1956 Auburn Tigers football team

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American college football season

1956 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
No. 4 Georgia Tech 7 1 0 10 1 0
Florida 5 2 0 6 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 0 7 3 0
Auburn 4 3 0 7 3 0
Kentucky 4 4 0 6 4 0
Tulane 3 3 0 6 4 0
Vanderbilt 2 5 0 5 5 0
Alabama 2 5 0 2 7 1
Mississippi State 2 5 0 4 6 0
LSU 1 5 0 3 7 0
Georgia 1 6 0 3 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers’ 65th overall and 24th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph “Shug” Jordan, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3 overall, 4–3 in the SEC).

Schedule[edit]

  • Source: 1956 Auburn football schedule[3][4]

References[edit]

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    “Majors stars as Vols whip Auburn 35–7”. The Park City Daily News. September 30, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

  2. ^ “Auburn rips Furman”. The Huntsville Times. October 7, 1956. Retrieved September 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
  4. ^ “1956 Auburn University Football Schedule”. Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2012.



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