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1986 Auburn

10–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Pat Dye, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1986, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 42–14; won vs. East Carolina 45–0; won vs. Tennessee 34–8; won vs. Western Carolina 55–6; won at Vanderbilt 31–9; won vs. Georgia Tech 31–10; won at No. 13 Mississippi State 35–6; lost at Florida 17–18; won vs. Cincinnati 52–7; lost vs. Georgia 16–20; won vs. No. 7 Alabama 21–17; won vs. USC 16–7+49−4Won 42–14 vs. Chattanooga+28ChattanoogaWon 45–0 vs. East Carolina+45East CarolinaWon 34–8 vs. Tennessee+26TennesseeWon 55–6 vs. Western Carolina+49Western CarolinaWon 31–9 at Vanderbilt+22VanderbiltWon 31–10 vs. Georgia Tech+21Georgia TechWon 35–6 at No. 13 Mississippi State+29No. 13 Mississippi Sta…Lost 17–18 at Florida-1FloridaWon 52–7 vs. Cincinnati+45CincinnatiLost 16–20 vs. Georgia-4GeorgiaWon 21–17 vs. No. 7 Alabama+4No. 7 AlabamaWon 16–7 vs. USC+9USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsChattanoogaW 42–⁠1488%
Sep 20vsEast CarolinaW 45–⁠086%
Sep 27vsTennesseeW 34–⁠858%
Oct 4vsWestern CarolinaW 55–⁠692%
Oct 11atVanderbiltW 31–⁠978%
Oct 18vsGeorgia TechW 31–⁠1070%
Oct 25at13Mississippi StateW 35–⁠660%
Nov 1atFloridaL 17–⁠1859%
Nov 8vsCincinnatiW 52–⁠786%
Nov 15vsGeorgiaL 16–⁠2072%
Nov 29vs7AlabamaW 21–⁠1748%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsUSCCitrus BowlW 16–⁠767%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat USC 16–⁠7 in the Citrus Bowl; No. 6 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 4: 8
  5. Wk 5: 7
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 7
  8. Wk 8: 7
  9. Wk 9: 5
  10. Wk 10: 9
  11. Wk 11: 8
  12. Wk 12: 15
  13. Wk 13: 14
  14. Wk 14: 10
  15. Final: 6

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 1986.

Led the nationBrent Fullwood: yards per carry (8.3)

2 consensus All-AmericansBrent Fullwood, RB; Ben Tamburello, C

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 5
Points
395–⁠122
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1731 +112 this season
SP+ rating
23.7 No. 6 of 101; offense No. 19, defense No. 4
SRS
21.5 No. 5 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Wayne Hall
Offense
I formation

Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 1Brent Fullwood RBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Ben Tamburello CPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 5Tommie Agee RBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 7Bo Jackson RBLos Angeles Raiders

All-SEC

6 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠19–⁠310
Auburn4–⁠210–⁠26
Alabama4–⁠210–⁠39
Ole Miss4–⁠28–⁠3–⁠1
Georgia4–⁠28–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠46–⁠5
Florida2–⁠46–⁠5
Kentucky2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt0–⁠61–⁠10

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