Auburn Tigers Football (5-2, 2-2 SEC) continues conference play and travels to Baton Rouge to take on No. 9 Louisiana State University Tigers (5-1, 3-1 SEC).
Auburn is coming off a 21-14 loss against the Kentucky Wildcats, its first loss to the 'Cats since 1966.
"We played really well for three quarters, and then at the 11:00 minute mark in the fourth quarter we had an epidemic of missed tackles," said defensive coordinator Ted Rood after Sunday night's practice. "We missed too many tackles in the fourth quarter."
Senior quarterback Chris Todd completed 10 our of 24 passes for 80 yards and one interception.
"Sometimes you just have those types of games," said head coach Gene Chizik after Saturday's game.
Senior running back Ben Tate rushed for 132 yards on 31 carries, making Saturday his third straight 100-yard game, becoming the first Auburn running back to have three consecutive 100-plus yards games since Kenny Irons in 2005.
The series between Auburn and LSU has been a close one with eight of the last 14 games decided by a touchdown or less.
"Auburn is a very talented team," said LSU head coach Les Miles in Monday's press conference. "I think coach Chizik has done a great job there in his first year."
The series between the two includes games such as the 1994 "Interception Game," in which Auburn returned three of its five fourth-quarter interceptions for touchdowns to rally and win 30-26, and "The Extra Point Game" in 2004 in which both teams missed their extra points, but a LSU personal foul gave John Vaughn a second chance to win the game for Auburn 10-9.
LSU currently holds a two-game winning streak over Auburn, winning 26-21 in Jordan-Hare Stadium last year.
The win in Auburn last year snapped an eight-game winning streak by the home team in the series.
LSU is coming off a bye week following a 13-3 loss against top-ranked Florida.
LSU is 48-11 in games in which they are ranked in the top 10 and held a 32 Saturday night home game winning streak until its loss to Florida.
The LSU Tigers are ranked 14th nationally in scoring defense (14.5) and are tied for ninth in turnover margin (+1.17), but has had trouble on offense.
LSU is ranked last in the Southeastern Conference in total offense (295.0) and 11th in scoring offense (23.0) .
Auburn will play its seventh night game of the season, which is second most in a season in school history.
The Auburn Tigers are seventh in the nation in rushing offense (247.3), eighth in total offense (464.9) and 12th in scoring offense (34.9).
The endzone usually means points for Auburn.
Auburn scored touchdowns on 70.8 percent of its red zone trips (17 of 24), which ranks second in the SEC.
"It's a very talented group of offensive guys," Miles said. "Quarterback Chris Todd does a great job of throwing the football and they have two tremendous tailbacks."
Saturday's game will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. CDT and televised by ESPN2.
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