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1975 Auburn Tigers football team

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1975 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Alabama $ 6 0 0 11 1 0
Florida 5 1 0 9 3 0
No. 19 Georgia 5 1 0 9 3 0
Ole Miss 5 1 0 6 5 0
Tennessee 3 3 0 7 5 0
Vanderbilt 2 4 0 7 4 0
LSU 2 4 0 5 6 0
Auburn 2 4 0 3 6 2
Mississippi State 1 4 1 6 4 1
Kentucky 0 6 0 2 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Mississippi State later forfeited all 1975 wins and one tie due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Auburn Tigers football team achieved an overall record of 3–6–2 and 1–4–1 in the SEC in Ralph “Shug” Jordan’s last year as head coach at Auburn after 25 years; however, the official record improved to 4–6–1 (2–4) when Mississippi State forfeited its tie that year due to NCAA imposed sanctions.[1]

Three players were named to the All-SEC first team for 1975: Chuck Fletcher (offensive tackle), Rick Telhieard (defensive tackle), and Clyde Baumgartner (special teams).[2]

Schedule

September 13, 1975Memphis State*No. 7

L 20–31 55,000 September 20, 1975at Baylor*

T 10–10 46,300 September 27, 1975at No. 16 Tennessee

L 17–21 74,611 October 4, 1975Virginia Tech*

L 16–23 45,000 October 11, 1975at Kentucky

W 15–9 57,722 October 18, 1975at Georgia Tech*

W 31–27 58,316 October 25, 1975at Florida State*

W 17–14 39,344 November 1, 1975No. 11 Florida

L 14–31 65,000 November 8, 1975Mississippi State

W 21–21 (forfeit) 64,796 November 15, 1975at No. 20 Georgia

L 13–28 57,500 November 29, 1975vs. No. 4 Alabama

L 0–28 63,500

Template:CFB Schedule End [2]

References

  1. ^ 2011 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 182–184, 150–151 (2011). Retrieved August 19, 2011
  2. ^ a b 2005 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 142–143, 178–180 (2005). Retrieved August 19, 2011