1960 Auburn Tigers football team

1960 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 69th overall and 27th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his tenth year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2 overall, 5–2 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Source
September 24	Tennessee		Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	L 3–10
October 1	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	W 10–7
October 8	Chattanooga*		Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 10–0	^[1]
October 15	No. 19 Georgia Tech		Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	W 9–7
October 22	Miami (FL)*	No. 17	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 20–7
October 29	at Florida	No. 14	Florida Field Gainesville, Florida (rivalry)	W 10–7
November 5	Mississippi State	No. 12	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 27–12
November 12	Georgia	No. 10	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 9–6
November 19	Florida State*	No. 9	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 57–21
November 26	vs. No. 17 Alabama	No. 8	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama (Iron Bowl)	L 0–3
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Burson homer saves Auburn". The Birmingham News. October 9, 1960. Retrieved September 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 188.
^ "1960–1961 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics.^{[permanent dead link]}

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1960 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Ole Miss $	5	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
No. 18 Florida	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Alabama	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	1	–	2
No. 13 Auburn	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
Georgia	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
LSU	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Tulane	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Vanderbilt	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll