1969 Auburn Tigers football
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 7–36 vs. Houston
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 20
Record	8–3 (5–2 SEC)
Head coach	Ralph Jordan (19th season)
Captain	Mike Kolen
Home stadium	Cliff Hare Stadium
Seasons ←  1968 1970 →

The 1969 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 78th overall and 36th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph Jordan, in his 19th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3 overall, 5–2 in the SEC) and with a loss against Houston in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Wake Forest*	No. 20	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 57–0	35,000	[1]
September 27	at No. 19 Tennessee	No. 17	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN ( rivalry)	ABC	L 19–45	57,826	[2]
October 4	Kentucky		Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 44–3	38,000	[3]
October 11	Clemson*	No. 20	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL ( rivalry)		W 51–0	38,000	[4]
October 18	at Georgia Tech*	No. 15	Grant Field Atlanta, GA ( rivalry)		W 17–14	59,464	[5]
October 25	at No. 9 LSU	No. 14	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA ( rivalry)	ABC	L 20–21	65,000	[6]
November 1	No. 7 Florida	No. 17	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL ( rivalry)		W 38–12	50,086	[7]
November 8	Mississippi State	No. 11	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 52–13	47,600	[8]
November 15	at No. 16 Georgia	No. 11	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA ( rivalry)		W 16–3	59,306	[9]
November 29	vs. Alabama	No. 12	Legion Field Birmingham, AL ( Iron Bowl)		W 49–26	72,303	[10] [11]
December 31	vs. No. T–17 Houston*	No. 12	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX ( Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)	Hughes	L 7–36	55,203	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

Game summaries

Clemson

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Alabama

Auburn's first win versus Alabama since 1963.

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Stats

Passing

• Pat Sullivan 123/257, 1686 yards, 16 TD, 16 INT ^[17]

Rushing

• Pat Sullivan 205 yards ^[18]

Receiving

• Terry Beasley 34 receptions, 610 yards (LG: 42), 6 TD ^[19]

Defense

• Buddy McClinton 9 INT (school record), 92 yards (LG: 24)
• Larry Willingham 7 INT, 85 yards
• Don Webb 4 INT, 48 yards (LG: 24) ^[20]

Awards

• All-Americans: S Buddy McClinton
• All-SEC: C Tom Banks, LB Mike Kolen, S Buddy McClinton, PK John Riley
• Cliff Hare Award: Al Griffin ^[21]

References