Football is one of the sports activities held by the University of Auburn. With the football team known as the Auburn Tigers, they compete with football teams from other universities in the Football Bowl Subdivision competition (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
As for places to practice or play, the Auburn Tigers have a stadium named Jordan-Hare Stadium. The stadium was officially opened in 1939. With a capacity of 87.451 seats, which reached the chair, making Jordan-Hare Stadium as Alabama's fifth Largest city on gamedays.
The official Auburn Tigers football team competing in the world of football in 1892 and joined the Southeastern Conference in 1932 as one of the inaugural members of the conference. And in 1992, the Auburn Tigers football team began competing in the West Division when the conference Divided. Although the Auburn Tigers football national championships two claims Officially, however, according to the NCAA documented selectors, the Auburn Tigers football has been recognized with five national championships.
Many of the achievements that have been achieved by the Auburn Tigers football, they have embraced them seven perfect season by winning twelve and conference championships, along with eight division championships. In addition to these achievements, the Auburn Tigers also have produced three Heisman Trophy winners, including the quarterback Pat Sullivan in 1971, running back Bo Jackson in 1985, and quarterback Cam Newton in 2010.
In addition to the achievements and awards that were presented by the team, the Auburn Tigers HAS ALSO produced sixty-six consensus All-American players. A total of 12 people among them have been awarded the College Football Hall of Fame, including 8 student athletes and 4 coaches head, namely John Heisman, Mike Donahue, Ralph Jordan, and Pat Dye. In fact, one of the head coach, Ralph Jordan, who earned the nickname "Shug", who coached in 1951 to 1975, is the only coach who guided the Auburn Tigers to its first national championship and won a total of 176 games.
The mortal enemy of the Auburn Tigers are a team of Alabama known as the Crimson Tide . Each year, the two teams will always meet in the Iron Bowl, the biggest competition in the world of sports. There is another mortal enemy of the Auburn Tigers ie with SEC foes Georgia and LSU. Although until 1992 they have never competed, but both teams are always keeping the rivalry respectively.
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