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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==
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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