Auburn Tigers football

Auburn Tigers football
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First season	1892
Head coach	9th season, 80–33 (.708)
Stadium	Jordan-Hare Stadium (capacity: 87,451)
Field surface	Grass
Location	Auburn, Alabama
Division	West(SEC)
All-time record	676–388–47 (.630)
Bowl record	19–13–2 (.588)
Claimed national titles	1 AP
Conference titles	10 (6 SEC)
Heisman winners	2
Consensus All-Americans	62
Colors	Burnt Orange and Navy Blue
Fight song	War Eagle
Mascot	Aubie
Marching band	Auburn University Marching Band
Rivals	University of Alabama University of Georgia Louisiana State University
Website	AuburnTigers.com

The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The current head coach, Tommy Tuberville, has led the Tigers since 1999. Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium has a capacity of 87,451, ranking as the ninth-largest on-campus stadium in the NCAA.

The Tigers played the first football game in the Deep South in 1892, with the program's first bowl appearance coming the 1936 season in the sixth Bacardi Bowl played in Havana, Cuba. As of 2007, AU Football has had 77 winning seasons, 34 bowl appearances, twenty-four 9+ win seasons, eleven undefeated seasons and ten conference championships. Auburn has played in the Southeastern Conference since its inception in 1933 and have won six SEC Conference Championships, and since the divisional realignment of the conference in 1992, six Western Division championships and three trips to the SEC Championship game.

Historical ranking

The College Football Research Center lists Auburn as the 14th best college football program in history, with eight Auburn squads listed in Billingsley’s Top 200 Teams of All Time (1869-2006). The Associated Press poll statistics show Auburn with the 11th best national record of being ranked in the final AP Poll and 13th overall (ranked 470 times out of 970 polls since the poll began in 1936), with an average ranking of 11.11. Since the Coaches Poll first released a final poll in 1950, Auburn has 33 seasons where the team finished in the top 20 in both the AP and Coaches Polls.

Auburn has the 13th most wins in D-1A college football. In terms of winning percentage, Auburn ranks as the 8th most successful team in the past 25 years with a 71.7% win rate (214–83–5) and 12th over the last 50 years with 68.4% (386–176–10). Of the 93 current I-A football programs that been active since Auburn first fielded a team 116 years ago, Auburn ranks 14th in winning percentage over that period.

Heisman links

Two Auburn players, Pat Sullivan in 1971 and Bo Jackson in 1985, have won the Heisman Trophy. The Trophy's namesake, John Heisman, coached at Auburn from 1895 until 1899. Auburn is the only school where Heisman coached (among others, Georgia Tech and Clemson) that has produced a Heisman Trophy winner.

National champion teams

There have been a total of seven Auburn teams that have been awarded some form of "National Champions" title. The NCAA's website states that "the NCAA does not conduct a national championship in Division I-A football and is not involved in the selection process", but goes on to state that "a number of polling organizations provide a final ranking of Division I-A football teams at the end of each season". The NCAA website then lists four Auburn squads that have been named National Champions by at least one organization. Here is the complete list of the Auburn teams ranked No. 1 and some of the organizations that recognized them as National Champion:

• 1913 undefeated 8–0 team (Billingsley, James Howell)
• 1914 undefeated 8–0–1 team (James Howell)
• 1957 undefeated 10–0 team (Associated Press, Billingsley, Fleming, Football Research, Helms, James Howell, Massey Ratings, National Championship Foundation, Nutshell Sports, Poling, Sagarin, Sorensen, Williamson, David Wilson)
• 1958 undefeated 9–0–1 team (Montgomery Full Season Championship)
• 1983 11–1 team (ARGH, Billingsley, DKC, Eck, FACT, Fleming, Football Research, James Howell, Massey Ratings, New York Times, Nutshell Sports, Sorensen, Sparks Achievement, David Wilson)
• 1993 undefeated 11–0 team (Harry Frye, National Championship Foundation, Nutshell Sports, Sparks Achievement, David Wilson)

The AP Poll did not begin selecting a champion until 1936 nor the AFCA Coaches Poll until 1950, so many national champion titles previous to those date were awarded retroactively. However during the 1910s, it is difficult to dispute the legitimacy of the Auburn titles. The undefeated 1913 and 1914 teams coached by Mike Donahue were some of the best defenses in Auburn history. In fact, the 1914 squad allowed zero points all season, outscoring opponents 193-0. The 1983 team featuring Bo Jackson went 11–1 and finished the season by beating Michigan 9-7 in the Sugar Bowl. The undefeated 2004 squad (13–0) finished second in the AP and Coaches Top 25 polls, but the team was awarded the 2004 Fanspoll.com People's National Champion title. Auburn University officially only claims the Associated Press (AP) National Championship of 1957 (although the school does acknowledge the 1913, 1983, 1993 and 2004 titles in their media guide).

