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1991 Auburn

5–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Pat Dye.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1991, game by game: won vs. Georgia Southern 32–17; won vs. Ole Miss 23–13; won at Texas 14–10; lost at No. 5 Tennessee 21–30; lost vs. Southern Miss 9–10; won at Vanderbilt 24–22; lost vs. Mississippi State 17–24; lost vs. No. 6 Florida 10–31; won vs. Louisiana 50–7; lost at Georgia 27–37; lost vs. No. 8 Alabama 6–13+43−21Won 32–17 vs. Georgia Southern+15Georgia SouthernWon 23–13 vs. Ole Miss+10Ole MissWon 14–10 at Texas+4TexasLost 21–30 at No. 5 Tennessee-9No. 5 TennesseeLost 9–10 vs. Southern Miss-1Southern MissWon 24–22 at Vanderbilt+2VanderbiltLost 17–24 vs. Mississippi State-7Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–31 vs. No. 6 Florida-21No. 6 FloridaWon 50–7 vs. Louisiana+43LouisianaLost 27–37 at Georgia-10GeorgiaLost 6–13 vs. No. 8 Alabama-7No. 8 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsGeorgia SouthernW 32–⁠1791%
Sep 14vsOle MissW 23–⁠1359%
Sep 21atTexasW 14–⁠1050%
Sep 28at5TennesseeL 21–⁠3037%
Oct 5vsSouthern MissL 9–⁠1071%
Oct 12atVanderbiltW 24–⁠2282%
Oct 26vsMississippi StateL 17–⁠2473%
Nov 2vs6FloridaL 10–⁠3141%
Nov 9vsLouisianaW 50–⁠783%
Nov 16atGeorgiaL 27–⁠3745%
Nov 30vs8AlabamaL 6–⁠1334%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 13–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 76th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 5: 13
  6. Wk 6: 16
  7. Wk 7: 24

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 1991.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
233–⁠214
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1550 −65 this season
SP+ rating
9.0 No. 33 of 104; offense No. 51, defense No. 25
SRS
5.3 No. 36 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tommy Bowden
Defensive coordinator
Wayne Hall

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 2Eddie Blake DTMiami Dolphins
Rd 5Corey Barlow DBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-SEC

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bob MeeksOGAP-2
  • Darrel CrawfordLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida7–⁠010–⁠27
Alabama6–⁠111–⁠15
Tennessee5–⁠29–⁠314
Georgia4–⁠39–⁠317
Mississippi State4–⁠37–⁠5
Vanderbilt3–⁠45–⁠6
LSU3–⁠45–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠55–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠65–⁠6
Kentucky0–⁠73–⁠8

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