1975 Auburn Tigers football team

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1975 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo.svg
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1975 record4–6–1 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJordan–Hare Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Florida 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 19 Georgia 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 2 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
LSU 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Auburn 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 2
Mississippi State 1 – 4 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Mississippi State later forfeited all 1975 wins and one tie due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Auburn Tigers football team achieved an overall record of 3–6–2 and 1–4–1 in the SEC in Ralph "Shug" Jordan's last year as head coach at Auburn after 25 years; however, the official record improved to 4–6–1 (2–4) when Mississippi State forfeited its tie that year due to NCAA imposed sanctions.[1]

Three players were named to the All-SEC first team for 1975: Chuck Fletcher (offensive tackle), Rick Telhieard (defensive tackle), and Clyde Baumgartner (special teams).[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13Memphis State*No. 7
L 20–3155,000
September 20at Baylor*
T 10–1046,300
September 27at No. 16 Tennessee
L 17–2174,611
October 4Virginia Tech*
L 16–2345,000[3]
October 11at Kentucky
W 15–957,722
October 18at Georgia Tech*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, Georgia
W 31–2758,316
October 25at Florida State*
W 17–1439,344
November 1No. 11 Florida
L 14–3165,000
November 8Mississippi State
W 21–21 (forfeit)64,796
November 15at No. 20 Georgia
L 13–2857,500
November 29vs. No. 4 Alabama
L 0–2863,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

[2]

Roster[]

1975 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
G 77 Arnoldo Abreu Jr
QB 10 Clyde Baumgartner Jr
RB 34 Kenny Burks Sr
TE 82 Ed Butler Sr
QB 14 John Crane So
G 74 Bill Evans Jr
T 71 Chuck Fletcher Sr
WR 42 Terry Fuller So
QB 11 Phil Gargis Jr
WR 48 Jeff Gilligan Sr
RB 22 Mitzi Jackson Sr
G 62 Lynn Johnson Jr
TE 80 Reese McCall So
RB 40 Rick Neel Sr
T 64 Dave Ostrowski Jr
C 50 Ben Strickland Sr
WR 83 Billy Wood Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 25 Bill Cunningham Jr
DE 99 Liston Eddins Sr
S 24 Rick Freeman So
DB 28 Lance Hill Jr
LB 54 Carl Hubbard Sr
LB 68 Pat Jones Sr
LB 56 Tony Long Jr
DB 19 Mike McCloud So
DE 93 Jim Pitts Sr
LB 38 Ricky Sanders Jr
LB 43 Kim Sellers So
DE 98 Joe Shaw So
DT 70 Steve Stranaland Sr
DT 91 Rick Telhiard Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 2 Neil O'Donoghue Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Doug Barfield
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ 2011 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 182–184, 150–151 (2011). Retrieved August 19, 2011
  2. ^ a b 2005 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 142–143, 178–180 (2005). Retrieved August 19, 2011
  3. ^ "Auburn play just like weather". The Selma Times-Journal. October 5, 1975. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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