Seasons

Main article: Auburn Tigers football seasons

2008 season

Main article: 2008 Auburn Tigers football team

In 2008, Auburn will face non-conference opponents the UL - Monroe Warhawks, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, the West Virginia Mountaineers, and the UT-Martin Skyhawks, with all but the West Virginia game being at home.

Auburn's 2008 SEC schedule includes their permanent schedule (the five other SEC west teams and the Georgia Bulldogs) as well as two other SEC East teams that rotate onto the schedule every few years. In 2008, those teams will be Vanderbilt Commodores, who will be rotating off Auburn's schedule after this season, and the Tennessee Volunteers, who are rotating back onto Auburn's schedule through the 2009 season.

Auburn has replaced both coordinators since the 2007 season. Tony Franklin was hired to transition the offense to the spread, and Paul Rhoads replaces former defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, who left to become the defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns.

2007 season

Main article: 2007 Auburn Tigers football team

Auburn entered the 2007 season as the number 14 team according to the Coaches Poll and number 18 according to the AP Poll. The Tigers ended the regular season with an 8–4 record (5–3 in the SEC, finishing 2nd in the West), and accepted a bid to play Clemson in the 40th annual Chick-fil-A Bowl, whom they defeated 23-20 in overtime to finish the season 9–4. Auburn finished #14 in the final poll, the team's fourth consecutive finish ranked in the top 15.

Rivals

Iron Bowl (vs. Alabama)

Main article: Iron Bowl

Auburn's rivalry with Alabama is termed the "Iron Bowl." The first meeting came in 1893, but the teams only played 15 times before the series was suspended in 1907. In 1948, the two schools finally agreed to renew the series, with the games to be played at the neutral Legion Field in Birmingham, where the game was played every year from 1948 through 1988. In 1989, Auburn hosted the first on-campus meeting, after which the series became a "home and home," with Auburn's home games being played in Auburn (with the exception of the 1991 game, which was played at Legion Field), and Alabama's home games being played at Legion Field until 2000, when Alabama moved their home games to Tuscaloosa.

Alabama holds the all-time edge at 38–33–1.

Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (vs. Georgia)

Main article: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry

Georgia and Auburn compete in "The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry", dating back to 1892. The game was played in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia until 1903. It was played in Columbus, Georgia, from 1916 to 1958, except in 1929 and 1949, when the game was played in Athens, Georgia. In 1959, the series became an on-campus series.

The series is extremely close: Auburn holds a 53–50–8 lead in the series, but Georgia has outscored Auburn 1730-1685, a difference of only 45 points. Georgia has won the last two meetings by a combined margin of victory of 47 points.

Tiger Bowl (vs. LSU)

Main article: Auburn-LSU rivalry

Auburn also has a competitive football rivalry with the LSU Tigers, as the last five games have been settled by a total of nineteen points and the two teams have won at least a share of the SEC Western Division championship every year since 2000, with Auburn taking the SEC West title in 2000 and 2004 and LSU in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007, winning the tiebreaker over Auburn in 2001 and 2005. Homefield advantage is historically significant in this series, with the home team winning every year between 1999 and 2007.

While the series has no formal name, many of the games themselves have been named by the media, most notably the Earthquake Game in 1988.

LSU holds the series lead 23-19-1. LSU has won the last two meetings, the first time either team has won 2 in a row since Auburn in 1999-2000.

Former rivals

Before the Southeastern Conference expanded and split into Eastern and Western divisions, Auburn had annual rivalries with SEC East powers Florida and Tennessee. Auburn was forced to stop playing Tennessee every year, and stopped playing Florida every year in 2002, when the SEC implemented two rotating opponents on the schedule. Since 2002, Auburn only plays each of these two teams four times every ten years unless they meet in the SEC Championship game. The Tigers lead both teams all-time with a 42–38–2 edge over Florida and 26–21–3 series with Tennessee.

