The 1908 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1908 college football season. The team went 6–1, outscoring opponents 158–10. Auburn featured a strong defense that held all opponents scoreless except the 10–2 loss to LSU. This team was the first during the second term of coach Mike Donahue at Auburn.
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—Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
“When two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded.”
—Chinese proverb.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)