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1946 Auburn

4–⁠6 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Carl Voyles.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1946, game by game: won vs. Southern Miss 13–12; won vs. Furman 26–6; won vs. Saint Louis 27–7; lost at Tulane 0–32; lost at No. 15 Georgia Tech 6–27; lost vs. Vanderbilt 0–19; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–33; lost vs. No. 3 Georgia 0–41; lost vs. Clemson 13–21; won at Florida 47–12+35−41Won 13–12 vs. Southern Miss+1Southern MissWon 26–6 vs. Furman+20FurmanWon 27–7 vs. Saint Louis+20Saint LouisLost 0–32 at Tulane-32TulaneLost 6–27 at No. 15 Georgia Tech-21No. 15 Georgia TechLost 0–19 vs. Vanderbilt-19VanderbiltLost 0–33 vs. Mississippi State-33Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–41 vs. No. 3 Georgia-41No. 3 GeorgiaLost 13–21 vs. Clemson-8ClemsonWon 47–12 at Florida+35Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsSouthern MissW 13–⁠1292%
Oct 5vsFurmanW 26–⁠683%
Oct 12vsSaint LouisW 27–⁠769%
Oct 19atTulaneL 0–⁠3254%
Oct 26at15Georgia TechL 6–⁠2727%
Nov 2vsVanderbiltL 0–⁠1958%
Nov 9vsMississippi StateL 0–⁠3328%
Nov 16vs3GeorgiaL 0–⁠4113%
Nov 23vsClemsonL 13–⁠2148%
Nov 30atFloridaW 47–⁠1250%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida 47–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 114th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Led the nationTravis Tidwell: total offense (1,715 yds), total offense per game (171.5)

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠5 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠210
Coach
Carl Voyles
Elo
1387 −73 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.4 No. 72 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 5Jim Pharr CChicago Rockets (AAFC)

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠011–⁠03
Tennessee5–⁠09–⁠27
LSU5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠18
Georgia Tech4–⁠29–⁠211
Mississippi State3–⁠28–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠37–⁠4
Vanderbilt3–⁠45–⁠4
Kentucky2–⁠37–⁠3
Tulane2–⁠43–⁠7
Auburn1–⁠54–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠62–⁠7
Florida0–⁠50–⁠9

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