Auburn also had long standing rivalries with two former conference foes: Georgia Tech before Tech left the SEC to join the Atlantic Coast Conference and Clemson dating back to 1899 when both teams competed in the SIAA. Auburn leads the Yellow Jackets 47–41–4, with Auburn also leading in the Clemson series 33–11–2 after winning the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl matchup.

Traditions

Tiger Walk

Before each Auburn home football game, thousands of Auburn fans line Donahue Avenue to cheer on the team as they walk from Sewell Hall (the athletes' dormitory) to Jordan-Hare Stadium. The tradition began in the 1950s when groups of kids would walk up the street to greet the team and get autographs. During the tenure of coach Doug Barfield, the coach urged fans to come out and support the team, and thousands did. Today the team, led by the coaches, walks down the hill and into the stadium surrounded by fans who pat them on the back and shake their hands as they walk. The largest Tiger Walk occurred on December 2, 1989, before the first ever home football game against rival Alabama—the Iron Bowl. On that day, an estimated 20,000 fans packed the one block section of road leading to the stadium. According to former athletic director David Housel, Tiger Walk has become "the most copied tradition in all of college football," although there are older pre-game walks at Stanford and Williams College.

Toomer's Corner

The intersection of Magnolia and College streets in Auburn, which marks the transition from downtown Auburn to the university campus, is known as Toomer's Corner. It is named after Toomer's Drugs, a small store on the corner that has been an Auburn landmark for over 150 years. Hanging over the corner are two massive old-growth oak trees, and anytime anything good happens concerning Auburn, toilet paper can usually be found hanging from the trees. Also known as "rolling the corner," this tradition is thought to have originated in the 1950s and until the mid 1990s was relegated to only to celebrating athletic wins. However, in recent years it has become a way to celebrate anything good that happens concerning Auburn.

In April 2007, it was reported that the landmark trees at Toomer's Corner are dying due to "years of abuse". While it is difficult to determine how long the trees have left, plans are already being made to replace the historic tree with another live oak when the day comes.

"War Eagle"

Main article: War Eagle

There are many stories surrounding the origins of Auburn's battle cry, "War Eagle." The most popular account involves the first Auburn football game in 1892 between Auburn and the University of Georgia. According to the story, in the stands that day was an old Civil War soldier with an eagle that he had found injured on a battlefield and kept as a pet. The eagle broke free and began to soar over the field, and Auburn began to march toward the Georgia end-zone. The crowd began to chant, "War Eagle" as the eagle soared. After Auburn won the game, the eagle crashed to the field and died but, according to the legend, his spirit lives on every time an Auburn man or woman yells "War Eagle!" The battle cry of "War Eagle" also functions as a greeting for those associated with the University. For many years, a live golden eagle has embodied the spirit of this tradition. The eagle was once housed on campus in The Eagle's Cage (which was the second largest single-bird enclosure in the country), but the aviary was taken down in 2003 and the eagle moved to a nearby raptor center. The eagle, War Eagle VI (nicknamed "Tiger"), was trained in 2000 to fly free around the stadium before every home game to the delight of fans. The present eagle, War Eagle VII (nicknamed "Nova"), continues the tradition.

Wreck Tech Pajama Parade

The Wreck Tech Pajama Parade originated in 1896, when a group of mischievous Auburn ROTC cadets, determined to show up the more well-known engineers from Georgia Tech, sneaked out of their dorms the night before the football game between Auburn and Tech and greased the railroad tracks. According to the story, the train carrying the Georgia Tech team slid through town and didn't stop until it was halfway to the neighboring town of Loachapoka, Alabama, The Georgia Tech team was forced to walk the five miles back to Auburn and, not surprisingly, were rather weary at the end of their journey. This likely contributed to their 45–0 loss. While the railroad long ago ceased to be the way teams traveled to Auburn and students never greased the tracks again, the tradition continues in the form of a parade through downtown Auburn. Students parade through the streets in their pajamas and organizations build floats. This tradition has recently been renewed with Georgia Tech returning to Auburn's schedule after nearly two decades of absence.

