1961 Auburn Tigers football team

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1961 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record6–4 (3–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Cliff Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
  1960
1962  
1961 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Alabama + 7 0 011 0 0
No. 4 LSU + 6 0 010 1 0
No. 5 Ole Miss 5 1 09 2 0
No. 13 Georgia Tech 4 3 07 4 0
Tennessee 4 3 06 4 0
Florida 3 3 04 5 1
Auburn 3 4 06 4 0
Kentucky 2 4 05 5 0
Georgia 2 5 03 7 0
Mississippi State 1 5 05 5 0
Tulane 1 5 02 8 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 02 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1961 college football season. It was the Tigers' 70th overall and 28th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 11th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4 overall, 3–4 in the SEC).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Tennessee W 24–2144,600 [1]
October 7 Kentucky L 12–1432,000 [2]
October 14 Chattanooga *
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 35–722,000 [3]
October 21at No. 8 Georgia Tech L 6–745,376 [4]
October 28 Clemson *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 24–1436,000 [5]
November 4 Wake Forest *
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 21–720,000 [6]
November 11 Mississippi State L 10–1135,000 [7]
November 18at Georgia W 10–741,000 [8]
November 25 Florida
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
W 32–1533,000 [9]
December 2vs. No. 1 Alabama
L 0–3454,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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