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1978 Auburn

6–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Barfield.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1978, game by game: won at Kansas State 45–32; won at Virginia Tech 18–7; won vs. Tennessee 29–10; lost vs. Miami 15–17; won at Vanderbilt 49–7; lost vs. Georgia Tech 10–24; won vs. Wake Forest 21–7; lost at Florida 7–31; won at Mississippi State 6–0; tied vs. No. 8 Georgia 22–22; lost vs. No. 2 Alabama 16–34+42−24Won 45–32 at Kansas State+13Kansas StateWon 18–7 at Virginia Tech+11Virginia TechWon 29–10 vs. Tennessee+19TennesseeLost 15–17 vs. Miami-2MiamiWon 49–7 at Vanderbilt+42VanderbiltLost 10–24 vs. Georgia Tech-14Georgia TechWon 21–7 vs. Wake Forest+14Wake ForestLost 7–31 at Florida-24FloridaWon 6–0 at Mississippi State+6Mississippi Sta…Tied 22–22 vs. No. 8 Georgia0No. 8 GeorgiaLost 16–34 vs. No. 2 Alabama-18No. 2 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atKansas StateW 45–⁠3263%
Sep 23atVirginia TechW 18–⁠745%
Sep 30vsTennesseeW 29–⁠1061%
Oct 7vsMiamiL 15–⁠1772%
Oct 14atVanderbiltW 49–⁠770%
Oct 21vsGeorgia TechL 10–⁠2463%
Oct 28vsWake ForestW 21–⁠782%
Nov 4atFloridaL 7–⁠3146%
Nov 11atMississippi StateW 6–⁠031%
Nov 18vs8GeorgiaT 22–⁠2247%
Dec 2vs2AlabamaL 16–⁠3420%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 34–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 19

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 1978.

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
238–⁠191
Coach
Doug Barfield
Elo
1533 +36 this season
SP+ rating
5.4 No. 57 of 133; offense No. 66, defense No. 51
SRS
9.1 No. 36 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dal Shealy
Defensive coordinator
P.W. Underwood

Drafted in 1979

The 1979 draft
Rd 3William Andrews RBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 6Mike Burrow OGBuffalo Bills

All-SEC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Cliff ToneyDBAP-2
  • Skip JohnstonPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1978 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠11
Georgia5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠116
Auburn3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU3–⁠38–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
Florida3–⁠34–⁠7
Mississippi State2–⁠46–⁠5
Ole Miss2–⁠45–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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