The 1939 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1939 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Jack Meagher in his sixth season and finished the season with a record of five wins, five losses and one tie (5–5–1 overall, 3–3–1 in the SEC).[1]

Quick Facts Auburn Tigers football, Conference ...
1939 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–5–1 (3–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
 1938
1940 
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More information Conf, Overall ...
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Tennessee + 6 0 010 1 0
No. 16 Georgia Tech + 6 0 08 2 0
No. 5 Tulane + 5 0 08 1 1
Mississippi State 3 2 08 2 0
Ole Miss 2 2 07 2 0
Kentucky 2 2 16 2 1
Auburn 3 3 15 5 1
Alabama 2 3 15 3 1
Georgia 1 3 05 6 0
LSU 1 5 04 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 6 02 7 1
Florida 0 3 15 5 1
Sewanee 0 3 03 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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Auburn was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 30 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings,[2] and at No. 39 in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Birmingham–Southern*W 6–010,000[4]
October 7at TulaneL 0–1228,000[5]
October 14Mississippi StateW 7–010,000[6]
October 21at Manhattan*L 0–77,500–8,000[7][8]
October 28at Georgia TechL 6–718,000[9]
November 4at Boston College*L 7–1315,000[10]
November 11Villanova*
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 10–915,000[11]
November 18at LSUW 21–7[12]
November 25vs. GeorgiaW 7–017,500[13]
November 30FloridadaggerT 7–713,000[14]
December 9at TennesseeL 0–725,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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