| Summary: | This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 253: Auburn's candidates for college football's greatest passing combination: quarterback Pat Sullivan (7) and split end Terry Beasley (88). Sullivan threw 53 touchdown passes and Beasley caught 30 in three varsity seasons. Both were consensus All-Americans as seniors in 1971 when the Tigers won their first nine games, then lost to Alabama 31-7 and in the Sugar Bowl to Oklahoma, 40-22. They are remembered on The Plain as "Bama Beaters," winning three of four from The Tide. The Auburn freshman team in 1968 fell behind Bama 27-0, but fought back to win, 36-27. Two years later, with the varsity Tigers trailing Alabama, 7-17, Sullivan reminded Beasley of the earlier rally. "Come on Bease," he said. "We're going to beat 'em just like we did when we were freshmen." And so Auburn did, 33-28. Photo source: AU Photographic Services.
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