November 29, 1894 - Montgomery, Alabama - The 3rd Iron Bowl ever played took place as Alabama whitewashed Auburn 18-0.
November 29, 1913 - AAA Grounds, Hamilton -The 5th Grey Cup game was played and had the Hamilton Tigers thwarting the Toronto Parkdale team 44-2 in what is the second-largest margin of victory in a Grey Cup final per the Onthisday.com webpage story.
November 29, 1924 - Varsity Stadium, Toronto - Queen's University wins 3rd straight Grey Cup Championship by defeating the Toronto Balmy Beach squad in just their first season by the tune of 11-3 per the cflapedia.com website of the 16th Grey Cup.
November 29, 1934 - In what was a game of firsts the Bears traveled to the Motor City for this memorable contest. According to the worthpoint.com story it was the first time that an NFL game was played in Detroit on Thanksgiving Day as well as the First National Broadcast of an NFL game as NBC Radio put it in every living room in the country. The game itself was a dandy between these two rivals as the Chicago Bears squeaked by the Detroit Lions 19-16 with the legend Bronko Nagurski scoring the winning TD for the Bears in a thriller.
November 29, 1941 - Varsity Stadium, Toronto - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers edged out the Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16 for their 3rd Championship in the 29th Grey Cup. The Riders missed on a crucial field goal attempt with just 4 minutes remaining that may have changed the outcome per the Blue Bombers web page.
November 29, 1947 - Varsity Stadium, Toronto - The Toronto Argonauts took home their 3rd straight and 8th overall title as they escaped the stadium with a close 10-9 victory over the Calgary Stampeders per the cflhof.ca site for the 35th Grey Cup title.
November 29, 1952 - Varsity Stadium, Toronto - It was the Toronto Argonauts who showed their metal with their record 10th Championship as they squashed the Edmonton Eskimos, 21-11 in the playing of the 40th Grey Cup according to the star.com.
November 29, 1952 - Legion Field, Birmingham - The 17th Iron Bowl held saw Alabama crushing the hopes of the Auburn Tigers with a 21-0 victory per onthisday.com.
November 29, 1958 - Empire Stadium, Vancouver - The playing of the 46th Grey Cup final was played and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers took home their 4th title as they beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 35-28 for the CFL Championship. You can find more details about the matchup of these teams at ninety-nine yards.com.
November 29, 1958 - Legion Field, Birmingham - The 23rd meeting of the Auburn Tigers and the Crimson Tide of Alabama took place in the Iron Bowl. Auburn held off the Alabama eleven in a tight one 14-8 per AL.com’s story.
November 29, 1960 - Navy Halfback Joe Bellino takes home the hardware as he is awarded the 26th Heisman Trophy. Heisman.com informs us that Joe was the first winner of the prestigious trophy as he ran for 834 yards and 15 touchdowns. Bellino crossed the goal line stripe 3 additional times by catching the ball. All in all an outstanding season for the Midshipman running back.
November 29, 1969 - Legion Field, Birmingham - Auburn beats Alabama 49-26 in the 34th iron Bowl game.
November 29, 1974 - Legion Field - The 39th playing of the Iron Bowl had the Crimson Tide come out on top 17-13 over the Tigers.
November 29, 1975 - The 40th Iron Bowl had Alabama dominating in the game as they blanked Auburn 28-0 in Birmingham.
November 29, 1980 - Legion Field - The Crimson Tide outmatched the Tigers of Auburn once again in a 34-18 final score in this edition of the Iron Bowl Game.
November 29, 1986 - Legion Field - The 51st Iron Bowl proved the better team in that season was the Auburn Tigers as they knocked off their SEC rivals the Alabama Crimson Tide by the score of 21-17.
November 29, 1986 - Notre Dame kicker John Carney's walk off field goal propelled the Irish to a 38-37 win over USC per the Irish Legends website.
November 29, 1987 - BC Place, Vancouver - In the playing of the CFL 75th Grey Cup it was the Edmonton Eskimos who hung up their 10th Championship banner as they got past the tough Toronto Argonauts team for a 38-36 as kicker Jerry Kauric's last second field-goal in this white knuckle contest.
November 29, 1987 - San Francisco Quarterback Joe Montana ended the game with a streak of completing 5 consecutive passes to start an NFL record of 22. On Dec 6, he would set the record against the Green Bay Packers by starting that game with 17 straight completions. The previous record had been 20, set by Ken Anderson of the Bengals. In this Nov 29 contest, Montana did it against a tough Cleveland Browns defense, number 1 in the League, too, making it all the more remarkable, though the West Coast offense he ran operated on the dink and dunk throws underneath the coverage. Cool Joe threw four TDs against the Brownies, who had only given up 9 scoring throws in the first ten games. The LA Times covers all the action in their day after the game article where the Niners defeated the Browns 38-24.
November 29, 1987 - The New Orleans Saints 20-14 victory over the Steelers in Pittsburgh assured the long suffering their 1st winning NFL season. The game came down to a goal line stand with less than four minutes to play that can be seen on this Youtube clip.
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November 29, 1992 - SkyDome, Toronto - The Calgary Stampeders got past the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 24-10 with the help of an impressive performance by MVP Quarterback Doug Flutie who went 33 of 49 for 480 yards and 2 touchdowns in the 80th Grey Cup final for the CFL Championship per amp.dater.pp.ua .
November 29, 2008 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama - In the 73rd version of Iron Bowl the Crimson Tide of Alabama dominated those Tigers from Auburn 36-0. Per Onthisday.com it was Alabama's first win in the series in seven years.
November 29, 2009 - McMahon Stadium, Calgary - The 97th Grey Cup saw the Montreal Alouettes come from behind to beat Saskatchewan Roughriders, 28–27 on a 33-yard Damon Duval field goal as time runs out. The full coverage of the story can be found by our friends at the Ninety-nine Yards website with Chris Lawton.
November 29, 2014 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama - In a high scoring affair per onthisday.com at the 79th version of the Iron Bowl Alabama beat Auburn 55-44 in a game that had folks asking, Where is the defense?
November 29, 2015 - Investors Group Field, Winnipeg - Our friends at NinetynineYards.com once again have the game coverage for the playing of the CFL 103rd Grey Cup as it was the Edmonton Eskimos who outlasted the Ottawa Redblacks, 26-20 for their 14th Championship banner.
November 29, 2021 - Just two days after fininishing up their regular season with one loss and possibly on the cusp of gaining entrance into the college football playoff, Notre Dame finds out that the winningest coach in the storied program's history, Brian Kelly had accepted the position of head Coach at LSU, leaving the Irish without their coach for the Bowl season.
