The Tigers walk from the Athletics Complex down Donahue Drive to Jordan-Hare Stadium each football game day. But the team doesn't make the walk alone; instead, they are cheered on by the thousands of Auburn fans who line the street and, in the process, create one of the great scenes in college football. The walk begins two hours before each game.
The tradition began in the 1960s when groups of kids would walk up the street to greet the team and get autographs. It has grown to become one of the most treasured of Auburn traditions.
The most famous Tiger Walk occurred on December 2, 1989, the day Auburn welcomed Alabama to campus for the first time ever. Previously, the Auburn-Alabama series had only been played at Legion Field in Birmingham. Auburn officials estimate 20,000 fans lined up for the Tiger Walk on Donahue Drive that day. ESPN.com college football writer Ivan Maisel, who was there that day, wrote, "The height of emotion [the Tiger Walk] reached in 1989 will be a watermark for years to come."
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