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1963 Auburn

9–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1963, game by game: won at Houston 21–14; won at Tennessee 23–19; won vs. Kentucky 14–13; won vs. Chattanooga 28–0; won at No. 8 Georgia Tech 29–21; won vs. Florida 19–0; lost at Mississippi State 10–13; won at Georgia 14–0; won vs. Florida State 21–15; won vs. No. 6 Alabama 10–8; lost vs. No. 6 Nebraska 7–13+28−6Won 21–14 at Houston+7HoustonWon 23–19 at Tennessee+4TennesseeWon 14–13 vs. Kentucky+1KentuckyWon 28–0 vs. Chattanooga+28ChattanoogaWon 29–21 at No. 8 Georgia Tech+8No. 8 Georgia TechWon 19–0 vs. Florida+19FloridaLost 10–13 at Mississippi State-3Mississippi Sta…Won 14–0 at Georgia+14GeorgiaWon 21–15 vs. Florida State+6Florida StateWon 10–8 vs. No. 6 Alabama+2No. 6 AlabamaLost 7–13 vs. No. 6 Nebraska-6No. 6 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atHoustonW 21–⁠1438%
Sep 28atTennesseeW 23–⁠1944%
Oct 5vsKentuckyW 14–⁠1369%
Oct 12vsChattanoogaW 28–⁠096%
Oct 19at8Georgia TechW 29–⁠2132%
Nov 2vsFloridaW 19–⁠062%
Nov 9atMississippi StateL 10–⁠1358%
Nov 16atGeorgiaW 14–⁠058%
Nov 23vsFlorida StateW 21–⁠1572%
Nov 30vs6AlabamaW 10–⁠838%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs6NebraskaOrange BowlL 7–⁠1349%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 13–⁠7 in the Orange Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 8
  2. Wk 7: 5
  3. Wk 8: 5
  4. Wk 9: 9
  5. Wk 10: 9
  6. Wk 11: 9
  7. Wk 12: 5
  8. Final: 5

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 1963.

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 5
Points
196–⁠116
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1648 +116 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.2 No. 11 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 3George Rose RBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 3George Rose DBBuffalo Bills (AFL)

All-SEC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠27
Auburn6–⁠19–⁠25
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠28
Mississippi State4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Florida3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tennessee3–⁠55–⁠5
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tulane0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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