alabama 17-0 in Tuscaloosa on November 15, 1901. The result gave Auburn five wins in the first six meetings and began a run of two consecutive shutouts.

Series Snapshot

#6
Meeting of 90
1-5-0
Series after game
0-2-0
Record in the 1900s through this game
#35
Widest-margin rank

Before this meeting, the archive record stood at Alabama 1, Auburn 4, with 0 ties. The 1901 result moved it to Alabama 1, Auburn 5, with 0 ties.

This was the 2nd listed Iron Bowl of the 1900s. Through this game, Alabama had 0 wins, Auburn had 2, and the decade included 0 ties.

The teams combined for 17 points, ranking #81 in total scoring among the 90 meetings in the current archive, with 3 games sharing that total. The 17-point margin ranks #35 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 1900 and the next was 1902.

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Historical Deep Dive

Tuscaloosa Shutout

The sixth Alabama-Auburn football game was played in Tuscaloosa on November 15, 1901. Auburn won 17-0, its second victory in Tuscaloosa after the 1895 meeting.

Verified Date and Score

Both Winsipedia and Alabama’s official 1901 season schedule list November 15, along with the 17-0 final score and Tuscaloosa location. This archive uses that cross-checked date in both the page metadata and structured game record.

Series Context

The result gave Auburn five wins in the first six meetings and moved the cumulative scoring total to Auburn 190, Alabama 61. It was the first of two consecutive Auburn shutouts, followed by a 23-0 result in Birmingham in 1902.

Archive Note

No specific scoring sequence is asserted here because the checked series tables establish the final record but do not provide complete play-by-play.

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Editorial note

Iron Bowl History separates verified game data from editorial interpretation. Scores, dates, and rivalry records are maintained from official records, media guides, game books, and contemporary accounts when available. See our sources and methodology page for correction standards.