1956 Auburn

7–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1956, game by game: lost vs. Tennessee 7–35; won vs. Furman 41–0; won at Kentucky 13–0; lost at No. 3 Georgia Tech 7–28; won vs. Houston 12–0; lost at Florida 0–20; won vs. Mississippi State 27–20; won vs. Georgia 20–0; won vs. Florida State 13–7; won vs. Alabama 34–7+41−28Lost 7–35 vs. Tennessee-28TennesseeWon 41–0 vs. Furman+41FurmanWon 13–0 at Kentucky+13KentuckyLost 7–28 at No. 3 Georgia Tech-21No. 3 Georgia TechWon 12–0 vs. Houston+12HoustonLost 0–20 at Florida-20FloridaWon 27–20 vs. Mississippi State+7Mississippi Sta…Won 20–0 vs. Georgia+20GeorgiaWon 13–7 vs. Florida State+6Florida StateWon 34–7 vs. Alabama+27Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Alabama 34–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 56th-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 1956.

Led the nationTommy Lorino: yards per carry (8.4)

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
174–⁠117
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1610 +34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.5 No. 18 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

3 second team

Second team

  • Jimmy PhillipsEAP-2; UP-2
  • Ernest DanjeanOGAP-3; UP-2
  • Tommy LorinoRBAP-2; UP-3

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠010–⁠12
Georgia Tech7–⁠110–⁠14
Florida5–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠3
Auburn4–⁠37–⁠3
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠4
Tulane3–⁠36–⁠4
Vanderbilt2–⁠55–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Georgia1–⁠63–⁠6–⁠1

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