Head coaches

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1892	George Petrie	1	2-2	.500
1893	D.M. Balliet	1	1-0	1.000
1893	G.H. Harvey	1	2-0-2	.750
1894	F.M. Hall	1	1-3	.250
1895-1899	John Heisman	5	12-4-2	.722
1900-1901	Billy Watkins	2	6-3-1	.650
1902	Robert Kent	1	2-2-1	.500
1902	James H. Harvey	1	0-2	.000
1903	Billy Bates	1	4-3	.571
1904-1906	Mike Donahue	3	12-9-1	.568
1907	Willis Keinholz	1	6-2-1	.722
1908-1922	Mike Donahue	15	94-26-4	.774
1923-1924	Boozer Pitts	2	7-7-4	.500
1925-1927	Dave Morey	3	10-10-1	.500
1927	Boozer Pitts	1	0-4-2	.167
1928-1929	George Bohler	2	3-11	.214
1929	John Floyd	1	0-4	.000
1930-1933	Chet Wynne	4	22-15-2	.590
1934-1942	Jack Meagher	8	48-37-10	.558
1943	WW2 (no football)
1944-1947	Carl Voyles	4	15-22	.405
1948-1950	Earl Brown	3	3-22-4	.172
1951-1975	Ralph "Shug" Jordan	25	176-83-6	.675
1976-1980	Doug Barfield	5	29-25-1	.536
1981-1992	Pat Dye	12	99-39-4	.711
1993-1998	Terry Bowden	6	47-17-1	.731
1998	Bill Oliver†	1†	2-3	.400
1999-present	Tommy Tuberville	9	80-33	.708
1892-present	24 coaches	115	676–388–47	.630

†Defensive coordinator Bill Oliver coached the last five games of the 1998 season after Terry Bowden's resignation.

Award winners

A number of Auburn players and coaches have won national awards, including 62 players being named as college football All-Americans. The Tigers also have eleven coaches and players that have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.

Hall of Fame

Players Year Inducted	Coaches Year Inducted
1954 - Jimmy Hitchcock 1956 - Walter Gilbert 1991 - Pat Sullivan 1994 - Tucker Frederickson 1998 - Bo Jackson 2002 - Terry Beasley 2004 - Tracy Rocker	1951 - "Iron Mike" Donahue 1954 - John Heisman 1982 - Ralph "Shug" Jordan 2005 - Pat Dye

National Awards

Players

Heisman Trophy Best player	Walter Camp Award Best player	Outland Trophy Best interior lineman	Lombardi Award Best lineman/linebacker	Jim Thorpe Award Best defensive back
1971 - Pat Sullivan, QB 1985 - Bo Jackson, RB	1971 - Pat Sullivan, QB 1985 - Bo Jackson, RB	1958 - Zeke Smith,G 1988 - Tracy Rocker, DT	1988 - Tracy Rocker, DT	2004 - Carlos Rogers, CB

Coaches

Paul "Bear" Bryant Award Coach of the Year	Broyles Award Best assistant coach
1993 - Terry Bowden 2004 - Tommy Tuberville	2004 - Gene Chizik

All-Americans

Name	Position	Years	Source
Jimmy Hitchcock	HB	1932	WCFF
Walter Gilbert	C	1933-1936
Monk Gafford	RB	1942
Caleb "Tex" Warrington	C	1944	FWAA, WCFF
Travis Tidwell	RB	1949	Williamson
Jim Pyburn	WR	1954
Joe Childress	RB	1955	FWAA
Frank D’Agostino	T	1955	AFCA
Fob James	RB	1955	INS
Jimmy Phillips	DE	1957	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Zeke Smith	OG	1958-1959	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Jackie Burkett	C	1958	AFCA
Ken Rice	OT	1959-1960	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Ed Dyas	RB	1960	FWAA
Jimmy Sidle	RB	1963	FWAA
Tucker Frederickson	RB	1964	FWAA, WCFF
Jack Thornton	DT	1965	NEA
Bill Cody	LB
Freddie Hyatt	WR	1967	TFN
David Campbell	DT	1968	NEA
Buddy McClinton	DB	1969	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Larry Willingham	DB	1970	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Pat Sullivan	QB	1971	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Terry Beasley	WR	1971	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Mike Fuller	S	1974
Ken Bernich	LB	1974	AFCA, WCFF
Neil O'Donoghue	PK	1976	TFN
Keith Uecker	OG	1981	Mizlou
Bob Harris	SS
Donnie Humphrey	DT	1983	WTBS
Gregg Carr	LB	1984	AFCA, WCFF
Bo Jackson	RB	1983-1985	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Lewis Colbert	P	1985	AFCA
Ben Tamburello	C	1986	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Brent Fullwood	RB	1986	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Aundray Bruce	LB	1987	AFCA, WCFF
Kurt Crain	LB	1987	AP
Stacy Searels	OT	1987	AP, TFN
Tracy Rocker	DT	1987-1988	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Walter Reeves	TE	1988	TSN
Benji Roland	DT
Ed King	OG	1989-1990	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Craig Ogletree	LB	1989	TSN
David Rocker	DT	1990	AFCA, WCFF
Wayne Gandy	OT	1993	AP, FWAA, SH
Terry Daniel	P	1993	AFCA, FWAA, WCFF
Brian Robinson	SS
Frank Sanders	WR	1994	AP, FWAA, SH
Chris Shelling	SS	1994	FWAA, SH
Victor Riley	OT	1997	AFCA
Takeo Spikes	LB	1997	TSN
Damon Duval	PK	2001	AFCA, WCFF
Karlos Dansby	LB	2003	AFCA
Marcus McNeill	OT	2004-2005	AP, CBS, FWAA, SI, Rivals, CFN
Carlos Rogers	CB	2004	AP, FWAA, WCFF
Junior Rosegreen	SS	2004	SI, CBS
Carnell Williams	RB	2004	AFCA
Kenny Irons	RB	2005	Rivals
Tim Duckworth	OG	2006	Rivals
Quentin Groves	DE	2006	Rivals
Ben Grubbs	OG	2006	Rivals, ESPN, PFW
David Irons	CB	2006	Rivals

