Iron Bowl Gold

Iron Bowl Gold  relives the 41 years (1948-1988) of the traditional Iron Bowl at Birmingham's historic Legion Field.  Each game is depicted in an original watercolor painting by renowned sports artist Daniel A. Moore. Each limited edition...

Auburn 14 | Alabama 13 As only the second Auburn-Alabama game to be played at Legion Field, the 1949 Iron Bowl continued the revamping of good-hearted tradition amongst the Tide & Tiger players and fans.  Although it was a close game, Auburn...

Auburn 28 | Alabama 0 The last time the Plainsmen won a game against the Alabama Crimson Tide was 1949.  But that changed in the 1954 Iron Bowl when they broke Alabama‘s four year winning streak.  ‘"Great" for Freeman, for...

Auburn 26 | Alabama 0 “For Auburn this is a blue-stakes affair.  There‘s a bowl bid to gain, a SEC championship to win if Mississippi State can handle Ole Miss…For winless Alabama there‘s only honor in it and one of the...

Auburn 34 | Alabama 7 “The best football team we’ve played this season,” J.B. Whitworth, Bama’s coach, said of the Auburn Tigers.  “You’ve got to give credit to all those boys.  It was a splendid team...

Auburn 40 | Alabama 0 The Tigers were #1 in the nation and their win against the Tide only authenticated that fact.  The Tide’s Coach J.B. Whitworth agreed saying “They (Auburn) could hold their own with anybody.  They do a lot...

Auburn 14 | Alabama 8 It was Coach Paul Bryant’s first year at Bama - they were hoping for revival.  Auburn was #2 in nation and were the 7 and a half point favorite in this year‘s big Iron Bowl.  The Tigers were on a 23 game...

Auburn 10 | Alabama 8 Time ran out for the Tide and Auburn came out with the win in the 1963 Iron Bowl, ending Bama’s four year blowout winning streak against them.  “Larry Rawson, the Tiger fullback, stomped six times for 30 yards,...

Auburn 49 | Alabama 26 This was the year that Auburn would finally put an end to Bama’s winning tradition they had going with them for the previous five years.  Pat Sullivan, the Tigers’ star QB, really shone on this day.  It...

Auburn 33 | Alabama 28 Alabama was up 17-0 in the first quarter, but from that moment Auburn stepped up and started putting points on the board.  The lead swapped back and forth several times.  The Tigers battled Bama for six turnovers,...

Auburn 17 | Alabama 16 The two blocked Alabama punts by Auburn’s defense was largely credited for this win, along with “Shug” Jordan’s coaching staff.  Assistant head coach Paul Davis, who led the defense, said of the two...

Auburn 23 | Alabama 22 Before Alabama could extend their reign as Iron Bowl Champions for the tenth year, Auburn pulled the throne right from beneath them.  Auburn freshman running back Bo Jackson played the game of his life as the top rusher of...