1949 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1949 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1949 college football season. It was the Tigers' 58th overall and 17th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Earl Brown, in his second year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn, the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Ladd Memorial Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of two wins, four losses and three ties (2–4–3 overall, 2–4–2 in the SEC).

1949 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1949 record2–4–3 (2–4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
Cramton Bowl
Ladd Memorial Stadium
1949 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tulane $ 5 1 0  7 2 1
No. 11 Kentucky 4 1 0  9 3 0
No. 17 Tennessee 4 1 1  7 2 1
Georgia Tech 5 2 0  7 3 0
No. 9 LSU 4 2 0  8 3 0
Alabama 4 3 1  6 3 1
Vanderbilt 4 4 0  5 5 0
Auburn 2 4 2  2 4 3
Ole Miss 2 4 0  4 5 1
Florida 1 4 1  4 5 1
Georgia 1 4 1  4 6 1
Mississippi State 0 6 0  0 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 23Ole MissL 7–40
October 8FloridaT 14–14
October 15at Georgia TechL 21–35
October 22at No. 20 TulaneL 6–14
October 29at VanderbiltL 7–26
November 5Mississippi StateW 25–6
November 12vs. GeorgiaT 20–20
November 26Clemson*
  • Ladd Memorial Stadium
  • Mobile, Alabama
T 20–20
December 3vs. AlabamaW 14–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1949 Auburn football schedule[1][2]

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Earl M. Brown, 1949". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  2. "1949 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved November 11, 2013.


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