1958 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1958 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 67th overall and 26th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his eighth year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of nine wins, zero losses and one tie (9–0–1 overall, 6–0–1 in the SEC) and were selected national champions by the [1] Montgomery Full Season Championship.

1958 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
1958 record9–0–1 (6–0–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
1958 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 LSU $ 6 0 0  11 0 0
No. 4 Auburn 6 0 1  9 0 1
No. 11 Ole Miss 3 2 0  9 2 0
Vanderbilt 2 1 3  5 2 3
Tennessee 4 3 0  4 6 0
Alabama 3 4 1  5 4 1
Kentucky 3 4 1  5 4 1
No. 14 Florida 2 3 1  6 4 1
Georgia Tech 2 3 1  5 4 1
Georgia 2 4 0  4 6 0
Tulane 1 5 0  3 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 0  3 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 27TennesseeNo. 3W 13–0
October 4Chattanooga*No. 2W 30–8
October 11at KentuckyNo. 1W 8–0
October 18at Georgia TechNo. 2T 7–7
October 25Maryland*No. 5
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 20–7
November 1at FloridaNo. 4W 6–5
November 8Mississippi StateNo. 5
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 33–14
November 15vs. GeorgiaNo. 4W 21–6
November 22Wake Forest*No. 2
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 21–7
November 29vs. AlabamaNo. 2
W 14–8
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1958 Auburn football schedule[2]

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