1950 Auburn Tigers football team

American college football season

1950 Auburn Tigers football

Conference| Southeastern Conference
Record| 0–10 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach|

* Earl Brown (3rd season)

Home stadium| Cliff Hare Stadium
Cramton Bowl

Seasons

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1951 ->

1950 Southeastern Conference football standings

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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

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]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 22| Wofford*|

* Cramton Bowl
* Montgomery, Alabama

| L 14–19| | [2]
September 30| at Vanderbilt|

* Dudley Field
* Nashville, Tennessee

| L 0–41| 19,000| [3]
October 7| Southeastern Louisiana*|

* Cliff Hare Stadium
* Auburn, Alabama

| L 0–6| | [4]
October 14| at Florida|

* Florida Field
* Gainesville, Florida (rivalry)

| L 7–27| 30,000| [5]
October 21| at Georgia Tech|

* Grant Field
* Atlanta, Georgia (rivalry)

| L 0–20| 22,000| [6]
October 28| Tulane|

* Cliff Hare Stadium
* Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)

| L 0–28| | [7]
November 4| at Mississippi State|

* Scott Field
* Starkville, Mississippi

| L 0–27| | [8]
November 18| vs. Georgia|

* Memorial Stadium
* Columbus, Georgia (rivalry)

| L 10–12| | [9]
November 25| No. 11 Clemson*|

* Cliff Hare Stadium
* Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)

| L 0–41| | [10]
December 2| vs. No. 17 Alabama|

* Legion Field
* Birmingham, Alabama (Iron Bowl)

| L 0–34| 39,000| [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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Auburn Tigers football

Venues|

* Drill Field (1892–1910)
* Drake Field (1911–1939)
* Legion Field (alternate, 1926–1991)
* Jordan-Hare Stadium (1939–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Alabama: Iron Bowl (Foy–ODK Sportsmanship Trophy)
* Clemson
* Florida
* Georgia: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry
* Georgia Tech
* LSU
* Ole Miss
* Tennessee
* Tulane

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* History
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* Aubie
* "War Eagle"
* Marching band
* Toomer's Corner
* Punt Bama Punt
* Earthquake Game
* Prayer at Jordan-Hare
* Kick Six (Kick Bama Kick)
* Porter Cup

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