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First season | 1892 |
Head coach | 9th season, 80–33 (.708) |
Stadium | Jordan-Hare Stadium (capacity: 87,451) |
Field surface | Grass |
Location | Auburn, Alabama |
Division | West(SEC) |
All-time record | 676–388–47 (.630) |
Bowl record | 19–13–2 (.588) |
Claimed national titles | 1 AP |
Conference titles | 10 (6 SEC) |
Heisman winners | 2 |
Consensus All-Americans | 62 |
Colors | Burnt Orange and Navy Blue |
Fight song | War Eagle |
Mascot | Aubie |
Marching band | Auburn University Marching Band |
Rivals | University of Alabama University of Georgia Louisiana State University |
Website | AuburnTigers.com |
The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The current head coach, Tommy Tuberville, has led the Tigers since 1999. Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium has a capacity of 87,451, ranking as the ninth-largest on-campus stadium in the NCAA.
The Tigers played the first football game in the Deep South in 1892, with the program's first bowl appearance coming the 1936 season in the sixth Bacardi Bowl played in Havana, Cuba. As of 2007, AU Football has had 77 winning seasons, 34 bowl appearances, twenty-four 9+ win seasons, eleven undefeated seasons and ten conference championships. Auburn has played in the Southeastern Conference since its inception in 1933 and have won six SEC Conference Championships, and since the divisional realignment of the conference in 1992, six Western Division championships and three trips to the SEC Championship game.
AUBURN SUCCKSSSS!!!!!!!! Auburn has the 13th most wins in D-1A college football. In terms of winning percentage, Auburn ranks as the 8th most successful team in the past 25 years with a 71.7% win rate (214–83–5) and 12th over the last 50 years with 68.4% (386–176–10). Of the 93 current I-A football programs that been active since Auburn first fielded a team 116 years ago, Auburn ranks 14th in winning percentage over that period.
Heisman links
Two Auburn players, Pat Sullivan in 1971 and Bo Jackson in 1985, have won the Heisman Trophy. The Trophy's namesake, John Heisman, coached at Auburn from 1895 until 1899. Auburn is the only school where Heisman coached (among others, Georgia Tech and Clemson) that has produced a Heisman Trophy winner.
National champion teams
There have been a total of seven Auburn teams that have been awarded some form of "National Champions" title. The NCAA's website states that "the NCAA does not conduct a national championship in Division I-A football and is not involved in the selection process", but goes on to state that "a number of polling organizations provide a final ranking of Division I-A football teams at the end of each season". The NCAA website then lists four Auburn squads that have been named National Champions by at least one organization. Here is the complete list of the Auburn teams ranked No. 1 and some of the organizations that recognized them as National Champion:
- 1913 undefeated 8–0 team (Billingsley, James Howell)
- 1914 undefeated 8–0–1 team (James Howell)
- 1957 undefeated 10–0 team (Associated Press, Billingsley, Fleming, Football Research, Helms, James Howell, Massey Ratings, National Championship Foundation, Nutshell Sports, Poling, Sagarin, Sorensen, Williamson, David Wilson)
- 1958 undefeated 9–0–1 team (Montgomery Full Season Championship)
- 1983 11–1 team (ARGH, Billingsley, DKC, Eck, FACT, Fleming, Football Research, James Howell, Massey Ratings, New York Times, Nutshell Sports, Sorensen, Sparks Achievement, David Wilson)
- 1993 undefeated 11–0 team (Harry Frye, National Championship Foundation, Nutshell Sports, Sparks Achievement, David Wilson)
The AP Poll did not begin selecting a champion until 1936 nor the AFCA Coaches Poll until 1950, so many national champion titles previous to those date were awarded retroactively. However during the 1910s, it is difficult to dispute the legitimacy of the Auburn titles. The undefeated 1913 and 1914 teams coached by Mike Donahue were some of the best defenses in Auburn history. In fact, the 1914 squad allowed zero points all season, outscoring opponents 193-0. The 1983 team featuring Bo Jackson went 11–1 and finished the season by beating Michigan 9-7 in the Sugar Bowl. The undefeated 2004 squad (13–0) finished second in the AP and Coaches Top 25 polls, but the team was awarded the 2004 Fanspoll.com People's National Champion title. Auburn University officially only claims the Associated Press (AP) National Championship of 1957 (although the school does acknowledge the 1913, 1983, 1993 and 2004 titles in their media guide).
