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1950 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1950 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1950 college football season. It was the Tigers' 59th overall and 18th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Earl Brown, in his third year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. They finished winless with a record of zero wins and ten losses (0–10 overall, 0–7 in the SEC). In the February that followed the completion of the season, Brown was fired as head coach of the Tigers.[1]

1950 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record0–10 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Kentucky $ 5 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Alabama 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Tulane 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Georgia 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 3
Mississippi State 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
LSU 2 – 3 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
Florida 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Wofford*
L 14–19[2]
September 30at Vanderbilt
L 0–4119,000[3]
October 7Southeastern Louisiana*
L 0–6[4]
October 14at Florida
L 7–2730,000[5]
October 21at Georgia Tech
L 0–2022,000[6]
October 28Tulane
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)
L 0–28[7]
November 4at Mississippi State
L 0–27[8]
November 18vs. Georgia
L 10–12[9]
November 25No. 11 Clemson* 
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)
L 0–41[10]
December 2vs. No. 17 Alabama
L 0–3439,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "Earl Brown fired as Auburn's head coach". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. February 12, 1952. p. 10. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Terriers in upset win over Auburn". The State. September 23, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Vanderbilt smothers Auburn, 41–0". The Chattanooga Times. October 1, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Auburn defeated again in surprise". The Huntsville Times. October 8, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Record crowd sees Florida win by 27–7 over Auburn Tigers". The Tampa Tribune. October 15, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Dar Crawford leads Tech in 20–0 win over Plainsmen". Kingsport Times-News. October 22, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tulane takes Tigers, 28–0". The Birmingham News. October 29, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Mississippi State flattens Auburn, 27–0". The Commercial Appeal. November 5, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Georgia cuts down Auburn, nearly loses". The Selma Times-Journal. November 19, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Luckless Auburn beaten once again, this time Clemson wins 41 to 0". The Decatur Daily. November 26, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Alabama gets revenge in 34–0 drubbing of Auburn". The Dothan Eagle. December 3, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


 

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