1955 Auburn Tigers football team

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1955 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
Gator Bowl, L 13–25 vs. Vanderbilt
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
Record8–2–1 (5–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Cliff Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Seasons
  1954
1956  
1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Ole Miss $ 5 1 010 1 0
No. 8 Auburn 5 2 18 2 1
No. 7 Georgia Tech 4 1 19 1 1
Tennessee 3 2 16 3 1
Vanderbilt 4 3 08 3 0
Mississippi State 4 4 06 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 16 3 1
Tulane 3 3 15 4 1
LSU 2 3 13 5 2
Florida 3 5 04 6 0
Georgia 2 5 04 6 0
Alabama 0 7 00 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 and Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, 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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Chattanooga *W 15–615,000 [1]
October 1 Florida
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
W 13–026,000 [2]
October 8No. 19 Kentucky No. 14T 14–1435,000 [3]
October 15at No. 5 Georgia Tech No. 17W 14–12 [4]
October 22 Furman *No. 9
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 52–0 [5]
October 29at Tulane No. 8L 13–2735,000 [6]
November 5No. 20 Mississippi State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 14
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 27–2634,000 [7]
November 12vs. Georgia No. 12W 16–13 [8]
November 19 Clemson *No. 12W 21–0 [9]
November 26vs. Alabama No. 10
W 26–044,000 [10]
December 31vs. Vanderbilt No. 8L 13–2532,174 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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