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1964 Auburn

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

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1964, game by game: won vs. Houston 30–0; won vs. Tennessee 3–0; lost at Kentucky 0–20; won vs. Chattanooga 33–12; lost vs. Georgia Tech 3–7; won vs. Southern Miss 14–7; lost at No. 10 Florida 0–14; won vs. Mississippi State 12–3; won vs. Georgia 14–7; lost vs. No. 2 Alabama 14–21+30−20Won 30–0 vs. Houston+30HoustonWon 3–0 vs. Tennessee+3TennesseeLost 0–20 at Kentucky-20KentuckyWon 33–12 vs. Chattanooga+21ChattanoogaLost 3–7 vs. Georgia Tech-4Georgia TechWon 14–7 vs. Southern Miss+7Southern MissLost 0–14 at No. 10 Florida-14No. 10 FloridaWon 12–3 vs. Mississippi State+9Mississippi Sta…Won 14–7 vs. Georgia+7GeorgiaLost 14–21 vs. No. 2 Alabama-7No. 2 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsHoustonW 30–⁠073%
Sep 26vsTennesseeW 3–⁠070%
Oct 3atKentuckyL 0–⁠2057%
Oct 10vsChattanoogaW 33–⁠1296%
Oct 17vsGeorgia TechL 3–⁠747%
Oct 24vsSouthern MissW 14–⁠768%
Oct 31at10FloridaL 0–⁠1436%
Nov 7vsMississippi StateW 12–⁠363%
Nov 14vsGeorgiaW 14–⁠759%
Nov 26vs2AlabamaL 14–⁠2126%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 21–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 7

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 1964.

Consensus All-AmericanTucker Frederickson, RB

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
123–⁠91
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1593 −6 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.7 No. 40 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 1Tucker Frederickson BNew York Giants
Rd 4Jimmy Sidle RBDallas Cowboys
Rd 7Mickey Sutton BChicago Bears

All-SEC

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠010–⁠11
Florida4–⁠27–⁠3
Kentucky4–⁠25–⁠5
LSU4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠17
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4
Ole Miss2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Tennessee1–⁠5–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠43–⁠7

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