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
ConfOverall
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 3 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
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

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References

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