1947 Auburn Tigers football team

1947 Auburn Tigers football
Auburn Tigers logo (pre-1971).png
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
Cramton Bowl
Legion Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Ole Miss $ 6 1 0 9 2 0
No. 10 Georgia Tech 4 1 0 10 1 0
No. 6 Alabama 5 2 0 8 3 0
Mississippi State 2 2 0 7 3 0
Georgia 3 3 0 7 4 1
Vanderbilt 3 3 0 6 4 0
Tulane 2 3 2 2 5 2
LSU 2 3 1 5 3 1
Kentucky 2 3 0 8 3 0
Tennessee 2 3 0 5 5 0
Auburn 1 5 0 2 7 0
Florida 0 3 1 4 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1947 college football season. It was the Tigers' 56th overall and 15th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Carl M. Voyles, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn, the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of two wins and seven losses (2–7 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).

Auburn was ranked at No. 114 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Mississippi Southern*L 13–1915,000
October 4Louisiana Tech*W 14–011,000
October 11Florida
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, Alabama (rivalry)
W 20–1413,000
October 18at Georgia TechL 7–27
October 25at TulaneL 0–4030,000
November 1at VanderbiltL 0–2818,000
November 8Mississippi StateL 0–1420,000
November 15vs. GeorgiaL 6–28
November 22at Clemson*L 18–34
  • *Non-conference game
  • Source: 1947 Auburn football schedule

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