The College Football History of Auburn Tigers Washington Post Edition

Auburn’s second and most recent national title came in 2010, as, led by transferring Quarterback Cam Newton, the Tigers defeated Oregon 22-19 in a close-fought BCS National Championship Game, a last-second field goal eventually proving the difference. It was their first claimed national title for over half a century; the first had come in 1957, under coach Shug Jordan, following a perfect 10-0 season. Auburn University was also the alma mater of multi-sport great Bo Jackson, who won the Heisman Trophy while playing for the Tigers in 1985.

For decades, the Auburn Tigers have been a mainstay of the college football postseason program. The team have played in 44 bowl games in their history, and since the turn of the century have missed only two years. And now, with our brand new Auburn Tigers newspaper history book, you can relive many of those classic games through newspaper reports starting in the 1930s. As well as several other key moments in the history of a team with 16 conference championships and twelve undefeated seasons to their name.

Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from scan archives. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.