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1947 Auburn

2–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Carl Voyles.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1947, game by game: lost vs. Southern Miss 13–19; won vs. Louisiana Tech 14–0; won vs. Florida 20–14; lost at No. 5 Georgia Tech 7–27; lost at Tulane 0–40; lost at Vanderbilt 0–28; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–14; lost vs. Georgia 6–28; lost at Clemson 18–34+14−40Lost 13–19 vs. Southern Miss-6Southern MissWon 14–0 vs. Louisiana Tech+14Louisiana TechWon 20–14 vs. Florida+6FloridaLost 7–27 at No. 5 Georgia Tech-20No. 5 Georgia TechLost 0–40 at Tulane-40TulaneLost 0–28 at Vanderbilt-28VanderbiltLost 0–14 vs. Mississippi State-14Mississippi Sta…Lost 6–28 vs. Georgia-22GeorgiaLost 18–34 at Clemson-16Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsSouthern MissL 13–⁠1990%
Oct 4vsLouisiana TechW 14–⁠085%
Oct 11vsFloridaW 20–⁠1472%
Oct 18at5Georgia TechL 7–⁠2714%
Oct 25atTulaneL 0–⁠4042%
Nov 1atVanderbiltL 0–⁠2825%
Nov 8vsMississippi StateL 0–⁠1419%
Nov 15vsGeorgiaL 6–⁠2815%
Nov 22atClemsonL 18–⁠3424%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 34–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 120th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
78–⁠204
Coach
Carl Voyles
Elo
1315 −109 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.8 No. 91 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1947 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss6–⁠19–⁠213
Georgia Tech4–⁠110–⁠110
Alabama5–⁠28–⁠36
Georgia3–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Vanderbilt3–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State2–⁠27–⁠3
Tulane2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
LSU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠38–⁠3
Tennessee2–⁠35–⁠5
Auburn1–⁠52–⁠7
Florida0–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1

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