Auburn still controls its own destiny but it will have to get past a top-ranked Georgia team at home this weekend. With the hugely important top 10 showdown only days away, AL.com looks back at the 20 greatest games of the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry.

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By Julie Bennett | jbennett@al.com

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1892- Auburn 10, Georgia 0

This marks the very beginning of the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College and the University of Georgia faced off on Feb. 20 in front of a crowd of 5,000 in Atlanta, Ga. The game was scoreless in the first half. Auburn took the game in the second, beating Georgia 10-0. (Photo courtesy of Auburn Athletics)

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1942- Auburn 27, Georgia 13

Auburn crushes an undefeated Georgia team in front of a crowd of 20,000 in Columbus, Ga, on Nov. 21. The Tiger’s piled up 355 yards and held the Bulldogs, led by Heisman Trophy winner Frank Sinkwich, to a mere 37 on the ground and only 190 yards passing. The Tigers got the final score when Sinkwich fumbled the ball in the end zone and Auburn recovered for a touchdown. Georgia finished their season with an almost perfect 11-1 record.

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1957- Auburn 6, Georgia 0

No. 3 Auburn beat Georgia 6-0 in Columbus. Ralph “Shug” Jordan’s undefeated Tigers claimed the SEC Championship were awarded the national championship by the AP Poll, despite being on probation and ineligible for a bowl game. This would happen only one other time in the history of the poll.

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1958- Auburn 21, Georgia 6

This would make the last time the two teams would play in the neutral territory of Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ga. where the rivalry game was played almost consistently for 39 years. The game would now rotate between home turfs in Auburn and Athens, causing each stadium to expand by nearly 10,000 seats in the next two years to accommodate the crowd.

In the photo, Georgia linebacker and future Auburn legend Pat Dye (60) pursues Auburn's Ed Dyas.

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1959 - Georgia 14, Auburn 13

The Tigers met the Bulldogs in Athens, Ga., on Nov. 14, at Sanford Stadium with the SEC Championship on the line. In the final minute of the game, Auburn quarterback Bryant Harvardas fumbled the ball and Georgia player and future Auburn head-coach Pat Dye recovered. Georgia quarterback Fran Tarkenton threw a last second touchdown pass and Georgia sailed past Auburn to a 14-13 victory. Georgia went on to claim the 1959 SEC Championship and also won the 1960 Orange Bowl.

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1964 - Auburn 14, Georgia 7

An Auburn star becomes a Georgia legend. This game marked the return of former Auburn quarterback Vince Dooley to the Plains as head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs. Dooley played QB for Auburn legend Ralph "Shug" Jordan from 1951-53 and later served as an assistant coach (pictured above right). As the Georgia head coach from 1964-1988, Dooley would lead the Bulldogs to six SEC Championships and the 1980 national championship. He served as athletic director from 1979-2004.

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Ed Jones

1971 - Auburn 35, Georgia 20

Auburn quarterback Pat Sullivan destroys Georgia in a performance that likely won him the Heisman Trophy later that year. Undefeated Georgia entered the game 9-0 and played Auburn Nov. 13 in Athens in front of the largest crowd to attend a football game in Georgia (62,891) to that date. Sullivan threw four touchdown passes, logged 14 completions on 24 attempts for 248 yards. The Bulldogs finished #3 in the nation at 11-1 after the bowl win.

In the photo: Rick Schmalz - receiver, Terry Beasley - receiver, Pat Sullivan - quarterback at the 1971 game in Athens.

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1981 - Georgia 24, Auburn 13

Much like Vince Dooley in the years before, a Georgia star found a legacy coaching at Auburn. The 1981 game was the first time former Georgia linebacker Pat Dye returned to Athens as Auburn's head coach. Dye served as head coach from 1981-92, while simultaneously serving as athletic director until 1991. Dye's career coaching record tallied up at 153–62–5 and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2005.

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1983 - Auburn 13, Georgia 7

Both teams were ranked in the top 5 entering this Nov. 12 game at Sanford Stadium in Athens. Georgia was 3-time defending SEC champion, but #3 Auburn put an end to that streak and Auburn's Pat Dye celebrated his first SEC championship as head coach after the win over Georgia.

