1965 Auburn Tigers football team

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1965 Auburn Tigers football
Liberty Bowl, L 7–13 vs. Ole Miss
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–5–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 1 1 9 1 1
Auburn 4 1 1 5 5 1
Florida 4 2 0 7 4 0
No. 7 Tennessee 2 1 2 8 1 2
Ole Miss 5 3 0 7 4 0
No. 8 LSU 3 3 0 8 3 0
Kentucky 3 3 0 6 4 0
Georgia 2 3 0 6 4 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 0 2 7 1
Tulane 1 5 0 2 8 0
Mississippi State 1 5 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1965 Auburn Tigers football team represented

Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of five wins, five losses and one tie (5–5–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SEC) and with a loss against Ole Miss in the Liberty Bowl
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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18
Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
  • L 8–1425,000[1]
    September 25at TennesseeT 13–1343,614[2]
    October 2No. 6 Kentucky
    • Cliff Hare Stadium
    • Auburn, AL
    W 23–1835,000[3]
    October 9Chattanooga*
    • Cliff Hare Stadium
    • Auburn, AL
    W 30–732,160[4][5]
    October 16at Georgia Tech*L 14–2350,164[6]
    October 23Southern Miss*
    • Cliff Hare Stadium
    • Auburn, AL
    L 0–325,000[7]
    October 30No. 7 Floridadagger
    • Cliff Hare Stadium
    • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
    W 28–1746,313[8]
    November 6Mississippi StateW 25–1845,000[9]
    November 13at GeorgiaW 21–1946,812[10]
    November 27vs. No. 5 Alabama
    L 3–3066,333[11][12]
    December 18vs. Ole Miss*L 7–1338,607[13]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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    14. ^ 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
    15. ^ "1965–1966 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.