By Jeff Shearer
AuburnTigers.com
AUBURN, Ala. - Of all the 87,451 who will pack Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday for the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, one student shares a unique connection to the foundation of Auburn’s football program.
Catherine Andrews, a senior marketing major from Nashville, learned recently that her great-great-great-uncle, Rufus Dorsey, scored the first touchdown in Auburn history in the Tigers’ 10-0 win over Georgia in Atlanta in 1892.
“We were at my brother’s wedding in Kansas and my aunt mentioned it to me at the reception and said, ‘I’ll send you a picture of the article I’ve been meaning to send to you,’” Andrews said.