Auburn Football Team History
Auburn Tigers
Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Founded: 1856 Stadium: Jordan-Hare Stadium Capacity: 88,043 Colors: Blue & Orange Coach: Doug Barfield Conference: Southeastern-
1979 Season Highlights
Doug Barfield enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Auburn.
1979 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 15 vs.
Kansas State
26
18
W
Sat., Sep. 22 vs.
Southern Mississippi
31
9
W
Sat., Sep. 29 @
Tennessee
17
35
L
Sat., Oct. 6 vs.
North Carolina State
44
31
W
Sat., Oct. 13 vs.
Vanderbilt
52
35
W
Sat., Oct. 20 @
Georgia Tech
38
14
W
Sat., Oct. 27 @
Wake Forest
38
42
L
Sat., Nov. 3 vs.
Florida
19
13
W
Sat., Nov. 10 vs.
Mississippi State
14
3
W
Sat., Nov. 17 @
Georgia
33
13
W
Sat., Dec. 1 vs.
Alabama
18
25
L
@ Birmingham, AL
1979 Season Totals
Record 8-3
Points Scored 330
Scoring Average 30.0
Points Allowed 238
Defense Average 21.6
Opponents Record 57-64
Conference Record 4-2
Home Record 6-1
Away Record 2-2
1979 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
16 8-3-0
AP
1979 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1979 All Southeastern Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.