Seasons
Main article: Auburn Tigers football seasons2008 season
In 2008, Auburn will face non-conference opponents the UL - Monroe Warhawks, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, the West Virginia Mountaineers, and the UT-Martin Skyhawks, with all but the West Virginia game being at home.
Auburn's 2008 SEC schedule includes their permanent schedule (the five other SEC west teams and the Georgia Bulldogs) as well as two other SEC East teams that rotate onto the schedule every few years. In 2008, those teams will be Vanderbilt Commodores, who will be rotating off Auburn's schedule after this season, and the Tennessee Volunteers, who are rotating back onto Auburn's schedule through the 2009 season.
Auburn has replaced both coordinators since the 2007 season. Tony Franklin was hired to transition the offense to the spread, and Paul Rhoads replaces former defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, who left to become the defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns. Franklin was fired on October 8, 2008 mid-way through the 2008 season.
2007 season
Main article: 2007 Auburn Tigers football teamAuburn entered the 2007 season as the number 14 team according to the Coaches Poll and number 18 according to the AP Poll. The Tigers ended the regular season with an 8–4 record (5–3 in the SEC, finishing 2nd in the West), and accepted a bid to play Clemson in the 40th annual Chick-fil-A Bowl, whom they defeated 23-20 in overtime to finish the season 9–4. Auburn finished #14 in the final poll, the team's fourth consecutive finish ranked in the top 15.
Rivals
Iron Bowl (vs. Alabama)
Main article: Iron BowlAuburn's rivalry with Alabama is termed the "Iron Bowl." The first meeting came in 1893, but the teams only played 15 times before the series was suspended in 1907. In 1948, the two schools finally agreed to renew the series, with the games to be played at the neutral Legion Field in Birmingham, where the game was played every year from 1948 through 1988. In 1989, Auburn hosted the first on-campus meeting, after which the series became a "home and home," with Auburn's home games being played in Auburn (with the exception of the 1991 game, which was played at Legion Field), and Alabama's home games being played at Legion Field until 2000, when Alabama moved their home games to Tuscaloosa.
Alabama holds the all-time edge at 38–33–1.
Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (vs. Georgia)
Main article: Deep South's Oldest RivalryGeorgia and Auburn compete in "The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry", dating back to 1892. The game was played in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia until 1903. It was played in Columbus, Georgia, from 1916 to 1958, except in 1929 and 1949, when the game was played in Athens, Georgia. In 1959, the series became an on-campus series.
The series is extremely close: Auburn holds a 53–50–8 lead in the series, but Georgia has outscored Auburn 1730-1685, a difference of only 45 points. Georgia has won the last two meetings by a combined margin of victory of 47 points.
Tiger Bowl (vs. LSU)
Main article: Auburn-LSU rivalryAuburn also has a competitive football rivalry with the LSU Tigers, as the last five games have been settled by a total of nineteen points and the two teams have won at least a share of the SEC Western Division championship every year since 2000, with Auburn taking the SEC West title in 2000 and 2004 and LSU in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007, winning the tiebreaker over Auburn in 2001 and 2005. Homefield advantage is historically significant in this series, with the home team winning every year between 1999 and 2007.
While the series has no formal name, many of the games themselves have been named by the media, most notably the Earthquake Game in 1988.
LSU holds the series lead 23-19-1. LSU has won the last two meetings, the first time either team has won 2 in a row since Auburn in 1999-2000.
Former rivals
Before the Southeastern Conference expanded and split into Eastern and Western divisions, Auburn had annual rivalries with SEC East powers Florida and Tennessee. Auburn was forced to stop playing Tennessee every year, and stopped playing Florida every year in 2002, when the SEC implemented two rotating opponents on the schedule. Since 2002, Auburn only plays each of these two teams four times every ten years unless they meet in the SEC Championship game. The Tigers lead both teams all-time with a 42–38–2 edge over Florida and 26–21–3 series with Tennessee.
