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1955 Auburn Tigers football team

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1955 Auburn Tigers football
Gator Bowl, L 13–25 vs. Vanderbilt
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
Record8–2–1 (5–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Ole Miss $ 5 1 0 10 1 0
No. 8 Auburn 5 2 1 8 2 1
No. 7 Georgia Tech 4 1 1 9 1 1
Tennessee 3 2 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt 4 3 0 8 3 0
Mississippi State 4 4 0 6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 1 6 3 1
Tulane 3 3 1 5 4 1
LSU 2 3 1 3 5 2
Florida 3 5 0 4 6 0
Georgia 2 5 0 4 6 0
Alabama 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1955 college football season. It was the Tigers' 64th overall and 23rd season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of eight wins, two losses and one tie (8–2–1 overall, 5–2–1 in the SEC) and with a loss to Vanderbilt in the Gator Bowl.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 24Chattanooga*W 15–6
October 1Florida
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)
W 13–0
October 8No. 19 KentuckyNo. 14T 14–14
October 15at No. 5 Georgia TechNo. 17W 14–12
October 22Furman*
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 52–0
October 29at TulaneNo. 8L 13–27
November 5No. 20 Mississippi StateNo. 14
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 27–26
November 12vs. GeorgiaNo. 12W 16–13
November 19Clemson*No. 12W 21–0
November 26vs. AlabamaNo. 10
W 26–0
December 31vs. VanderbiltNo. 8L 13–25
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1955 Auburn football schedule[1][2]

References

  1. ^ 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 188.
  2. ^ "1955 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved December 19, 2012.