But the Tigers bounced back to win four straight, including a harrowing 30-28 escape at home against LSU. Eventually, someone whether its an Auburn or Georgia fan was unclear got a hold of a cannon and began dousing Georgia fans still celebrating in the stands. In those nine seasons, the Tigers compiled an 84-22-3 record. It was a disappointment based on expectations and, for the first time since 1985, the season did not include a win over Alabama. var sr_menus_checkInfoCookie_run_inline = true; Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 6:51AM. I cant look at them, Dye said as the tears came. He was not anything resembling a great player. var siblingsHidden = 0; 2 Teams in the nation had better cumulative records from 1982 through 1990 than Auburn did under Pat Dye. Boston College had three straight shutouts in the 1992 season. Dye had resigned as Auburns head coach. You talk about people like (Auburn defensive lineman) Tracy Rocker, who (now coaches)at Georgia. 7.2 points per game were yielded by Pat Dyes 1988 Auburn team, the lowest average in the SEC in the past 40 seasons. SEC Football by the Numbers remembers the Tigers icon with 10 of his football numbers: 1 Game at Auburn without points for coach Pat Dye his final one. The whole fiasco resulted in Jordan-Hare Stadium as we know it today: With hedges surrounding its field, just like Georgias Sanford Stadium. Auburn and Opelika are the only unbeaten teams with records of at least 2-0. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much I probably won't ever get to really sit and down talk with him. He was 78. The Tigers had winning records in conference play in 2019 and . Patrick Fain Dye (November 6, 1939 - June 1, 2020) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. The Tigers tied for the top spot at 6-1 in 1988, the same league mark as LSU, and 1989, equaling Alabama and Tennessee. Defensive lineman Tracy Rocker played for Auburn from 1985 through 1988. And you know what? Pat Dye. However it turns out, Dye expects a good game and one that should be much more competitive than the one that will have been played three weeks ago. appreciated. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. If (the rivalry) took on any feeling, itd make you want to win it worse. Dye coached the Tigers from 1981 to 1992 and served as the schools athletic director from 1981 to 1991. Auburn Tigers School History. All rights reserved. Jordan, Dye and Tuberville eachleft the job with higher overall and conference winning percentages than the program's current head coach has going into his eighth season at the helm. The Tigers played with great emotion. They had a front that was so vicious. His record at East Carolina University in six seasons was 48-18-1 and at the University of Wyoming 6-5. . He was a two-way starter at offensive guard and linebacker, SEC Lineman of the Year in 1960, team Co-Captain in 1960, won the William K. Jenkins Award for the Most Valuable Lineman (1959,1960), and the JB Whitworth Award for the Outstanding Georgia Lineman 1960. var bling_len = 0; 4 SEC championships were won by Auburn teams coached by Pat Dye. (AJC File Photo). 1991 AUBURN FOOTBALL RESULTS No. His long touchdown runs 69 yards and 71 yards, respectively bookended the day's scoring.[9]. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. During the latter part of his life, Dye spent most of his time on his farm in Notasulga, Alabama, where he was involved in the day-to-day activities of his two businesses: Crooked Oaks Hunting Preserve and Quail Hollow Gardens Japanese Maple Farm & Nursery. After eighteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL), Tarkenton left . somebody runs in there and says they turned the sprinklers on. Pat Dye and Auburn led Bobby Bowden and the Seminoles 31-27 in the fourth quarter, when the Tigers scored touchdowns on a 13-yard reverse by Freddy Weygard, interception returns of 33 yards by Kevin Porter and 22 yards by Ron Stallworth and Demetrius Threatts 8-yard run. The shutout ended a school-record 149-game scoring streak for Auburn, with 141 of those games since Dye had become the Tigers coach in 1981. Per Josh Vitale, June 1, 2020: "Coach Dye was much more than a Hall of Fame coach and administrator at Auburn. He had a 99-39-4 record and won four SEC titles at Auburn from 1981-92. They flooded it with warm, exuberant, inebriated bodies until they were the ones being drenched. By the fourth quarter, the underdogs had extended their surprising lead to 20-10 no small feat for a backup quarterback against Dyes top-five defense. AUBURN Gus Malzahn hasn't wonenough games against Auburn's biggest rivals. The 6-foot, 212-pound junior was his usually productive self against the No. I did it, and it almost cost me my career, Blakeney, by then the head coach at Troy, told me when it was all over. