Coldest Iron Bowls…
Jamie Sandford writes…
Bill,
Just out of curiosity – what is the coldest Alabama football game on record? A lot of people seem to glance back to the 1992 SEC Championship game as the coldest in recent memory. What do you say? Take wind chill into account. I think people’s memories tend to favor the more recent games, but I’m very curious about this one.
The gauntlet has been thrown down!
Jamie
Well, Jamie…using climate data from Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Montgomery (Auburn is not readily available right now) the following ranking of my estimates of the mean temperature during the Alabama Auburn games follows. I estimated the game time temperature and game end temperature, assuming most games were afternoon games (again, complete information unavailable over the holiday).
The top 11 ranking is sorted in ascending order of game mean temp, coldest first.
Date Winner/Score Site Hi Lo Precip Game Mean
Nov. 26, 1977 Alabama 48-21 Legion Field, Birmingham 39 26 0.00 36
Nov. 28, 1959 Alabama 10-0 Legion Field, Birmingham 41 28 0.00 37.5
Nov. 18, 2000 Auburn 9-0 Bryant-Denny Stadium 39 36 0.61 38
Nov. 29, 1958 Auburn 14-8 Legion Field, Birmingham 47 24 0.00 43
Nov. 12, 1904 Auburn 29-5 West End Park, Birmingham 46 36 0.16 44
Dec. 3, 1966 Alabama 31-0 Legion Field, Birmingham 48 35 0.00 45
Nov. 28, 1953 Alabama 10-7 Legion Field, Birmingham 51 25 0.00 47.5
Nov. 24, 2007 Auburn 17-10 Jordan-Hare Stadium 58 32 0.00 48
Nov. 30, 1963 Auburn 10-8 Legion Field, Birmingham 53 29 0.00 48.5
Dec. 1, 1979 Alabama 25-18 Legion Field, Birmingham 52 24 0.00 49
Nov. 26, 1992 Alabama 17-0 Legion Field, Birmingham 54 36 0.00 49.5
I was at the 1992 game and can vouch for the fact that it was very, very cold. I am sure many of you may have been at the 2000 game, which was played in a cold rain at Tuscaloosa.
Now, it’s your turn. Give me your recollections, memories and data for the coldest Iron Bowls that you remember. And nominate your wettest and windiest Alabama-Auburn contests.
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