1948 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1948 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1948 college football season. It was the Tigers' 57th overall and 16th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Earl Brown, in his first year, and played their home games at Auburn Stadium in Auburn, the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Ladd Memorial Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of one win, eight losses and one tie (1–8–1 overall, 0–7 in the SEC). Auburn was ranked at No. 103 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.

1948 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record1–8–1 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Cramton Bowl
Ladd Memorial Stadium
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 09 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 08 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 09 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 18 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 07 3 0
Alabama 4 4 16 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 04 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 14 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 15 3 2
Florida 1 5 05 5 0
LSU 1 5 03 7 0
Auburn 0 7 01 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

After 41 years of dormancy, 1948 marked the return of the Iron Bowl rivalry with Alabama, the teams have played every year uninterrupted since 1948.

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