the first game in the series was played between coach mike donahue's tigers and coach george e. pyle's gators in 1912, on the auburn, alabama campus of what was then called alabama polytechnic institute. the auburn tigers won the first six games played by the two teams from 1912 to 1917, dominating the florida gators by two or more touchdowns in five of the six games. when the series resumed in 1927, the florida gators were experiencing revived success under coaches harold sebring and charlie bachman, and it was the gators' turn for a streak, winning seven of the next eight. beginning in 1935, the fortunes of the gators and tigers reversed again, with the tigers compiling a 7–2–1 record in the next ten games played through 1947.