Article updated: 11/25/2012 1:52 PM

Auburn fires coach after 3-9 season

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Auburn coach Gene Chizik watches the end of a 49-0 loss to Alabama on Saturday. Chizik was fired Sunday.

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Auburn coach Gene Chizik was fired Sunday after the Tigers’ rapid fall from a national champion to a winless Southeastern Conference season. The Tigers endured the worst slide within two years of winning a national championship of any team since the Associated Press poll started in 1936.

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