1968 Auburn Tigers football team

1968 Auburn Tigers football
1968 Auburn Tigers football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 34–10 vs. Arizona
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 16
Record	7–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Ralph Jordan (18th season);
Home stadium	Cliff Hare Stadium; Legion Field
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 77th overall and 35th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 18th 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 four losses (7–4 overall, 4–2 in the SEC) and with a victory over Arizona in the Sun Bowl.

APNo. 16

Record7–4 (4–2 SEC)

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1968 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Georgia $	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	1	–	2
No. 13 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 19 LSU	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Florida	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	4	–	2	0	–	8	–	2
Kentucky	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion LSU, Florida, and Vanderbilt's games against Tulane; LSU's game against TCU; and Mississippi State's game against Texas Tech counted in the conference standings. Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	SMU*		Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		L 28–37	40,606	^[1]
September 28	at Mississippi State		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Auburn, MS		W 26–0	25,200	^[2]
October 5	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington KY		W 26–7	35,200	^[3]
October 12	at Clemson*		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)		W 21–10	38,501	^[4]^[5]
October 19	Georgia Tech*		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)		L 20–21	47,547	^[6]
October 26	No. 9 Miami (FL)*		Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 31–6	45,000	^[7]
November 2	at No. 20 Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 24–13	63,122	^[8]
November 9	No. 5 Tennessee	No. 18	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 28–14	68,821	^[9]
November 16	No. 5 Georgia	No. 12	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		L 3–17	51,650	^[10]
November 30	vs. No. 15 Alabama	No. 18	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)		L 16–24	68,821–71,534	^[11]^[12]
December 28	vs. Arizona*		Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 34–10	32,302	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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