1958 Auburn Tigers football team

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1958 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record9–0–1 (6–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Cliff Hare Stadium
Seasons
  1957
1959  
1958 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 LSU $ 6 0 011 0 0
No. 4 Auburn 6 0 19 0 1
No. 11 Ole Miss 4 2 09 2 0
Vanderbilt 2 1 35 2 3
Tennessee 4 3 04 6 0
Alabama 3 4 15 4 1
Kentucky 3 4 15 4 1
No. 14 Florida 2 3 16 4 1
Georgia Tech 2 3 15 4 1
Georgia 2 4 04 6 0
Tulane 1 5 03 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 03 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Ole Miss's game against Houston counted in the conference standings.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1958 college football season. It was the Tigers' 67th overall and 26th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his eighth year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of nine wins, zero losses and one tie (9–0–1 overall, 6–0–1 in the SEC). [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Tennessee No. 3 NBC W 13–046,000 [2]
October 4No. 4 (small) Chattanooga *No. 2W 30–820,000 [3]
October 11at Kentucky No. 1W 8–036,000 [4]
October 18at Georgia Tech No. 2T 7–744,726 [5]
October 25 Maryland *No. 5
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 20–728,000 [6]
November 1at Florida No. 4W 6–536,474 [7]
November 8 Mississippi State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 5
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 33–1436,000 [8]
November 15vs. Georgia No. 4W 21–628,000 [9]
November 22 Wake Forest *No. 2
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 21–720,000 [10]
November 29vs. Alabama No. 2
W 14–844,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1958 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  2. "Auburn's late push trips Vols, 13–0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 28, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Moccasins scare Tigers before bowing, 30 to 8". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 5, 1958. Retrieved September 10, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Auburn uses passing of Nix in second half to nudge Kentucky 8–0". The Courier-Journal. October 12, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Underdog Georgia Tech ties Auburn, 7–7". The Roanoke Times. October 19, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Auburn tops Maryland, 20–7". The Baltimore Sun. October 26, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "3rd string quarterback Richard Wood is hero as Auburn edges Florida 6–5". Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 2, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Auburn gets Miss. State number, 33–14". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 9, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Auburn whips Georgia, 21 to 6". Tampa Sunday Tribune. November 16, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Auburn kicks Deacs, 21–7". The Macon Telegraph & News. November 23, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Tigers beat back Tide, 14 to 8". The Birmingham News. November 30, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.