The 1932 Auburn Tigers football team represented

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in the

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. Led by head coach

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, the team went 9–0–1. The Tigers made an undefeated season and were named

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champions. The team featured

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and Gump Ariail.

Schedule

*Source: 1932 Auburn football schedule

Season summary

Birmingham–Southern

The season opened with a 61–0 defeat of Birmingham–Southern.

Erskine

In the second week of play,

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was beaten 77–0.

Duke

Auburn defeated coach

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18–7. On

's play, Wade said ""I have never seen a finer all-around back play against one of my teams."

Georgia Tech

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was beaten 6–0.

Tulane

Auburn beat the defending SoCon champion

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team 19–7. Hitchcock returned an

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60 yards for a touchdown, and soon after had a 63-yard touchdown run out of a punting formation.

Ole Miss

Ole Miss was beaten by Auburn 14–7.

Howard

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was beaten 25–0 .

Florida

Auburn beat

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21–6. Hitchcock was taken out of a game for the first time in his career.

Georgia

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was defeated 14–7 .

South Carolina

The season closed with a 20–20 tie against coach

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Postseason

Jimmy Hitchcock was All-American.

References

External links

South Carolina–Auburn game video
{{Southern Conference football champions

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