1970 Auburn Tigers football team
Under the leadership of head coach Ralph Jordan, Tigers completed the regular season with a record of 8–2.LSU won its other conference games vs. Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi State and Ole Miss to win the SEC championship.Pat Sullivan threw the two-pointer to Terry Beasley, but the play was nullified by illegal motion and the subsequent attempt was intercepted.[19] In an unusual matchup between two teams from the same conference, Auburn met Ole Miss in the Gator Bowl.It was a matchup between two top quarterbacks, Pat Sullivan for Auburn and Archie Manning for the University of Mississippi.