The 1893 Auburn Tigers football team represented
Auburn University
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...
in the
1893 college football season
The 1893 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1893–94 academic year.
The 1893 Princeton Tigers football team, led by captain Thomas Trenchard, compi ...
. The squad was undefeated at 3–0–2 and outscored opponents 116–62.
Auburn, then known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, counts the February 22, 1893, game versus
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
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, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
towards the 1893 season, while Alabama counts it toward their
1892 season. Head coach
D. M. Balliet led Auburn to a 32–22 victory in the game.
George Roy Harvey
George Roy Harvey (June 15, 1869 – May 11, 1935) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University for four games in the fall of 1893, compiling a record of 2–0–2. D. M. Balliet had coached one game ...
coached the four games that Auburn played the following fall.
Schedule
See also
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List of the first college football games in each US state
The following is a list of the first college football game in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia. Games included on this list are the earliest recorded single intercollegiate football games in each member state of the United States
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References
Auburn
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Places Australia
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* City of Auburn, the local government area
*Electoral district of Auburn
*Auburn, Queensland, a locality in the Western Downs Region
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Auburn Tigers football seasons
College football undefeated seasons
Auburn Tigers football
The Auburn Tigers football program represents Auburn University in the sport of American college football. Auburn competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Western Division o ...
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