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1959 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1959 record7–3 (4–3 SEC)
Head coachRalph Jordan
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 SEC football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5/5 Georgia 7 0 0     10 1 0
#3/3 LSU 5 1 0     9 2 0
#2/2 Ole Miss 5 1 0     10 1 0
#10/13 Alabama 4 1 2     7 2 2
#NR/15 Auburn 4 3 0     7 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 2     5 3 2
Georgia Tech 3 3 0     6 5 0
Tennessee 3 4 1     5 4 1
#19/19 Florida 2 4 0     5 4 1
Kentucky 1 6 0     4 6 0
Tulane 0 5 1     3 6 1
Mississippi State 0 7 0     2 7 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1959 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1959 college football season. It was the Tigers' 68th overall and 27th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his ninth year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3 overall, 4–3 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 26 at Tennessee #3 Shields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN L 0–3  
October 3* Hardin–Simmons #17 Cliff Hare StadiumAuburn, AL W 35–12  
October 10 Kentucky #14 Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 33–0  
October 17 at #4 Georgia Tech #11 Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 7–6  
October 23* at Miami (FL) #7 Burdine StadiumMiami, FL W 21–6  
October 31 Florida #8 Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Rivalry) W 6–0  
November 7 Mississippi State #8 Legion FieldBirmingham, AL W 31–0  
November 14 at #12 Georgia #8 Sanford StadiumAthens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry) L 13–14  
November 21* Southern Miss #12 Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL W 28–7  
November 28 vs. #19 Alabama #11 Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl) L 0–10  
*Non-Conference Game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.
  • Source: 1959 Auburn football schedule[1][2]

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