when coach bob woodruff's nineteenth-ranked 1957 florida gators and coach shug jordan's auburn tigers met in cliff hare stadium in auburn, it was the first game between the rivals in which both teams were ranked in the top twenty of the ap poll. woodruff's gators featured their usual strong defense, but the tigers defense was even better and held the gators scoreless in their 13–0 victory. at the end of the season, the gators finished in the top twenty of the final ap poll for only the second time in their history, as the tigers earned the 1957 ap poll national championship.