1991 Iron Bowl

1991-11-30

Legion Field, Birmingham, AL

ALABAMA

Ranked #8

13

WINNER

VS

AUBURN

6

Series Snapshot

#56

Meeting of 90

32-23-1

Series after game

2-0-0

Record in the 1990s through this game

#58

Widest-margin rank

Before this meeting, the archive record stood at Alabama 31, Auburn 23, with 1 tie. The 1991 result moved it to Alabama 32, Auburn 23, with 1 tie.

This was the 2nd listed Iron Bowl of the 1990s. Through this game, Alabama had 2 wins, Auburn had 0, and the decade included 0 ties.

The teams combined for 19 points, ranking #78 in total scoring among the 90 meetings in the current archive. The 7-point margin ranks #58 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 1990 and the next was 1992.

Decisive Moment

David Palmer's 10-yard touchdown run supplied the game's only touchdown.

Key Players

David Palmer (Alabama)

Matt Wethington (Alabama)

Jay Barker (Alabama) ↗

Stan White (Auburn) ↗

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The Game

#8 Alabama defeated unranked Auburn 13-6 at Legion Field on November 30, 1991. Alabama entered 9-1 and Auburn 5-5.

Palmer scores the only touchdown

Freshman David Palmer produced the game’s only touchdown on a 10-yard run from a quarterback alignment. Jay Barker was Alabama’s quarterback in the game, and his 47-yard completion to Palmer later helped set up another score.

Matt Wethington kicked Alabama field goals of 38 and 39 yards. Auburn’s Jim Von Wyl made kicks from 26 and 22 yards. The second Auburn field goal followed a possession that reached first-and-goal at the Alabama one, but the Tigers moved backward and again settled for three points. Alabama therefore won without allowing an Auburn touchdown.

The result moved Alabama to 10-1 and left Auburn 5-6, its first losing season since 1981. It was also Alabama’s second consecutive win in the series.

Although Auburn was designated the home team, this was its final Iron Bowl home date at Legion Field. Beginning with the next Auburn-hosted meeting in 1993, those games stayed at Jordan-Hare Stadium.