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1950 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record0–10 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Kentucky $ 5 1 0 11 1 0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 1 0 11 1 0
No. 16 Alabama 6 2 0 9 2 0
No. 20 Tulane 3 1 1 6 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 2 0 5 6 0
Georgia 3 2 1 6 3 3
Mississippi State 3 4 0 4 5 0
Vanderbilt 3 4 0 7 4 0
LSU 2 3 2 4 5 2
Florida 2 4 0 5 5 0
Ole Miss 1 5 0 5 5 0
Auburn 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1950 college football season. It was the Tigers' 59th overall and 18th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Earl Brown, in his third year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished winless with a record of zero wins and ten losses (0–10 overall, 0–7 in the SEC). In the February that followed the completion of the season, Brown was fired as head coach of the Tigers.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 22Wofford*L 14–19
September 30at VanderbiltL 0–41
October 7Southeastern Louisiana*L 0–6
October 14at FloridaL 7–27
October 21at Georgia TechL 0–20
October 28Tulane
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
L 0–28
November 4at Mississippi StateL 0–27
November 18vs. GeorgiaL 10–12
November 25No. 11 Clemson*
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
L 0–41
December 2vs. No. 17 AlabamaL 0–34
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1950 Auburn football schedule[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Earl Brown fired as Auburn's head coach". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Google News Archives. Associated Press. February 12, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Earl M. Brown, 1950". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "1950 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved November 11, 2013.