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Penn State–Auburn a Rare On-Campus Clash Between Big Ten, SEC

When Auburn runs into a whiteout in State College, Pa., Saturday night, it will mark the first time the Tigers have played in a Big Ten campus football stadium in 90 years. Back then, Auburn took multiple trains to Chicago, practiced at Loyola University, then boarded another train to Madison, Wis. Next day, the Tigers and Badgers tied 7–7 in Camp Randall Stadium.

Ancient history, outdated transport, prehistoric football. And yet, Auburn still has more recent experience traveling into Big Ten country than some of its Southeastern Conference counterparts.

Tennessee has never played an opponent from the U.