Auburn also had long standing rivalries with two former conference foes: Georgia Tech before Tech left the SEC in 1964 after Tech Coach Bobby Dodd began a historic feud with Alabama Coach Bear Bryant and Clemson dating back to 1899 when both teams competed in the SIAA. Auburn leads the Yellow Jackets 47–41–4, with Auburn also leading in the Clemson series 33–11–2 after winning the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl matchup.
Traditions
Tiger Walk
Before each Auburn home football game, thousands of Auburn fans line Donahue Avenue to cheer on the team as they walk from Sewell Hall (the athletes' dormitory) to Jordan-Hare Stadium. The tradition began in the 1950s when groups of kids would walk up the street to greet the team and get autographs. During the tenure of coach Doug Barfield, the coach urged fans to come out and support the team, and thousands did. Today the team, led by the coaches, walks down the hill and into the stadium surrounded by fans who pat them on the back and shake their hands as they walk. The largest Tiger Walk occurred on December 2, 1989, before the first ever home football game against rival Alabama—the Iron Bowl. On that day, an estimated 20,000 fans packed the one block section of road leading to the stadium. According to former athletic director David Housel, Tiger Walk has become "the most copied tradition in all of college football," although there are older pre-game walks at Stanford and Williams College.
Toomer's Corner
The intersection of Magnolia and College streets in Auburn, which marks the transition from downtown Auburn to the university campus, is known as Toomer's Corner. It is named after Toomer's Drugs, a small store on the corner that has been an Auburn landmark for over 150 years. Hanging over the corner are two massive old-growth oak trees, and anytime anything good happens concerning Auburn, toilet paper can usually be found hanging from the trees. Also known as "rolling the corner," this tradition is thought to have originated in the 1950s and until the mid 1990s was relegated to only to celebrating athletic wins. However, in recent years it has become a way to celebrate anything good that happens concerning Auburn.
In April 2007, it was reported that the landmark trees at Toomer's Corner are dying due to "years of abuse". While it is difficult to determine how long the trees have left, plans are already being made to replace the historic tree with another live oak when the day comes.
"War Eagle"
Main article: War EagleThere are many stories surrounding the origins of Auburn's battle cry, "War Eagle." The most popular account involves the first Auburn football game in 1892 between Auburn and the University of Georgia. According to the story, in the stands that day was an old Civil War soldier with an eagle that he had found injured on a battlefield and kept as a pet. The eagle broke free and began to soar over the field, and Auburn began to march toward the Georgia end-zone. The crowd began to chant, "War Eagle" as the eagle soared. After Auburn won the game, the eagle crashed to the field and died but, according to the legend, his spirit lives on every time an Auburn man or woman yells "War Eagle!" The battle cry of "War Eagle" also functions as a greeting for those associated with the University. For many years, a live golden eagle has embodied the spirit of this tradition. The eagle was once housed on campus in The Eagle's Cage (which was the second largest single-bird enclosure in the country), but the aviary was taken down in 2003 and the eagle moved to a nearby raptor center. The eagle, War Eagle VI (nicknamed "Tiger"), was trained in 2000 to fly free around the stadium before every home game to the delight of fans. The present eagle, War Eagle VII (nicknamed "Nova"), continues the tradition.
Wreck Tech Pajama Parade
The Wreck Tech Pajama Parade originated in 1896, when a group of mischievous Auburn ROTC cadets, determined to show up the more well-known engineers from Georgia Tech, sneaked out of their dorms the night before the football game between Auburn and Tech and greased the railroad tracks. According to the story, the train carrying the Georgia Tech team slid through town and didn't stop until it was halfway to the neighboring town of Loachapoka, Alabama, The Georgia Tech team was forced to walk the five miles back to Auburn and, not surprisingly, were rather weary at the end of their journey. This likely contributed to their 45–0 loss. While the railroad long ago ceased to be the way teams traveled to Auburn and students never greased the tracks again, the tradition continues in the form of a parade through downtown Auburn. Students parade through the streets in their pajamas and organizations build floats. This tradition has recently been renewed with Georgia Tech returning to Auburn's schedule after nearly two decades of absence.
