Auburn Tigers Football

The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in the sport of American football. The Auburn Tigers compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Auburn has claimed two national championships (1957, 2010) and produced three Heisman Trophy winners: quarterback Pat Sullivan in 1971, running back Bo Jackson in 1985, and quarterback Cam Newton in 2010.

Auburn officially began competing in intercollegiate football in 1892. The Tigers joined the Southeastern Conference in 1932 as one of the inaugural members of the conference and the Tigers began competing in the West Division when the conference divided in 1992. In its history, the team has been honored with many awards. Auburn has won or shared a total of eleven conference titles (including seven SEC titles), seven West Division titles, four SEC Championship Game berths resulting in two wins and two losses, thirty-four state championships, two national championships (including one BCS National Championship), one title game, twelve undefeated seasons along with seven perfect seasons, many bowl appearances. Player honors have included three Heisman winners, sixty-six consensus All-American players, many all-conference team selections including All-SEC player and All-SEC academics, multiple MVPs and Rhodes Scholar athletes as well as other academic honors. Auburn coaches have been honored with the Coach of the Year (both conference and national) honor several times while Auburn players have received the honor of Player of the Year. Auburn athletes and coaches have also been nominated for and won many other awards. Multiple players and coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Auburn players have had success in the NFL Draft with several being first round picks, and former Tigers have gone on to have successful careers in the NFL, receiving Rookie of the Year honors and some being elected into the NFL Hall of Fame.

Auburn is the twelfth winningest football program in FBS history, and has compiled over 700 victories, while appearing in thirty-seven postseason bowl games and ranking fifth nationally for bowl winning percentage. Auburn's home stadium is Jordan-Hare Stadium, which becomes Alabama's sixth largest city on gamedays with a capacity of 87,451. Auburn's archrival is in-state foe Alabama. The Tigers and Crimson Tide meet annually in the Iron Bowl, one of the biggest rivalries in all of sports. The Tigers also maintain rivalries with SEC foes Georgia and LSU. Auburn's winningest coach is Ralph "Shug" Jordan, who led the Tigers from 1951 to 1975, and won the school's first national championship in 1957. Former head coach Gene Chizik led the Tigers to their second national championship and the school's first consensus national title in 2010.

Gus Malzahn is the current head coach and the team plays its home games on Pat Dye Field at Jordan Hare Stadium, located on-campus at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.