1946 Auburn Tigers football team

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1946 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1946 record4–6 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Cramton Bowl
Legion Field
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Georgia + 5 0 0 11 0 0
No. 7 Tennessee + 5 0 0 9 2 0
No. 8 LSU 5 1 0 9 1 1
No. 11 Georgia Tech 4 2 0 9 2 0
Mississippi State 3 2 0 8 2 0
Alabama 4 3 0 7 4 0
Vanderbilt 3 4 0 5 4 0
Kentucky 2 3 0 7 3 0
Tulane 2 4 0 3 7 0
Auburn 1 5 0 4 6 0
Ole Miss 1 6 0 2 7 0
Florida 0 5 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1946 college football season. It was the Tigers' 55th overall and 14th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Carl M. Voyles, in his third 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 four wins and six losses (4–6 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Mississippi Southern*W 13–12
October 5Furman*W 26–611,000[1]
October 12Saint Louis*W 27–7
October 19at TulaneL 0–3235,000
October 26at Georgia TechL 6–27
November 2Vanderbilt
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
L 0–19
November 9Mississippi State
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 0–33
November 16vs. GeorgiaL 0–41
November 23Clemson*
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
L 13–21
November 30at FloridaW 47–12
  • *Non-conference game

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References[]

  1. ^ "Auburn wallops Furman". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 6, 1946. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Carl M. Voyles, 1946". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "1946 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2015.[permanent dead link]
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