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The 1986 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University

Auburn University

Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...

in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season

1986 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Penn State winning the national championship. Coached by Joe Paterno, they defeated Miami 14–10 in the Fiesta Bowl. This Fiesta Bowl was the first in the game's history to decide the national championship, launching it into the top tier of...

. Coached by Pat Dye

Pat Dye

Patrick Fain Dye is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at East Carolina University , the University of Wyoming , and Auburn University compiling a career college football record of 153–62–5...

, the team finished the season with a 10–2 record. Auburn snapped a two game winning streak by Alabama

Alabama Crimson Tide football

in the Iron Bowl

Iron Bowl

The Iron Bowl is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the University of Alabama and the Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University. The series is considered one of the best and most hard-fought rivalries in all of sports...

. Auburn went on to defeat Southern Cal in the 1987 Citrus Bowl

Capital One Bowl

The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl and the Florida Citrus Bowl...

, 16–7.

Schedule

Date	Team	Location	PF	PA	Result
September 6, 1986	UT-Chattanooga University of Tennessee at Chattanooga The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a public university located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The University, often referred to as UTC or simply "Chattanooga" , is one of three universities and two other affiliated institutions in the University of Tennessee System; the others being in...	Auburn, AL	42	14	W
September 20, 1986	East Carolina East Carolina Pirates football The East Carolina Pirates is a college football team that represents East Carolina University . The team is currently a member of the Conference USA, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association .The Pirates have won seven conference championships and...	Auburn, AL	45	0	W
September 27, 1986	Tennessee 1986 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1986 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Volunteers offense scored 293 points while the defense allowed 249 points. Led by head coach Johnny Majors, the Volunteers won the .-Schedule:-Team players drafted...	Auburn, AL	34	8	W
October 4, 1986	Western Carolina	Auburn, AL	55	6	W
October 11, 1986	@ Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Commodores football The Vanderbilt Commodores football program is a college football team that represents Vanderbilt University. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Southeastern Conference...	Nashville, TN	31	9	W
October 18, 1986	Georgia Tech	Auburn, AL	31	10	W
October 25, 1986	@ Mississippi State Mississippi State Bulldogs The Mississippi State Bulldogs are the athletic teams of Mississippi State University. They participate in NCAA's Division I in the competitive 12-member Southeastern Conference under the mascot Bulldogs and the school colors of maroon and white...	Starkville, MS	35	6	W
November 1, 1986	@ Florida	Gainesville, FL	17	18	L
November 8, 1986	Cincinnati Cincinnati Bearcats football The Cincinnati Bearcats football program represents the University of Cincinnati in a college football. They compete at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level as members of the Big East Conference. The Bearcat football program is one of the nation's oldest, having fielded a team as...	Auburn, AL	52	7	W
November 15, 1986	Georgia	Auburn, AL	16	20	L
November 29, 1986	Alabama	Birmingham, AL	21	17	W
January 1, 1987	Southern Cal	Orlando, FL (Citrus Bowl Citrus Bowl The Florida Citrus Bowl is a stadium in Orlando, Florida, USA, built for football, which currently seats around 70,000 people.... )	16	7	W
			395	122	10–2

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