1957 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1957 Auburn Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Auburn University in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, the Tigers compiled a perfect 10–0 record (7–0 in the SEC), shut out six of ten opponents, won the SEC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 207 to 28.

1957 Auburn Tigers football
AP Poll national champion
SEC champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 1
Record10–0 (7–0 SEC)
Head coach
  • Ralph Jordan (7th season)
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
Legion Field
1957 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Auburn $ 7 0 010 0 0
No. 7 Ole Miss 5 0 19 1 1
No. 14 Mississippi State 4 2 16 2 1
No. 17 Florida 4 2 16 2 1
No. 13 Tennessee 4 3 08 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 3 15 3 2
LSU 4 4 05 5 0
Georgia Tech 3 4 14 4 2
Georgia 3 4 03 7 0
Tulane 1 5 02 8 0
Alabama 1 6 12 7 1
Kentucky 1 7 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The national championship was split with Auburn No. 1 in the AP Poll and Ohio State, despite one loss, ranked No. 1 by the UPI coaches poll, Football Writers Association of America and International News Service. In later analyses, Auburn was chosen as national champion by the majority of selectors, including the Billingsley Report, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, Sagarin Ratings, and Williamson System. This was Auburn’s last national championship until 2010.

Auburn end Jimmy Phillips was a consensus first-team pick on the 1957 All-America college football team. Phillips and fellow end Jerry Wilson were both selected as first-team picks on the 1957 All-SEC football team. Center Jackie Burkett, tackle Ben Preston, and back Bill Atkins were named to the All-SEC second team.

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