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Charles Nesbitt

1986 - Georgia 20, Auburn 16

Known as the water cannon game, an unranked Georgia beat No. 8 Auburn in Auburn with a narrow 4-point victory, ruining the Tigers’ chances at the SEC Championship. When Bulldog fans stayed to celebrate, Auburn turned on the sprinkler system at Jordan-Hare Stadium to keep fans off the field.

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1994 - Georgia 23, Auburn 23

Auburn entered the game with a 20-game winning streak that Georgia ended with a 23-23 tie. The Sunday morning headline in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in nearby Columbus, Ga read "UGA beats Auburn 23-23". This wasn't the first time the game ended in a tie, but it would be the last.

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1996 - Georgia 56, Auburn 49

Georgia finally took out Auburn 56-49 after four overtimes. This was the SEC’s first overtime game since instituting the new OT rules, so Georgia and Auburn became the first two teams to play in an overtime game in SEC history.

The game also yielded the iconic photo of Georgia Bulldog mascot Uga seemingly snapping at Auburn wide receiver Robert Baker in the end zone after a first quarter touchdown. (Photo by Patricia Miklik/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

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1997 - Auburn 45, Georgia 34

Georgia was coming off a big upset victory against Florida. Auburn reeled off 24-straight, first-half points and scored the first 14 points of the second half to upset once-beaten Georgia 45-34. Auburn running back Demontray Carter Carter led the Tigers with 93 yards on 14 carries, despite efforts by Georgia safety, and now head coach, Kirby Smart.

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2001 - Auburn 24, Georgia 17

With just 15 seconds left in the game, the Georgia Bulldogs were down by a touchdown and got down to Auburn's 1-yard line with no timeouts left. Instead of spiking the ball to stop the clock, Georgia went for it, running Jasper Sanks up the middle for no gain. Georgia couldn’t get another play off before time expired and lost 24-17. Auburn wins 24-17 in front of a crowd of 86, 250 at Sanford Stadium in Athens.

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JOHN DAVID MERCER

2002 - Georgia 24, Auburn 21

With just over a minute left, Georgia quarterback David Greene threw up a prayer and Michael Johnson out jumped Auburn's Horace Willis to complete the improbable touchdown pass and squeak out the 3-point win. The victory sent No. 7 Georgia to their first ever SEC Championship game where they defeated defeated Arkansas 30-3 to win their first championship since 1982.

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ALEXANDER COHN

2004 - Auburn 24, Georgia 6

The 2004 game marks the last time both teams were ranked in the top 10 going in. No. 3 Auburn hosted No. 8 Georgia and remained undefeated at the finish. Auburn was eyeing their first SEC Championship since splitting the title in 1989 and succeeded, but lost out on the BCS National Championship spot. The Tigers ended their 13-0 season at No. 2 in the nation with a 16-13 Sugar Bowl victory over Virginia Tech.

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2005 - Auburn 31, Georgia 30

Auburn wide receiver Devin Aromashodu turned a fourth-down pass into a 63-yard gain, setting up a 20-yard field goal with only six seconds remaining. Kicker John Vaughn nailed it and gave No. 15 Auburn the 1-point victory over No. 9 Georgia.

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TODD BENNETT

2006 - Georgia 37, Auburn 15

An unranked Georgia Bulldog team puts a serious hurt on No. 5 Auburn and their hopes of an appearance in the BCS Championship game. Georgia's Tra Battle collected three interceptions in the first half, returning one for a touchdown and setting the tone for the rest of the game. Georgia managed to salvage a disappointing season with an emphatic 37-15.

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Dave Martin

2010 - Auburn 49, Georgia 31

Known as a Cam-back, Auburn quarterback Cam Newton brought the Tigers back from a two-touchdown deficit to Georgia. Newton passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more to lead No. 2 Auburn into the Southeastern Conference championship game with a 49-31 victory over Georgia.

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2013 - Auburn 43, Georgia 38

In quite possibly the most incredible season in Auburn history, the Prayer in Jordan-Hare stands out as one of the most unbelievable games. The Tigers blew a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter against No. 25 Georgia when quarterback Aaron Murray lead his team to three touchdowns in just over seven minutes. With 36 seconds remaining and Georgia in the lead, Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall faced 4th and 18 from the Tiger 26-yard line. Marshall threw up a Hail Mary that was tipped off a Georgia safety into the hands of Auburn receiver Ricardo Louis and run in for a game-winning touchdown. Auburn went on to win the SEC Championship and finish at No. 2 after a loss to Florida State in the BCS National Championship.