1961 Auburn Tigers football team

1961 Southeastern Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 70th overall and 28th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 11th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4 overall, 3–4 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 24–21
October 7	Kentucky	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 12–14
October 14	Chattanooga*	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	W 35–7	22,000	^[1]
October 21	at No. 8 Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 6–7	45,376
October 28	Clemson*	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	W 24–14
November 4	Wake Forest*	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	W 21–7	2,000
November 11	Mississippi State	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 10–11
November 18	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 10–7
November 25	Florida	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	W 32–15	33,000
December 2	vs. No. 1 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	L 0–34	54,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Auburn rolls over Mocs". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 15, 1961. Retrieved September 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 188.
^ "1961–1962 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved December 18, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

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1961 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Alabama +	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
No. 4 LSU +	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Ole Miss	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Auburn	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Georgia	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll