Heavy rain turned Legion Field into a bog on 2 December 1967, and the game that followed produced one touchdown in four quarters.
The run
Auburn led 3-0 on a 38-yard John Riley field goal in the third quarter. In the fourth, Alabama’s Ken Stabler kept the ball on a sweep to the right and ran 47 yards through the mud for a touchdown. It was the only touchdown of the game and it decided it: #8 Alabama 7, Auburn 3.
Scott Hunter, then a redshirt sophomore watching from the Alabama sideline, described it afterwards: “He came around that right end and started running, and I thought someone surely on the Auburn team would catch him but in that mud, everyone was the same speed. He just kept running and running.”
The team that lost had the better afternoon
Auburn outgained Alabama 216 yards to 176 and made 13 first downs to Alabama’s five, according to Alabama’s official record book. On those measures, the Tigers had the better afternoon; the game was decided by Stabler’s single scoring play.
What each side had
It was Alabama’s fourth consecutive win over Auburn and their eighth in nine meetings. Auburn did not score a touchdown against Alabama in the 1965, 1966 or 1967 meetings.
Alabama finished 8-2-1 and eighth in the final Associated Press poll, losing the Cotton Bowl to Texas A&M 20-16. Auburn finished 6-4 with no bowl invitation.