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1977 Auburn

5–⁠6 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Barfield. Officially 6–⁠5. Mississippi State forfeited to Auburn.

From the season’s Wikipedia article: “However, due to sanctions imposed against the Mississippi state, the loss that year was forfeited and Auburn’s record officially improved to 6–⁠5 (5–⁠1).”

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1977, game by game: won vs. Arizona 21–10; lost vs. Southern Miss 13–24; won at Tennessee 14–12; won vs. Ole Miss 21–15; lost vs. NC State 15–17; lost at Georgia Tech 21–38; lost at Florida State 3–24; won vs. No. 18 Florida 29–14; lost vs. Mississippi State 13–27; won at Georgia 33–14; lost vs. No. 2 Alabama 21–48+19−27Won 21–10 vs. Arizona+11ArizonaLost 13–24 vs. Southern Miss-11Southern MissWon 14–12 at Tennessee+2TennesseeWon 21–15 vs. Ole Miss+6Ole MissLost 15–17 vs. NC State-2NC StateLost 21–38 at Georgia Tech-17Georgia TechLost 3–24 at Florida State-21Florida StateWon 29–14 vs. No. 18 Florida+15No. 18 FloridaLost 13–27 vs. Mississippi State-14Mississippi Sta…Won 33–14 at Georgia+19GeorgiaLost 21–48 vs. No. 2 Alabama-27No. 2 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsArizonaW 21–⁠1054%
Sep 17vsSouthern MissL 13–⁠2468%
Sep 24atTennesseeW 14–⁠1233%
Oct 1vsOle MissW 21–⁠1555%
Oct 8vsNC StateL 15–⁠1751%
Oct 15atGeorgia TechL 21–⁠3838%
Oct 22atFlorida StateL 3–⁠2430%
Oct 29vs18FloridaW 29–⁠1438%
Nov 5vsMississippi StateL 13–⁠27won by forfeit54%
Nov 12atGeorgiaW 33–⁠1425%
Nov 26vs2AlabamaL 21–⁠4818%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 48–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

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 1977.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
204–⁠243
Coach
Doug Barfield
Elo
1495 +15 this season
SP+ rating
7.1 No. 53 of 140; offense No. 52, defense No. 53
SRS
6.4 No. 48 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dal Shealy
Defensive coordinator
P.W. Underwood

Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 1Reese McCall TEBaltimore Colts

All-SEC

4 first team

First team

  • Lynn JohnsonOGAP-1
  • Freddie SmithLBAP-1; UPI
  • James McKinneyDBAP-1
  • Jorge PortelaKAP-1; UPI

From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1977 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠011–⁠12
Kentucky6–⁠010–⁠16
LSU4–⁠28–⁠4
Auburn4–⁠25–⁠6
Florida3–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠45–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠55–⁠6
Tennessee1–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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