In a performance that saw Auburn put up 507 yards of total offense, the Tigers showed that the offense could regroup following the loss at LSU. It was far from perfect though as Auburn managed to just put up 20 points on the scoreboard.
At the end of the night, Auburn would walk away with the 20-14 win over Ole Miss and now has a bye week to prepare for the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, and No. 6 Georgia.
While struggling to put points on the board, Auburn regained some offensive confidence after an up-and-down stretch of four road games.Auburn’s leading receiver on the night, Anthony Schwartz, thought even a little bit of confidence was important for Auburn moving forward.
“It gives us a lot of confidence, because we know we can move the ball through the air, Schwartz said. “We know what we can do. It just helps us grow more. We still have a lot of to improve, of course, but this just gives us a lot of confidence moving forward.”
Scwartz had a career-high nine receptions for 89 yards in the win. Auburn showed that they can move the ball through the air as Nix had 340 passing yards on the day. While Schwartz, Seth Williams and Eli Stove all had over 40 receiving yards on the night.
The offense struggled finding the end zone against Ole Miss with six of Auburn’s 13 drives ending in Ole Miss territory, none of which resulted in points, and not including the game sealing interception by Christian Tutt which was returned into Ole Miss territory.
Senior H-Back, Jay Jay Wilson knows there is work to be done offensively but saw glimmers of what Auburn can do and what they need to work on for the bye week. He finished the game with two receptions for 47 yards.
"I feel like that’s the biggest focus, it’s not if we can do things cause obviously we showed sparks that we can be a great offense, that we can be an explosive offense. It’s more so being consistent," Wilson said. "That just comes with work, comes with experience and we’re gonna keep working on that. Keep moving forward.”
Even without loads of points to show for it, Wilson was encouraged by the fact that Auburn won the time of possession especially after some defensive injuries against LSU. Defensive lineman Marlon Davidson missed the game against Ole Miss with a lower back injury.
“I mean it felt good. It always feels good to make big plays,” Wilson said. “It’s always great to be able to get out there and get drives going so our defense can get time to rest, get time to gather themselves so they can keep playing amazing how they have been playing all year."
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