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<H2 ALIGN=CENTER>RECORD CROWD WATCHES AS TIGERS SHUTOUT FLORIDA 13-0 TO REMAIN UNBEATEN</H2>

<P ALIGN=CENTER>by Kevin D. Woods.

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<P><I>This season Auburn Football Illustrated will be highlighting the 1957 Auburn Tigers, who went 10-0 and were crowned National Champions by the Associated Press. Each week will highlight different games that took place along the road to the perfect season.</I>
<P>The 1957 Tigers had already established themselves as one of the finest teams in college football, standing at 5-0, when Florida came into town on Nov. 2, 1957. With a determined offense and a defense that posted three shutouts and allowed only one touchdown in the first five games, Auburn remained perfect for the first half of the season.
<P>The match up with Florida began the second half of the season, and the Homecoming crowd of 36,000 that packed the stands of Cliff Hare Stadium to cheer on the Tigers, was at the time the largest to ever watch Auburn at home.
<P>Just as they had throughout the opening half of the season, Auburn was able to dominate, showing the visiting Florida team just why they were undefeated. Auburn out-gained the Gators 381 yards to 83. The Tigers rushed for over 300 yards, while holding Florida to just 37. Auburn racked up 16 first downs to Florida's four.
<P>For the fifth time in six games, the Auburn defense did not allow its opponent to cross the goal line, and the Tigers were one step closer to a 10-0 season.
<P>Much of the first quarter was a standoff, with each team exchanging punts. Late in the period Auburn took over the ball on its on 21-yard line. Behind the running of backs Tommy Lorino and Bobby Hoppe, the Tigers were able to move the ball deep into Florida territory.
<P>However, the 77-yard drive would lead to no points as the Tigers stalled at the Florida two-yard line. After a short Florida punt in the second quarter, Auburn was able to go 31 yards in two plays, the last coming on a five-yard run by Tiger running back Billy Atkins, giving the Tigers all the points they would need.
<P>Ten minutes into the second quarter Auburn quarterback Lloyd Nix hit end Jim Phillips for a 63-yard touchdown pass, to put the Tigers up for good at 13-0.
<P>In the fourth quarter Auburn threatened on three separate occasions, driving the ball to the eight, 16 and 29-yard lines of Florida, but each time the Tigers turned the ball over and failed to score.
<P>Still the Tigers' defense held strong, refusing to let Florida move the ball, and thwarting any chance to let the Gators back in the ball game.
<P>Auburn's Lorino finished as the game's leading rusher, with 86 yards on seven carries. Hoppe carried the ball five times for 46 yards.
<P>The game's statistics proved just how good the '57 Tigers were. Florida brought in the SEC's second best offense, and left Auburn having made only four first downs. Also, the 381 yards of total offense came against a Gator defense that was ranked third in the conference.
<P>The 13-0 victory upped Auburn's record to 6-0 and set up yet another key SEC showdown with Mississippi State the following week in Birmingham. Still remaining on the Tigers' schedule were State, Georgia, Florida State and arch-rival Alabama.

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	<H2 ALIGN=CENTER>RECORD CROWD WATCHES AS TIGERS SHUTOUT FLORIDA 13-0 TO REMAIN UNBEATEN</H2>

	<P ALIGN=CENTER>by Kevin D. Woods.

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	<P><I>This season Auburn Football Illustrated will be highlighting the 1957 Auburn Tigers, who went 10-0 and were crowned National Champions by the Associated Press. Each week will highlight different games that took place along the road to the perfect season.</I>
	<P>The 1957 Tigers had already established themselves as one of the finest teams in college football, standing at 5-0, when Florida came into town on Nov. 2, 1957. With a determined offense and a defense that posted three shutouts and allowed only one touchdown in the first five games, Auburn remained perfect for the first half of the season.
	<P>The match up with Florida began the second half of the season, and the Homecoming crowd of 36,000 that packed the stands of Cliff Hare Stadium to cheer on the Tigers, was at the time the largest to ever watch Auburn at home.
	<P>Just as they had throughout the opening half of the season, Auburn was able to dominate, showing the visiting Florida team just why they were undefeated. Auburn out-gained the Gators 381 yards to 83. The Tigers rushed for over 300 yards, while holding Florida to just 37. Auburn racked up 16 first downs to Florida's four.
	<P>For the fifth time in six games, the Auburn defense did not allow its opponent to cross the goal line, and the Tigers were one step closer to a 10-0 season.
	<P>Much of the first quarter was a standoff, with each team exchanging punts. Late in the period Auburn took over the ball on its on 21-yard line. Behind the running of backs Tommy Lorino and Bobby Hoppe, the Tigers were able to move the ball deep into Florida territory.
	<P>However, the 77-yard drive would lead to no points as the Tigers stalled at the Florida two-yard line. After a short Florida punt in the second quarter, Auburn was able to go 31 yards in two plays, the last coming on a five-yard run by Tiger running back Billy Atkins, giving the Tigers all the points they would need.
	<P>Ten minutes into the second quarter Auburn quarterback Lloyd Nix hit end Jim Phillips for a 63-yard touchdown pass, to put the Tigers up for good at 13-0.
	<P>In the fourth quarter Auburn threatened on three separate occasions, driving the ball to the eight, 16 and 29-yard lines of Florida, but each time the Tigers turned the ball over and failed to score.
	<P>Still the Tigers' defense held strong, refusing to let Florida move the ball, and thwarting any chance to let the Gators back in the ball game.
	<P>Auburn's Lorino finished as the game's leading rusher, with 86 yards on seven carries. Hoppe carried the ball five times for 46 yards.
	<P>The game's statistics proved just how good the '57 Tigers were. Florida brought in the SEC's second best offense, and left Auburn having made only four first downs. Also, the 381 yards of total offense came against a Gator defense that was ranked third in the conference.
	<P>The 13-0 victory upped Auburn's record to 6-0 and set up yet another key SEC showdown with Mississippi State the following week in Birmingham. Still remaining on the Tigers' schedule were State, Georgia, Florida State and arch-rival Alabama.

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