1964 Auburn Tigers football team

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1964 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record6–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Cliff Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
  1963
1965  
1964 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 8 0 010 1 0
Florida 4 2 07 3 0
Georgia 4 2 07 3 1
Kentucky 4 2 05 5 0
No. 7 LSU 4 2 18 2 1
Auburn 3 3 06 4 0
Ole Miss 2 4 15 5 1
Mississippi State 2 5 04 6 0
Vanderbilt 1 4 13 6 1
Tennessee 1 5 14 5 1
Tulane 1 5 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Georgia's game against Clemson and Tulane's game against Miami (FL) counted in the conference standings.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 73rd overall and 31st season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 14th 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, 3–3 in the SEC).

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Houston *No. 8W 30–025,000 [1]
September 26 Tennessee No. 8W 3–046,000 [2]
October 3at Kentucky No. 7L 0–2037,500 [3]
October 10 Chattanooga *
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 33–1231,000 [4]
October 17 Georgia Tech *
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
L 3–757,000 [5]
October 24 Southern Miss *
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 14–722,000 [6]
October 31at No. 10 Florida L 0–1447,100 [7]
November 7 Mississippi State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 12–345,000 [8]
November 14 Georgia
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
W 14–743,000 [9]
November 26vs. No. 2 Alabama
L 14–2168,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

References

  1. "Opportunistic Auburn whips Houston, 30–0". Tulsa Sunday World. September 20, 1964. Retrieved October 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Lewis boots 42-yard field goal to lift Auburn over Vols, 3–0". The Selma Times-Journal. September 27, 1964. Retrieved May 7, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Cats for real!". The Courier-Journal. October 4, 1964. Retrieved October 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tigers top Mocs". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 11, 1964. Retrieved September 11, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Georgia Tech nips Auburn to get 5th straight victory". The Commercial Appeal. October 18, 1964. Retrieved October 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Auburn ekes by Southern, 14–7". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 25, 1964. Retrieved March 21, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Alert Gators win, 14–0 on Auburn's miscues". The Miami News. November 1, 1964. Retrieved October 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Plainsmen strike down Mississippi State 12–3". The Tampa Tribune. November 8, 1964. Retrieved October 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Auburn Tigers bottle up Georgia in SEC game 14–7". The Daily Advertiser. November 15, 1964. Retrieved October 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Tide sinks tough Auburn, 21–14". Birmingham Post-Herald. November 27, 1964. Retrieved October 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  11. 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  12. "1964–1965 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.