1948 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1948 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1948 college football season. It was the Tigers' 57th overall and 16th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Earl Brown, in his first 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 one win, eight losses and one tie (1–8–1 overall, 0–7 in the SEC).

1948 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1948 record1–8–1 (0–7 SEC)
Head coachEarl Brown (1st season)
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
Cramton Bowl
Ladd Memorial Stadium
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 0  9 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 0  8 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 0  9 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 1  8 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 0  7 3 0
Alabama 4 4 1  6 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 0  4 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 1  4 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 1  5 3 2
Florida 1 5 0  5 5 0
LSU 1 5 0  3 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0  1 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 24Mississippi Southern*W 20–14
October 2Louisiana Tech*
T 13–13
October 9at Florida
L 9–16
October 16at No. 7 Georgia Tech
L 0–27
October 23at No. 17 TulaneL 6–21
October 29Vanderbilt
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, Alabama
L 0–47
November 6Mississippi StateL 0–20
November 13vs. No. 13 GeorgiaL 14–42
November 27No. 9 Clemson*
  • Ladd Memorial Stadium
  • Mobile, Alabama
L 6–7
December 4vs. Alabama
L 0–55
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1948 Auburn football schedule[1][2]
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References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Earl M. Brown, 1948". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  2. "1948 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved November 11, 2013.


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