1935 Auburn

8–⁠2 (5–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jack Meagher.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1935, game by game: won vs. Birmingham-Southern 25–7; won at Tulane 10–0; lost vs. Tennessee 6–13; won vs. Kentucky 23–0; won at Duke 7–0; lost at LSU 0–6; won at Georgia Tech 33–7; won vs. Oglethorpe 51–0; won vs. Georgia 19–7; won at Florida 27–6+51−7Won 25–7 vs. Birmingham-Southern+18Birmingham-Sout…Won 10–0 at Tulane+10TulaneLost 6–13 vs. Tennessee-7TennesseeWon 23–0 vs. Kentucky+23KentuckyWon 7–0 at Duke+7DukeLost 0–6 at LSU-6LSUWon 33–7 at Georgia Tech+26Georgia TechWon 51–0 vs. Oglethorpe+51OglethorpeWon 19–7 vs. Georgia+12GeorgiaWon 27–6 at Florida+21Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida 27–⁠6; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 55th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠2 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
201–⁠46
Coach
Jack Meagher
Elo
1612 +162 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.3 No. 11 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Millard Morris

All-SEC

3 first team

First team

  • Haygood PatersonOTAP-1; AU-1
  • Frank GanttOGAP-2; AU-1
  • Walter GilbertCAP-1; AU-1

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠2
Vanderbilt5–⁠17–⁠3
Ole Miss3–⁠19–⁠3
Auburn5–⁠28–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠26–⁠2–⁠1
Tulane3–⁠36–⁠4
Kentucky3–⁠35–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠45–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠38–⁠3
Tennessee2–⁠34–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠46–⁠4
Florida1–⁠63–⁠7
Sewanee0–⁠62–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.