1975 Auburn
3–6–2 (1–4–1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan. Officially 4–6–1. Mississippi State forfeited to Auburn. Share
From the season’s Wikipedia article: “The 1975 Auburn Tigers football team achieved an overall record of 3–6–2 and 1–4–1 in the SEC in Ralph “Shug” Jordan’s last year as head coach at Auburn after 25 years; however, the official record improved to 4–6–1 (2–4) when Mississippi State forfeited its tie that year due to NCAA imposed sanctions.”
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Kentucky 15–9Oct 11
By 6 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | vs Memphis | L 20–31 | 72% |
| Sep 20 | at Baylor | T 10–10 | 45% |
| Sep 27 | at 16Tennessee | L 17–21 | 39% |
| Oct 4 | vs Virginia Tech | L 16–23 | 71% |
| Oct 11 | at Kentucky | W 15–9 | 42% |
| Oct 18 | at Georgia Tech | W 31–27 | 40% |
| Oct 25 | at Florida State | W 17–14 | 73% |
| Nov 1 | vs 11Florida | L 14–31 | 45% |
| Nov 8 | vs Mississippi State | T 21–21won by forfeit | 58% |
| Nov 15 | at 20Georgia | L 13–28 | 34% |
| Nov 29 | vs 4Alabama | L 0–28 | 20% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Alabama 28–0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 87th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 8
- Wk 2: 7
- Record
- 3–6–2
- Conference
- 1–4–1 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 7
- Points
- 174–243
- Coach
- Ralph Jordan
- Elo
- 1531 −89 this season
- SP+ rating
- 6.8 No. 49 of 132; offense No. 57, defense No. 49
- SRS
- 3.1 No. 54 of 137 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Doug Barfield
All-SEC
2 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Rick TelhieardDTAP-1- Clyde BaumgartnerPAP-1
Second team
- Jeff GilliganWRAP-2
- Chuck FletcherOTAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1975 Southeastern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 6–0 | 11–1 | 3 |
| Georgia | 5–1 | 9–3 | 19 |
| Florida | 5–1 | 9–3 | |
 Ole Miss | 5–1 | 6–5 | |
| Tennessee | 3–3 | 7–5 | |
 Vanderbilt | 2–4 | 7–4 | |
| Mississippi State | 1–4–1 | 6–4–1 | |
| Auburn | 1–4–1 | 3–6–2 | |
 LSU | 1–5 | 4–7 | |
| Kentucky | 0–6 | 2–8–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.