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1956 Auburn Tigers football team

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1956 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
No. 4 Georgia Tech 7 1 0 10 1 0
Florida 5 2 0 6 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 0 7 3 0
Auburn 4 3 0 7 3 0
Kentucky 4 4 0 6 4 0
Tulane 3 3 0 6 4 0
Vanderbilt 2 5 0 5 5 0
Alabama 2 5 0 2 7 1
Mississippi State 2 5 0 4 6 0
LSU 1 5 0 3 7 0
Georgia 1 6 0 3 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1956 college football season. It was the Tigers' 65th overall and 24th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3 overall, 4–3 in the SEC).

Schedule

September 29Tennessee

L 7–35 October 6Furman*

W 41–0 October 13at Kentucky

W 13–0 October 20at No. 3 Georgia Tech

L 7–28 October 27Houston*

  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

W 12–0 November 3at Florida

L 0–20 November 10Mississippi State

  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

W 27–20 November 17vs. Georgia

W 20–0 November 24Florida State*

  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL

W 13–7 December 1vs. Alabama

W 34–7

Template:CFB Schedule End

  • Source: 1956 Auburn football schedule[1][2]

References

  1. ^ 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 188.
  2. ^ "1956 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved December 19, 2012.