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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (1–5 SEC) |
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| Home stadium | Auburn Stadium Legion Field Cramton Bowl |
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| No.3Georgia + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.7Tennessee + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.8LSU | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.11Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Auburn Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Auburn University in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1946 college football season. It was Auburn's 55th season of intercollegiate football and its 14th season as a member of the SEC. The Tigers were led by head coach Carl M. Voyles, in his third year at Auburn, and compiled a record of four wins and six losses (4–6 overall, 1–5 in the SEC). They were outscored by a total of 210 to 132.[1]
Auburn back Travis Tidwell led the nation in total offense with 1,715 yards—772 rushing and 943 passing.[2] He also led the nation with 79 pass completions and ranked seventh in rushing yards.[3]
Auburn was ranked at No. 69 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[4]
The team played its home games at the Cramton BowlinMontgomery, Alabama (three games), Legion FieldinBirmingham (two games), and Auburn StadiuminAuburn (one game).
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Mississippi Southern* |
| W 13–12 | 12,000 | [5] |
| October 5 | Furman* |
| W 26–6 | 11,000 | [6] |
| October 12 | Saint Louis* |
| W 27–7 | 12,000 | [7] |
| October 19 | atTulane |
| L 0–32 | 35,000 | [8] |
| October 26 | atGeorgia Tech |
| L 6–27 | 30,000 | [9] |
| November 2 | Vanderbilt |
| L 0–19 | 16,000 | [10] |
| November 9 | Mississippi State |
| L 0–33 | 25,000 | [11] |
| November 16 | vs. Georgia |
| L 0–41 | 22,000 | [12] |
| November 23 | Clemson* |
| L 13–21 | 8,000 | [13] |
| November 30 | atFlorida |
| W 47–12 | 8,000 | [14] |
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