Head coaches
Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
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1892 | George Petrie | 1 | 2-2 | .500 |
1893 | D.M. Balliet | 1 | 1-0 | 1.000 |
1893 | G.H. Harvey | 1 | 2-0-2 | .750 |
1894 | F.M. Hall | 1 | 1-3 | .250 |
1895-1899 | John Heisman | 5 | 12-4-2 | .722 |
1900-1901 | Billy Watkins | 2 | 6-3-1 | .650 |
1902 | Robert Kent | 1 | 2-2-1 | .500 |
1902 | James H. Harvey | 1 | 0-2 | .000 |
1903 | Billy Bates | 1 | 4-3 | .571 |
1904-1906 | Mike Donahue | 3 | 12-9-1 | .568 |
1907 | Willis Keinholz | 1 | 6-2-1 | .722 |
1908-1922 | Mike Donahue | 15 | 94-26-4 | .774 |
1923-1924 | Boozer Pitts | 2 | 7-7-4 | .500 |
1925-1927 | Dave Morey | 3 | 10-10-1 | .500 |
1927 | Boozer Pitts | 1 | 0-4-2 | .167 |
1928-1929 | George Bohler | 2 | 3-11 | .214 |
1929 | John Floyd | 1 | 0-4 | .000 |
1930-1933 | Chet Wynne | 4 | 22-15-2 | .590 |
1934-1942 | Jack Meagher | 8 | 48-37-10 | .558 |
1943 | WW2 (no football) | |||
1944-1947 | Carl Voyles | 4 | 15-22 | .405 |
1948-1950 | Earl Brown | 3 | 3-22-4 | .172 |
1951-1975 | Ralph "Shug" Jordan | 25 | 176-83-6 | .675 |
1976-1980 | Doug Barfield | 5 | 29-25-1 | .536 |
1981-1992 | Pat Dye | 12 | 99-39-4 | .711 |
1993-1998 | Terry Bowden | 6 | 47-17-1 | .731 |
1998 | Bill Oliver† | 1† | 2-3 | .400 |
1999-present | Tommy Tuberville | 9 | 80-33 | .708 |
1892-present | 24 coaches | 115 | 676–388–47 | .630 |
†Defensive coordinator Bill Oliver coached the last five games of the 1998 season after Terry Bowden's resignation.
Award winners
A number of Auburn players and coaches have won national awards, including 62 players being named as college football All-Americans. The Tigers also have eleven coaches and players that have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.
Hall of Fame
Players Year Inducted |
Coaches Year Inducted |
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1954 - Jimmy Hitchcock 1956 - Walter Gilbert 1991 - Pat Sullivan 1994 - Tucker Frederickson 1998 - Bo Jackson 2002 - Terry Beasley 2004 - Tracy Rocker |
1951 - "Iron Mike" Donahue 1954 - John Heisman 1982 - Ralph "Shug" Jordan 2005 - Pat Dye |
National Awards
Players
Heisman Trophy Best player |
Walter Camp Award Best player |
Outland Trophy Best interior lineman |
Lombardi Award Best lineman/linebacker |
Jim Thorpe Award Best defensive back |
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1971 - Pat Sullivan, QB 1985 - Bo Jackson, RB |
1971 - Pat Sullivan, QB 1985 - Bo Jackson, RB |
1958 - Zeke Smith,G 1988 - Tracy Rocker, DT |
1988 - Tracy Rocker, DT | 2004 - Carlos Rogers, CB |
Coaches
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award Coach of the Year |
Broyles Award Best assistant coach |
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1993 - Terry Bowden 2004 - Tommy Tuberville |
2004 - Gene Chizik |
All-Americans
Name | Position | Years | Source | |||||||||||||||
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Jimmy Hitchcock | HB | 1932 | WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Walter Gilbert | C | 1933-1936 | ||||||||||||||||
Monk Gafford | RB | 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
Caleb "Tex" Warrington | C | 1944 | FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Travis Tidwell | RB | 1949 | Williamson | |||||||||||||||
Jim Pyburn | WR | 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
Joe Childress | RB | 1955 | FWAA | |||||||||||||||
Frank D’Agostino | T | 1955 | AFCA | |||||||||||||||
Fob James | RB | 1955 | INS | |||||||||||||||
