1987 Iron Bowl

1987-11-27

Birmingham, AL (Legion Field)

ALABAMA

Ranked #18

0

VS

AUBURN

Ranked #7

10

WINNER

Series Snapshot

#52

Meeting of 90

30-21-1

Series after game

4-4-0

Record in the 1980s through this game

#46

Widest-margin rank

Before this meeting, the archive record stood at Alabama 30, Auburn 20, with 1 tie. The 1987 result moved it to Alabama 30, Auburn 21, with 1 tie.

This was the 8th listed Iron Bowl of the 1980s. Through this game, Alabama had 4 wins, Auburn had 4, and the decade included 0 ties.

The teams combined for 10 points, ranking #85 in total scoring among the 90 meetings in the current archive, with 4 games sharing that total. The 10-point margin ranks #46 by size, shared by 7 games.

Explore the score, game details and rivalry context for this Alabama-Auburn meeting. In the surrounding chronology, the previous listed meeting was 1986 and the next was 1988.

Decisive Moment

Auburn's 99-yard drive ended with Harry Mose's five-yard touchdown before halftime.

Key Players

Harry Mose (Auburn)

Stacy Danley (Auburn)

Win Lyle (Auburn)

Aundray Bruce (Auburn)

Bobby Humphrey (Alabama)

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The Game

#7 Auburn shut out #18 Alabama 10-0 at Legion Field on Friday, November 27, 1987. The victory secured the SEC championship and Auburn’s place in the Sugar Bowl. It was one of the rivalry’s non-Saturday editions, not an ordinary Saturday game shifted only in later retellings.

A 99-yard touchdown drive

The decisive first-half possession began at Auburn’s one-yard line. Quarterback Jeff Burger completed 14 of 18 passes in the game, and the Tigers worked the length of the field before Harry Mose swept left for a five-yard touchdown with 52 seconds remaining in the half.

Alabama changed quarterbacks from Vince Dunn to David Smith, but Auburn’s defense allowed only 183 total yards. Stacy Danley carried 26 times for 157 yards and helped control possession. Win Lyle added a 23-yard field goal with 1:19 remaining to complete the scoring.

The shutout was Auburn’s first in the series since its 40-0 victory in 1957. It also gave the Tigers consecutive Iron Bowl wins for the first time since the five-game Auburn streak that ended in 1958.