1961 Auburn Tigers football team

1961 Auburn Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	6–4 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach	Ralph Jordan (11th season)
Home stadium	Cliff Hare Stadium

1961 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama +	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
No. 4 LSU +	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Ole Miss	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Auburn	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 70th overall and 28th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 11th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4 overall, 3–4 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, Tennessee	W 24–21
October 7	Kentucky	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	L 12–14
October 14	Chattanooga*	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 35–7
October 21	at No. 8 Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta	L 6–7
October 28	Clemson*	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 24–14
November 4	Wake Forest*	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 21–7
November 11	Mississippi State	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	L 10–11
November 18	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 10–7
November 25	Florida	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)	W 32–15
December 2	vs. No. 1 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama (Iron Bowl)	L 0–34
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

• Source: 1961 Auburn football schedule