Alabama did all of their scoring in the first half on 29 November 1952, then spent the rest of the afternoon protecting a lead Auburn were never going to threaten.
Three touchdowns, three conversions
Tommy Lewis ran in from 13 yards and then from eight, both in the first quarter. Bobby Luna added a four-yard touchdown in the second and kicked all three extra points. Nothing was scored after the interval by either side. The 21-0 half-time score was also the final score.
An Alabama team going somewhere
The Crimson Tide were ranked eighth nationally and arrived at 8-2. The win took them to 9-2 and an Orange Bowl invitation. On 1 January 1953 they beat Syracuse 61-6 to finish 10-2 — still one of the most one-sided bowl results on record. Harold Drew’s 1952 side was the strongest he produced at Alabama.
An Auburn team still building
Auburn came in 2-7, winless in the Southeastern Conference, and finished 2-8 in Shug Jordan’s second season. It was a worse record than his first year had produced. Jordan was five seasons away from the team that would win a national championship, and on this evidence very few people would have predicted it.
The shutout was Alabama’s second in three years against Auburn and gave them a 4-1 advantage in the renewed series.