in the first varsity football game played at the tigers' new auburn stadium, coach josh cody's 1939 gators and coach jack meagher's tigers played to a 7–7 tie. in the second quarter, florida fullback charlie tate scored the only touchdown of the day for the gators, then kicked the extra point; tigers back dick mcgowen threw a touchdown pass to end babe mcgehee to tie the game in the fourth quarter. the meeting ended in controversy when an official miscommunicated the amount of time remaining in the game to auburn quarterback lloyd cheatham, who was under the impression the tigers had two minutes (rather than two seconds) left to score; at the time, auburn had the ball on florida's two-yard line. after the 1939 dedication of auburn stadium, the gators would not win (or tie) a game on the auburn campus for another thirty-four years.