1949 Auburn Tigers football team

1949 Auburn Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–4–3 (2–4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Earl Brown (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cliff Hare Stadium Cramton Bowl Ladd Memorial Stadium

1949 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulane $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
No. 11 Kentucky	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
No. 9 LSU	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	4	–	3
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Florida	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Georgia	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1949 college football season. It was the Tigers' 58th overall and 17th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Earl Brown, in his second year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn, the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Ladd Memorial Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of two wins, four losses and three ties (2–4–3 overall, 2–4–2 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23	Ole Miss	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, Alabama	L 7–40
October 8	Florida	Ladd Memorial Stadium Mobile, Alabama (rivalry)	T 14–14
October 15	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta	L 21–35
October 22	at No. 20 Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans	L 6–14
October 29	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, Tennessee	L 7–26
November 5	Mississippi State	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 25–6
November 12	vs. Georgia	Memorial Stadium Columbus, Georgia (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	T 20–20
November 26	Clemson*	Ladd Memorial Stadium Mobile, Alabama	T 20–20
December 3	vs. Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama (Iron Bowl)	W 14–13
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

• Source: 1949 Auburn football schedule