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1948 Auburn

1–⁠8–⁠1 (0–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Earl Brown.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1948, game by game: won vs. Southern Miss 20–14; tied vs. Louisiana Tech 13–13; lost at Florida 9–16; lost at No. 7 Georgia Tech 0–27; lost at No. 17 Tulane 6–21; lost vs. Vanderbilt 0–47; lost vs. Mississippi State 0–20; lost vs. No. 13 Georgia 14–42; lost vs. No. 9 Clemson 6–7; lost vs. Alabama 0–55+7−55Won 20–14 vs. Southern Miss+6Southern MissTied 13–13 vs. Louisiana Tech0Louisiana TechLost 9–16 at Florida-7FloridaLost 0–27 at No. 7 Georgia Tech-27No. 7 Georgia TechLost 6–21 at No. 17 Tulane-15No. 17 TulaneLost 0–47 vs. Vanderbilt-47VanderbiltLost 0–20 vs. Mississippi State-20Mississippi Sta…Lost 14–42 vs. No. 13 Georgia-28No. 13 GeorgiaLost 6–7 vs. No. 9 Clemson-1No. 9 ClemsonLost 0–55 vs. Alabama-55Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsSouthern MissW 20–⁠1486%
Oct 2vsLouisiana TechT 13–⁠1386%
Oct 9atFloridaL 9–⁠1638%
Oct 16at7Georgia TechL 0–⁠2711%
Oct 23at17TulaneL 6–⁠2122%
Oct 29vsVanderbiltL 0–⁠4729%
Nov 6vsMississippi StateL 0–⁠2029%
Nov 13vs13GeorgiaL 14–⁠429%
Nov 27vs9ClemsonL 6–⁠717%
Dec 4vsAlabamaL 0–⁠5519%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 55–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
1–⁠8–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠7 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
68–⁠262
Coach
Earl Brown
Elo
1284 −93 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.9 No. 74 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Hal HerringCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠09–⁠28
Ole Miss6–⁠18–⁠115
Tulane5–⁠19–⁠113
Vanderbilt4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠112
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Tennessee2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Kentucky1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Florida1–⁠55–⁠5
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Auburn0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

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