Jimmy Phillips | DE | 1957 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Zeke Smith | OG | 1958-1959 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Jackie Burkett | C | 1958 | AFCA | |||||||||||||||
Ken Rice | OT | 1959-1960 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Ed Dyas | RB | 1960 | FWAA | |||||||||||||||
Jimmy Sidle | RB | 1963 | FWAA | |||||||||||||||
Tucker Frederickson | RB | 1964 | FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Jack Thornton | DT | 1965 | NEA | |||||||||||||||
Bill Cody | LB | |||||||||||||||||
Freddie Hyatt | WR | 1967 | TFN | |||||||||||||||
David Campbell | DT | 1968 | NEA | |||||||||||||||
Buddy McClinton | DB | 1969 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Larry Willingham | DB | 1970 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Pat Sullivan | QB | 1971 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Terry Beasley | WR | 1971 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Mike Fuller | S | 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
Ken Bernich | LB | 1974 | AFCA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Neil O'Donoghue | PK | 1976 | TFN | |||||||||||||||
Keith Uecker | OG | 1981 | Mizlou | David King corner 1981 | Bob Harris | SS | David King | Corner | 1982 | Donnie Humphrey | DT | 1983 | WTBS | David King corner 1983 | Gregg Carr | LB | 1984 | AFCA, WCFF |
Bo Jackson | RB | 1983-1985 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Lewis Colbert | P | 1985 | AFCA | |||||||||||||||
Ben Tamburello | C | 1986 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Brent Fullwood | RB | 1986 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Aundray Bruce | LB | 1987 | AFCA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Kurt Crain | LB | 1987 | AP | |||||||||||||||
Stacy Searels | OT | 1987 | AP, TFN | |||||||||||||||
Tracy Rocker | DT | 1987-1988 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Walter Reeves | TE | 1988 | TSN | |||||||||||||||
Benji Roland | DT | |||||||||||||||||
Ed King | OG | 1989-1990 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Craig Ogletree | LB | 1989 | TSN | |||||||||||||||
David Rocker | DT | 1990 | AFCA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Wayne Gandy | OT | 1993 | AP, FWAA, SH | |||||||||||||||
Terry Daniel | P | 1993 | AFCA, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Brian Robinson | SS | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Sanders | WR | 1994 | AP, FWAA, SH | |||||||||||||||
Chris Shelling | SS | 1994 | FWAA, SH | |||||||||||||||
Victor Riley | OT | 1997 | AFCA | |||||||||||||||
Takeo Spikes | LB | 1997 | TSN | |||||||||||||||
Damon Duval | PK | 2001 | AFCA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Karlos Dansby | LB | 2003 | AFCA | |||||||||||||||
Marcus McNeill | OT | 2004-2005 | AP, CBS, FWAA, SI, Rivals, CFN | |||||||||||||||
Carlos Rogers | CB | 2004 | AP, FWAA, WCFF | |||||||||||||||
Junior Rosegreen | SS | 2004 | SI, CBS | |||||||||||||||
Carnell Williams | RB | 2004 | AFCA | |||||||||||||||
Kenny Irons | RB | 2005 | Rivals | |||||||||||||||
Tim Duckworth | OG | 2006 | Rivals | |||||||||||||||
Quentin Groves | DE | 2006 | Rivals | |||||||||||||||
Ben Grubbs | OG | 2006 | Rivals, ESPN, PFW | |||||||||||||||
David Irons | CB | 2006 | Rivals |
AUBURN SUCKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Bowl history
Auburn football teams have been invited to participate in 34 total bowls and have garnered a record of 19–13–2.