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File). Auburn got the ball back once more, and with less than two minutes remaining was again driving down the field behind a slew of Burger completions. Gainesville Sun. And, mostly, thats a good thing. As Johnson settled down, so did the Georgia offense. The 1992 season started with a thud, a 45-21 blowout loss at Ole Miss. Tennessee won 30-21, and the 1991 season turned south. Pat Dye passed away on Monday due to kidney and liver failure. As it turns out, it was a rare moment when Dye was trying to help out his alma mater. No, the Bulldogs will have to muster up their own masculinity when it comes to the task thats ahead of them this week. What happened two weeks ago has absolutely zero with what happens Saturday, Dye said. Had he not signed with Auburn, it's doubtful Auburn's record would have been any different while he was there than what it was. Because of the SEC's split into divisions in 1992 and expansion in 2012, Malzahn has faced the Gators and Volunteers far less than any of his predecessors. . All the talk in the 24 hours or so since the SEC title game was set has been Johnsons injury status in the wake of the Tigers win over Alabama. He served as the Athletic Director at Auburn from 1981 to 1991 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2005. He helped lead the team to the SEC Championship and the Orange Bowl in 1959, undefeated as a player against Georgia Tech. Thats what hurt.. Dye ended his time as Auburns head coach with 99 wins, four SEC championships and four seasons with 10 or more wins. After stints at East Carolina and Wyoming, he would go on to become the head coach at Auburn. The Tigers were No. 12 Georgia at Jordan-Hare. All Rights Reserved. Auburn shut out its next three opponents after the loss, becoming one of two teams in the nation with three consecutive shutouts during Dyes 12 seasons with the Tigers. Do you have a blog? Seasons: 120 (1902 to 2022) Record (W-L-T): 767-454-43 Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 770-452-42 Conferences: SEC, Southern, Ind Conf. With the Tigers only loss coming against Florida in The Swamp, they still had a shot at the SEC championship. Auburn was never really in it again. 4 Florida State on Oct. 13, 1985. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. LSU is coming off one of the best seasons in college football history, going 15-0 and winning the national championship behind Heisman-winning quarterback Joe Burrow. 18 Auburn 32, Georgia Southern 17 No. Now 78 and living on a 740-acre spread 15 miles outside of Auburn, he watches games through coaching glasses. Mark Richt repeated Dyes remarks to the team all week and the Bulldogs pulled off a hard-fought 27-25 victory at Bryant-Denny Stadium that Saturday. else { el_button.classList.add('show'); } American football coach, player and sports administrator (19392020), East Carolina Pirates head football coaches, 1965 Alabama Crimson Tide footballAP national champions, 1973 Alabama Crimson Tide footballUPI national champions, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Ex-Auburn football coach Pat Dye, 80, tests positive for coronavirus", "Legendary Auburn coach Pat Dye tests positive for COVID-19, is hospitalized", "Legendary Auburn coach Pat Dye passes away at 80", "Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye dies at 80", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat_Dye&oldid=1142000757, Coaches of American football from Georgia (U.S. state), Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state), Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from June 2020, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 00:26. 1983 Nov 13. (Louis Favorite/AJC), There was nothing to keep Georgia fans from storming the field. After serving as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama for 9 seasons, he served as a head coach at East Carolina University, The University of Wyoming and Auburn University, amassing a record of 153-62-5. We present them here for purely educational purposes. In Dye's first year, he changed the culture into a winning program going 65 and paving the way for future success under coaches Al Kincaid (Dye's offensive coordinator) and Dennis Erickson. During his Auburn coaching career, Dye amassed a record of 99-39-4, following only coaches Mike Donahue and Ralph Jordan for the most wins in school history. As hoses showered what Auburn now calls Pat Dye Field on all sides, a large Georgia contingent gathered at midfield and began pulling and ripping at the Jordan-Hare Stadium field. The Georgia game was always a big one for me, and the Auburn game was always big for him. Big strong offensive line, good defense. Right before pregame warm-up.. The game was