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1915 Auburn Tigers football team

1915 Auburn Tigers football
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Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1915 record 6–2 (4–2 SIAA)
Head coach Mike Donahue (11th year)
Base defense 7–2–2
Captain Bedie Bidez
Home stadium Drake Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 4 0 0     9 1 0
Alabama 5 0 0     6 2 0
LSU 4 0 0     6 2 0
Transylvania 3 0 1     7 1 1
Georgia 3 1 2     5 2 2
Chattanooga 3 1 2     5 2 2
Auburn 4 2 0     6 2 0
Mississippi A&M 4 2 1     5 2 1
Kentucky 2 1 1     6 1 1
Florida 3 3 0     4 3 0
Tulane 3 3 0     5 3 0
Clemson 2 2 0     2 4 2
Furman 1 1 0     5 3 0
Mercer 1 1 0     5 4 0
Mississippi College 2 3 0     4 4 1
Sewanee 1 2 2     4 3 2
Tennessee 1 4 0     4 4 0
Centre 0 2 1     3 5 1
Louisville 0 3 1     1 5 1
The Citadel 0 1 0     5 3 0
Wofford 0 1 0     0 1 0
Howard 0 2 0     0 2 0
Ole Miss 0 5 0     2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Florida at Auburn
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 0 0 0 0 0
Auburn 0 0 0 7 7
  • Sources:
Vanderbilt at Auburn
1 2 3 4 Total
Vanderbilt 0 7 7 3 17
Auburn 0 0 0 0 0
  • Sources:
Auburn at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Auburn 0 0 0 0 0
Ga. Tech 0 7 0 0 7

The 1915 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' 24th season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his 11th year, and played their home games at Drake Field in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of six wins and two losses (6–2 overall, 4–2 in the SIAA).

Baby Taylor was the only regular left at the start of the 1915 season.

The season starts with a big 78–0 victory over Marion Military Institute.

Auburn defeated Florida 7–0. Florida played hard for three quarters, until Wren scored the winning touchdown in the final period.

The starting lineup was Robinson (left end), Sample (left tackle), Taylor (left guard), Campbell (center), Fricks (right guard), Wynne (right tackle), Bonner (right end), Caughman (quarterback), Steed (left halfback), Prendergast (right halfback), Bidez (fullback).

Clemson was defeated 14–0.

Mississippi A&M lost 26–0.

The Georgia Bulldogs fell to Auburn 12–0.

Auburn beat Mercer 45–0, the season's sixth straight shutout.

Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin had been pointing to since before the season. Auburn had dominated Southern football for the past two seasons, without a single team crossing its line.

Vanderbilt jumped out to a 17–0 lead on a rain-soaked field. A Curry pass to captain Russell Cohen opened the scoring.Cody personally took over from that point. In one of the greatest exhibitions of punt covering Cody smothered the receiver every time, recovering two fumbles, one across the goal line for a touchdown. Then, in the last ten seconds of play, Cody dropped kicked a three-pointer from the 33-yard line.Zerfoss and Friel punted splendidly. Curry's generalship was superb, and late in the game the Vandy line rose as one to throw back three Auburn charges on the five-yard line.


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