1939 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1939 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1939 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Jack Meagher in his sixth season and finished the season with a record of five wins, five losses and one tie (5–5–1 overall, 3–3–1 in the SEC).

1939 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1939 record5–5–1 (3–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Tennessee + 6 0 0  10 1 0
No. 16 Georgia Tech + 6 0 0  8 2 0
No. 5 Tulane + 5 0 0  8 1 1
Mississippi State 3 2 0  8 2 0
Ole Miss 2 2 0  7 2 0
Kentucky 2 2 1  6 2 1
Auburn 3 3 1  5 5 1
Alabama 2 3 1  5 3 1
Georgia 1 3 0  5 6 0
LSU 1 5 0  4 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 0  2 7 1
Florida 0 3 1  5 5 1
Sewanee 0 3 0  3 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29Birmingham–Southern*W 6–0
October 7at TulaneL 0–12
October 14Mississippi StateW 7–0
October 21at Manhattan*
L 0–7
October 28at Georgia TechL 6–7
November 4at Boston College*L 7–13
November 11Villanova*
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, Alabama
W 10–9
November 18at LSUW 21–7
November 25vs. GeorgiaW 7–0
November 30FloridaT 7–7
December 9at TennesseeL 0–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Source: 1939 Auburn football schedule[1][2]

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: John F. "Jack" Meagher, 1939". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. "1939 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved December 15, 2015.


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