1958 Auburn Tigers football team

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1958 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
National Champion (Montgomery Full Season Championship)
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] On August 19, 2025, Auburn University formally recognized the 1958 football team as national champions, based on the Montgomery Full Season Championship rankings. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Tennessee No. 3
 NBC W 13–046,000 [3]
October 4No. 4 (small) Chattanooga *No. 2
W 30–820,000 [4]
October 11at Kentucky No. 1
W 8–036,000 [5]
October 18at Georgia Tech No. 2
T 7–744,726 [6]
October 25 Maryland *No. 5
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 20–728,000 [7]
November 1at Florida No. 4
W 6–536,474 [8]
November 8 Mississippi State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 5
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 33–1436,000 [9]
November 15vs. Georgia No. 4
W 21–628,000 [10]
November 22 Wake Forest *No. 2
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 21–720,000 [11]
November 29vs. Alabama No. 2
W 14–844,000 [12]
  • *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. ↑ Rauterkus, Peter (August 19, 2025). "Auburn football recognizing seven additional national championships". al.com. Alabama Media Group. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Auburn's late push trips Vols, 13–0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 28, 1958. Retrieved March 31, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Moccasins scare Tigers before bowing, 30 to 8". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 5, 1958. Retrieved September 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Underdog Georgia Tech ties Auburn, 7–7". The Roanoke Times. October 19, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Auburn tops Maryland, 20–7". The Baltimore Sun. October 26, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Auburn gets Miss. State number, 33–14". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 9, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Auburn whips Georgia, 21 to 6". Tampa Sunday Tribune. November 16, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Auburn kicks Deacs, 21–7". The Macon Telegraph & News. November 23, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Tigers beat back Tide, 14 to 8". The Birmingham News. November 30, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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