W/L | Date | PF | Opponent | PA | Bowl |
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T | 01-01-1937 | 7 | Villanova | 7 | Bacardi Bowl |
W | 01-01-1938 | 6 | Michigan St. | 0 | Orange Bowl |
L | 01-01-1954 | 13 | Texas Tech | 35 | Gator Bowl |
W | 12-31-1954 | 33 | Baylor | 13 | Gator Bowl |
L | 12-31-1955 | 13 | Vanderbilt | 25 | Gator Bowl |
L | 01-01-1964 | 7 | Nebraska | 13 | Orange Bowl |
L | 12-18-1965 | 7 | Mississippi | 13 | Liberty Bowl |
W | 12-28-1968 | 34 | Arizona | 10 | Sun Bowl |
L | 12-31-1969 | 7 | Houston | 36 | Bluebonnet Bowl |
W | 01-02-1971 | 35 | Mississippi | 28 | Gator Bowl |
L | 01-01-1972 | 22 | Oklahoma | 40 | Sugar Bowl |
W | 12-30-1972 | 24 | Colorado | 3 | Gator Bowl |
L | 12-29-1973 | 17 | Missouri | 34 | Sun Bowl |
W | 12-30-1974 | 27 | Texas | 3 | Gator Bowl |
W | 12-18-1982 | 33 | Boston College | 26 | Tangerine Bowl |
W | 01-02-1984 | 9 | Michigan | 7 | Sugar Bowl |
W | 12-27-1984 | 21 | Arkansas | 15 | Liberty Bowl |
L | 01-01-1986 | 16 | Texas A&M | 36 | Cotton Bowl |
W | 01-01-1987 | 16 | Southern California | 7 | Florida Citrus Bowl |
T | 01-01-1988 | 16 | Syracuse | 16 | Sugar Bowl |
L | 01-02-1989 | 7 | Florida St. | 13 | Sugar Bowl |
W | 01-01-1990 | 31 | Ohio St. | 14 | Hall of Fame Bowl |
W | 12-29-1990 | 27 | Indiana | 23 | Peach Bowl |
L | 01-01-1996 | 14 | Penn St. | 43 | Outback Bowl |
W | 12-31-1996 | 32 | Army | 29 | Independence Bowl |
W | 01-02-1998 | 21 | Clemson | 17 | Peach Bowl |
L | 01-01-2001 | 28 | Michigan | 31 | Florida Citrus Bowl |
L | 12-31-2001 | 10 | North Carolina | 16 | Peach Bowl |
W | 01-01-2003 | 13 | Penn St. | 9 | Capital One Bowl |
W | 12-31-2003 | 28 | Wisconsin | 14 | Music City Bowl |
W | 01-03-2005 | 16 | Virginia Tech | 13 | Sugar Bowl |
L | 01-02-2006 | 10 | Wisconsin | 24 | Capital One Bowl |
W | 01-01-2007 | 17 | Nebraska | 14 | Cotton Bowl |
W | 12-31-2007 | 23 | Clemson | 20 | Chick-fil-A Bowl |
Miscellaneous facts
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As of November 9, 2008
- Auburn has won 31 of their last 41 SEC matchups including 15 of the last 20 SEC road games. The Tigers also have the highest winning percentage in SEC games of any SEC West team since the conference realignment in 1992.
- Auburn enjoys a 15–11 record versus top-10 opponents since the 2000 season, and have won 9 of their last 13.
- Auburn's home record is 14–3 in night games since the 2000 season.
- Auburn has won 17 of their last 21 games when wearing all-white uniforms.
References
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- "Auburn Wins Peoples National Championship Poll". Scout.com. 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-28.
- "Auburn Traditions". Auburn University. 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-01.
- "Auburn Football 2007 Media Guide". Auburn University. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
- "The best Walk in America". ESPN.com. 2003. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
- "Landmark Toomer's trees dying". The Auburn Plainsman. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
- "Heisman Trophy Winners". heisman.com. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- Alder, James. "Walter Camp Award Winners". About.com. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- "All-Time Outland Trophy Winners". Football Writers Association of America. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- "The Rotary Lombardi Award Website - Winners". Rotary Club of Houston. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- "The Jim Thorpe Award - Past Winners". The Jim Thorpe Association. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
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