1958 Auburn Tigers football team

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).^[1]

1958 Auburn Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	9–0–1 (6–0–1 SEC)
Head coach	Ralph Jordan (8th season)
Home stadium	Cliff Hare Stadium
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

1958 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		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	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
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 Ole Miss's game against Houston counted in the conference standings. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Tennessee	No. 3	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	NBC	W 13–0	46,000	[2]
October 4	No. 4 (small) Chattanooga*	No. 2	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 30–8	20,000	[3]
October 11	at Kentucky	No. 1	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY		W 8–0	36,000	[4]
October 18	at Georgia Tech	No. 2	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		T 7–7	44,726	[5]
October 25	Maryland*	No. 5	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 20–7	28,000	[6]
November 1	at Florida	No. 4	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 6–5	36,474	[7]
November 8	Mississippi State	No. 5	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 33–14	36,000	[8]
November 15	vs. Georgia	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Columbus, GA (rivalry)		W 21–6	28,000	[9]
November 22	Wake Forest*	No. 2	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 21–7	20,000	[10]
November 29	vs. Alabama	No. 2	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)		W 14–8	44,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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