Tigers in the NFL

Ronnie Brown was the #2 pick in the 2005 NFL Draft

There have been 237 Auburn players drafted into the National Football League, with 15 earning 30 All-Pro honors, 27 making Pro Bowl appearances, and 23 playing in the Super Bowl.

The Dow Jones College-Football Success Index ranked Auburn as the eighth best program in the nation, with the second highest Draft Value which indicate "that a school's players perform better than NFL scouts seem to expect". Auburn is tied (with Miami) for second most Top 5 NFL Draft picks this decade, and have The Plains have produced 25 first round draft picks overall.

Runningback U

Cadillac Williams evades a tackler.

Auburn currently has ten former running backs currently playing that position in the NFL (see below). They carry on a long legacy of top NFL backs from Auburn such as Tucker Frederickson, William Andrews, Joe Cribbs, James Brooks, Lionel James, Brent Fullwood, Tommie Agee and Bo Jackson. Over the last 20 years (1987-2007 Draft), there have been 15 Tiger running backs drafted into the NFL, with several more successfully signing as undrafted free-agents.

Current NFL players

There are a number of former Auburn players currently listed on NFL rosters. These players include seven running backs, seven linebackers, six wide receivers, two tight ends, five cornerbacks, one quarterback, one placekicker and fifteen linemen including four nose tackle, five guards, five tackles and three defensive ends.

Name	Position	Team
Willie Anderson	OT	Baltimore Ravens
Devin Aromashodu	WR	Indianapolis Colts
Rob Bironas	PK	Tennessee Titans
Ronnie Brown	RB	Miami Dolphins
Jason Campbell	QB	Washington Redskins
Tim Carter	WR	Houston Texans
Karlos Dansby	LB	Arizona Cardinals
Tim Duckworth	OG	New Orleans Saints
Heath Evans	RB	New England Patriots
Wayne Gandy	OT	Free Agent
Chris Gray	OG	Seattle Seahawks
Ben Grubbs	OG	Baltimore Ravens
Marquies Gunn	DE	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Will Herring	LB	Seattle Seahawks
Kevin Hobbs	DB	Seattle Seahawks
Roderick Hood	DB	Arizona Cardinals
David Irons	DB	Atlanta Falcons
Kenny Irons	RB	Cincinnati Bengals
Tommy Jackson	DT	Kansas City Chiefs
Brandon Jacobs	RB	New York Giants
Robert Johnson	TE	Free Agent
Rudi Johnson	RB	Detroit Lions
Spencer Johnson	DT	Buffalo Bills
Stanley McClover	DE	Carolina Panthers
Jeris McIntyre	WR	Free Agent
Marcus McNeill	OT	San Diego Chargers
Anthony Mix	WR	Washington Redskins
Ben Obomanu	WR	Seattle Seahawks
Jonathan Palmer	OT	Oakland Raiders
Mike Pucillo	OG	Washington Redskins
Jay Ratliff	DE	Dallas Cowboys
Tony Richardson	FB	New York Jets
Carlos Rogers	DB	Washington Redskins
Kendall Simmons	OG	Pittsburgh Steelers
Takeo Spikes	LB	San Francisco 49ers
Courtney Taylor	WR	Seattle Seahawks
Dontarrious Thomas	LB	San Francisco 49ers
Reggie Torbor	LB	Miami Dolphins
Cooper Wallace	TE	San Francisco 49ers
Marcus Washington	LB	Washington Redskins
Cadillac Williams	RB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Travis Williams	LB	Atlanta Falcons
Carl Stewart	RB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Josh Thompson	DT	St. Louis Rams
Cole Bennett	TE	Houston Texans
Eric Brock	DB	Atlanta Falcons

