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1973 Auburn

6–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1973, game by game: won vs. Oregon State 18–9; won vs. Chattanooga 31–0; lost at No. 9 Tennessee 0–21; won vs. Ole Miss 14–7; lost vs. No. 10 LSU 6–20; won at Georgia Tech 24–10; won vs. No. 12 Houston 7–0; lost vs. Florida 8–12; won vs. Mississippi State 31–17; lost at Georgia 14–28; lost vs. No. 1 Alabama 0–35; lost vs. Missouri 17–34+31−35Won 18–9 vs. Oregon State+9Oregon StateWon 31–0 vs. Chattanooga+31ChattanoogaLost 0–21 at No. 9 Tennessee-21No. 9 TennesseeWon 14–7 vs. Ole Miss+7Ole MissLost 6–20 vs. No. 10 LSU-14No. 10 LSUWon 24–10 at Georgia Tech+14Georgia TechWon 7–0 vs. No. 12 Houston+7No. 12 HoustonLost 8–12 vs. Florida-4FloridaWon 31–17 vs. Mississippi State+14Mississippi Sta…Lost 14–28 at Georgia-14GeorgiaLost 0–35 vs. No. 1 Alabama-35No. 1 AlabamaLost 17–34 vs. Missouri-17Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsOregon StateW 18–⁠986%
Sep 22vsChattanoogaW 31–⁠098%
Sep 29at9TennesseeL 0–⁠2139%
Oct 6vsOle MissW 14–⁠773%
Oct 13vs10LSUL 6–⁠2055%
Oct 20atGeorgia TechW 24–⁠1059%
Oct 27vs12HoustonW 7–⁠054%
Nov 3vsFloridaL 8–⁠1280%
Nov 10vsMississippi StateW 31–⁠1775%
Nov 17atGeorgiaL 14–⁠2853%
Dec 1vs1AlabamaL 0–⁠3524%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsMissouriSun BowlL 17–⁠3458%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 34–⁠17 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 12
  4. Wk 4: 11
  5. Wk 9: 19
Record
6–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
170–⁠193
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1580 −91 this season
SP+ rating
8.2 No. 44 of 123; offense No. 92, defense No. 14
SRS
6.8 No. 47 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Steve TaylorCAP-1; UPI
  • Benny SivleyDTAP-1; UPI
  • David LangnerDBUPI
  • Mike FullerRSAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠011–⁠14
LSU5–⁠19–⁠313
Ole Miss4–⁠36–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠38–⁠419
Georgia3–⁠47–⁠4–⁠1
Florida3–⁠47–⁠5
Kentucky3–⁠45–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠56–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠5–⁠2
Vanderbilt1–⁠55–⁠6

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