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1892 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1892 record2–2
Head coachGeorge Petrie
Seasons
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The 1892 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1892 college football season. It was the first college football team fielded by the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University. The squad was first coached by George Petrie. Auburn shut out Georgia Tech, 26–0, just two days after being shut out themselves by North Carolina, 64–0. The team finished the season with a record of 2–2.

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The spring 1892 football team of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University) was the school's first.[1][2][3]

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The fall 1892 & spring 1893 football team of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University).[1][4]


Schedule[]

Date Opponent Site Result
February 20, 1892 vs. Georgia Atlanta, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) W 10–0  
November 22, 1892 vs. Trinity Atlanta, GA L 6–34  
November 23, 1892 vs. North Carolina Atlanta, GA L 0–64  
November 25, 1892 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA W 26–0  

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 F. Loyd Tate; P. G. Clark; G. M. Holley et al., eds. (1897), Glomerata 1897 (Annual), 1, Nashville, TN: Brandon Printing, p. 126, http://diglib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/gloms/docviewer.pl?did=%2F1897&seq=126&frames=0&view=100, retrieved 23 March 2011
  2. George Dunglinson, Jr.; John McDuffie, Jr.; W. M. Wilson et al., eds. (1904), Glomerata 1904 (Annual), 7, Auburn, AL: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, p. 181, http://diglib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/gloms/docviewer.pl?did=%2F1904&view=100&frames=0&pagenum=184, retrieved 23 March 2011
  3. "Auburn's football team". Auburn University. http://diglib.auburn.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0loguesms--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=loguesms&cl=CL1.1&d=HASHcadd5857754193fd26fda1. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  4. F. Loyd Tate; P. G. Clark; G. M. Holley et al., eds. (1897), Glomerata 1897 (Annual), 1, Nashville, TN: Brandon Printing, p. 122, http://diglib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/gloms/docviewer.pl?did=%2F1897&seq=122&frames=0&view=100, retrieved 16 March 2011

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