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1995 Auburn Tigers football team

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1995 Auburn Tigers football
Outback Bowl, L 14–43 vs. Penn State
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 22
Record8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTommy Bowden
Defensive coordinatorWayne Hall
Home stadiumJordan-Hare Stadium
Seasons
← 1994
1996 →
1995 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Division
No. 2 Florida x$ 8 0 0 12 1 0
No. 3 Tennessee 7 1 0 11 1 0
Georgia 3 5 0 6 6 0
South Carolina 2 5 1 4 6 1
Kentucky 2 6 0 4 7 0
Vanderbilt 1 7 0 2 9 0
Western Division
Arkansas x 6 2 0 8 5 0
No. 21 Alabama 5 3 0 8 3 0
No. 22 Auburn 5 3 0 8 4 0
LSU 4 3 1 7 4 1
Ole Miss 3 5 0 6 5 0
Mississippi State 1 7 0 3 8 0
Championship: Florida 34, Arkansas 3
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Terry Bowden, they finished with an 8–4 record and a 5–3 mark in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Auburn played in the 1996 Outback Bowl at the end of the season, marking their first bowl game since 1990. The Tigers had been banned from postseason play the previous two seasons.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 26:00 p.m.Ole MissNo. 6W 46–1387,371[1]
September 96:00 p.m.Chattanooga*No. 6
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
PPVW 76–1081,570[2]
September 167:00 p.m.at LSUNo. 5PPVL 6–1280,559[3]
September 306:00 p.m.at KentuckyNo. 13PPVW 42–2158,250[4]
October 71:00 p.m.Mississippi StateNo. 11
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 48–2077,641[5]
October 1411:00 a.m.No. 3 FloridaNo. 7
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
ABCL 38–4985,214[6]
October 211:00 p.m.Western Michigan*daggerNo. 13
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 34–1376,107[7]
October 286:30 p.m.at ArkansasNo. 11ESPNL 28–3055,630[8]
November 41:00 p.m.Northeast Louisiana*daggerNo. 21
  • Jordan-Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 38–1478,149[9]
November 114:00 p.m.at GeorgiaNo. 20ESPNW 37–3186,117[10]
November 184:30 p.m.No. 17 AlabamaNo. 21
ESPNW 31–2785,214[11]
January 110:00 a.m.vs. No. 15 Penn State*No. 16ESPNL 14–4365,313[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

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  1. ^ "No. 6 Auburn rips Ole Miss". The Anniston Star. September 3, 1995. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Chew chew: AU derails Moccasins". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 10, 1995. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "LSU shuts down Auburn, 12–6". The Miami Herald. September 17, 1995. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "UK returns to Earth without a chute". The Courier-Journal. October 1, 1995. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Miss. State gets manhandled by Auburn". Enterprise-Journal. October 8, 1995. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Gators swimming in big pond after gobbling up Auburn". The Charlotte Observer. October 15, 1995. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Auburn puts exclamation point on win over WMU". Detroit Free Press. October 22, 1995. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Arkansas outlasts Auburn, 30–28". The Miami Herald. October 29, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Auburn runs all over NE Louisiana". The Dothan Eagle. November 5, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Auburn doesn't hedge on game-clinching decision". The Sun-News. November 12, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Tigers win a classic". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 19, 1995. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Swamped; Lions, rain make day dismal for Tigers". Birmingham Post-Herald. January 2, 1996. Retrieved February 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1995 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 8, 2024.