scoreless at halftime. Legendary Auburn football coach Pat Dye, who returned the program to national prominence in the 1980s, . In the meantime, Johnson prepared for the possibility that he would play. Sophomore Bo Jackson ran for 256 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Tigers won the SEC title outright. . If it just hurts, they have things they can use for pain. Dye joined his older brother Nat with the Eskimos after playing guard and linebacker at Georgia, where he was a first-team All-American as selected by the Football Writers Association of America in 1959. Georgia and Auburn will continue their heated rivalry on Saturday. Dye, 80, died Monday. And while he desperately wants his Tigers to win another championship, he wont all broke up if his alma mater happens to come through this time. FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2010, file photo, Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan is shown during an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas. The Tigers' successes under them should be celebrated. Lee County Coroner Bill Harris confirmed Dye died at 11:48 a.m. at Auburn Bethany House of natural causes from complications of renal and hepatic failure. The NCAA found other violations in the investigation and found Auburn guilty of lack of institutional control. For any injury situation thats not abundantly clear at the time it is incurred (ie: knee ligament tear or broken arm or leg), coaches are going to play coy with it and keep their opponent guessing. That was one thing I think made it not so good is that they turned the hose on some of the fans in the stands that were celebrating, Dooley said. Neil Callaway, my close friend and former coach, was coaching Georgias offensive line. The hours passed. However, he was asymptomatic. Theyre already gone anyway. The UGA fans, mostly students, came careening onto the field in droves. The Tigers won the conference crown in 1983 with a 6-0 league record. Under Dye's leadership, the Tigers won four Southeastern Conference championships (1983, 1987, 1988, 1989) and Dye became the fourth coach in SEC history to win three straight (1987, 1988, 1989). . He would love to see Georgia beat Alabama. The other thing is, there is no question that Georgia will have a tremendous home-field advantage playing in Atlanta. Do you have a sports website? Rocker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004. No, it didnt. [citation needed]. The Tigers had just gone 29-25-1 in five seasons under Doug Barfield, the recently-fired successor to Ralph Jordan. Weeks after the Iron Bowl, Terry Bowden was named head coach. One poll separates the two streaks, as Auburn was ranked in 130 of 131 AP polls. And Im sure Coach Dooley feels the same way. But the Georgia fans wanted to celebrate with their coach too, and before long, they were jostling, jumping and hollering Go Dawgs! inches away from him. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Dyes teams account for four of the nine No. After his playing days were done, he began his career as a coach in 1965 at Alabama. On the night before the 1992 Iron Bowl, I was at my mothers house in Cullman for an early Thanksgiving dinner when I got a call. The team capped an 111 season, with a 97 victory over 3 loss Michigan in the Sugar Bowl. The Crimson Tide finished .500 or worse four times duringTuberville's tenure, and the Bulldogs twice during Dye's. When quarterback Stan White scored the winning touchdown in a 27-23 win over Indiana in the Peach Bowl, Auburn finished the 1990 season 8-3-1. He was not able to come back on Friday. 1-ranked Crimson Tide with a 125 total yards, a rushing touchdown and a TD pass. Given the recent success of those programs, that seems highly unlikely no matter how well Auburn performs. 1940-American football player. Fans want to see more wins against those teams than the coach making more than $7 million per season has given themover the past seven years, adesire that is only intensified byhow consistently successfulthey have been on a national level. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. Whether its from Georgias camp or one of its opponents, nobody plays it straight up anymore when it comes to injuries. Water wont hurt you, he said. Ah, you dont think about all that stuff, said Dye, now 78, and busy running a hunting preserve and Japanese maple nursery on his land. After the game, Dye was emotional. (Assistant AD Kermit Perry) had turned the sprinklers on the field to get the fans off the field, which wasnt a bad thing to do, Dye said. Pat Dye Pat Dye (1939-2020) is best known for his success as Auburn University's head football coach from 1981 until 1992. ATHENS Wheres Pat Dye when Georgia needs him? Duration: 2m 11s. SEC Football by the Numbers remembers the Tigers' icon