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1990 Auburn

8–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Pat Dye, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1990, game by game: won vs. Cal State Fullerton 38–17; won at Ole Miss 24–10; tied vs. No. 5 Tennessee 26–26; won vs. Louisiana Tech 16–14; won vs. Vanderbilt 56–6; won vs. No. 7 Florida State 20–17; won at Mississippi State 17–16; lost at No. 15 Florida 7–48; lost vs. Southern Miss 12–13; won vs. Georgia 33–10; lost vs. Alabama 7–16; won vs. Indiana 27–23+50−41Won 38–17 vs. Cal State Fullerton+21Cal State Fulle…Won 24–10 at Ole Miss+14Ole MissTied 26–26 vs. No. 5 Tennessee0No. 5 TennesseeWon 16–14 vs. Louisiana Tech+2Louisiana TechWon 56–6 vs. Vanderbilt+50VanderbiltWon 20–17 vs. No. 7 Florida State+3No. 7 Florida StateWon 17–16 at Mississippi State+1Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–48 at No. 15 Florida-41No. 15 FloridaLost 12–13 vs. Southern Miss-1Southern MissWon 33–10 vs. Georgia+23GeorgiaLost 7–16 vs. Alabama-9AlabamaWon 27–23 vs. Indiana+4Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsCal State FullertonW 38–⁠1779%
Sep 15atOle MissW 24–⁠1064%
Sep 29vs5TennesseeT 26–⁠2662%
Oct 6vsLouisiana TechW 16–⁠1482%
Oct 13vsVanderbiltW 56–⁠692%
Oct 20vs7Florida StateW 20–⁠1756%
Oct 27atMississippi StateW 17–⁠1675%
Nov 3at15FloridaL 7–⁠4857%
Nov 10vsSouthern MissL 12–⁠1369%
Nov 17vsGeorgiaW 33–⁠1080%
Dec 1vsAlabamaL 7–⁠1654%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsIndianaPeach BowlW 27–⁠2369%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 27–⁠23 in the Peach Bowl; No. 19 in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The tied 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 3
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 2
  4. Wk 4: 3
  5. Wk 5: 3
  6. Wk 6: 5
  7. Wk 7: 6
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Wk 9: 2
  10. Wk 10: 4
  11. Wk 11: 15
  12. Wk 12: 24
  13. Wk 13: 23
  14. Wk 14: 20
  15. Final: 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 1990.

2 consensus All-AmericansEd King, OG; David Rocker, DT

Record
8–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 2
Points
283–⁠216
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1672 −7 this season
SP+ rating
11.3 No. 27 of 104; offense No. 49, defense No. 18
SRS
6.4 No. 35 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Wayne Hall

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 2Ed King OGCleveland Browns
Rd 2Lamar Rogers DECincinnati Bengals
Rd 3Rob SeLBy OTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4David Rocker DTHouston Oilers
Rd 7James Joseph RBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida6–⁠19–⁠213
Tennessee5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠28
Ole Miss5–⁠29–⁠321
Alabama5–⁠27–⁠5
Auburn4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠119
Kentucky3–⁠44–⁠7
LSU2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠54–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠61–⁠10

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