1935 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1935 Auburn Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Auburn University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1935 college football season. In their second year under head coach Jack Meagher, the Tigers complied an overall record of 8–2, with a conference record of 5–2, and finished fourth in the SEC.[1] Millard Morris was the team captain.[2]

1935 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record8–2 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainMillard Morris
Home stadiumDrake Field
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 LSU $ 5 –0 –09 –2 –0
Vanderbilt 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Ole Miss 3 –1 –09 –3 –0
No. 15 Auburn 5 –2 –08 –2 –0
No. 17 Alabama 4 –2 –06 –2 –1
Tulane 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Kentucky 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –4 –05 –5 –0
Mississippi State 2 –3 –08 –3 –0
Tennessee 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Georgia 2 –4 –06 –4 –0
Florida 1 –6 –03 –7 –0
Sewanee 0 –6 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from United Press

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Birmingham–Southern*
W 25–7[3]
October 5at Tulane
W 10–018,000[4]
October 12Tennessee
L 6–1315,617[5]
October 19Kentucky
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 23–08,000[6]
October 25at Duke*
W 7–08,000[7]
November 2at LSU
L 0–615,000[8]
November 9at Georgia Tech
W 33–720,000[9]
November 16Oglethorpe*dagger
W 51–05,000[10]
November 23vs. Georgia
W 19–715,000[11]
November 30at Florida
W 27–68,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[13][14]

References
  1. "1935 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  2. "Gilbert Named As Captain Of Auburn Eleven". Selma Times-Journal. December 19, 1935. p. 7. Retrieved June 30, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "Auburn's swift attack repulses Southern by 25 to 7". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 28, 1935. Retrieved February 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Flashy Plainsmen score upset win over Tulane". The Knoxville Sunday Journal. October 5, 1935. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Tennessee downs Auburn, 13–6". The Birmingham News. October 13, 1935. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Tigers smash Wildcat line for 23–0 win". The Huntsville Times. October 20, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Auburn Plainsmen topple Duke Blue Devils, 7–0". The Charlotte Observer. October 26, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "LSU Tigers eke out win over Auburn". The Knoxville Journal. November 3, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Auburn Plainsmen annihilate Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 33 to 7". The Nashville Banner. November 10, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Auburn massacres Oglethorpe at homecoming, 51–0". The Birmingham News. November 17, 1935. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Auburn bowls over Georgia, 19–7". The Birmingham News. November 24, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Auburn eleven overpowers Florida". The Miami Herald. December 1, 1935. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: John F. "Jack" Meagher, 1935". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  14. "1935 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2015.


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