Football 1913 National Champions

Auburn Football Tradition

1913 Auburn Tigers

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Auburn completed a perfect 8-0 season in 1913 under head coach Mike Donahue, outscoring opponents by a whopping 222-13. The Tigers reeled off six consecutive shutouts of Mercer, Florida, Mississippi State, Clemson, LSU and Georgia Tech before yielding points against Vanderbilt and Georgia.

Only the first two games of the season were played in Auburn, the final six were on the road. Auburn claimed the SIAA Championship and six players -- Kirk Newell, Frank Harris, John E. Pitts, Jim Thigpen, F.W. Lockwood and Henry Robinson -- were named members of the All-Southern team.

1913 Season / 8-0 Overall / 7-0 SIAA
DateScoreLocationAtt.
10/04/13WAuburn 53, Mercer 0Auburn, Ala.
10/11/13WAuburn 55, Florida 0Auburn, Ala.
10/18/13WAuburn 34, Mississippi St. 0Birmingham, Ala.
10/25/13WAuburn 20, Clemson 0Clemson, S.C.
11/01/13WAuburn 7, LSU 0Mobile, Ala.
11/08/13WAuburn 20, Georgia Tech 0Atlanta, Ga.
11/15/13WAuburn 13, Vanderbilt 6Columbus, Ga.
11/22/13WAuburn 21, Georgia 7Atlanta, Ga.