So it was Auburn’s first home game against Georgia Tech… their first home game ever, actually, Nov. 7, 1896.
The Tigers destroyed the Yellow Jackets in the shadow of Samford Tower to the killer tune of 45-0.
However, there is a good chance the game was not decided, at least entirely, by Auburn’s superior grasp of Xs and Os but rather Tech’s curious lack of Zzzs.
The buzz, as it were, was that the coach-less team from Georgia was hitting town by train in the wee, gameday morning hours.
The result: an unstoppable, brake-less slide past Auburn half-way to Loachapoka, nearly five miles.
Who can say—but legend has it that he had a pretty good view, sipping lemonade through laughs atop the recently opened Toomer’s Drugs.).
The Yellow Jackets had once tied Auburn since southern football began, but never beaten them, which would take 10 more years. »
