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1941 Auburn

4–⁠5–⁠1 (0–⁠4–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jack Meagher.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1941, game by game: won vs. Samford 13–0; lost at Tulane 0–32; won vs. Louisiana Tech 34–0; lost vs. SMU 7–20; lost at Georgia Tech 14–28; lost vs. Georgia 0–7; lost vs. No. 15 Mississippi State 7–14; tied at LSU 7–7; won at Villanova 13–0; won vs. No. 16 Clemson 28–7+34−32Won 13–0 vs. Samford+13SamfordLost 0–32 at Tulane-32TulaneWon 34–0 vs. Louisiana Tech+34Louisiana TechLost 7–20 vs. SMU-13SMULost 14–28 at Georgia Tech-14Georgia TechLost 0–7 vs. Georgia-7GeorgiaLost 7–14 vs. No. 15 Mississippi State-7No. 15 Mississippi Sta…Tied 7–7 at LSU0LSUWon 13–0 at Villanova+13VillanovaWon 28–7 vs. No. 16 Clemson+21No. 16 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsSamfordW 13–⁠095%
Oct 4atTulaneL 0–⁠3239%
Oct 11vsLouisiana TechW 34–⁠092%
Oct 18vsSMUL 7–⁠2049%
Oct 25atGeorgia TechL 14–⁠2849%
Nov 1vsGeorgiaL 0–⁠744%
Nov 8vs15Mississippi StateL 7–⁠1429%
Nov 15atLSUT 7–⁠734%
Nov 22atVillanovaW 13–⁠031%
Nov 29vs16ClemsonW 28–⁠733%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 28–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 82nd-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 1941.

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠4–⁠1 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
123–⁠115
Coach
Jack Meagher
Elo
1539 −16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.4 No. 42 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 2Lloyd Cheatham BChicago Cardinals
Rd 3Rufus Deal BWashington Redskins

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Mississippi State4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠116
Tennessee3–⁠18–⁠218
Alabama5–⁠29–⁠220
Georgia3–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠114
Ole Miss2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Vanderbilt3–⁠28–⁠2
LSU2–⁠2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Tulane2–⁠35–⁠4
Georgia Tech2–⁠43–⁠6
Florida1–⁠34–⁠6
Auburn0–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky0–⁠45–⁠4

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