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1939 Auburn

5–⁠5–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jack Meagher.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1939, game by game: won vs. Birmingham-Southern 6–0; lost at Tulane 0–12; won vs. Mississippi State 7–0; lost at Manhattan 0–7; lost at Georgia Tech 6–7; lost at Boston College 7–13; won vs. Villanova 10–9; won at LSU 21–7; won vs. Georgia 7–0; tied vs. Florida 7–7; lost at No. 2 Tennessee 0–7+14−12Won 6–0 vs. Birmingham-Southern+6Birmingham-Sout…Lost 0–12 at Tulane-12TulaneWon 7–0 vs. Mississippi State+7Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–7 at Manhattan-7ManhattanLost 6–7 at Georgia Tech-1Georgia TechLost 7–13 at Boston College-6Boston CollegeWon 10–9 vs. Villanova+1VillanovaWon 21–7 at LSU+14LSUWon 7–0 vs. Georgia+7GeorgiaTied 7–7 vs. Florida0FloridaLost 0–7 at No. 2 Tennessee-7No. 2 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsBirmingham-SouthernW 6–⁠092%
Oct 7atTulaneL 0–⁠1237%
Oct 14vsMississippi StateW 7–⁠062%
Oct 21atManhattanL 0–⁠757%
Oct 28atGeorgia TechL 6–⁠744%
Nov 4atBoston CollegeL 7–⁠1344%
Nov 11vsVillanovaW 10–⁠940%
Nov 18atLSUW 21–⁠736%
Nov 25vsGeorgiaW 7–⁠064%
Nov 30vsFloridaT 7–⁠777%
Dec 9at2TennesseeL 0–⁠719%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1939.

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
71–⁠69
Coach
Jack Meagher
Elo
1559 −1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.3 No. 19 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Milton HowellOGAP-2; UP-1

Second team

  • McGowenRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1939 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠010–⁠12
Georgia Tech6–⁠08–⁠216
Tulane5–⁠08–⁠1–⁠15
Mississippi State3–⁠28–⁠2
Auburn3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss2–⁠27–⁠2
Kentucky2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Alabama2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia1–⁠35–⁠6
LSU1–⁠54–⁠5
Vanderbilt1–⁠62–⁠7–⁠1
Florida0–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Sewanee0–⁠33–⁠5

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