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1906 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–5–1 (0–5 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrill Field
West End Park
Seasons
← 1905
1907 →
1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt + 4 0 0 8 1 0
Clemson + 4 0 0 4 0 3
Sewanee 5 1 0 8 1 0
Alabama 3 1 0 5 1 0
Ole Miss 3 2 0 4 2 0
Georgia Tech 3 3 0 6 3 1
Georgia 2 2 1 2 4 1
LSU 0 1 1 2 2 2
Mississippi A&M 0 2 1 2 2 1
Tennessee 0 3 1 1 6 2
Mercer 0 2 0 1 4 0
Tulane 0 2 0 0 4 1
Auburn 0 5 0 1 5 1
Cumberland (TN)        
Nashville        
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1906 Auburn Tigers football team represented Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now known Auburn University) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1906 college football season.. The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his third year, and played their home games at both the Drill Field in Auburn and West End Park in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of one win, five losses, and one tie (1–5–1 overall, 0–5 in the SIAA).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8Maryville*
T 0–0[1]
October 13Gordon College*
  • Drill Field
  • Auburn, AL
W 15–0[2]
October 26SewaneeL 5–10[3]
November 3at Georgia Tech
L 0–11[4]
November 10at Clemson
L 4–6[5]
November 17vs. AlabamaL 0–10[6]
November 29vs. Georgia
L 0–4[7]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "Maryville ties Auburn's team". The Commercial Appeal. October 9, 1906. Retrieved March 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Auburn beats Gordon eleven". The Atlanta Constitution. October 14, 1906. Retrieved March 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ten to five with Sewanee on top". The Birmingham News. October 27, 1906. Retrieved March 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tech captured game from Auburn team". The Macon Telegraph. November 4, 1906. Retrieved March 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Clemson Tigers win from Auburn". The State. November 11, 1906. Retrieved March 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Alabama downs Auburn in hard-fought battle". The Birmingham News. November 18, 1906. Retrieved March 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Georgia wins from Auburn". The Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1906. Retrieved March 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Mike Donahue, 1906". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  9. ^ "1906 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.