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1978 Auburn Tigers football team

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The 1978 Auburn Tigers acheived an overall 6-4-1 record under third-year head coach Doug Barfield and failed to receive an invitation to a bowl game.[1] While only slightly better than the previous year’s 6-5 record, the 1978 squad fared worse in the SEC completing the season with a record of 3-2-1.[2]

Schedule

|+ Auburn Tigers - 1978 Season[2]

9/16at Kansas State*

W 45-3227,600 9/23at Virginia Tech*

W 18-738,000 9/30vs. Tennessee

W 29-1050,136 10/7Miami (FL)

L 15-1755,113 10/14at Vanderbilt

W 49-730,394 10/21Georgia Tech*

L 10-2459,112 10/28Wake Forest*

W 21-752,120 11/4at Florida

L 7-3159,343 11/11at Mississippi State

W 6-034,100 11/18No. 8 Georgia

T 22-2264,761 12/2vs. No. 2 Alabama

L 16-3479,218

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References

  1. ^ 2011 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 182-4 (2011). Retrieved August 19, 2011
  2. ^ a b 2005 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, p. 143 (2005). Retrieved August 19, 2011