with 10 of his football numbers: 1. Find out more. The 1991 and 1992 seasons are difficult to separate because the same forces deeply impacted them both. Legendary Auburn football coach Pat Dye, one of the winningest coaches in school history, died on Monday. That is both a common criticism of his seven-year tenure as head coach as well as probably a fact. Add in a two-game split withTennessee and a loss at Florida, and Auburn's record against its five most prominent SEC rivals since 2013 is just 8-17. var el_button = document.getElementById('meta_more_button'); . [3] Auburn had played the toughest schedule in the nation, including nine bowl teams, eight of which were ranked in the top 20 (five in the top ten), and two teams Auburn faced would compete against each other in the 1983 Florida Citrus Bowl (Tennessee won the game against Maryland 3023). The Bulldogs thought enough of him to induct. On November 19, 2005, the playing surface at JordanHare Stadium at Auburn was named Pat Dye Field in the former coach's honor. He received SEC Coach of the Year honors in 1983, 1987 and 1988. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The game was over, but the wave of Georgia fans kept getting closer to Vince Dooley and Tim Brando. So its great to have other good players surrounding you. Tuberville coached at Auburn during an era where LSU and Florida won two national championships each. While Dye is indeed a UGA alumnus, his loyalties have never been divided when it comes to Auburn. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Many activities on his farm are made available to the public, including horse boarding and trail rides, quail hunts, and garden tours. Lee County. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. CNNs David Close contributed to this report. Fob James.. Despite having lost to Texas by 13 points at home the Tigers ended ranked third in the final AP and the UPI Coaches' poll ahead of the 1 loss Longhorns as Miami jumped from 5th from the AP and 4th from the UPI Coaches' poll to claim the AP/UPI Coaches' National Championship award. Maybe he thought that, or perhaps he just. Pat Dye played high school football at Richmond Academy in Augusta, Georgia, from 1954-1956 where he was selected All-American and All-State while leading the team to the 1956 3A state championship, serving as team captain. Malzahn was the offensive coordinator during Auburn's second national championship victory in 2010 and led the program back in his first season as head coach, but in that respect, he still lags behind his predecessors. Championships: 14division, eightconference, threenational. Johnson attempted his first pass on 2nd-and-7, a near-interception that deflected off the hands of not one, but two Auburn defenders before hitting the turf. While Dooley was coming forth with Herschel Walker, Tim Worley and Rodney Hampton, Dye was countering with Bo Jackson, Lionel James and Brent Fulwood in the mid-to-late 1980s. Dye also led East Carolina to the Southern Conference championship in 1976 and played on the SEC championship team in 1959 at Georgia. And then somebody got hold of the sprinkler cannon, it could shoot water 55 yards.. 2002: Georgia wasn't man enough to beat Alabama. According to an email announcement from his sister's church in Dye's native Georgia, the retired coach was admitted to the hospital with 'ongoing kidney problems' after first testing . Former Auburn coach Pat Dye died on Monday at the age of 80. He was 80. A Warner Bros. But thats Pat.. So far, Auburn coach Gus Malzahn has provided no details beyond his star back has a shoulder issue.. The 1983 team, led by quarterback Randy Campbell and a stifling defense, is generally considered Dye's best. Editor's Note: This "Pirate Time Machine" feature on Pat Dye and the the accompanying sidebar were originally published exclusively in print in the 2004 edition of Bonesville Magazine. But Dye also remains very much an astute follower of football. They were ranked in 19 of the 22 games the Tigers played against them, and in the top-10 in 14 of those 19. But the familiarity on both sides was perhaps near its peak when Georgia and Auburn met in 1986, as the all-time series record sat at 41-41. If you came of age as a Georgia fan in the 1980s and into the 1990s, Pat Dye typified Auburn football as did Vince Dooley roaming the sidelines in Athens. Green got off an 82-yard boot against Georgia last year. Auburns 51-poll streak started with the last three of 1982, stretched through the 1983 and 1984 seasons before ending when the Tigers were not ranked in the final poll of 1985 after ending the season with losses to Alabama and Texas A&M, the latter in the Cotton Bowl. Ramsey, who was convinced that Dye was somehow keeping him from getting NFL interest, was widely portrayed as