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1961 Auburn

6–⁠4 (3–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1961, game by game: won at Tennessee 24–21; lost vs. Kentucky 12–14; won vs. Chattanooga 35–7; lost at Georgia Tech 6–7; won vs. Clemson 24–14; won vs. Wake Forest 21–7; lost vs. Mississippi State 10–11; won at Georgia 10–7; won vs. Florida 32–15; lost vs. No. 4 Alabama 0–34+28−34Won 24–21 at Tennessee+3TennesseeLost 12–14 vs. Kentucky-2KentuckyWon 35–7 vs. Chattanooga+28ChattanoogaLost 6–7 at Georgia Tech-1Georgia TechWon 24–14 vs. Clemson+10ClemsonWon 21–7 vs. Wake Forest+14Wake ForestLost 10–11 vs. Mississippi State-1Mississippi Sta…Won 10–7 at Georgia+3GeorgiaWon 32–15 vs. Florida+17FloridaLost 0–34 vs. No. 4 Alabama-34No. 4 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30atTennesseeW 24–⁠2150%
Oct 7vsKentuckyL 12–⁠1472%
Oct 14vsChattanoogaW 35–⁠795%
Oct 21atGeorgia TechL 6–⁠741%
Oct 28vsClemsonW 24–⁠1462%
Nov 4vsWake ForestW 21–⁠782%
Nov 11vsMississippi StateL 10–⁠1174%
Nov 18atGeorgiaW 10–⁠763%
Nov 25vsFloridaW 32–⁠1565%
Dec 2vs4AlabamaL 0–⁠3436%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 34–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 53rd-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 1961.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠4 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
174–⁠137
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1614 +15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.2 No. 24 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1962

The 1962 draft
Rd 6John McGeever RBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 7John McGeever CBDenver Broncos (AFL)

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

  • Dave EdwardsEAP-1; UPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1961 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠01
LSU6–⁠010–⁠14
Ole Miss5–⁠19–⁠25
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠413
Tennessee4–⁠36–⁠4
Florida3–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠46–⁠4
Kentucky2–⁠45–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠53–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠55–⁠5
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8
Vanderbilt1–⁠62–⁠8

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