1918 Auburn Tigers football team

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1918 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–5 (0–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainIke Rogers
Home stadiumDrake Field
Rickwood Field
Seasons
← 1917
1919 →
1918 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech $ 3 0 0 6 1 0
Vanderbilt 2 0 0 4 2 0
Mississippi A&M 2 0 0 3 2 0
Clemson 3 1 0 5 2 0
South Carolina 2 1 1 2 1 1
Furman 1 3 0 3 5 1
Sewanee 0 1 0 3 2 0
The Citadel 0 1 1 0 2 1
Auburn 0 2 0 2 5 0
Ole Miss 0 2 0 1 3 0
Wofford 0 2 0 0 3 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • There were several SIAA schools that did not field a team due to World War I.

The 1918 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1918 college football season. It was the Tigers' 27th season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his 14th year, and played their home games at Drake Field in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of two wins and five losses (2–5 overall, 0–2 in the SIAA).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 19Oglethorpe*W 58–0[1]
October 26Camp Greenleaf*
  • Drake Field
  • Auburn, AL
L 0–26[2]
November 3at
Marion*
Marion, ALW 20–6[3]
November 9vs. Camp Gordon*L 6–145,000[4]
November 16VanderbiltL 0–21[5]
November 28at Georgia TechL 0–41[6]
December 7Camp Sheridan*
L 0–7[7]
  • *Non-conference game

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