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1993 Auburn

11–⁠0 (8–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Terry Bowden, finished No. 4 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1993, game by game: won vs. Ole Miss 16–12; won vs. Samford 35–7; won at LSU 34–10; won vs. Southern Miss 35–24; won at Vanderbilt 14–10; won vs. Mississippi State 31–17; won vs. No. 4 Florida 38–35; won at Arkansas 31–21; won vs. New Mexico State 55–14; won at Georgia 42–28; won vs. No. 11 Alabama 22–14+41Won 16–12 vs. Ole Miss+4Ole MissWon 35–7 vs. Samford+28SamfordWon 34–10 at LSU+24LSUWon 35–24 vs. Southern Miss+11Southern MissWon 14–10 at Vanderbilt+4VanderbiltWon 31–17 vs. Mississippi State+14Mississippi Sta…Won 38–35 vs. No. 4 Florida+3No. 4 FloridaWon 31–21 at Arkansas+10ArkansasWon 55–14 vs. New Mexico State+41New Mexico StateWon 42–28 at Georgia+14GeorgiaWon 22–14 vs. No. 11 Alabama+8No. 11 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsOle MissW 16–⁠1247%
Sep 11vsSamfordW 35–⁠790%
Sep 18atLSUW 34–⁠1055%
Sep 25vsSouthern MissW 35–⁠2465%
Oct 2atVanderbiltW 14–⁠1058%
Oct 9vsMississippi StateW 31–⁠1770%
Oct 16vs4FloridaW 38–⁠3544%
Oct 30atArkansasW 31–⁠2166%
Nov 6vsNew Mexico StateW 55–⁠1483%
Nov 13atGeorgiaW 42–⁠2850%
Nov 20vs11AlabamaW 22–⁠1447%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Alabama 22–⁠14; No. 4 in the final AP poll; first in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 19th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 25
  2. Wk 6: 23
  3. Wk 7: 22
  4. Wk 8: 19
  5. Wk 9: 10
  6. Wk 10: 9
  7. Wk 11: 8
  8. Wk 12: 7
  9. Wk 13: 6
  10. Wk 14: 3
  11. Wk 15: 4
  12. Wk 16: 5
  13. Final: 4

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 1993.

National championsa title the school claims

SEC West champions8–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Alabama

2 consensus All-AmericansWayne Gandy, OT; Terry Daniel, P

Eddie Robinson Coach of the YearTerry Bowden, coach; also the Walter Camp Coach and Bear Bryant Award

Record
11–⁠0
Conference
8–⁠0 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 4 peak No. 3
Points
353–⁠192
Coach
Terry Bowden
Elo
1692 +190 this season
SP+ rating
20.0 No. 14 of 105; offense No. 15, defense No. 24
SRS
15.1 No. 17 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tommy Bowden
Defensive coordinator
Wayne Hall

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Wayne Gandy OTLos Angeles Rams
Rd 3James Bostic RBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Anthony Redmon OGArizona Cardinals

All-SEC

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn8–⁠011–⁠04
Florida7–⁠111–⁠25
Tennessee6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Alabama5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠3–⁠114
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Ole Miss3–⁠55–⁠6
LSU3–⁠55–⁠6
Mississippi State2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Georgia2–⁠65–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt1–⁠74–⁠7

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