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1952 Auburn

2–⁠8 (0–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1952, game by game: lost vs. No. 2 Maryland 7–13; lost vs. No. 18 Ole Miss 7–20; won vs. Wofford 54–7; lost at No. 4 Georgia Tech 0–33; lost vs. Tulane 6–21; lost at No. 20 Florida 21–31; lost vs. Mississippi State 34–49; lost vs. Georgia 7–13; won vs. Clemson 3–0; lost vs. No. 8 Alabama 0–21+47−33Lost 7–13 vs. No. 2 Maryland-6No. 2 MarylandLost 7–20 vs. No. 18 Ole Miss-13No. 18 Ole MissWon 54–7 vs. Wofford+47WoffordLost 0–33 at No. 4 Georgia Tech-33No. 4 Georgia TechLost 6–21 vs. Tulane-15TulaneLost 21–31 at No. 20 Florida-10No. 20 FloridaLost 34–49 vs. Mississippi State-15Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–13 vs. Georgia-6GeorgiaWon 3–0 vs. Clemson+3ClemsonLost 0–21 vs. No. 8 Alabama-21No. 8 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vs2MarylandL 7–⁠1321%
Oct 4vs18Ole MissL 7–⁠2028%
Oct 11vsWoffordW 54–⁠786%
Oct 18at4Georgia TechL 0–⁠3312%
Oct 25vsTulaneL 6–⁠2145%
Nov 1at20FloridaL 21–⁠3118%
Nov 8vsMississippi StateL 34–⁠4944%
Nov 15vsGeorgiaL 7–⁠1322%
Nov 22vsClemsonW 3–⁠034%
Nov 29vs8AlabamaL 0–⁠2116%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 21–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 118th-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 1952.

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠7 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
139–⁠208
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1337 −73 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.5 No. 53 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

  • Bill TurnbeaughOTAP-2; UP-3
  • Bobby JordanDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia Tech6–⁠012–⁠02
Tennessee5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Ole Miss4–⁠0–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
Alabama4–⁠210–⁠29
Georgia4–⁠37–⁠4
Florida3–⁠38–⁠315
Mississippi State3–⁠45–⁠4
Tulane3–⁠55–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠220
LSU2–⁠53–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Auburn0–⁠72–⁠8

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