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{{University
|name=Auburn University
|image=AuburnSeal.jpg
|text=rgb(233,117,18)
|background=rgb(0,38,74)
|type=Public
|city=Auburn, Alabama
|sports=baseball, basketball, cross country, equestrian, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball<ref>http://auburntigers.cstv.com/#00</ref>
|colors=orange, blue
|mascot=Aubie (Tigers)
|website=http://www.auburn.edu/
}}
'''Auburn University''' is an [[Alabama]] [[public schools|public]] [[university]] established in 1856 as the East Alabama Male College.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.ocm.auburn.edu/welcome/aboutauburn.html|title=History|format=HTML|language=English|work=Auburn University}}</ref> The school ranked #96 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Top Schools|work=US News|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
==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==
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|format=HTML}}</ref>
==Notes==
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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"/>
 ==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).
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 '''Auburn University''' is an [[Alabama]] [[public schools|public]] [[university]] established in 1856 as the East Alabama Male College.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.ocm.auburn.edu/welcome/aboutauburn.html|title=History|format=HTML|language=English|work=Auburn University}}</ref> The school ranked #96 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Top Schools|work=US News|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
 ==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==