a victim. At 5-0-1, Auburn finished one-half game ahead of LSU in the 1987 SEC standings. By the time Dooley was rushed back to the visitors locker room, the Georgia mob was at full strength, and neither football team knew what was happening. He was kind of calming me down, telling me to relax. It has now reached a height of at least 15 feet, Rane said late Tuesday. A lot in common in a lot of ways, Dooley said. They bounced back from an early season loss to Texas to win 10 consecutive games, including five over bowl teams. That success needs to be considered, though. While playing for the Bulldogs from 1957-1960, under head coach Wally Butts, Dye was a first-team All-SEC lineman and two-time All-American (1959 and 1960). TheBulldogs had just sealed a shocking win against Auburn. Cost us a conference championship.. Dye gave the tree special attention for over six years. When his career was complete, Dye was the Tigers' third-winningest coach with a record 99-39-4. As of 2006, his 72.4% win rate is the second highest of any coach in East Carolina University history. They had a large team. The dedication ceremony was held immediately before the Iron Bowl, which Auburn went on to win 2818. People in Auburn first found that out in 1981, during his first news conference as the Tigers' head football coach. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. So todays installment will focus on both of those seasons. 5 Tennessee. The permanent move of Auburn's home games against Alabama to JordanHare Stadium is considered one of Dye's most important achievements as AU's Athletic Director. while (el = el.previousSibling) { if ((el.nodeType === 1) && (el.offsetWidth <= 0 || el.offsetHeight <= 0)) { siblingsHidden++; } } Championships: One conference (1957), one national (1957). The team was named national champion by NCAA-designated major selectors of Billingsley, College Football Researchers Association, and The New York Times, while named co-national champion by both Rothman and Sagarin.[1]. And Im here to tell you, if we had our preferences, wed be playing somebody besides Georgia. He tested positive for COVID-19. He built the best program in the SEC during the 80's, won four SEC titles, and produced a Heisman winner. Dye's autobiography, In The Arena, written with John Logue, was published in 1992. In the third of four straight seasons in which Auburn led the SEC in scoring defense, only two teams scored more than 10 points in a game against the Tigers North Carolina in the Tar Heels 47-21 loss on Oct. 1 and Florida State in the Seminoles 13-7 victory in the Sugar Bowl. Dye had been hospitalized for lingering kidney issues for several weeks and was diagnosed with COVID-19 with asymptomatic symptoms last. He is hard-nosed, likes to work hard, likes to get dirty, and he loves Auburn. Career Record: 19 Years, 153-62-5, .707 Win% (at major schools). They went 11-1, winning the first of four SEC titles under Dye,and handed Dooley the only loss of his 10-1-1 campaign. Auburn appointed a study committee that came over and visited with us, and finally adapted hedges to keep that from happening in the future, Dooley said. Lady Luck saved us.. Malzahn has won more games against Alabama (three) than any coach in college football other than Les Milessince Nick Saban became the head coach in Tuscaloosa in 2007, but he's only 2-5 against LSU and 2-6 against Georgia. Upon graduation from Georgia, Dye played three years of professional football as a two-way starter at tight end and linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League. The No. Patrick "Pat" Fain Dye. He was just trying to give the Bulldogs some fuel he thought they might need to pull off a road win against the Crimson Tide, a result that would be mutually beneficial for both programs. Pat Dye was head coach for Auburn and played for Georgia. if (!el_button || !el_info || !el_info.classList) { console.log('no meta_button'); return; } And sure enough, Georgia went. Amid all this, Dooley had to face another challenge. His Auburn teams won at least 10 games in a season four times and bowl games six times. The 1983 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with an 11-1 record and won their first Southeastern Conference (SEC) title since 1957. Dye guided the Tigers to a 99-39-4 record in 12 seasons from 1981 to 1992, winning at least a share of SEC championships in 1983, '87, '88 and '89. Auburn coaching legend Pat Dye passed away Monday. Blakeney gave him $500. Itd be just like asking Vince Dooley if he wanted Auburn to win.. [3], Dye's tenure on the Plains ended due to an NCAA investigation involving a member of the team. Though Dye is thoroughly blue-and-orange now, he still has a special affinity for Georgia, where he matriculated and played football from 1957-60. Dye guided the