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1962 Auburn

6–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1962, game by game: won vs. Tennessee 22–21; won at Kentucky 16–6; won vs. Chattanooga 54–6; won vs. Georgia Tech 17–14; won at Clemson 17–14; lost at Florida 3–22; won vs. Mississippi State 9–3; lost vs. Georgia 21–30; tied vs. Florida State 14–14; lost vs. No. 5 Alabama 0–38+48−38Won 22–21 vs. Tennessee+1TennesseeWon 16–6 at Kentucky+10KentuckyWon 54–6 vs. Chattanooga+48ChattanoogaWon 17–14 vs. Georgia Tech+3Georgia TechWon 17–14 at Clemson+3ClemsonLost 3–22 at Florida-19FloridaWon 9–3 vs. Mississippi State+6Mississippi Sta…Lost 21–30 vs. Georgia-9GeorgiaTied 14–14 vs. Florida State0Florida StateLost 0–38 vs. No. 5 Alabama-38No. 5 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsTennesseeW 22–⁠2159%
Oct 6atKentuckyW 16–⁠652%
Oct 13vsChattanoogaW 54–⁠696%
Oct 20vsGeorgia TechW 17–⁠1455%
Oct 27atClemsonW 17–⁠1458%
Nov 3atFloridaL 3–⁠2258%
Nov 10vsMississippi StateW 9–⁠372%
Nov 17vsGeorgiaL 21–⁠3077%
Nov 24vsFlorida StateT 14–⁠1465%
Dec 1vs5AlabamaL 0–⁠3823%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 38–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 10

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 1962.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
173–⁠168
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1547 −28 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.9 No. 38 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1963

The 1963 draft
Rd 3Jim Price LBDallas Cowboys
Rd 5Dave Hill OTNew York Giants
Rd 6Jim Price LBNew York Jets (AFL)

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Bill Van DykeOGUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1962 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss6–⁠010–⁠03
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠15
LSU5–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Georgia Tech5–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠3
Kentucky2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Mississippi State2–⁠53–⁠6
Tennessee2–⁠64–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠61–⁠9
Tulane0–⁠70–⁠10

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