1973 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1973 Auburn Tigers football team achieved an overall record of 6–6 and 2–5 in the SEC under head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan. They were invited to the 1973 Sun Bowl where they lost to Missouri 17–34.

1973 Auburn Tigers football
Sun Bowl, L 17–34 vs. Missouri
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–6 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach
  • Ralph Jordan (23rd season)
Home stadiumJordan–Hare Stadium
Legion Field
1973 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Alabama $ 8 0 011 1 0
No. 13 LSU 5 1 09 3 0
Ole Miss 4 3 06 5 0
No. 19 Tennessee 3 3 08 4 0
Georgia 3 4 07 4 1
Florida 3 4 07 5 0
Kentucky 3 4 05 6 0
Auburn 2 5 06 6 0
Mississippi State 2 5 04 5 2
Vanderbilt 1 5 05 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

On September 13, 1973, the Thursday before Auburn's first home game of the season, Auburn's home stadium, known up to that time as Cliff Hare Stadium, was renamed in honor of the Ralph Jordan, marking the first time a stadium has been renamed for an active coach. Harry Philpott, President of Auburn University at that time, said "Renaming the stadium is really in keeping with the outstanding job Coach Jordan has done during his outstanding career", adding that, "It also brings together two great eras of athletic achievement."

Four players were named to the All-SEC first team for 1973: Benny Sivley (DT), Steve Taylor (C), Mike Fuller (DB), and David Langner (DB).

On December 1, Alabama avenged their stunning loss the previous year in the Iron Bowl game that became known as "Punt Bama Punt" by shutting out Auburn 35–0.

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