Auburn Tigers

Auburn was a founding member of the SEC and was the second SEC team to win a championship. Auburn is an unusual team that plays poorly on year and fights like a tiger the next. They have taken the desired spot of Alabamas' number one rival. Auburn has won the same amount of championships as it has won SEC Champioships: 2. Auburn has two mascots, a tiger named Aubie and a real eagle called War Eagle.

1957 National Championship
Auburn was undefeated in 1957, but due to violations, had to split the championship title with Ohio State.

2010 BCS Championship Game
After 1957, Auburn was without a championship title, Auburn needed a savior and his name is Cam Newton. Newton spent most of his college career at Florida, but was not able to be the starting quarterback, because anouther savior of a previously championshipless team: Tim Tebow, was the starting quarterback for the Gators. Cam wanted to play so he moved to Auburn for his last year of college. He was welcomed as the starting quarterback and started his first and last season at Auburn. Auburn defeated every team in sight and Cam Newton easily won the Heisman. Then Auburn went on to play Oregon in the championship game. Auburn defeated the Ducks 22-19.

Aubie
Auburns' mascot promply named Aubie. He started as a cartoon in the Birmingham Posy-Herald and became Auburns mascot for sports events in 1979. Aubie has the darkest orange color of the tiger mascots.



War Eagle
Despite being called the Tigers, Auburn has a second mascot: War Eagle. War Eagle is a Golden Eagle. War Eagle is Auburns battle cry not Auburns nickname. Before every game, War Eagle takes flight in the stadium.

Jordan-Hare Stadium


The Jordan-Hare Stadium is the 10th largest on campus stadium, with a capacity of 87,451. It was named after two very important people to Auburn: Ralph "Shug" Jordan and Clifford Leroy Hare.