The 1950 Auburn Tigers football team represented
Auburn University
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in the
1950 college football season
The 1950 college football season finished with the unbeaten and untied Oklahoma Sooners (9–0) being the consensus choice for national champion. On New Year's Day, however, the Sooners were upset by the Kentucky Wildcats (ranked No. 7 in the A ...
. It was the Tigers' 59th overall and 18th season as a member of the
Southeastern Conference
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(SEC). The team was led by head coach
Earl Brown, in his third year, and played their home games at
Cliff Hare Stadium
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in
Auburn
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and the
Cramton Bowl
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in
Montgomery, Alabama
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. They finished winless with a record of zero wins and ten losses (0–10 overall, 0–7 in the SEC). In the February that followed the completion of the season, Brown was fired as head coach of the Tigers.
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Auburn
Auburn may refer to:
Places Australia
* Auburn, New South Wales
* City of Auburn, the local government area
*Electoral district of Auburn
*Auburn, Queensland, a locality in the Western Downs Region
*Auburn, South Australia
*Auburn, Tasmania
*Aub ...
Auburn Tigers football seasons
College football winless seasons
Auburn Tigers football
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