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2008 NFL Draft

The following former Tigers were drafted in the most recent NFL Draft:

Name	Position	Team	Round
Quentin Groves	DE	Jacksonville Jaguars	2
Patrick Lee	DB	Green Bay Packers	2
Pat Sims	DT	Cincinnati Bengals	3
Jonathan Wilhite	DB	New England Patriots	4
King Dunlap	OT	Philadelphia Eagles	7

Hall of Fame

Name	Position	Inducted
Frank Gatski	C	1985

Bowl history

Auburn football teams have been invited to participate in 34 total bowls and have garnered a record of 19–13–2.

W/L	Date	PF	Opponent	PA	Bowl
T	01-01-1937	7	Villanova	7	Bacardi Bowl
W	01-01-1938	6	Michigan St.	0	Orange Bowl
L	01-01-1954	13	Texas Tech	35	Gator Bowl
W	12-31-1954	33	Baylor	13	Gator Bowl
L	12-31-1955	13	Vanderbilt	25	Gator Bowl
L	01-01-1964	7	Nebraska	13	Orange Bowl
L	12-18-1965	7	Mississippi	13	Liberty Bowl
W	12-28-1968	34	Arizona	10	Sun Bowl
L	12-31-1969	7	Houston	36	Bluebonnet Bowl
W	01-02-1971	35	Mississippi	28	Gator Bowl
L	01-01-1972	22	Oklahoma	40	Sugar Bowl
W	12-30-1972	24	Colorado	3	Gator Bowl
L	12-29-1973	17	Missouri	34	Sun Bowl
W	12-30-1974	27	Texas	3	Gator Bowl
W	12-18-1982	33	Boston College	26	Tangerine Bowl
W	01-02-1984	9	Michigan	7	Sugar Bowl
W	12-27-1984	21	Arkansas	15	Liberty Bowl
L	01-01-1986	16	Texas A&M	36	Cotton Bowl
W	01-01-1987	16	Southern California	7	Florida Citrus Bowl
T	01-01-1988	16	Syracuse	16	Sugar Bowl
L	01-02-1989	7	Florida St.	13	Sugar Bowl
W	01-01-1990	31	Ohio St.	14	Hall of Fame Bowl
W	12-29-1990	27	Indiana	23	Peach Bowl
L	01-01-1996	14	Penn St.	43	Outback Bowl
W	12-31-1996	32	Army	29	Independence Bowl
W	01-02-1998	21	Clemson	17	Peach Bowl
L	01-01-2001	28	Michigan	31	Florida Citrus Bowl
L	12-31-2001	10	North Carolina	16	Peach Bowl
W	01-01-2003	13	Penn St.	9	Capital One Bowl
W	12-31-2003	28	Wisconsin	14	Music City Bowl
W	01-03-2005	16	Virginia Tech	13	Sugar Bowl
L	01-02-2006	10	Wisconsin	24	Capital One Bowl
W	01-01-2007	17	Nebraska	14	Cotton Bowl
W	12-31-2007	23	Clemson	20	Chick-fil-A Bowl

Miscellaneous facts

As of January 9, 2008

• Auburn currently holds the second best record in SEC play since 2000, and has won 28 of their last 34 SEC matchups including 14 of the last 17 SEC road games. The Tigers have also been the most successful SEC West team in league play since the conference realignment in 1992 (in terms of winning percentage).
• Auburn enjoys a 15–10 record versus top-10 opponents since the 2000 season, and have won 9 of their last 12.
• Auburn's home record is 14–2 in night games since the 2000 season.
• Auburn has won 15 of their last 16 games when wearing all-white uniforms.
• Auburn's Spread Offense experiment set a new definition for "epic fail" when Auburn fired their offensive coordinator Tony Franklin midseason after loses to Vanderbilt and LSU.

External links

• Auburn Tigers football