1966 Auburn Tigers football team

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1966 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record4–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Cliff Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
  1965
1967  
1966 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Alabama + 6 0 011 0 0
No. 4 Georgia + 5 0 010 1 0
Florida 5 1 09 2 0
Ole Miss 5 2 08 3 0
Tennessee 3 2 08 3 0
LSU 3 3 05 4 1
Kentucky 2 4 03 6 1
Auburn 1 5 04 6 0
Vanderbilt 0 5 01 9 0
Mississippi State 0 6 02 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 75th overall and 33rd season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 16th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Chattanooga *W 20–622,808 [1]
September 24 Tennessee L 0–2852,582 [2]
October 1at Kentucky L 7–1737,500 [3]
October 8 Wake Forest *
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 14–618,511 [4]
October 15No. 7 Georgia Tech *
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
L 3–1748,362 [5]
October 22 TCU *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 7–634,976 [6]
October 29at No. 7 Florida L 27–3058,637–60,511 [7]
November 5at Mississippi State W 13–026,976 [8]
November 12No. 9 Georgia
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
L 13–2144,773 [9]
December 3vs. No. 3 Alabama
ABC L 0–3166,808–67,786 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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