1944 Auburn Tigers football team

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1944 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1944 record4–4 (0–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Cramton Bowl
Legion Field
Seasons
← 1942
1945 →
1944 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Georgia Tech $ 4 0 0 8 3 0
No. 12 Tennessee 5 0 1 7 1 1
Georgia 4 2 0 7 3 0
Alabama 3 1 2 5 2 2
Mississippi State 3 2 0 6 2 0
LSU 2 3 1 2 5 1
Ole Miss 2 3 0 2 6 0
Tulane 1 2 0 4 3 0
Kentucky 1 5 0 3 6 0
Florida 0 3 0 4 3 0
Auburn 0 4 0 4 4 0
Vanderbilt 0 0 0 3 0 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1944 college football season. It was the Tigers' 53rd overall and 12th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Carl M. Voyles, in his first year, and played their home games at Auburn Stadium in Auburn, the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of three wins and four losses (3–4 overall, 0–4 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Howard (AL)*W 32–0[1]
October 7Fort Benning*
W 7–0
October 14at No. 10 Georgia Tech
L 0–27
October 21at TulaneL 13–16
November 4Presbyterian*
  • Auburn Stadium
  • Auburn, Alabama
W 57–0
November 11Mississippi StateL 21–26
November 18vs. GeorgiaL 13–49
November 24at Miami*
W 38–19
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1945 Auburn football schedule[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Auburn's young backs roll up 32–0 score on Howard". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 30, 1944. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Carl M. Voyles, 1944". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "1944 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved August 4, 2015.[permanent dead link]
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