1965 Auburn Tigers football team

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1965 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
Liberty Bowl, L 7–13 vs. Ole Miss
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record5–5–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Cliff Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
  1964
1966  
1965 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 1 19 1 1
Auburn 4 1 15 5 1
Florida 4 2 07 4 0
No. 7 Tennessee 2 1 28 1 2
Ole Miss 5 3 07 4 0
No. 8 LSU 3 3 08 3 0
Kentucky 3 3 06 4 0
Georgia 2 3 06 4 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 02 7 1
Tulane 1 5 02 8 0
Mississippi State 1 5 04 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png

The 1965 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 74th overall and 32nd season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 15th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of five wins, five losses and one tie (5–5–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SEC) and with a loss against Ole Miss in the Liberty Bowl.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Baylor *L 8–1425,000 [1]
September 25at Tennessee T 13–1343,614 [2]
October 2No. 6 Kentucky
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 23–1835,000 [3]
October 9 Chattanooga *
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 30–732,160 [4] [5]
October 16at Georgia Tech *L 14–2350,164 [6]
October 23 Southern Miss *
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
L 0–325,000 [7]
October 30No. 7 Florida Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
W 28–1746,313 [8]
November 6 Mississippi State W 25–1845,000 [9]
November 13at Georgia W 21–1946,812 [10]
November 27vs. No. 5 Alabama
L 3–3066,333 [11] [12]
December 18vs. Ole Miss *L 7–1338,607 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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