1908 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1908 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team went 6–1, outscoring opponents 158–10. Auburn featured a strong defense that held all but one opponent scoreless. The team was the first during the second term of coach Mike Donahue at Auburn.

1908 Auburn Tigers football
SIAA champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–1 (4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
  • Mike Donahue (4th season)
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainTom McLure
Home stadiumDrill Field
West End Park
1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
LSU + 2 0 010 0 0
Auburn + 4 1 06 1 0
Vanderbilt 3 0 17 2 1
Tennessee 3 2 07 2 0
Georgia Tech 4 3 06 3 0
Georgia 2 2 15 2 1
Alabama 1 1 16 1 1
Sewanee 1 1 14 1 3
Mississippi A&M 1 3 03 4 0
Ole Miss 0 2 03 5 0
Mercer 0 3 03 4 0
Clemson 0 4 01 6 0
Nashville       
  • + Conference co-champions

The only points allowed all year was in the 10–2 loss to LSU, a team accused of professionalism. LSU claimed the title, but most sportswriters crowned Auburn SIAA champion. The win over Sewanee was dubbed by one writer "Auburn's Greatest Victory In Many Years".

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