Tigers to a 99-39-4 record in 12 seasons from 1981 to 1992, winning at least a share of SEC championships in 1983, '87, '88 and '89. Wins over Alabama are always a good thing on the Plains, but they're more impressive during the Saban era than they were from the late '90s through mid 2000s, when the Crimson Tide went just 67-55 during a 10-year stretch under Mike DuBose, Dennis Franchione and Mike Shula. Dye, a two-time All-American at the University of Georgia and the SEC Lineman of the Year in 1960, coached the Tigers from 1981-92, winning 99 games and four Southeastern Conference championships. We do understand the psychology in this ballgame. From 2013 until 2020, Dye hosted "The Coach Pat Dye Show" with co-host Tim Ellen and producer Lynn Huggins. Auburn was 5-4-1 and unranked. Conversely, Auburn rushed for 246 yards that afternoon on The Plains. Pat Dye was the legendary head football coach at Auburn from 1981 until 1992 who led the Tigers to four SEC Championship wins. Facing a critical juncture in January 1981, Auburn hired Pat Dye, a former Georgia player and University of Alabama football assistant coach under Paul W. "Bear" Bryant. Brando at one point put his hands on one, silently urging him to calm down, but realized the struggle was futile. According to ESPN, Dye recently tested positive for COVID-19 but had been asymptomatic, according . [citation needed], Dye moved into his first head coaching job at East Carolina University in 1974. The affable coach was a regular on radio stations in . He was 80. He was a consensus All-American in 1987 and a unanimous All-American and the Outland Trophy winner in 1988. On the first possession of the third quarter, they were driving toward the go-ahead points until Antonio Langham picked off a Stan White pass and returned it for a touchdown. They recruited the same areas, as well. He also gave the best locker room speeches known to man. Auburn was coming down the field and could easily have gone back ahead. Alabama was 10-0 with its mighty defense and ranked No. Auburn was ranked #1 in the nation by the New York Times at the end of the 1983 season but ended up #3 in the AP and UPI polls, behind Miami and Nebraska. But the familiarity on both sides was perhaps near its peak when Georgia and Auburn met in 1986, as the all-time series record sat at 41-41. Championships: Threedivision, 10conference, one national. Dye was a three-time SEC coach of the year in 1983, '87, and '89 and was national coach of the year in 1983. Championships: 17conference, fournational. 2023 www.montgomeryadvertiser.com. He placed 2nd in the state tournament in shot-put and javelin, on the State Championship Track Team. Pat Dye played high school football at Richmond Academy in Augusta, Georgia, from 1954-1956 where he was selected All-American and All-State while leading the team to the 1956 3A state championship, serving as team captain. When the game was over, the Georgia fans didnt pay attention to the PA announcement. Pat Dye is still very much involved with Auburn athletics, but the UGA alumnus still has an affinity for his alma mater, and expects a much closer game when the schools play a rematch for the SEC Championship on Saturday in Atlanta. College Football Hall of Famer and retired Auburn University coach Pat Dye, 80, has passed away after battling kidney problems and a short bout with COVID-19 . That doesn't excuse Malzahn's record against Auburn's biggest rivals. That's at least what former Georgia player and Auburn head coach Pat Dye said in the week before. A two-time All-American . It wasnt no big deal. A hallmark of this rivalry is the interconnection of the schools. Georgia forced a quick punt, took over on offense and called a first-down handoff to get its possession going. He and his good friend and Auburn alum Dooley faced off in some of the physical matchups in the history of SEC football when Dooley coached Georgia the 1980s. All rights reserved (About Us). Johnsons status for Saturdays game against Georgia is, as you might imagine, uncertain. It was Tuesday, and Georgia starting quarterback James Jackson had received tragic news: His grandmother passed away. var el = el_button; Dye ended his time as Auburn's head coach with 99 wins, four SEC championships and four seasons with 10 or more wins. Longtime Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan is dead at 78. On November 19, 2005, the playing field in the stadium at Auburn University was named 'Pat Dye Field' in his honor. 1 spot for two polls in 1957, one in 1958 and two in 2010. Both schools, for all the on-field sparks and havoc in their meetings, are more alike than they are different. Theyll just pad him up and Johnson will go. Coach Dye, you have to laugh at it, it came to his mind. 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