1958 Auburn Tigers football team

1958 Auburn Tigers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches #4
AP #4
1958 record 9–0–1 (6–0–1 SEC)
Head coach Ralph Jordan
Home stadium Cliff Hare Stadium
1958 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 LSU 6 0 0     11 0 0
#4 Auburn 6 0 1     9 0 1
#11 Ole Miss 4 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
#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

The 1958 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1958 college 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.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 27 Tennessee #3 Legion FieldBirmingham, AL W 13–0  
October 4 Chattanooga* #2 Cliff Hare StadiumAuburn, AL W 30–8  
October 11 at Kentucky #1 McLean StadiumLexington, KY W 8–0  
October 18 at Georgia Tech #2 Grant FieldAtlanta, GA T 7–7  
October 25 Maryland* #5 Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 20–7  
November 1 at Florida #4 Florida FieldGainesville, FL (Rivalry) W 6–5  
November 8 Mississippi State #5 Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 33–14  
November 15 vs. Georgia #4 Memorial StadiumColumbus, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 21–6  
November 22 Wake Forest* #2 Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 21–7  
November 29 vs. Alabama #2 Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl) W 14–8  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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