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After 1859, the East Alabama Male College was maintained by the [[Methodist]] [[Episcopal]] Church South (Reverend William J. Sasnett was the school's first president). The school closed in 1861 due to the [[Civil War]], but reopened, with economic hardships, 5 years later; these economic problems were resolved when Auburn became the South's first land grant college.<ref name="history"/>

After 1859, the East Alabama Male College was maintained by the [[Methodist]] [[Episcopal]] Church South (Reverend William J. Sasnett was the school's first president). The school closed in 1861 due to the [[Civil War]], but reopened, with economic hardships, 5 years later; these economic problems were resolved when Auburn became the South's first land grant college.<ref name="history"/>

==Athletics==

==Athletics==

AU's [[football]] program has won 18 bowl games (while losing 13 and tying 2) and 1 national championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/auburn_database.htm|work=National Champs|title=AUBURN FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE|language=English}}</ref>

AU's [[football]] program has won 18 bowl games (while losing 13 and tying 2) and two national championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/auburn_database.htm|work=National Champs|title=AUBURN FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE|language=English}}</ref>, in 1993 and 2004 (the 2004 title featured an undefeated Auburn team which, surprisingly given its membership in the powerful [[Southeastern Conference]], was left out of the title game; the winning team (USC) would later be forced to forfeit its title due to illegal recruiting, and in 2025 Auburn would be awarded the title).

 

==Notes==

==Notes==

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