1981 Auburn Tigers football team

	1981 SEC football standings
	§ – Conference co-champions ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches Poll

The 1981 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college football season of 1981. Competing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Pat Dye, in his first year, and played their home games at Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of 5–6 (2–4 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5*	TCU	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 24–16	48,000
September 19*	Wake Forest	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		L 24–21	58,000
September 26	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		L 10–7	92,612
October 3*	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		L 17–3	76,423
October 10	LSU	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 19–7	61,000
October 17*	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA		W 31–7	50,326
October 24	#9 Mississippi State	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		L 21–17	58,000
October 31	Florida	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 14–12	65,000
November 7*	North Texas	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		W 20–0	63,000
November 14	at #4 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)		L 24–13	82,165
November 28	#4 Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	ABC	L 28–17	78,170
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1981 SEC football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7/6 Alabama §	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
#6/5 Georgia §	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Mississippi State	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Florida	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
LSU	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Ole Miss	1	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches Poll